Archive for September, 2009:
Stamping 411 – Punch Pals
It is Saturday and time for the Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge! I love to see what the creative Operators come up with each week…hope you do, too!
This week Selene came up with a fun sketch! I immediately saw "roof". I initially wanted to make an igloo, but was a little time challenged, so went with a house roof instead.
I initially bought this Punch Pals stamp set just for the cute scallop circle stamp in it. And, of course the snowman! But, it really hasn’t seen much ink at all. So, when flipping through my Christmas sets, this one called out my name!
I started with a base of Bermuda Bay cardstock and added a layer of Pumpkin Pie. Then I stamped the snowflakes in Whisper White Craft Ink over the Basic Gray layer. I also tore a piece of Whisper White so that it looked like snow covered ground…and added some Tombow Multipurpose Glue and Dazzling Diamonds along the top edge of the snow.
I took a large square of Bermuda Bay cardstock and cut it on the diagonal, then ran it thru the Big Shot with the new Perfect Details Texturz Plate to get the roof. I drew on some icicles with my Crystal Effects, then added Dazzling Diamonds along the roof line. I stamped the Penguin from Punch Pals with Basic Black ink and watercolored with my AquaPainter and Stampin’ Up! markers. Finally, I stamped the greeting "From Our House to Yours" from Punch Pals in Basic Black ink in the lower right corner.
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Bloggers’ Challenge – Color challenge
Today’s Bloggers’ Challenge is a color throwdown! We were to use Crushed Curry, Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo and a neutral. Can you say BRIGHT! I naturally thought of flowers…but no green in there. Then I looked at this stamp set and realized I had never used this image from the For All You Do set. The card came together pretty easy after that!
I started by stamping the flower image in Melon Mambo on Whisper White and layered it on both Melon Mambo and Chocolate Chip. Before putting it on the Chocolate Chip layer, I pierced each of the centers of the little flowers with my Paper Piercer and mat. Now the Chocolate Chip layer peeks thru the holes!
I used some Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Paper and layered it on Chocolate Chip. I needed some buttons in the Melon Mambo color, but didn’t have anything close to that color in my Stampin’ Up! supplies. I decided to use the Button die in my Big Shot with the Melon Mambo cardstock. I cut small slivers of Chocolate Chip cardstock to feed thru the holes in the buttons to look like thread! All these elements were layered on Crushed Curry and I wrapped some Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon around it and tied with a knot. Then placed everything on the base card of Chocolate Chip cardstock.
I love the contrast of colors…they just POP!
I hope you have a great weekend! I’m looking forward to relaxing a little!
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Serene Snowflakes
Same sketch, different look! If you’ll notice, I used the same layout I did as the challenge card HERE! A totally different look, huh?
When I was determining whether or not to buy the Serene Snowflakes set on preorder, I thought…I really don’t NEED another snowflake set. BUT, these snowflakes are SO delicate looking! I really am loving how they look! And…hey…every snowflake is one-of-a kind, right?
AND…I love this color combination! I normally put Silver with snowflakes. But, when I made this card I only had the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint and I wanted to use it. So I inked up the snowflakes from Serene Snowflakes in Whisper White Craft Ink, and used a sponge dauber with a little Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint and dabbed it on the stamp over the White Craft ink. Then I stamped the images on the Bermuda Bay cardstock. It is SO pretty in real life! Since the Shimmer Paint has a faint gold tone, I layered the Bermuda Bay on Brushed Gold Cardstock (so elegant for the holidays) and wrapped the Stripe Organza Ribbon around it. The Base Card is Naturals White (a little sturdier for a base card than Whisper White). I added the Season’s Greetings from Four the Holidays in the Holiday Mini with Bermuda Bay ink in the lower right corner. Finally, just a sparkle button from the Latte Button Collection as an added touch.
I’m thinking this may be our Christmas card this year. I’ll add the snowflake punch instead of a button. It will be easy to mass produce over 120 of them!
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Spooky sky
I saw a picture of a sky that looked similar to this, so I set out to recreate it with ink! I started with brayering Crushed Curry in the upper corner on Glossy White cardstock. Then I brayered Rich Razzleberry from the other corner. I added "clouds" with my Sponge Dauber and Rich Razzleberry ink.
The tree is from Branch Out (still available on the Dormant List) and stamped with Basic Black. I used the 1 3/8 and 1 1/4 circle punches to make the moon from Crushed Curry cardstock and inked up the edges with Rich Razzleberry. I added a bat punched with the 1 1/4 square punch from Day & Night Designer Paper…did an origami fold and added white eyes with the White Gel Pen.
The greeting is from the hostess set, Holiday Best, and stamped with Black Craft ink on Crushed Curry. I punched it with the Wide Oval punch and placed it in the lower right corner.
So…it looks pretty similar. I’d like to add ribbon or something, but nothing looks right. I’ll leave it the way it is!
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Tall Tales birthday card
Another crazy day for me…lots of upcoming activities! It is making me a little nervous that I’ll get everything done!
Here is a card that I made when Mary Brown and I were doing challenges a month or so ago! It was a simple sketch challenge. I jokingly told Mary that I’d be done in two minutes. Well…it did take a little longer than that!
I started with a base of Old Olive cardstock and cut it hot dog fold length. I added a strip of Tall Tales Designer Paper that I layered onto Chocolate Chip cardstock. I stamped Happy Birthday from On Your Birthday stamp set in Chocolate Chip ink in the lower right corner. Then I ran a scrap piece of Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Paper (pink check) thru the Big Shot with the Cherry Blossom embosslit die. I sanded the raised parts so the detail come out a little, then used a Sponge Dauber and Melon Mambo ink around the edges. I added a Chocolate Chip Corduroy button brad in the center. Finally, I punched the 5 petal punch with Old Olive cardstock and cut off two of the petals for leaves, sponging Old Olive ink around the edges.
Now, normally I wouldn’t use two different packs of designer paper on one card…but it was a scrap and just sitting on my desk! The pink check just seem to fit!
So, this is another card that would be easy to mass produce for birthday cards or thank yous! I seem to need a lot of them!
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Trendy Trees – Fall
Cincinnati Regional was FABULOUS! Had a great time! Thank you to those of you who came up and said hi and told me you read my Blog! I felt like a rock star! lol!
Here is a card I made for one of my downline who was Top Sales last quarter. I realized I hadn’t shared it here!
I love the colors of this card for fall! I stamped the trio of Trendy Trees tree trunks in Soft Suede on Whisper White cardstock. Then I used Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry and Always Artichoke ink for the tree tops. I layered it on Crushed Curry cardstock. The base card is Dusty Durango and I wrapped Soft Suede Polka Dot Ribbon around the front layered piece. Thanks so much from Trendy Trees was stamped in Soft Suede on Crushed Curry and punched with the Modern Label punch. I added a cute flower button from Latte Buttons package as an accent. Clean and Simple!
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Stamping 411 – Sketch 116
Well, this is going to be REAL quick! I’m trying to get out of here to head for the Cincinnati Regionals (Friday…I’m preposting). I get to meet up with some people I only get to see at Convention and Leadership, so that makes me happy!
Selene did another great job with the sketch this week. Not too hard, not too easy (sometimes those easy ones are the hardest to do, in my opinion!)
I started with the set, Tree Trimmings, that we got as part of our Convention packet! I like the various sized ornaments in this set. I stamped it on Very Vanilla with Versamark and embossed it with Gold EP. I layered it on Soft Suede and Brushed Gold cardstocks. (I love the combo of Soft Suede and Very Vanilla…so rich looking!) I added a layer of Very Vanilla behind it and stamped the message from the Christmas set Many Merry Messages in Soft Suede. The layer of Soft Suede was embossed with the pretty embossing folder, Plenty of Petals. I layered that on Brushed Gold again, and finally the base card of Very Vanilla. Now, the part I’m not sure shows up real well is the Pretties flower. I smashed it into Versamark and embossed it with Gold EP, too. Then added a Very Vanilla half pearl in the center. It looks shinier in the picture than it really is…
OK…got to run! Have a great weekend and don’t forget to play along with the Stamping 411 Operators! Upload your card to your Blog or Gallery, then link the direct post to our Blog thru Mr. Linky!
Bloggers Challenge – Thinking of You
Happy Friday! I’m headed off this afternoon to attend the Cincinnati Regionals tomorrow! Woohoo!!! So excited…it is like a mini Convention! I’ll be catching up with several people I normally only see at Convention or Leadership, so that will be fun!
Today’s Bloggers’ Challenge is to create a Thinking of You card. I seem to use a lot of this type of card. I wanted to use one of the new fall sets in the Holiday Mini called Autumn Splendor. The leaves have a beautiful fine drawing which makes it perfect for coloring, embossing or just stamping in colors. I have seen some gorgeous cards done with this set!
I also used the coordinating fall designer paper in the big catalog, called Autumn Traditions. These are definitely MY colors! I love the Earth Elements color family! The base is More Mustard and I placed a layer of Soft Suede cardstock on top of that. Then I punched 1 1/4 squares from the Designer Paper and placed them like tiles in the background. I stamped the leaf with Versamark on More Mustard and the acorns on Soft Suede, embossed them with Gold Embossing Powder, then cut them out. Thinking of You is from Thoughts & Prayers stamp set. I cut out the tag from the Matchbox XL Bigz Die with my Big Shot and More Mustard cardstock, then stamped the words in Basic Brown and sponged the edges. I really like how this turned out!
I hope you have a WONDERFUL weekend! It is supposed to be gorgeous here!
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Acrylic Scrapbook Mini Album
I made 4 of these for my Roommates and Upline who went to Convention (well…one for me, of course!). The base of the Acrylic Album is made from Stampin’ Up!’s Thick Window Sheets! These are AWESOME! I used one whole sheet for each mini album, cut to four 6×6 double sided pages. They are very easy to cut on a larger cutter like Stampin’ Up!’s Tabletop Cutter. However, I did have to use a heavy duty corner rounder because it is too heavy for Stampin’ Up!’s punch.
This is the front. The Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Paper is used throught and on this page is actually on the inside and secured with Mini Glue Dots in the corners. I added the large Flower Layers Bigz Diecuts to the front with dimensionals, the leaves were cut with the Build A Flower die. It is held together with the Summer Sun Corduroy Brad. I ran all the flower layers and leaves thru the Big Shot again with the Finial Press Embossing Folder to give them some texture. I also copied the Inspire, Create, Share logo and placed on the front so they can use this for their Convention pictures.
The first two pages. You can see the reverse of the pattern from the front. I added Cherry Blossom Embosslit diecut with a mini brad and some 5/8 Old Olive Grosgrain ribbon, along with the edge of the Top Note die that looks like a bracket! I also used Razzle Dazzle stamp set in Whisper White Craft ink on Crushed Curry cardstock.
The next two pages, on the left is a pocket opening made from the Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Paper for a pull out that will hold a couple more pictures or journaling. I used another Cherry Blossom diecut and punched the leaves with the 5 petal punch. On the right I used the Razzle Dazzle stamp again with Whisper White Craft ink on the Rich Razzleberry cardstock…layered onto another square of Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Paper.
Next two pages. on the left is a long piece of Melon Mambo cardstock folded in half with Razzleberry Lemonade designer paper and Polka Dot ribbon accents. You can flip it up and add more pictures inside. I also used the Butterfly Punch for an accent. On the left is more Crushed Curry cardstock with a Cherry Blossom and Polka Dot ribbon.
Finally, the back has more Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Paper visible. It is actually secured on the inside with Mini glue dots in the corners. This was my prototype, but on the ones I made for the girls, I stamped the Razzle Dazzle stamp image with White Stazon randomly over the back. I also used a sponge and White Stazon around all the edges of the album to soften the look. Finally, I used my Crop A Dile to punch holes in each of the pages and added binder rings, accented with Polka Dot ribbons tied to them.
These were LOTS of fun to make and I’m sure they appreciated the acrylic album! I love to make mini albums for my roommate gifts…then they can add their own pictures. Now I need to get some pictures in mine!
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Button, Button…who has the button?
Oh…here they are! lol! Don’t ask my why that saying popped into my head when I was thinking of a title for this post! Bizarre…lol!
Well, I’ve been in real production mode lately! I’ve mentioned that I have SO much going on over the next few weeks. Feels good to work ahead and get some things taken off my plate. However, it seems other things just keep on jumping onto those empty places! Anyone else feel that way? lol!
Another CAS (Clean and Simple) card for you today using Black and White. It is for the Late Night Stampers Design Team challenge this week to use our Big Shot.
I purchased the Flower Strip die a long time ago, but haven’t used it! I pulled it out when I pulled out the Swirly Strip die the other day. I ran the Flowers thru my Big Shot with Whisper White cardstock and layered onto Basic Black cardstock, then layered onto the base card of Whisper White. I rounded the bottom corners of the card with the Small Corner Rounder punch (I really like that look) and embossed the word Thanks from Thank You Kindly stamp set with White Craft ink and White Embossing Powder. As a finishing touch, I adhered some of the pretty Playground and Sherbet Designer Buttons in the centers of a few of the flowers. I trimmed the Flowers Strip so the buttons would be balanced on the front. I really liked how this turned out! The hardest part was getting the Mini Glue dots on the buttons!
Hope you have a wonderful day! Would LOVE to hear your comments on this card!
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