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Jan 17 2010

January Card Kit

Dec 28 2009

A Happy Heart – brad challenge

This week's challenge over on Late Night Stampers is to use brads.  Here is my design team submission for the challenge.  I also challenged myself to use nothing but scraps left on my table!  That was a little tougher!

The background on this is an experiment using Watercolor Paper and Classic Inks.  I misted the paper before I stamped on it, and completely filled it with the large heart inked with Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron and Regal Rose.  I like the abstract look to it!  It was layered on Always Artichoke.

The Tic Tac Toe image with inked up with Stampin' Write markers in Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron and Regal Rose and stamped on Very Vanilla card stock.  I layered it on Always Artichoke, too.  I stamped the I heart u with Close to Cocoa ink on Regal Rose, coloring the heart with Regal Rose marker.  (It was a scrap in my leftover punch container).  The Designer Paper is a scrap…sorry, I can't remember what it is from…maybe retired?  I layered everything on So Saffron cardstock and a base of Regal Rose cardstock.  Then I added three So Saffron mini brads along the left side.  Turned out to be some very non-traditional colors for Valentine's Day, but I like the combination!

Hope you have a great week!  I'll be busy getting ready for Leadership next week!  Woohoo!!!

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Dec 21 2009

A Happy Heart

Sometimes as a demo, I feel I rush the seasons along.  It isn't even Christmas yet, and I'm already thinking and designing for Valentine's Day.  For magazine publications it is even worse!  Right now, they are sending out calls for late summer and back to school items!  But, I just couldn't wait any longer to pull out my Valentine stamps!

Stampin' Up!'s set, A Happy Heart, is one of my favorite sets of all time.  I love the little Tic Tac Toe stamp in it, the I heart you, and the large word heart!  So versatile!  I knew the minute I saw Mary Jo's Monday Lunchtime Sketch TSSC101 challenge that I would use this set.

I started with stamping the word heart in Rose Red Craft Ink on Whisper White card stock.  I let it dry, then cut it out.  I pierced the "O" and added a Clear Rhinestone Brad.  Next, I cut a 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 square of Bride Designer Paper and placed it on a 3 3/4 x 4 1/4 piece of Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Paper in the pink check pattern, then added the heart with Stampin' Dimensionals.  I stamped the Feb 14 image randomly with Rose Red ink on the Rose Red card stock, only along the top half.  I adhered everything to the base Whisper White cardstock.  Finally, I stamped I Heart You in Rose Red Craft Ink, let it dry, then punched it with the Large Oval Punch.  I added some Rose Red ink along the edge with my sponge dauber.  Pretty simple card, but I like it!

Don't forget…the Holiday Extravaganza Sale is over tomorrow!  Great time to stock up on dies and decor element vinyls while they are on sale!  Click here for more information and to save $20 on the Big Shot Machine!  What a great Christmas gift for you or someone you love!

I'd like to ask everyone for a little prayer today as I undergo a small medical procedure…pray that they find nothing abnormal in the test results.  Thanks!

Merry Christmas!

 

 

 

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Jan 17 2009

January Card Kit

 

Last chance for the January Card Kit of the Month.  Last day to order is January 21st.

Also, Tour de Freaks is coming on January 20th!  Make sure to save the date and check out the tour brought to you by the Control Freak Swappers!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CARD KIT OF THE MONTH- January 2010

Featured Set: “A Happy Heart” and

Featured Accessory: Basic Small Grommets

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this kit, you'll receive the supplies to create SIX of EACH design shown above – so you will receive all of the consumable supplies that you need to create 12 cards total. 

 

You will also receive 2 additional full color samples of "alternative" cards that you can make with the combined contents of the kit, as well as step by step instructions on how to complete each of the 4 designs. 

 

Card Kit Price is just $20–that's 12 cards, plus envelopes for just $20! 

 

Each month, the card kit also features both a Stamp Set of the Month and an Accessory of the Month. If you purchase the card kit, you may also purchase these items at 20% off! 

 

January Featured Products:

• A Happy Heart Stamp Set ($22.95) $18.36 with the purchase of the Card Kit
• Basic Small Grommets ($6.95) $5.56 with the purchase of the Card Kit

What else will you need?  See the list below for items that were used to create the cards in this kit.  If you already have everything–just buy the card kit and you are ready to create! 

 

If you don't have everything–place a product order with your kit (don't forget about the discount on the "featured products!")   

 

Or–you can use the card kit to create your own designs using other stamps and inks that you already have–the choice is yours! 

 

Orders for the Card Kits must be received by January 21st. You will receive your kits by the end of the month. 

Email me today to order!

Please Note: I am glad to ship kits directly to you! If the kit needs to be shipped, there will be an extra $3 shipping charge or $4.95 with additional product.

Products you will need to complete cards as shown:  

• Basic Black Classic Ink Pad ($5.95)
• Real Red Classic Ink Pad ($5.95)
• Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker ($5.95)
• In Color Stampin’ Write Markers ($17.95)
• Neutral Stampin’ Write Markers ($10.95)
• Mat Pack ($9.95)
• Paper Piercing Tool ($3.50)
• A Happy Heart Stamp Set ($22.95) $18.36 with the purchase of the Card Kit
• Basic Small Grommets ($6.95) $5.56 with the purchase of the Card Kit

§         Stampin’ Dimensionals ($3.95)

§         SNAIL Adhesive ($6.95)

§         Bone Folder ($6.95)

§         Paper Snips ($9.95)

 

Jan 02 2009

Blogger’s Challenge 80 – Color

Happy New Year everyone!  Hope you had a wonderful holiday.  I watched football games with my husband most of the day, but was also able to work on my swaps for Leadership and Control Freaks!  A productive day!  Just took a little pre-planning…I stamped and punched everything out in the morning while watching the Rose Parade and then adhered everything together during the games.

Today’s Blogger’s Challenge was to use a color combination of Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, a Red and White/Vanilla.  I thought I’d take the opportunity to use another one of my favorite sets in the mini catalog…I’m hoping it will be in the new BIG catalog…but I have a feeling it won’t be.  So…it is your last chance to pick up this wonderful set!  (January 18 is the last day to order from the mini.)

I used a blender pen and reinkers to pick up the colors like a marker and colored the different parts of the tic-tac-toe stamp (my favorite!) in Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red and Chocolate Chip, then stamped on Whisper White.  I stamped the center LOVE again in Riding Hood Red and punched it with the 1/2 circle punch and popped it up in the center with dimensionals.  I layered that onto Chocolate Chip.  Then used a layer of Riding Hood Red and put that on Chocolate Chip, too!    The top layer is popped up with dimensionals.

I also used a scrap piece of Ski Slope designer paper (another thing in the mini that will probably not be in the new Spring/Summer catalog since it is a winter paper) on the background of Baja Breeze.  I used the Word Window punch twice and cut them to different lengths and adhered to the upper left corner.  I punched the small heart from the new Heart to Heart punch (available with the Love You  Much Bundle) from Riding Hood Red and adhered to the ends.  Finally, I used some Crystal Effects on the hearts and the center Love heart.

Pretty simple…but I like the layout and didn’t want to clutter up the background too much.

Well, I’m off to work on more swaps!  Have a wonderful day…

 

Nov 19 2008

DCBD102 – Color Challenge

Wow…it’s Wednesday and time for the Diva’s Coffee Break Designers to show off their challenge!  This week’s challenge was to create with color…Cameo Coral, Bravo Burgundy, Close to Cocoa, Always Artichoke and So Saffron.  Wow…5 colors!  That is a lot for me!  I made one, but wasn’t entirely happy with it, so I created another example.  Today you get 2 for 1!

The first one I used A Happy Heart in the Holiday mini (I bet you didn’t even really look at that set since Valentine’s Day is so far away!)  I fell in love with the little heart Tic Tac Toe board…too cute!  I started with the background.  I wanted something that would blend the colors of So Saffron, Cameo Coral and Bravo Burgundy together and  I don’t have any Stampin’ Up! designer papers with those colors.  So, I took a piece of Watercolor paper and stamped the large heart from the set randomly all over in those three colors.  Then I spritzed my water spritzer all over to make the colors bleed together.  I like the random look it gave me.  I let it dry and mounted it on Always Artichoke.  Then I took the background So Saffron layer and my scoring blade and made checkerboard scoring lines all across the background (unfortunately most of it is covered up!)  I used my markers in So Saffron, Cameo Coral and Bravo Burgundy to ink up the Tic Tac Toe board on Very Vanilla and layered it on Always Artichoke.  I took a strip of Close to Cocoa designer paper from the Frosty Day package and added three Saffron brads on the left side.  Finally I stamped I "heart" U with markers Always Artichoke and Bravo Burgundy and stamped on Cameo Coral and punched it with the large oval punch.

So…ok…I like it…I don’t LOVE it…but I do like it.

I decided to go ahead and make up another sample.  This one I went with a floral stamp set, Bloomin’ Beautiful.  I loved this set when it was in the Mini, but I’ve hardly used it since then!  When I inked it up, I was reminded how much I did like it!

I used my markers to ink up the pot of flowers with Cameo Coral, Always Artichoke and Close to Cocoa with small touches of Bravo Burgundy.  Then I used my Aqua Painter to bleed the colors together on Very Vanilla.  I like the softness of this technique.   It is hard to see, but I added a layer of acetate over top of the image with the word Bloom stamped with Black Stazon and secured with Always Artichoke mini brads.  On the So Saffron layer, I stamped the definition of Blossom and added the letter B from Defining Alphabet over top in So Saffron…sort of a shadow image.  Last, I used the Alpine stripe ribbon that is in the mini catalog along the left side.  I thought the colors in it were close enough to match.

So…those are my two color challenge cards for the DCBD 102 Color Challenge!  Which one do you like best?

 Here are the others to check out this week!

 

 

 

 

 

Vivian Swain
Chris Austin
Dannie Graves 
Dee Tollaksen 
Heidi Michel
Julie Semones 
Kristen Moore
Selene Kempton