A New Ink on Life

A Friendly Valentine

I am so excited to share with you a little project that I created for Stampin' Up!'s Facebook Page. With it being Valentine's Day next Tuesday the Artisan Award Winners were asked to share some love:) Make sure you check out what other "lovely" ideas they came up with HERE 

The whole idea of this project is that Valentine's Day does not have to be just for kids and couples. I created this card and candy bag to give to some of my friends to let them know they are loved and appreciated. Do you remember when you were a child and how fun it was to make hand make Valentines for all your friends? My favourite ones were the kind that you could color in. For my project I decided to create a “grown up” version that I could color. I am in love with the gorgeous color palette from the Attic Boutique Designer Series Papers and the sweet image from the Greeting Card Kids Stamp Set is perfect for water coloring.  Using an Aqua Painter with various ink pads I was able to channel my inner child and what Valentine’s project would be complete with out candy? The new Labels Collection Framelits make the perfect bag topper for Stampin’ Up!’s Cello Bags.

It is hard to tell from the photo but I put a dab of Crystal Effects on the heart to make it look like the cinnamon hearts in the cello bag.

 Here's a list of supplies I used:

119887(W) 120633(C) Greeting Card Kids Stamp Set

109521(W) En Francais Background Stamp

122268(W) 122270(C) You’re a Gem Stamp Set

118091(W) 118592(C) Tiny Tags Stamp Set

122959 Watercolor Paper

122924 Pool Party 8 ½ x11 Card stock

119796 Blushing Bride 8 ½ x11 Card stock

119685 Cherry Cobbler 8 ½ x11 Card stock

101650 Very Vanilla 8 ½ x11 Card Stock

125407 Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper

122938 Pool Party Classic Ink

119669 Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink

119667 Daffodil Delight Classic Ink

119786 Blushing Bride Classic Ink

105208 Sahara Sand Classic Ink

119670 Early Espresso Classic Ink

100037 Blush Blossom Stampin’ Write Marker

119883 Full Heart Punch

120906 2 ½” Circle Punch

117190 Jewellery Tag Punch

112530 Circle Scissors Plus

112531 Circle Scissors Plus Glass Mat

113439 Big Shot

117332 Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die

125598 Labels Collections Framelits Dies

125592 Paper Doily Large Sizzlet Die

125596 Fashionable Hearts Embosslits Die

119247 Jewels Basic Pearls

125570 Blushing Bride 3/8” Pleated Satin Ribbon

122967 Soft Suede 3/8” Taffeta Ribbon

103104 3x5 Small Cello Bags

101055 Crystal Effects

 

Have a great day,

 

Santa Gum Holder

This week at Stampin' Royalty we have a great Theme Challenge of Winter/Christmas! We would love to see what you have been creating lately so we hope you find the time to play along and be sure to check out the awesome projects that the other Goddesses have come up with.

These fun little gum holders are perfect for giving to friends, neighbours or popping in stockings and are super quick and easy to make.  You can find the basic directions in this post.

For these ones I used a 1 1/2 x 4" strip of Whisper White and just tore a little bit off along the edges. For the notch at the top I used the 1" Circle Punch. The belt is 3/4" x 2 1/2 Basic Black with a 1" square of Brushed Silver and a 3/4" square of Basic Black. The words are from Delightful Decorations and was punched out with the 3/4" Circle.

If you have any questions just let me know:)

 Supplies used:

Stamps: Delightful Decorations

Paper: Real Red Textured, Basic Black, Whiper White, Brushed Silver

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: Silver Embossing Powder, 3/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch

 

 

A Simply Adorned Christmas

Wow, where do I even begin? Gee, have you guess that I have not had much time to stamp lately?  I had yet another child home sick yesterday (this time my son) and I am about to buy shares in Lysol so I can bath everyone in it and hopefully get rid of the germs-yuck:(

Anyway enough whining from me, we have a great challenge over at Stampin' Royalty this week - Anything But a Card. And I thankfully had something I made a while back that fits perfectly with the challenge:) Stampin' Up! had asked this years Artisan Award Winners to create a holiday project for their Facebook Page and I had created a Christmas ornament using the Simply Adorned Line of products. The ornament also fits in with the current challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments, so yay I get to play a long with some more of my blogging friends:)

I wanted the box to be just as pretty as what was on the inside so I just had to add some of my favourite things to it-ribbon, stampin', punching and pearls:) I stamped the Hello, Doilly Background on the lid of the box in Versa Mark then heat embossed it with Wild Wasabi Embossing Powder, crumpled and ruffled some Very Vanilla Seam Binding then added a tiny poinsettia that was created using the Boho Blossom Punch.

Here you can see it hanging on a tree, not exactly a christmas tree but when I was taking the picture I needed to find something to hang it on so I figured the cedar in my backyard would make a good subsitute,lol!

Be sure to check out all of the projects on Stampin' Up's Facebook page, they are amazing! And we would love to have you join us at Stampin' Royalty this week:)

Supplies:
122845: Hello, Doily Background Stamp
124004: Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Series Paper
102283: VersaMark Pad
123224: Wild Wasabi Stampin’ Emboss Powder
120999: Very Vanilla 1/2” Seam Binding Ribbon
122966: Crumb Cake 3/8” Taffeta Ribbon
118481: Victoria 5/8” Crochet Trim
119247: Pearl Basic Jewels
117342: Simply Adorned 8” Bracelet
121012: Clear Crystal 5/8” Simply Adorned Bauble 
116799: Simply Adorned 1-1/2”x2” Charm
117349: Simply Adorned 5/8” Circle Charm
100005: Heat Tool
119869: 1/2” Circle Punch
119858: Boho Blossoms Punch

Have a great day,

Halloween Treats

Today we have a great challenge for you at Stampin' Royalty! Halloween is fast approaching and we would love to see what you are making so this week we are having a Halloween Theme Challenge.  I find that the kids get so much candy on halloween that I wanted to come up with another type of treat for them, although I am not too sure they would consider this a "treat":)

Using the awesome Simply Scored Tool I was able to whip up this pencil box in no time! I also embossed the Basic Black Card stock with the Spider Web Impressions Folder and added some Dazzling Details along the lines of the web.

I created the cute little tag using punches and both the Spooky Bingo Bits and Tiny Tags stamp sets. The DSP is from the Flightful Sight Pack  and I attached the tag to some Lucky Limeaide Ruffled Ribbon with White Bakers Twine.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Tiny Tags, Spooky Bingo Bits

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black

Paper: Frightful Sight Designer Series Paper, Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Accessories: Simply Scored Tool, Big Shot, Spider Web Impressions Folder, White Bakers Twine, Lucky Limeaide Ruffled Ribbon, Tasteful Trim Die, Tag Punch, 1" Square Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch

Have a great day and we would love to see your "frightful" creation!

Spice Cake Gratitude

So in case you didn't notice I took a wee break from blogging:) My mojo went AWOL so if you see it please send it back my way,lol! Truth be told I have had a lot going on with kids and family so we enjoyed my son turning 8 this past week and my hubby and I celebrated our wedding anniversary.

I do have a project to share with you though, it is a fold out matchbook album that I created for the current round of UStamp with Dawn and Friends. I am absolutely IN LOVE with the Spice Cake Suite in the now CURRENT HOLIDAY MINI. The album not only contains photos but also contains beautiful Quotes about gratitude that I found. With all of the ups and downs of this summer it was nice to sit down and create a project reflecting upon what truly matters in life:)
 
 Hope you like the sneak peek. You can get the full tutorial along with over 30 more amazing project by joinning UStamp I Heart The Holidays.
 
 Have a great day and I do have a few new project to share soon:)

 

  
 

 
  
 

 

Artisan Award Winning Project # 10 Blog Hop Day 10

Well my friends, today I am sharing the last of my Artisan Award projects. It was fun to revisit each project with all of you (and try to remember exactly what I did to make each of them,lol!). I have really enjoyed looking at everyone else's projects and reading all the little details that went into making each one, details that are so easily missed when you are looking at them from 8 feet away.

If you have been following along you should have arrived here from the very talented  Laura Mellinger's blog, and if not there is a full list of all of the blog's at the end of this post, so be sure to check out their amazing projects.

The last project that I am sharing today is my final 3D. Now I think I know where my strengths and weaknesses lie when it comes to my skills in paper crafting. I am am not a 3D rock star like my fellow Artisan winners. So I knew when I was figuring out what I was going to make that it would not be some phenomel structure or amazing sewing project. I knew it had to reflect me and what I was capable of and hopefully that would be enough. I decided to focus on trend, composition, and trying to use something in an innovative way.

So I created this banner and added my favourite-Pinwheels!

I know it would be so much better if I had a picture of it hanging up,but.... you guessed it this was taken at the UPS store right before it was sent off! Now please do not think that I did not put a lot of time and effort into my projects because some were created last minute-it is just how my brain works:) I see something in my head and then create in spurts. Fortunately for me the 3D projects just came to me and I was then able to sit and create them. Trust me in the days leading up to that final night I did not think everything would be finished on time.

So on to the banner! I used the now retired Pennant Die and instead of placing the scored side of the card stock to the left, I placed it to the right so it created a forked pennant rather then a triangular one. The pennant was made from Textured Pacific Point card stock and then I decorated it with pinwheels made from the Celebrations Designer Series Paper and matching Quick Accents. The letters for the word PARTY were created in My Digital Studio using the Broadsheet Alphabet Download, I added a drop shadow to each letter in Pacific Point to help make the letters pop. One of the best things about My Digital Studio is that you can resize any of the stamps. So I was able to create the letters large enough for my banner and colour match my card stock-love it!
 
 And  now for a recap of the the last 10 days here is a picture of all of my projects as they were displayed at Convention:

 
 

Now be sure to hop on over to Heather Stevens blog and her amazing project!

And here is the list and order of the full hop:

1. Connie Collins  
2. Sandra Farrell
3. Heidi King  
4. Heather Klump   
5. Cheryl LeFore   
6. Laura Mellinger
7. Jennifer Picard  (you are here)  
8. Heather Stevens       
9. Summer Stone    
10. Heather Summers   

 Have a great weekend and I should be back on Monday with something new to share:)

Artisan Award Winning Project #5 Blog Hop Day 5

 

Wow we are already half way throught the Artisan Award Blog Hop! I know I certainly have been blown away by all the amazing projects that have been posted. If you have been following along you should have arrived here from the talented Laura Mellinger's blog, and if not there is a full list of all of the blog's at the end of this post. Thank you again for taking the time to visit us on this hop and we hope we have inspired you a little:) As I have mentioned earlier in the week, I really encourage those of you that are interested in entering Artisan to really go for it this year and enter! It has been an amazing experience so far and I can not wait to see what the rest of this year has to offer.

Today I decided to share one of my 3 D projects. Now those of you that know me know that I tend to procrastinate, so when I confess that this next project was done the night before I shipped my package off you may not be surprised:) I do work best under pressure and although I had  this idea for this project weeks before completing it, it did not come together until the 11th hour!

Here is the picture I used:

 and here is the Canvas I created:

I do apologize for this quality and location of this photo, but to be honest it was taken at the UPS store before I packaged everthing up and sent it on it's way! Again there is LOTS of sponging and destressing on this project. It is also a hybrid project , meaning I combined My Digital Studio with trational paper crafting. I altered my photo in MDS using several of the Vintage Overlays and then typed the words "You're Amazing" over top. I actually used the colour picking tool in MDS and took the colour from my daughter's hair for the words. All the edges of the canvas were sponged with Soft Suede Ink and on the bottom left corner I stencil one of the imagaes from the Elegant Trio Stencils using Blushing Bride Ink.

Here are a few close ups of the project:

The flower was created by cutting some Very Vanilla Ribbon with the Tasterful Trim Die and then using my Heat Tool to seal and wrinkle the edges. I then sponged it with Blushing Bride Classic Ink.

The photo was mounted on a piece of Presto Patterns Designer Series Paper that had been sponged with Soft Suede and Blushing Bride Inks as well as spritzed with Smooth Spritz Spray in Vanilla Shimmer. I also stenciled the Flower image again using Peach Parfait on the DSP. A lot of times people will ask me wher my inspiration comes from and to be honest for this project I kept hearing the Lyrics from the Bruno Mars song "Just the way You Are".

Supplies used:

My Digital Studio

Stamps: Musical Notes Wheel

Paper: Presto Patterns Designer Series paper

Stencils: Elegant Trio

Ink: Blushing Bride, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Big Shot, Tasteful Trim Die, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Pearl Jewels, Heat Tool, Sponges, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, Sticky Strip, Hot Glue Gun

Now be sure to hop on over to Heather Stevens blog and her amazing project!

And here is the list and order of the full hop:

1. Connie Collins  
2. Sandra Farrell
3. Heidi King  
4. Heather Klump   
5. Cheryl LeFore   
6. Laura Mellinger
7. Jennifer Picard    
8. Heather Stevens       
9. Summer Stone    
10. Heather Summers   

Have a great day!

 

 

 

 

 

My Digital Studio- A Grandmother's Gift

So this week at Stampin' Royalty we decided that even though Mother's Day has past, we still should be celebrating the mother's, grandmother's and wonderful women in our life :) So we a have a theme challenge this this week of Celebrating Mothers.

I created a special Mother's Day gift for my Mother in Law in My Digital Studio:

I used a photo of my kids from almost 2 years ago (can you believe that I have no recent ones of all of them together?!) and made a large photo box to cover the 8 1/2 x 11 page in My Digital Studio. I knew I wanted the photo to be "faded" so I changed the Picture Opacity to 40%. Next I "stamped" the swirls from the Notes And Details Download and then layered on the Texture #2 from the Vintage Overlays Download I then created a text box for a poem that I found on the internet (unknown author).

Now I could of just printed it out and framed it but I decided to create a hybrid project.

 
 
  So I printed the photo to 8x10 then matted it with Basic Black Card stock, then attached it to a 12x12 sheet of Textured Very Vanilla Card stock. Next I used the Fun Flowers Die and My Big Shot to cut out flowers in Melon Mambo, Baja Breeze and Blushing Bride. I then attached a button and a Trinket Key. I did use a hot glue gun to glue it to the page as I knew I would need a very strong hold because it would be standing upright. For the butterfly I used the Beautiful Butterfies Die and cut it out in Very Vanilla then sponged it with Daffodil Delight and wheel the Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel over it using Crumb Cake Ink. The words" Key to my Heart" is from the You're a Gem stamp set that was in the previuos Occasions Mini. (I do hope they carry this set to the new Catalogue in July :) I punched it out with the 3/4 x 15/16 Oval Punch.

 
 I used a 12x12 shadow box that I got at a local craft store to frame the finished project

Supplies Used:

My Digital Studio Program, Notes and Details and Vintage Overlays Stamp Brush Downloads

Stamps: You're a Gem

Papers: Very Vanilla textured, Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Baja Breeze, Blushing Bride

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: Big Shot, Fun Flowers Die, Beautiful Butterflies Die, Trinket Keys, 3/4 x 15/16 Oval Punch

Hope you can join us this week,

I am BACK with Some Ice Parlor Fun!

Yes it is true, I have my computer back :) It is amazing to realize how much I actually rely on having it, and how much I miss out on not being able to email or blog. Any who, I have it now and I will be spending the day playing catch up on over a week's worth of work!

So I thought I would share with you today the project we made at my stamp club meeting.

 I wanted to focus on the Build a Blossom stamp set and matching Blossom Petals Punch and also use the super fun Ice Cream Palor DSP and Quick Accents Pack and matching Ribbon and Button Pack (which you can get for FREE during Sale a bration with your qualifying purchase). These colours are so bright and cherry I thought it would be a a great pick me up from the winter blahs. I actually cased the card from one I had made previously and my club ladies loved it so I recreated it for them just using different colours.
 
The box was created using the Petal Cone Die, we just cut the bottom off, snipped and scored so that it would have a flat bottom. The card stock is Peach Parfait and it was stamped in the co ordinating ink using the Eat Chocolate Stamp Set. The Melon Mambo Pompom Trim was attached using Sticky strip. I just love the little "To Do List" image in this set! It was inked up with  Early Espresso and Melon Mambo Markers. Then to add a bit of interest the top was punched using the Spiral Border Punch, then to finish it off I added a Mini Library Clip, some ribbon and a button from the Ice Cream Palor Pack.
 

 
The card is also has a pocket inside, perfect for holding a gift card, money or a special note. The base started as a 4x12 piece of Melon Mambo Textured Card stock then was scored at 4 and 8 then the center panel was scored on an angle to create the pocket. The front was decorated using Not Quite Navy card stock, the Peach Parfait DSP from the Ice Palor pack, and a small strip of the polka dot pattern from the Ice Cream Palor Accents (these are die cut and ready to adhere). For the flower petals I used Whisper White card stock and Daffodil Delight Ink. The leaves are Old Olive. The center button is from the Spring time Vintage Big Designer Buttons and I just threaded some Not Quite Navy card stock through the holes and wrapped the edge with that yummy Pompom trim. The sentiment is from Bring on the Cake. Basically everything used in this project can be found in the amazing Occasions Mini Catalogue and the Sale a bration Brouchure, you can click here to visit my website and view then on line.

Okay next on the do list is to acknowledge some wonderful stamping and blogging friends who have honored me with the Stylish Blogger award.

Thank you to Rosemarie (who is a constant source of inspiration, she is insanely talented), Cathy (whose blog I just discovered and now follow:) and Judy ( great projects and some yummy recipes too:). Thanks ladies and I encourage you all to visit their wonderful blogs.

Okay now I am suppose to list 8 things about me, really I am not that intersting so if you want to know something I listed them in this post.

Now the fun part is to list 8 blogs that inspire me. There are way too many to list but here are just a few that always blow me away by their talent:

Carrie

Tara

Teneale

Renee

Julie

Jen

Rachel

Melissa

Have a great day,

Petal Cone Party Time!

I was so excited to see that my project has now been posted to the Oh My Word UStamp with Dawn and Friends site, so now I can finally share it here! I have been sitting on this project for over a month and am quite pleased with how it turn out. This is just one of the 40+ projects with PDF instructions that will be shared during the current session of UStamp. The projects are amazing so be sure to check out all the info here and sign up if you would like to receive step by step photo instructions to this project.

Wouldn't this make such a quick cute birthday treat or even a party favour?! I just love how versatile the Petal Cone die is.

Have a great day and happy stampin'