A New Ink on Life

Thank You

I think Lacy and Lovely has to be one of my all time favourite stamp sets. I just love all of the images and the font for the sentiment is just so pretty!This card has everything I love on it -pretty seam binding, gorgeous DSP, embossing and spritzing:) I started with a Crumb Cake base then layered on a piece of DSP from the Fan Fair Collection that had been stamped on, spritzed and embossed using the Big Shot and  one of the Delicate Designs Folders.

From Island Indigo card stock I die cut a doilie from the Delicate Doilies Sizzlet, then layered on the sentiment that had been stamped and punched out with a Circle Punch. Next I added a strip of Naturals Ivory Card stock that had been die cut with the Finishing Touch Edgelit, a strip of destressed DSP and tied it all together with some yummy Pool Party Seam Binding. Of course to finish it off it definately needed a little safety pin from the Vintage Trinkets.

Have a great day!

Glittery Noel

Well I have had a lot happening on the home front - from a sick little one, school activities, after school activities, to having several appliances breaking down:( You know all those things that come along with life in general. My stamping time has been far and few between and to be perfectly honest I have been in a little bit of a stamping slump. Must be going around because I know a few of my awesome cyber buddies are suffering from "the slumps" too.

So rather then not posting anything at all I thought I would show you one of the Christmas cards that we made at a class I had several weeks ago. And I am hoping to get a little inky this weekend.

This card is all about the glitter. Unfortunately it is really hard to capture in a photo but the Illuminate Watermark Ink pad is just stunning. It gives such a nice shimmer. I started with a Primerose Petals card stock base then stamped the snowflakes from the Snow Swirled set on Midnight Muse card stock. Next I added a piece of Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon across the front.

The sentiment is from Greetings of the Season and was also inked up with the Illuminate ink then punched out with the 1 3/8 Circle Punch. I layered that on top of a die cut circle and then some yummy Silver Glimmer Paper that was die cut using one of the Labels Collection Framelits. To finish it all off I added a sweet little bow.

Have a great day!

 

Merry Merry-Happy You

It's that time again-time to get sketchy at Try Stampin' on Tuesday! Be sure to check out all of the Design Teams samples and we hope you will join us this week.

Have you ever started a card with an idea in you head then have it turn into something totally different? Well that is what happened with this card:) I started with the Hostess only stamp set Happy You (it is full of cute little line art images for different occasions), stamped it on Watercolour Paper and gave the wreath image some quick colour using Gumball Green and Cherry Cobbler Classic Inks and a Blender Pen. I then punched them out with the the 1 1/4" Square Punch so that the words were not with the image. Next using the 1 3/8 Square Punch I punched out some Gumball Green and mounted the 3 little images on them. Cute but now what was I going to do with them?!

I had a piece of Early Espresso Core'dination Card stock sitting on my desk that had already been embossed with the Woodgrain Impressions Folder. So I decided to punch out a trio of square to create a little window for each image to show through. It looked kind of plain, but then I had an "a ha" moment and decided to use one of the left over pieces of paper that had the sentiment on it. I also have had the Cherry Cobbler Scallopped Tulle Ribbon forever and had used it yet. I knew it would be perfect to tie the whole card together. I just cut it in half width wise so that it would not over power that card.

Have a great day!

Wonderfall Layout

Each month with my Scrapbook Club I plan a two page layout that focuses on a specific Designer Series Paper, Stamp set, and Tool. For November I used the Orchard Harvest DSP, Wonderfall Stamp Set and matching Autumn Accents Die, Core'dinations card stock and the Colour Spritzer Tool. Oh and we even did a little Heat Embossing. There was a lot packed into this CAS layout:)

I try to make sure  each month that I come up with layouts that are simple enough to easily recreate but try to include lots of fun elements. I also try to keep the theme relatively generic so that it works for everyone, no matter what stage of their life they may be in. Most of the products used on this page can be found in the awesome HOLIDAY CATALOGUE.

It's really hard to tell in the photos but we used the Colour Spritzer Tool and a Soft Suede Marker to add sprays of colour on the More Mustard 12x12 base.

We used VersaMark and Early Espresso Embossing Power to make the sentiment (from Pursuit of Happiness set) really pop from the Naturals Ivory Card stock. The leaves were die cut then stamped also using VersaMark to create a tone on tone effect.

 For two of the photos I wanted to create a faux polariod. I achieved this by making the Very Vanilla mat a little longer vertically, then stamped some words from the very versatile Fabulous Phrases set. The center photo was just matted with Very Vanilla then placed on top of a piece of Early Espresso Core'dinations Card stock that was embossed with the Woodgrain Impressions Folder, then sanded.

I then create a little banner using scrap of DSP and the Petite Pennant Punch (which is on SALE right now for 30% off! To view the full list of SALE items click HERE) some Linen Thread and two adorable button brads from the Vintage Trinkets.

Have a great day,

 

Blooming with Kindness

I'm back today with another card, this time for Stampin' Royalty. We have a fantastic Fall colour palette and the Design Team have come up with some fabulous samples to get your creative ideas going.

Yesterday I received a SU! order that had a stamp set in it that I have been pining over since the release of the SU! Catalogue. So when they had the one day stamp sale I needed to order Blooming with Kindness:) Of course the next thing I needed to do was ink it up! I started with a Chocolate Chip card base and embossed it with the Woodgrain Impressions Folder. I then took a piece of Very Vanilla and stamped the large flower image using Pumpkin Pie several times; not reinking in between.

Next I die cut a strip of Pumpkin Pie card stock with the Finishing Touches Edgelit and attached it to the main image. Then I added a strip of So Saffron DSP from the Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack that had been stamped with a sentiment using Chocolate Chip Ink. Lastly I wrapped some yummy Gumball Green Stitched Satin Ribbon and tied it into a bow. I love how simple and easy this design is and it could easily be mass produced.

Have a great day!

T is for Thanks

It's Tuesday and that of course means time to get sketchy at Try Stampin' on Tuesday! This week's sketch lends itself to so many options, I do hope you will join us. And be sure to check out what the rest of the Design Team came up with.  The wonderful ladies at The Paper Players are also having a theme challenge to "Give Thanks", so I just knew I had to play along too.

I haven't used my Woodgrain Folder, Autumn Accents Die and the Wonderfall stamp set very much so I figured now would be a good time before there is snow instead of leaves on the ground:) The base of the card is Naturels Ivory, then I layered on a piece of Early Espresso Core'dinations card stock that had been embossed then sanded. The two strips of DSP are from the Ochard Harvest Designer Series paper pack.

The leaves were die cut from Riding Hood Red, Lucky Limeaide and More Mustard then stamped with the Wonderfall set using VersaMark. I wrapped some twine around the card front layer and tied on one of the gorgeous Brushed Bronze Buttons. Then I attached the leaves to a piece of Island Indigo that was die cut using the Delicate Doilies Sizzlet. For the sentiment I used the leter "T" from Letter It  and Island Indigo Ink (I stamped off once) then added the word "thanks" from Fabulous Phrases.

Have a great day!

 

All That Glitters

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Googlie Ghouls-BOOOOO

Well halloween is officially a week away and over at Stampin' Royalty we want you to show us your halloween projects! I don't usually send halloween cards but I couldn't help but make one using this week's colours from ColourQ and the super cute Googlie Ghouls set.

I didn't have any Kiwi Kiss so I substituted with Lucky Limeaide:)

Eek-who would have thought a mummy and a spider could be so cute! This was a really quick card to put togther and I think it would be cute to give with the Googlie Ghouls Gum Holder that I made. The base of the card is Lucky Limeaide then I layered on a large piece of Whisper White that had been embossed with the Spider Web Impressions Folder.  The patterned paper is from the Summer Smooches Designer Series Paper and I just cut two strips then forked the ends using the 1 1/4" Square Punch. The cute little mummy was stamped using Jet Black StazOn then punched out with the Decorative Label Punch. To finish it off I added a Rich Razzleberry button from the Brights Designer Buttons.

Have a great day!

Daydream Medallions Christmas

Okay so I know we have not even had Halloween yet but I am sure a lot of you are already working on Christmas projects  as it seems to be the busiest time of year for sending cards and creating handmade gifts. When I first saw the Daydream Medallions stamp set, I imediately thought Christmas.

So today I decided to share two Christmas ideas using this set and later this week I will post some other samples using it in a more traditional way.

This is a card stock picture ornament that I created using the stamp set and matching Floral Frames Framelits.

I embossed the largest image using Wild Wasabi Embossing Powder and added tiny Pearls Jewels. I also added a pearl to the center of the Antique Brad, the sentiment is from Petite Pairs.

For this card I created a shaker card using the awesome Shaker Frames, Floral Frames Framelits and a Window Sheet.

 

I stamped the images using Gumball Green Ink then die cut them out. For the inside of the shaker I added some beautiful Champagne Glass Glitter mixed with some Dazzling Diamonds.

If you have questions about more specific details of these projects just pop me an email:)

Have a great day,

 

Stampin' Fun with Friends

First let me start off this post my saying that this maybe a long winded post:) As I mentioned earlier in the week I was very lucky to be able to have a small road trip to Tacoma Washington with some wonderful women and attend a Stampin' Up! Regional Training Event. Stampin' Up! has brought so many amazing people into my life that I otherwise may have never met and for that I am truly grateful. I took lots of pictures of display boards and project ideas but I thought I would first start with showing you my swap card.

Now for anyone one that knows me, knows that I do NOT do well with having to create the same thing over and over again, and they also know that I will be finishing up things right down to the very last minute,lol! So I had cut and stamped enough supplies to bring 20 of these cards with me and well lets just say I finished 12, I think ( and yes I was assembling them in the hotel room:) But I am happy with the way it turned out. I decided to design my card using the same layout that I had used HERE.

The base of the card is Basic Black then I layered on a piece of River Rock. Next I took a piece of the Cherry Cobbler Core'dinations card stock and embossed it using the Lacy Brocade Impressions Folder and sanded the raised portions to reveal the lighter colour. An ornament from Delightful Decorations was stamped using Baja Breeze and punched out with the Ornament Punch. I created 3 banner strips from the First Edition Designer Series Paper and forked the ends using a 1 1/4" Square Punch. The sentiment is from Greetings of the Season and was stamped using Jet Black StazOn. Both the sentiment piece and the DSP strips were generously spritzed using the Colour Spritzer Tool and a Basic Gray Marker.

The stamp sets that we used for the make and takes were Clockworks and One in a Million I would show you them but I didn't finish mine:) Instead I'll show you a picture of the display board. I must say that I don't have either of these sets but after seeing these amazing samples they are now on my wishlist!

So now comes the pictures of the women that I went with and let's just say it certainly was a road trip adventure!

This is Paula, myself and Sandra at the end of the day. We were actually there well after everyone was gone (if you look closely you will see there are no table cloths left on the tables) because Paula had brought a guest with her and she decided to sign up while we were there. But narrowing down her wishlist to decide what to order in her Starter Kit took awhile:) Shelli (yes THE Shelli CEO and Cofounder of SU!) even came over and chatted with us for while they were finishing the paper work. Such an amazing day!

And finally I will leave you with this picture of Sandra and I. Yes I am sitting on her, it was at the end of the day and I think I was giddy from extreme lack of sleep (I only got about an hour and a half the night before) and too much caffine:).

Have a wonderful day!