A New Ink on Life

Affection Collection Friend - Clean and Simple

I think most of us by now and in the throws of holiday paper crafting or at least thinking about it:) I whinced today when I realized Christmas is just a little over a month away! Don't get me wrong I love Christmas and all that it truly represents what I don't love is the undo stress I put on myself to get ready for it,lol. That being said the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue is full of amazing and inspiring projects for the Christmas season but there is also a set towards the back of the Catalogue that I think may get over looked, so today I thought I would share a few quick cards hilighting the Affection Collection Stamp set. Don't worry I will be back tomorrow with some Christmas card inspiration:)

Sometimes it's just nice to switch it up a little and create a square card. I started with a Whisper White base then layered on Basic Black and then another piece of Whisper White that I had scrored a squre into using the Simpy Scored Tool.

I then stamped the heart with wings image directly on the paper using Jet Black StazOn ink and then again on a scrap using Raspberry Ripple Ink and punched it out with the Small Heart Punch, then popped it up and added a Rhinestone Jewel. I also stamped the little banner image using the same colour on a scrap and cut it out.

Again this card was super quick and easy to create but I love the unexpected colour combo. I used Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry, More Mustard and Crumb Cake. It was also fun to use the Essentials Paper Piercing Pack Template to create the hearts in the background. I actually pierced them then flipped the card stock over so that the "poked" holes were facing out (hope that makes sense:).

Then I just layered on punched hearts and a die cut shape from the Aporthecary Accents Framelits that was embossed with the one of the Adorning Accents Folders.

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,

 

Wish Big Birthday

I have been so caught up lately working on some projects using new products from the amazing Holiday Catalogue that I still haven't shown most of the projects that I have made for the display boards at the Stampin' Up! Convention. So with further ado here is another card using the You're Amazing Stamp Set.

I took the colour combo of Calypso Coral, Cherry Cobbler, Island Indigo, and Daffodil Delight from the World Spectacular Designer Series Paper. Although surprisingly I used absolutely no DSP on this card! The card base is Calypso Coral then I used a large piece of Cherry Cobbler that had been stamped using the Ticket Stampin' Around Wheel using matching ink.

The main image was stamped using Jet Black StazOn on Water Colour paper, I coloured it in using an Aqua Painter and several different inks, then punched it out with the 2 1/2" Circle Punch. I also gave the background of the image a soft wash of colour using Pool Party. The sentiment is from the set Pennant Parade. I mounted it onto a piece of Island Indigo that had been embossed using the Stripes Textured Impressions Folder. Then before attaching it to the card base I added two pieces that were die cut using the Apothacary Accents Framelits  and embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder. 

Have a great day,

You're Amazing Birthday Banner

Just a super quick post today but I thought I would share anoth project that I created using the You're Amazing stamp set. This is a super cute banner that was quick and easy to put together using the my Big Shot, Pefect Pennants Bigz Die and the Bitty Banners Framelits.

For this banner I used the World Spectacular Designer Series paper and the coordinating matching colours of ink pads and paper. One of my favourite things about Stampin' Up! is how there is no guess work-everything matches perfectly! The colours used for this project were Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Calypso Coral and So Saffron (for the ribbon)

Here you can see the close up of the medallion I created using the Simply Scored Tool.

Have a great day,

You're Amazing Smile

It's no secret that I love to scrap, however I haven't done a ton of personal scrapbooking lately but after making samples for the Stampin' Up! Convention I must say it really renewed my drive to get some pages done for my own books:) This page by far is one of my most favourites that I have made in a long time and you can bet that I will be recreating it:)

The products used on this page are from the World Spectacular Product Suite and I just love this fun and fresh colour combo. I used a large piece of Designer Series Paper from the World Spectacular pack and had it do most of the work for my title-love that! All I did was add the die cut letters to spell out "smile". These photos of my son were taken shortly after he first got his braces on.

 Here you can see a close up of the sweet tickets that were created using the You're Amazing Stamp set, Take a Ticket Wheel and the Ticket Duo Builder Punch. I also created a little flag using a tooth pick and one of the dies from the Bitty Banners Framelits.

The super cool thing about one of the patterns in the DSP is that there are tiny ticket images that punch out perfectly with the Ticket Punch! So I stapled a few along with a flag to the smaller photo.

Have a great day!

Sweet Storytime Suite

As I mentioned earlier in this post I had the pleasure of working with the Storytime Suite products for the Stampin' Up! Convention Displays. I was so happy to see that all 6 of the projects that I made using these products made it to the display boards.

You can see that the Storeytime Suite projects are on the bottom half of the board. Here are some individual photos of the projects that I sent in. You can see a close up of the little red wagon HERE.

For this scrap page I used one of the full 12x12 sheets of DSP from the Storytime pack, the blue rectangles were cut from another one of the patterns and attached to the page using dimensionals. I also die cut the title from the same DSP.

This card uses the sweet image from Life Shared, a super cute single stamp just perfect for water colouring! The "F" was die cut using the new Typeset Aphabet Bigz Die and the word friends is from the Storybook Friends stamp set. The colour combo I used was Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, Riding Hood Red and Daffodil Delight.

This fun little card is a shaker card that I created using the super cool Shaker Frames. Inside I put a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds and made some confetti bits by punching out the tiny circle shape in the Cupcake Punch.

This one is just a really CAS card with LOTS of white space! I actually surprised myself when I made it,lol:) I wanted to show that this stamp set doesn't have to only be coloured in. It can look cute to by just stamping the outlined image and adding some fun details like paper piecing the flag.

Last but not least is another scrapbook page that I created but this time it is totally digital made using My Digital Studio of course.

Here is the display board full of inspiring My Digital Studio Projects.


And this is my page. I just love these photo of my daughter "reading" one of her favourite books.

Okay that's it for now but I still have tons of samples to share over the next few weeks. If you have any questions about the details of any of these projects just ask. To be honest I just really don't feel like typing up a full supply list for everything right now as it is late and I should be sleeping:)

Have a great night/day!

Storytime Wagon

Okay, I am here finally with something NEW! About 2 months ago I was contacted by SU! and asked if I would like to be a display stamper for Convention...ummmm YES! I knew I would be recieving the 3 stamp sets that the Convention attendees would be recieving but I was also told that I would be getting one of the products suites that are featured in the catalogue. Imagine my delight when I opened my box and saw the sweet Storytime products!

Right away I knew exactly what I wanted to create for my 3D projects.

So stinkin' cute,right?! I took the basic directions for the wagon from the Scor-Pal site and changed them up a bit to better fit my design. The handle was just cut free hand from Basic Gray card stock.

In this picture you can see all 6 of the mini note cards. I used each of the images from the Storybook Friends stamp set and stamped them on water colour paper then coloured them in with several different inks using an Aqua Painter.

Supplies used:

Stamps: Storybook Friends

Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze, Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Wild Wasabi, Basic Gray, Riding Hood Red

Paper: Storytime Designer Series paper, Riding Hood Red, Pool Party, Midnight Muse, Basic Gray, Basic Black

Accessories, Simply Scored, 3/4" and 1" Circle Punches, Mini Brads, Basic Black Brads, Midnight Muse Stitched Satin Ribbon, White Baker's Twine, Jewlery Tag Punch, Aqua Painter

Have a great day!