A New Ink on Life

Fancy Friday - Shake It Up!

Welcome to the Fancy Friday Blog Hop! We are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators that have been or are currently on the Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team. We love sharing our passion for creating with all of you.

The challenge this month is to create a project that shakes because we're shaking things up this year on the Fancy Friday Design Team! This will be our last official 'blog hop' because we're moving in a new direction! We'll be posting a challenge on the first Friday of every month over on Instagram and Facebook. And then we'll show you our team projects as the month progresses. We can't wait to have you around and play along so any time you're inspired by our challenge, tag us in or use hashtag #stampinfancyfriday.  Make sure follow us on Instagram and Facebook - @stampinfancyfriday. Stay inspired. See you there!

I don't make them very often, but I love a good shaker card! Actually after making this one I am questioning why I don't make them more often, considering they really are not that hard to make. For my card I used the Broadway Birthday Stamp Set and Coordinating Broadway Lights Dies. To create my shaker panel I used the Stitched So Sweetly and Stitched Shapes Dies to cut out my shape and create the circular window from Calypso Coral Cardstock then to add some texture to the plain cardstock I used the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder. Next I added a piece of Window Sheet and Foam Adhesive Strips to raise the paper window panel. The sentiments were stamped on Basic Black Cardstock with Whisper White Craft Ink then cut into cute little word strips. 

I wanted to create an impact with the word "Wish" so I die cut it from Watercolor Paper and painted it with Frost White Shimmer Paint using a Sponge Dauber, then once it dried I colored over it using a Dark Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Marker. The effect is a gorgeous colored shimmer with texture from the watercolor paper and paint.

Now, I love sequins and they are no doubt a go to for creating shaker elements, but I also wanted to add more interest and different shapes and textures. I thought it would be fun to include a little die cut "wish" from the Well Written Dies and also added some little hearts from the same die set. I then created paper confetti pieces by cutting up some DSP.

Next on the hop is my incredibly talented friend Jennifer Frost I am sure you will love what she has made!

 

All products used for today's project are listed below with a direct link to my online store for easy shopping. And remember from now until March 31st you can earn FREE select Sale-a-bration products for every $60 or $120 (Canadian) spent!  

A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop - I'll Bee Yours

 

I am so happy to be back blog hopping with my incredibly talented friends from the A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop! We are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators that love to think outside the box and come up with inspiring alternate samples using the current Paper Pumpkin Kit.

Paper Pumpkin by Stampin’ Up! makes creativity easy. Each month a fully designed project kit arrives in an adorable box filled with stamps, ink and paper – everything cut and ready to go.

Paper Pumpkin’s first kit of 2020 is all about L-O-V-E. Each I’ll Bee Yours kit comes with 20 foil paper bags, 10 mini card bases and envelopes, die-cut banners, printed die-cut pieces, baker’s twine, sequins, Stampin’ Dimensionals, and adhesive dots. And don’t forget the exclusive I’ll Bee Yours Stamp Set and Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Spot!

Although the kit itself is adorable as is, the best part of these kits for me is to find fun and creative ways to use the elements of the kit and make something totally different! This month I decided it was time to make a scrapbook page using one of my favourite photos of my oldest daughter. One of the first things I noticed in the stamp set was that there was a little tulip and I knew immediately that this photo would be perfect to use with the kit.

I paired the kit with the Timeless Tulips stamp set and FREE Sale-a-bration Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper. I love how this paper has both neural patterns like the bold black and white striped I used here, but also have gorgeous gold foiled designs. I matted the photo on a vellum and DSP layer from the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper pack. The watercolour background wash was created using Daffodil Delight ink and an Aqua Painter.

I do not have the Heart Punch Pack (it is on my list;) so I flipped over one of the purple die cut hearts and stamped on the white side with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. The tulip and leaves we stamped and then coloured over top with coordinating colours of Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers to create some depth to the images. I also added some splatters of Champagne Shimmer Paint.

Now be sure to check out the amazing inspiration of Paper Pumpkins alternatives from this talented crew! There are a lot of us hopping today and trust me you won't want to miss a single one!

 

A Paper Pumpkin Thing - Something For Everything

I am so happy to be back hopping with my incredibly talented friends from the A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop! We are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators that love to think outside the box and come up with inspiring alternate samples using the current Paper Pumpkin Kit.

This month we are working with the awesome  December kit: Something for Everything. I love the warm colour combination and floral details of this kit along with the pretty gold accents.  

 

I took the majority of the items from the kit and just added a few punches, some Whisper White and Shaded Spruce Cardstock plus the awesome Beautiful Friendship Stamp Set to come up with my projects. This stamp set coordinates perfectly with the floral imagery of the kit. 

It is so fun taking the kit and making alternate projects with it and just adding a few additional products to come up with some alternate ideas.

This card came together quickly, I just cut up one of the card bases to create a dotted patterned paper layer. One of my favourite techniques is to actually stamping on top of patterned paper. I used Terracotta Tile Classic Ink to stamp one of the floral images from the Beautiful Friendship stamp set. Next I layered the pretty gold foil foliage and die cut florals from the kit as well as some punched out Old Olive Vellum and Shaded Spruce leaves that were made using the Sprig Punch. Using the Tailored Tag Punch I punched out one of the die cut shapes from the kit.Then layered on some Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon. The sentiment is from the kit and stamped on one of the sentiment strips using Jet Black Stazon ink.

To create a little coordinating gift box box I used items from the kit as well as a Gold Mini Pizza Box. These Mini Pizza Boxes are the perefct size to house a gift card or small token of appreciation. 

 

Now be sure to check out the amazing inspiration of Paper Pumpkins alternatives from this talented crew! There are a lot of us hopping today and trust me you won't want to miss a single one!