Jan 14, 2019 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Beautiful Promenade is a great stamp set, and was chosen for this week’s What Will You Stamp? challenge.
Today, I’m sharing with you a “quick & easy” card using this stamp set. How do you like my yellow hibiscus?
PS. You are Loved
There’s a stamp for the outline of the flower, which I stamped in Pineapple Punch ink on Thick Whisper White cardstock. A second stamp was used for the detailed lines, with Daffodil Delight ink. I stamped the leaves with Granny Apple Green ink, and then used two of the Beautiful Layers dies for cutting the flower and the leaves.
Yellow and purple make a pretty combination, so Highland Heather cardstock is the card base, topped with a piece of Highland Heather Gingham Gala 6X6 DSP. I added texture to it with the Dot To Dot embossing folder. This was an experiment, and I was really pleased how the horizontal lines matched up.
The rectangle behind my hibiscus is Thick Whisper White cardstock, cut with a Rectangle Stitched die. A Beautiful Promenade stamp was used to create the detailed edge with Gorgeous Grape ink.
“PS,” and “You are loved,” are also from the stamp set, and stamped in Highland Heather ink. I really like this sentiment!
Sometimes, you just need a “quick & easy” way to tell someone they are loved. I think this would do the trick!
I’d love to see how you were inspired, so won’t you please post your creation in the What Will You Stamp gallery? Thank you!
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Jan 13, 2019 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Welcome to the Kre8tors first Blog Hop in 2019, where we are excited to share projects using supplies from the new Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration brochure.
Butterfly Dream
There was an added challenge of playing Tic Tac Toe for our designs. Can you see that I chose the diagonal row, sequins, punch, ribbon?
This “dream” began with the new, 2019 Occasions teacup, from the Tea Together stamp set. I stamped the teacup in Black ink on Thick Whisper White cardstock, and used the Tea Time, Sale-A-Bration die, for cutting. I’ve seen flowers in cups, but not butterflies flying from one, so this seemed like a fun, dream-like, idea.
I turned to the Butterfly Gala stamp set, along with the Butterfly Duet Punch, to make my five butterflies. These two items are also in the the new Occasions 2019 Catalog, and can be purchased together in a Bundle for a 10% discount.
How were the butterfly colors chosen? By a challenge at Fab Friday.
First, I stamped the butterflies in Black ink on dotted Subtles 6X6 DSP: Mint Macaron, Pear Pizzazz, and Highland Heather. Next, on dotted In Colors 6X6 DSP: Lemon Lime Twist, and Tranquil Tide. The butterflies were easily cut with the Butterfly Duet Punch.
TIP: The large butterflies come attached to their matching small butterflies in the stamp set. I simply snipped them apart, because that’s the way I’ll be using them.
For the background, I stamped the Buffalo Checks in Highland Heather ink on Whisper White cardstock, using the Stamparatus to get a nice, solid impression.
TIP: I stamped on a piece of paper that was 5 1/2 X 4 1/4. This allowed me enough room to line up the Rectangle Stitched die (second to largest) perfectly.
I layered the Buffalo Checks on Basic Black cardstock, giving it a nice 1/16th” border.
Before adhering the Buffalo Check panel to the Highland Heather card base, I tied a strand of Organdy Ribbon beneath the teacup, and added a bow with a Glue Dot.
Highland Heather is one of the five, gorgeous, colors of Organdy Ribbon in the Sale-A-Bration brochure, and is FREE with a $50 qualifying order.
Next, I cut the word “dream,” from Basic Black cardstock, with a Chase Your Dreams die. I layered it, so it would be sturdy, resting on the teacup.
The teacup and butterflies were arranged on Dimensionals, and the Irridescent Sequins were the final detail.
Keep scrolling to see my exciting, new, Product List below. Clicking on the pictures will take you to my online store for purchasing. Thank you so much!
Continue hopping to see all of the fun, Occasions and Sale-A-Bration projects the Kre8tors want to share with you. We love to read your comments. Please click to leave a COMMENT HERE.
You can see the name list below, or click the “next” button to go to Janey Backer’s blog. Happy New Year everyone!
Melissa Tennison
Sharon Dalton
Sandra Roberts
Su Mohr
Janey Backer
Tricia Butts
Linda Handford
Jacqueline Schilder
Pia Gerhardt
Eva Potts
Sue McDonald
Rebecca-Jo Unwin
Tracy Marie Lewis
Laura Kate Mackie
Jacqui Lawrence
Cheryl Taylor
Dorothee Buhn
Jan Musselman
Sandra Mastello
Kathy Maurer
Kirsteen Gill
Deb Naylor
Jo Blackman
Cheryl Hamilton
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Jan 13, 2019 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
When I saw the colors of the Paper Players challenge, my immediate thought was the 2019 Sale-A-Bration Organdy Ribbon Combo Pack.
The Organdy Ribbon, in these gorgeous colors, is one of the FREE Sale-A-Bration items with a $50 qualifying order. How fun is that!
I enjoy making Valentines in traditional and non-traditional colors, so today’s project would be a Valentine.
Be Mine
Did you notice the picture of ribbon flowers on the card next to the ribbon in the brochure above? I experimented with making ribbon flowers for a while, and wasn’t too successful. Needle and thread are not my friends, so I settled for a “runner” of Grapefruit Grove ribbon attached with Tear & Tape. It was easy enough to place a strip of Tear & Tape across the Whisper White panel, and then attach the ribbon up and down in a row.
Growing from the ribbon is a heart, made with a die from the Be Mine Stitched die set. It’s one of the unique dies in the set that perforates the paper without cutting entirely through the paper. At this point, I decided that Pool Party cardstock would make a nice border, and therefore, the card base.
Next, I used Pool Party cardstock to cut the words “love you” and a floral sprig from the Well Written die set. I attached the floral sprig to the “l” in “love,” so they would flow together. This made the little, Daffodil Delight, bird very happy, who is also from the Well Written die set. Her color is duplicated with Daffodil Delight Enamel Dots in the flower centers.
I wanted to add a bit more Grapefruit Grove, so die cut a second floral sprig, using just the cut out leaves to fill in the Pool Party sprig.
Knowing this would be a Valentine, I completed the inside with “Happy Valentine’s Day,” a sentiment from the Meant To Be stamp set. I stamped it in Pool Party ink on Whisper White cardstock. You’ll see I couldn’t resist adding another floral sprig, for a white on white decoration.
The envelope flap got some decoration too, with a piece of Nature’s Poem DSP in Grapefruit Grove.
Thanks so much for stopping by. You’ll find the supplies I used in my Product List below.
I hope you were inspired by Anne Marie’s colors, and you’ll check out the rest of the Design Team for inspiration. I’m looking forward to seeing your entries in our gallery. Please join!
The Paper Players Design Team
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Jan 12, 2019 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
I’ve been wanting to use this interesting sheet of Petal Promenade DSP, and today was the day! For some reason, it reminds me of the beautiful Red Rock mountains in Sedona, Arizona, and it was begging to be combined with The Sale-A-Bration, Iridescent, Foil Paper.
Iridescent Celebrate
Deciding on the colors, I placed the Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper on a layer of Petal Pink cardstock, and a Whisper White card base.
For the layout, I needed to have two distinct angles, to satisfy the challenge at this week’s CAS(E) this sketch:
The Sale-A-Bration Foil Paper would blend, yet show beautiful, iridescent, shine at the same time. The word, “celebrate,” from the Celebrate You die set would be perfect for the lower angle.
I had a harder time finding the solution for the upper angle, until I ran into an Eclectic Layer friend I hadn’t used for a while. This die seemed just right for the mood of the card.
With the sprinkling of a few assorted sequins, my card to celebrate an important occasion was complete.
Thanks so much for stopping by. May you have something to celebrate!
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Jan 10, 2019 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Woo Hoo! UPS delivered my Stampin’ Up! order yesterday, and I went to work with the So Hoppy Together stamp set. These frogs from Sale-A-Bration are so cute, and I couldn’t wait to see them hopping all over one of my cards.
Hoppy Together
I decided to design some DSP by randomly stamping two of the frogs and some bugs in Black ink on Whisper White cardstock. I gave my DSP a border of Basic Black cardstock, and adhered it to a Granny Apple Green card base.The stamp set is pictured, for reference, in my Product List below.
The third, unicycle riding, frog received some special treatment. First, I stamped the Bokeh Dots stamp in Granny Apple Green ink on Whisper White cardstock. Then, I stamped the frog in Black ink on top of the green Bokeh Dots, and fussy cut him free from his unicycle. As the focal point, he was “hopped” up on dimensionals.
The sentiment, “Celebrating Another Year of Happiness,” is from the Well Said stamp set, and cut with a Petals & More label die. This sentiment ties in with the challenge at Global Design Project.
For some added sparkle, I used another FREE product from Sale-A-Bration, the Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets. Five small hearts were cut with a die from the Well Written die set, which add some awesome shine, don’t you think?
Besides being cute, this stamp set is FREE with a $50.00 qualifying order! All this FREE stuff makes me very “hoppy.” Have a day filled with “hoppiness!”
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Jan 9, 2019 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Welcome to the Pals monthly blog hop. We’re so glad you’re here! January is time for making “Art from the Heart,” featuring projects for Valentines Day, Thinking of You, Get Well, or Sympathy. You may be starting the hop here or coming from a previous Pal’s blog. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll find the the full line-up below to help you move, or “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
I love making cards for Valentine’s Day, so “Art From The Heart” presented the perfect opportunity to make use of the Be Mine Stitched heart die.
Heart Aflutter
I began by simply stamping a small butterfly (Butterfly Gala stamp set) in Sahara Sand ink and Crumb Cake Ink on Whisper White cardstock. As I was happily stamping this plain, little, guy, randomly on the paper, the idea came to me to have the butterfly fluttering within a heart. So, I reached for the Be Mine Stitched die, and ran my stamped butterflies through the Big Shot. The Lovely Lipstick trim is cut with the same Be Mine Stitched die, using All My Love Designer Series Paper.
The right words were needed to convey the meaning of my fluttering heart, which I was able to make with the Labeler Alphabet stamp set. I stamped the letters in Crumb Cake ink on Whisper White cardstock, and used my Paper Snips for cutting. I have an easy way of doing this, if you’d like to see my explanation from a previous blog post.
Tips on Using the Labeler Alphabet While Vacation Continues
The letters for “heart” wanted to flutter around atop dimensionals with the butterflies, but I managed to glue the word, “aflutter,” in a straight row.
For the background, I chose a piece of Wood Textures Designer Series Paper, because wood appeals to men, and a man will, most likely, be receiving this card. I layered the wood for thickness, and raised it on dimensionals on a Crumb Cake card base. The last detail to the card front was some Linen Thread tied around the bottom, and a bow attached with a Glue Dot. I also decorated the envelope flap with All My Love DSP that matches the heart trim.
No mistaking, this is a Valentine! If you’d like to make a similar Valentine, you’ll find my product list below.
More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations. Please click to leave a COMMENT HERE.
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, February 13, 2019 when our Hoppin’ Pals share “It’s Time to Sale-A-Brate” projects. Don’t miss the fun!
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
- Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Terri George at Stamp Me Crafty
- Linda Suarez at All Night Stamping
- Sara Stuart at Sentiments by Sara
- Leah O’Brien at Stamping by the Bay
- Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
- Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
- Su Mohr at Aromas and Art
- Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
- Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
- Peggy Noe at Prettypapercards
- Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin’
- Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
- Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
- Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
- Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
- Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
- Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
- Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
- Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
- Patti MacLeith at Paper Crafts by Patti
- Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
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