I’m excited to give you a sneak peek of the new Graceful Glass Designer Vellum. It comes in a pack of 24 sheets; two of each design. There are many beautiful patterns, but my favorite is the birds in a cage.
Graceful Glass Designer Vellum Birds in a Cage
I first cut the strip of birds from the 6X6″ piece of Designer Vellum. It cuts very easily with the Stampin’ Trim. The birds look nice in black and white, but I couldn’t wait to color them with my Stampin’ Blend alcohol markers. The colors I chose match (almost) this week’s Paper Players challenge.
I colored the birds on the back side of the vellum, which gives a softer look when turning it over. Aren’t the birds pretty? Plus, it makes the black lines stand out beautifully. You can actually feel that they are raised.
Rather than gluing the birds directly to the Very Vanilla card base, I glued them to a piece of Whisper White cardstock, cut the same size. I anticipated the glue dots would show, so had Black Rhinestone Jewels ready for coverage. I put a tiny dot of glue at the top and bottom of each black line. I’m happy to report, the Tombow glue didn’t show at all, but I embellished the four corners anyway.
Do you see the Very Vanilla lace detail beneath the bird cage? This is from the Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper. Love it! I used dimensionals, so the bird cage was raised over it.
The layout for my card was inspired by Fab Friday. Can you see why I added the Laser-Cut paper? It really makes a difference.
The birds wanted to say, “Best wishes from all of us,” and this perfect sentiment is in the new stamp set, Itty, Bitty Wishes.
I decorated the envelope flap with colored dots from Share What You Love DSP. I’m sure the Paper Player’s colors are in there.
For the inside sentiment, I used the Happy Birthday Die for an extra large wish. I layered Very Vanilla on Basic Black for definition. The little bird perched on the “B” is from the Painted Glass Bundle; stamped, colored and die-cut.
I hope you enjoyed this introduction to the new Graceful Glass Vellum and Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut papers. You can order them at my store starting June 1st.
How about a bottle of brew for your birthday! The Bubble Over Stamp Set has many options, and today I’m using, for the first time, the “Have A Birthday Brew!” bottle label.
Bubble Over Birthday Brew
Let’s start with the bottles. It’s so much fun stamping the two sizes, and cutting them with their dies from the Bottles & Bubbles Die Set. I used Marina Mist ink for the featured bottle, which matches the Marina Mist card base. It’s such a pretty blue, and even though the color is retiring, it’s still available through May 31st. I inked up the larger bottle stamp and spritzed it with water, before stamping on the Whisper White cardstock, giving it that mottled look. I used the same spritzing technique on the other two bottles, using Mint Macaron and Tranquil Tide inks.
Next, I die cut their bottle caps from Champagne Foil. Aren’t they realistic?
The paper behind the bottles is one of my favorites from the Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper. It makes the perfect, bubbly background. Are you wondering about the folded pocket that holds the bottles? Here I go with another challenge. Check out the sketch at TGIF.
This is how my idea originated, and I just added an extra fold, and a bow of White Twine adhered with a Glue Dot. Do you notice how the bottles are so cold they are sweating. Amazing for paper, huh? The secret is in the Clear Epoxy Shapes.
More bubbles (Glitter Enamel Dots) are surrounding the sentiment at the top of the card, “May your day BUBBLE OVER with happiness.” I placed a piece of Tranquil Tide cardstock beneath the sentiment, die cut with a Petals & More Die.
The envelope flap is decorated with the reverse side of the Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper, and now it’s ready to mail. You can be sure, this will only go to a beer appreciating friend.
Would you like to receive a hand delivered thank you card? Here you go!
Hand Delivered Thank You Card
I can’t get over how cute this girl is! This Host Stamp Set, Hand Delivered, prepares the girl to make deliveries for all occasions. She has balloons, a cake, a stack of books, and a sign that could say just about anything. Today, the sign she is holding (lifted on dimensionals) says “thank you.”
You can see from the picture, she is wearing the striped skirt. It needed to be placed just right, inside the stamped image with her legs, so my Stamparatus came in handy.
It isn’t easy to explain, if you aren’t familiar with the Stamparatus, so here is the Stampin’ Up video explaining it.
Once I had my black and white stamped images, it was time to color. I just received the package of Stampin’ Writes in the new colors, and I was anxious to put them to paper. You’re going to love Petal Pink, because it’s a great skin color. That’s what I used on her hands and legs. I used Granny Apple Green and Mint Macaron on her skirt and shoes, and Coastal Cabana on her sign.
These colors coordinate beautifully with two prints from the Share What You Love Designer Series Paper. I cut rectangles of the DSP to fit this week’s CAS(E) this sketch, along with solid cardstock that would serve as 1/16″ layering borders. The girl is layered on Mint Macaron, the flowers on Sweet Sugarplum, and the dots on Wild Wasabi.
The Bermuda Bay ribbon is from the Sale-A-Bration Shimmer Ribbon Pack.
Why not add one more print to decorate the envelope? This is Mint Macaron Designer Series Paper, from the same collection as the background I used for photographing. I don’t know what I’d do without this 12 X12″ Designer Series Paper!
Thanks for coming by, so I could give you a hand delivered “thank you.”
Welcome to the Kre8tors May 2018 Blog Hop. I’m so excited to be hopping once again with so many talented Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. Be sure to click the “next” button at the bottom of this blog post to hop along! This month We are saying “Goodbye Occasions Catalog.”
There is “lots to love” in the Lots To Love Box Die Set, which I chose to feature today. I have a “thing” for hearts, and they aren’t meant just for Valentine’s Day. This shaker card and gift box are for an Anniversary.
Shaker card and gift box featuring Lots To Love Die Set
Let’s start with the card first. I glued a piece of Wood Textures Designer Series Paper to cardstock, so it would be durable for a shaker card. The pretty, slim heart in this die set was used to cut the shape that I covered on the back with a small Window Sheet.
While I was back there, I ran Adhesive Strips around the heart, and the entire border. There can be gaps around the border, but not around the heart, because you don’t want your sequins escaping. Adhesive Strips bend, so it isn’t difficult.
TIP: Don’t place the strips too close to the edge, or they’ll show from the front.
The sequins are from two collections: Silver and Clear from the Metallic Assortment (current) and Mint Macaron from the Fancy Frost Assortment (retired). I placed another piece of Wood Textures DSP in a lighter shade over the heart hole, trapping my sequins.
Before flipping it over and adhering the entire piece to a Sahara Sand card base, I tied some Mint Macaron Nature’s Twine along the side.
The two Silver Foil sprigs I added are from the Lovely Laurel Die Set. It’s in the Clearance Rack, if you’re interested. I’ve used this die on some of my favorite cards. Sometimes I feel I get my money’s worth from a single die!
The same piece of lighter Wood Textures DSP was used for die cutting the words. “Amazing” is from the current die set, Celebrate You, and “love” is from the retiring set, Lovely Words. I snipped off the “ly,” and layered the words to make them nice and thick.
For the inside, I stamped “Happy Anniversary” from the Number of Years Stamp Set in Chocolate Chip ink on Wood Textures DSP. The stamp set and ink color are both retiring. Chocolate Chip has been my “go to” whenever I wanted to stamp a sentiment in a dark color other than Basic Black. And, don’t we need large numbers?
Now, for the gift box. I love this box, because it’s so easy to make. You just use the die to cut two pieces, fold on the score lines, and fasten together along two sides with Tear Tape. I added a third piece of tape to keep one end closed.
The True Gentleman Designer Series Paper I used is retiring, but the Vanilla Lace Ribbon is current. Do you recognize the wooden heart? Yep, it’s from the hole in the card. I punched a hole in the corner of the heart, and tied it with Metallic Thread. I couldn’t let it go to waste!
I’ll be shaking my shaker card, until we meet again. Thanks so much for visiting my blog! I love to see your comments.
Don’t forget to hop along to see the other amazing projects our fellow demonstrators have created for this farewell to the Occasions Catalog. Click the “next” button below to visit Deb Naylor’s blog to see her awesome project! There’s also a roll call list, in case you get lost along the way.
Today’s card is a sneak peek at the Painted Glass Bundle.
I received my second Stampin’ Up! pre-order yesterday, and it had the dies I accidentally omitted from my first order. I couldn’t wait to try the Stained Glass Dies! I was delightfully surprised at how easy they were to cut. I used the tip from the Stampin’ Up! video, to place the die with the cutting side up, and it worked really well. See the beautiful, intricate pattern?
Stained Glass Birthday Card
Once I had my three Basic Black window pieces, I chose to highlight them on a Thick Whisper White card base. To add texture, I added a top layer, which I ran through the Big Shot using the Simple Stripes Embossing Folder. It doesn’t show well in the first picture, but you can see it here:
The Painted Glass Stamp Set includes this adorable, little, stained glass bird. I wanted to add pop to my black and white, and red is the perfect color for that. It’s also a color I wanted to use because of this week’s Tic Tac Toe challenge. Can you see I chose “spring-red-die cut?”
Stampin’ Blends were used for coloring the bird.
There are several great sentiments in this stamp set, and I chose “Have a beautiful birthday” for this spring time card. The little bird found its perch on the “B.”
I used the square Stitched Shapes Die for cutting the sentiment, turning it around to make the rectangle. For a touch more red, I added some Baker’s Twine. I think the bird frayed the ends, trying to get some twine to make a nest.
I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek of the Painted Glass Bundle. I think it’s going to be one of my favorites. I’d love to hear what you think.
Welcome to our Pals Blog Hop, May 2018. This month we’ll be “Stepping Up with Textures or Techniques.” What’s that? Projects that are “stepped up” by using textures or fun techniques. Who knows, maybe both! Join us in the fun while the we inspire you to step up your creations.
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.
For today’s project, I chose the Polished Stone Technique, as a background for my Bloomin’ Heart, which gives the heart a new look. I also added some Vellum, Linen Thread, and Pearls for texture.
I remember the first time I ran this Bloomin’ Heart die through the Big Shot. I was new to Stampin’ Up, and thrilled with the Big Shot’s capability of producing this intricate heart. I immediately took a picture, and sent it to a friend. She was so complimentary, you would have thought I designed the die! Since that day, I’ve used this die many times, and it continues to amaze me. Maybe I’m being sentimental, because it’s going into retirement.
Polished Stone Technique Bloomin’ Heart Mother’s Day Card
There are several different ways of doing the Polished Stone Technique, but this seems the simplest to me:
You start with a piece of Glossy White cardstock, ink re-fills in the colors you want to use, some cotton pads, and regular rubbing alcohol. Disposable gloves are nice, if you don’t want inky fingers.
Trim the Glossy White Cardstock to the size you want to use for your project. I’m using 5 1/4″ X 4″.
Saturate the cotton with alcohol, then drop spots of re-fill ink onto the cotton. I used Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron and Sahara Sand. Leave a bit of space between the dots, because they’ll blend together soon enough. Next, pat the inked cotton all over the Glossy cardstock. You can leave it alone at this point, or add more color. Use a dry cotton pad to soak up extra moisture. The fun thing is, it’s just like real stone with each piece being unique.
Once the polished stone was finished, I added detail to the top with a Card Front Builder Die. This die is from my most used set from the Holiday Catalog, which will also be retiring. The die makes such a pretty border, any time of year.
I tied Linen Thread around the bottom, before gluing it to the Sahara Sand card base.
Now for my Bloomin’ Heart. I used the die to cut two hearts; one from Vellum, and one from Pink Pirouette cardstock, a retiring color. The vellum is glued on top of the Pink Pirouette Heart, where the five flowers are located. The glue is hidden beneath the flowers, plus it leaves the edges free for softness and dimension. I stamped the three small flowers and two larger flowers in Blushing Bride and Sahara Sand ink, cut them with their dies, and glued them in position. I placed dimensionals underneath the five flowers, and attached the heart to the polished stone background.
The stamp set I’ve used more than any other from the Annual Catalog is also retiring, Teeny Tiny Wishes. It has 24 small sentiments that fit perfectly in the space of the Classic Punch. I stamped “happy mother’s day” in Chocolate Chip Ink. Yes, this ink color is retiring too.
I added Pearl Embellishments to the flowers, and I’m happy with the new look for my Bloomin’ Heart.
Now it’s time to see how the rest of the Pals are Stepping up with Textures or Techniques. Please use the Blog Hop Line-Up below to move from blog to blog. Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations.
Mark your calendars for June 13, 2018 where we feature projects for Babies, Birthdays and Brides. You’ll probably even see products from Stampin’ Up!s new 2018-2019 Annual Catalog. Don’t miss it!
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