Nov 10, 2017 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
I’ll be at OnStage (a Stampin’ Up convention) in Salt Lake City when you are reading this. I’m so excited for this trip, and can’t wait to share everything I learn! I’m packed and ready to go, so I’ll sneak in one last card before catching my ride to the airport.
I was just playing around with the Stampin’ Blends, and colored this pretty flower from the Delightful Daisy stamp set. I used Cherry Cobbler with Calypso Coral for the flowers, and stamped the stems with Always Artichoke. Not wanting to waste it, I used a Stitched Shape Square for die cutting, and the rest of the card developed from there.
I cut a Whisper White trellis with an Eclectic Layers die, and snipped around the edges to set it free.
The Quilt Builder Die Set gave me the idea to fill in two of the star shapes with DSP. I chose a print of Always Artichoke to go with the solid cardstock I had chosen.
I layered all of this on a striped piece of DSP and a card base of Thick Whisper White.
I was delighted to see my card fit the requirements for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge. Lots of die cutting, free, and little leaves.
This is a special “thank you” to you for visiting my blog, and being such a daily support and encouragement to me!
Nov 9, 2017 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
“Joy To The World” is one of my favorite Christmas Carols, and the Hearts Come Home stamp set uses a fabulous font for its title. I wanted to see how it would combine with the World Traveler embossing folder.
I stamped “Joy To The World” in Basic Black on regular Whisper White cardstock, and ran it though the Big Shot with the embossing folder. I liked it!
Since Stampin’ Up! coordinates everything, I knew I could figure out what to add by staring at the dies and stamp set. It wasn’t long before I found the row of three small houses. I wanted the houses to be red and green, so I decided to use the Stampin’ Blends in the same method as yesterday’s project.
Here it is, if you missed it:
Merry Christmas Trees Among Snowdrifts
I used Light and Dark Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Bermuda Bay, and painted horizontal stripes on Whisper White cardstock. Then, I placed the die of three houses on the stripes, and ran it through the Big Shot, repeating three times, so I ended up with a row of eight houses.
For a bit of embellishment, I tied some Baker’s Twine around the bottom. And, because the stamp set is named Hearts Come Home, I added one little, red enamel heart.
I enjoy mixing the old with the new. As long as it’s Stampin’ Up, I know it’s meant to be together. Thanks for visiting my world!
Nov 8, 2017 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
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Welcome to the Pals November 2017 Blog Hop featuring “Anything But a Card.” Thank you so much for joining us today. Sit back and enjoy the view while the Stampin’ Pretty Pals treat you with their projects. Whether you’re just starting the hop, or have come from a previous Pal’s blog, you’ll find the line-up toward the end of my post to help you move along.
My younger daughter was married October 8th, and a few weeks ago I shared her wedding and shower cards.
Welcome to Kylie Bertucci’s October Highlights
Today, I will share the table numbers I made for her reception.
I selected Thick Whisper White cardstock, and used my Stampin’ Trimmer to cut four 3 1/2″ X 5″ rectangles from each sheet. The Night of Navy numbers were cut with the Large Numbers Framelits Dies, and these were the perfect size for the rectangles. I cut two of each number, for the front and back of the sign.
As I was gluing the numbers, I measured the distance from the bottom using my Stampin’ Up! grid paper to keep them uniform.
For added decoration, I chose to die cut the top with a Detailed Floral Thinlits die.
The numbers fit nicely in the silver stands, and large enough for the guests and servers to find the tables. They looked nice placed against the hydrangea centerpieces, and I was very pleased with the results.
Thank you so much for hopping with the Stampin’ Pretty Pals today. Please take a minute to mark your calendar for our next hop on December 13, 2017. Now hop along using the Blog Hop Line-up below. Don’t forget to leave us a comment!
Nov 7, 2017 | About Me, Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
The theme for this month is “life changing events.”
Today’s project is one that represents a life changing event that caught me by surprise. I’ll explain.
As I was coloring this adorable tea pot from Just Add Color DSP with my new Stampin’ Blends, I was thinking of my mother. She is often on my mind when I’m in my craft room, because she would love to be sitting next to me, being creative. She majored in art in college, and loved to paint with watercolors and oils, but lost her sight years before she left this earth in May of 2016. I was her eyes, and she was my everything.
I know she would love that I am spending my time in creativity, and praise me for my efforts. Do children ever stop wanting to please their parents? Losing a parent is the life changing event I’m trying to describe. But, I prefer to think that I can still communicate with Mama. I found these words in the Sitting Here stamp set, “come and sit a while with me,” along with the little bird that hopped next to the tea pot.
Maybe I’m naïve, but Mama was speaking to me from Heaven. Why do I believe this? A little bird told me so.
Nov 6, 2017 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
This week’s Global Design Project gave me the “kickstart” I needed on this Monday morning.
Connie’s pumpkins are so cute, and her design looks like she cut a small section from a large sheet of Designer Series Paper. I set out to make a Christmas card with this same look.
I thought the pretty tree from the Carols of Christmas Bundle would be the right size. The Stampin’ Blends are so much fun to use, I decided to color the trees, rather than cutting them from DSP as I would have done in the past. I found scraps of regular Whisper White, and colored horizontally down the paper with Light and Dark Old Olive, and Dark Bermuda Bay.
Once I die cut my seven trees, I decided they would look good sitting in snow, and used the Ruffled Embossing Folder to make snowdrifts. I positioned the trees, and glued them down, except for the one in the middle that I placed on dimensionals. Before gluing my “Designer Series Paper” to the card base, I trimmed the edges of the trees.
My middle tree called for some decoration, so I obliged by giving it tiny ornaments punched from Gold Foil.
This was all looking very merry, so I cut that word from Gold Glimmer Paper, and glued it down.
To complete the sentiment, I stamped “Christmas Wishes” (Merry Mistletoe stamp set) in Garden Green ink. And, I was able to use the top of my chopped off tree from the front of the card. I love it when that happens!
Thanks for stopping by my blog. Have a great week!
Nov 5, 2017 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Look at this inspiring photo from the Paper Players challenge!
Immediately, I thought of our Christmas Pines Stamp Set. I used the Pretty Pines Dies for a project that I posted earlier this week. Here it is, in case you missed it:
Pretty Pines Watercolor Splash Technique
I wanted to use the two, pine bough stamps, rather than the dies for this project. I stamped them in Garden Green, Emerald Envy and Tranquil Tide on Thick Whisper White. You can see how I placed them around the edge to meet in the middle. This would be my background for the word “JOY.”
I can’t tell you how much I’ve enjoyed the Large Letters Dies, and they were begging to be used again!
I placed the dies on my pine background, and made a pencil mark for each letter, so they would line up properly. After die cutting the three letters, I die cut three more sets in Thick Whisper White for layering. After gluing the background to A Tranquil Tide card base, I glued my triple layered “JOY” in place, slightly off-set, so it would be more visible.
I wanted to add a touch of color without detracting from my focal point, so I hung teeny tiny ornaments on the pine boughs. I used a hand-held punch to cut the red, foil ornaments. Can you see them?
Thanks for visiting! I hope you enjoyed my Christmas Pines!
