December 24th, 2012 · 3 Comments
Hope you all enjoy the holiday season and have a very merry Christmas!
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Stamps: None
Paper: Pure Luxury Red Hot and White (Gina K. Designs); Garden Green (SU!)
Ink: None
Accessories: Big Shot, Silver Elastic Cord, 1/8″ Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Christmas Textured Impressions Embossing Folder by BasicGrey (Sizzix); Labels Seven Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Winter Fun Die Set (Verve Stamps); Pssst! Sheer Shimmer Spritz – Sparkle (Tsukineko); Gold Star Brad (source unknown)
Tags: clean & simple
September 29th, 2012 · 6 Comments
I just returned from another fun shoebox swap in Laurel, MD. The card I designed this time fit yesterday’s Free for All challenge on splitcoaststampers.com: Fall Leaves. I colored my Autumn Splendor leaves by pressing circles of ink onto the stamped images with a sponge dauber. The background uses the direct-to-paper technique on top of the woodgrain embossing (or rather, debossing) with Crumb Cake and Creamy Caramel ink. Really makes it look like wood!
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All supplies by Stampin’ Up!® unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Autumn Splendor, A Little Somethin’
Paper: More Mustard, Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Ink: More Mustard, Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Big Shot, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Ovals Originals Die, More Mustard Stampin’ Write Marker, Always Artichoke 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Sponge Daubers, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots
Tags: clean & simple
I was sorry to miss Verve’s 5th Anniversary celebration and challenges, but I had hoped to at least create a card for this month’s SFYTT (sponsored by Verve Stamps) and I barely made it. My new Verve stamps arrived yesterday, so I used a sentiment from the brand-new Brighter Days set, stamped on kraft card stock, as the focal point of my card.
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Stamps: Brighter Days, Making a Statement (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Pure Luxury White, Kraft (Gina K. Designs); Green at Heart (BasicGrey)
Ink: Memento Elderberry, Lilac Posies (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Big Shot, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Loopy Blooms and Rounded Scallop Frame A Cut Above Dies (Verve Stamps); Copic Markers (RV23, RV25)
Tags: clean & simple
I’ve been wanting to use the Postage Stamps Nestabilities die with the large collage image from the Postage Due stamp set for a long time, and this week’s SCS sketch (SC399) was just perfect. It couldn’t have been more timely, because my husband’s birthday was coming up and I hadn’t made his (bicycle) birthday card yet!
I stamped the image with VersaMark ink while the Very Vanilla card stock was still inside the die, then heat embossed with Early Espresso EP. Afterwards I placed the paper back inside the die and sponged Crumb Cake and More Mustard ink over the entire surface. I also spritzed on some red and blue ink to tie in with the Fan Fair DSP background. The birthday sentiment was embossed on a Lots of Tags die cut that was embellished with linen thread.
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All supplies by Stampin’ Up!® unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Postage Due, Small Sayings
Paper: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Fan Fair Designer Series Paper
Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, More Mustard, VersaMark
Accessories: Big Shot, Lots of Tags Sizzlits Die, Linen Thread, Early Espresso Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Ruby Red & Taken with Teal Stampin’ Write Markers, Color Spritzer Tool, Heat Tool, Stamping Sponges, Stampin’ Dimensionals; Postage Stamps Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Tags: clean & simple
I couldn’t resist the Birthday theme of this month’s WMS Blog Party. Birthday cards are my favorite to make and send out. This week’s SCS sketch, SC398, gave me the (desperately needed) inspiration and here is the result.
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Stamps: Fancy Phrases, Flourishes – Scallops and Dots (Waltzingmouse Stamps)
Paper: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla (SU!); Sweet Threads (BasicGrey)
Ink: Early Espresso, VersaMark (SU!)
Accessories: Big Shot, Glimmer Basics Brads, Early Espresso Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Crop-A-Dile, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Large Deckled Mega Rectangles Nestabilities, Fancy Tags Three Shapeabilities (Spellbinders)
Tags: truly elegant
