For this week's Global Design Project I chose a "Distinktive" stamp set, You Are Beautiful, from the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog. By stamping-off the leaves and berries, I was able to

Hello Stampin’ Friends ~ Today, I am thrilled to share with you a beautiful way to send love, support, faith, and encouragement through handmade cards. The “You Are Beautiful” Sta…

I can’t say enough about the Stampin’ Up! You Are Beautiful stamp set (one of My Favorite Things). I love the soft, purposefully “worn" leaf images for a simple backdrop. The sentimen

I have been having so much fun playing with the Stampin' Up! Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pens and Aquapainters to color the lady images in the Beautiful You stamp set from Stampin' Up!. I recently shared this note card idea with Cindee and showed her how I colored in the lady's dress and cut the […]

Hello Stampers, Today it is all about Frenchie’ Team showcasing stamp sets and product from the Stampin’Up! Holiday catalog 2020. This is the last of the 3 showcases of our Holiday card swap. If you

I used the Stampin’ Up! Layers Of Beauty stamp set bundle to create my project for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop. We’ve got a color challenge this week and this is what I made for it.

Create this beautiful card with a bit of embossing and a bit of coloring with Stampin' BLends. It is sure to bring a smile!

Hello Stampers Are you ready to join Holly and I this morning. We'll be live at 10 AM mountain time. I will demo 4 different background so beautiful. To join us CLICK HERE at the correct tim

A PERFECT PROMENADE The Petal Promenade Suite has a little something for everyone. At first glance, you focus on the beautiful floral designs; with a closer look you can’t help but marvel at the modern aesthetic of the sharp angles of the Thinlits and graphic stamps contrasting with the classic elegance of the flowers. The metallic thread and jewels add the possibility to create just about any type of project! Below are the products featured in this bundle (on page 107 Annual Catalog - let me know if you need one) - you'll find links to each product in my...

HELLLLLLLLO!!!!!! With my Mama Elephant Guest Post this week, I feel like it has been forever since I have done a "one stamp, five ways" post. I'm starting to really enjoy these posts as they come together much more quickly now that I have some experience! And today I am using ANOTHER flower set. (I'll shake it up with some critters next week, but for now you have to enjoy my beloved buds!). Today I am using the beautiful Sketch Ranunculus stamp set by Simon Says Stamp (designed by Yoonsun Hur). Here it is - seriously one of the best flower stamp sets I've seen. Ever. LOVE IT! It was out of stock at SSS because every one loved it...

I'm back with another card using the This Little Piggy stamp set...but in an unexpected way. I paired the piggy kisses image with one of the girls from the Beautiful You set. Take a look below to see how to get the look. I kept the overall card design fairly simple to let the dress

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This particular stamp set has been featured on my blog numerous times. Why, you ask? Because it is so beautiful for this time of the year -- and I LOVE it! It is so much fun to work with because there are virtually endless possibilities for it. Techniques, I mean. And, once again, having endured a Wisconsin winter, we are all so ready to see these beautiful blossoms appear in person. I'm just getting a head start. EMBOSS RESIST SPRING BLOSSOMS The other night, I was really in a mood to work with an emboss resist. But I wanted to do it a little differently than I had any time in the past. Using Whisper White cardstock, I first of all, ran my Embossing Buddy over it to remove any static and prevent stray embossing powder where I didn't want it. I stamped the image carefully in VersaMark ink. Then, at the Heat Station, I covered the sticky stamping with white embossing powder. Although watching embossing powder heat up and turn shiny and raised is always a cool magic to witness, for some reason, it is especially gratifying to watch this particular stamped image go through the embossing process. Once the white embossing was cooled sufficiently, I used Sponge Daubers with Pink Pirouette ink on the blossoms, Wild Wasabi on the leaves and Crumb Cake on the bit of stem that shows. Since the Sponge Daubers were larger than the blossoms I was inking, especially on the stem, leaves and buds, and even though I was being super careful in my inking, some of the ink -- no surprise -- went outside the lines. Oh no!! INTERMISSION. WARNING: PHOTO BOMB! While I was taking my photos this morning, my Fred decided to check out the action. INTERMISSION OVER. To rectify the outside the lines situation -- although it didn't bother me all that much -- I grabbed my Prismacolor Pencils and went to work with about 12 different colors of pencils. I used the colored pencils sort of like you would use Copic Markers when coloring an image. My first layer was my light coat of inked color. Working with that base color, I added lighter and darker shades of similar colors. The green of the leaves showed so much around the leafy areas, I decided to play with that green and I incorporated some of the same hue into my shading on the flowers. Because green and pink combined make a sort of brown, it worked wonderfully. INTERMISSION TWO. Once Fred checked everything out and knocked down my trifold for photographing, he settled in and became part of the photo shoot. To work everything together into a cohesive unit, I added the green all around the image, fluffed out my colored pencil marks and gave the finished piece a delicate, dreamy appearance. Although the finished piece measures the same as a traditional card front, 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", I decided not to create a card from it. So, right now it is settled on an easel. Have your creative endeavors brought you anything a little different lately? Can you share with us? Blossom Smiles.

Today is My Favorite Things December 2020 new product release. They have another beautiful release that you can find right here. I worked with the Stacey Yacula stamp set and matching die as I usually do. This month it is called Tea Party and has all of the usual darling little critters. Here is an image of the stamp set: I have a slim-line card to share with you as a regular sized card just wouldn't do as I couldn't fit all the cute images on one card! I started by creating the background. I colored it with Copic Markers keeping the top half a very light pink and the bottom a basic beige color. I wanted it to be...

Thank you for joining me for my Weekly Live Workshop on my YouTube Channel, youtube.com/stampingala. If you would like to receive the free make & takes that I created during the presentation, place an online order by Saturday, June 10, 2023 using host code ZDGNRT6T.If you missed the presentation, you can watch the replay below. All projects are stamped on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper with Versamark and heat embossed with Silver Embossing Powder.

I want to introduce you to one of my favorite new stamp sets, Quiet Reflection that just debuted in the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog. It is Sarah Schueler's Million Sales Achiever* set.

I had a lot of fun with this new technique today. Its called Aqua Wash with markers. This is a very pretty watercolor background technique that can be used with pretty much any stamp set or detailed dies. This technique is super easy and super cool. You'll need the Stampin...

A Christmas card is probably not what you would expect to see from the Waterfront stamp set. But, I have Christmas on the brain, and Waterfront has this cute, little pine tree. Waterfront Pines

I used the new Beautiful Promenade bundle to create a card for As You See It Challenge #179 - a colour challenge!

OK, I know, I know we are only half way through summer and already there are fall leaves on my blog! I really couldn't help myself. ...

Hello From the Hills of Tuscany. The perfect stamp set for creating gorgeous scenic greeting cards which are so easy!

I’m sharing a few projects created by some of my very talented Stampin’ Up! team members with you all today. Not everything used on the projects is 100% current Stampin’ Up! items, but I hope that…

Hello, Samantha here today and I’m sharing with you a hanging home decor project, I used three stamps sets; Textured Birds, Pencil Marks 2 and Loose Florals 1 and the very versatile Small Ink…

I've made a Gatefold Card using Bamboo Beauty, my current favorite stamp set. YouTube video provided to help you make this card at home!

I used the Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Wishes stamp set bundle and some of the Thoughtful Journey patterned paper to create a quick thank you card for the Sunday Stamps color challenge this week.

Today's card features a well used stamp set, Beautiful You, which I re-named "Barbie." The sketches look so much like the illustrations in the booklets that came with the Barbie doll

Let’s play around with the Lighting the Way stamp set and dies today! And I have 3 different cards ideas to share with you.

This simple card was created using sentiments from the Beautiful Promenade Stamp Set and free Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

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With the release of the Summer 2020 Catalog, Hero Arts revealed the fifth stamp set in the popular HeroScape collection. HeroScape stamps allow you to build scenes with layers of color to create a stunning landscape. And the beauty of these stamps is you can create so many different looks just by changing up your ink colors. So today I wanted to share four different ink combination suggestions for each of the five HeroScape sets. Read all the way to the end for a free download! First up is the newest set released in the 2020 Summer Catalog, Vineyard HeroScape. Next, we have my favorite, Beach HeroScape. Now on to the Tulip Field HeroScape. Next, is the Sunflower Field HeroScape. And finally, the Lavender Field HeroScape. For quick reference, I've created a PDF of these color charts that you can print out or save on your computer. Check it out HERE. I hope these ink combinations inspire you to create some new combinations of your own. I encourage you to just play and try new ideas. Mix different types of ink, add embossing to the top layer, use Unicorn Pigment Ink for one of the layers...the possibilities are endless! I hope you have a wonderful day! Click on products to shop: CM452 Vineyard HeroScape - Hero Arts [ HA ] CM447 Beach HeroScape - Hero Arts [ HA ] CM412 Tulip Field HeroScape - Hero Arts [ HA ] CM411 Sunflower Field HeroScape -... [ HA ] CM410 Lavender Field HeroScape - Hero... [ HA ]