I’ve reached for Suite Sayings so many times over the past year (it first debuted in Stampin’ Up!’s 2016 Occasions Catalog). I love these beautiful sentiment and the fonts used t…
Welcome to October! Seriously, where did September go?! 2017 is going by in a flash for me, how about you? Well, the Stamp Review Crew is featuring a stamp set that is good to use all year long! Beautiful You debuted in the Occasions Mini this year, and entered with quite a bang. But we haven't seen it use much since then. Time to bring back into the spotlight. And what better time than October, with Breast Cancer Awareness month at hand! For those who are new to the Stamp Review Crew, here is a little background. We are an international group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators that gets together on the first and third Mondays of every month to do a blog hop. Each hop features a single stamp set to give you loads of inspiration for that set! The hops are archived at the Stamp Review Crew blog, and you will be able to click through each hop at any time, going directly to the posts for that hop whenever you want! And you can click on the banner of this post to go to the master blog roll for this hop also. If you are following along in order, you just arrived from Heidi Bak's blog. She is so inspiring! Here we have a study in pink! Berry Burst, Flirty Flamingo, and Powder Pink create a lovely wash of pink for this lady to dance through. And since this is watercolor paper, I used my MISTI to stamp the image and sentiment 2-3 times each to achieve this crisp and solid inking over the wash. Then I thought I would create a crowd of fashionable ladies in some bright colors. I think I unintentionally CASEd myself again! I did a similar card with Colorful Seasons with the beach chair. 😂 Did you notice that one of the scribble images is actually shaped to cover this dress? Awesome, right! A quick peek inside. This was a very easy and fun card to put together. OK, enough from me. It is time to hop over the Charlet Mallett's blog, and she is sure to blow you away with her talent! Current Specials: If you have seen something you need for your crafting life, just click the image in the supply list below and it will take you to my store! If you order less than $150, please use this month's Host Code, which can be found at the top of the sidebar on the right. And be sure to check the box allowing me to contact you when you check out. I can't send you a thank you card if I don't know your address! And I promise to only send you happy mail, no junk mail :) Product List Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143637] $28.00 Beautiful You Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143004] $39.00 Resplendissante Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143458] $28.00 Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.00 Watercolor Paper [122959] $5.00 Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad [144083] $6.50 Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [141397] $6.50 Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [144084] $6.50 Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $7.00 Aqua Painters [103954] $17.00 Heat Tool [129053] $30.00 Peekaboo Peach 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141417] $8.00 Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [144086] $6.50 Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398] $6.50 Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $6.50 Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00 Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026] $10.00 Fast Fuse Adhesive Refill [129027] $7.50
Hello Friends, Wow already the weekend! and I have many card for you today and I bet if you like this Beautiful YOU stamp set like I do, you will try this technique this weekend. It is easy to a
Hello, Crafters. I hope you have all had a great Christmas. Mine has been my best Christmas ever and I’d like to share what happened with you! After church on Christmas morning, we went home to Vicki’s for Christmas dinner, then opened our presents. The five of us tidied up and went over the Glen ... Read More about Fantastic News
May is a CLEAN & SIMPLE style blog hop from the ONE STAMP AT A TIME (OSAT) group! You might be arriving from the fabulous Sue Plote or you might be popping in for the first time here. Regardless of how you got here - please make sure you scroll down to the NEXT button so you can continue on the hop. We have 21 hoppers this month - so you'll have lots and lots of CLEAN & SIMPLE card ideas! Each blog will show you a card and a 3-d item...that can be a gift bag or box or...
I'm playing with the Beautiful You Stamp Set for a new challenge from Stampin' Up! Only Challenges. The them is to use Circles, Ovals or Squares on a project. The Beautiful You Stamp
Hello Friends, Wow already the weekend! and I have many card for you today and I bet if you like this Beautiful YOU stamp set like I do, you will try this technique this weekend. It is easy to a
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Purple Butterflies, a photo by cathroff on Flickr. Hi, I finally found some time to make a card for a couple of challenges. It's been a busy week and it's only Tuesday! The theme at Addicted to CAS this week is Wings. At CAS on Sunday the theme this fortnight is flutterby, to use a butterfly in your project. I'm also going to enter a new challenge for me Crazy for CAS, where there are a number of texts or sayings to inspire your card. Beautiful as a butterfly suits my card. Thanks Sientje for the suggestion. Materials used: Memory Box butterfly stamp and a small butterfly stamp that I've had for ages; Prismacolor pencils; Tiny Bubbles embossing folder; sentiment sticker and cardstock from stash. Thanks for looking :)
Hello Friends, Do you have any idea how hard it is to pick just 12 of your favorite paper crafts from a whole year's worth of Paper crafts? I'll attempt to do that for you, but I wonder what your top
Stampin' Up! - Nailed it #2
Welcome to October! Seriously, where did September go?! 2017 is going by in a flash for me, how about you? Well, the Stamp Review Crew is featuring a stamp set that is good to use all year long! Beautiful You debuted in the Occasions Mini this year, and entered with quite a bang. But we haven't seen it use much since then. Time to bring back into the spotlight. And what better time than October, with Breast Cancer Awareness month at hand! For those who are new to the Stamp Review Crew, here is a little background. We are an international group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators that gets together on the first and third Mondays of every month to do a blog hop. Each hop features a single stamp set to give you loads of inspiration for that set! The hops are archived at the Stamp Review Crew blog, and you will be able to click through each hop at any time, going directly to the posts for that hop whenever you want! And you can click on the banner of this post to go to the master blog roll for this hop also. If you are following along in order, you just arrived from Heidi Bak's blog. She is so inspiring! Here we have a study in pink! Berry Burst, Flirty Flamingo, and Powder Pink create a lovely wash of pink for this lady to dance through. And since this is watercolor paper, I used my MISTI to stamp the image and sentiment 2-3 times each to achieve this crisp and solid inking over the wash. Then I thought I would create a crowd of fashionable ladies in some bright colors. I think I unintentionally CASEd myself again! I did a similar card with Colorful Seasons with the beach chair. 😂 Did you notice that one of the scribble images is actually shaped to cover this dress? Awesome, right! A quick peek inside. This was a very easy and fun card to put together. OK, enough from me. It is time to hop over the Charlet Mallett's blog, and she is sure to blow you away with her talent! Current Specials: If you have seen something you need for your crafting life, just click the image in the supply list below and it will take you to my store! If you order less than $150, please use this month's Host Code, which can be found at the top of the sidebar on the right. And be sure to check the box allowing me to contact you when you check out. I can't send you a thank you card if I don't know your address! And I promise to only send you happy mail, no junk mail :) Product List Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143637] $28.00 Beautiful You Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143004] $39.00 Resplendissante Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143458] $28.00 Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.00 Watercolor Paper [122959] $5.00 Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad [144083] $6.50 Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [141397] $6.50 Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [144084] $6.50 Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $7.00 Aqua Painters [103954] $17.00 Heat Tool [129053] $30.00 Peekaboo Peach 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141417] $8.00 Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [144086] $6.50 Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398] $6.50 Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $6.50 Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00 Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026] $10.00 Fast Fuse Adhesive Refill [129027] $7.50
Sending Love Valentine's Day Cards The Sending Love Designer Series Paper (DSP) Stack happens to be one of the top selling items from the Stampin' Up! Occasions 2017 Catalog. With 16 different red and white patterns to choose from, you can create several projects for Valentine's Day or well passed the special day. I have used the DSP numerous time and have a good amount of scraps. Instead of throwing them out, I created a few cards with it. This is one of 3 cards I designed with my leftovers. I cut 1'x 3 1/4' scraps and then glued them
Today I'm sharing 14 brilliant swaps featuring the fabulous Beautiful You stamp set (from the 2017 Occasions Catalog). Life may not be the party we had hoped for, but while we're here, we might as well dance. Doesn't that stamp just say it all? The rest can be expressed by the other stamps in this set (includes 8 greetings!). You'll love the artistic feel of this set, without the work--stamp a color wash image over a silhouette for color, or add your own color with Watercolor Pencils or ink. Brilliant, right? Lots of great ideas for creating beautiful cards using...
It's time to color your world with Stampin' Blends! Stampin' Blends are here!! Stampin' Up's new line of affordable, easy to use, high quality alcohol markers! Do you have challenges coloring your
Welcome back to Monday Montage!!! We are back with another fabulous hop! Make sure you click on the links below so you don't miss any of the creations...you are sure to love them all! Well, the good news is that we have had a few days of beautiful weather! Sunshine, blues skies and warmer temperatures has made for some very happy days! The bad news is that I have managed to catch a nasty head cold and ear ache which has left me feeling pretty rundown. I even took a nap and slept 9 hours last night, which is VERY rare for me. I am very grateful for the sunshine as it is definitely a help in me feeling better. Given that I've been a little under the weather, my creativity is suffering a little bit too. When I have a slump in my creativity, I turn to the Stampin' Up! catalogs for some inspiration. My card today is CASE'ed from the 2017 Occasions Catalog, using the Special Reason stamp set and coordinating Stylish Stems Framelits. Paper ~ Whisper White, Peekaboo Peach, Calypso Coral, Old Olive Ink ~Calypso Coral, Peekaboo Peach, Old Olive Stamp Set ~ Special Reason Other Supplies ~ Banner Triple Punch, Stylish Stems Framelits, Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Here's to warmer weather coming your way and wishing you a beautiful day! Next stop on the hop is Cathy...I can't wait to see what she has for us this week! Or if you want to hop backwards, you can hop on back to the amazing Amy...I just love her style! Thanks for hopping along with us today! Happy Stamping!
Hi and welcome to another challenge at Fusion! Our photo this challenge is very moody with lots to inspire and our sketch is simple - leaving a big panel for you to have fun with. PROCEDURES: 1. Play with just the sketch challenge. 2. Play with just the inspiration photo challenge. 3. Or you can create FUSION by combining BOTH challenges into one card. 4. Use the challenge graphic and link back to Fusion in your post. 5. Please read the other considerations on the Our Rules Page before playing along. Here are some fabulous cards by our design team showing you how it works! Becca Cruger Betty J Carol Mayne Jeanne Jachna Karren Johnson Linda Callahan Lyndal Higgins Michelle Leone Michelle Lupton Michelle Williams
Splashes of color make this gal look like she’s dancing in the sunshine. I splashed the color on Shimmery White card stock – drying it between each color – and then stamped the B…
Beautiful You is a stunning stamp set of sketched images available in the Occasions Catalogue. This one is so well-loved and enjoyed! At the recent series of our team Extravaganzas, I taught different variations of this card. Which one do you like best? First, version one is my personal favorite. I’ve used ... Read More about Beautiful You Vintage – In Three Variations!
Welcome to the Families First Pals Blog Hop for April 2017. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our 2017 Blog Hop monthly themes. This month we are featuring projects that are all ab…
Wow! The new Watercolor Pencils are so popular that they are already on backorder! And Stampin' Up! anticipates not having enough to meet de...
Thought I would pop in and share with you the card I made for my Mum’s birthday which is today. It’s a special one this year as she is turning 80. I was inspired by a beautiful card s…
Squeezing this post in amongst the posting of projects for classes. As most of you know, I belong to a Stampin' Up group here in the area called 'Seashore Stampers'. We try to get together every month, and usually do. This year I am finding my schedule of Saturdays, to be filled more with other things, like classes, and won't make as many of them as I'd like. Today's meeting I was originally unable to attend, however the class I had scheduled for today was cancelled a few days ago, and even though I had a cold, I was hoping to be well enough to go to the meeting. Yeah!!!! Anyway, one of the things we are doing each month, is if anyone in our group has a birthday that month, we each make a papercrafting gift to the birthday girl or girls. For January, Erica has just recently celebrated her birthday, so this is the gift that I made for her. I wanted to use Copper Foil for the project, but found that I was out! So in my search for a substitute, I found an unopened package of retired Champagne Glimmer Paper! I love that colour and was sad when it was discontinued. I know that Erica likes a bit of glitter, you just have to look at her phone cover to know that, (lol) If you are wondering I how I used one stamp, with very closely spaced lettering, to get some words heat embossed and the rest stamped... well, I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig, and my Soft Suede Stampin' Write marker for the small text. Then I used the Stampin' Buddy over the area and used a VersaMarker Watermark pen (not Stampin' Up) to colour the two words I wanted to heat emboss (using the Stamp-a-ma-jig to line it up). Then you can go ahead and heat emboss! Of course I used the new Stampin' Up Watercolour Pencils and Blender to colour in the woman. I decided that I needed to make a stand for the frame so that it could be displayed where ever Erica wanted to place it. So I had to come up with a way to make that. (Details are further below) So there you have the project. Since I have a cold, a video on how to make this is out of the question, so you will have to make due, again, with photos and written instructions. When this frame is completed it measures 6 x 6 x 3/4 without the stand. With the stand it measures 6 x 6 x 3. The working space inside the frame is 4 1/2 x 4 1/2. FRAME To start you will need a 12 x 12 piece of cardstock for the frame. On your score board you will score @ 3/4. 1 1/2, 2 1/4, 3, 9, 9 3/4, 10 1/2, & 11 1/4. Turn you paper and score @ 3/4. 1 1/2, 2 1/4, 3, 9, 9 3/4, 10 1/2, & 11 1/4. Now on two opposite sides you will score @ 3 3/4 & 8 1/4 JUST DOWN TO THE SECOND SCORE LINE Next you will cut all four corners as you see here. (I left one corner uncut so that you could see what it looks like. The remaining corner will be cut just like the one to the right.) It will look like this when all cut. Add your adhesive tape (glue sometimes make the paper buckle too much) on the right side of your paper as indicated in the photo above. On the wrong side there will be adhesive required in the four little triangles as shown in the photo above. You will also need to attach your background DSP BEFORE folding the frame. It will measure 5 7/8 x 5 7/8. Start with the two straight cut sides. You see one done above. Do the same on the opposite side as seen above. Now tuck the other end under as you did on the other two sides, but be sure to have the corners lined up before press the adhesive down in the corners. When done your frame should like this one. FRAME STAND You will begin with a coordinating piece of cardstock the same colour as your frame measuring 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 Score @ 2 1/4 & 3 1/4. this gives you a 1" space to attach to the frame With a ruler, at the top, measure 3/8" on each side of the score line and make a mark At the bottom, measure 3/4" from the bottom two corners up For my spacer cut, I used the largest of the 'Lots of Labels' Framelits (138281) because the top curve is exactly 1" wide. Line it up on the edge of the platform so that it only die cut down the straight sides about 1 1/4". On your paper trimmer, or score board,score from the die cut edge to the scored line, on either side. Now you will cut from mark to mark on your paper trimmer, and fold all your score lines Place your adhesive tape as indicated in the photo above. You see that adhesive is not placed on the center section of the spacer, just on the ends. When assembled it should like the above photo (only neater as I just stuck the tiniest piece of adhesive on those two flaps) You will than attach this on the center back of your frame with the bottom of the stand lining up with the bottom of your frame, as seen below. Now you are ready to create what you will on the front inside of your frame! Hope this all helps you create your own lovely frame projects. Just think...Mother's Day, Father's Day, Birthdays, Easter, Christmas, Congrats, Encouragement, etc! A lot can be done with these! Adding these photos after giving the gift today. I had forgotten to take photos of the gift bag made by piecing scraps together and the coordinating Birthday card. I had to ask Erica to take photos of her card and gift bag... Hope you enjoyed this post, and happy creating! 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You are invited to play along with Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge 229. Create a card, scrapbook page or 3D project then link it to our blog.
Most days I don't do well when my desk is a mess. Fortunately, last night I had a bunch of new stamp sets scattered on my table while I worked on a few cards for a friend using Beautiful You. That's when, in the corner of my eye, I caught the Chase Your Dreams set and I was inspired to combine the two sets! The results are pretty awesome if I may say so myself. I'm loving these two sets together! I really like the Chase Your Dreams set but hadn't figured out a card with it yet. This was a happy little marriage of stamps! I made 3 cards with this set for a friend's granddaughters - 17, 15 & 14. She said the oldest liked vintage style and I think this silhouette is the "most vintage" of the 3. I decided to tie in the French sophisticated look with the Arc de Triomphe in the background. I made a simple and stepped of version of this card. You can see the beautiful watercoloring on the simpler card. This was done with the new Watercolor Pencils and an Aqua Painter on Shimmery White CS. For the stepped up version I added a small bow made with the Smoky Slate 1/8" Stitched Ribbon. I added Stampin' Dimensionals to the sentiment to make it stand out a little more. For the second card, I took the single skyscraper from Chase Your Dreams and stamped the image at different heights across the base of the card. I also only inked parts of the skyscraper to change the skyline. I filled in any lines with a Project Life Journaling Pen (the 01 size). My favorite part of this card is the angled sentiment. I actually only stamped it at an angle to fit on the scrap of black cardstock, but when I went to cut it out, I thought it looked neat like this. I added some Blooms & Wishes DSP to both the umbrella and behind the sentiment, finishing it off with Black Metallic Thread, a Delicate White Doily and some Daffodil Delight Enamel Dots (Brights Collection). This second card I went on a whim with the sketch from Global Design Project this week. I flipped the sketch on it's side and played off the greeting and line (bow) part of the sketch. I think that's what make sketches fun - not everyone sees the same thing when they look at it! (I flipped the icon just to help you imagine it!) Be sure to head to GDP and check out the rest of the cards for inspiration! Have a blessed week! I will be enjoying my last week being 3-0. My birthday is in a week! Make sure you come back to celebrate with me! -Holly
