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Fabulous Friday: Red and Green Ornamental Envelopes Christmas Card

 

  Hello and Happy Friday! I hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends yesterday and stuffed yourself with turkey!!  With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas just 4 short weeks away, we're sharing Red and Green Christmas cards for our Fabulous Friday projects over on the Sisters in Stamping blog to give you more ideas and inspiration to get those handstamped cards made and in the mail soon.  

 

Ornamental Envelopes Photopolymer Stamp Set, #153434  $17.00   www.debbienylor.stampinup.net

I decided to use the Ornamental Envelopes stamp set along with the Tag Buffet set that I used in last week's project.  I really like these stamp sets and think they work well together. I like that they're both sets that offer versatility and can be used to embellish your envelopes and make tags.  

 

 

 Here is another view of my card. I decided to use a piece of crumb cake card stock for my background stamped panel since I knew I would be using a whisper white card base. I used the foliage pieces to form a wreath using garden green ink with the larger leaves image and shaded spruce ink with the smaller leaves image. I figured out that a 2-3/4" diameter circle works best and thankfully found a jar with a lid that size that I used as a guide. I outlined it lightly with a pencil and you can't even see it under the ink.  After stamping the foliage (I inked full strength and without re-inking to get variation in color), I went back over it wih the berries image and real red ink.

 

 

  I used the corner image with soft suede ink to embellish the corners of the stamped panel and added a tiny pearl jewel in each. The Merry Christmas sentiment (from the Tag Buffet stamp set) was added to a 1" strip of whisper white card stock that I cut using the Lovely Labels Pick-a-Punch. And you must know by now how much I love the Plaid Tidings DSP pack - I had to add a strip to my card.  And check out that cute bow!  It's made from the Real Red Braided Linen Trim that is available in the Holiday catalog.

 

 

  For the inside, I stamped a sentiment from the Tag Buffet stamp set using shaded spruce ink and then embellished in the upper right corner using the leaf foliage image from the Ornamental Envelopes stamp set with garden green ink. Once that was done I added a hanging ornament stamped with real red ink.

 

 

  Here is one last view of my card.  For even more fabulous red & green Christmas card ideas and insiration, please be sure to hop on over to the Sisters in Stamping blog.

 

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Fabulous Friday: Quick & Easy Tag Buffet Christmas Card

 

  Hello and Happy Friday! This week we're sharing quick & easy Christmas cards for our Fabulous Friday projects over on the Sisters in Stamping blog. I can't even believe that Thanksgiving is next week and Christmas is only 5 weeks away. 

 

Tag Buffet stamp set: Item #153612 $18.00

  I decided to use the Tag Buffet stamp set that I recently ordered. This stamp set coordinates with a tag kit, but I thought it would also be fantastic to make a quick & easy Christmas card when paired with the Plaid Tidings DSP pack.

 

  As you can see, I pulled the color palette for my card from the DSP: basic black, cherry cobbler, garden green and shaded spruce. Cutting the strip 4" x 1-1/2" wide means I get 4 pieces plus a 6" x 2" piece left over from a single sheet of 6" x 6" DSP. This also fits perfectly into the Triple Banner punch to notch the end nicely for the banner.

 

 

  I colored the stocking with my cherry cobbler dark and light Stampin' Blends markers and cut the stocking out and mounted it to my whisper white circle. I then stamped the holly leaves (garden green) and berries (real red) separately on a piece of scrap whisper white card stock and used a blender pen to spread the color lightly.  I cut these out and mounted them on the stocking.  I'm not sure if you can see it in this photo, but the white parts of the stocking were "colored" using the clear Wink of Stella glimmer brush. It adds just the right amount of glimmer and sparkle to the card, perfect for a Christmas card!

 

 

  Here is one last view of my card.  For even more fabulous quick & easy Christmas card ideas and insiration, please be sure to hop on over to the Sisters in Stamping blog.

 

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous weekend!

 

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Fabulous Friday Scraped Paint CAS Butterfly card

  Hello and Happy Monday (yikes, I thought I had published this post on Friday but once again I did not)! This week we're sharing cards featuring the Scrape Painting technique for our Fabulous Friday projects over on the Sisters in Stamping blog. I kept my card very simple, so the beautiful background would stand out on the card.  You can read more about this Scrape Painting Technique HERE and I am including the steps below in how I used my reinkers and white acrylic paint to make it...

 

1. I used basic liquid white acrylic paint, 3 ink refills (bermuda bay, pacific point and pool party), a plastic spoon, a large straight edge (mine is a mini piercing mat), watercolor paper cut to 5" x 3-3/4" and a piece of scrap paper. 

2. I put down 3 quarter-sized amounts of white acrylic paint and added 5 drops from the ink refills in each on my scrap paper.

 

3. I used the back of a plastic spoon to mix all three pretty well. These dry much lighter, so if you are happy with the color of the paint as is you may want to add more ink to darken the color. 

 

4. Use the spoon to drop random drops of pain all over the watercolor paper as shown.

 

5. Take the large straight-edge and put it in the center of your watercolor paper and rotate it with one hand while holding the paper in place with the other. Warning - this is a MESSY technique, you might want to wear gloves!  I walked around all weekend with blue fingertips.

 

 

  As you can see, the pattern on the watercolor paper is much lighter once it fully dried.  I wanted to keep the card super clean and simple so this beautiful background paper would be the star. I included stamped images from the Butterfly Gala stamp set and the coordinating Butterfly Duet punch along with the Label Me Lovely punch.

 

 

  I colored the butterfly and sentiment images with my bermuda bay and pacific point stampin' write markers and the butterfly body is stamped in basic black ink.  I popped up the butterfly with a dimensional and did the same with the sentiment piece.  I matted the watercolor paper with a small basic black piece of cardstock cut to 5-1/8" x 3-7/8" and popped up that piece also with dimensionals.

 

 

  Here is one last view of my card.  For even more fabulous Scrape Painting technique ideas and insiration, please be sure to hop on over to the Sisters in Stamping blog.

 

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Fabulous Friday Banner Year Fall card

 

  Hello and Happy Sunday (yikes, I thought I had published this post on Friday but alas I did not)! This week we're sharing cards celebrating all things Fall for our Fabulous Friday projects over on the Sisters in Stamping blog. My card features the Banner Year stamp set and Plaid Tidings DSP from the Holiday catalog. 

 

 

  These are some of my favorite products in the Holiday catalog. The Banner Year stamp set works for so many different holidays/occasions and the Plaid Tidings DSP is so versatile because of the many different patterns/color combinations in this pack.  I have certainly used these papers for so many projects the last few months.

 

 

  My card design is a simple layout, focusing on the pretty Plaid Tidings DSP and texture from the Greenery texture folder. I pulled my colors from the DSP: crushed curry, pumpkin pie and basic black.

 

 

  Do you recognize the punches I used for my stamped panel? The bottom layer is cut from the basic black card stock mat using the Label Me Lovely punch.  The stamped panel was cut using the Timeless Label punch, but I was able to extend the size of it by feeding my 1-3/16" strip of whisper white card stock as shown in the photo above. I love how that gives you more versatility with our punches! 

 

 

  In this photo you can see the texture a little better on the pumpkin pie card stock panel. In addition, you can see how I used the Braided Linen Trim to add some additional texture. I did attach the trim and then tied the bow separately and glued it to the piece using Tombow glue (so much easier!).  And I kept the stamping super simple - I love solid images for that reason! And with photopolymer stamps it is so easy to line things up on a cut out panel.

 

 

  Here is one last view of my card.  For even more fabulous fall card ideas and insiration, please be sure to hop on over to the Sisters in Stamping blog.

 

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous week!

 

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Fabulous Friday: Shaving Cream-Reinker Marbled card stock technique

 

  Hello and Happy Friday! This week we're sharing cards created using a technique featuring ink refills for our Fabulous Friday projects over on the Sisters in Stamping blog.  Ink Refills are such a fabulous product - inexpensive (just $3.75/bottle) and so versatile!  I had a hard time choosing which one to use, but in the end picked an oldie but a goodie. The Shaving Cream technique is certainly messy, but always provides such interesting backgrounds. I was able to make 4 unique "marbled" panels that I used to create 4 quick and easy birthday cards.  All four cards feature the same colors (cajun craze, crushed curry, terracotta tile and whisper white), punches (Label Me Lovely, Small Bloom and Timeless Label), sentiments from the Itty Bitty Birthday stamp set and bling from the Holiday Rhinestones pack.  I'll be sharing step-by-step instructions on my blog over the weekend on how to create these fun backgrounds, so be sure to check back or subscribe if you want it coming to your Inbox when published. 

 

 

  As you can see in this photo, I got four very different backgrounds using this technique. I mixed and matched the cardstock in order to create the cards, using 3/4 of a sheet of the four colors of card stock for the cards. Each sheet was cut in half length-wise to make my 11" x 4-1/4" card base, then I used half of the remaining piece to cut my 5-1/4" x 4" mat pieces. From that piece I punched the Label Me Lovely punch and the Small Bloom flowers since it was sandwiched between the marbled panel and the card base (nice way to take maximize your card stock use!).  Close-ups of each card can be seen below...

 

 

  This card was made from the first generation of the marbling so has the most depth of color.  I really like the striations of color.

 

 

  This card was made using the second generation - you can see that the colors are starting to blend and become more muted.

 

 

  This card is from the third generation of the marbling and I love how swirly and muted the colors are.

 

 

  Here is the last card - I'm not sure why there is that dark streak at the top but kind of like how it stands out on the background.  For even more ink refill stamping technique ideas and insiration, please be sure to hop on over to the Sisters in Stamping blog.

 

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Fabulous Friday: Masculine Waterfront Birthday Card

 

  Hello and Happy Friday! This week we're featuring masculine cards for our Fabulous Friday projects over on the Sisters in Stamping blog.  I always have a hard time with these, so appreciate the challenge.  I tend to use nature-themed stamp sets and texture when creating masculine cards.  This week's project features the Waterfront set along with the Greenery Embossing Folders. I also pulled out my Itty Bitty Birthday stamp set for the sentiment as I wanted to make a birthday card.   

 

 

Waterfront Photopolymer Stamp Set, #146386 $17.00

 Here are the images in this stamp set - they don't look like much, but there are some fabulous card creations out there on Pinterest using this stamp set. I must admit, even I feel artistic after using it!  Did you happen to pick up this set when it was on sale last month? 

 

 

 

  As you can see in these photos, I used lots of blues and greens for my card. The card base is night of navy card stock that I embellished with a strip of embossed balmy blue card stock and a mat of mint macaron card stock for the stamped panel.  For the "lake" I used balmy blue ink that I stamped multiple times using the larger triangle image which gives the illusion of depth in the water and also helped to fill in the space.  The mountain range is stamped with early espresso ink.  The trees as well as the sentiment are stamped with shaded spruce ink and the forest ground with soft suede ink.  I am really happy with how easily this came together!

 

 

  Here is a close-up of the stamped panel.  You can see more clearly how I stamped multiple generations of the same inking to give the illusion of depth of the trees, which also filled in the white space and from a distance looks like grass.  Win-win!

 

 

  Here you can see the texture added from the embossing folder.  It looks like leaves, so worked well with the nature theme and also isn't too girly.

 

 

  Here is one last view of my masculine birthday card.  For more ideas and inspiration, please be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what my fellow designers created this week. 

 

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous weekend!

 

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Fabulous Friday Bling-y Gnome Christmas card

 

  Hello and Happy Friday! This week we're featuring BLING in our Fabulous Friday projects over on the Sisters in Stamping blog.  I decided to use the super cute Gnome for the Holidays set again along with the fabulous Holiday and Basic Rhinestone jewels for the bling.  I thought the little ornaments on her tree hat would be perfect for the Holiday Rhinestones. Not sure if that worked out or if it gives me the heebie-jeebies... what do you think? 

 

 

 Here is a different view of my card. The score line is where the card opens - I had this piece of card stock already in my stash with the score line there so just decided to use it this way. I can't even remember what card I had done that for earlier, but it made for a fun opening on this card.  Can you see all the rhinestones?

 

 

  From these photos with different viewpoints I can think you can better see all the rhinestones that I added to this card.  Overkill, maybe?  But fun!  The first photo shows the coloring that I did using various Stampin' Blends. I admit, it was fun!  And then for the little gnomes beard I used my Clear Wink of Stella glimmer brush but I don't think you can really see it in the photos, sadly.  For the sentiment, I used my Classic Label punch and then cut two more from the real red card stock mat and offset them behind to make it pop off the stamped panel.

 

 

  For the inside of the card, I added the other gnome image from the set and sentiment. Left this super simple and didn't spend time coloring it as I think it works without it since the front of the card has so much going on already.

 

 

 

  Here you can see a strip of the fun DSP from the 'Tis the Season stack that I recently got in an order. I added a piece of the Braided Linen trim and frayed the ends for added texture.

 

 

  Here is one last view of my fun and Bling-y gnome Christmas card.  For more ideas and inspiration to add bling to your cards, please be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what my fellow designers created this week. 

 

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24 hour Stamp Sale - It's happening September 23rd!!

 

 

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 Great news - Stampin' Up! is holding a ONE DAY SALE on stamps TOMORROW!!  Get your wish list ready and place your order online via my Stampin' Up! store (choose Shop Now) to ensure your order is placed and you don't miss out!

 

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Fabulous Friday: Embossed Magnolia Thinking of You card

 

  Hello and Happy Friday! This week we're featuring Embossing Folders in our Fabulous Friday projects over on the Sisters in Stamping blog.  I decided to use the Magnolia 3D embossing folder  for my Thinking of You card along with the coordinating Good Morning Magnolia stamp set, Small Blossom and Timeless Label punches.

 

 

 This is the embossing folder that I used from my Stampin' Up! store so you can see how beautiful it is.  And  it is quite a large one (6" x 6"), so my square card is actually sized at 5-1/2" x 5-1/2".  

 

 

  Here is another view my card.  The base care is a piece of 11" x 5-1/2" petal pink card stock, folded in half. The embossing was done on a piece of soft sea foam card stock and I placed a piece of whisper white card stock between the two as a mat.  

 

 

  From this view you can see the embossing a little better.  I embellished the card with just a simple sentiment stamped using soft suede ink and cut it out using the Timeless Label punch. I added two flower pieces cut out using the Small Blossom punch and added a rhinestone from the Holiday pack in the center.

 

 

  Here is one last view of my clean and simple thinking of you card.  For more embossing folder ideas and inspiration, please be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what my fellow designers created this week. 

 

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September 2020 Stampers Dozen Blog Hop: Autumn Days

 

  Hi there and welcome to the September 2020 Stampers Dozen Blog Hop!  This month we are sharing Autumn-themed projects and I decided to make not one, but two cards.  I created my own "designer paper" (I figured you might be getting a little tired of the Plaid Tidings DSP) using 5 of the small images from the Banner Year stamp set and a quarter-sheet of very vanilla card stock. I then cut that in half and used the strips for my cards.  The color palette that I chose includes Cherry Cobbler, Cinnamon Cider, Crushed Curry, Old Olive and Soft Suede.  

 

  The Banner Year and Celebration Tidings photopolymer stamp sets are two great sets from the Holiday catalog that are perfect for your autumn-themed projects.

 

 

  Here is my first card.  I used a base of crushed curry card stock and matted the stamped panel with cherry cobbler card stock. I stamped the image with soft suede ink and then colored it in with old olive, cherry cobbler and crushed curry stampin' write markers. I couldn't find my In Color markers, so just used a Blender Pen with the cinnamon cider ink pad for the smaller leaves. The sentiment was inked with that same ink pad.  I don't think you can see it, but I added some shimmer and twinkle to the card with the Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush.  The card was further embellished with the gorgeous Embroidered Ribbon also from the Holiday catalog.

 

 

  For my second card, I decided to make a landscape card and used cherry cobbler card stock for the base. I added a strip of old olive card stock across the center and then colored the image with my markers and the blender pen with cinnamon cider ink.  The sentiment on this card was inked with cherry cobbler ink since I didn't really have anything in the image to color.  The panel was stamped and then cut out with a label die from the Tasteful Labels die set.  Can you see the pretty embossed edge around the outside of it?

 

 

   Here's one last look at this quick & easy card set. For even more Autumn Days ideas and inspiration, be sure to check out the rest of the projects on the Hop by using the links below.

 

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!! 

 

 

Stamper's Dozen September 2020 Blog Hop

1. Patty Chenail – Stamp-Patty’s - Stamping in My Flops
2. Judy Garza – Creativity Released
3. Sharon Hashimoto Burkert – As the Ink Dries
4. Carol Payne – Carol Payne Stamps
5. Joanne Cantrell – Keep It Simple, Stampers
6. Rachel Yurkanin – Stamping with Rachel
7. Debbie Naylor – Unfrogettable Stamping
8. Bonnie O'Neill – Bonnie Stamped
9. BJ Peters – StampinBJ

 

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