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Fabulous Friday: Shaded Spruce Healing Hugs card

 

  Happy Friday!  Karla asked us to create a project featuring our favorite new Stampin' Up! color for our Fabulous Friday projects for the Sisters in Stamping blog this week. I decided to use Shaded Spruce because I love anything green!  I paired it with melon mambo and soft sea foam (another new color) to create this Get Well card featuring the Healing Hugs stamp set.

 

  Here is a close-up of the flower image - how cool is it that a single stamp can look so dimensional?  I did fussy-cut it after stamping and popped it up on top of the leaves.  The melon mambo pairs beautifully with shaded spruce, don't you think?  For just a bit of contrast I used the new soft sea foam to mat the stamped panel and wrapped it with some linen thread to complete this clean and simple card.

 

  To jazz up the inside of the card I stamped another foliage image from the stamp set on the inside of the card using the shaded spruce ink.  I like the simplicity and think it adds a nice touch.

 

  Here is another view of my card - I really love this stamp set and new Shaded Spruce color.  I see it being used on a lot of Christmas cards.  For even more new color inspiration, please be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog  to check out what the other designers created this week.  

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Paper Pumpkin: Blooming Savings for new subscribers!

 

  If you haven't tried the Paper Pumpkin kit subscription, now is a great time to do so!  New subscribers get 50% off their first month when they subscribe using code BLOOM0818 (click HERE) through August 10th!

  Here are some video reveals of the last few months' kits... they're awesome!  And each comes with a stamp set and ink spot that you can use over and over even after the kit contents are gone.

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  Be sure to use Hostess Code HSMMSQXS* with your online orders at checkout through July 28th to receive a Quick & Easy card as a thank you. For every $35 you spend you'll get one entry in my new monthly drawing for free product - the more you spend, the more chances you have to win.  The prize for the month of July is the Playful Backgrounds photopolymer stamp set from the Occasions catalog. (*Note - if your merchandise total is $150 or greater, please do NOT use the hostess code so you can get the Stampin' Rewards for yourself AND you'll still be entered in my drawing).  

 

 

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Fabulous Friday: Silver or Gold?

 

  Happy Friday!  Cindy asked us to create a project featuring silver or gold for our Fabulous Friday projects for the Sisters in Stamping blog this week. That reminds me of the Burl Ives song from the Rudolph movie, how about you?  Rather than go with another Christmas card, I decided to feature silver embossing with a flower card.  I embossed the focal image and one sentiment with silver embossing.  Was I able to pull it off? You be the judge!

  

  Here is a close-up of the embossed flower image - I colored in the flowers using my stampin' write markers with colors that I pulled from the Garden Impressions DSP strip that I attached to the card front.  I embellished the centers of the solid silver flowers with rhinestones.  This card is super simple, but I wanted to really highlight the silver embossing.  I made my card base from smoky slate card stock to really reinforce the silver theme. 

 

  Here is another view of my card - so do you think this card works?  I have never used silver embossing for anything other than Christmas cards so this was way out of my comfort zone.  For even more silver and gold project inspiration, please be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog  to check out what the other designers created this week.  

 * Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend! *

 

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Stampers Dozen: Christmas in July

 

  Welcome to July's Stamper's Dozen blog hop! This month we are giving you some "Christmas in July" inspiration because it is never too early to get started on your hand-stamped Christmas cards!! 

 

 

  I decided to keep mine simple and easy to duplicate en masse - perfect for a Christmas card, am I right? Especially if you have a ton to make! This card features the super-cute Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set. I once again turned to the new 2018-2020 In Colors for this card - have you noticed how much I am using them in my projects this month?  I really love them!!  The DSP banner is notched with the Banner Triple punch.  I also used the Cable Knit dynamic texture folder (the texture really does look so much like a warm sweater!) along with the Stitched Shapes and Layering Squares framelits with the Big Shot.  If you don't yet own a Big Shot, you are really missing out!!  To really  make the texture pop I sponged the edges of the card stock with crumb cake ink.  The sentiment was stamped on a strip of whisper white card stock which I notched using the banner punch, then I sponged the edges with crumb cake ink and added some rhinestones to embellish.

 

 

   Here is a close-up of the focal panel - I colored Santa's suit and hat using the Lovely Lipstick stampin' write marker. The fur trim was colored using the clear Wink of Stella glimmer pen - Christmas cards need a little sparkle, right?!  And lastly, I colored his belt and boots with the basic gray stampin' write marker and added a crushed curry buckle to his belt.  What a fun image!   

 

 

  Here's another view of my card.  For even more Christmas in July inspiration, please be sure to check out the other creations on this blog hop by clicking on the links below.  Enjoy!!

 

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Fabulous Friday: Emoji belated birthday card

 
  Happy Saturday!  Once again I am a day late in getting this post published. 

 

  In honor of World Emoji Day on July 17th, Jennifer asked us to create a project featuring an Emoji for our Fabulous Friday projects for the Sisters in Stamping blog this week. I tend to use "Yikes!" smile face one a lot and thought it was perfect for a belated birthday card!

 

 

  The face of my Emoji is cut from the new pineapple punch card stock using the largest circle from the Layering Circles framelits and the Big Shot.  I sponged all around using pineapple punch ink to give it some dimension. The eyes were cut from soft suede card stock using a 1/2” circle punch.  It is a little tough to see in this photo, but I scored the “teeth” on a strip of whisper white card stock then rounded the sides of the mouth using my 1” circle punch. I used the side of the soft suede brush tip marker to edge the mouth and ran a line down between the top and bottom teeth. I also drew in a little lower lip just under the teeth lightly, too.  The balloons were cut out using the Balloon Bouquet punch and my new In Color 6" x 6" DSP stack.  These fun new In Colors were perfect for this card!  The sentiments are from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set and hand-drew the strings of the balloons down to the end of the "D" in Belated.

 

  Here is another view of my card - I think you can actually see the teeth in this photo!  For even more Emoji project inspiration, please be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog  to check out what the other designers created this week.  

 

* Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend! *

 

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  Be sure to use Hostess Code HSMMSQXS* with your online orders at checkout through July 28th to receive a Quick & Easy card as a thank you. For every $35 you spend you'll get one entry in my new monthly drawing for free product - the more you spend, the more chances you have to win.  The prize for the month of July is the Playful Backgrounds photopolymer stamp set from the Occasions catalog. (*Note - if your merchandise total is $150 or greater, please do NOT use the hostess code so you can get the Stampin' Rewards for yourself AND you'll still be entered in my drawing).  

 

 

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Fabulous Friday: Dandelion Wishes Pinspiration

 
   Happy Friday!  I asked my fellow designers to choose something from Pinterest to inspire their Fabulous Friday projects for the Sisters in Stamping blog this week. 

 

  I fell in love with this card above designed by "blindstamper" that I found on Pineterest - the sponging and simplicity really spoke to me and I knew I could get a similar feel using the new Dandelion Wishes stamp set that I just got. 

 

 

   Rather than stick with purples, I decided to go with Coastal Cabana (it's back!!!!), Crushed Curry and Bermuda Bay for my inks.  I stamped the image using jet black StazOn ink and then sponged the panel.  I embellished with some rhinestones to keep the card clean and simple (my favorite style!).

 

    Here is a view of the inside of my card - in addition to a sentiment, I also used a different dandelion seed image to bring the outside of the card inside.

 

 

  Here is another view of my card.  For even more Pinterest inspiration, please be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog  to check out what the other designers created this week.  

 

* Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend! *

 

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  Be sure to use Hostess Code HSMMSQXS* with your online orders at checkout through July 28th to receive a Quick & Easy card as a thank you. For every $35 you spend you'll get one entry in my new monthly drawing for free product - the more you spend, the more chances you have to win.  The prize for the month of July is the Playful Backgrounds photopolymer stamp set from the Occasions catalog. (*Note - if your merchandise total is $150 or greater, please do NOT use the hostess code so you can get the Stampin' Rewards for yourself AND you'll still be entered in my drawing).  

 

 

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