VIVID VASES

 

Wood Mount Only - $11.95

I'm a little late with my post for today.....I didn't take time to schedule it last night for this morning and then this morning I found myself visiting blogs and watching some video demos. 

 

This is one of the new stamps.  It is available in wood mount only, but I really like it!  My first instinct was to check out Pinterest to see what others had made with it.  It is fun to paper piece and I saw some examples of that.

 

To begin I stamped the image on 5 pieces of white card stock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Then I stamped all of the vases 5 times on some of the Sweet Sorbet designer papers.......trimmed them out and I had enough for 5 cards. I rarely make multiples of cards but it will be nice to have these designs done for future use.   The way I use them will vary. 

 

One of the Sweet Sorbet papers was used for the background of the matted design and will be one of the items you can choose for free with a $50 order January 28-March 31 --- a $10.95 value!

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

BLESSED EASTER

Wood Mounted - $11.95

 

It's a little early to think about making cards for Easter, but one of the new stamps that was made available for sale January 3 - June 1, 2014, is the one called "Blessed Easter".  It is such a simple image to color and since CAS cards are what I tend to do, this was a stamp I knew I wanted.

 

Normally I stamp these images with black ink, but today I used Memento Rich Cocoa on off white card stock.  I colored the tulips with Barely Banana, Lavendar Lace, Pretty in Pink and Pear Pizzaz markers.  The image was cut out using the Framelits Labels Collection and the matting was cut out with the next larger die from that set using Barely Banana card stock.  The off white card base was embossed with my Swiss Dots embossing folder and then the matted image added using foam dots.  I like the soft colors for this Easter image but I can also see it being stamped with a bright yellow and red for the tulips blooms on white card stock.

 

This is another stamp that is available only as a wood mount stamp.  Would you like one?  Let me know.  Thanks for stopping by!

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Wood mount only - $12.95

 



This is one of the new Stampin' Up! images that is available through June 1.  Although I am a fan of the clear mount stamps because they take less room, this is one that is only available as a wood mounted stamp.

 

I love the sentiment on it:  "The world is a better place because of people like you."  What a nice way to tell someone how special they are to you.

 

Using Memento Tuxedo Black ink I stamped the image on a piece of white card stock.  The flower was colored with a Primrose Petal and Gumball Green marker.  I used the fine point of a Summer Starfruit marker to color the frame of the sentiment.   

 

The image was trimmed down and added to a piece of dp that had been adhered to the Raspberry Ripple card base.  Although the blossoms had been colored with the lighter color, the shading of the stamped image made the color appear to be darker so that is why I chose the darker card stock for the card base.

 

Orders for any of the new items from the "Celebrate the everyday" brochure can be submitted at any time.  I will be featuring another of the new stamps soon......hopefully tomorrow.

 

Please come back again soon.  I appreciate your visits and your comments.

USING LOVE & SYMPATHY SET

Yesterday was an extremely busy day deliving items to my mother that she needed and visiting with her...........and then running errands to several places for myself.  By the time I got home I was too tired to think of posting something so today I am giving two different versions of the same stamp set I used on Wednesday's card.  I hope you like them.

 

I love the graceful flower from this stamp set so I decided to make more cards using just the flower.  The flower on both of these cards were stamped once and then a second time.

 

 

For this card I used Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade markers to color the image.  The image was then mounted on a second piece of white card stock using foam dots.  The mat is Wisteria Wonder card stock.  Before adding the layers to the card front, I embossed the edge of the card front using one of the folders from the set of SU Textured Impressions.

 

 

The colors used on this card are:  Pistachio Pudding and Crisp Cantelope.  I embossed a portion of the off white card stock using the Beautiful Baroque embossing folder.  My original plan was to add a tiny sentiment on the portion of the off white layer that is not embossed but that didn't work, so I stamped the sentiment from the Simply Sketched stamp set and then cut it out with the Decorative Label punch.  I lightly sponged the Pistachio Pudding ink around the edges and added it with foam dots.  The card base is Pistachio Pudding.

 

Remember if there is anything Stampin' Up! that you would like to order, I would be very happy to help you.  Thank you for stopping by!

 

 

LOVE & SYMPATHY

Wood Mounted $15.95

Clear Mounted $11.95

 

All of us find ourselves in need of a sympathy card from time to time and so many times we don't have one on hand.  So today, I chose the "Love & Sympathy" stamp set and stamped off the design several times using different color combinations.

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My first thought was to check out Pinterest just to get an idea going or I might not have gotten anything done.  I found a card that had the image stamped like this but I chose a simpler design for the overall card.

 

The Swiss Dots embossing folder is my "go to" folder so I embossed the front of the card with it.  The image was stamped on white card stock using Primrose Petals and Gumball Green inks.  The sentiment was stamped over the image using VersaFine Onyx Black ink. 

 

The image was then popped unto a second white layer using foam dots and then adhered to a Primrose Petals mat and added to the card front.  Three tiny pearls from Stampin' Up! were to the upper left hand corner and one to the center of the flower. 

 

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JANUARY 7-13 STAMPIN' UP DEALS

If you see anything here that you would like to order, just let me know. 

It's always fun to get a bargain!!!

 

P.S. to yesterday's post:  I should also have mentioned that the Honeycomb folder used on the two cards is also from Stampin' Up!!!

FINALLY..........2 NEW CARDS

Today was the day I decided "enough is enough!!!  Let's try to get some juices flowing again.  It's been way too long."  It's late in the day, but I was determined to get something posted on my blog before the end of the day.

 

 

Horizontal version

 

Vertical version

 

My "goal" is to get back into making some cards.  I won't call it a "New Year's Resolution" because I don't seem to be able to ever keep those. 

 

Making so many Christmas cards was a lot of fun, but then I got busy with other holiday preparations and activities.  Somehow that got me away from my stamping table.  Of course, reading, working with my husband on 2 puzzles and playing games on a tablet which was a present to myself  account for a lot of time.  Hopefully the break will have been a good thing and I can get back to creating.

 

These two cards are similar to a card we made at a workshop some time ago.  I don't think they need a lot of explanation so I will just let them speak for themselves and I will tell you the supplies I used for them.

 

Supplies:  Stampin' Up Black and Daffodil Delight card stock, Stampin' Up Black Scallop Dots Ribbon and the stickers are EK Success Jolee's Boutique from Michael's.

 

If you would like to order any of the Stampin Up items, please contact me and we will make the arrangements.