Category Archives: Stampin Up

Spring Fresh

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PaperCrafts has posted their March contest – butterflies! I’ve never done a PC challenge, but this was fun!

The first thing I did was to find a butterfly image – I figured that would be the most limited of my supplies. I haven’t used the On Gossamer Wings set in a long time, but I do find it very pretty. Next up, I needed a sentiment. I just received Motivational Centers and found the perfect sentiment! Putting the rest together was lots and lots of trial and error. A little bling was the final touch.

Thankfully I don’t need a “support” card, but they are hard to make when you need them, so this will be a good addition to my stash.

[No wonder I like this card – look how well it “goes” with my blog! LOL]

Overcoming Suffering
All Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: On Gossamer Wings, Motivational Centers (CHF);
Ink: Burnt Umber (Palette), Barely Banana, Bashful Blue;
Paper: Bashful Blue (textured), White, Spring Showers DSP;
Other: bling (Hero Arts), Stickles (Ranger);

Parade of Bugs

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This card is for an upcoming InkUp stamp camp. Mom wanted a kid card, so I made a Parade of Bugs waterfall card. I used the SCS Tutorial for the waterfall technique. I think this turned out cute – I love how you can see each of the buggys’ faces!

Bugs and Kisses
All Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Bugs & Kisses;
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Basic Black;
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White;
Other: gingham ribbon, black brads, glitter, dimensionals;

Simply Hoppy

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This card was created for the Clean & Simple challenge at SCS (CAS04). The challenge was to accent with dots – pierced or markered. I’ve always wanted to do a card like this – with piercings delineating the “focal area”. Unfrogettable is one of my favorite sets and since I haven’t used it in awhile, I thought he would be a cute addition to the card.

Happy Birthday
All Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Unfrogettable, Happy Everything;
Ink: Glorious Green, Garden Green, Yoyo Yellow;
Paper: White (PTI);
Other: piercer;

Flourished Rose

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PageMaps came out with another set of card maps this month! A sketch from pagemaps and a color scheme from SCS Color Challenge and this card was practically done for me 😉 I do think I am falling in love with Kiwi – I need to get me some Kiwi pattern paper!

I had a lot of fun putting this card together – more watercoloring and a new tool – who wouldn’t have fun? The flourishes were created using the Making Memories Slice (thank you again Gail!!). I can see this becoming a dangerous tool for me!

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The background of the card front was done with the Floral background stamp and craft (pigment) ink. The ink lightens when it is heat set, so you can actually see the pink color. I really like how that part turned out.

The inside of the card was easy – no stamping; just another strip of pattern paper and a pink flourish.

Celebrate Today
Stamps: Abundant Joy (SU), Floral (SU), Mixed Messages (PTI);
Ink: Pink Passion craft (SU), Burnt Umber (Palette); Passion & Kiwi dye (SU);
Paper: Chocolate Chip (SU), Pink Passion (SU), Kiwi Kiss (SU), Hawaii Papaya DSP (SU), White (PTI);
Other: flourish dies (MMSlice), deco edge punch (Fiskars);

Fabulous Mojo

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This card took me forever to complete, but I am so happy with it! I started with the recent Mojo sketch. I knew I wanted a really pretty card I could send to a friend for her birthday (I know quite a few folk with March birthdays!!). Picking colors took a long time because I don’t have a lot of embellishments the same color as the ink/paper I chose, but I worked it out.

Before I packed up I received some new rubber from Stampin’Up, but I didn’t have a chance to play, so this is my first inking of Echoes of Kindness, and I love these images! I really enjoy watercoloring, so line-art is usually a good choice for me.

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I also bought an Ornare template and this is the first use of that as well. The piercing really gives it a nice touch. Once I got everything stamped and pierced, I wasn’t sure where I was going to put the sentiment, but I liked adding another layer to the focal panel. The trick became finding appropriate fasteners. When will SU realize that we *need* brads in InColor colors?? These little rhinestone brads by Making Memories were close enough in color I could get away with it 🙂

The inside is becoming another little canvas for me…so fun to decorate!

Absolutely Fabulous
Stamps: Echoes of Kindness (SU), Mixed Messages (PTI);
Ink: Cameo Coral, Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss (SU);
Paper: White (PTI), Cameo Coral, Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss, NQN patterns (SU);
Other: ribbon (PTI), rhinestone brads (MM), tag die (CB), piercing template (ornare);

Cheers Pattern

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I stamped the drink images on a panel the other day, but the scale was off for what I wanted. Then when I checked out the Limited Supplies challenge over at SCS (LSC209), I knew I would use the panel. The challenge was to create your own pattern paper. Coloring this was a pain, but I love how it turned out – so while I wouldn’t do it all the time, I’m glad I did it. I kept the rest of the card really simple so the pattern paper would stand out.

Cheers to You
All Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Cheers to You;
Ink: Noir (Palette), More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, various SU reds;
Paper: Baja Breeze, Pumpkin Pie, White;
Other: scallop punch, circle punches, baja striped ribbon;

Simple Sofa

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Last week I stumbled upon a (new to me) blog – Clean and Simple Stamping. They host challenges that encourage clean and simple cards. I love the look of clean and simple, but struggle sometimes to really do it…so I definitely wanted to watch this blog and participate.

This card was made for challenge #FTL31 (sketch challenge). I have an anniversary card to make. I’m not sure how/why, but the sofa image from Stampin’Up! jumped into my head immediately. I am learning that I like fun and cute more than elegant. After I selected my images, I checked out my paper stash and found this fun pattern that reminded me of buttons (and the color scheme was perfect for the recipients). I really really wanted to add a button to the paper, but it needed a bit a twine, and then I just felt that was too much. I really like how this card turned out!

Happy Together
All Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Please Be Seated, Happy Everything;
Ink: Sage Shadow, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip;
Paper: Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip, Autumn Vine DSP, Vanilla (PTI);
Other: mustard grosgrain;

Garden Elements, part 3

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If you missed my other Garden Elements cards I made with the Roof Garden Accents and Elements kit, make sure you check out part 1 and part 2.

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First up is a simple card with lots of details. I wanted to use the great big flower from the Elements kit, but it was so big and plain. I decided to emboss the Kindred Spirits stamp set onto it. I liked it, but the shine wasn’t noticeable enough, so I sanded it down. I really liked those results! I added a Kiwi circle and a Navy button. I drew some dots on the button with a white gel pen. To finish the accent off I added some tiny satin ribbon .

The stitching around the DSP layer is faux stitching. Since sanding the EP off the flower made the flower edges distressed, I used the SU Cutter Kit to distress the edges of the DSP panel too.

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This is the final card I want to show you. I was going for a mod graphic type design. I’m not sure what I ended up with, lol. I added the large leafy Element to the Kiwi cardstock. It needed something else so I outlined it with Not Quite Navy. It still didn’t seem right, so I overstamped the Element with the En Francais background stamp. I decided I wouldn’t do any more to that!

I love stripes, so the stripey paper from the Urban Garden DSP pack needed to be used and I thought it would go well with whatever it was I was doing on this card. The final step was to add the sentiment. I knew I wanted it to overlap the leafy Element, so I anchored it to the stripey strip with some brads.

Well, I hope you enjoyed these cards. I only used ONE THIRD of the contents of a kit – so they are definitely a value! Of course, there aren’t any other Accent and Element kits in the new catalog, bummer – but if you are like me, you have one in your stash 😉

All Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Kind Thanks
Stamps: Kindred Spirits, Thank You Kindly;
Ink: Versamark, Not Quite Navy;
Paper: Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Urban Garden DSP;
Other: Roof Garden Accents & Elements, Baja ribbon, Navy button, white gel pen, tiny white ribbon (source unknown), paper piercer, distresser from Cutter Kit;
Happy Days
Stamps: Happy Everything, En Francais;
Ink: Not Quite Navy, White;
Paper: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Urban Garden DSP;
Other: Roof Garden Accents & Elements, brads;

Garden Elements, part 2

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If you missed the first three cards I made with the Roof Garden Accents and Elements kit, make sure you check out yesterday’s post.

This first card was fun to make. I found some cool geometric paper within the Urban Garden DSP pack. I thought the wavy lines from the Elements kit worked well with that. I decided I wanted a big focal sentiment and created one using Elegant Greetings and Fundamental Phrases. I offset the sentiment and left room to add a leafy Element. I popped the leaves up and added a little detail with the white gel pen.

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This is another of my favorites. When I saw the daisy paper from the Urban Garden DSP, I just knew I needed to use it. I’ve been ogling mom’s Top Note die cut so I grabbed that too. I used taffeta ribbon to hide the seem of the cardstock and pattern paper. Next time I will trim off the pointy parts from the die cut so the ribbon lays better. I popped a couple flowers over the ribbon.

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So, using the daisy portion of the patten paper in the above card left some great wavy lines behind in the scrap pile. I thought they would make a cool border. Again I used dimensionals to pop the flowers up. For the sentiment, I used the corner rounder and tucked it under the border.

That is all for today. I have two more cards to post – some come back tomorrow to check them out. Thanks for stopping by!

All Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Birthday Wishes
Stamps: Elegant Greetings, Fundamental Phrases;
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss;
Paper: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Urban Garden DSP;
Other: Roof Garden Accents & Elements, white gel pen, dimensionals;
Thanks
Stamps: Thank You Kindly;
Ink: Not Quite Navy;
Paper: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Urban Garden DSP;
Other: Roof Garden Accents & Elements, white taffeta, Top Note die cut, dimensionals;
Glad We’re Friends
Stamps: Best Yet;
Ink: Not Quite Navy;
Paper: Baja Breeze, Basic Grey, Whisper White, Urban Garden DSP;
Other: Roof Garden Accents & Elements, corner rounder, dimensionals;

Garden Elements, part 1

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Mom’s January stamping event was a new catalog party. One of the things she did was to give away a Roof Garden Accent and Elements kit. She asked me to make some samples using the tin so the person who won would have some ideas. I ended up making 8 cards! I’ll post a few today, a few tomorrow, and the last couple on Wednesday. The three I have today are all CASEd, but the posts for Tuesday and Wednesday will be mine.

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The first card was cased from luv my dolly (SCS). I changed the elements and sentiment used, and added a rhinestone brad to the flower center. What I CASEd was the overall layout and colors – I really love the smaller panel with the scallop edge and the idea of layering a flower over a strip.

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My next card is one of my favorites! It just feels so formal and crisp. I again cased the layout from luv my dolly (SCS). To do the ribbon, I punched a little slot in the focal panel and threaded the ribbon up and made my knot. Also, I didn’t want the leaf sticker to be flat, so I cut a dimensional up into pieces and placed a few under the leaves to give that piece some dimension.

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The final card (for today) is cased from stampin mama (SCS). I used the layout, but changed up the colors and the elements used to decorate the sentiment. This isn’t the best picture, but it is the best I have – the ribbon is Kiwi.

Don’t forget to come back tomorrow to see three more cards made with the Roof Garden Accents and Elements kit!

All Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Absolutely Fabulous
Stamps: Absolutely Fabulous;
Ink: Not Quite Navy;
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Urban Garden DSP;
Other: Roof Garden Accents & Elements, rhinestone brad;
Wonderful Friend
Stamps: Wonderful Favorites;
Ink: Not Quite Navy;
Paper: Not Quite Navy, Basic Grey, Whisper White, Urban Garden DSP;
Other: Roof Garden Accents & Elements, gray taffeta, slot punch, dimensionals;
All the Best
Stamps: Elegant Greetings;
Ink: Not Quite Navy;
Paper: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Urban Garden DSP;
Other: Roof Garden Accents & Elements, oval punch, dimensionals;