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Unmounted Mishap

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This is a card I created for Mom’s May stamp camp. Her requirements were to use Lovely as a Tree to make a masculine card. I also knew that a customer had requested a card using glossy paper. So I decided to add that in too. I really like how the reverse masking and resist turned out. The final touch was to add the sentiment.

I unmount my stamps. I love using my stamps unmounted. Early on I realized that it would be helpful to mark the backs with an arrow showing which way was up. So far, that hasn’t failed me, but today….it did. I had marked the “Happy” form Happy Everything upside down! That particular stamp drives me nuts and I really should have stamped it before I used it, but since the back was marked, I thought I was good to go.

Oh well, live and learn (and re-mark!).

Happy Day
All supplies Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Happy Everything;
Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Versamark, Chocolate Chip;
Paper: Glossy, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss;
Other: clear EP;

Brightly Inspired

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I’m hosting the Casual Mid-Week Challenge over on the Papertrey Ink forum (cmwc51). I found a cool lap desk for inspiration. Here is a link to the product on the Room Service Home website.

Back when Nicole introduced the Chocolate Remix paper she showed how you could color in the images and give the paper a whole new look. I’ve been wanting to try it, and now I have! When I saw the inspiration piece, the lap desk in the back really reminded me of that technique – so I had to do it!

Hi There
All supplies PTI unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Text Boxed, Mega Mixed Messages;
Ink: SU Pink Passion, Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist;
Paper: SU Pink Passion, Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist, Chocolate Remix, white;
Other: Lemon Tart ribbon, SU photo corner punch;

Computer Glitch

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I made this card for my BIL. I don’t know many other techy people, so I definitely wanted to use this computer image. When I looked at the latest CAS challenge over at SCS (CAS08) and thought it would work perfectly.

The font for the binary lines isn’t very tech looking, but I thought it went with the whimsical lines of the computer. I was just glad that stamping all those was very easy!

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Stamps: Computer Quips (SU), Hopscotch (Purple Onion);
Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss (SU), True Black (PTI);
Paper: White (PTI);
Other: dimensionals;

Watercolored Bloom

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This card turned out soooo much better than I thought it would! The challenge areas for this months’ PTI Guest Star Stamper were limited to scrapbook or project, use of Friends ‘Til the End, and use of a previous set. I didn’t bring any of my scrapping stuff with me to Hawaii (I figured space would be limited and I hadn’t scrapped in two years already, so what is another two) and projects are hard for me – I enjoy doing them, but I never have a reason to make them and I like making stuff for a purpose. I’ve already made a couple cards that I entered with previous stamp sets. That just left Friends ‘Til the End. Thankfully I ordered that one 😉

I know lots of people use this image (just like SU’s Fifth Avenue) to make those uber cool mod cards, and while I do want to try that myself, I wanted to watercolor this baby. I really love watercoloring. Have you ever watercolored with Palette inks before? It is hard! They dry on whatever surface you use (I normally squish my cube onto a plastic plate that I use) and they don’t take to water too well. But I’ve found if I work fast and try hard, I can do it.

The layout of this card is from Karen Giron’s sketch (SSSC08). I’ve been wanting to participate in her challenges, but this is the first one I’ve managed…and not I’m not really sure it “qualifies” as I didn’t do the layering in the background. I hope that I can go back and do her others too.

I didn’t take a picture of the inside, but I did stamp the same flower image with white pigment ink.

Glad We’re Friends
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Friends ‘Til the End, Faux Ribbon;
Ink: Berry Sorbet, Ripe Avocado, Chocolate Chip (SU), White (SU);
Paper: Kraft, Berry Sorbet, White;
Other: Berry ribbon, dimensionals;

Black and White

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This card is for Kristina’s Color Inspiration (#45). I’ve been letting the color combo stew in my head all day. The inspiration for this card came as I was trying to put together other cards. I had to stop what I was doing and go after this one so I didn’t loose it!

I had the layout almost immediately and knew what I wanted in each section. My task then was to figure out what stamp image to use. I found a good combo of paper and image, but I didn’t have the right ribbon…so I searched some more. Once I got a little further in my index I found the right stamp set and then the right paper and the right ribbon – woohoo!

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The card base is textured white cardstock, but you can’t tell in the photo. I actually had the card together before I decided to watercolor the image – it just needed that little bit. The ribbon is velvet ribbon I kept from a present a year or so ago.

The inside is simple – the image is from the same set and the paper is from the same pack – I like that it looks sorta like ribbon.

Thanks for all you do.
Stamps: Wonderful You (SU), Absolutely Fabulous (SU);
Ink: Noir (Palette);
Paper: White Textured (SU), White (PTI), Black & White Basics DSP (PTI);
Other: Watercolor Crayons (SU); Velvet ribbon (unknown), dimensionals (SU);

Birthday Garland

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This card uses a CPS sketch (#106). Um, we could say that I rotated the sketch, but really, I just wasn’t paying attention and I stamped while the card was upside down *oops* Thankfully it looks good this way too 😀

I wanted a cheery card – as this is another birthday card. I enjoyed working with the new Melon Berry ink from Papertrey Ink the other day – it is such a rich color – so I had to pull it out again. This time I added some bright yellow and blue touches.

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This card was quick – just simple stamping! I even did the inside. I don’t normally stamp a sentiment on the inside – I prefer handwritten notes; but the sentiment on the front sorta felt incomplete without something on the inside as well.

Just a Little Note
All Supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Floral Frenzy, Faux Ribbon;
Ink: Melon Berry, Lemon Tart, New Leaf, Aqua Mist;
Paper: White;

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);

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;

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;