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PPA88 - Easter Pizzazz

Stampin' Up! Awash With Flowers & A Good Egg

This week's Pals Paper Arts Challenge is a color challenge.  It incorporates Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, and Daffodil Delight.  I actually started out with a piece of Whisper White card stock and created a bouquet with the Awash With Flowers.  Although I loved the colors and composition, I was having difficulty incorporating Crumb Cake into the card.  So I guess I went to the other extreme!  I love the tone on tone that our classic ink gives, so while I used Basic Black for all the outlines and sentiment, it was Crumb Cake on Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight on Daffodil Delight, and Pear Pizzazz on Pear Pizzazz.  A little black polka dot ribbon and we're good to go!

Stampin' Stuff:

Don't forget the Featured Items have links directly to the items in my store.  
Click on the pictures to see a larger version. 

Stamp Sets -

• Awash With Flowers Clear Mount (120549) <-Featured Item
• A Good Egg (114974) 

Ink - 

• Crumb Cake Classic (121030)
• Daffodil Delight Classic (119667)
• Pear Pizzazz Classic (119784)
• Basic Black Classic (101179)

Paper - 

• Crumb Cake Card Stock (120953)
• Daffodil Delight Card Stock (119683)
• Pear Pizzazz Classic 119795)

Accessories -

• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
• Black Polka Dot 1/2'' Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired)

Tools -

• Paper Snips (103579)
• Sponge Daubers (102892) <-Featured Item
• Word Window Punch (119857)
• Modern label Punch (119849) <-Featured Item

Putting It Together Tips:

• If you'd like a great pairing suggestion for a good purchase in tools, my money is on the Word Window punch and the Modern Label punch.  These two punches work so well together and if you add in Teeny Tiny Wishes (which I usually use, but decided I wanted a sentiment a bit more playful) you have the makings of a greeting for every occasion you can think of!
• The tone on tone technique is an extremely simple but very dramatic way to get great interest, add to the composition, and not over power the design.  In fact you could use VersaMark Ink and then you'd have a match to every color of card stock you own as VersaMark is a watermark type ink.
• Awash With Flowers allows for some really loose and free stamping.  If you can get past not staying in the lines, it's a bunch of creative fun.  I struggled with that part at first, but then realized it's not suppose to match perfectly - room for error!  Amazing!  I used a masking technique to get the round focal point flower.  Just a handy tip, if you go to the trouble of making a mask, stick it in the inside of your stamp case for the next time you want to mask that image!

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Butterflies Are Free

Stampin' Up! Butterfly Prints &
Butterfly Paper Punch

My Spring workshop for my teacher group was last Friday.  They always want a 3D project so I decided to do a trio of projects with a butterfly theme.  I really love Butterfly Prints as it has several butterflies to chose from AND they can be punched out with a Stampin' Up! punch perfectly.  

 

 

The treat bag was designed after a project that appeared in the Stampin' Up! Magazine for demonstrators.  I tweaked it a bit to fit my needs and then designed a greeting card and note card to match.  And you all know how I love 3x3 cards.  Nuff said!

 

 

Stampin' Stuff:

Don't forget the Featured Items have links directly to the items in my store.  
Click on the pictures to see a larger version. 

Stamp Sets -

• Butterfly Prints Clear Mount (120738) <-Featured Item
• Punch Bunch Clear Mount (123211 - Sale-a-bration - times running out on this little gem)

Ink - 

• Old Olive Classic (102277)
• Soft Suede Classic Ink (115657)

Paper - 

• Daffodil Delight 12x12 Card Stock (119688)
• Crumb Cake Card Stock (120953) 
• Old Olive Card Stock (100702)

Accessories -

• Certainly Celery 5/8'' Poly-twill Ribbon (114618 - Clearance Rack) <-Featured Item
• Linen Thread (104199)
• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Tools -

• 1/16'' Hand Held Circle Punch (101227)
• Embosslits Sweet Buttons (121813) <-Featured Item
• Fancy Favor Treat Bag (115965) <-Featured Item
• 2 3/8'' Scallop Circle Punch (118874)
• 1 3/4'' Scallop Circle Punch (119854)
• 1/2'' Circle Punch (119869)
• Butterfly Punch (119848)
• 1 3/8'' Circle Punch (119860)
• Bone Folder (102300)
• Sponge Dauber (102892)
• Crewel Needle #2

Putting It Together Tips:

• For the greeting card, after punching out one of the 2 3/8'' Scallop Circles, I placed it on a scoring surface and using the bone folder I scored across the Scallop Circle intersecting the center on all scores.  Then using a Sponge Dauber I applied Soft Suede Classic Ink to the edges.
• To create the pleated background for the Butterfly Bag, I punched two 2 3/8'' Scallop Circles and scored as above.  Then I cut to the center (half way through the circle) and accordion folded both circles.  Next I applied 2-Way Glue Pen to an end fold and glued the two halves together.  In retrospect I probably would have shaded the circle as I did in the previous circle first to give more dimension. 
• The Embosslit Sweet Buttons die cuts were used both as decoration and for function to hold the pleated component together.  It was held to the bag using a Dimensional.  I will try to create a video on the steps to assemble this component in the near future.

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PPA 84 - Happy Easter

Stampin' Up! Because I Care &
Teeny Tiny Wishes

The theme for this week's Pals Paper Arts Challenge is spring and Easter, but I believe the card I created would be equally at home for just about any theme including wedding, get well, or sympathy.  Just swap out the sentiment.  This week is also blog candy week so make sure you jump over to Pals Paper Arts  and “play at PPA!”  

The stamp set I used is a Level 1 Hostess set.  I think many people think unless they have a party or workshop, they'll never see any hostess sets, but that is not necessarily true.  Think about pooling your order with a few friends and as long as you're merchandise total exceeds $150, you're golden for hostess rewards!  Pretty cool huh?  The orders have to be placed directly with me, not through my online store.  And all merchandise will be shipped to you.  What a great opportunity to have your friends over for some conversation and creativity!  Contact me for more info.

Finally the answer to my trivia question from our Pal's Hop two days ago.  Jelly Babies is what the British call Jelly Beans.  When the Beatles first came to the U.S. they told a reporter that they liked Jelly Beans and the rest is history - they were pelted with Jelly "Babies" at every concert.  OUCH!

Stampin' Stuff:

Don't forget the Featured Items have links directly to the items in my store.  
Click on the pictures to see a larger version. 

Stamp Sets -

• Because I Care Clear Mount (120118 - Level 1 Hostess Set) 
• Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370) <- Featured Item

Ink - 

• River Rock Classic (109010)
• Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write Marker (119677)
• Blender Pen (102845)

Paper - 

• Very Vanilla Card Stock (101650)
• Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
• River Rock Card Stock (108640)
• Build-a-Bear Workshop Pawsitively Prints Designer Series Paper II (117396) <- Featured Item

Accessories -

• 5/8'' Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon (119958)
• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
• Anywhere Glue Stick (104145)

Tools -

• Paper Snips (103579)
• Word Window Paper Punch (105090)
• Ticket Corner Punch (119867) <- Featured Item
• Modern Label Punch (119849)
• Punch Windows Movers & Shapers (115953) <- Featured Item

Putting It Together Tips:

• I love how a lighter image pops off a page when the background is dark.  That's kind of hard to accomplish in rubber stamping unless you emboss it.  And if the stamp is just a line image, it only addresses the lines, not the the inside.  Grab your trusty Paper Snips and cut it out!  I imprinted the Image twice, once on Whisper White card stock and once on River Rock card stock.  I used River Rock Classic ink to give me a soft effect.  Then I cut out the Whisper White image, dabbed on some Daffodil Delight and secured it using the Anywhere Glue Stick.
• Tool Tip -  A great investment is the TIcket Corner punch.  It can automatically jazz up any square or rectangular piece of cardstock.  And at only $6.95, it's a real bargain.  Look how great the use of this punch made the whole project look.
• Who would have thought that a Designer Series Paper called Build-a-Bear Workshop Pawsitively Prints could turn out a card so elegant?!  But the pinstripe pattern is perfect for this card.   Also perfect about this series is that all the prints are small, so if you make greeting cards, it's the perfect size pattern.
• The Movers & Shapers set Punch Windows is perfect for matting four of our paper punches.  Modern Label (used in this project),   Scallop Oval Extra Large, Star Extra Large, and Full Heart Extra Large all have their matt “soul mates” in this versatile set.  You do need the Movers & Shapers Curly Label set to use these items, but then you also have a “soul mate” for the Curly Label Extra Large punch as well!

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Pals Paper Arts March Hop Into Spring

Stampin' Up! Matchbox XL Bigz Die
& Thick Window Sheets

Welcome to the March PALS HOP!  This month, we're featuring Fabulous Easter and Spring projects for your inspiration!  You've likely hopped over from Dawn Gross, Dawn's This & That, I'm stop number 10 on the PALS HOP and I'm glad you hopped in!  I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find great ideas for paper crafted creations from the Stampin' Pretty Pals!  Should you hop off course, simply click here for a list of hop participants and you'll be back on track!

 These three little match boxes are great for small gifts for friends and relatives.  I love the pop of color the jelly beans (or jelly babies  - let's see who knows when we first found out that they were called jelly babies and what were they used for.  The answer will be in my next post!) gives it, but you could place milk chocolate Hershey Nuggets in the box and have a beautiful wedding or bridal shower favor.  I experimented with the window sheets and loved how you could see the contents without having them spill all over.  The Tasteful Trim double sided scallop is the perfect belly band for this project as they look like leaves under the daisy!  The plain box was passed through the Square Lattice embossing folder and brayered using Crumb Cake Classic ink.  Hoppy Spring!

Stampin' Stuff:

Stamp Sets -

• None 

Ink - 

• Crumb Cake Classic (121030)

Paper - 

• Crumb Cake Card Stock (120953)
• Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
• Pear Pizzaz Card Stock (119795)
• Wild Wasabi Card Stock (108641)
• Daffodil Delight Card Stock (119683)
• Thick Window Sheets (114324)

Accessories -

• 5/8'' Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon (119958)
• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
• Glue Dots (103683)
• Basic Pearls (119247)
• Brights Designer Buttons (119747)
• Easter Basket Grass 

Tools -

• Big Shot (113439)
• Extended Cutting Pads (113478)
• Extended Premium Crease Pad (117630)
• Bigz Daisies #2 XL Die (114520) <- Featured Item
• Matchbox Die (114890 - Stampin' Up! exclusive)
• Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die (120893 - Holiday Mini  - Stampin' Up! exclusive - still available) <-
  Featured Item
• Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die (118138 - Stampin' Up! exclusive)
• Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (119976)
• Brayer (102395)
• Bone Folder (102300)

Don't forget the Featured Items have links directly to the items in my store.

Putting It Together Tips:

• If you opt to texturize the box bottom, use of the Premium Crease Pad is vital.  Under normal circumstances I found I could use the acrylic pads for most scored die cuts.  But the depth of the impression is so great with the Square Lattice folder that it literally falls apart at the creases unless you use the crease pad to cut out the die cut.
• A word of caution - texturizing the box bottom with the Square Lattice folder makes it somewhat difficult to assemble the box, so patience is really required.  The projects would turn out just as nice without the texture, but I just felt it added another dimension - especially to the white box.  For tips on brayering in textured surfaces, see Applying Color to an Embossed Image in the  Mike's Minute section.  
• After die cutting the Window Sheet band, I found I needed to use my Bone Folder to make the creases crisp.  Believe me, once you crease it with the Bone Folder, it stays creased!

Hop along for more inspiring ideas from Sue Bendinsky, My Color Creations,  stop number 11 on the March PALS HOP!  Thanks for "hopping" by!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheryl Strikes Again - Which Came First...?

Stampin' Up! Scallop Circle and Ovals

Hi everyone!  It's a new crop of creations from my stamping friend Cheryl.  This time she's overworked the paper crafting tools to create chicks and eggs - not sure which she made first!

This is your last chance to take advantage of Sale-a-bration and all the benefits this promotion brings!  Sale-a-bration ends at midnight tonight.  Check out my Join In On The Fun page for all the details.  Check out the Sale-A-bration mini catalog on the right!  They All go away tonight at midnight! 

Stampin' Stuff:

Stamp Sets -

• Well Scripted Clear Stamps (118601 Occasions Mini)
• Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370) 

Tools -

• Stampin' Up! Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder (117335 - Occasions Mini)
• Stampin' Up! Finial Press Impressions Folder (115963)
• Scallop Circle Punch (109043)
• 5-Petal Flower Punch (109041)
• Jumbo Snowflake Punch (116628)
• Small Oval Punch (107304)
• Wide Oval Punch (112082)
• Sizzix Scallop Circle #2 Bigz Die (113469)
• Sizzix Ovals Original Die (114525)
• Sponge Daubers (102862) 

Putting It Together Tips:

• Although I didn't create these masterpieces, I can tell you that shading the edges with contrasting ink makes them pop. Use Sponge Daubers pounced once or twice on scrap paper and then swirled into the punched shaped with a contrasting ink to get that great shading effect.
• The Stampin' Up! Impressions folders make such a nice subtle background without overwhelming the project! 

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Mojo Monday 132 - Happy Easter

Well Scripted Clear Stamp Set and the Sizzix Daisies #2 Die

All I have to say is it's a good thing we're into spring because it would be VERY difficult to wok that Daisies #2 die into a Christmas Card!  (Not impossible - but hard!)  This die has turned out to be my favorite die double stacked.  This week it creates the circle for the template.

 Stampin' Stuff:

Stamp Sets -

• Well Scripted Clear Stamps (118601 Occasions Mini) Not much time left to purchase this set! 
• For All You Do (115360)

Ink - 

• Old Olive Classic Ink (102277)
• Ruby Red Classic Ink (102259)

Paper - 

• Candy Lane Designer Series Paper (103980 - retired 2008-09)
• Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
• Very Vanilla Card Stock (101650)
• Pretty In Pink Card Stock (100459)
• Blush Blossom Card Stock(103318)
• Cameo Coral Card Stock (100475)
• Old Olive Card Stock (100702)

Accessories -

• 2-Way Glue Pen (100425)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
• 1/4" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon (111368)

Tools - 

• Sizzix Flower, Daisies #2 Die (114520)
• 1/2" Circle Punch (104390)
• Stampin' Up! Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder (117335 - Occasions Mini)

Putting It Together Tips:

• To give the daisies dimension, I used Pretty in Pink for the bottom layer and Blush Blossom for the top layer.
• I was getting a bit too PINK and needed something to give the card a little pop.  Old Olive Card Stock and Ribbon came to the rescue.  Just the POP I needed.
• I needed a vertical band that would stand out but wouldn't compete with the main pattern.  The Perfect Polka Dots Impressions folder was just the ticket.  It gave the band some texture without detracting from the daisies.
• Those darn daisy centers were a real challenge.  Just the plain circle was pretty bland.  I tried embossing them - naw!  Then I saw the dots stamp from the For All You Do stamp set.  Ruby Red on Cameo Coral was the finishing touch and repeats the pattern in the vertical band!

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Pals' Paper Arts March Hop - You Crack Me Up!

Stampin' Up! A Good Egg!

Welcome to the Pals' Paper Arts March Hop! If you've arrived from Regina Mangum  The Stampin' Bean, I'm stop number 2 on the hop!  Hop along with me and my fellow March Hoppers and we'll direct you through the entire hop of wonderful papercrafted creations! Should you become lost along the way, you may access the entire March Spring Themed Hop Line-Up by clicking the Pals' Hop Logo!  We're thrilled to have you visit and excited to hear what you think about our hop featuring Sale-A-Bration products!  Please feel free to leave as many comments as you'd like along the way!

Remember $50 in sales gets you free stamp sets from the Sale-a-bration Mini!

This card is one I learned from my Stampin' Pal Cheryl when I got together with her and some friends mid February.  (See some of her creations.)  I call her the queen of 3D because she really likes the dimensional projects.  Here is a perfect example.  I love how the chick's eyes peek over the “happy Easter” when the card is closed if you position the Chick and Scallop Oval just right!  Click the Pic-->

 

Stampin' Stuff:

Stamp Sets -

• A Good Egg (114974)
• Well Scripted Clear Stamps (118601 Occasions Mini) 

Ink - 

• StazOn Jet Black (101406)
• Pretty In Pink Classic (101301)
• Almost Amethyst Classic (101723)

Paper - 

• Almost Amethyst Card Stock (102158)
• Pretty In Pink Card Stock (100459)
• Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
• Tea Party Designer Series Paper (113992)

Accessories -

• Pretty In Pink 5/8“ Satin Ribbon (117289 - Occasions Mini)
• So Saffron Stampin' Write Marker (105114)
• Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Write Marker (105115)

Tools - 

• Scallop Oval Punch (114889)
• Stampin' Up! Punch Windows Set (115953 - Scallop Oval)

Putting It Together Tips:

Part of the charm of this card is the folded base.  It is created from a 8” x 5 1/2“ piece of Almost   Amethyst Card Stock scored at the 4“ mark.  

1. Placing the card stock in portrait mode in front of you and measure 1 1/4“ from the left and right edges.  Draw a light pencil line from top to bottom.  
2. From the top measure 2”, 5 1/4”, 6 1/2“, and 7 1/4” And draw light horizontal lines.  
3. Cut a slit from the 2“ mark to the 7 1/4” mark along the vertical 1 1/4“ lines.
4. Scores the lines created in step 3 between the 1 1/4” vertical lines only.
5. Fold your card in half at the 4” score line.
6. Accordion fold the remaining score lines to create the “shelf” that will hold the card components.  TIP:  The 4“ fold in the center section of the card will be reverse folded from the car base fold. 

This sounds complicated but if you click the image above, you'll see the score and cutting lines.  The insert card that says ”you crack me up“ is a 2 1/2“ x 3 1/4” piece of card stock double matted to a finished size of 3“ x 3 3/4”

More inspiring ideas await you at Martha Stewart's Seasons of Stamping, stop number 3 on the PALS HOP!   Hop over and see Martha's wonderfully creative ideas!  Thanks for "hopping" by! 

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