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10/18/2021
Stamp Review Crew - Birch
Stampin’ UP! Birch & Peaceful Cabin
It's the third Monday of October and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew. We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring the background stamp set Birch. You have likely come from Nikki Spencer’s blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.
Just because it’s CALLED Birch, it doesn’t mean it has to LOOK LIKE a birch tree. Let’s make it look like clouds and drifted snow.
This project involves some very creative masking. It also required that I figure out when the Birch image needs to be behind things as “clouds” and when it needs to be in front of things as snow drifts. The Drybrush background stamp can also work well for this technique. We will mask off all the places where there will be snow.
- Stamp the cabin on the card front and on a sticky note. I used Basic Grey ink. Cut out the image from the sticky note and place it over the cabin.
- Stamp the trees in front of the horizon and on a sticky note. I used Mossy Meadow ink. Cut out the sticky note trees and place them over the stamped images.
- Create the horizon mask and place it on the card front. You will be covering the snow. Not the sky. It can be the straight edge of a piece of paper or a torn edge. I used a torn edge.
- Stamp the trees beyond the horizon on the card front and on a sticky note. Cut out the sticky note images and place them over the trees.
- Apply the sky color using a Blending Brush with whichever colors you want the sky to be. If you’d like the snow drifts to show up, also lightly color the foreground snow.
- Remove ONLY the horizon mask and replace any tree masks that were on the horizon mask.
- Finally ink the Birch background stamp using VersaMark ink and stamp over the card front. There is a heavy cluster of texture on this stamp. Make sure it appears in the lower left corner of the card front. Heat emboss using the Basics White Embossing Powder.
Next stop on the Hop is Charlet Mallett’s blog where she'll
wow you with her beautiful design skills.
10/12/2021
To Everything There Is A Season
Stampin’ UP! Beauty of Friendship and Stitched Greenery
I’ve always loved trees - from the real McCoy to pictures and stamp sets. One of my favorite stamp sets of all time is Lovely As A Tree. It remained in the Stampin’ UP! Annual Catalog from its introduction in the 2001-02 Idea Book & Catalog until its retirement on June 3rd, 2019. It’s probably the longest active stamp set in Stampin’ Up!’s history. For me, Beauty of Friendship is my close second. I love the structure of the stamp’s tree branches and the canopy stamp that lets you create whichever season you’d like to represent from spring to the stark branches of winter. I tried to capture all four seasons in this post. I hope you like it as much as I do.
The tree branches were stamped using Early Espresso ink. I removed some of the ink from the branches using a Blender Pen to give the illusion that the branches were being hidden by the leaves. The tree canopy was created by applying Granny Apple Green, Garden Green, and Cinnamon Cider ink using a Sponge Dauber directly on the stamp.
10/09/2021
Birthday Card For Buck
Stampin’ Up! Retired Products
One of my dear friends turned the big seven oh the end of August and found every possible excuse (not reason) to delay/postpone/avoid/ignore/forget celebrating it! Now do you really think I was going to let him get away with that!? Having had that birthday the end of last year I could understand the trepidation. And I was able to postpone my celebration until April. But Rick and I showed up at his home last Thursday and celebrated his birthday with a few other friends.
Buck loves vintage cars so I thought it was appropriate to create a vintage card with vintage cars using vintage Stampin’ UP! products - most of which are retired.
10/06/2021
Stampin’ UP! Peaceful Place Suite
With winter on the horizon, Rick and I are looking forward to heading to our cabin, lighting a fire and watching the snow fly. The pic to the right shows our cabin (if you can find it in the snow) during one of 2020’s snowfalls. I know not everyone looks forward to cold weather, or even lives where it snows. But where ever you live, we are sure you can appreciate the feeling of cozying up in a quaint winter cabin. Stampin’ UP! has captured that feeling perfectly with the Peaceful Place Suite. With winter scenes illustrated in charcoal, soft artistic qualities, and never before seen products you will want to cozy up with a warm blanket and let Tanner show you everything this suite has to offer. But this bundle is not limited to winter weather. Stay tuned for a fall scene I created using the Peaceful Cabin Bundle, some fall colors, and a bit of imagination and start creating some “weather” of your own.
09/06/2021
Stamp Review Crew - Beauty of Friendship
Stampin’ UP! Beauty of Friendship and Banner Year
It's the first Monday of September and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew. We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring the stamp set Beauty of Friendship Bundle. You have likely come from Cindy Elam’s Blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.
This stamp set/bundle is a beauty. And if you like 2-step stamping sets, then this one’s for you! The set is in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog. But since the 2021 July-December (Holiday) Catalog is out, I thought I’d keep it in the Holiday mood. So I’m including the Banner Year stamp set that includes all the little accents and greetings to make it a ‘beauty’ of the Holidays. Enjoy!
My first card uses the accents from the Banner Year set to create the “homemade” DSP and sentiment. But the stark trees in the background scream (no pun intended) Halloween. The only other thing it needed was a frightful color palette of Highland Heather, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie.
My second card celebrates Fall and Thanksgiving with its theme and colors. Add the ‘Happy Fall y’all’ sentiment and a piece of Beauty of the Earth DSP and this really flexible set becomes a perfect fall set.
My final card creates what, to me, is the perfect image of a Silent Night. The Evening Evergreen tree adorned with Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels and white embossed winter trees complete the landscape.
Next stop on the Hop is Mickey Roberts’ Blog where she'll
wow you with her beautiful design skills.
08/30/2021
Stamp Review Crew - Sale-a-bration Round 1
Stampin’ UP! Beautifully Penned and Delicate Dahlias
It's the fifth Monday of August and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew Bonus Round. We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring products from the current Sale-a-bration Catalog. You have likely come from Holly Krautkremer’s blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.
For my projects today I decided to exclusively use items available in the Sale-a-bration catalog. I was originally tempted to use the coordinating stamp set Hand-Penned Petals. But decided to use two items from the Sale-a-bration catalog. Along with the help of some Blending Brushes, I’m happy to say I was successful! Enjoy!
Next stop on the Hop is Charlet Malett’s blog where she'll
wow you with her beautiful design skills.
08/24/2021
08/19/2021
God’s Preparation For Fall
Stampin’ UP! Celebrate Sunflowers and Beauty Of The Earth DSP
As summer struggles to keep hold of the months, God has another idea. He celebrates the approaching fall with beautiful sunflowers with gigantic blooms and abundance of food for the birds. I love their thick stems and heavy heads. And Celebrate Sunflowers is the perfect collection of blooms and leaves to create a gorgeous project. I’ve been challenged with how to color this beautiful flower. But I’m very pleased with the result of this project. Enjoy!
See what’s there today!
08/17/2021
08/16/2021
Stamp Review Crew - Butterfly Brilliance
Stampin’ UP! Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder and Expressions In Ink DSP
It's the third Monday of August and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew. We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring the stamp set Butterfly Brilliance. You have likely come from Cindy Elam’s blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.
The detail on the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set is breathtaking. The above graphic doesn't do it justice. And this set, like so many others, has a coordinating die set. You can cut out all the butterfly images at once with a single die, or cut each out with its own individual die. And the outline dies are a super easy way to add drama to any card.
This card is pretty easy to create. The background is created using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder and Smoky Slate cardstock. A Basic Gray ink pad was pulled across the side of the folder that has the Stampin’ UP! logo on it and then the cardstock was layer on the non-inked side and embossed. The butterfly was stamped on Basic White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. The wings were colored using Daffodil Delight Blends and the wing tips were colored using Pumpkin Pie ink and Blending Brushes.
This card was created by heat embossing the butterfly using Gold Embossing Powder on Evening Evergreen cardstock. The butterfly was cut out using the die. The butterfly outline was die cut from Gold Metallic Specialty Paper and glued over the embossed image using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. The butterfly was mounted on Evening Evergreen cardstock using Dimensionals and matted on Gold Foil. The background is Expressions In Ink DSP mounted on Gold Foil.
Next stop on the Hop is Bronwyn Eastley’s blog where she'll
wow you with her beautiful design skills.
08/10/2021
08/06/2021
A Purr-fect Birthday
Stampin’ UP! Clever Cats, Peaceful Moments and Pampered Pets
Dogs really have it made! Most commercials feature dogs. Tons of specialty dog foods. The Farmer’s Dog? What about the Farmer’s Cat! They’re the ones that get rid of the mice in the barn! Lots of gift items featuring dogs - like Christmas tree ornaments. There’s not even many cat stamps. Stampin’ UP! does have a cat punch and a stamp set called Pampered Pets that has cats and dogs (of course)! So when the new July-December Mini Catalog came out I was thrilled to see a very cute stamp set called Clever Cats. But only Halloween sentiments with it. After all cats are traditionally the animal of choice for Halloween. So I had to be a “clever cat” and find a way to use it for a birthday card for a cat loving friend.
I masked out the “Halloween” in the “Have a purr-fect Halloween” and replaced it with the Birthday in Peaceful Moments - one of my favorite sentiment stamp sets. I cut the colored the cat using Crumb Cake, fussy-cut the cat out and sponged some Soft Suede around the edges. I colored the eyes with Granny Apple Green and paper-pieced the box. The background paper is some retired DSP. And Voilá - a cat birthday card. The inside even has a cat sitting on a sentiment from Pampered Pets. What fun this was to create. It started my Monday out and when I was one creating the card, I went on to create the cards for my first MASKED card class this Saturday. Pictures of those will post in the coming weeks.
