Uniquely Artistic stamp set

I only used one of the stamps in this stamp set for my card in a swap last month but it is a pretty versatile set. I used the masking technique for the green border as I added a strip of green ink with the blending brushes.  The flowers and label behind them are from the Pretty Pillowbox die set. I always enjoy participating in swaps, of course, the best part is seeing all the great cards I get from all the other swappers!  
 

May Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop

Hi, welcome to our May blog hop! 

I had been hoarding the gorgeous vellum map paper from the Vellum Layering Designs DSP package but knew I had to break it out when I found out that our Scrapbooking Global designer, Sharon Dalton had chosen the theme for this month’s blog hop to use maps on our layout.

The pictures I took of the grandkids playing at Mud Island demanded bright colors so I started with a base of Pacific Point cardstock and added triangles of the bright new InColor prints in Tahitian Tide and Sweet Sorbet.  It comes in 6X6 size so it was perfect for the triangles after I cut ½” off the side and top of each one and cut them diagonally.  I also cut a full inch from the top and side of the  map vellum and then cut it corner to corner also.  This helps tone down the Pacific Point background and using a triangle on each page helped stretch one sheet of vellum to both pages.  

Since I had to turn one of the sheets on it’s side if you look closely you can see that the right side page has the writing going up and down instead of side to side!  

The fun flowers are stamped from the In Symmetry stamp set and fussy cut.  I don’t mind fussy cutting too much when it isn’t real detailed and won’t take a long time to cut out.  I mounted the stems which I stamped in the new Parakeet Party ink directly onto my layout but added the flowers with Stampin’ Dimentionals to give them some extra interest.  Did you notice that I curved the stem when I stamped the greenery for the Sweet Sorbet flowers?  I really like that you can bend and shape some of the more narrow stamps when using the clear photopolymer stamps.

The title along the bottom is also cut from the Parakeet Party cardstock.  I used the retired Large Letters Framelits because I wanted it to be a bold, bright title. I added a couple of bows to the letters and flower stems with the Tahitian Tide Metallic Woven Ribbon.  I love it’s sparkle!

One of the things I love about scrapbooking is remembering the day the pictures were taken. It was definitely fun for me to work on this layout and remember being at Mud Island and watching the grands having so much fun playing in the water.

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Scrapbooking Global - Stampin' Up April 2022 Blog Hop - Vellum

 

Hi!  Welcome to our April blog hop!  This one is going to be great because our design team member, Sharnie Haines chose vellum for our theme. 

I've always loved adding vellum to my pages. It has one major flaw, which happens to be its best quality. It is practically transparent. That makes it a wonderful addition to any page. Problem is, since it's transparent you can see the adhesive that you use to put it on your page. One way to prevent this is to apply your adhesive to the entire back of your vellum pieces. Thats what I tried to do with my vellum title on this layout. Apparently I didn't smooth it out carefully enough so you can see some of the Mono Adhesive where I sponged it on. Sometimes I get in a hurry to see what my layout is going to look like when I finish it out. Obviously, when adding a vellum title it is best to take your time. I was down to my last sheet so I didn't have enough to redo the title. 😒  

However, as I look very critically at my title here, it kind of looks like marble. So instead of saying I didn't do it right I'll say I created a new vellum technique - marbled vellum!

This layout is a combination of past, present and future products. The die cut letters are from several years ago. The Designer Series Paper that I cut the zig zag borders are from the You're A Peach paper. And the embossed flowers were stamped with the new Uniquely Artistic stamp set I got when I signed up for Stampin' Up's On Tour online event for demonstrators. It will be available when the new 2022/23 catalog starts on May 3rd.

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Stamp Retreat

 2 weekends ago my upline had a stamping retreat.  We did so many projects and there were so  many prizes!  It was a fun day with fun people.  

Color Challenge Blog Hop

Welcome to the Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop for March. I haven't joined a blog hop in a long time so I'm both excited and anxious about jumping back in.  I love to scrapbook and haven't been scrapbooking enough lately. 

Mai Chapelain is our Creative Design Team member who picked this month's theme.  

I need to do more scrapbook pages and post them here. I had so many pictures I took at the National Quilt Museum a couple of years ago so I picked out several pictures for this color challenge layout. I used the Honeybee Home stamp set, In Good Taste DSP and the Tailored Tag punch. The colors are Crumb Cake, Petal Pink and Misty Moonlight. 

I used the punch to make a "quilted" topper for the pages and stamped flowers across the bottom. Then I covered almost all of the flowers with the pictures. 😊  A few bees buzzing around the layout finishes it off. I have enough pictures left for 2 more layouts so I need to get working on those too!

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Easter Friends

No question about it, my favorite Stamp Set from the new January-June Mini Catalog is called Easter Friends. It has the cutest little duck, bunny and chick, some Easter sayings and a little mound of grass to ground the cute little critters on. I have had so much fun playing with this set! I remember my cousins in Nashville got brightly colored chicks every year for Easter. When the chicks got too big to keep in the city they would bring them out to our farm and we would finish raising them. By then they were nearly all white but still had a little bit of the fun color on them. That was my inspiration for the Ducks. The Ducks show so much joy in their cute little faces that I wanted to use them for the brightly colored animals. I imagined them running down our country driveway in the puddles that they loved to play in after it rained. Of course my Coastal Cabana splashes are much prettier than the brown muddy splashes they made way back then! I have made several other cards with this set and will probably make a lot more because I just love these little animals!

It took a few tries to get the masking just right on my joyful ducks but it was worth it. I hope these cute little guys bring a smile to your face today!

I used Granny Apple Green cardstock and blends; Pool Party cardstock and blends; Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather, Petal Pink and Misty Moonlight blends; Holiday Rhinestones, Basic White Cardstock and Rectangle Stitched Framelits. Oh, and the puddle splashing dots are from the Friends are like Seashells set. "Joy" is from a retired Christmas set but joy seemed to express the mood better than "happy" would. 😊

For this card I colored 3 of the sweet little chicks with the Daffodil Delight blends. The striped paper is from the You're a Peach DSP pack and the print is from the Hand-Penned pack. Lots of the Holiday Rhinestones to define the line between the 2 papers and mats and Happy Easter were cut from Misty Moonlight cardstock. Happy Easter is from the Word Wishes die cut set. 

I know it's a while until Easter but I'll be ready with lots of fun cards to cheer people up. I can't wait to make a scrapbook page too!

New! July-Dec mini catalog AND Sale-A-Bration catalog!

 Fall is just around the corner.  It's still very hot out in my garden every morning but the plants are starting to fade a bit and school buses pass by so kids are back in school.  The new July-Dec mini catalog is out along with a second Sale-A-Bration catalog!  I'm pretty excited that they are doing Sale-A-Bration twice a year because who doesn't love free stuff?  There are stamp sets, dies and paper available in this catalog, free with a $50 order or the beautiful Delicate Dahlias stamp set and Summer Shadows die set free with a $100 order.  And the free items include 4 different packs of Designer paper to choose from as well!  

First, here are 2 cards I made with a Sale-A-Bration set called Feels Like Home.  It's a quaint little scene but I'm thinking that if you use brighter more current home colors on it you could do a card with a completely different feeling.  

 And if you are completely over Summer, here are a few cards I made with one of the new Christmas stamp sets!  It's called Classic Cloche.  This sampling includes one with the shaker dome for an extra special card as well as a couple without the "cloche".   

 Hi, I'm still here and still making cards and scrapbook pages using the great, color coordinated Stampin' Up products.  I've endured through the pandemic and just started doing classes.  It is so much fun to be able to create with friends again!

A new catalog started last month, it's always so exciting to look through a new catalog and find stamps, dies and embossing folders that will help make cards and scrapbook pages easier and prettier!  I made a couple of cards with a new bundle that I am pretty crazy about.  I need to print some beach pictures so I can do some scrapbook pages with it too.

The bundle is called "Friends Are Like Seashells" and includes the stamp set and dies.  There is also an embossing folder called Seashells that matches with the stamps and/or the dies.  I used all 3 of these on both of my cards.  First, I used the Costal Cabana and Crumb Cake ink pads directly on the embossing folder, being sure to apply them on the side that will be raised out.  After applying the ink I spritzed both the embossing folder and the white cardstock with water and ran it through the die cut machine.  This helped bleed out the lines the ink pads left so it is a nicer blend of colors.  After it dried good I added the little star fish, seashell and tied a length of linen thread around the embossed layer.  Then I stamped the sentiment on the sand dollar and applied it with Stampin' Dimensionals.   A few Basic Rhinestones finishes off the front and then I layered it on Coastal Cabana and Crumb Cake.

The other card uses the very popular alcohol spritz technique.  I colored circles with Coastal Cabana and Evening Evergreen Blends markers on vellum and spritzed them with rubbing alcohol (has to be at least 90%).  After it dries it's ready to use on a card.  I cut a piece of Basic White cardstock the same size as the vellum and stamped the dots from the stamp set on the bottom of the white layer before adhering the vellum to it.  To adhere, I sponged liquid glue all over the back of the vellum and carefully placed it on the white layer.  Then I put it under a heavy book all night to help straighten it out.  Vellum curls when it gets wet!  The next day I added some shells and a sentiment that I used one of the Ornate Frames dies to cut out. I layered all this on a Coastal Cabana background.  I'm thinking it would look good with some twine and gems too!

Tomorrow,March 31st is the last day to get free Sale-A-Bration stamps, dies and paper this year.  I had a lot of fun creating with the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set that is included in the mini Sale-A-Bration catalog. And it was even more fun because they have a matching (free) die cut set.

First is one I embossed with white embossing powder on vellum. I love that look!  You do have to be careful not to get the vellum too hot but it turned out so pretty and delicate. I die cut the flowers out and put them on a layer of embossed cardstock.

Below I stamped 3 of the largest Lily's and colored them with the Pool Party Blends alcohol markers. I cut them all out with the die and put Stampin' Dimentionals on only one of them. I layered a triangle of Pool Party cardstock on a card front, stamped a series of the water ripples on it and then added the flowers, the center one being the raised one. The heartfelt sympathy sentiment is from the Well Said stamp and die set. 

The other card I stamped a white layer with the large lily in black as a background. The lily focal point is colored with the Bermuda Bay Blend set and I added a bow of our 3/8" Fluttered Organdy black ribbon. 

 Three more cards  (see, I told you I had fun with this set!)  On the left I used a more colorful stamped background than the black and white one from before. Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo are a great combination for a bright card. I stamped the flower in Melon Mango ink on Melon Mango cardstock and cit the layered die from Melon Mango cardstock as well. It was a fairly quick and easy card.

In the middle is a white on white card that turned out as pretty as I had imagined it. Sometimes a simple color choice is just what you need!

And the 3rd card above used die cut flowers of Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper and Pretty Peacock cardstock.

Have you ever had a card or scrapbook page come to you in a dream? This one did. At least I saw the stripes of the Nobel Peacock Foil Sheets in my dream. When I woke up I couldn't remember what else was on the card. So I made the background and laid it beside my table for a few days until the inspiration hit to cut these flower outlines without backgrounds and add to the center.   I really like the way it turned out!  

Don't miss out on free stamps, order today before they are gone until January 2021!

At our retreat we made 9 cards and a cute little box. Since the set Under My Umbrella came with the cost of the retreat we did 4 cards with that set.  Mary Deatherige has a blog called Stamps-n-Lingers.  We CASEd the first card from her.  It uses water color paper for the background. Some of the ladies hadn't used the water pens and ink to do watercolor backgrounds so this was a quick and simple introduction.  The card also uses the technique of stamping on our Designer Series Paper and cutting it out, or punching out for the umbrella.  This new punch has both an open and closed umbrella as well as the handle.

The second card is a quick one since we were doing 10 projects. Just a quick scribble with a marker for the fun background and a little practice shading with the amazing Blends alcohol markers for the umbrella and boots.  This card was designed by Arie Hi who I think is from Germany.

I think I need to work on my direct to paper skills that we used on the Hello Sunshine card below. We just swiped a few times with the Versa Mark ink pad and poured embossing powder over it and used the embossing gun to heat set it. The Daffodil Delight ink was sponged on until it looked right and then some Granny Apple Green grass was also sponged on. This fun idea was from Paula Dobson. 

 The Whisper White 1/4" Crinkled Seam Binding was left white on this card but was colored with a Blend on another one. You can get one roll of the ribbon and make it match our cardstock exactly with this method. Cool!

The last card was a bit more detailed but I love it. The umbrella is punched from the Pleased as Punch DSP so that part was easy. The background was another great technique of rubbing the ink pad in the embossing folder before placing the paper in it and running it through the Big Shot. It makes great embossed effects but one of my favorites is the look of a wooden wall like this card.  

I love the Under My Umbrella stamp set. I hope it will be carried over into the next catalog because I can think of lots more things to try with it!