Stamps, Paper, and Ink

Artisan Wednesday Wow - 6/19/2013

Hello again! It's good to see you back for our Artisan Wednesday Wow Blog Hop!  If you have arrived from Amy Bollman's blog then you've already seen her inspiring crafty-goodness (but just in case, hop on around to the end!) 

I've really been enjoying putting together fun new color combos. I LOVE the new In Colors, my favorites are Strawberry Slush and Coastal Cabana. These colors make my mouth water, they are so delicious. 

The combo for today's card is Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, and..... Strawberry Slush!

 

 I really like the springy colors and the strip of Washi Tape. I wanted to show the versatility of the Quatre Fance {Suite}.. I think it lends itself to whatever stamping mode you may be in. I call this my Cute and Fun version, hope you like it! 

Next up is Erica Cerwin and I can't wait to see her project! I never know what she will come up with next - but I know I will love it! You will too.

 

 

 

 

All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Really Good Greetings

Paper: Pear Pizazz, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, In Color Designer Series Paper Stacks, Subtles Designer Series Paper Stacks

Ink: Basic Gray

Accessories:  Designer Buttons, Neutrals, Baker's Twine, Daffodil Delight 3/4" Chevron Ribbon, Mosaic Punch,Large Scallops Edgelits, Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder, Gingham Garden Designer Washi Tape.

Baby Shower Keepsake

It seems so strange to be posting on a Monday, but I have to start somewhere, right? 

I feel as if it's been a long couple of months that I've been hiding out in my craft cave only to come out for a breath of fresh air now and then!  Truly, that's how it's been.

                                               I'm a bit of an all or nothing kind of gal in my thinking sometimes. It's either black or white on the diet, instead of wise baby steps choices. Or in this case, having samples to make and deadlines to meet, means I spend ALL my waking hours on that. Til it's done. 

That mindset can be exhausting sometimes. Some of you are like this too. YOU know who you are!! 

In the midst of being overloaded, over-busy and a bit burned out creatively , I was asked on short notice to create a keepsake album for a friend's baby shower. It happened that the My Paper PUmkin Kit from May was sitting there waiting for me to create! I combined the chipboard album from MPP with papers and embellishements from the This and That Epic Day kit, and the project was quickly done!

Since baby will be named Noah, combining the Two by Two stamp with an adventure theme inside was a good idea. I supplied white card stock prettied up and cut in shapes,

and tied together with LOTS of Pool Party.

Each guest wrote her words of wisdom and encouragement to the first time Mother-to-Be and I assembled them. I just love the way with a little bit of time, we can create something so unique with our stamps, paper and ink to give to soemone else. 

Have you become a subscriber to My Paper Pumpkin yet? It's so much fun to have the surprise of your own box and kit of supplies delivered to your doorstep each month. Have a project ready at hand that you can enjoy creating in an hour or less! Your kit will contain ALL the supplies you need. Click HERE to  check it out or to subscribe, and write in my name, Cindy Beach as your demonstrator.

Have a great day!

 

 

 

 

All supplies by Stampin' Up!

These Colors are IN - for Fab Friday!

Happy Fab Friday to you, friends! We had the challenge to use ALL the In Colors for you, and they are so so pretty!

It was a bit of a challenge to use them all on one project. When I thought about it, my new Tape It stamp set seemed like fun to try! I stamped the colors on card stock vellum, tore it like tape to get a raw edge and layered it on the white card stock panel.

I hope you'll decide to take the challenge, I really enjoy seeing the beautiful cards you make! 

Be sure to see all the fabulous designs from the team too. 

Mindy Backes
Justin Krieger
Amanda Mertz
Brenda Myers
Amy O'Neill
Marla Reed
Pam Steckman
Janine Tinklenberg
Wendy Weixler

 

 

Artisan Wednesday Wow - 6/12/2013

Welcome to the Artisan Wednesday Wow Blog Hop! Our team is on the countdown as we will only be sharing with you until the end of July. We're giving it our very best to keep you inspired and excited about stamping and crafting. You should have already seen the wonderful project by Amy Bollman . If not, be sure to go back and check it out! 

The new colors in the Stampin' Up! Color Refresh are just amazing! I"M loving the fact that Pool Party has been incorporated into the Soft Subtles. You know I'm mostly a Brights girl but those pastels work so beautifully together. 

Ane we got the Quatre Fancy Suite to play with this month. Love that too!!

I'm always in need of a thank you card in my stash, and the sentiment from the Gifts of Kindness stamp set is so sweet.

I think adding a sprinkling of Candy Dots to my cards is quickly becoming a habit!

 Head over to Erica Cerwin's blog for the next stop on the hop.

 

 

 

 

All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Mosaic Madness, Gifts of Kindness

Paper: Pool Party, Whisper White, Quatrefancy Specialty Paper

Ink: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  Candy Dots (Regals), Baker's Twine - Whisper White, Island Indigo 3/4" Chevron RIbbon, Mosaic Punch, Chalk Talk Framelits, Finishing Touches Edgelits

Artisan Wednesday Wow - 6/4/2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome back to the Artisan Wednesday Wow Blog Hop! We're sharing our projects from the Stampin' Up! Facebook page this week. If you've hopped here from the blog of Amy Bollman then you've already seen her AMAZINGly cute card! Amy has such a flair with color and this card shows off her fresh style beautifully! 

 I loved using the Amazing Family set last month. Looking for a different idea, I found a $1 frame in my stash and deicded to make a cute and easy gift. I'm sure either of my daughters would like this! 

The Designer Paper and accents are from the This and That Epic Day Kit. What fun to stamp the word "Sister" directly on the Washi Tape that's on top of the glass. 

Next in the lineup is Erica Cerwin! She is so out-of-the-box creative that her projects blow me away every time.

See you next week! Supplies are listed below. 

 

 

 

 

All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps
129189 (wood mount) or 129192 (clear-mount): Amazing Family Stamp Set

Ink
126951: Pacific Point Classic Stampin’ Pad
101406: Jet Black StazOn Ink Pad

Paper
100730: Whisper White Cardstock
130814: This and That Epic Day Designer Series Paper

Accessories & Tools
124262: Whisper White Baker’s Twine
131269: Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape
131271: Epic Day This and That Designer Stickers

 

Announcing the WINNER!

Hi everyone, your repsonses to the Artisan Wildcard Hop were just amazing! I appreciate everyone who commented, reading them was such an encouragement! 

I wish that I could pick many winners, but I did pick ONE!  Drumroll and applause goes to........ 

Diana Eichfeld who said...

Great card, I love all the fabulous new products. Thanks for the inspiration. Perfect!!

DIana, if you would please e-mail me your address I'll be happy to send your freebies soon.

Fab Friday #19

Hey there! 

It's a happy Fab Friday Challenge with brand new sketch and an exciting day! Today is the first day to order from the new Stampin' Up! catalog and I can't wait! 

You'll see a few new things on my project. ( And speaking of new things, there's still a chance to win some fabulous prizes on THIS post. )

Aren't' you just loving the NEW colors? I am so drawn to the luscious Strawberry Slush, paired here with Blushing Bride and Baked Brown Sugar. You can faintly see the background stamped with Wildflower Meadow.

Here's the challenge sketch.

The text on my banner was die cut with my new e-cutter!! It's exciting to import an image from My Digital Studio and see it cut right before my eyes. The text I used is from the This and That Epic Day Kit.

I hope you'll play along with this lovely sketch and I can't wait to see what you make! 

Be sure to see all the fabulous designs from the team too. 

Mindy Backes
Justin Krieger
Amanda Mertz
Brenda Myers
Amy O'Neill
Marla Reed
Pam Steckman
Janine Tinklenberg
Wendy Weixler

 

 

 

 

All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Wildflower Meadow

Paper: Strawberry Slush, Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar, Designer Series Paper Stack In Color 2012-2014 

Ink: Versamark

Accessories:  Blossom Punch, Very Vintage Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Secret Garden Framelits, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

My Digital Studio: This and That Epic Day Kit

Artisan Wildcard Wednesday!! our special blog hop

Welcome to the Artisan Design Team weekly blog hop! Since it's the fifth Wednesday of the month, we've been given a chance to share projects using whatever products inspire us!! We are planning to have so much fun with this idea that we'll go "WILD" creating for you! That's not all. Many of the ten Artisan winners will be offering blog candy so that you can have some wild times yourself leaving comments and having the chance to win! It's a truly-wild-win-win and we hope you enjoy it.

So get ready for an ex-cit-ing time as you participate with us. Did you arrive from Amy Bollman's blog? I just love what she does with stamps, paper and ink EVERY time! 

I have had some items that I pre-ordered and just had to leave sitting around until I could get to them, but let me tell you, I knew exactly what I couldn't wait to play with for this post. The Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper is so very "me" and I think it won't be long until I use this pack of DSP and it's gorgeous Designer Washi Tape up entirely! It reminds me of a sunny English country garden.

 You know what's growing in this garden? Flowers made with our NEW Buttons & Blossoms Simply Pressed Clay Molds. I used re-inkers to color the clay. Do you remember my trick of painting our rhinestone jewels by adding a tiny bit of ink to Crystal Effects and painting it on? I thought Melon Mambo rhinestones were just the right element to add some depth to the clay flowers. 

Now for the blog candy details. I'll be offering ONE lucky winner....

 Brand new Dapper Dad and Beyond Plaid Clear-Mount Stamp Sets, a roll of Summer Starfruit Satin Stitched Ribbon, a pack of Vintage Designer Buttons, and today's card. (US only.)

At the end of this post, just leave a comment and you'll have the chance to win these products FREE! As you follow the hop leave a comment on each blog as you go (only one comment per blog, please) and increase your chances of winning a prize from one of us! 

Would you add my URL from this post to your 1.Pinterest or 2.Facebook page AND 3. write a comment? Put the links in my comments box and your name will be given up to three chances in the draw. DRAWING ends May 31 at 10:00 PM (EST) and will be announced on Monday, June 3.

Place an online ORDER and you'll be in my drawing for a NEW Crisp Cantaloupe stamp pad!

Next stop is to see the darling page that Erica Cerwin has for you! 

 

 

 

 

 

All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Soho Birthday

I am so happy to able to post today!! My life has been crazy busy this spring, and almost all of my crafting has been for deadlines, but I am finally getting into some of my new pre-order items and can't wait to begin playing with the new stuff! 

Yesterday I made this card for a relative who has his birthday on June 24, and I think will really like the look of the Soho Subway Designer Series Paper. Are you enjoying all the choices in the new catalog? You know what? This grunge style is a new one for me, but the colors in these papers are so rich I just had to grab them first to play with. I love how easy it was to pull this masculine card together.

The patterns combine perfectly and it's fun being able to cut out the numbers from the paper to make this a uniquely personal card with the date of the recipient's birthday as an accent. Hope you'll enjoy this sneak peek of what is to come when the ordering from the new catalog begins on May 31!

Please be sure to check back tomorrow bright and early for a VERY special Artisan blog hop. I can't wait for you to see what our team is up to this week!

 

 

 

 

All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: You're Amazing

Paper: Soho Subway Designer Series Paper, Very Vanilla

Ink: Island Indigo, Early Espresso

Accessories:  Designer Originals Natural Buttons, Satin Stitched Ribbon - Summer Starfruit, Stampin' Write Markers, 1/2" Circle Punch

Artisan Wednesday Wow - 5/22/2013

 

 

 

Welcome to the Artisan Wednesday Wow Blog Hop with the Artisan Design Team 2012! Team member Amy Bollman's blog is the one before my stop, hopefully you came from there. But if not, be sure to hop all the way around to see her terrific project! 

This will be our last week to post with the contents from our May box. We received a challenge to use the colors of Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Summer Starfruit, Early Espresso and Very Vanilla. I decided to run with the idea of using the Best of Flowers stamp set to make a trio of note cards.

The cards each measure 4" square and included the same basic elements: a chevron panel stamped in Early Espresso ink, an embossed Calypo Coral strip, a stamped flower and Stitched Ribbon. This was motivated by a desire for continuity and also by the time constraints. I started working on this project late this afternoon. That's really waiting until the last minute for me!

Next hop on your stop is Erica Cerwin's blog. I know you're going to love what she has to show you. But before you go, please check my supply list below, and make sure to come back next week for our hop! Because it will be the 5th Wednesday of the month, we have some special plans in the works for you!

 

 

 

 

All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Best of Flowers, Beyond Plaid

Paper: Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral

Ink: Early Espresso, Calypso Coral

Accessories:  Stampin' Write Markers, 1-1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Naturals Designer Buttons, In Color Dahlias, Stitched Ribbon in Summer Starfruit, Secret Garden, Labels Collection and Window Frames COllections Framelit Dies, Needlepoint Border Textures Impressions Embossing Folder