Stamps, Paper, and Ink

Circle Circus

Black, white and red always look good. With the Circle Circus set, it is sure to be a winning combination. I used the bold, large circles and repeated them down the right length of the card.

• My Stamp A ma Jig was the key to getting the images stamped in an evenly spaced line-up. Don't overlook the usefulness of this great tool!
• The flower on the button is a rub on, and has a 3/8" circle punched with the Crop-A- Dile on top.
• The 1" Polka-dotted grosgrain wraps it all up and is tied up with a bit of cotton thread.
• Die cutting letters with the Many Thanks Sizzlet made using text as the focal image easy!

Sometimes clean and simple is NOT simple! I went through a bunch of combinations until I found the bold look I wanted for this card. It was one of those days when there was smeared ink, torn letters, lots of interruptions, a couple phone calls, and pieces of botched card stock in the trash. Ever have stamping times like that?  < smile> The mess is still on the craft table, the card is on the piano. I'm pleased.

I made this for the Color Combos challenge to use neutrals plus a 'pop' of another color; and the Clean and Simple challenge which was this great sketch.

Happy stamping!

 

Supplies~  all supplies by Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Circle Circus
Paper: whisper white, black, real red textured
and Ink: basic black

Accessories: 1" Polka Dot ribbon, Big Shot, Many Thanks Sizzlet, slot punch, button and rub on (retired)

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For all you do

Today's card is one I DID using the For All You DO set. But before I get to that, I get to tell you that MY pick of the last two cards I posted HERE and HERE is ( drumroll please...)

My fav is the UN traditional one!  Because it was JUST so fun to make and isn't that what stamping is all about? What made it more fun? Well, it was UNpredictable right from the start. Challenging myself to use the Day and Night paper gave the creative process an enjoyable twist too. Now with that said, I will make sure to send that card to someone who has an appreciation for artistic expression! After all, the newsprint pattern does have some words like "a plague upon this howling! incharitable dog! Hang, cur!" Did I read somewhere that those are quotes form Wuthering Heights? Yikes!

Thanks to all who chimed in on this question, I loved it!

Here's today's card, thanks for all you do! 

This was made for a color and sketch challenge awhile back, can't remember which ones! I love the colors of chocolate chip, apricot appeal and bermuda bay together. The butterfly, bracket and flower are all cut out and popped up on the squares. Hope you like it!

Supplies~  all supplies by Stampin' Up!
Stamps: For All You Do
Paper: Chocolate Chip, whisper white, apricot appeal, Thoroughly Modern DSP
and Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Apricot Appeal

Accessories: 1- 3/8" square and eyelet border punches, Polka-Dot grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' Write markers

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My favorite winter set! Cold & Cuddly

Ok, so it's not exactly another Christmas card - I know I've made lots of those recently! Truly, I have a TON of Christmas sets - but not ONE too many , LOL!   Here's my new fav winter set, Cold & Cuddly from the Holiday mini.

Warning: if you haven't been crazy about this cute critters set yet, you will be after you see my DIORAMA card! It's one of those cards that came downstairs t o be on display  in my living room for a few days after I made it - just so I could look at it. In fact, it's still there on the piano. Come on, I know you must do that too! If you don't, you should, ' cuz we work hard on these cards, right?

This was ablsoutley the most fun card to make! I can't wait to use this set again! Here's a close up of the inside.

Just a bit more info here~

• all the animals were stamped, cut out and added with dimensionals
• there is an assortment of hats to mix and match with this set - so FUN!
• the dots on the front were punched with the 1/4" circle punch
• the dotted paper inside is from Thoroughly Modern DSP
• a diorama card folds flat to mail in a regular A2 envie
• the penguin's heart is cut from card stock. Wouldn't this be cute for Valentine's day?

Betcha you'll be seeing this set again from me. I made this for one of my upcoming classes, if you live in the sandhills of NC and are looking for a group of stampers, I'd love for you to join mine!

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Chic hello

The first set on my new catty list in July was Chic Boutique. I knew I'd love using the Eiffel Tower image since I've seen so many cute cards with that image and a travel theme. (And we did live in Germany for 6 years, so it has some meaning for me as well.) The bird in the cage is so cute too! Especially paper pieced - like this!

What a blast to get to create for two challenges at SCS, the Color Challenge from this week, and the Sketch Challenge from last week. I didn't think I'd like these colors, even though I am a fan of pink and green - but I like them bright! Anyway, turns out that I was wrong because these shades are fabulous together, don't ya think?

DO let me know what you think, and thanks so much for blogging by. Visit anytime, friends!

Supplies~  all supplies by Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Chic Boutique
Paper: pretty in pink, sage shadow, basic gray, whisper white, Tea Party and Autumn Vines (ret.) DSP
Ink: Black staz on, regal rose, basic gray

Accessories:1/2" circle, small oval and Eyelet Border punches, pink taffeta ribbon, Finial Press Impressions Folder, Circle Rhinestone brads (Fire)

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Very Asian Vase

 

I wanted to use the elegant color combo of very vanilla, bermuda bay, and gold with the Asian Artistry (114399) set.  I came up with a creative twist by using the Lattice Die and the Big Shot to make a vase for the delicate flowers. Watercoloring was done with reinkers and the Aqua Painter. For the panels and the vase, I used the Finial Press Textured Embossing Folder. (115964)

I haven't posted a tutorial in awhile. You'd like me to share with you how I did it, right?!?

First, use the Big Shot to cut out the Lattice Die. I used metallic gold card stock. The finished Lattice  looks like the photo below.

1. Use your cutter to cut out one circle following the directional arrows.

2. Use a hobby knife to cut the bottom edge of the vase straight across. Also, trim out the inside of the oval at the top for the vase opening.

3. Add a circle to the back of the vase.Trim edges as needed.

 

4. Out of a scrap, cut one oval. You will use this to shape the opening at the top of the vase.

Here's a close up of the vase when finished.

 

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Gifts of the Earth

When I saw this set in the Holiday Mini, I knew it would be first on my wish list.  I love these detailed images and I especially liked the sentiment with this set.  You all know I {heart} to watercolor, but I decided this image could stand alone quite well without it! 

I made this card in response to the Clean and Simple Cards DT challenge at Splitcoaststampers. Whether I am chosen or not it was a fun challenge (but you know I am hoping anyway!) We were to use monochromatic shades of brown on our card, with just a hint of red. That challenge was right up my alley!  Some of you may remember THIS card of mine with the teeny tiny hint of red. To color the apples I scribbled a bit of real red marker on a plastic lid, and used the aqua painter to watercolor. This is a good way to use red without getting an intense shade that blocks the detail. Make sure to try the shade first on scrap paper.

Thanks for stopping by today! For those of you who faithfully leave comments, I so appreciate your sharing something of yourself back. Sharing is what I love BEST about blogging. If you have never left me a comment before, I'd love to hear from you too!

Cindy

Supplies~
Stamps: Gifts of the Earth
Paper: whisper white, close to cocoa, very vanilla
Ink: basic brown

Accessories: SU Many Marvelous Markers, wide striped ribbon in chocolate chip, corner rounder, aqua painter

HELLO

Hello! Here's a card I made before I left - just had to ink up the new Pendant Park set!  I love that it's not flowers and has such classic bold lines.  I inked the stamp in versamark, then used my Soft Suede marker directly on the stamp to draw over some of the tree  limbs to add definition, and then stamped the image. I embossed using silver  and copper powders. The silver has a sheen and the copper has a glittery look and I love the effect!  I used soft suede, whisper white, and more mustard card stock, as well as our new Autumn DP.  Hope you like it!
I'll be off to the Momento Mall this morning, can't wait!

Chic Boutique

First may I say a big "merc, merci!" to all those who took part in the Royal blog Tour. I think that it was a huge success and I appreciate each and every visitor and comment. So many of you said you'd be back to my blog, and I am counting on it! I'll be announcing the winner of my BLOG CANDY later on today, please check back again.

The Chic Boutique stamp set was the first new set on my wish list and this is just the card that I wanted to make with it! I love the clean and simple look with the bold lines of the image and bold colors.
Simple embossing and cut out images here, but I think it makes a statement (Tres chic, eh?) I wish you could see the sparkle in the red gem better, use your imagination!
Hope your week is going well, I'll be back again soon with more stamps, paper and ink designs.
Cindy

Supplies~

all supplies are Stampin' Up! unless noted
Stamps: Chic Boutique
Paper: whisper white, basic black, versamark
Ink: basic black, real red

Accessories: 1/4"red grosgrain ribbon, markers, black embossing powder

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You'll love this set too!

More Things I Love...

In today's card the Things I Love set meets the Thoroughly Modern DP from Stampin' Up! This set seems a perfect fit for Bling - and the shoe with Fine Cosmo chocolate glitter fits the Royal Blog Tour theme because it could pass for a royal Princess' glass slipper! The shopping bag has been 'glittered' too. If you'd like to see the detail, click on the photo to see an enlarged view. To add to the playful feel of this card, I placed the circles on the bottom askew. What fun!
   I hope that those of you on the tour have been having a blast, thanks for your many, many comments. If you haven't left a comment for the blog candy, please check out the Featured Post. I will have another project for you tomorrow with this set, so do come back!

Have fun with your Stamps, Paper, and Ink ~
Cindy

Royal Blog Tour

Melon Mambo is the perfect blog tour for me to be on. Y'all (oops, I mean all of YE) <g> know I {love} that color.  For those of you visiting who are new to me, I am Cindy Beach and I hope you'll come back to visit my blog again. I am so excited to be able to show you my projects with the Things I Love stamp set! At first glance you may wonder how you'd use this 6-stamp set. I'd like to show you.

It may be small in size, but the images are so much fun to play with and have great possibilities. Before I show you the samples that I came up with, I'd like to offer a lucky winner this set as my BLOG CANDY! (Offer available to demos too!) Write a comment in my box - that's easy! Make sure to include your e-mail address. 

The first thing that came to mind with this set is to use the images to make a list, as I did here. I conveyed that idea by using the spiral punch and adding the chipboard parentheses. What's more girly than shoes or shopping???  Bling,of course! So, I added glitter, a rhinestone and filigree brad. You could take this idea one step further to make patterned background paper using these images. They are also perfect to use for a gift card!

 
My "I love Chocolate" card (above) is classic, clean, and simple and can be made easily and quickly. Besides loving a little chocolate now and then, I love this yummy color combo of sahara sand, chocolate chip, and melon mambo with whisper white. The chocolates were cut out and popped up on dimensionals, and the heart is layered over a chocolate chip button.

What I love best about this set is the versatility it offers for scrapbooking. Can you imagine a page that says, I love chocolate...shopping... but most of all STAMPS? Picture my photo of a stack of three SU! boxes that the UPS just brought. I will work on that one of these days. LOL! 

Here's the 12x12 page I made with a gorgeous photo that I wanted to highlight of my friend Julie. The words of this set will be useful to me again and again as I create my pages.

I now in all humility grant thee the opportunity to leave me a most gracious comment (well, we have to get in the spirit of this royal blog tour LOL) and to send me your info for the blog candy. Thanks so much for stopping by - I post almost daily, I hope you'll visit often.

Cindy