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Artisan Wednesday Wow

Welcome to the second Artisan Wednesday Wow Blog Hop! We hope that you're as excited seeing our projects as we are sharing them with you! If you arrived from Amy's blog, you are in the right place.

I was excited to recieve the Curio Collage stamp set and try my hand at using those cute Soda Pop Tops. Rather than using a cute style, I was inspired in the direction of vintage by the Fan Fair Designer Series Papers for my card. I love the muted colors of the papers and I think they work really well with the images. 

Instead of stamping designs to put inside the bottle tops, I turned them over and glued papers and the stamped images on top. I wanted to cover them with a heavy layer of Crstal Effects but first I tried a tip I learned to set the color so it doesn't blurr. You just pat the Versamark pad directly over the stamped image, then put the Crystal Effects on top. I like the way they look and even used Mono Multi glue to layer one small cap onto the larger one. 

Actually, the only stamping is on the bottle top. The sentiment was cut from the designer paper.How easy is that? My supplies are listed below.

I hope you feel inspired by my project! I know Erica's creation will WOW you and I thank you for following our hop today. See you next week!

 

 

    

 

 

All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Collage Curios

Paper: Fan Fair Designer Series Paper, Very Vanilla, Island Indigo

Ink: Basic Gray, Island Indigo

Accessories:  Soda Pop Tops, Very Vanilla 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon, Crystal Effects, machine stitching

Artisan Wednesday Wow

Welcome to the Artisan Wednesday Wow blog hop sponsored by the Stampin' Up! 2012 Artisan Design Team! We are so glad that you're here and hope you will enjoy our weekly blog hop enabling you to see the projects we've created all in one place. We look forward to sharing as a team and having you anticipate your weekly visit to our blogs. If you've arrived here from Amy's terrific blog and fabulous project, then you're in the right place! 

For those of you unfamiliar with the Artisan Team, each of us was chosen in a contest to recieve the honor for a year of being on Stampin' Up!'s first ever Design Team! We are all demonstrators who look forward to free supplies shipped monthly that we are to use to inspire our creations, and we post four projects per month.

 When I saw the Artisan Embellishments Kit, I envisioned a soft, romantic project in vintage style. Inspired by a project Shelli shared at convention, I altered a frame and used super strong magnets on top and behind to hold photos and memorabilia. These magnets are so strong that there's no need for a metal sheet. The magnets are topped with buttons and hold through all the thickness of the photos, frame and backing.

The kit includes tags, ticket stubs, scalloped and cotton lace, seam binding, ornate buttons, and paper flowers. 

All the things I love best! It’s amazing how easily the beautiful embellishments in this kit transformed a simple frame. And no stamping!

  

With this project I can add as many photos, notes or quotes as I have room for. What I love best is that I can re-make it again using the same frame. Since the embellishments are attached with glue dots on top of the glass, and the Designer Paper is behind the glass, I can easily change them out for another theme or season.

  

Hope you've enjoyed my project and that the hop leaves you excited about coming back next week! Next you'll hop to visit Erica's blog and I promise you her creativity will be amazing! 

 

 

 

 

All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: none!

Paper: 

122924: Pool Party Cardstock

129309: More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper

 

Ink: none!

Accessories:  

 

120992: Cherry Cobbler 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon 
122975: Pool Party 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon
104199: Linen Thread
129328: Artisan Embellishments Kit 
126189: Paper-Piercing Tool
126187: Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack
119868: 1" Circle Punch
126199: Stampin’ Pierce Mat

 

Feeling Sentimental - Then and Now

I'm just taking a break on my Saturday afternoon to share a quick post. It's sunny and cool here, a very beautiful day! I love hearing the UNC basketball announcers in the living room where my Dearest is recuperating, sipping my afternoon tea, and having Josie snoring here beside me. Relaxxing, ahh....

TIme for a page with the Feeling Sentimental Stamp Set that I made for Leadership 2013 samples. This one did not make it onto the boards, but I'm sure you'd like to see it because I really did look this cute at the turn of the century (just kidding!) when I was just a kid. I'm sure you will have to agree the best is yet to come. 

There you have it! I only have to decide it I'm going to stamp to relax or read my new book (the latest by Dee Henderson). Hope you're making the most of your weekend. Hugs~

 

 

 

 

All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Artisan Design Team Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to the December Facebook Friday Blog Hop! We're sharing our projects with you and let me tell you, every one of them is AMAZING!!  You should have just come from Amy Bollman's blog. Her fabulous Advent Calendar is so creative and beautifully done down to every last detail.

My project is a simple one. I wanted an elegant Christmas card using the Holiday Ornaments Framelit Dies and tried a look in non-traditonal Christmas colors using the Faux Patina technique. 

This technique involves embossing, sponging various inks and finishing with a touch of gold heat embossing. You can do a whole panel at one time, and then die cut the ornaments. I'm thinking this may be easy to make quite a few of for mailing this year. After you finish the blog hop check out my how-to video for this technique.

There's nothing that says elegance like the sparkle from the Champagne Glimmer Paper! 

Head on now to Erica Cerwin's blog and get ready for a jaw-dropping-out-of-the-box-WOW-project that is ubelieveable!

Stamps:

128030 (wood- mount) or 128033 (clear-mount): Greetings of the Season Stamp Set

Paper:
105125: Certainly Celery Cardstock
101650: Very Vanilla Cardstock
127885: Champagne Glimmer Paper

Ink:
126972: Always Artichoke Classic Stampin' Pad
126974: Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad
126962: Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad
126977: River Rock Classic Stampin' Pad
102283: VersaMark Pad

Accessories & Tools:
119963: Certainly Celery 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon
125577: Large Pearl Basic Jewels
109129: Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder
127019: Large Scallop Edgelits Die
127816: Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies
113439: Big Shot 
127819: Lacy Brocade Texture Impressions Embossing Folder
101610: Stamping Sponges

 

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Peaceful Christmas

Christmas Blues Tag

I love the challenge of using a non-Christmas set to make a Christmas-y card or tag. So while I had the Affection Collection stamp set out, I made this tag in Christmas Blues with a touch of silver. 

This set is so versatile, and it's only available until the end of the month. I need to play with it some more, some day soon....wouldn't it be great for Valentine's and thoughts of love?

Which brings me to announe one very special change we've had since Thanksgiving - our sweet daughter is engaged and will be married in the next four months! Many of you have been with me for a long time and remember Emily's weekly creations. We're so happy for them and excited about all that is to come! 

Thanks for coming by to visit and see what I've shared. Makes my day! 

Hugs~

   All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Affection Collection

Paper: Bashful Blue, Silver Glimmer

Ink: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Basic Gray

Accessories: Silver cord (Ret.), Marina Mist 1/8" ribbon, Hearts Framelit, Two Tags Die, Basic Pearls, Scalloped Ovals Die

Peaceful Christmas

I'm not quite ready to begin the daily parade of Christmas cards yet, but I do have one that my club ladies enjoyed making last week using the Faux Patina technique to create a beautiful background.

The white panel was embossed using the Lacy Brocade folder, and then sponged in various colors to add an elegant, antique look. The sentiment was stamped on Whisper White Card Stock in Always Artichoke Ink, and matted with Brushed Gold Card Stock.

I fell so in love with this technique I wanted to share it with you. My video will show you how and I hope you'll give it a try! 

 

Won't you let me know how you like the video and today's card? I'd love to hear from you! Do you find inspiration on my blog and want to purchase supplies? As a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to help you get started if you don't already have a demonstrator.

Thanks so much for visiting today.  

   All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Layered Labels Facebook Project

I'm glad that I can share my Artisan Facebook project with you now that it's a new month! 

I was so inspired by Carrie Cudney's demonstration at convention of how to make paper flowers that I couldn't wait to try one  some with the new 1-1/4" scallop punch from the Holiday Catalog. This card is the result and I was so pleased with how it turned out.

I made the flowers without a brad in the center. The way Carrie showed us was to spritz the card stock and then crumple, letting the outside petals lay more flat and pinching the inner petals into a tight scrunch. I did this with 5 punched layers, then glued them together and let them dry.

I'm still in love with the In Colors. Since I love pinks/reds my absolute fav is Primrose Petals, isn't it a luscious shade? Summer Starfruit is a close second. I'm seeing this color everywhere and liking it. It's all in what you pair it with!

I've been asked how I'd mail this card. My response is that if you take the trouble to make a card that's special, it deserves to be mailed even if you wrap it in tissue paper and slip it inside an empty stamp container. I don't know about you, but I have lots of those from retired wood-mount stamps still around.

Another trick is to put it between two crimped pieces of card stock and send in a padded envelope. These flowers hold up really well. Being spritzed and drying adds a bit of stiffness to them. 

I have a busy day ahead but chicken is cooked for an orzo salad tonight and I have special friends coming for an afternoon workshop. I'm off to get ready now. Hope your day is special too!

Stamps:

127070 (wood-mount) or 127072 (clear-mount): Layered Labels Stamp Set
123050 (wood-mount) or 123052: Blessings From Heaven Stamp Set

Ink:
126975: Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

Paper:
120953: Crumb Cake Card Stock
126841: Primrose Petals Card Stock
126842: Raspberry Ripple Card Stock
126839: Summer Starfruit Card Stock
100730: Whisper White Card Stock
126910: 2012–2014 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack

Accessories & Tools:
126844: Primrose Petals 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon 
124262: Whisper White Baker’s Twine 
127555: Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons
127811: 1-1/4" Scallop Circle Punch
119275: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch
113439: Big Shot 
127003: Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies
129267: Bitty Banners Framelits Dies
126999: Delicate Doilies Large Sizzlits

Serene Silhouettes

I've been blogging now for 6 years and I can tell you I've hardly EVER used purples on my cards. I tend towards bright clean colors and reds. But today I followed my heart with this card and broke all of my pre-conceived notions about color.

I knew I wanted to use the colors of Pool Party, Crumb Cake and a splash of Elegant Eggplant. I loved how the flowers looked markered in Eggplant, so I went with that as my main color. 

There are quite a few details that you can see better if you click to enlarge the photo. A border of embossing with the Framed Tulips Folder and a smattering of pearls add a dressy touch. I used my new Stampin Spritzer and mixed up my own shimmer spray to add a subtle sheen and glimmer.

Here's how: I poured about an inch of rubbing alcohol into the spritzer. (Just plain alcohol that I had on hand from the medicien cabinet.) I added a drop of Pool Party re-inker then poured in a small glob of Shimmer Paint (Frost White) and shook it all up. 

When you look at the card close up you can see the shimmer adds a hint of pale aqua to the flowers and there's also a sprinkling of it on the card base too. 

Hope you'll give this new tool and technique a try! 

   All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps:         Serene Silhouettes, Tiny Tags

Paper:   Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Ink:  Elegant Eggplant, Pool Party Re-inker

Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers, Framelits Labels Dies, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Stampin' Spritzer, Shimmer Mist, Seam Binding Ribbon, Pearls Basic Jewels, Antique Brads, Little Labels Punch Pack

Apothecary Art from the heart

Ahh, relief.

Now that I've mailed off my Artisan projects, it feels so GOOD just sitting down to make a card for a special friend. What feels even better is typing away and doing photo edits like a blogger again! 

I'm caught up in the excitement of the new catalog and finally playing with my new supplies. I'm loving the new In Colors and experimenting with new color combinations. Couldn't pick a better stamp set to start with than Apothecary Art.

Shades of rose and pink are intriguing, especially this color with the lovely name of Primrose Petals. Although you may think it is like Regal Rose, it has a delicious warm smoky hue that's soft and romantic.

I paired it here with Very Vanilla and a bold dash of Daffodil Delight for the sentiment banner. The colors are really a bit brighter than my photo shows.

The Crumb Cake panel was stamped lightly with the Netting background stamp. 

Also new, is the Chocolate Chip firm foam ink pad. These are coming to you on June 1 in the new catalog, and you're going to love them for the strong detailed coverage you get with just a light tap to your stamp. I was delighted to see that I could heat set the ink with my Heating Tool and then watercolor using Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, and Primrose Petals. A light touch with my Blender Pen did the trick. 

The fabulous sketch at Mojo Monday inspired my layout. I just needed something in the corner to stay true to the sketch, and rolled paper flowers were so fun to make.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. 

 

 

 

 

 

Beau Château Sympathy

It's sad when you find yourself needing to send a sympathy card. I've always wondered why the word sympathy is used so I looked up the definition.

Sympathy: harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another; the fact 

or power of sharing the feelings  of another,  especially in sorrow or trouble; fellow feeling, compassion.

It makes so much sense to realize sympathy is not sorrow/pity FOR someone, but loving thoughts shared with them. 

My friend gave her friend a beautiful butterfly necklace as a gift, so I thought bright butterflies would be appropriate using Daffodil Delight card stock. I highlighted the butterfly details by painting on Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink to give a shimmery glow. 

I've been featuring the Beau Chateau Designer Papers on my projects this week, and the Paper Doily Die. The coordinating Side Notes are a ready-made focal point for any project! I chose the label and stamped the sentiment from the Loving Thoughts set in Soft Suede ink. 

Our son and precious new DIL spent the last couple of nights visiting us, and just got on the road home. All our household is quiet now, with everyone off for the day except for Josie (our beagle pup) and me. I'm settling in with a second cuppa my morning tea, so glad you could join me! Have a great day.

  All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Loving Thoughts

Paper: Beau Chateau, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight

Ink: Soft Suede

Accessories: Beau Chateau Side Notes, Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon, Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, Paper Doily Die, Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink (Midnight), Basic Jewels Pearls