Up, Up & Away
This card is so cool and filled the Masculine Card square for my Stamp Camp customers. They enjoyed the 11 rich layers and faux stitching technique used on this card.
Inspired by: Carol King
Stamp Set: Up, Up & Away
Ink: Midnight Muse, Soft Suede
Paper: Comfort Café Designer Paper Series, Midnight Muse (Classic Stamp Pad & Marker), Soft Suede, Naturals Ivory
Tools & Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Apothecary Accent Framelits, 1” Circle Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Dimensionals, Stamping Sponges
Faux Patina
I recently attended a Stampin’ UP! demonstrator event hosted by Sally Nusbaum. We affectionately call these events, “Sally’s Regionals”. We spend half of the day observing demonstrations and the other half doing make & takes that feature new Stampin’ UP! products. I have been attending Sally’s Regionals for the past several years and the one held in September was by far my best experience.
The Faux Patina technique was a fabulous demo presented by Mary Derhake. As soon as I saw it, I couldn’t wait to try it.
My customers had a great time on Saturday making this card. They changed the stamp on the Jewelry Tag using the "4 you" stamp making a brithday card. This shows how versatile this card can be.
Stamp Sets: Serene Silhouette, Tiny Tiny Tags
Ink: Crumb Cake (stamp pad and marker), Marina Mist, Always Artichoke, Early Expresso, VersaMark
Paper: Always Artichoke, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla
Tools & Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Color Spritzer Tool, Crumb Cake 3/8” Satin Ribbon, Vintage Trinkets, Jewelry Tag Punch, Linen Thread, Paper Piercing Tool, Stamping Sponges, Dimensionals
End of Summer Dahlias
This is the final card from my September Stamp Camp. We used the new In Color Dahlias to provide dimension and elegance to this card.
Inspired by Becky Roberts
Cardstock: Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, Patio Party Designer Series Paper
Stamp Set: None
Ink: None
Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Chevron Embossing Folder, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Blossom Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, corner rounder, Dahlias, Glue Dots, Dimensionals
Christmas Card Workshop 2012
Yesterday, over 40 ladies attended the Christmas Card Workshop hosted by myself and 3 of my fabulous peeps, Judy, Mary & Mary Ellen. It was a great day and our customers enjoyed, sharing ideas and making new friends. That’s what stamping is all about. Meeting new people and creating beautiful cards. Here are some highlights of the day for you to see how much fun we had. A big thanks to Judy, Mary and Laurie (our "business manager") who spent countless hours preparing the card kits while I worked. This is what friendship is all about and I am blessed to have them.
Comfortable Folds
This card was so much fun to make. I love paper folding and with a little Dotto, I was able to reposition each petal until it I got the perfect fit.
Stamp Set: Curly Cute
Ink: Soft Suede
Paper: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze and Comfort Café Designer Series Paper
Tools & Accessories: Large Tag Punch, 1” Circle Punch, 1’ Square Punch, Cajun Craze from the Regal Designer Button Collection, 1/8” Very Vanila Taffeta Ribbon, Paper-Piercing Tool & Mat, Dotto, Adhesive, Glue Dots
Tufted Puffs
This technique is called a Tuffted Puffs Background. When I saw the design by Gail Sachtleben on the Connection, I wanted to give it try. So I took my ruler, pencil and graft paper and made a primitive template. This took care of any guess work. Place a 3¾” square on the template with a little Dotto. Align a piece of scrap on the first guideline to create a mask. Sponge all the way across with strokes away from the mask. Slide the mask down to the next row and repeat. Once one side is done, rotate the square and repeat. I worked on this at a recent demonstrator retreat hosted by my upline, Pam D'urso and gave a copy of the template to all the demonstrators. And of course, I gave a copy to my customers, too. I hope everyone enjoyed making this card as much as I did. Want a copy of this primitive template? Click Here
Stamp Set: Embellished Events
Paper: Very Vanilla, Perfect Plum, Old Olive
Ink: Perfect Plum, Perfect Plum Marker, Old Olive Marker
Tools & Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Stripes Embossing Folder, Primitive Template, Perfect Plum 3/8” Taffeta Ribbon, Stamping Sponges, Dimensionals.