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Using Pigment Sprinkles

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My first attempts at using Pigment Sprinkles (149663) was a learning experience. Pigment Sprinkles are a new product in the 2019-2020 Annual catalog found on page 179. They are watercolor crystals in some of Stampin’ Up!’s signature colors and are HIGHLY concentrated. They come in a set of 6 colors, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape, Mango Melody, and Melon Mambo. The bottles have a screw-on lid and a plastic insert with three holes that are covered with a hinged closure. Mix these crystals with water to make color washes.

I was going for a light blue wash for a sky and a green wash for grass. My first try using Pigment Sprinkles resulted in the green being OK but…oh my…did I ever get too much Bermuda Bay! I punched out a piece of blue painter’s tape to make a circle mask for the sun. That is why the white spot in my ‘sky’.

first try at using Pigment Sprinkles

My second try using pigment sprinkles was a little better as far as intensity of color was concerned. Can you say…green haze over everything? 🙂

second try at using Pigment Sprinkles

On my third try using pigment sprinkles, I put just one tiny clump of Bermuda Bay crystals, spritzed just a little water on the clump and then used an aqua painter to spread the color around. I added another tiny speck of crystals to another spot until I got good coverage. I also added a touch of the Bermuda Bay sprinkles to the Granny Apple sprinkles to change the color of the grass. A tiny touch of Daffodil Delight sprinkles colored the sun after removing the painter’s tape mask. This is what I was going for. I love the final card!

greeting card using Pigment Sprinkles and Inspiring Iris stamp set

So my advice to you is to get these Pigment Sprinkles and play around with them. They are easy to mix to get other shades and colors. Be sure to use watercolor paper or Shimmery White cardstock that will hold up under use of water. Most importantly, add just a touch of sprinkles at first and add more if needed.

Supplies Used:

Stamp Set – Inspiring Iris (photopolymer – 149268)
Paper (including cutting measurements) –
Bermuda Bay cardstock (131197) 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
Watercolor paper (149612) 5 1/4″ x 4″
Whisper White cardstock (100730) 5 1/2 x 4″ for inside
Inks –
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (132708)
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad (147104)
Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin’ Pad (147099)
Accessories –
Pigment Sprinkles (149663)
Aqua Painter (103954)
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
Blue Painter’s Tape (to tape off a border)

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Cards That Move

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Photo shows handmade greeting cards that are interactive

This Sunday I am teaching a class on cards that move. I’ll be teaching how to make a slider card using the Sailing Home Bundle (149457), a wiper card using the Daisy Lane bundle (151118), and a shaker card using the Petal Labels Dies (149635) and Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper (149500). The class fee is $25 and you need to RSVP today to get a seat. I am also offering the tutorials for this class for $5 per card. me if you would like the tutorials.

To order the supplies I used for each card, click on the images below.

Cards That Move – Shaker Card

Cards That Move – Wiper Card

Last Everything Is Rosy Card

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photo is of my Last Everything Is Rosy Card

This will be the Last Everything Is Rosy Card I share with you. The sales period for this wonderful May promotion of the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley (150059) ends this Friday. If you haven’t got your medley yet, what are you waiting for? Check out this blog post from last week to see everything you get in this Everything Is Rosy Medley. I calculated what each item if bought separately would cost and added it all up. Your purchase to buy everything in this medley would be about $100! However you can get it for only $80. That is almost a 20% savings. To sweeten the deal, I’ll send you five tutorials for cards to make with this medley when you order it from me. Order it from my online store or contact me.

Now on to my Last Everything Is Rosy Card. Here are the details:

Supplies

Stamp Sets: Everything Is Rosy (photopolymer)*, Butterfly Wishes (149345) [will be available June 4]
Inks: Memento Ink, Stazon Black Ink
Paper: Rococo Rose Cardstock [one of the new 2019-2020 In Colors] 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″; Night of Navy Cardstock scrap; 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper Stack – small floral print* 4″ x 5 1/4″; Rose Gold Foil Sheet* scraps
Accessories: Butterfly Duet Punch (148523), Printed Die cuts*, Melon Mambo 1/4″ Ruched Ribbon*, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive, Mini Glue Dots, Paper Snips

Instructions

  1. Fold the Rococo Rose cardstock in half to form the card base.
  2. Adhere the dsp to the card front with SNAIL adhesive folding up the bottom right corner to show the reverse side of the dsp. Put a glue dot under the folded up corner to hold it in place.
  3. Stamp two smaller butterflies and one of the larger one in a row on the rose gold foil sheet with Stazon ink. Give it a minute to dry and then punch them out with the butterfly punch. Attach them to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  4. Stamp the greeting on the label with the gold dots with Memento ink. Adhere it to your scrap of Night of Navy cardstock with SNAIL. Trim around the label with the paper snips to form a narrow mat for the label. Adhere it to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  5. Tie an over-hand knot in the ribbon and attach it to the folded back corner with a glue dot.

I hope you enjoy making this Last Everything Is Rosy Card for yourself. To order the supplies I used, click on the images below and you will be taken to their location in my online store.

Order your supplies now! Some of the supplies won’t be available until June 4.

Everything Is Rosy Thank You Card

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Everything Is Rosy Thank You Card created with the Everything is Rosy Product Medley

This Everything Is Rosy Thank You Card has my favorite color of gold…rose gold. I created this card using the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley that is only available through this Friday.

SUPPLIES for Everything Is Rosy Thank You Card

Stamp Sets:
Everything Is Rosy (photopolymer) *
*Is part of the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley

Ink:
Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad (147110)

Paper (including cutting dimensions):
Melon Mambo Cardstock [CS] (115320) 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ [card base]
6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper Stack [DSP]*
-Navy Blue/Dotted White 4″ x 5 1/4
-Floral/Navy Blue Background 3 3/4″ x 5″
Foil Sheets – Rose Gold * 1″ x 5″
Whisper White Cardstock [CS] (100730) 4″ x 5 1/4″

Accessories:
Night of Navy/Rose Gold 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon* 5″
Everything Is Rosy Dies* leafy border”
Printed Diecuts*
-Eoaw Fols-edged Label
-small flowers
Bone Folder (102300)
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Die-cutting Maching
Paper Trimmer

INSTRUCTIONS for Everything Is Rosy Thank You Card

1.  Fold the Melon Mambo CS in half to make card base. Burnish the fold with the bone folder.

2.  Adhere the Navy/dotted white dsp to card front with SNAIL.

3.  Adhere the floral dsp to card front.

4.  Place the leafy die with the points of the leaves along one edge of the 1” rose gold foil strip. Run it through the die-cutting machine.

5.Run SNAIL adhesive along one side of the ribbon and adhere it to the solid part of the foil die-cut. Then adhere to left side of card front.

6.  Stamp ‘Thank You’ on the label with Night of Navy ink. Adhere it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

7.  Adhere the Whisper White CS to the right-hand side of the inside of the card with SNAIL. Adhere the flower die-cut to the lower right corner with a bit of SNAIL.

Like this Everything Is Rosy Thank You card? Visit my blog post here to see another card I have created using the product in the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley. You have only through Friday to purchase this wonderful medley of products. Then it will no longer be available. Head over to my online store and get the medley for yourself. I’ll send you tutorials for five projects using the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley as a thank you for buying it from me.

Fun with The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley

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Handmade card using supplies from the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley

I have been having fun with the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley. I am a sucker for things shiny and gold and the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley is filled with shiny and gold accents! Here is one of the cards I have created with this medley.

Details of the Fun with Everything Is Rosy Product Medley Card

The card base is one of the new 2019 – 2021 In Colors, Rococo Rose cardstock (150882 – available June 4) cut to 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ . I cut a 5 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ strip of the navy with rose gold swirls pattern from the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley specialty designer series paper stack and added it to the bottom of the card front.

On of the things I really like about the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley are the rose gold foil sheets…you get 8 of them 6″ x 6″. I used one of the dies from this medley to cut the leafy branches. To get a mirror image of the die-cut, I cut one of them from the back side of the foil sheet.

The greeting for this card comes from a retiring stamp set, Strong & Beautiful (148732) that is in the Occasions catalog. I stamped it on Whisper White cardstock with Night of Navy ink and cut it out with one of the Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies (148551). I adhered it to the cardfront and then used one of the retired Multipurpose adhesive sheets to adhere the leafy branches over the label.

Want to See More?

To see more samples using the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley, check back tomorrow for another design. Remember, this is a limited time offer. It will no longer be available after May 31 if it doesn’t sell out sooner. Email me or visit my online store to place your order now. Click on the images below to find the items needed to make this card in my online store.

#SimpleStamping Challenge for May

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Greeting card created to meet the May #SimpleStamping challenge with Lovely As A Tree, Purple Posy Cardstock and Seaside Spray Ink

The #SimpleStamping challenge for May is to create and share a card for any occasions using our favorite stamp that is retiring. The Lovely as a Tree stamp set was created by one of the founders of Stampin’ Up! and has been around since 2001. It is finally retiring with the new 2019-2020 Annual Catalog. The above card is my submission for the challenge of #MaySimpleStamping.

#SimpleStamping is the theme Stampin’ Up! introduced last November as the theme for this Stampin’ Up! year. Each month demonstrators are challenged to create and share on social media cards that a beginner stamper would enjoy making.

In addition to using the retiring Lovely as a Tree (wood –128655, clear –127793), I used two of the new 2019-2021 In Colors. The trees were stamped with Seaside Spray ink on the Purple Posy card base. I love all the new In Colors…Seaside Spray, Purple Posy, Rococo Pink, Pretty Peacock, and Terracotta Tile.

This Lovely as a Tree stamp set (wood –128655, clear –127793) will only be available until June 3rd so place your order for it now. Click on the links to be taken to it’s place in my online store.

The Beautiful 2017-2019 In Colors Are Retiring Soon

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Handmade greeting card created with 2017-2019 In Colors and April Paper Pumpkin Kit

The 2017-2019 In Colors are retiring June 4th. You need to order as soon as possible the ink pads and refills for these retiring colors before they sell out. These are the colors:

I created the card above by stamping the flower stamp from April’s Paper Pumpkin kit with three of the 2017-2019 Retiring In Colors and the leaves from that kit with the two other 2017-2019 Retiring In Colors. Until I created this card, I didn’t realize how well the five colors go together.

To recreate this card, randomly stamp the flower stamp from the April Paper Pumpkin Kit with the Powder Pink, Berry Burst, and Fresh Fig inks. Stamp the leaves in Lemon Lime Twist and Tranquil Tide inks on a 5″ x 3 3/4″ piece of Whisper White cardstock. Fold an 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ piece of Whisper White cardstock to create a card base. Adhere a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of berry Burst cardstock onto the card front. Then adhere the stamped piece to the cardfront. Stamp the greeting on a scrap of Whisper White cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and cut out with the Big Shot and one of the beautiful new Stitched Nested Labels Dies. (You can’t order these dies until June 4th so substitute another label die or punch. ) Adhere to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Supplies used in creating this card using 2017-2019 In Colors:

If you need any of the supplies I used on this card except the new dies which will be available June 4th and the Paper Pumpkin stamp set, click on the images below. You are too late to get this month’s Paper Pumpkin kit but subscribe now to receive the wonderful May kit. Subscribe at https://www.paperpumpkin.com/ and name me as your demonstrator.

It’s the Last Day to Get the Painted Seasons Bundle

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Today is last day to get the Painted Seasons Bundle! Of all the many really great free items you can choose with your purchases during SAB, the one I love the most is the Painted Seasons Bundle (150349).

Outside of a twist and pop card using the Painted Seasons bundle and the Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

The DistINKtive stamp design of this stamp set makes it so easy to stamp images with great depth. Here is the outside and below is the card opened out.

Twist and Pop card opened

The bundle is perfect for floral cards and for Christmas cards. Check out the images in it.

You can also buy the Four Seasons Framelits Dies (150074) to make cutting out the stamps a snap. However, you only have until midnight mountain time to place an order for $100 or more to be able to get this Four Seasons Bundle. After midnight it will no longer be available and Sale-A-Bration will be over.

A Beautiful Use of Designer Series Paper on a Card

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Open view of card that shows both sides of a designer series paper
closed handmade card that shows both sides of a designer series paper

Today I learned a beautiful way to show both sides of a designer series paper in a quick and easy card. Many thanks to Patty Bennett for giving a link to Jo Anne Hewins blog post that shows how to make this card.

If you are like me, you love our designer series paper and am reluctant to cut it up. Consequently we end up with lots of paper left over when a new catalog comes out and we turn our attention to the new papers. But this beautiful card uses up the leftover paper. It is a fancy fold that is as quick to make as a simple card.

Directions To Make this Card

SUPPLIES
Stamps: Painted Seasons bundled with Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper (149722) and Part of My Story (149719) SAB stamps
Ink: Powder Pink Classic Stampin’ Pad(147147), Pear Pizzazz (147104), and Mossy Meadow (147111)
Paper:
Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper (146913)cut 5 1.4″ x 11 1/2″ and scored at 4″, 6 3/4″, 9 1/2″
Pear Pizzazz Cardstock (131201) cut at 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″, and a scrap to cut with the 5th in Rectangle Stitched die
Very Vanilla Cardstock (101650) cut with the 6th in Rectangle Stitched die
Whisper White Cardstock (100730) cut with the 5th in Rectangle Stitched die and scrap to stamp flower and leaf on
Petal Pink Cardstock (147108) cut with the 6th in Rectangle Stitched die
Accessories:
Big Shot (143263)
Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies (148551)
Four Seasons Framelits Dies (150074)

Make a valley fold at the 4″ score line on the dsp, a Mountain fold at the 6 3/4″ score line, and a Valley fold at the 9 1/2″ score line. Adhere the large section of the dsp to the card base. Stamp and cut out the leaf and flower and adhere to the Very Vanilla piece of cardstock. Adhere this to the Pear Pizzazz rectangle and then adhere the rectangle to the front flap of the dsp.
Stamp a sentiment on the Petal Pink rectangle in portrait orientation and adhere it to the next flap. Finally stamp a sentiment to the Whisper White rectangle and adhere it to the card base.

Now that you know how to show off some of that designer series paper you have been hoarding, create a card and send me a picture of it. I’ll show it off on this blog.

Tea Together

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jhandmade card using the Tea Together stamp set and corresponding free SAB Tea Time Framelits

This Tea Together stamp set (148779) has recently become my favorite stamp set from the Occasions catalog. Ron and I have started drinking a cup or two of tea each evening after dinner. While we don’t use such a delicate tea cup and teapot, we do enjoy having our tea. The sentiment says it all…Love is a warm cup of tea. Here are all the images that are in this stamp set.

Index for the Tea Together stamp set

They are perfect for coloring in and the tea cup and teapot look great when stamped on designer series paper and then cut out with the matching Tea Time Framelits Dies (149697)you get for free with a purchase of $100 worth of products during Sale-A-Bration..

The lacy white “table cloth” was cut with one of the Lovely Flowers Edgelits Dies (148526). This set of edgelits can be bought as a bundle with the Forever Lovely stamp set (148624) but the dies work nicely alone as in this Tea Together card. Check out all the dies of this set.

photo shows the Lovely Flowers Edgelits

Are you a tea drinker like me? If so what is your favorite flavor? Leave a comment below. I’m sure you will want to make this card for yourself. Here are the products I used. Click on the images to get what you need to create this Tea Together card.

I Love The All My Love Suite

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handmade card using product from the All My Love Suite

The All My Love Suite found in Stampin’ Up!’s 2019 Occasions catalog is my favorite! Some of the products in this suite were on my first purchase from the catalog. This suite or group of products is not only perfect for Valentine’s Day but can be used for many other occasions throughout the year as shown by this card.

The Forever Lovely bundle which includes the Forever Lovely stamp set and the Lovely Flowers Edgelits Dies is the key part of the All My Love Suite. It is this bundle, especially the Lovely Flowers Edgelits Dies that drew me into the whole suite. Check out all the pieces you can combine with this bundle;

image shows the parts to the Forever Lovely Bundle

The suite also includes the All My Love Designer Series Paper, ribbon designed to coordinate with the suite, and an embellishment. The designer series paper includes designs with hearts, flowers, and neutral geometric patterns. Check out the designs below and let me know which is your favorite by leaving a comment below.

photo shows the patterns of designer series paper included in the All My Love Designer Series Paper
Creating the Sample Card With All My Love Suite Products

To create the sample card, I cut the Lovely Flowers edgelit at the bottom of the card front. Then I put the closed card into my Stamparatus and positioned the blossoms stamp on top of the die-cut part of the card front. I picked up the stamp with the acrylic plate of the Stamparatus. Then I opened the card, inked the stamp with Lovely Lipstick ink and stamped the flowers on the inside of the card.

Next I positioned the leaves stamp on the stamped image, picked the stamp up with the acrylic plate, inked the stamp with Old Olive ink, and stamped it.

I cut white background floral design of the All My Love dsp with the fourth from the inside of the wider set of Rectangle Stitched Framelits and adhered it to the top of the card front. The greeting was stamped on a scrap of Whisper White cardstock with Memento ink and cut out with a frame from the Frosted Bouquet Framelits dies and adhered to the dsp. I finished off the card with a knot of Berry Burst 3/8″ Metallic-edge ribbon.

If you need the supplies to make this card for yourself, just click on the images below to be taken to their spot in my online store.


Floral Romance Suite

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Handmade greeting card using items from the Floral Romance suite

Of all the 19 bundles in the 2019 Occasions Catalog, my favorite….at least today….is the Wonderful Romance bundle. Just look at that gorgeous lattice border! All the elements of this Floral Romance Suite work together beautifully.

The lattice edge die is designed to be an edge of a piece of cardstock, not a separate strip as the straight edge does not cut. To achieve it as a separate strip, I placed the straight edge of the die on the edge of a piece of cardstock. That beautiful oval die is part of the set. One of the things that makes the coordinating Floral Romance Specialty Designer Series Paper special is the two printed vellum sheets. One has this bolder floral design and the other pattern is a small light pink all-over flower design. Oh the possibilities! I added one of the Floral Romance Seals, another item in the suite, as the perfect finishing accent.

You can order the supplies needed to make this card for yourself by clicking on the images below which will take you to their places in my online store. Remember that during Sale-A-Bration, you get to choose one of the free items from the Sale-a-Bration brochure for each $50 you purchase in product. The Organdy Ribbon Combo Pack has already sold out so don’t procrastinate getting your orders in. I’d hate for you to miss out on the wonderful options!

Let It Ride Meets #simplestamping

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photo of a handstamped card using Let It Ride stamp setIf you are a beginner in rubber stamping, you may be overwhelmed with all the supplies and techniques you see on the internet. It can be quite confusing, that’s for sure! Stampin’ Up! has put out a challenge to their demonstrators to create simple cards using the hashtag #simplestamping. Now THIS can be difficult for us because we are so used to adding embellishments and making fancy cards. Often thought simple cards can be quite elegant and stunning. Do a Pinterest search by putting ‘clean and simple cards’ in the search box and see what you get. There is a saying ‘SIP’ which stands for stamps, ink, and paper. That is all you really need to make a card.

This card was created for December’s Coffee and Card event I hold at a local coffee shop each month using the Let It Ride stamp set. Since it is not held in my studio, the design needs to not use a lot Shaded Spruce cardstock for the card base and a 5 1/4″ x 4″ layer of Crumb Cake cardstock. We stamped the horse image with Soft Suede ink, the trees with Shaded Spruce ink, and the saying with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.This card is a great one to send as an encouragement to someone and works equally well for a man or a woman. You can order the supplies to make this card by clicking on the images below. That will take you to their location in my online store.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free Precious Parcel Card Kit

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image of Precious Parcel Card KitThis Precious Parcel Card Kit comes with everything you need to complete it except a pair of scissors and it is one of the FREE choices when you spend $50 on product during Sale-A-Bration. It is soooo beautiful and soooo quick to put together. Here is a scan of the finished cards. I know you will want to get this FREE card kit.

photo shows two finished Percious Parcel cardsPlace your order of $50 or more in my online store and check out the other Free SAB items while you are at it. You can choose a free item for each $50 so if you spend $150, not only do you get host benefits for yourself but you can also choose 3 Level1 items or 1 Level 2 item and a Level 1 item.

High Tide Diorama

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Diorama card using High Tide stamp setI love some of the sayings in the High Tide stamp set and the grass, sea gulls, and shore bird images. While playing with the light house, I was inspired to make a diorama card. This one is a simple one with only two layers so it can easily be sent in the mail. Enjoy this tutorial!

Directions for Diorama card:
1. Cut two pieces cardstock 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″. Score the short ends at 1/2″ and 1″. Make mountain folds at 1″ and valley folds at 1/2″ scores.
2. Stamp/decorate one piece for the background on the side of the cardstock that has valley folds at 1″ score line.
3. On other piece use a die to cut an opening in the center of the piece. I used the largest plain square die of the Layering Squares Framelits. The greeting was cut out with the frame from the Frosted Bouquet Framelits.
4. Stamp, color, and cut out desired images to decorate the front of the card and adhere as desired.
5. Apply Multipurpose Liquid Glue to the ends just to the 1/2″ score line and glue the front to the back. I recommend the liquid glue over using Tear & Tape as you can briefly adjust the placement to get the edges lined up.
6. Stamp or write a greeting on the back. This lays flat and fits into a medium envelope/invitation size envelope for mailing.

Order supplies you need to make my card for yourself by clicking on the images below to be taken to my online store. When ordering use U42UER4K and I’ll send you a free gift.