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Clearly for You Card

Clearly for You Card

Feb 28, 2011 | Uncategorized | 3 comments

Clearly for You Card

 

Why, oh why, is stamping so hard some days? I had really good intentions for this card. I pictured a large greeting with some flowers or buttons and a tag. But I just couldn’t get it to look right.

So after and hour and a half I basically gave up. I liked the layers on the card – Night of Navy, Brushed Silver, Shimmery White and the Regals Patterns DSP Stack – and the wide Night of Navy grosgrain ribbon with the big bow so I grabbed the Clearly for You stamp set that happened to be on my desk and stamped an image and small greeting that I heat embossed with silver embossing powder.

I think this card turned out alright but it so not what I had thought it would look like when I started. Do you ever have days like this? Please leave me a comment and let me know I’m not alone. 

 

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How to Video: Clear Mount Blocks and a Shadow Card

How to Video: Clear Mount Blocks and a Shadow Card

Feb 24, 2011 | Uncategorized | 5 comments

Blessed Mother Shadow Card

 

I have had lots of question from customers lately asking how I mount my stamps onto the clear blocks. So, I made a video today showing how I mount the stamps as well as how to use the blocks as a shadow stamp.   If you have any questions on how to use a product, please contact me with your ideas for future videos. 

This card was really simple to make. I shadow stamped in Baja Breeze ink and than added a couple of images from the Blessed Mother stamp set with Early Espresso ink. I used the Tearing Edge along the side (remember to always tear towards yourself) and added some speckled ink with an Aqua Painter.  

Want to know what size blocks you need for your stamp sets?  Click here for a Clear Block Sizing Chart that you can print onto vellum or copy paper to use.

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Oh, Sew Suite Card

Oh, Sew Suite Card

Feb 23, 2011 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Sew Suite Card with Sweet Stiches Paper

 

I realized this weekend while cleaning my office that I haven’t even stamped with all of the sets from the Occasions Mini catalogue yet. Like this stamp set, Sew Suite. Wouldn’t this make a great gift for the quilter in your life, even if that’s you?!

And of course, Stampin’ Up! has great coordinating accessories for this set including a Big Shot button embosslit, fabric buttons, rub ons, designer buttons and lots more. See the complete line of products on pages 32 – 39 of the Occasions Mini catalogue.

For this card, I used the Sweet Stitches designer series paper. The colours in this paper are Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo, Regal Rose, Wild Wasabi and Daffodil Delight.

Instead of using ribbon as I normally would, I stamped the tape measure image onto Daffodil Delight cardstock and added a Brushed Silver end with an Early Espresso brad. I also added a knot of Early Espresso narrow taffeta ribbon to the dress form (can you keep a secret… my image was not centered on the cardstock and since I don’t want to do it again the ribbon covered most of the problem. Don’t look too closely!) 

 

 

 

Stamps: Sew Suite (Wood 121933, Clear 122009)

Inks: Chocolate Chip (100908)

Paper: Sweet Stitches Designer Series Paper (121781), Chocolate Chip (102128), Daffodil Delight (119683), Brushed Silver (100712), Very Vanilla (101650)

Punches: 3/16″ Corner Rounder (119781)

Other: Early Espresso 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon (119959), Neutrals Brads (119736)

 

 

Sew Suite Stamp Set

 

Sew Suite Stamp Set, Set of 6

Wood $32.95, #121933 

Clear $22.95, #122009

Page 33 of the Occasions Mini Catalogue

 

Sweet Stitches Designer Series Paper

 

Sweet Stitches Designer Series Paper

12 sheets, 2 each of 6 double-sided designs

$12.50, #121781

Page 32 of the Occasions Mini Catalogue

 

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Simple Saturday – Clearly for You

Simple Saturday – Clearly for You

Feb 19, 2011 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Clearly for You

 

This is one quick card which means it is perfect for Simple Saturday!

I decided to use Rose Red textured cardstock for this card to add a little more design to the background without having to do any extra work. The textured cardstock come in the 12″ x 12″ packages and since I store those sheets of cardstock away from my other cardstock I know I don’t reach for textured cardstock often enough.

With Rose Red ink, I stamped the square image from the Clearly for You stamp set onto Whisper White cardstock and cut it out. I then layered it onto another piece of Whisper White cardstock that was slightly larger.  The next layer was an even larger piece of Rose Red textured cardstock.

The “for you” greeting, also from the Clearly for You stamp set, was stamped onto a 1-1/2″ wide piece of Whisper White cardstock and adhered it to the card. Along the bottom of the card I added five Basic Pearls as a little embellishment.

The last step was to add the stamped image with dimensionals.  A really easy card, right?

 

Hope you have a great weekend! Hubby is working and the kids are having friends over so I have big plans – cleaning my office. Watch for pictures of my seldom clean and rarely  picture worthy office and stamping space next week.

 

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Stamps: Clearly for You (Wood 121911, Clear 121976)

Inks: Rose Red (101778)

Paper: Rose Red 12 x 12 (119945), Whisper White (100730)

Other: Basic Pearls (119247)

 

Clearly for You Stamp Set

 

Clearly For You Stamp Set, Set of 12

Wood $28.95, #121911

Clear $21.95, #121976

Page 28 of the Occasions Mini Catalogue

 

 

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Wheel-y Simple: A Friendly Words Card

Wheel-y Simple: A Friendly Words Card

Feb 17, 2011 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Freindly Words Wheel Card

 

When purchasing a new stamp set, I usually purchase the matching wheel as well. I find that it opens up more creative options for me and that makes the wheel a good investment. 

But there is no reason that the wheel alone can’t be the focus of the card as the only stamped image. And this Friendly Words Jumbo Wheel is a great example of that. 

 

I couldn’t resist the the pun in the title of this blog post since this card was wheel-y simple to make. I inked up the Friendly Words wheel with the Pear Pizzazz ink pad and then coloured over “friends” and the image with the Chocolate Chip marker. I then huffed on the wheel to re-moisten it before applying it to the paper. Make sure that before stamping, the wheel is lined up with the paper to position the Chocolate Chip coloured images where you want them. Also, a tip, don’t do what I did the first time (okay, the first two times!) – make sure you also colour the dot of the “i” on friends.

Once the image was stamped onto the Confetti Cream cardstock, I trimmed the cardstock to fit the card and then distressed the bottom edge with the Cutter Kit. I also distressed the top and bottom edges of the layering piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock.

To finish the card, I added a length of Pear Pizzazz ribbon and an Antique Brad. It probably took me longer to decided which Antique Brad I wanted to use on this card than it did the make the rest of the card. Aren’t the brads designs in this package all awesome?

 

Want more tips and techniques on using your wheels? Click here to join the Rubber Stampers Club today!  My online virtual club is free with a $30 purchase and a six month commitment. Each month I feature a video on a certain product or tool and this month is all about wheels! 

 

 

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Stamps: Friendly Words Jumbo Wheel (114696)

Inks: Pear Pizzazz (119784), Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write Marker (100071)

Paper: Pear Pizzazz (119795), Chocolate Chip (102128), Confetti Cream (102835)

Other: Cutter Kit (106958), Pear Pizzazz 1/2″ Stitched-Poly Ribbon (119265), Antique Brads (117273)

 

Friendly Words Jumbo Wheel

 

Friendly Words Jumbo Wheel

$10.50, #114696

Page 138 of the Idea Book & Catalogue

 

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