Introducing the Strength & Hope stamp set! This new stamp set will be making its appearance in the 2011 Summer Mini cataloue that you will be able to order from starting on May 1st. For every set sold, Stampin’ Up! will donate $2 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. And there is a fantastic Strength & Hope digital kit coming as well. This kit contains the stamp brush set, 12 papers and 10 embellishment pieces. And it also qualifies for the donation.
Want to receive a free Summer Mini catalogue in your mailbox at the end of April? Click here to request your copy. Canadians only, please.
I found this stamp set really easy to use. I love the images – “H” hope, the wordsir, a butterfly and a baroque image – and their sizing is just right for card and other projects.
First, I made the tag using the Two Tags bigz die and Finial Press embossing folder for the Big Shot die-cutting machine. I rubbed my Crumb Cake ink pad over the top of the tag to accent the raised images.
Next, I stamped the H hope image and punched it out with the 1-1/4″ square punch before layering it onto a Pretty in Pink cardstock punched Scallop Square. The butterfly was stamped in Pretty in Pink ink onto another piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and the words were stamped on top with Crumb Cake ink.
Don’t you love this combination of words? Definitely the strength part of this stamp set. I also stamped the baroque image in Crumb Cake ink and punched it with the smallest oval. I sponged Pretty in Pink ink around the edges of this piece.
To assemble the tag, I added Very Vanilla seam binding to the top and tied it with linen thread. I used a Vintage Trinkets safety pin to add the oval. I adhered the butterfly/words stamped piece to the tag and then added the H hope stamped piece with dimensionals. The last embellishment was a Vintage Trinket brad with a center Basic Pearl and folded Chantilly Crochet Trim.
I plan to use this Strength & Hope tag as a bookmark but it could be easily added to a card as well.
Only 18 days leftto Sale a Brate and receive your free stamp sets and products. See all the details in the SAB mini catalogue and view the complete list of Idea Book & catalogue stamps available during Sale-A-Bration here.
As I was making this card with the new Rosettes from the Occasions Mini catalogue, I really, really wanted to use Rosettes that would match my card instead of the vanilla colour that they are in the package. So, I decided to try and dye the Rosettes.
First, I placed a few drops of ink refill into a little bit of water and then soaked the Rosette in the ink and water mixture. This worked well but the colour wasn’t as intense as I wanted.
Next, I dipped the Rosette quickly into a dish of water and removed it. Placing the Rosette on my table, I added a few drops of re-inker directly to the rosette and the colour quickly spread out. I decided I liked this way of colouring the flowers better and the colour was a better match to the cardstock.
So, I let the Rosettes dry and made this card.
I stamped a greeting from the Curly Cute stamp set in Whisper White Craft ink onto the Cherry Cobbler card. Then, I layered Baja Breeze cardstock that had been embossed with the Elegant Lines embossing folder for the Big Shot onto Pear Pizzazz cardstock with a punched Scallop Trim Border. After attaching a length of Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding with a bow, I added Pear Pizzazz Cardstock cut with the Little Leaves Sizzlit. Finally, the coloured Rosettes were added with mini glue dots.
Only 23 days left to Sale a Brate and receive your free stamp sets and products. See all the details in the SAB mini catalogue and view the complete list of Idea Book & catalogue stamps available during Sale-A-Bration here. Place your order today and remember to add a package of Rosettes so you can try colouring them yourself!
I have to admit to looking forward to Simple Saturdays. My challenge to myself is to create a card in 5-10 minutes. That means the card needs to be quick and simple. This card was probably closer to the 5 minute mark but I have to admit that I was so into creating it that I forgot to time myself.
For this Simple Saturday card, I used the 1-3/8″ circle punch to create circles from various patterns in the Lap of Luxury designer series paper. On the almost solid Pretty in Pink paper, I stamped an image from the Sweet Summer stamp set in Basic Gray ink. To the image, I added three small Basic Rhinestones for a little bling. I stamped a greeting from the So Happy for You stamp set at the bottom of the card to finish it.
Both the Sweet Summer and So Happy For You stamp sets are free during Sale A Brationthis month.
Don’t miss out on receiving your free stampset with a $60 order! Click here to see the Sale A Bration catalogueand place your order today by contacting meor ordering online.
If you remember from yesterday’s post, I was trying to create card that I could picture in my mind but just could not translate onto paper. Although the card turned out okay, it just wasn’t what I had been planning.
Today’s card is my second attempt. And it is definitely more what I had planned and didn’t take long at all to stamp probably because I wasn’t so frustrated. I changed a couple of things – first, I decided to use my favourite Stampin’ Up! colour – Rose Red because it never lets me down and second I decided to use the Framed Tulip embossing folder so that I was working with less surface for stamping. And both of these changes really helped me create.
After stamping the greeting, I created flowers with the Boho Blossom punch. Then, I added a Vintage Trinket button brad to the center of each flower and topped the brad with a Basic Pearl. I love these little trinkets and think they look great topped with the pearl. Have you ordered your trinkets yet?
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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.
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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