Merry Thinlits - Christmas Cards

 Here is a Christmas card using the new Expressions Thinlits from Stampin' Up! This Thinlits die set has 3 words - Merry, Thankful and Love -  and will be available from the Holiday Catalog beginning August 1st. I used the new Gold Foil Cardstock to create this beautiful, shiny gold sentiment for this card.

The tree image from Special Season, also in the Holiday Catalog, is stamped in VersaMark onto a piece of Vellum Cardstock and then Heat Embossed with White Embossing Powder. I added some Soft Suede ink using a Sponge Dauber to create a shadow behind the tree and to tone down the starkness of the white embossing. The background is a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock with the Stylish Striped TIEF, another new item available in the Holiday Catalog.

Remember, if you don't feel like you have the time to design and create your Christmas Cards, I will have my Christmas Card Club again beginning in September. We will meet once a month during September, October and November to create 8 Christmas cards each month—4 each of 2 different designs—for a total of 24 beautiful holiday cards at the end of the three sessions. These lovely cards will feature a variety of techniques, fun folds, and lots of Christmas bling! in a range of styles and colors and featuring new stamp sets and new Stampin' Up! products. Christmas Card Club sessions will be Saturday nights.  Cost is just $20 per person per month for the three month commitment and is all inclusive with envelopes and adhesive provided. If you pay $60 in full before our first Christmas Card Club night, I will include a FREE package of Ultra Fine Glitter!

If you’d like to join me in being prepared for the holidays by having your hand stamped Christmas cards completed by Thanksgiving, and want have a fun night out once a month, this is YOUR Club!

If you RSVP with a friend, I will have a gift for you both the first night. : ) I have limited space so be sure to RSVP soon!

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Recipe:
Stamps: More Merry Messages, Special Season
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Vellum
Ink: Soft Suede, VersaMark
Accessories: Expressions Thinlits Die, Stylish Stripes TIEF, Metallic Brads, White Embossing Powder







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Ombre Brayer Technique with Water Stamping

I played with my Brayer today creating some Ombre card fronts in Rich Razzleberry and Night of Navy. I love the richness of these two colors and they blend so beautifully. I also added the Water Stamping Technique.
 
Water Stamping is a technique that gives a gorgeous embossed appearance. It works best with line images, not with solid images.

For this snowflake card, I combined a Resist Technique with the Ombre Brayer and Water Stamping technique.

For the Celebrate card, I used an Ombre Brayer front, added Water Stamping and a Clear Embossed Simply Clay flower, first colored with a Rich Razzleberry Marker.

Here is a close-up of the Water Stamping effect and a close-up of the Clear Embossed Clay Flower. I use white Simply Clay molded flowers/buttons and then color them with Markers and finish them by dipping the colored flower in VersaMark ink and then into Clear Embossing Powder. A quick shot of the Heat Gun melts the Clear EP and the final product is a beautiful, coordinated embellishment.

To create the snowflake card, I first stamped some of the images from Snowflake Soiree in VersaMark ink and Heat Embossed them with Clear Embossing Powder. This creates a "resist" for the brayered ink later. Then I added Rich Razzleberry ink with the Brayer and then Night of Navy ink. The key to having smooth Ombre effect is to start the freshly inked Brayer off or near the edge of the cardstock and to roll it repeatedly, moving away from the edge. Keep adding more ink and roll, roll, roll. Be sure to leave some areas of the cardstock lighter to create the dark to light effect. I wiped the embossed images with a tissue to remove the ink and pop the images.

Finally, for the Water Stamping step, I spritzed the En Francais background stamp several times with water, then stamped it over the inked background piece. Put some pressure on it and then let it sit for at least 15 - 20 seconds. Really. As in walk away from it, rinse your brayer and put away some card scraps. Leaving the water stamp on the inked background gives it a chance to become saturated and will give a much brighter contrast. I did the same three steps for the inside of the card, just along the left edge.

For both cards, I carried the Ombre and Water Stamping to the inside liners. For the Celebrate sentiment, I inked the word stamp with Rich Rizzleberry ink and then carefully inked the end of the word on the Night of Navy pad.  I did the same dual toned inking for the Birthday Wishes sentiment on the inside.

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Recipe:
Stamps: Chalk Talk, Snowflake Soiree
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Whisper White
Ink: VersaMark, Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Chalk Talk Framelits, Clear Embossing Powder, Midnight Muse Stitched Satin Ribbon, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Pretty Prints TIEF

{Inside}
Recipe:
Stamps: Bring On the Cake, Seasonal Sayings
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Whisper White
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy
Accessories: Simply Clay and molds, Clear EP, White Baker's Twine








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Water Stamping - Tag Sketch Card

Here's a clean and relatively simple card I made trying out the Water Stamping Technique. I made some other cards using this technique and will share them and the details of Water Stamping tomorrow. This card used the Freshly Made Sketch 96 this week and also the Color Throwdown 252 color combination - Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Rich Razzleberry. I love these crisp, summery colors together!









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Recipe:
Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers, One in a Million
Cardstock: Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Ink: Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe
Accessories: Strawberry Slush Ruffled Trim Ribbon,  Baker's Twine, Vintage Faceted Buttons, Wide Oval and Decorative Label Punches




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Lovely as Tree Sympathy card with Mojo Monday

I made a very simple 10 minute card today with Lovely as a Tree stamp set and using the Mojo Monday 303 sketch. The tree image is inked with Sponge Daubers in a few colors of ink to give it a variegated/shadowed effect. I used Early Espresso, Crushed Curry and Soft Suede inks. The charm on this card is from a fun play session using a friends metal die cut/embossing dies for the Big Shot. I just used the jump ring to attach it to the Lace Knot.

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Santa's List - Christmas in July

Santa's List is another new stamp set from the upcoming Holiday Mini Catalog from Stampin' Up! This stamp set will be available next week (August 1st) and I'm so happy to see such an adorable Santa set! There are several new products from the upcoming Holiday Mini Catalog on this card including Santa's List stamp set, Very Merry Tags stamp set, Silver 1/8" Ribbon, Stylish Stripes TIEF and Pretty Prints TIEF.

I stamped the Santa image onto Whisper White cardstock and then added several mats of Cherry Cobbler and Basic Black cardstock. I like the corner accent of a little Paper Piercing. But my favorite part of this card is the little Silver Ribbon bow with the dangling 'I {heart} Santa" tag!

Remember, if you don't feel like you have the time to design and create your Christmas Cards, I will have my Christmas Card Club again beginning in September. We will meet once a month during September, October and November to create 8 Christmas cards each month—4 each of 2 different designs—for a total of 24 beautiful holiday cards at the end of the three sessions. These lovely cards will feature a variety of techniques, fun folds, and lots of Christmas bling! in a range of styles and colors and featuring new stamp sets and new Stampin' Up! products. Christmas Card Club sessions will be Saturday nights.  Cost is just $20 per person per month for the three month commitment and is all inclusive with envelopes and adhesive provided. If you pay $60 in full before our first Christmas Card Club night, I will include a FREE package of Ultra Fine Glitter!

If you’d like to join me in being prepared for the holidays by having your hand stamped Christmas cards completed by Thanksgiving, and want have a fun night out once a month, this is YOUR Club!

If you RSVP with a friend, I will have a gift for you both the first night. : ) I have limited space so be sure to RSVP soon!

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Recipe:
Stamps: Santa's List, Very Merry Tags, Joy to the World
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Petite Curly Label Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon, White Baker's Twine, Pretty Prints TIEF, Stylish Stripes TIEF, Silver 1/8" Ribbon, Silver Mini Brads




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Scrapbook Page - Lindsey

 When I pulled out my scrapbook items and some inspiration pages, I found this 8x8 scrapbook layout from the Denver Stampin' Up! Regional last year. I think it's a great layout, so I added this picture of my daughter and layered the smaller scrapbook page up with some mats, a border strip and a title to make a quick and easy 12x12 scrapbook page.

The Clockworks stamp set on this page is a fun set with great images for backgrounds and for main focal points. For the LINS title, I die cut the letters from (retired) Bigz Serif Essentials die in Basic Gray. Then I used a Sponge Dauber to 'ombre' them from the top down. The bracket on the right is part of the Bigz Oval Accent die with some Basic Glimmer Brads.




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Scrapbook Page - Prom

Wow! Here's my first scrapbook page in months - as in more than 12 months! How about this fun layout with some pretty paper from the Holiday Catalog? Two of pattern paper strips here are from the Winter Frost Specialty DSP available August 1st in a decidedly Christmas pack with 2 sheets of foil accented designs. Also, those beautiful Snowflake  Frosted Finishes Embellishments are a new item in the Holiday Catalog as well.

I die cute the PROM title letters in Bermuda Bay cardstock with the (retired) Bigz Alphabet Simple Letters die. Then I ran the letters through the Big Shot again with the Stylish Stripes Textured Embossing Folder, also available in the Holiday Catalog beginning August 1st. After embossing the letters, I stamped them in Illuminate Pigment ink with the small script image from (retired) French Foliage stamp set. This ink gives such a beautiful hint of sparkle and elegance.  Finally, I sponged all the edges with a Sponge Dauber in Bermuda Bay ink to darken them and give a little more definition. This mat for the title piece is the Bigz Oval Accent cut from Basic Black cardstock and then embossed with the Beautifully Baroque TIEF.

I am just in love with this boy - and his prom date was so beautiful! Never mind that he and his baseball team had just lost their last baseball game of the season, in the semi-finals of the state championship series. Never mind, that because of that game, and in spite of a quick shower and lots of help getting ready, he was late for photos (she got off the bus and I snapped these super quick before they left), nearly missed the party bus (they had a group of 40+) and completely forgot to bring his date's corsage (but his parents delivered it to dinner) - Prom Night was a lot of fun and those kids had a great time! I added a couple of details about where they went and what they did in little white journaling boxes cut from one of the Apothecary Accents dies. When I was playing with my layout, I wrote my journaling (ALWAYS use a journaling pen with archival quality ink!) and then overstamped it with the script image and Illuminate Ink. However, when I did my final journaling and had adhered it all together, I realized that I had forgotten to add the over-stamping.

For a time, I was scrapping several pages a week, as in 20-40 a month! Then I slowed down, but was still scrapping several pages a month. Then I stopped. Life got busy - busier - and I was concentrating on my cards and card classes and dropped my scrapbooking classes. But I printed a few photos last week and while my Stampin' Up! friends and downline were at the 25th Anniversary Stampin' Up! Convention in Salt Lake, I pulled together some pretty pictures and created this page that I love! So happy that I did. And I asked my son what he thought of the page, is it too girly with all that bling? He gave it his approval and said, well it's prom, you need a little bling I think. Love that kid!




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Dress-ups with Fab Friday Color Challenge

 What a fun, bright color challenge this week at Fab Friday - Real Red, Tempting Turquoise and Basic Gray. I used the Freshly Made Sketch for the layout - look familiar? I think I was a little more true to the challenge with a "clean and fresh" layout.

Recipe:
Stamps: orphaned sentiment
Cardstock: Smoky Slate, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Turquoise DSP (retired)
Ink: Tempting Turquoise
Accessories: Dress-Up Framelits, Stylish Stripes TIEF, Vintage Brads, Jewel Pearls



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Joy to the World - a Sparkling Christmas in July

Here is a very simple, clean and easy, but Oh-So-Sparkly Christmas card! The Red Glitter bow is made from the Red Glitter Cardstock from Stampin' Up! and the Season's Greetings sentiment is stamped in Real Red, embossed with Heat & Stick Powder then covered with Dazzling Diamonds Ultra Fine Glitter. I added an embossed area to the top of the card using the new Stylish Strips Textured Embossing Folder from Stampin' Up's Holiday Catalog (starts August 1st!)

What do you think of this card? Does it have enough Christmas Bling? To make the Paper Bow, I peeled the backing off the Red Glitter Cardstock to make it a little softer. I punched three ovals from this. Two are folded in half and adhered with a glue dot to create each of the bow loops. The third is cut in half, banner tips cut  and adhered below the loops for the ribbon ends. I used a narrow strip of Red Glitter Cardstock to adhered the bow loops together and wrap for the bow knot.

I'll add a couple pictures later to show you how easy this is.

Remember, if you don't feel like you have the time to design and create your Christmas Cards, I will have my Christmas Card Club again beginning in September. We will meet once a month during September, October and November to create 8 Christmas cards each month—4 each of 2 different designs—for a total of 24 beautiful holiday cards at the end of the three sessions. These lovely cards will feature a variety of techniques, fun folds, and lots of Christmas bling! in a range of styles and colors and featuring new stamp sets and new Stampin' Up! products. Christmas Card Club sessions will be Saturday nights.  Cost is just $20 per person per month for the three month commitment and is all inclusive with envelopes and adhesive provided. If you pay $60 in full before our first Christmas Card Club night, I will include a FREE package of Ultra Fine Glitter!

If you’d like to join me in being prepared for the holidays by having your hand stamped Christmas cards completed by Thanksgiving, and want have a fun night out once a month, this is YOUR Club!

If you RSVP with a friend, I will have a gift for you both the first night. : ) I have limited space so be sure to RSVP soon!


Recipe:
Stamps: Joy to the World
Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White, Red Glitter
Ink: Real Red
Accessories: Stylish Stripes TIEF, Heat & Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Oval Punch



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Serene Silhouette - Brayered Sunset

Here is a brayered sunset I made with the Serene Silhouette stamp set from Stampin' Up!  The sunset on this card uses only two colors - Daffodil Delight and Raspberry Ripple. First, I stamped the tree silhouette in Basic Black Craft ink and heat embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder. Then I added a diagonal strip of Daffodil Delight ink using my Brayer. Finally, I added some Raspberry Ripple ink with the brayer, starting off the edge of the cardstock and moving in toward the image.
The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches. I really like this sketch and may play with it again today. With the embossed image as the focal point, I decided to add some embossed texture to the background pieces as well. Both the Basic Gray and Tangerine Tango pieces are stamped repeatedly in VersaMark with an image from Delicate Doilies stamp set and heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. For the banner tab, I punched a 3/4" Circle from the Basic Gray mat, from under the main image area.

Recipe
Stamps:Serene Silhouette, Delicate Doilies, Loving Thoughts
Cardstock: Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, This and That DSP
Inks: Basic Black Craft, VersaMark
Accessories: 3/4" Circle Punch, Clear Embossing Powder




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Perfect Blend - Starburst Technique and a Gift Card

 My favorite new stamp set in the Stampin' Up! Catalog is hands down the Perfect Blend set with the sketchy image of a coffe 'go' cup and two cute sentiments. This is one of the smaller stamp sets in the new catalog, but I can see myself using this a lot all year long. I did a little paper piecing on the cup with the lid stamped on Very Vanilla, trimmed out and popped up on Dimensionals. Also the cup wrapper stamped onto a piece of DSP, trimmed out and layered onto the cup base which is stamped onto Crumb Cake cardstock.


Another one of my favorite new products in this Stampin' Up! Catalog are the Candy Dots. These little pops of color are self adhesive and have an option 'base' to mount them on to make into a colored brad. Did you notice the background on this card? This is a popular technique right now called Starburst. I have had fun playing with different Starburst patterns and layouts, and I'm sure you will see a couple of these cards show up on my blog over the next month or two.

Check out the inside of this card, too! I cut the Very Vanilla liner an extra inch long, scored it and used a border punch along the edge. Then I folded it up and adhered it on the outside edges to create a little pocket, the 'perfect' place to tuck in a little gift card! Love!

{Inside}
Recipe:
Stamps: Perfect Blend
Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Epic Day This and That DSP, Very Vanilla, Very Vanilla, Gumball Green, Crumb Cake 
Accessories: Candy Dots, Scallop Border Punch






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