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Thursday, April 11, 2019

OnStage Vancouver Swaps

Well it is that exciting time of the year again when Stampin' Up demonstrators from all around the globe gather together to have fun crafting time...OnStage! This year I will be heading down to Vancouver, and I am super excited!

Card swapping is an important part of this event. You get to meet new friends and also get lots of cool project ideas from fellow demonstrators! So for my swaps this year, I needed something that would be easy to mass-produce. Here's what I came up with...

I decided to make 40 cards this year, in 4 different colors for additional fun! Here's a quick video of how I made these cards.

All my cards had a Whisper White card base (A2 size) and a mat piece of Basic Black cardstock (5 1/4" x 4"). To save paper I cut out the inside of my Basic Black cardstock and trimmed it to 4 1/4" x 2 7/8" for the layering piece, and then punched out the middle of it for my sentiment piece using the Everyday Label Punch.

I started by stamping my images on a piece of Whisper White cardstock (4" x 2 5/8") using my Memento ink, then I colored them in using my Blends in Poppy Parade, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight. I used the stamp set Love What You Do for this. Moving on, I gold heat embossed my sentiment piece which comes from the same stamp set. Next are my butterflies from the Butterfly Gala. I stamped them on a piece of vellum with Versamark then gold-heat embossed them before cutting them out using the Butterfly Duet punch.

Then it's just running my cardstock through the BigShot with the Country Floral embossing folder with ink on one side. For the green card I used Pear Pizzazz cardstock with my Mossy Meadow ink pad. I used Cherry Cobbler cardstock for the red card with Merry Merlot ink pad. For the yellow card I used Crushed Curry ink pad on my Daffodil Delight cardstock. And lastly for the blue card I used Bermuda Bay cardstock with my Coastal Cabana ink pad.

Finally it's just a matter of putting my card together. And as usual, I cannot have a project with no shimmer so I had to add some Wink of Stella on my embossed flowers. And those are my swaps, hopefully those who will receive them will like 'em! I must say that using my Stamparatus to create these cards was a huge time-saver! Mass-producing was a cinch! Thank heavens for our handy-dandy tools. Anyway hope you liked today's project and see y'all next time! Happy crafting!

Sunday, July 01, 2018

Doilies & Brusho

Hello and welcome. Today, I decided to participate in the Global Design Project challenge of the week. It has been a while since I last played along with their challenges, and since it's a long weekend (Happy Canada day!!!) I have time to play! Yay!

Their challenge this week is CASE the Designer, and we have a beautiful card to CASE from the talented Charlet Mallett.

What an inspiration, right!? From her card, I decided to CASE her use of the pearlized doily and the banner cut. I wanted to play more with the Brushos, so I took them out and used them to create my background piece, using the doily as a stencil (super quick video down below). This was such a fun and easy background piece to create, reminds me of a tie-dyed shirt!

To finish off my card, I trimmed my background piece, layered it on top of a Basic Black cardstock, and this whole piece was adhered to my Mango Melody A2 sized card base. My sentiment is from the Love What You Do stamp set, stamped onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock then trimmed one side into a banner. I added a piece of Copper Foil sheet before adhering my sentiment onto my card with dimensionals. For embellishment I just added a piece of Glitter enamel dot onto my sentiment.

And that is my super simple card for the day! It was fun to play along with the GDP again, so much inspiration from lots of talented people! Thank you for stopping by today and hope to see you next time! Happy crafting!

Saturday, June 23, 2018

Summer lovin’

Hello and welcome to another Ink & Share Blog Hop episode. This month, we are celebrating Summer!!! At long last, it has finally arrived! It has definitely been a long wait, with Old Man Winter hangin' around for as long as he did, but now we can finally enjoy the warmth and beauty that summer brings. Picnics, swimming in the lake, the great outdoors...what's not to love?!

For my project, I wanted to create a card with very vibrant colors...colors so warm you can almost feel it! And of course what is summer without gorgeous flowers?! Here's what I came up with...

I started by sponging my background using some of our fabulous new (& returning) colors: Pineapple Punch, Grapefruit Grove, Granny Apple Green, and Coastal Cabana. Once my colors were vivid enough, I was ready to emboss.

I white heat-embossed my flowers and leaves from the stamp set Beautiful Promenade along the left side of my cardstock. After all the heat embossing was done I taped my cardstock onto my craft mat, sprinkled some Gamboge Brusho on it and sprayed it with water. Taping it just keeps my cardstock nice and flat as it dries.

To turn my vibrant art piece into a card, I trimmed it to 3 1/2 x 5 1/4". I ran a piece of Whisper White cardstock (4 x 5 1/4") thru my Big Shot with one of the Petal Pair embossing folders and adhered my trimmed up art piece on top of it. I wrapped linen thread around the seam a few times before layering this whole piece on top of a Basic Black cardstock (4 1/8 x 5 3/8"). This whole piece was then adhered to my A2 sized Grapefruit Grove card base.

My sentiment is from the Love What You Do stamp set. I wanted it to be a one-liner sentiment, so I used Post-its to help me achieve this. Ink up your whole stamp, cover the part you want omitted with Post-its, stamp, and repeat. Easy-peasy! Then I just layered this on top of a piece of Grapefruit Grove cardstock and trimmed the end into a banner. Lastly for embellishment I just added a few rhinestone jewels and of course some shimmer on my flowers with my Wink of Stella.

Thank you again for stopping by and checking out my project, I hope you liked it! Please do continue hopping along with the rest of our talented team and explore our summer projects. I hope you all have a lovely day, and hope to see you next time. Happy crafting and happy summer!!! :)