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Posted by on Sep 6, 2019 in Basic Patterens Decorative Mask, Basic Patterns Decorative Mask, Blogging Friends Blog Hop, Cups of Cheer bundle, Decrative Mask, Seasonal Wreaths, Seasonal Wreaths, September 2019 | 4 comments

It is all abot Fall!

Fall

The Blogging Friends are celebrating the upcoming fall with all the Awesome Stampin’ Up! products just perfect for all your fall crafting.

One of the things I am most excited about in the Holiday Catalog is that We Finally have a new set of stencils (Basic Patterns Decorative Mask)!!!  I have been having so much fun using them!

Basic Patterns Decorative Mask

Basic Patterns Decorative Mask

I love how stencils can add a lot of impact to small areas. Or they can work as a complete background!  And when you add ink and embossing paste the possibilities are endless!!

I have also been reaching for the Seasonal Wreaths Stamp Set a whole bunch!!  The sentiments in this set are just fabulous!!

Seasonal Wreaths

Seasonal Wreaths

I have not had the chance to use that adorable little bird or the pretty fall wreath. But, I’m sure looking forward to them!!

Happy everything

  • The background is watercolor using Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry ink refills.
  • Once the watercolor was dried I added embossing paste with mint macaron and call me clover ink refills.
  • The final steps were stamping the sentiment and mounting it with layers

 

Celebrate card

  • This card was made using the same steps as above.  I tried adding a little green watercolor on top of the stenciling and it seeped through.  Leaving a green watercolor look at the bottom of the card
  • The card base is Mossy Meadow. And the layer is Mint Macaroon.

All occasions card

  • The tree Decorative Mask is such fun!  I had a hard time getting the mask to say in place. To solve this. I added a little tombow glue to all the little pieces.  Let it dry. Creating a temporary adhesive.  This solved the moving issue!
  • The Stenciling was done with Old Olive ink.

The last card uses another one of my Absolutely Favorite items from the Holiday Catalog!  The Cups of Cheer Bundle

Cups of Cheer

Cups of Cheer Bundle

This stamp set makes my coffee-loving soul happy!!!  It is completely unique because two of the stamps stamp on both sides of the stamp.  That’s right!!!  You can make a left handle mug or a right handle mug from one stamp!!! How fun is that???

  • The first thing was to stamp and color the mugs.
  • The mug in the back was stamped in Early Espresso on shimmery white paper.  Then watercolored with Early Espresso ink.  After the watercolor was dried, I used one of the Decorative Mask to add some interest. The Old Olive ink shows up quite well on the light espresso watercolor
  • The mug in the front was stamped in Old Olive. Then it was watercolored with the Old Olive ink.  After the watercolor was dried it was time to add some stamping.  The fern was stamped in Early Espresso using the Tidings All Around Stamp Set
  • The Background is Gray Granet with Crumb Cake mixed with embossing paste on top.

I hope you will continue to hop along to see All The Fall inspiration!

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Have a great day my crafty friends-

Jennifer

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Posted by on Jul 5, 2019 in Blogging Friends Blog Hop, Friend Like You Bundle, July 2019, Pigment Sprinkles | 6 comments

Summer Lovin’

Today is the Blogging Friends hop! We are celebrating Summer!  The theme is Summer Lovin’…you got it right out of my favorite childhood movie Grease.  So, of course, I had to make a beach card for today hop!

Summer Lovin'

I had a bunch of ideas floating around in my head. One was to recreate the mood of the first scene in Grease. You know Danny and Sandy on the beach…

To create my scene I decided to do some watercolor.  For the watercolor, I just had to use the new Pigment Sprinkles.  Along with the new sprinkles, I used a few of the ink refills as watercolor. I just have to say, the new Pigment Sprinkles are so very vibrant!!!!

After picking what medium I was going to use for the background, I had to decide what stamps and dies to use!  My first choice was the Friend Like You bundle!  I knew that the palm tree die was a must.

Friend Like You Bundle

Friend Like You Bundle 10% savings

This bundle makes my heart so happy!!!  There are so many things to love!  The palm trees for one! The cattails (I have always loved cattails) Then you have awesome dies that can create really cool outdoor silhouettes.

Friend Like You

  • The first thing I did was to sprinkle out some pigment powders into a pallet. Then I added some water to make the fluid.
  • I watercolors the water using Blueberry Bushel ink refill and the Bermuda Bay pigment sprinkle.
  • As the water dried.  I started working on the sky, using Daffodil Delight and Mango Melody pigment sprinkles and the Calypso Coral ink refill.
  • There is this little strip of blue sky.  That was created with Smoky Slate and really watered down Bermuda Bay.
  • The specs of yellow on the water were a happy accident.  At one point I tried sprinkling some Daffodil Delight pigment.   And now we have a reflection of light…
  • The palm trees are pieced together from several leftover pigment powder test.

I completely hope you will give the Pigment powders a try!  They really make beautiful backgrounds and can be used for so many different ideas.

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Thank you for stopping by!  I sure hope you hop along to see what everyone is creating today to celebrate Summer Lovin’  And just in case your not already singing Summer Nights in your head…

Peace my creative friends-

Jennifer

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Posted by on Jun 7, 2019 in 2019 Annual Catalog, 2019 In Colors, Blogging Friends Blog Hop, Garden Lane, June 2019, Memorable Mosaic, Terracotta Tile, Verdant Garden | 3 comments

Verdant Garden say hello to Memorable Mosaic

The Blogging Friends are hopping today!  We are all sharing projects for the all-new Annual Catalog from Stampin’ Up!  This new catalog is just jammed packed with such wonderful stamps, inks, paper, and dies.  Our favorite things as a paper crafter!  I have been meaning to make a Birthday card for a sweet lady who has been a part of my life basically forever!!!  She is apart of so many of my childhood memories. So, when my Stampin’ Up! box was on my doorstep when I got home I know it was time to create!!!

Today, I decided to combine two of my favorite stamp sets Verdant Garden and Memorable Mosaic.  I absolutely love both of these stamp sets.   Even more, after getting them inky.   Verdant Garden is going to be so much fun to play with.   You guys know I love color and pattern!!! This stamp set allows you to play with all sorts of color combinations while creating a beautiful pattern!!  You can’t beat that in my book!

 

Verdant Garden

Verdant Garden Stamp Set

Memorable Mosaic is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!   I adore the idea of the willow tree in a mosaic form! I can not wait to use the beautiful tree!  This stamp set is available as a bundle with the Timeless Punch.  The bundle is a 10% savings!!!  The sentiment “sending all the happiest wishes your way” was perfect for the birthday card I wanted to make!  This meant I got to use the new punch as well!!!  Yeppie!!!! little happy dance….

Memorable Mosaic

Memorable Mosaic Stamp Set

I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to using this stamp set in the future.  Let’s talk about how the color combination came about.  It was really easy, I know I wanted to use the Garden Lane Designer Series Paper.  Stampin’ Up! used the best of the best greens in this beautiful paper!!!  So, I had  Soft Seafoam, Mint Macaroon, Garden Green, and Mossy Meadow.  The next step was to add a pop of color!  I decided to use one of the new In Colors!  Because I wanted some contrast to all the green, I chose to use Terracotta Tile.  This red/orange makes the greens shine in all there glory!!!

Garden Lane

Garden Lane Designer Series Paper

Just look at that paper, does it not just make your heart go pitter patter.  All those lovely greens all together!!!   I so enjoyed making this card!  It had been so long since I had had the chance to be creative, I think my soul was itching for that creative outlet to be filled.  I did a little of everything, fussy cutting, coloring, paper cutting, layering of colors, coloring again, more fussy cutting,  and of course stamping!!!

Birthday

  • The first thing was to stamp the sentiment in Terracotta Tile. Then using the Timeless punch I punched it out
  • Next was stamping the vine and magnolia bud.  After they were stamped I colored and fussy cut them out.
  • Next was figuring out how to layer the vines and buds behind the sentiment. It was at this point I decided I need more buds. So, stamp, color, and fussy cut again … If you are going to do this much fussy cutting. You defiantly want the Stampin’ Up! paper snips
  • Now it was time to layer the papers and pop the sentiment up with dimensional
  • The final step was the envelope.  I love decorating envelopes. I’m particularly in love with how this turned out.

Here is a look at the Inside of the card and back of the envelope.  The inside sentiment is from the Well Said Stamp Set. 

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Birthday Card inside

 

Thank you for stopping by!  I will be back soon.  My craft room is slowly taking shape which means I actually can find a few of my crafty creative items!!!  I’m looking forward to creating more so I can share more with you!  Have a great day and please hop along!  These guys always have wonderful inspiration!!!

Peace my creative friends-

Jennifer

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Posted by on Feb 1, 2019 in Beauty Abounds, Blogging Friends Blog Hop, Occasions 2019, Sale-A-Bration 2019, Tea Together | 6 comments

Sale-A-Bration with the Blogging Friends Hop!

Hello friends! I’m so happy to be joking the Blogging Friends Blog Hop! This is my first month hopping with this group of creative stampers and bloggers!  This month we are celebrating Sale-A-Bration with a CASE the Designer Hop!  We are all CASEing our friend Laura Borchert of Laura’s Stamp Pad!  She designed a wonderful card using products from Sale-A-Bration!

Laura’s inspiration

I really liked the purple and black combination with the pop of yellow! And the fact that she made use of the black and white paper that is part of Sale-A-Bration is even better!  This got me excited to use this color combination with the black and white paper!  I really wanted to use the tea-pot set from the Tea Together stamp set!

Tea Together Stamp Set

The coordinating dies for the Tea Together stamp set is Free with a 100 dollar purchase during Sale-A-Bration

This card has been in my mind for several weeks!  I just kinda let it mull around up there while I was doing other things.  So, I was figuring out how to incorporate the butterflies, and I really thought it would be great to have them on the tea-pot some how.   That’s when I chose to use the itty bitty butterflies in the Beauty Abounds Stamp Set

Beauty Abounds Stamp Set

And like I already said, I was super excited that Laura used the black and white paper that is part of the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper .  I love the black and white patterns in this paper. Especially the dots and the strip pattern!!  Needless to say, I was definitely using this paper!!

Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper

So, I knew the elements I wanted to use! Now, just how to combine them into a card???? Well, this is where you need to know that I have challenged myself in improving my card scene building skills. In my mind I envisioned a wood table with the tea-pot, cups, and wallpaper for the background.

  • The first thing was to create the wood table. I did this using Stampin’ Blends.  I basically used every brown . Both crumb cake, both soft suede, and bronze.
  • After stamping the tea-pot, I masked everything but the belly. Then stamped the butterflies.  At this point, I decided I didn’t like the think lines of the butterflies. So, I colored a solid purple. (While working on this version of the card I was also working on a one layer version. Anyway, I had masked the tea-pot and cups.  And decided to color it even though the pot had butterflies on it.  It was at this point, I decided I liked the butterflies!!!!)
  • The Tea pot and cups are colored using the Highland Heather, Mango Melody, and Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends
  • After everything was colored, I used the die cuts to cut them out
  • The sentiment is from another Sale-A-Bration product.  The Part of My Story Stamp Set
  • The final step was to put the card together.  This card is a 5 x 7.  To make this size card you need to cut your card stock to 7 x 10. Then score at 5 on the long side!

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Well, that’s it! I hope you enjoyed my take on Laura’s card!  If you would like to see my progress on the one layer version of this card check out my Instagram for progress!   I hope you will continue to hop along!!

Have a great day!  Go and Be creative my friends!

Jennifer

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