Posted by Jennifer Spiller on Jun 8, 2018 in Animal Outing, June 2018, Stampin' Blends, Swirly Frames, The Creative Way |
Sometimes being creative is about the time you have! I have had a crazy week with my “real” job. Most of the time I have the weekends to get a few things together for you guys. This past weekend did not work out that way, so I have been crunched getting cards made. I started several things to share with you this week .Lots of ideas rolling around in my head. But, none of them ever got finished. (You will be seeing them soon) Work just invaded my creative time. Last night I was thinking about what I could share with you today. And Animal Outing came to mind for a quick adorable card. Seriously, it was already late and I wanted to share with y’all today!!!
Animal Outings Stamp Set
The Animal Outing stamp set is full of sweet sketched animals on an adventure. There is a rhino, a kangaroo with a little koala bear, a giraffe, and a cute little frog sitting out on a branch.
The new catalog does a amazing job showing off all that you can do with this set! Animal Outing is available in wood or clear mounts. I adore wood mount. But, really it is your choice. They both feature Stampin’ Up! high quality red rubber that just makes stamping fun!
This page in the Annual Catalog just makes me happy! I really love seeing all the cute animals out enjoying life!! I should also mention that Animal Outing is available in a bundle with the coordinating dies! This saves you 10% Yeppie!!!
The Creative Way – A Product Feature
I have already mentioned that time to be creative is key. I normally do much better at managing my creative time and other responsibilities. In lots of ways the two over lap. That’s because one of my favorite ways to incorporate creativity is to have a bag that has my Stampin’ Blends, a stamp set, clear block, paper, and ink all ready to go. I take this bag with me and when I have a moment I color images. This helps when I get home, I have images ready to make cards with .At that point it is all about the card design.
My second time-saving idea for you is to keep the coloring simple. When you have limited time to create it is important to know that you can make cute/beautiful cards without spending an hour or even 30 min. coloring something. The Stampin’ Blends give you the perfect opportunity to explore simple coloring techniques that leave a wow impact!! One way you can figure out coloring quickly is by doing a Google search of the stamp set and see how others colored it! This saves you time in figuring out colors and exactly where you want shading. Also, a Google search of the image like flowers or rhino will give you great color inspiration. One other thing you can do is use the Stamp itself as a shading guide. Lots of stamp sets are drawn so that the shaded areas are sketched in with lines or dots. This makes it easy for you to know where to shade an image especially when working with Blends!! Another great way to use your Stampin’ Blends for quick coloring is to use a limited color. Pick two or three colors and stick with them. Below the Kangaroo and Koala are both colored with two colors, Crumb Cake and Smoky Slate. The grass is one color light Old Olive. You can use the colorless blender to add texture and help blending to white paper
- Very quickly coloring using a limited number of colors
- The kangaroo is mostly light Crumb Cake. With Dark Crumb Cake added where the stamp suggested there should be shading
- The belly and koala bear are light Smoke Slate with light crumb cake added to give it a more French gray look. Aka the new Gray Granite
- The card was finished off with the New Swirly Frames and layers of Soft Suede and Gray Granite
The All New Catalog is available and ready for you to shop from. You can shop online here
The Creative Way – A Product Highlight, Stampin’ Blends
If you would like to see more about the Stampin’ Up! Blends click here
Day 1
I hope each of you have a great weekend!!! I just finished up at work! So, I’m ready for a few hours tomorrow to be creative!! Go and live creatively!!!
Peace-
Jennifer
Posted by Jennifer Spiller on Jun 4, 2018 in Birds and Blooms, Hand written, Happy Birthday, Heat Embossing, Heat Embossing, June 2018, Layering Ovals, Petal Palette, Petals and More, Silver Embossing Powder, Stampin' Blends |
I love craft supplies! I really enjoy trying different coloring methods. That being said I also have a little sickness called “full set syndrome” So, when I discover a new coloring medium I dive straight in having to have them all. When Stampin’ Up! introduced their new alcohol markers back during the winter, I was all in! I loved the alcohol markers I owned (Prismacolor). And now I could have a similar marker with Stampin’ Up! exclusive colors!!! Um, Yes! PLEASE! When I got these markers in my hand I was even more head over heals!!! The Stampin’ Blends are beyond amazing!
The Creative Way – A Product Feature, Stampin’ Blends
These amazing markers come in 13 amazing colors currently! A light and dark of 11 Stampin’ Up! colors, ivory, and bronze. There is also a color lifer. The colors available now are, light and dark of each: Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Pool Party, and Calypso Coral. Very soon, there will be even more colors added! (Hopefully Mid June)
Why do I love these markers so much? Because as the name suggests they have a amazing ability to blend together creating a smooth or compleat colored image with out harsh lines. This is because of the alcohol in the markers.
When working with Stampin’ Blends you want to use an ink that will not bless when the alcohol touches it! Stampin’ Up! has a great in that is perfect for the Stampin’ Blends. This ink is Memento Tuxedo Black. There are other choices on the market. But, Memento Tuxedo Black is a wonderful ink that you will enjoy using.
The paper you choose to work on will greatly determine the results of the project. Whisper White is a wonderful choice! The clay finish on the paper makes it wonderful to color on. Shimmery White is also another choice. The ink moves really well on Shimmery White Paper. So, you have to be really careful when coloring close to the edges of images. Cause the color will bleed on this paper. But, this is easy enough to fix with the color lifter. Another great choice is Glossy White. The blends become very bold on glossy white paper! The blending effect is less and it is really easy to get dynamic colors.
Today I am show you two cards that have the same background. One is on shimmery white paper The second is one is on Glossy White. Hopefully you will be able to see the difference in the two papers. Both backgrounds were made by scribbling color in kinda rainbow order… The first color was the New Pineapple Punch (available Mid June), then Daffodil Delight light and dark, Calypso Coral light and dark, Cherry Cobbler light and dark, Lovely Lipstick (available Mid June), and Rich Razzleberry light and dark. Each time a new color was added It was overlapped with the previous color. And if needed more of either overlapping color was added. This created the desired gradient look. After the coloring was finished the background was spritzed with alcohol leaving water like spots. Also I Flicked ink from several of the markers over the background
- The background is shimmery white paper with a Stampin’ Blend gradient color pattern
- The second step was to add the text from the new Handwritten Background stamp with white embossing powder
- The next step was to heat emboss the edges of the paper
- Then I picked two contrasting colors (to the background), Bermuda Bay and Granny Apple Green. For the bird and leaves
The stamp set used is Petal Palette along with the Birds and Blooms Thinlit Dies and Petals & More Thinlets Dies
- This background is Stampin’ Blends on Glossy White Paper
- The Happy Birthday was die cut in both Bermuda Bay and Granny Apple Green then sniped so that the Granny Apple Green Birthday could be glued on top of the happy Bi in Bermuda Bay
- The silver oval is two layers of silver embossing powder. This give the oval a metal look
Hers a look at the two cards side by side! In this picture you can see the difference in the two backgrounds. Remember the only difference in the process of making the backgrounds was the paper
I really enjoyed making these easy backgrounds! I hope you will give this fun technique a try!
Each of your comments makes me smile! Please, comment HERE.
you can see day one of June’s The Creative Way here
The All New Catalog is available and ready for you to shop from. You can shop online here
We had a good weekend in Birmingham celebrating with my cousin Cody and his Bride Karley! We are so happy for them!! I’m leaving you with a picture from that day!
Have a great Monday! Go and live creatively my friends!
Peace-
Jennifer
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