Monthly Archives: July 2014

What’s Your Type

Posted on July 31, 2014 | 5 comments

I am just soooooo lovin’ this set! I know when they showed it to us during the catalog preview I just couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. Since it was ‘sitting on top of my desk’ since I had done this card on Saturday and this card on Tuesday, I figured it would work perfectly for the color challenge this week on Create with Connie and Mary. Hmmm…I think I was right. I think this just turned out sooooo cute! and would be perfect for a more masculine or especially for a teen card!

Here’s the details –

Bermuda Bay – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Tangelo Twist dotted dsp (Confetti Celebrations) – 1/2 x 5 1/2 and add to card base
Whisper White – 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 – stamp the diagnoal line triangle in Tangelo Twist, Bermuda Bay and Basic Grey
Stamp the greeting using Basic Grey
Add panel to card base using dimensionals
Punch out arrows from Basic Grey using the What’s Up punch and add to card using dimensionals.

Don’t forget to head on over to Create with Connie and Mary and see the great cards by the Design Team.

Set(s):	What’s Your Type?, What’s Up?
Paper:	Whisper White, Basic Grey, Bermuda Bay, Confetti Celebrations dsp
Ink:	Basic Grey, Bermuda Bay, Tangelo Twist
Other:	What’s Up Punch, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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What’s Your Type?

Posted on July 29, 2014 | 2 comments

Yep…I’m back again with ANOTHER What’s Your Type? sample. I really love all the different geometrical shapes and that there is BOTH the solid and the lined options. I just think there is so much that can be done with it!

Today is a new SUO challenge and the theme this time is New Toys…yep…I have LOTS on NEW TOYS on this one!

Here’s the details –

Hello Honey – 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 folded
Hello Honey – 4 1/4 x 4 1/4, run the the new Tiny Triangles folder and add to card front
Whisper White – 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Stamp solid circle in Hello Honey, solid triangle in Lost Lagoon, slanted lines in Basic Grey
Stamp small lined circle in Versamark and silver emboss
Stamp greeting using Memento Black ink
Lost Lagoon triangle print (Moonlight dsp) 1/2 x 4 1/4 – cut two strips layer behind each side of the Whisper White and add panel to card base using dimensionals
Punch 3 stars (Itty Bitty Accessory Punch Pack) from Gold Foil paper and add to card front to finish off

I really do love playing around with shapes! Don’t forget to check out what the rest of the design team to see which one they picked!

Set(s):	What’s Your Type?, Sumthin’ Sumthin’
Paper:	Whisper White, Hello Honey, Moonlight dsp paper stack
Ink:	Memento Black, Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Basic Grey, Versamakr
Other:	Tiny Triangles Embossing Folder, Silver Embossing Powder, Itty Bitty Accessory Punch Pack, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Tagged Sumthin' Sumthin', What's Your Type

Nuts About You

Posted on July 28, 2014 | 1 comment

Can you believe it? Yep…it’s Monday ALREADY!!! Where does the weekend go? I only have 2 1/2 weeks of vacation and then school starts up again. Summer break is NEVER long enough!

Mary Jo has a GREAT sketch for us this week. I changed it up just a little bit but I really like it. I got the hostess set Nuts About You and couldn’t wait to cut out the tree! Yes…it is a sickness I have…I LOVE to cut things out. It seems the more intricate, the happier I am!

Here’s the details –

Whisper White – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Hello Honey print (from Lullaby dsp) – 5 1/2 x 3 and add to card base
Multi-colored chevron print (from Lullaby dsp) – 1 1/2 x 5 1/2 and add to card base
Whisper White 2 1/2 x 3 3/4, run through Decorative Dots folder, layer onto Baked Brown Sugar 2 5/8 x 3 7/8 and add to card front using dimensionals.
Coastal Cabana – 5/8 x 2 3/4, cut into banner and add to card.
Ink tree using Soft Suede and Wild Wasabi markers, stamp on Whisper White and cut out. Add to card using dimensionals.
Stamp greeting using Soft Suede on Pistachio Pudding 1/2 x 2 and add to card.
Punch out 3 Hello Honey flowers using the Itty Bitty Accessory Punch Pack, add to card front.
Add Basic Rhinestone to centers of each flower.

What a fabulous sketch! I hope you join us! Don’t forget to check out the other members of the team and remember go to the Technostamper blog to play along!

Mary Jo Price-Williams – Technostamper
Sue Root – Stampin’ with Sue
Nicole Tegrul – Be Creative with Nicole
Robbie Rubula – Inked X2
Eileen LeFevre – Eileen’s “Stampin’ Fever” Blog
Tanya Bell – Stamping T!
Carolyn Bennett – Carolyn’s Paper Fantasies
Jonia Smith – Stampin For Me

Set(s):	Nuts About You, And Many More
Paper:	Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding, Hello Honey, Lullaby dsp
Ink:	Soft Suede, Wild Wasabi
Other:	Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Hi There

Posted on July 27, 2014 | 6 comments

What a fun CAS challenge this week. The challenge is to use scraps of ribbon. Okay…this is something that I have TONS of scraps and I hardly knew where to begin! I just LOVE the rainbow colors of the ribbon and it is perfect for the rainbow challenge on casology!

Wanting to stay in the CAS style I decided to pick some of my matching chevron ribbon pieces and use them to make a nice little ribbon banner border. This card was so quick and easy to make!

Here’s the detail –

Whisper White – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Whisper White – 3 1/2 x 5 1/2, stamp greeting using Memento Basic Black ink
Add 6 pieces of Chevron Ribbon that have been cut into banners. I used Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz, Island Indigo, Smoky Slate
Add panel to card front using dimensionals

Yep that really is all there is to it!

Set(s):	Hi There
Paper:	Whisper White
Ink:	Memento Black
Other:	Chevron Ribbon: Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz, Island Indigo, Smoky Slate, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Tagged Hi There

What’s Your Type?

Posted on July 26, 2014 | 2 comments

I wanted to do a little stamping this morning so I was checking out the inspiration challenge over on SCS. The website is called LEIF and I found this inspiration here.

As soon as I saw this vase I though about the new What’s My Type? photopolymer set and figured it would just be so easy to do the triangular background with it. I was RIGHT! I really wasn’t any problem at all making the background to match the vase in the inspiration piece!

Here’s the details…

Pistachio Pudding – 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 folded
Whisper white – 4 x 4, stamp the triangle on the piece in Pistachio Pudding then trim down. My square ended up 3 7/8 x 3 7/8. Wrap a piece of the Pistachio Pudding Twine around it then add to card front using dimensionals
Stamp greeting on Whisper White using Garden Green, cut into a banner and add using dimensionals.
Punch out 3 Crisp Cantaloupe flowers using the Itty Bitty Accessory Punch Pack add to card front.
Add Basic Rhinestones to finish off.

Set(s):	Flower Patch, What’s Your Type
Paper:	Whisper White, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloup
Ink:	Pstachio Pudding, Garden Green
Other:	Pistachio Pudding Twine, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Tagged Flower Patch, What's Your Type

Traveler

Posted on July 24, 2014 | 7 comments

Aaaaah…it’s Thursday! Boy…it’s been a busy week around here for me. Lots of school work…and I actually don’t have any classes I’m teaching right not. It’s the getting ready for Fall term that is killing me! LOL!!!

But it is Thursday so that mean it’s time for another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge and this week we have a cool sketch for you!

When I was working on one of my projects for Create with Connie and Mary Summer Collection 2014, I combined the Traveler set and the Flashback dsp and I just LOVE these two things paired up together. As I was trying to figure out what to do for this sketch, I started to play around with this combo again and quickly remembered why I like the combination!

Here’s the details –

Pool Party – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Real Red – 4 7/8 x 3 5/8, layer onto Basic Black 5 x 3 3/4 and add to card basic using dimensionals.
Hello Honey – 3/4 x 4 7/8. Take 2 x 3 1/2 strip of the camera print and add to the strip. Next take 2 x 2 strip and add to bottom of the strip. Take 2 x 2 piece of the Basic Black strip, cut top and bottom of the diagonal, add to strip to cover up the overlapping pieces.
Wrap Coastal Cabana twine around panel securing to the back. Add panel to card front using dimensionals
Stamp camera in Pool Party, greeting in Memento Black, cut with Circle Framelit, overset layer onto 2″ Hello Honey Circle and add to card front using dimensionals.
Add 3 sizes of Basic Metal Buttons (TOTALLY NAKED!!!! EEEK!) using glue dots.

Don’t forget to head on over to Create with Connie and Mary and see the great cards by the Design Team.

Set(s):	Traveler, Hip Notes
Paper:	Very Vanilla, Hello Honey, Real Red, Pool Party, Basic Black, Flashback dsp
Ink:	Memento Black, Pool Party
Other:	Circle Framelits, 2″ Circle Punch, Basic metal Buttons, Coastal Cabana Twine, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Tagged Hip Notes, Traveler

Kinda Eclectic

Posted on July 21, 2014 | 1 comment

Can you believe it…it’s Monday again and time again for the Teachnostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge. As soon as I saw the challenge I knew EXACTLY what set I would be using for this. I decided to use the colors from the Create with Connie and Mary Summer Collection 2014 Saturday Challenge! I thought they would work GREAT with the set.

The leaves are a little fussy to cut out but I do think that having the one cut out and tucked behind the strip works out and gives a little extra dimension.

Here’s the details –

Lost Lagoon – 4 1/4 x 11 folded, stamp the Hardwoood background in Lost Lagoon
Whisper White 3 1/2 x 4 3/4. Stamp the starburst in Sahara Sand and the leaves in Mossy Meadow. Stamp the greeting in Lost Lagoon and Mossy Meadow. Layer on Mossy Meadow 3 5/8 x 4 7/8.
Stamp leaves again in Mossy Meadow on Whisper White, cut out and add to card.
Strip is 3/4 x 3 1/2 Lost Lagoon and stamp dotted strip using Lost Lagoon and add to panel.
Add large Basic Metal Button using Whisper White Bakers Twine and add panel to card front using dimensionals.
Add some Basic Rhinestones to finish it off.

See the sketch really is perfect for this set! Don’t forget to check out the other members of the team and remember go to the Technostamper blog to play along!

Set(s):	Kinda Eclectic, Hardwood Background
Paper:	Whisper White, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow
Ink:	Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Sahara Sand
Other:	Basic Metal Buttons, Whisper White Baker’s Twine, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Sea Street

Posted on July 20, 2014 | 1 comment

Okay…just a super quick and easy card for the CAS (clean and simple) challenge on SCS today.

The challenge is a day at the beach. Hmmm…what to do? I really like the Sea Street set but usually only use the cute octopus in there. Yet there are all these other FUN images…little mind you…but perfect for ‘a day at the beach’.

Here’s the details –

Whisper White 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 folded
Whisper White 3 1/2 x 3 1/2
Stamp lobster and crab in Real Red. Punch out lobster with medium oval punch and add to panel. Punch out crab with 3/4″ Circle punch
Stamp ‘rope’ using Crumb Cake, cut out and add to card front.
Stamp greeting using Night of Navy.
Stamp star using Night of Navy and Pool Party cut out. Add dimensionals to the back of stars and crab and add to card front.
Add some Basic Rhinestones to finish it off.

So…that’s my quick and easy, clean and simple card! Time for bed!

Set(s):	Sea Street, And Many More
Paper:	Whisper White
Ink:	Real Red, Night of Navy, Pool Party, Crumb Cake
Other:	3/4″ Circle Punch, Medium Oval Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Tagged And Many More, Sea Street

Tour de Freaks – July

Posted on July 19, 2014 | 2 comments

Hello everyone and welcome to the July Tour de Freaks! Many of Freaks are off at convention (which is just finishing up) but thanks to the wonder of the blogging world whether you are exhausted from a great convention or having a great time at home stamping with friends you are in for a treat. If you are going forward through the hop you arrived here from the very talented Debbie Henderson and her Debbie’s Designs blog. I just LOVE her stuff!

And now for my stuff! I just LOVE the new Bloom for You single stamp and matching punch and decided to feature that in my projects this month. First up…

If you follow my blog at all you know that I just LOVE CAS (clean and simple) cards. I like lots of ‘white space’ on my cards and often my ‘white space’ is just that….WHITE!

For this card the base is 4 1/4 x 11 folded. The next layer is 5 x 3 3/4 I stamped the chevron from the Work of Art stamp in Night of Navy, my friend from And Many More in Garden Green. The panel is added using dimensionals. The flower is stamped in Crushed Curry – two times – punch out and layered, the center done with Night of Navy and the ‘leaves’ is the same flower punch in Wild Wasabi. I colored some Basic Pearls with my Night of Navy (darkest) blendabilities and add to the card to finish off.

So for my next project I used the same make up for the flower. The card base is Night of Navy 4 1/4 x 11 folded. I took the Night of Navy polka dotted dsp from the Regals paper pack. One strip 5 x 1 1/2, middle is 5 x 3/4 and smallest is 5 x 1/2. These panels are added using dimensionals. Whisper White is 1″ x 4 1/8 with a 1/8″ Crushed Curry strip on it, cut into a banner, stamp the greeting using Garden Green and add to card front. Like I said the flower is done the same way as above and added using dimensionals. Finally I colored some pearls using the Daffodil Delight Blendabilities (middle one) and add to the card front.

And now for my 3D item. We wanted to do a little thank you gift for our helpers at Create with Connie and Mary LIVE last Saturday. I found these cool memo pad holders at Michael’s and thought they would just be perfect altered and they are just SOOOOO cheery! The memo pad holder was Night of Navy with the fun white dots on it. I wrapped a piece of Hello Honey Stitched Satin Ribbon then a piece of the Silver 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon aroun dit. I make a flower (same as above) EXCEPT for the center I used the ‘dotted’ center from the Beautiful Bunch set on Night of Navy and White Embossed so that it looked like the background. The pen has a piece of the Crushed Curry Dotted dsp inside.

Now it’s time to head over to Justin’s jk cards blog! He is sharing his convention swaps with you.

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’

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Flower Patch

Posted on July 19, 2014 | 4 comments

WOW…we have come to the end of Create with Connie and Mary Summer Collection 2014! It’s been all about NEW items in the new Stampin’ Up! catalog and we have had such fun creating for you! Even though the collection is over, since all the project featured items in the NEW catalog…these ideas are good ALL YEAR LONG. So…it’s not to late to join!

The last challenge is just for the design team. And for this last one, it is a delightful color challenge: Sahara Sand, Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon. I could wait to pair those wonderful colors up with the Flower Patch set…LOVE this set!

Here’s the details –

Lost Lagoon – 4 1/4 x 11. Stamp with the Hardwood Background stamp using Lost Lagoon ink.
Moonlight dsp – ‘raindrop’ print – 3 x 4 1/4. Layer onto Mossy Meadow 3 1/8 x 4 3/8.
Add Mossy Meadow dsp polka dot print banner and Moonlight Lost Lagoon wavy print banner. Add Basic Hodgepodge clip at top. Add panel to card front using dimensionals.
Stamp greeting using Lost Lagoon and Mossy Meadow on 3/4 x 3 1/2 Whisper White. Cut into a banner and add to card front.
Stamp Flower Patch flower two times using Lost Lagoon ink and cut out using the Flower Fair matching framelits. Stamp center using Sahara Sand and leaves using Mossy Meadow and cut everything out using matching framelits. Layer and add using dimensionals.

We have come to the end of Create with Connie and Mary Summer Edition 2104! This collection featured products from the NEW CATALOG…you don’t want to miss it! Even thought the collection is over if you are looking for some great ideas for the items in the NEW CATALOG, then this collection is for you!

It’s NOT too late to join! When you do you will see all the projects shared ! More details on Create with Connie and Mary!

Set(s):	Flower Patch, Hardwood Background
Paper:	Whisper White, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Incolor dsp paper pack, Moonlight dsp paper pack
Ink:	Sahara Sand, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow
Other:	Basic Hodgepodge Clips, Flower Fair Framelits, Dimensionals