Peonies and Paper Chains

In the Flower Patch

"You overwhelm me with your awesomeness" is a phrase that I could use to describe the Flower Patch stamp set...it is such a fabulous and versatile set!

Yesterday I mentioned that I would tell you why I am using the set this week. So here's the scoop...

The Stamp Review Crew was chosen to create a display board for the Stampin' Up! Convention! So fun! Crew members from across the country have been busy putting together cards and 3-D projects to go on display later this week in Salt Lake City. One of the stamp sets we are featuring on the board is Flower Patch. 

Here is one of the cards that I have created:

Look close at those leaves...the scoring of the center line provides not only a sweet little detail and dimension to the card. I did the scoring right on my Stampin' Trimmer.

I'm headed out to convention tomorrow and have all my projects complete to share with you while I am away -- just need to wrap up the posts! If you want to follow along with the Convention action, be sure that you are following me on Instagram as that is where I will be sharing pics. No smart phone? No problem! View my Instagram feed here.

Falling in love with Flower Patch? Purchase the photopolymer set here or buy the bundle here (stamp set and Framelits).

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P.S. I had to sit out a couple rounds of Stamp Review Crew hops recently because I did not have the featured stamp set, but you'll be seeing me back in the line-up soon!

PPA on Monday!

Yes, I'm sharing a Pals Paper Arts card today...the challenge did start on Thursday and I'm just getting to posting it for you now. If you've already visited the Pals Paper Arts site, you know that design team 2 had some incredible inspiration pieces. If you haven't visited, click over now and then come on back to see the rest of my creation!

The Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, and Whisper White make for such a cheerful color combo!

My note card features a background "stamp" that is an imprint from my Night of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad and some little flowers from the Flower Patch photopolymer stamp set. You'll hear more about my choice to use it tomorrow.

Look real carefully at the sentiment:

Do you see the layering of Daffodil Delight and Night of Navy ink? This was so easy to do given that Flower Patch is a photopolymer (and only photopolyer) stamp set. I simply stamped on the Daffodil Delight sentiment, cleaned my stamp, and added the Night of Navy overtop at a slight offset.

Have you used photopolymer stamps yet? What do you love about them?

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Monday Mini...a lullaby pinwheel!

We're starting this week with a mini card friends! It has been awhile since I made a mini card and these are truly one of my favorite types of cards to make. It measures just 3 x 3 inches and packs a whole lot of sweetness in a small space!

As you can see, I echoed the "bravo" sentiment from the A Dozen Thoughts stamp set on the card and envelope. One of the things I love about 3" mini cards is that there is a coordinating envelope available from Stampin' Up!

Now before I go on, a serious UGH moment. It wasn't until after I photographed this and began typing the post that I realized this color of twine is no longer available. It somehow did not get pulled from my supplies. So the link I will be giving you below is to the Baked Brown Sugar Thick Baker's Twine...it would be just as fabulous as this starfruit.

With every card, the details really count and with a mini that is no exception! The Baker's Twine had to be divided to work as the tie for this Very Vintage button. And there is just enough contrast between the vanilla color of the button to work against the crisp white in the Lullaby Designer Series Paper. Baked Brown Sugar ink and card stock in Crisp Cantaloupe and Crumb Cake complete the card.

Would you love you to know how to create a pinwheel like this in any size? it is quick and easy with no "fussy" cutting or die cutting required. Please leave a comment to let me know! (If you are reading this post via email, simply click the post title or the "view in browser" message at the top to head over an leave your comment).

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Earth Inspired...a New Five Color Combo and Card!

Happy Friday, friends!

Hope you are ready for the weekend to be here and perhaps have something special in the works! I'm going to finish playing with the June Paper Pumpkin kit...I shared a peek at it via Instagram last night! Absolutely love this kit.

It's time for a new five color combo and this one has an earthy feel and contains several of the 2014-2015 In Colors:

This combo works anytime of year when you want a soft, earthy feel. It definitely contains some autumn tones and I can see this as a very popular combo for October and November.

You get to see it in action in this little card: 

We made this card at my June paper crafting event. The focus was on using Aqua Painters for water coloring...it was lots of fun and it was wonderful to put the new In Colors to use for this! The card was made using:

Crumb Cake Cut & Ready Card Bases

$4.95

Watercolor Paper

$4.95

Aqua Painters

$16.95

Blended Bloom Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$11.95

Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad

$7.95

Hello Honey Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Tangelo Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Paper Snips Scissors

$9.95

 

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PPA 207: Pull out the red, white and blue!

It's Thursday...time for a new Pals Paper Arts challenge! PPA207 is timed perfectly with preparation for Independence Day here in the USA and I put together a card (and coordinated envelope) that I will soon mail out:

The stars themselves are quite bold and crisp and I'm liking the contrast of those with the various elements from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.

To get the panel featuring the stars to stand out, I dipped the edges along the top of my Real Red ink pad and used Stampin' Dimensionals to attach the panel to the card itself. If you wanted to keep things clean and simple, you could create the panel and mount directly to a blank card front.

When I was ready to photograph the card, all my supplies were still out, so I decided to take a quick picture of everything for you as a visual supply list. As you can see, you really do not need to pull out oodles of supplies for this and for those of us who are sometimes crunched for time, that is a great thing!

Some of you love a list of supplies...here you go:

Perfect Pennants and Gorgeous Grunge stamp sets, Classic Stampin' Pads in Real Red and Night of Navy, White Craft Ink, Cut and Ready Card Bases in Crumb Cake, and Stampin' Dimensionals.

With Independence Day just a few weeks away, I'd love to hear of you have any special traditions for celebrating the 4th of July! Please be sure to leave a quick comment with yours.

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Enjoy!

Can't get much simpler for a post title can you?! Hope that you enjoy seeing my latest Undefined stamp creation as much as I enjoyed making it! 

The stamp uses the entire piece of rubber that comes in the kit and I added some cling foam so that I can use it on my clear block E for stamping. I have something special planned for the wood blocks from the kit...stay tuned! 

You'll have to be sure to tell me what you think of the stamp. What one word would you place on a stamp? I considered many, many options and chose this because I think it is so versatile.

The card you see below was #MadeforMom for Mother's Day! Love the contrast between the Summer Starfruit and Blushing Bride.

The little heart in Rose Red is from the Work of Art stamp set (available on June 2) that I received at the Stampin' Up! catalog premiere the other week.

Britt (nearly 3) loves the little heart and asked to use the stamp. She decided to stamp on some circles that I had punched out and we are making them into a necklace. Pretty certain this is the first Britt creation I have shared here on the blog.

Again, hope you enjoy my latest one-of-a-kind Undefined creation!

 

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It's a Celebration for PPA 200!

Hello friends! Today is a very special day -- we are kicking off the 200th Pals Paper Arts Challenge! How exciting to reach this milestone! To mark this occasion we are celebrating...

• All twenty Pals Paper Arts design team members are bringing inspiration to you; and
• One individual who shares a project inspired by this week's sketch will receive all 20 design team cards...how cool is that?!

Here's look at my design team entry for PPA 200:

We decided to go monochromatic with our cards and I picked Coastal Cabana. I've accented it with Night of Navy and a whole lot of texture.

Before I show you the sketch, I am going to tell you that I did what I often like to do and that is to shrink down the sketch and use it in just one area of the project. If you have never done this, give it a try! Always fun to work in a different scale.

Here is the PPA200 sketch:

I'll show you a couple more photos of the card and then you really must hop over to see the inspiration from the other design team members. And, even more importantly, you need to get creating if you want the possibility of receiving all 20 design team member cards! You don't need a blog to share a project with us...simply load your creation to an online gallery or even upload to your Pinterest account!

Here's another quick look at my card:

Notice the little splotches on the inside of the card? Just carrying the design all the way through.

I told you just a quick look but I realize ought to share a couple secrets behind the creation of this card...

• For the Modern Mosaic embossing, I embossed first and then I very carefully laid the embossed cardstock on my ink pad. A little llight pressing and then I carefully pulled the card stock off.

• For the Woodgrain folder, I inked up the folder, inserted my cardstock, and simply pressed it closed with my hands...there is no raised embossing.

• For the sentiment and splotches (both from the Paper Pumpkin welcome kit), I actually heat embossed using the Night of Navy ink and clear embossing powder. Unfortunately that detail did not translate over into the photo...whoever receives the card will get to experience it!

I do hope you will join the design team and play along with this challenge! I am truly honored to be a design team member and thank each and everyone of you who play along with us week after week!

Wishing you a creative day!

 

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Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$6.95

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Modern Mosaic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.95

Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.95

Northern Flurry Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die

$7.95

1-3/4 Inch Circle Punch

$16.95

Big Shot Die-Cut Machine

$99.95

Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$8.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

$3.95

 

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Hello You...a Regarding Dahlias project!

Hello friends! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend. I don't know about you, but my weekend was just about craft free! I'm pretty certain did not touch a single crafting supply from Thursday afternoon until Sunday night about 9:30. Since I could not let the weekend go by without making something (nor Monday go by without a little paper crafting inspiration for you) I pulled together this card:

The big downside to Sunday night crafting? Lack of natural light for photo taking.Fingers crossed that you'll be forgiving of my less than stellar photography and the lone image.

When I want to put together a project quickly, I often turn to a design challenge. For this card I pulled inspiration from two challenges...

Freshly Made Sketches (FMS131):

and Dynamic Duos (DD#98):

 

Hope you feel inspired by what you've seen here on the blog today!

Do tell...did you do any paper crafting this weekend?

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Stampin' Up!™ Supplies Used:

Regarding Dahlias

$14.95

Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Naturals White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$7.50

Wisteria Wonder 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock

$6.95

Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.95

Wisteria Wonder 3/4" Chevron Ribbon

$8.95

Basic Gray 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon

$4.95

Stampin' Dimensionals

$3.95

 

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Saturday Share: Faux Watercolor Backgrounds

Hello friends! Today I am sharing a card that I think meets the definition of "fast and fabulous" -- it is one you can create in 15 minutes or less! 

I happened to see a video on the Stampin' Up! blog for using markers and clear mount blocks to create a watercolor backgroud. Fifteen minutes later I had the card you just saw above...not bad! And the combo of Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, and Island Indigo ink makes for a cool ombre palette! Did you catch the ombre color combos I shared yesterday?

Here's the video that I watched to learn the technique:

Two quick tips based on my experience...

• Don't over wet the blocks with your spritzer as the water and ink could bleed through the Whisper White cardstock.
• And, if the note card gets soaked through, simply cut in half and mount to a card front. 

This is definitely a technique that I know I will use again in the future! 

Will you be giving this faux watercolor technique a try?

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Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

 

Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes

$5.95

Peachy Keen

$14.95

Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$6.95

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

2013-2015 In Color Stampin' Write Markers

$14.95

Many Marvelous Markers

$109.95

 

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More Paper Pumpkin, More Sale-a-bration

Hello friends...let's call this Mega Post Monday! Six projects for you to see today. Yes, you read that right - six projects!

I've been itching to finish using the supplies from the amazing March Paper Pumpkin kit and with the free markers promotion ending today, I figured that now was the time to do so! I wanted some fresh inspiration when doing so and I turned to several sketch challenges when doing so. Take a look...

Everything you see above is in addition to the Paper Pumpkin Pretties that I shared last week! Can't wait for you to have a closer look at everything...   

The thank you card was inspired by the Pixel Maven's DigiChallenge (PMDC-042):

 

 

This bold birthday card was inspired by the Catherine & Cathy Create: March Cards Challenge (CCC #026) that asked participants to "digital-ize" and use a number. We have plenty of 5 year old birthday parties in our future, so this was a safe bet! 

 

The "love ya" tag was inspired by the Catherine & Cathy Create March Tags Challege (CCC #027) that encourages the use of negative space. 

 

Congrats cards are always good to have on hand and this color scheme works well for any recipient! Freshly Made Sketches 129 (FMS129) inspired the layout for this card you just saw:

 

 

The final Paper Pumpkin project incorporated one of the stamps that came with the set -- that's where that graphic pattern comes! I used a 1-/4" punch for all the circles and the gold that you see is from one of the envelope liners.

 

I'm thinking that you just may want to see all the projects that I created with the March kit...here you go:

While I did add in some cardstock, ink, and embellishments, the kit contained plenty of supplies to make 8 fabulous cards. Stampin' Up! has definitely stepped up the kits and I think they are an incredible value!

March 31 is the last day to receive a free set of 2012-2014 In Color Markers when you subscribe to Paper Pumpkin. Sign-up today and receive your welcome kit in April! Whether you live near or far, if you do not have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd be happy to serve in that capacity -- Kerry Bray in NH.

 

Remember I mentioned a sixth project? It is a big one and the whole family was involved in one way or another...even the dogs who walked on it when the girls had it down on the floor. It is my very last Sale-a-bration project and it features the Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper. You get a look at it now and I'll be sharing more about it Tuesday.

The colors of the project are fabulous, however, my jaw dropped open when I applied the black & white filter to the image and I just had to let you see that today along with a sliver of the full color version. There are two project elements that you don't see in this photo -- you'll see them soon! 

The Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper worked incredibly well for the calendar. If you don't yet have the paper, please remember that Sale-a-bration ends today!  Up until 11:50 pm Mountain time on 3/31, when you place a $50 product order you can select the paper for FREE!

 

I should probably congratulate you for getting to the bottom of the post! There was so much to see! If you enjoyed the projects, please be sure to leave a quick comment to let me know.

Thanks so much for stopping by and allowing me to share these ideas with you! Happy creating.

 

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