Red White & Blue Stars - Stampin' Up! Wood Words

Since we're getting close to the 4th of July I thought that a red, white and blue card would be good to get us in the Independence Day spirit.

I also wanted to see how Poppy Parade and Balmy Blue worked together!

  Just a quick 4 square pattern with the stars stamped in Balmy Blue, Poppy Parade and Whisper White craft ink.  I used the Stitched Shapes dies for some added detail.  The Seaside embossing folder also provides some detail and texture in the background.

  I added a little hello from Thoughtful Banners across the Balmy Blue star.  The new In Color Blueberry Bushel is a nice compliment to the other colors.

  A bit of Whisper White classic weave ribbon tied in a knot finishes this card off.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Wood Words, Thoughtful Banners

Ink: Whisper White craft, Balmy Blue, Poppy Parade, Blueberry Bushel

Paper: Balmy Blue, Whisper White, Poppy Parade

Accessories: Stitched Shapes framelits, Seaside embossing folder, dimensionals, Whisper White classic weave ribbon

Layered Tropical Leaves - Stampin' Up! Tropical Thinlet Dies

  I am definitely not taking credit for this idea.  While browsing Pintrest I saw a photo of a card with a similar layered focal point and tucked that idea away and when I was making my new catalog party samples I thought that would be not only a fun way to show off the dies but also a pretty quick sample to make.

  I used the large square tropical leaves die and cut out 3 different panels.  One in Sahara Sand, Whisper White and Soft Sea Foam.  I stacked them up using mini dimensionals and then adhered it to the Sahara Sand card base.

  Then the only bit of stamping is the 'thank you' from Tropical Chic stamped just under the die cuts in Sarhara Sand.  

  Super simple card!  You could make a bunch of these in different colors and just add a sentiment when needed.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Tropical Chic

Ink: Sahara Sand

Paper: Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Soft Sea Foam

Accessories: Tropical Thinlets dies, mini dimensionals

Perfect Birthday Colors - Stampin' Up! Picture Perfect Birthday

  It's fun to mix and match products from different styles.  For this card I used the Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set from the last Occasions catalog with some new colors and Designer Series Paper from the annual catalog.

  I'm so glad Picture Perfect Birthday carried over to the new catalog.  Even though I used it a lot I still have many ideas for it.

  The Nature's Poem DSP has some lovely designs and color combinations and this striped pattern caught my eye immediately.  I love the group of colors and decided to use them as a starting point for a birthday card.  I stamped 3 bows one each in Petal Pink, Mint Macaron and Grapefruit Grove.  The first layer is stamped off once and then the showdow details are stamped in full strength ink.

  I did fussy cut the bows and popped them up across the angled layer of DSP.  The sentiment is stamped in Soft Suede and then I added some new faceted dots in Grapefruit Grove and Mint Macaron. 

  Definitely don't overlook your DSP for color combination help.  There are so many great options and they are designed by professionals so you know it works!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday

Ink: Soft Suede, Petal Pink, Mint Macaron, Grapefruit Grove

Paper: Grapefruit Grove, Tranquil Tide, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Nature's Poem DSP

Accessories: dimensionals, faceted dots

Get Well Tall Tree - Stampin' Up! Rooted in Nature

 I didn't realize how my stamp set collection was lacking in realistic images that could be used for guy cards until Rooted in Nature showed up.  Occasionally I need some guy cards other than birthdays and I was struggling with my designs but I've found that Rooted in Nature has so many great images of nature that the cards come together in a snap.

  Nothing fancy on this one; I kept it pretty clean with just browns and greens and a little bit of texture.

  I colored the tree stamp with markers so I could have a Crumb Cake trunk and Garden Green foliage. Using the Nature's Roots framelits I cut 2 sets of leaves and layered them on the edge of the sentiment flag.

  The twine was leftover from a banner kit from several years ago and I had a little bit in my scrap bin so I thought some natural texture would work for this design.

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Stamps: Rooted in Nature, Itty Bitty Greetings

Ink: Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Early Espresso

Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Garden Green, Whisper White

Accessories: Nature's Root framelits, dimensionals, twine 

Tropical in ALL the Colors - Stampin' Up! Tropical Chic - Fab Friday 140

 Happy Friday and Happy Fab Friday!  We have another fun Fab Friday challenge for you!  Now that the new annual Stampin' Up! catalog has been out for a while we're showing off ALL of the new In Colors!  Yikes right?  Nope!  They work wonderfully together or you can choose a few to work with.

   I used the new Tropical Chic bundle to get my card started.  I figured the brightness of the In Colors would make for a fun tropical inspired card.

  The card base is Whisper White thick then I did a watercolor wash with Blueberry Bushel ink, Aquapainter and a piece of Shimmery White cardstock.  I layered a piece of Blueberry Bushel cardstock behind once the Shimmer White was dry.

  I embossed the sentiment from Another Wonderful Year set in white on Blueberry Bushel cardstock.

  The 2 leaves are both stamped in Call Me Clover one is full strength the other is stamped off once.

  2 of the flowers are inked in Pineapple Punch and then I used a sponge dauber to add a bit of Grapefruit Grove around the edges.  The third flower is inked in Grapefruit Grove with Lovely Lipstick sponged on the edge.  

  Once the flowers and leaves were cut out with the Tropical thinlets dies I arranged them on the top and bottom of the sentiment having the Grapefruit Grove/Lovely Lipstick flower popped with a dimensional.

  I hope you'll check out the rest of the Fab Friday Design Team for even more inspiration using these awesome new colors!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Tropical Chic, Another Wonderful Year

Ink: Versamark, Blueberry Bushel, Call Me Clover, Pineapple Punch, Grapefruit Grove, Lovely Lipstick

Paper: Whisper White thick, Shimmery White, Whisper White, Blueberry Bushel

Accessories: Tropical thinlets dies, dimensionals

Get Well Rooster - Stampin' Up! Wood Words

 I needed a get well card for my uncle who had surgery recently and went to my list of challenges to get some quick inspiration.  I saw the Paper Players challenge of a clean and simple card with birds. I looked through my stamp sets and I really only had 2 bird stamps!  What??!  I love birds and during the last Occasion catalog period I think I had 5 sets with birds. So it was between the rooster stamp in Wood Words or the little chickadee in the Petal Palette set.  I chose the rooster as it's a tad more masculine.

  Next came my colors; a clean and simple card can have a lot of color but it also needs to have white space so I wanted to use colors that are a bit more on the bold end of the spectrum to compliment the white.  I thought Poppy Parade, Blueberry Bushel and Mando Melody were a nice combo.  And they are new and new stuff is always fun to use!

 The card base is Whisper White thick then a smaller layer of Whisper White embossed with the Pinewood Planks embossing folder.

  A piece of Mango Melody is cut with the square Stitched Shapes fraemlit and then stamped with the little stars from Wood Words using Mando Melody ink.

  The sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings is stamped in Blueberry Bushel onto a narrow strip of Poppy Parade.  And finally that glorious rooster!  He's stamped in Blueberry Bushel on Whisper White and cut with the circle Stitched Shapes framelits and popped with dimensionals on top of the other pieces.

  The final detail is the linen bow on the edge of the rooster circle.

  Hopefully my uncle is back strutting his stuff in no time like this rooster!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Wood Words, Itty Bitty Greetings

Ink: Blueberry Bushel, Mango Melody

Paper: Whisper White thick, Whisper White, Mango Melody, Poppy Parade

Accessories: Stitched Shapes framelits, Pinewood Planks embossing folder, dimensionals, linen thread 

  

Subtle Tropical Chic - Stampin' Up! Tropical Chic

 Partway through our first week of summer vacation and I'm trying to figure out our new schedule.  I haven't done a terribly good job of blogging with the boys home during my regular "get stuff done" time.  And now with the World Cup games on first thing in the morning we have been quite distracted from getting anything done at all!

  I do have a few projects ready to share though.  And today's is another Tropical Chic creation.  I am loving these leaves and classic flower.  Paired up with the coordinating Tropical Escape DSP I came up with a little thank you card.

  The new Soft Sea Foam pairs up wonderfully with Pear Pizzazz.  Add in the Blushing Bride and we have a nice showcase of the Subtles Collection.

  The card base is Soft Sea Foam, a strip of Tropical Escape DSP in Blushing Bride anchors the left side of the card front.  Using Soft Sea Foam ink I stamped the hash/tick mark stamp along the DSP.

  Pear Pizzazz works well for 2 leaves and Blushing Bride for a nice, simple single blossom.  After they are cut out I grouped them with the blossom popped on a dimensional.

  The sentiment is just a scrap strip of Whisper White cardstock with some more Soft Sea Foam hash/ticks and then the sentiment stamped over the top in Basic Gray.  I always like to use Basic Gray for sentiments when the rest of the card has lighter colors.  If I used black I think the sentiment is too bold and distracts from the rest of the card.

  I hope your summer schedule is allowing for lots of stamping time!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Tropical Chic

Ink: Soft Sea Foam, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Basic Gray

Paper: Soft Sea Foam, Whisper White, Tropical Escape DSP

Accessories: Tropical Thinlets, dimensional

  

Wonderful Nature - Stampin' Up! Rooted in Nature

It's the last day of school for my boys so summer is almost here; it's just hours away from starting!  It will be nice not to have to be up and organized every morning for sure.

  Today's card is another on my stampers made at my new catalog party.  I loved the Rooted in Nature suite (or as Stampin' Up! calls it Nature's Poem suite) as soon as I saw it.  I love the trees, leaves and beautiful fine details of the images.

  I took the colors right from the coordinating Nature's Poem DSP; Blackberry Bliss, Petal Pink, and Mint Macaron.  I added in Gray Granite because it's new and I think it works well with this set of colors.

  Since the Rooted in Nature stamp set is so large (it's 2 cases!) I wanted to use a bunch of them on this card to give my stampers a good look so this is a very stamp heavy card but it comes together quickly.  The detailed leaf is stamped on the Gray Granite in Gray Granite ink in the background.  Then the sentiment is in Blackberry Bliss.  The little leaf (does anyone know what kind of leaf this is?) is stamped in Petal Pink onto Petal Pink cardstock.  My stampers had the choice of the Nature's Twine so they could pick whichever color they like the best.

  And not to leave out the coordinating Nature's Root framelits the large tree is stamped in Mint Macaron and then die cut and popped on dimensionals.

  All in all I think this one of the best put together suites in the new catalog and I can't wait to continue to use all year long.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Rooted in Nature

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Gray Granite, Mint Macaron, Petal Pink

Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White, Petal Pink, Gray Granite

Accessories: Nature's Root framelits, Nature's twine, dimensionals