Is That You Ferdinand? - Stampin' Up! Over the Moon

I know. I know!  This is cow not a bull but I just had to name this one Ferdinand with those flowers all around!   As you can see I'm getting a kick out of the new Over the Moon set and having fun combining it with some old favorites.

 

 

  This was a sample that I made to show at my new catalog party last month to feature the stamp set as well as the new In Color Rococo Rose.  I paired the Rococo Rose with Grapefruit Grove and So Saffron for a sweet combination.

  Beautiful Bouquet is a go to set for a variety of flower images as well as stems, leaves and sentiments and you can use them individually for small areas or group multiples to fill in more space.

  I really like the cows in the Over the Moon set because not only are they sweet images they don't take that long to color.  Sometimes you just want a quick coloring session and these gals fit the bill.  I used Blends to color on this card and the Crumb Cake light and dark and Petal Pink light and dark are all it took.  See!  Quick!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Over the Moon, Beautiful Bouquet

Ink: Black Memento, Grapefruit Grove, So Saffron, Rococo Rose

Blends: Crumb Cake light & dark, Petal Pink light & dark

Paper: Rococo Rose, Grapefruit Grove, Whisper White

Accessories: Layering Oval dies, Bouquet Bunch dies, dimensionals, rhinestone, linen thread

Dinos for Days - Stampin' Up! Dino Days - Fab Friday 168

  Vacation Bible School is kicking my butt this week so I haven't had time (or energy) to sit down and blog though I have done a bit of stamping.  But today is the last day of VBS and it's a Fab Friday challenge day so I pulled myself together to get this post written.

  We have a fun, bright set of colors this time around.  Almost a rainbow I thought when I first saw it.  I thought it would be a great set of colors for a birthday card.

  My friend Julie totally talked me into the Dino Days bundle.  I thought it was a really cute set but then I figured that my boys are older and not into dinosaurs really so it wouldn't get much use.  Well lo and behold I kept going back to it in the catalog and it somehow made it's way onto my last order!  Thanks Julie lol! 

  These dinos are perfect for our bright challenge colors.  I simply stamped them in various colors, added a bit of detailing in other colors, die cut them and arranged them around the happy birthday sentiment. 

  Some added details on the card; the pterodactyl is popped on dimensionals, the heart on the "i" and some of the dino details are colored with Wink of Stella and the background of the sentiment panel is embossed with the Subtle embossing folder. 

  Don't forget you have almost 2 weeks to join us with this Fab Friday challenge. No excuses!  Get those projects made and shared!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Dino Days

Ink: Lovely Lipstick, Pineapple Punch, Bermuda Bay, Pacific Point

Paper: Whisper White thick, Whisper White, Lovely Lipstick, Basic Black

Accessories: Dino dies, Stitched Rectangle dies, Well Written dies, dimensionals, Wink of Stella, Subtle embossing folder, grosgrain ribbon, candy dots (retired)

All the Green Leaves - Stampin' Up! Wild Rose Dies

  Sometimes a card doesn't need a lot of stamping because the die cuts and Designer Series Paper is plenty!

  I wanted to make a card where the Garden Lane DSP could shine and show off all the lovely greens that Stampin' Up! has.

  I was able to get 3 of the 5 greens in this pack of paper on this one card!  The card base is Soft Sea Foam with a layer of Garden Lane DSP.  I used a strip of retired Mint Macaron ribbon across the center.

  After cutting 3 leaves in Mint Macaron, Pear Pizzazz and Soft Sea Foam with the Wild Rose dies I adhered them to a Stitched Nested Labels die cut and popped the whole panel up on dimensionals.

  The sentiment from Itty Bitty Greeting was stamped in Mint Macaron and cut out with a small Stitched Nested Labels die.

  Sweet and simple!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Itty Bitty Greeting

Ink: Mint Macaron

Paper: Soft Sea Foam, Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories: Wild Rose dies, Stitched Nested Labels dies, Mint Macaron ribbon (retired), dimensionals

Pretty Vases - Stampin' Up! Varied Vases

I'm so glad that Stampin' Up! kept the Vase builder punch and the 2 coordinating stamp sets.  I'm still seeing great projects made with these products and I didn't want the fun to end.  I highlighted the punch and the Varied Vases stamp set in one of my last classes of the just retired catalog.  It's not a difficult card but the embossing gives it a nice wow factor.

  The trick to getting the images placed just right so the vases fit onto the shelf is to use the Stamparatus.  I lined up everything just right so that my stampers could ink up the flowers, shelf and hello all at once stamp onto the Sahara Sand cardstock.  Trying to do each one individually would have resulted in smudges, crooked images and misalignment's.  Stamparatus makes it easy.

  Once the embossing was done some quick punching for the vases and popping them up with mini dimensionals set the stage for adding a pop of purple.  The solid vase is Gorgeous Grape and the other is the now retired Gingham Gala DSP in Highland Heather but any DSP would look great in this clean and simple design.

  To finish off the look a bakers twine bow goes across the card front and an adhesive sequin and rhinestone decorate one vase.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Varied Vases

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Whisper White thick, Gorgeous Grape, Sahara Sand, Gingham Gala DSP (retired)

Accessories: Vase builder punch, white embossing powder, dimensionals, bakers twine, sequin, rhinestone

Party Cow - Stampin' Up! Over the Moon

 You can't go wrong with with a funny animal card for a masculine birthday.  The cute cows in the new Over the Moon stamp set fit the bill!

  Not only are the cows cute they are really easy to color with Stampin' Blends!  I used Petal Pink and Soft Suede for this cutie.  The moon is Daffodil Delight and the grass tufts are colored in with light Granny Apple Green.

  I kept the accessories to a minimum with just a bit of Pineapple Punch grosgrain ribbon to highlight the sentiment.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Over the Moon

Ink: Memento Black, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy

Blends: Soft Suede light & dark, Petal Pink light & dark, Daffodil Delight dark, Granny Apple Green light

Paper: Night of Navy, Granny Apple Green, Whisper White

Accessories: Stitched Rectangle dies, Stitched Shapes dies, Pineapple Punch grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Well Said Birthday - Stampin' Up! Well Said - Fab Friday 167

We are back this week with the latest Fab Friday challenge.  We've got a sketch this time around and I think it will be very versatile and I can't wait to see what you all come up with.  The creativity among stampers is always fun to see and inspiring!

 I went with a bright color combo paired with some emboss resist to make my long panel.  The colors were inspired by this newer to me challenge; The Library Challenge.  It's a fun challenge that used books as the inspiration for each challenge.  See the end of this post for the graphic that inspired my colors.  I used Poppy Parade, Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry to sponge over the white embossed flowers.  The flower image is from the Free as a Bird stamp set.

 I used some black accents to make the colors pop even more.  The sentiment is from Well Said and is embossed in white on Bermuda Bay cardstock.  I used a smaller die of the Stitched Nested Labels set to back the sentiment and then added some black embossed flowers that were sponged with color.

  Check out the rest of the Fab Friday Design Team and then join in the fun!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Well Said, Free as a Bird

Ink: Versamark, Bermuda Bay, Poppy Parade, Crushed Curry

Paper: Whisper White thick, Whisper White, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay

Accessories: white embossing powder, black embossing powder, Stitched Nested Labels dies, dimensionals, black bakers twine

Copper Tipped Leaves - Stampin' Up! Rooted in Nature

I'm digging back in the files for today's card share.  My stampers made this one at my May class where I was featuring stamp sets with coordinating dies where the bundle pricing was going to be ending with the start of the new catalog.  This card uses the Rooted in Nature stamp set and Nature's Root dies.  If you didn't get this with the bundle pricing during the last catalog never fear the items are still available just separately.

  We did an ink direct to paper technique which had us dripping drops of reinker onto the silicone craft mat, lightly spritzing with water then laying watercolor paper over the top and gently pressing the paper to the ink/water.  After you pull the paper up you get a lovely blend of colors and splotches.  Each person did theirs a bit differently and the results were all beautiful!

  After drying the watercolor paper the die cut leaves were tipped in copper embossing powder and heated and adhered to the card front around the sentiment.  I had lots of sentiment choices for my stampers but I went with the father's day theme for my sample.

  I want to try this technique again with some different colors for a whole different vibe. 

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Itty Bitty Greetings

Ink: Night of Navy, Blueberry Bushel, Bermuda Bay, Call Me Clover, Versamark

Paper: Night of Navy, Call Me Clover, watercolor paper, Bermuda Bay

Accessories: Nature's Roots dies, copper embossing powder, dimensionals

Wild Rococo Rose - Stampin' Up! To a Wild Rose

  And today I'm sharing the 3rd and final project that my stampers made at my new catalog party.  The To a Wild Rose bundle is a great bargain for a large flower set along with coordinating dies.  I really like this stamp set as you don't have to use all 3 layers of the flowers or leaves at once.  You can mix and match the layers and even use just the outline images and color them in in other ways.  And it's nice to have a big outline flower stamp for all those fun techniques out there.

  This card not only shows off To a Wild Rose but all 2 of the new In Colors; Rococo Rose and Terracotta Tile.  Rococo Rose is a nice medium pink that isn't too bright and works great for a more subdued look than say Melon Mambo.

  My stampers made this card using the Stamparatus for perfect placement of the rose layers.  We just used layer 2 & 3 and skipped the outline stamp this time.  The rose center is Terracotta Tile as well as the sentiment.

  The background leaves are stamped in Crumb Cake ink onto the Crumb Cake card base.  To keep things simple at my new catalog party we used the Crumb Cake ink on the Garden Green cardstock as well to stamp our leaf sprig.  I like the almost watercolor look of this leaf stamp.

  Using the Wild Rose dies we cut out the flower and leaf and then adhered them to the card front with the flower being popped on dimensionals.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: To a Wild Rose

Ink: Rococo Rose, Terracotta Tile, Crumb Cake

Paper: Crumb Cake, Terracotta Tile, Garden Green, Whisper White

Accessories: Wild Rose dies, dimensionals, stamparatus