Embossed Best Thoughts

Inspiration: Michelle Suit

Hi there!  Gosh, it's been quite a while since my last post.  I've been busy babysitting my 3 month old grandson every day.  Amazing how time flies when you're having fun!  Even though I'm still adjusting to rising early every day, I wouldn't trade my time with him for anything!  He's such a joy!

Last month I had some play time in the studio.  The flowers from Best Thoughts (a retired Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration set) was stamped with Versamark ink, then heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Color was sponged on with Pool Party, Lost Lagoon, Perfect Plum, and Tempting Turquoise inks.  Sahara Sand was used between the flowers.  The "hello" was cut from Elegant Eggplant cardstock using the Hello You Thinlits Dies.

The new 2016-17 catalog went live yesterday.  Can't wait for my order to arrive to play with new goodies!  Contact me if you would like a catalog or to place an order (if you don't already have a Demonstrator).

That's it for now.  Have a great day and thank you for stopping by!

Morning Meadow

Hi there!  Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day.  I sure did!  Loved being with family and the food....oh my!  Yum, yum!  I'm still full.
Just gonna jump right in and tell you about the above card.  I saw this on Sandi MacIver's blog (here) and fell in love with the bright colors.  The images are from the Hostess set Morning Meadow.  Sandi used the swirl image on her card.  It was omitted from my Card Buffet sample.  I also changed the placement of the birthday greeting.

All Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted. 

Stamps: Morning Meadow 

Paper: Strawberry Slush, White, Black 

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Black StazOn, Strawberry Slush, Versamark, Black marker 

Other:  Sponges, clear blocks

That's it for now.  Hope you have a great weekend and safe travels!  Thank you for stopping by!

 

Happy New Year - Soon!

Hi there!  Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Did you gobble til you wobbled?  I know I did!  So now it's the mad rush for the Christmas season.  Speaking of Christmas, that brings us to the last Camp card. If you don't get those Christmas cards made this year, how about a Happy New Year card?  This card showcases the Pennant Parade set, which was used to make the party hat. You can use the same image to make trees - Christmas or just plain trees.  It is such a versitle set.

The hat was stamped in black ink.  Use a glue pen in the white spaces, then sprinkle with Dazzling Diamonds.  The square punch is used to nip out the end of the flag - make sure it's even on both sides and that the point will be in the middle.  I envisioned the circles image from the Circle Circus set to be "tiny bubbles".  Makes me wanna sing (for those of you who remember Don Ho's song).  lol  Anyway, stamp Versamark where you want the gold "bubbles", sprinkle with embossing powder, and heat set.  Repeat this process for the silver circles.

All Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Circle Circus, Pennant Parade, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Black, White

Ink: Black, Versamark

Tools: Heat tool, 3/4” Square punch, Embossing Buddy, paint brush

Other: Gold and Silver embossing powders, Dazzling Diamonds, glue pen, Rhinestones

This is a scheduled post because I'm meeting my stamping friends for breakfast and then we'll head to a crop so we can be there when the doors at 7 a.m. to stamp ALL day!  Crazy, huh?  Yeah, but it's cheaper than therapy - maybe! lol  Some people shop, we stamp.

Have a great weekend and thank you for stopping by! 

Can This Artwork be Saved?

Happy Friday everyone!  I have a full schedule after I drop off my granddaughter at daycare but wanted to show you an embossed card I made.  The embossing didn't turn out as planned, so I flipped it over and heat embossed the other side.  Well, the black embossing shows through as gray.  The piece went into the scrap pile.  Have you heard the saying, "There are no mistakes, only creative opportunities"?  Had some creative mojo going one evening.  While digging through my scraps, ran across this piece.  Decided to embrace the mistake.  This is what I came up with.  Not the original plan but OK in the end.  And you wouldn't have known if I hadn't told you, huh?  lol

Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Friends Never Fade
Paper: First Edition DSP, Black, Gray
Ink: Versamark
Other: Black embossing powder, pearls, black Satin ribbon

Must get busy.  Have a great weekend and I'll type at ya Monday.  Thanks for coming by!

Field of Flowers and French Foliage

Happy Friday everyone!  Sorry for being MIA this week.  I've had a busy and fun week, which seems to accelerate time!  Monday our granddaughter spent the night, Tue was our monthly Demo dinner meeting, Wed was spent with the Wednesday Girls, and last night I had dinner at my daughter's house.  So that's why there hasn't been much activity HERE.  So sorry!

Have you ever had  cauliflower "mashed potatoes"?  I've had them twice in a period of a week.  Love them!  I could barely tell that they weren't mashed potatoes.  Plus they are healthier - you get the benefits of those antioxidants!  My friend made them Sat, then my daughter served them last night.  Today I have to go grocery shopping (that necessary chore) so you can bet I'm gonna stock up on some cauliflower!  Enough blabbering about food.  Guess you want to see a card, huh?  Here are a couple of cards I made last Wed.  (Maybe this will help make up for my absence! lol)

Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Field of Flowers, French Foliage, Bliss (retired)
Paper: Baja Breeze, Soft Suede
Ink: Baja Breeze, Soft Suede
Other: Framed Tulips embossing folder
I'm not sure where the inspiration came from for this card.  One of the Girls brought the idea to the table.

The inspiration for this card came from Sandi MacIver  see her card here - posted Sep 1.   I CASE'd her card except for the Mocha Morning DSP she used.  Since I haven't ordered that DSP (yet), I resorted to making my own DSP.  I did that by stamping Delicate Doilies with Versamark, covered the images with clear embossing power, then used my heat tool.  The rest of the card was made following Sandi's directions.  There were 4-5 of us making this card and they all turned out different.  That's one of the cool things about stamping!

Sorry, people, but I need to get to the grocery store.  I have to buy ingredients for Beef Barley Soup and Apple Dumplings for our family reunion tomorrow.  Love family reunions!  I may post something later (like the rest of my Stamp Camp cards - no promises, though.
Hope you all have a great weekend!  (It really feels like Fall today.  Yeah!)  Thank you for stopping in!

Another Easter Card

Hi there!  Here is an Easter card that was mostly a CASE (Copy And Share Everything) from Teneale Williams.   You can see her card here - posted Mar 11 
I only made a few minor changes.  The first being the Pear Pizzazz piece under the focal image.  I didn't have any DSP with me so I embossed the Pear Pizzazz card stock on my ScorBuddy to simulate striped paper.  I was pleased with the results.  The Pearls were left off of the Baja Breeze panel, the eggs are in a different color order, and I used Baja Breeze ink to stamp the sentiment.  She made such a beautiful card so why change it!  Thanks Teneale for the inspiration.

Recipe
Stamps:  Easter Blossoms, Teeny Tiny Wishes (such a versatile set!)
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz
Ink:  Regal Rose, Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz, Versamark
Other:  Scallop border punch, Pearls, Very Vanilla satin ribbon, ScorBuddy

Tonight we Demos are meeting at Patty's house to work on our swaps for Saturday's Celebrate Summer Demo event.  (Looking forward to that!  It's like going to a mini convention.)  There are rumors that at tonight's meeting Don, the smoothie aficionado aka Patty's husband, just might be manning the "smoothie bar".  Hmmm, an evening with friends to stamp and slurp (er, I mean sip) some smoothies.  It's a tough job but somebody's gotta do it!  We have a good time - smoothies or no smoothies!  If you have ever thought about becoming a Demonstrator, give me a call.  I'd love to have you on my team and you can join us in the fun!

Hope you have a great day.  Thank you for stopping by!