Do not distress!!! Today is the last day of Ellen Hutson's sale Ranger products. As you know, I love my distress inks and mini ink blending tool. ;) This offer ends tonight, July 18th at 11:59pm PST so you better shop now!
7.18.2016
7.16.2016
Calling All Sistahs Blog Hop
This is your monthly reminder ladies (and gents) to do your breast self-exams and schedule your yearly mammograms (if you haven't had one yet). We like to remind you with a fun blog hop filled with hope.
Here is my card. I really wanted the sentiments to shine on this card, so I let them have their moment in the spotlight by stamping them on a pretty tag.
Before I go, I want to let you know that you too can be a part of next month's hop. Each person that participates in the hop will get a chance to win a gift certificate. The #1 requirement is that you use at least 1 stamp or die from the Calling All Sistahs line from cas-ual fridays stamps for your blog hop project. 50% of the proceeds from the sales in this line are donated to breast cancer research and treatment. Email me at sistahoodhop@outlook.com or join our Calling All Sistahs Facebook group to find out the other deets and when to sign up!
Now it is time to hop! You'll be going all the way to the top and visiting the CASual Fridays Stamps blog next. Stop by each blog and leave a comment for a chance to win 1 of 3 $15 gift certificates to the CASual Fridays Stamps store. Be sure to comment before 12:00am EST on July 19th. And, don't forget to check yourself!
Stamps: Calm and Gentle, Dream Then Do, Hope Ribbon (CAS-ual Fridays Stamps) Wonderful Wreath (Catherine Pooler Designs)
Ink: Cotton Candy, Ripe Raspberry (Color Box/My Favorite Things)Paper: Foil Vellum (DCWV) Whisper White (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: Blueprints 20 (My Favorite Things) Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh) Pattern of the Rings Stencil (Winnie & Walter) Scallop Tag Fri-Die (CASual Fridays Stamps)
7.14.2016
Lovely Notes from the Stamp of Approval Lovely Notes Collection
Yesterday the Lovely Notes collection from Catherine Pooler's Stamp of Approval went on sale to those on her wait list. If there are any collections left they will go on sale today. :) Hurry up and clicky to get one before they are gone!!!
Each of these cards is just slightly different to keep it interesting for me to make. I get bored pretty easily making the same things over and over again. Obviously I changed the colors and embellishments with each card. I also changed the size of my mask.
Yes, I used a mask of post it notes and post it not tape to sponge on each of the sqaures/rectangles before stamping my images in a slightly darker shade of the same color.
The Lovely Lattice background stamp was stamped out in the same color I used to sponge each card, but I dabbed off a little ink in several places before stamping it to give it a more distressed look.
I wanted this last card to have a bit of a masculine touch so I could give it to one of my boys. I went old school on this one pulling out my crop-a-dile and large silver eyelet to top the tag. :)
I hope you have enjoyed this series of cards using the Lovely Notes collection. I still have a couple more cards to share with you next week. Catherine should be announcing the winners of the blog hop boxes very soon. Good Luck and I can't wait to see what all of you create with this truly lovely collection!!!
Stamps: Butterfly Notes, Lovely Flowers, Lovely Lattice (Catherine Pooler Designs for Stamp of Approval Lovely Notes collection)
Ink: Audrey Blue, Lavender (Simon Says Stamp) Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss, (Stampin' Up) Blue Raspberry, Cotton Candy, Ripe Raspberry (Color Box for My Favorite Things) Mint Julep, Soft Lilac (Hero Arts Shadow)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah)
Accessories: 1/8" Black Taffeta Ribbon (SU) Black & White Twine (Doodlebug) Lovely Flowers & Banners Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs for Stamp of Approval Lovely Notes collection) Iridescent Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Ink: Audrey Blue, Lavender (Simon Says Stamp) Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss, (Stampin' Up) Blue Raspberry, Cotton Candy, Ripe Raspberry (Color Box for My Favorite Things) Mint Julep, Soft Lilac (Hero Arts Shadow)
Paper: Solar White (Neenah)
Accessories: 1/8" Black Taffeta Ribbon (SU) Black & White Twine (Doodlebug) Lovely Flowers & Banners Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs for Stamp of Approval Lovely Notes collection) Iridescent Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
7.13.2016
SOA Lovely Notes Butterfly Meadow
The challenge today over at StampNation is to create a card inspired by a Beautiful Meadow. Obviously I chose flora, fauna and butterflies for my card. Here is a sneak peek showing how I partially die cut the tag and the fussy cut around my butterfly for my design team card. I used glossy accents over the butterfly to add a touch of dimension and shine.
I couldn't stop at just one card though. I wanted to see how the butterfly would look of vellum, so I stamped him again and embossed with some cool glitter, then I turned him over and colored him with Zig clean color real brush markers. In case you are wondering about those boxes of color on my tag, I got them by inking up 3 sizes of clear blocks with different shades of ink and then using the block as my stamp. Then I used the same color ink for each box to stamp out some of the leaves and stems. Each box is stamped in a slightly different way that is difficult to see in the pictures.
For my sentiment on this card I triple stamped the thank you. Don't you just love the font on this stamp?! For the bottom of my tag I stamped out the little leaves in Bermuda Bay ink on Bermuda Bay cardstock and then die cut them out using the Lovely Flowers and Banners Dies. While I was at the big shot I also cut the scallop strip die and used all 3 elements as an "anchor" for the bottom of my tag.
The background also used Bermuda Bay ink & paper. It was stamped with the Lovely Lattice background stamp. This stamp is going to see a lot of use on my cards. It's the perfect backdrop for both feminine and masculine cards.
Stamps: Butterfly Notes, Lovely Flowers, Lovely Lattice (Catherine Pooler Designs for Stamp of Approval Lovely Notes)
Ink: 033 (Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker) Mint Julep (Hero Arts Shadow) Ocean Drive (Wplus9) Mermaid (Lawn Fawn) Bermuda Bay (SU) VersamarkPaper: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Vellum Cardstock (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: Under the Sea Embossing Glitter (WOW)
7.12.2016
Stamp of Approval | Lovely Notes | Chevron Thanks
Do you like what you have seen of the Stamp of Approval Lovely Notes collection so far? Saturday I shared a sneak peek of the 3 wreath cards with sneak peeks from 3 of the stamp sets in the collection. Sunday was my blog hop day. Be sure and leave a comment on that post for your chance to win one of the collections for free.
Today I am highlighting the chevron banner die and triple thanks stamp. I made the three cards above and was just going to leave this post with pictures, but I couldn't help myself. I had too many tips to share, so I made a 4th card and a video. ;)
Direct link to youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsMizkssL_M
There are so many possibilities with this fun chevron banner die!
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This card uses the negative space of the die cut to make a border along the side of my card. I used a similar technique to the one on my blog hop cards.
Stamps: Handpainted Thanks (Neat & Tangled for SOA Lovely Notes)
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Pool Party (Stampin' Up) Broken China, Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron (Distress)
Paper: Whisper White (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: Lovely Flowers & Banners Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs for SOA Lovely Notes)
My next card uses both the positive and the negative parts of this banner die. This is the one that is similar to the card in the video, but I flipped the position of the positive and negative die cut pieces.
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Stamps: Handpainted Thanks (Neat & Tangled for SOA Lovely Notes)
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Pool Party (Stampin' Up) Broken China, Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron (Distress)
Paper: Whisper White (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: Lovely Flowers & Banners Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs for SOA Lovely Notes)
Last, but not least is the sweet birdie card. I used the frame included in the concentric circles die to die cut the window for my birdies. This card uses just a hint of Christmas patterned paper. It doesn't really look Christmas-y to me. It looks more like stars in the heavens.
Stamps: Handpainted Thanks (Neat & Tangled for SOA Lovely Notes) Butterfly Notes, Wonderful Wreath (Catherine Pooler Designs for SOA Lovely Notes)
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Pool Party (Stampin' Up) Broken China, Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron (Distress) Versamark
Paper: Candy Cane Lane (Bo Bunny) Whisper White (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: Concentric Circles Dies (Neat & Tangled for SOA Lovely Notes) Lovely Flowers & Banners Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs for SOA Lovely Notes) (White Embossing Powder (SU)
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Don't forget there are 3 days worth of blog hops with inspiring creations from the entire SOA design team and 3 collections being given away. Comment on each blog on each day of the hop for your best chance of winning one of those boxes. Be sure you are on the wait list at cpstampofapproval.com to be one of the first to get a sales link when the collection goes up. StampNation members will get theirs first and everyone else on the wait list will get theirs an hour later. Good luck!
I've still got half a dozen more cards to share with you! Come back tomorrow to see a sneak peek of my challenge card for StampNation, along with a second card I made for my blog readers.
Then check in on Thursday to see a collection of lovely note cards you could give or send to a friend.
Then check in on Thursday to see a collection of lovely note cards you could give or send to a friend.
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