Month: June 2014

SU In the Wild with May Paper Pumpkin

Happy Friday, friends. You should definitely play along this week with us at the Friday Mashup #164.

Lynda asked us to:

1. Create a project for “Father’s Day or that special guy in your life.”
2. Create a project with “Stamping on anything other than Card Stock.”
or
3. Mash it Up! and create a “Father’s Day project with Stamping on anything but Card Stock.”

I am sorry I did not mash it up this week but I did get the Father’s Day card done and ready for my dad! (By the way, my mom did get her Mother’s Day card after all- she just forgot she put it away to save it!- Silly girl)

I used the SU In the Wild stamp set- I had my eye on it for quite some time and finally got it. It is a lovely sketchy lined stamp but needs something to go with it. I saw a few people watercoloring around it and thought the new SU Work of Art stamp set could do the job for me! So I inked it up with Wild Wasabi, then Crumb Cake, and finally Soft Sky to mimic the ground, the animal, and the sky. Then I stamped the moose in Chocolate Chip ink.

I finished it off with some matching banners stamped from the SAB 2014 Banner Blast set. I am so happy there are two other sets set called Banner Banter and Itty Bitty Baby in the new catalog that coordinate with the cute little banner punch. I also embellished the banners with some random metal brads.

The photopolymer sentiment came from the May Paper Pumpkin- another stamp that came with it has Happy Birthday on it. We made this card in class and both sentiments were used by my gals.

I really hope you find time to play along with the Friday Mashup this week! Make sure to check out what the Design Team has created for inspiration.

SU Flower Shop Blues

Well, kids- there are two color challenges going on this week that are Red, White, and Blue. And, I finished a card today for The Paper Players # 199 and went to grab the badge and OOPS- I used the wrong blue- I used SU Pacific Point instead of Night of Navy! It was not even the blue for the other challenge…LOL!

Oh well, it’s all about the journey not the destination, right?

Another little side note….I had a very dear stamping friend email me last night and ask if I ever get frustrated when trying to design a card. She felt like she always ended up copying a card she sees on the internet. I reassured her that everyone does that, and I look for inspiration everywhere- looking at 100s of cards sometimes to get an idea to jumpstart my creativity.

I told her that my Stampin” Success Demonstrator magazine emphasizes and encourages CASEing cards. It was funny that my magazine came today reiterating that very sentiment. As I wrote her back it also reminded me to enjoy making the card even when I am lacking mojo. For example, this simple card came to be after I used up all my mojo planning for my Product Class. I was stumped with what I wanted to do with the colors but knew I could just rely on some basic principles like layering and popping an image with a dimensional to put together a card. I ended up being happy instead of frustrating myself because I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to do.

Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU Flower Shop, SU Four You
INK: SU Real Red, SU Pacific Point
PAPER: SU Real Red, SU Pacific Point, SU Whisper White
ACCESSORIES: SU Pacific Point Candy Dot
TOOLS: SU Pansy Punch, SU Corner Rounder

Hey, Nancy- this one is for you since you waited so long for this stamp set:)

Paper Crafters Sampler June 2014 Release of “Betrothed”

Paper Crafters June 2014 Sampler is dedicated to all the lovely couples tying the knot. “Betrothed” offers ideas for beautiful and unique hand-stamped cards for the wedding couple, creative tablescapes to decorate for the event, and a special bridal tea ensemble. As always, step by step directions for each project are included. Each of the projects use current Stampin’ Up products as of the release date so you can re-create your own awesome projects.

Hop on over to the Paper Crafters Sampler website and check out how you can subscribe to this month and all the past months as well.

Here is a sneak peak at my project…

Weekly Deals and NEW Photopolymer Stamp Set Calling all Heroes

Wanted to keep y’all in the loop with Stampin’ Up Weekly Deals good until Monday, June 16. Check them out HERE.

and the NEW Photopolymer stamp set, Calling all Heroes…

If you need anything, or have a question…give me a call or send me an email.

You can shop with me online HERE.

SU Polka Dot Pieces with Hardwood Background and Itty Bitty Banners

I love when SU makes stamp sets to coordinate with my existing punches! I used the Bird Builder to punch out this fresh little birdie from the SU Polka Dot Pieces stamp set. And I thought, hey- why not a pretty posie to go along with it? I used the colors from Pals Paper Arts # 206 to create this card with the SU Hardwood “BACKGROUND” stamp that Stampin’ Up Only Challenges # 98 is asking us to use this round.

I popped the Hardwood background off of the Baked Brown Sugar panel on the So Saffron card base. This gave some added dimension to the card. Before I adhered it, I punched out the branch, wing, and bird out of the Baked Brown Sugar CS since you won’t see that when it is covered up!