All Occasion Celebration

Stampin’ Up! Seaside Notions Bokeh Technique Video Tutorial

June 17, 2020

Summer is almost “officially” here! I used the Bokeh Technique to create this fun summer card.

In photography, bokeh is an aesthetic quality produced with a blurry, out-of-focus background with a clear and focused focal image in a photo.  I always seem to see the technique used in photos around Christmas time with lights on the trees twinkling in the background of a photo. In stamping, you can easily create a bokeh effect. Here is a video showing how I did it!

 

Great variety of sentiments in this Stampin’ Up! Seaside Notions stamp set:)

*Note: I used Retired Glimmer Enamel Dots on this card but you can add other coordinating products:)

Measurements:
Coastal Cabana Card Base: 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5-1/2″ on 11″ side
Highland Heather Border on outside: 4″ x 5-1/4″ , sentiment border strip: 1-1/4″ x 3-3/4″
Whisper White Outside: 3-3/4″ x 5″, Inside: 4″ x 5-1/4″, Sentiment: 1″ x 3-3/4″, scraps for shell and seahorse

Here is the first bokeh technique I ever did with chalk inks…over five years ago!

 

Thanks for buzzing by, friends…

 

Product List

Seaside Notions Cling Stamp Set

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Layering Circles Dies

Layering Circles Dies
[141705]

Window Sheets

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad
[101731]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad

Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Stampin’ Up! Best Year with Flowers for Every Season Memories and More

June 11, 2020

It happens every year…that moment when I absolutely fall in the love with the NEW Stampin’ Up! In Colors. It happened when I opened up the Stampin’ Up! Flowers for Every Season Memories and More Cards and Envelopes and the Flowers for Every Season Memories and More Card Pack!

I inked up the NEW Stampin’ Up! Best Year stamp set with all the NEW inks…how fun! And…it was so easy making the cards with the Flowers for Every Season Cards and Envelopes and the Card Pack! I also opened up the World of Good Memories and More Card Pack for  Father’s Day.

Misty Moonlight

Bumblebee

Magenta Madness

Cinnamon Cider

Just Jade

I love a good all occasion stamp set with coordinating outside and inside sentiments…and the Stampin’ Up! Best Year stamp set is one of them:

And oh my gosh…it is bundled with the Best Plaid Dies. I  can’t wait to play with those Dies!!!

Thanks for buzzing by, friends…

 

 

Product List

Best Year Cling Stamp Set (English)

Flowers For Every Season Memories & More Cards & Envelopes

Flowers For Every Season Memories & More Card Pack

World Of Good Memories & More Card Pack

2020–2022 In Color Enamel Dots

Cinnamon Cider 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad

Bumblebee 8-1/2X11 Cardstock

Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad

Just Jade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad

Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

Magenta Madness 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Stampin’ Up! Beautiful World Bundle Double Flap Fun Fold Video Tutorial

June 10, 2020

Ohhh, the Stampin’ Up! World of Good Suite with the Beautiful World Bundle and
World of Good Designer Series Paper
with Brass metallic accents is AWESOME!

There are  BRASS FOIL metallic accents in the world of Good Designer Series Paper! I called it EVERYTHING but BRASS!!!

Well, at least I didn’t say silver…

 

Watch a little more about the World of Good Suite in the video by Stampin’ Up…

 

Ahem…it is BRASS not copper, not bronze but BRASS Foil Accents!

In case I didn’t tell you…there are BRASS Foil accents in the DSP!!!

Measurements:
Card Base: 5-1/2″ x 11″ scored at 1-3/4″, 5-1/2″ and 9-3/4″on the 11″ side
Whisper White inside: 4″ x 5-1/4″ , 2″ x 3″ for sentiment
DSP: 3-1/2″ x 5-1/4″, 1-1/2″ x 5-1/4″, and 1″ x 5-1/4″
Belly Band: 1-1/2″ x 11″ and smaller black strip 1/2″ x 11″
Scrap  of 3″ x 4″ leftover after cutting the card base for sentiment border and globe circle
Brass Foil: 2-1/2″ square
Scrap of Basic Black for globe pedestal

 

 

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Product List

Beautiful World Bundle (English)

Stitched So Sweetly Dies

Layering Ovals Dies

World Of Good Specialty Designer Series Paper

Brass Foil Sheets

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Cinnamon Cider 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Stampin’ Up! Mountain Air Bundle

June 2020

I finally used my Stampin’ Up! Mountain Air Bundle that carried over as a bundle in the NEW 2020-2021 catalog! I did a clean and simple card for a test run…

The Card base is the NEW Misty Moonlight. Seaside Spray looks so beautiful with it, don’t you think? Going with more subtle colors, I chose Pear Pizzazz as my green and Very Vanilla as my neutral. I have not used Very Vanilla in a long time!  My resident art critic said I should have had some water on the lower part of the card. I said…what a great idea- water, trees and mountains! Will have to play around some more with that idea!

Sometimes, I just need to get my hands on the stamps and dies to create my initial card, and then I get inspiration to try other designs. Need some more ideas…check out the Stampin’ Up! Home Office Video. George did a fine job of showing this versatile REVERSIBLE stamp set!

You can find the sentiment in the Blossom of Blooms  stamp set. Remember this card using Misty Moonlight and Pear Pizzazz? The colors go so well together!

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Product List

Mountain Air Bundle

Layering Ovals Dies

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Seaside Spray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad
[119784]

Stampin’ Up Celebrate Sunflowers Video Tutorial

May 27, 2020

Ah, I love the sunflowers…from the NEW Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle
coming out on June 3, 2020!

Watch this video to see how to make two cards when you essentially design one card…

 

A LANDSCAPE orientation above and a PORTRAIT orientation below with decorated insides to show off the beautiful sunflowers in the Stampin’ Up! Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle.

The Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder jazzes up the Very Vanilla space on the card quite nicely if I do say so myself:)

Measurements:
Card Base: Portrait 4-1/4″ x 11 or Landscape 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2 both scored in half
Garden Green: 4″ x 5-1/4″- cut leaves from the panel before covering with Embossed panel
Very Vanilla: 5″ x 8″ outside, 4″ x 5-1/4″ for inside
Crushed Curry: 3-1/2″ x 7″

Make sure to check out the Retiring Products before they are gone!

Last-Chance Products

 

Check out my Product Shares for the

NEW 2020-21 Annual Stampin’ Up! Catalog coming up!

 

I will let you in on a little secret I figured out AFTER I made the video…you can also emboss a 3-3/4″ x 5″ Very Vanilla panel and adhere to the 4″ x 5-1/4″ Garden Green panel. Stamp and die cut two sunflowers and cut in half with scissors and place on the upper or left side of the card! But…hey, we got to spend a few minutes together today! 

 

 

Product List

Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle (English)

Layering Ovals Dies

Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad