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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

My 10 Favorite Cards From 2014

Can you believe that it is already the last day of the year? I know I can't! It seems that December and blogging don't work for me–only one blog post in December so I thought I better get another one in before 2015!

Anyway, I decided to round up my ten favorite cards to share with you. Click on each photo to be taken to the original article.

Enjoy and Happy New Year! See you in 2015.

Monday, October 20, 2014

Sunday Stamping

Every person can use a spark of creativity from time to time, me included. Being a creative person does not necessarily mean that you have a non-ending supply of wonderful ideas so when I find something to help me trigger an idea, I latch onto it with both of my crafty hands!

Last night I decided to try the Sunday Stamping challenge that was mentioned on Stampin Connection, a forum for Stampin' Up! Demonstrators. It's not so much a challenge as a creative prompt that gets you creating using a particular stamp set.

Yesterday's prompt was to use the Four Feathers stamp set. This was a no-brainer for me—love that set! I've seen so many imaginative cards on Pinterest using that set. Of course, I wanted mine to be unique.

I started my creative process by playing with some scraps of paper—card stock in Basic Black, Basic Gray, and Smoky Slate as well as some Silver Foil and Silver Glimmer Paper. I used the Feathers Framelits to cut the two styles of feathers from each piece of paper.

I tried groupings of the various ones until I settled on Basic Black, Silver Glimmer, and Silver Foil. For the first two I chose the larger, straighter feather; for the foil I used the curved one.

To make the foil feather distinctive, I stamped with Versamark ink on the foil and heat embossed it using black embossing powder.

I decided to group the three feathers on top of Smoky Slate for the best contrast. I would mat it with Basic Gray and then mount it on the card base.

I reviewed the various Framelits I had to see if any lent themselves to providing a stylish backdrop for the feathers. I settled on using both the Circles Collection and the Starburst Framelits.

The Magnetic Platform and Big Shot made short work of cutting my mats. I used Dimensionals to adhere each mat and also at one end of each feather. At the top of each feather I used a Glue Dot. I finished off the feather arrangement by threading a Basic Black 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon through one of our Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons—just the thing I needed for a little more glitz!

Let me know what you think of my final creation in the comments below!

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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Emboss Resist Watercolored Card

I've long admired the creativity of fellow Demonstrator, Allison Okamitsu. I have several of her creations pinned on Pinterest. Now that she is on the Artisan Design Team for Stampin' Up! she will have even more exposure for her work.

Back in May, a watercolored card of hers caught my eye and I have been wanting to try the technique she used.

I thought her card was so pretty! I was also intrigued that she used her Silhouette Cameo to cut the word hello from a digital Stampin' Up! kit! Here's the card that her technique inspired:

This was such fun to create!

First, I used Versamark and the Dictionary stamp on watercolor paper. I used white embossing powder to heat emboss it. I used my mister to spray the paper with water and then used Blackberry Bliss, Bermuda Bay, and Rich Razzleberry ink with my Aqua Pen to brush on ink. After it dried, I distressed the edges and then adhered it to a Whisper White card base using Dimensionals.

I punched out flowers using the Pansy and Petite Petals punches and used my non Stampin' Up! flower shaping tools to give a little shape to the petals. For the larger flower, I used one of the pretty Faceted Buttons; the smaller flowers got rhinestone centres.

I used the Decorative Label Punch on Whisper White and inked the edges with both Blackberry Bliss and Lost Lagoon. The sentiment is from the World of Dreams stamp set, stamped in Blackberry Bliss.

The two feathers were stamped with Versamark on vellum and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The Feathers Framelits simplified the job of cutting out the feathers. They were tucked under the larger flower to look like leaves.

I loved using this technique and will definitely be using it a lot in the future!

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Watercolor Paper

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad

Versamark Pad

Four Feathers Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Dictionary Clear Stamp Set

World Of Dreams Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Big Shot

Big Shot Magnetic Platform

Feathers Framelits Dies

Pansy Punch

Petite Petals Punch

Stampin' Distress Tool

Heat Tool

Stampin' Spritzer

Aqua Painters

Vintage Faceted Buttons

Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

Stampin' Dimensionals

Glue Dots

Fuse Fast Adhesive

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Featuring Four Feathers

The first card that I created at the Creative Gathering had been rolling around in my mind for a few days. It took a lot of experimentation to get it right.

I knew that I wanted to use vellum for the feathers but what to use to stamp them was the puzzling part. While they looked good embossed with white, they tended to look "heavy."

I tried stamping with Versamark and embossing with iridescent embossing powder but that wasn't right either. I then tried mixing some microfine glitter with warm highlights with some clear embossing powder. That seemed to do the trick! Now to assemble the card!

I chose Early Espresso for my matte and I distressed it before adhering it to my Very Vanilla card front using Dimensionals. I used a piece of brown ribbon we were given as our welcome gift at the Creative Gathering and topped it with a piece of our gold taffeta ribbon.

I used glue dots to fasten three feathers onto the ribbon. I stacked two sizes of the metallic gold buttons and fastened them together with the gold taffeta ribbon and then adhered this on top of the feathers.

I stamped the sentiment (from the now retired Loving Thoughts stamp set) with Early Espresso on Very Vanilla. Using my BigShot and the Magnetic Platform, I cut out the sentiment using the Project Life Cards & Labels dies. I inked up the edges and adhered it with Dimensionals.

The last touch for the card was a sprinkling of sequins in chocolate and iridescent gold. I am in love with sequins lately and unfortunately, Stampin' Up! has not produced them in many colors as of yet. I just like the little bit of sparkle they give!

Here's an angled view. Look at those sequins sparkle!