It's Snowing Again!

Well, December is here and I wonder how Fall escaped so quickly.  Tomorrow is another upline meeting with other Stampin' Up! Demonstrators and I am sure our creative leader Rachel Tessman is planning lots of creative fun.  Check out the card we made last month at our demonstrator meeting, it is perfect for this Holiday season.

Rachel designed this fun Winter card.  All Stampin' Up! supplies used and the embossing folder technique was to use a brayer and add color to the smooth side of paper so the indentation of the white paper stays white.

Stay warm and stamp. Happy Stamping -April

Layer Wow

Always inspired by others.  I found this layout in a blog I follow and fell in love.  Think of it this way, when someone is inspired by your work and is compelled to case your project, you are receiving a gift - a compliment.  I did not have all the accessories in the original creator's  design, so I made some adjustments.  The fun part of this card was creating with multiple layers, they give the card elegance.

All Stampin' Up! supplies were used...however I created this card this past summer and I forgot most of the details of supplies used.  Papers: Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Newsprint DSP, Vellum; Ink:  Crumb Cake, Staz On Jet Black; Tools:  Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder; Accessories:  Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Mini Library Clip; Stamp Set:   Artistic Etchings.

Let's be thankful for everyone that influences us in our lives.

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Stamping - April

On A Snowy Day...

I decided to share something with a hint of Spring.

I created this card during my recent girls weekend with T-n-T.   My goal was to use retired ribbons, papers and accessoris; so you will notice on recent and soon to be posts I will note the retire itms used.  I liked this color combination, fresh and simple.  I also used craft ink to color the pretties kit flower and the bitty buttons added some "pop" to the design.

Stampin' Up! supplies used:  Paper-So Saffron, Whisper White, Retired Hostess DSP paper; Ink-So Saffron, Basic Gray, So Saffron Craft Ink; Accessories-Clear Bitty Buttons and Retired So Saffron Ribbon and Pretties Kit Flower.

Happy Stamping - April

Inspired...

By Nature.  I love this stamp set, Inspired By Nature.  Every time I experiment with a new technique or color combination I am inspired.  It is a simple, yet versatile set and I have used both images with many other Stampin' Up! stamp sets.

All Stampin' Up! supplies:  Paper-Whisper White, Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery; Ink-Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery; Embellishments-Half Back Pearls, retired Certainly Celery ribbon; Tools-Lattice Embossing Folder, Sponge Dauber, stampin dimensionals.

Happy Stamping - April

Happy Halloween

Earlier I was disappointed that I didn't have a Halloween card to share...and then I remembered, Tricia sent me Halloween greetings.  Check this out - what a cute bat!

Stampin' Up Supplies used (some are retired):  Paper-Lovely Lilac, Gable Green, Basic Black, Whisper White; Tools-Square Lattice and SpiderWeb embossing folder, Circle punches, Owl Embosslit.

Happy Haunting and Stamping - April

Back in the groove...

I'm back!  Well, I never really left.  I have been so busy with everything that events and time took over.

I wanted to start by sharing a great Halloween card made by my friend, Tonya.  However, I gave the card to a new neighbor before taking a picture.  I am so bummed - she did a great job and tried a new technique.

So today I am sharing a card I made using a retired color from Stampin' Up!  I was never a fan of Cameo Coral and had a ton of paper in this color.  So I challenged myself and created this card and I love it!

All Stampin' Up! products:  Paper-Cameo Coral, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White; Ink-Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake.  Accessories-Hemp Twine; Tools-Square Lattice Embossing Folder, sponge daubers.

The picture makes Cameo Coral look more pink, but it really is coral.  The lattice embossing folder gave Cameo Coral depth that added to the color (again I'm not a coral fan, but this turned out great).

I hope everyone comes back to visit, sorry I have been away.

Happy Stamping - April

Birding Elegance

I love this layout.  My friend Tricia created a card with this layout and I decided to use her inspiration and create this card using retired "in colors" and specialty papers.  The stamp set is a current Stampin' Up! Hostess set, Wings of Friendship.

I really liked how the a stamped image appeared on the specialty paper since the paper has a shine a texture.  Stampin' Up! currently has some specialty paper that would be fun to use with this layout.

Here is the inside of the card; just enough detail to complete the layout.  Thanks Tricia for a great layout. 

Happy Stamping!

Iceberg Cutie

I wanted to create a not so traditional Holiday card for a swap and used this cutie brought it all together.  All Stampin' Up! supplies used.  Paper- "incolors" melon mabo and bermuda bay  and whisper white; accessories- polka dot grosgrain ribbon and clear rhinestone brad; tools- word window punch, circle scissor plus and big shot with texturz plate. The stamp set is Cold & Cudly from the Stampin' Up! 2009 Holiday Mini.

Sponging around the circle makes this guy's ice berg really stand out.

Stay warm by stamping! 

Happy Stamping!

Winter Brrrrr.....It's Cold Out There!

Happy New Year everyone! It has been awhile since I have posted. Fall and the Holidays took over and now it is a new year. I think one of my "goals" (not resolutions) should be to post more regularly!

This is the Winter version to my previous posts. All Stampin' Up! materials, incolors and white gel pen.

Using the gel pen as an outline on the tree gives the "snow" illusion and to the touch is slightly raised. A fun and easy technique. Give it a try!




Happy Stamping 2010!