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stamp review crew: sale-a-bration bonus blog hop 2

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Hello crafty friends! The Stamp Review Crew is back with a bonus blog hop to showcase Stampin’ Up!’s Sale-a-Bration brochure. These are fun products that you can get FREE with a qualifying purchase through the end of February. If you see something you like, don’t miss out! Order soon!

I have a couple more projects featuring the Berry Blessings stamp set. This set is part of a bundle – includes stamp set and coordinating Designer Series Paper – you can get with a $100 order. This time I am focusing just on the stamp set. Let’s see what we can do…

For this first card, I used the blueberries stamp and some ink blending with the new Blending Brushes to create a fun background.

I used Misty Moonlight, Gorgeous Grape and Rich Razzleberry inks. First I blended them on a piece of Basic White card stock, then I stamped the berries. This panel is cut with a Stitched Rectangle die as is the sentiment. Finished off with a few Opal Rounds.

For my next card, I took the berry fill in stamp and went in a totally different direction.

I stamped the berries in Coastal Cabana, Pumpkin Pie, and Crushed Curry to create fun dotted panel. The rest of the details on the card come from the Pattern Play stamp set. The gray is actually silver embossed.

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pcc #414

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Welcome crafty friends! I’m so glad you are here. Let’s play along with this week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge. This week we have a fun vertical card sketch to work with.

Sometimes with a card sketch, it takes a while for an idea to form. Not with this one. Once I grabbed the Zoo Globe stamp set, I knew what I wanted to do.

The darling little elephant was colored with Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends with a little Marvelous Magenta on the toenails. The black and white striped panel is from the True Love DSP in the Jan-June ’21 Stampin’ Up! mini catalog.

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happy 1st birthday

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This is by far one of my most loved cards to create – a card to celebrate my granddaughter’s first birthday! My daughter wanted elephants and florals for her party. I created the invitations with that theme. I shared that last week. I decided those adorable elephants would be perfect for her birthday card as well.

The pink panel was created by smooshing colors on a piece of watercolor paper. I also watercolored the little elephant and balloon.

It has been such a joy to watch my granddaughter grow over the past twelve months. From those first sweet snuggles holding a new born to the smiles and babbles to waving HI to grandma over a Facetime call. Melt my heart. I look forward to each new moment with this little sweetheart. Miss Amelia Mae, you fill my heart with joy.

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pcc #412

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Hello crafty friends! Are you ready for another challenge from the Paper Craft Crew? Let’s try a little Tic Tac Toe shall we –

Pick a row – horizontal, vertical, or diagonal – and incorporate those three things into your creation. I chose the center horizontal row: Birthday Celebration, Use a Die or Punch and Feminine. It was perfect since I was making invitations for my Granddaughter’s FIRST Birthday celebration!

My daughter requested elephant and florals. This adorable little elephant from My Favorite Things was perfect. I colored her and the balloon with Copic Sketch markers.

The floral patterned paper is from Carta Bella. So sweet! I think it hits the mark for the tic tac toe challenge. I loved creating these for my sweet little granddaughter. I used this Adorable Elephants set from MFT for her birthday card as well. Check back on her birthday -Valentine’s day for that one. Best Valentine I ever received!

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it’s a good day

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Hello friends! Just popping on quick to share a fun card I made for a recent card swap. I was looking at the zoo Globe set and started to see sketches on notebook paper. That lead to this fun design.

to get the blackboard feel, I just smudged some white craft ink on the black card stock. I love the whimsical feel I was able to achieve!

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pcc #396

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Hello, my crafty friends! We kicked off October in a BIG way – my daughter got married on Oct 2!!! To add to the celebration, my new son-in-law’s birthday was Oct 1! (He better never forget their anniversary!) I used this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge for his birthday card.

He really likes sail boats, so I pulled out my Sailing Home set and my Stampin’ Blends.

I used my Night of Navy, Midnight Muse, Balmy Blue and Seaside Spray Stampin’ Blends to color the ombre panel. I stamped the white panel with the retired World Map background stamp.

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birthday dots

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Hello all! This is a crazy month as we prepare for our daughter’s wedding on Oct 2! Plus, we just finished the annual Stamp-n-Storage Warehouse Sale. Add in other life happenings and I’m not sure where the month went. I wanted to share the card I made for my husband Brett’s birthday earlier this month.

I love polka dots. The Scattered Dots Turnabout stamp from Concord & 9th is quickly becoming a favorite in my studio. As are the new C&9 inks! I absolutely LOVE the colors. For this card I used Midnight, Aqua Sky, Stardust and Dove. The present is from the collaborative set Happy Birthday by The Stamping Village.

It’s been awhile sine I have done a shaker card, so I thought this would be a good time to tackle one. I used 1/8″ and 1/4″ hand held circle punches to created the confetti for inside the shaker.

It is a happy coincidence that my husband’s initials are BH. So I took the cut letters from the front and added them to the inside to personalize the card.

I hand wrote his name with a white gel pen. It added a fun touch to the inside of the card. I really should add to the inside of cards more often. I think it really makes them more interesting. What do you think about decorating the inside of cards?

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pcc #391

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Hello friends! We are kicking off another month of creative challenges at the Paper Craft Crew with a fun twist – CASE the PCC Design Team!

I decided to play with the adorable Really High Five set from Lawn Fawn.

Isn’t that little mouse the cutest?And that tiny little party hat!! Floating along to wish you a Happy Birthday. Love it!!! I also love the pops of bright colors against the white.

Head on over to the Paper Craft Crew page and you will find the Design Team’s awesome creations. Choose your favorite, put your own twist on it and get creative. Be sure to share your project once you are done. And let me know if you choose to CASE my card. I’d love to see what you come up with!

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paper craft crew challenge #385

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Hello crafty friends. Come play along with this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge. We are changing things up this week with a Tic Tac Toe challenge. Just pick a row and include those things in your creation.

I chose the center vertical row: Watercolor Background, Favorite Color and Anything but a Floral. But, my creation also fits the top horizontal row: Birthday Theme, Watercolor Background and Masculine. Double win!

I started with a card base from water color paper. Card size is 3.5″x5″. I did the watercolor background freehand using some of my favorite colors: Lemon Lime Twist, Coastal Cabana, and Grapefruit Grove. For the cake, I did some no line watercoloring.

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stamp review crew: timeless tropical

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Welcome friends, to another Stamp Review Crew blog hop! I am really excited for this one as we put the fantastic set Timeless Tropical center stage. This set was in the Spring mini catalog and I was so happy to have it carry over to the 2020-21 Stampin’ Up! main catalog!

As I was playing around with my layout for this first card, I started to get a feel of an old postcard.

I started with a panel of woodgrain from the awesome In Good Taste DSP. I lightly sponged around the edges with Saddle Brown StazOn to capture a sepia tone of an old photograph. I colored the palm trees with Old Olive and Early Espresso markers and stamped on Very Vanilla panel. I also stamped the palm trees and embossed them in white on vellum. I cut this out with coordinating In The Tropics dies. A tiny strip of Magenta Madness DSP, some linen thread and ribbon add just the right details. Did I capture the feel of an old post card?

This next card screams summertime! I started with the pineapple image and went BOLD!

This card measures 3.75″x5″. I started with a 3.25″x4.5″ panel of watercolor paper. I stamped the pineapples with Versamark ink and embossed them with white embossing powder. The I used my new flat brush water painter to streak on Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody and Magenta Madness ink refill over the panel to reveal the pineapples. I added black spatters on the card base with my black marker.

Timeless Tropical is definitely a set you want in your collection. Still not convinced? Head on over to Cindy or you can go back to Nikki for more great projects to inspire you to use Timeless Tropical.

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