Designer Series Paper is a staple in my craft room. I can get even more bang for my buck by altering the paper to fit my project. Especially with black and white patterns. Add color with markers, ink blending or stamping on it. The possibilities are endless!
For this project, I added some color to the black and white dsp with Polished Pink and Pale Papaya Stampin’ Blend markers. It provided a nice compliment to the watercolor wash and flower silhouette.
Give it a try for yourself. Imagine the possibilities!
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Hello friends, welcome to the Stamp Review Crew blog hop featuring Artistically Inked. This set is part of the Expressions in Ink product suite in the 2021-2022 Stampin’ Up! catalog. This stamp set looks like an alcohol ink wash, without the hassle of alcohol inks! As usual with stamp sets that are part of a product suite, I decided to use some alternate colors to help you see beyond the limits of coordinating products. Let’s take a look
First up is s simple thank you card. Started with a Smokey Sate card base and added 1/4″ strips of Polished Pink, Pale Papaya, Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue and Fresh Freesia card stock. I stamped the ink was image in Smokey Slate and over-stamped the “thanks” in the coordinating card stock ink colors. The stamped panel was die cut with a stitched rectangle.
For my second card, I added a few more images and stamped a background panel in Smokey Slate and Polished Pink inks. I die cut the edge of the panel, and a Polished Pink strip with the NEW Basic Border dies. I love a bit of added detail. I embossed the sentiment in black. and added some Matte Black Dots to finish it off. This panel was mounted to a Smokey Slate card base with a bit of DSP from the Neutrals Assortment stack.
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I find alcohol ink art absolutely fascinating. I have yet to try my hand at it. Fortunately for me, Stampin’ Up! came out with the Expressions in ink suite of products and the Artistically Inked stamp set. I can get a similar look with my dye based inks. And the gorgeous Expressions in Ink specialty DSP is a perfect addition, capturing beautiful alcohol ink flow designs.
Just a small strip of the DSP and a few stamps create a simple, yet elegant thank you card. I love the bright colors against a large amount of white space. It really captures the eye.
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Hello friends! I’m so glad you are joining me today! I’m hopping with the Stamp Review Crew and we are shining a spotlight on the Itty Bitty greetings stamp set. I get to kick things off as the first stop on today’s circuit!
For my projects, I paired Itty Bitty Greetings with Painted Poppies. I created a trio of 3″x3″ cards. This fun size works really well with the small sentiments.
I stuck with a black and white color scheme with a pop of Poppy Parade and Old Olive. Flowers were colored with Stampin’ Blends markers. Let’s take a closer look –
I fussy cut the flower and popped it up on dimensionals. I also stamped the image on the envelope in Poppy Parade.
Here I used a blending brush and Old Olive ink pad to add some grass to ground the image.
For this card, I fussy cut around the bottom edge and added a bit of True Love DSP. I used a white gel pen to add details to the flower centers.
Itty Bitty Greetings is a wonderful, versatile stamp set. Let’s check out what the rest of the SRC Design Team has for you! Head on over to Cindy by clicking on the NEXT button below. Or you can take the hop in reverse and go to Mike by clicking on the PREVIOUS button below.
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Hello my crafty friends! Welcome to the first Stamp Review Crew blog hop of the new year! If you are not familiar with The Stamp Review Crew, we are a group of international Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who hop together on the first and third Monday of the month to bring you some great inspiration. Each blog hop features a different stamp set. You can find all of the blog hops archived on the Stamp Review Crew blog. We are going to kick off 2021 by shining a spotlight on the awesome sentiment set So Sincere.
For both of my cards, I embossed the sentiments on some designer series paper. I like the bit of design behind the words. It gives some depth to the image. My first card also uses the Celebrate Sunflowers set and dies, In Good Taste and 20-21 In Color DSP Stack, and the In Color Bumblebee ink.
For my second card I added a beautiful peony that I die cut out of water color paper and colored with Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo and Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green and Garden Green ink refills.
This particular sentiment works for a variety of occasions. This card would be great for a birthday or a wedding. The So Sincere set is full of some great sentiments in wonderful fonts and opens the door to lots of design possibilities.
I hope you will work your way through the full Stamp Review Crew blog hop for more great inspiration! From here you can click on the NEXT button below to head on over to talented Cindy or click on the PREVIOUS button to go back to creative Betty
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Time for this week’s challenge from the Paper Craft Crew! We have another great card sketch to inspire your creativity.
I decided to play with some of the new In colors from Stampin’ Up! – Misty Moonlight, Magenta Madness, Bumble Bee – and the new Tasteful Touches stamp set.
I love the softness of the flower and feather images against the different geometric patterns. Be sure to head over to the Papercraft Crew blog and check out the rest of the Design team’s project and then take part in the challenge yourself!
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A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend the Stampin’ Up! On Stage event in Las Vegas. It was so much fun getting to see old friends, make new ones and get to see the NEW Stampin’ Up! Mini Catalog! Check back for some fun sneak peeks soon.
I also had the chance to attend a fun event hosted by the TGIF Challenges design team. Fabulous make&takes, amazing displays, and more wonderful friends. We each made a card to swap for this event. Here is mine:
I used Grandma’s House stamp set and the bubblewrap water color technique. Colors are Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, Lovely Lipstick, Basic Black.
I love swapping at these events. It is so much fun to meet new people and get so many great card ideas.
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Happy Thanksgiving! We are so truly blessed and have many things to be thankful for! I am so looking forward to having all my kids home together. These times are harder to get, so I truly treasure every moment. We will definitely gather together and give thanks!
Enjoy your day! May your Pumpkin Pie be loaded with whipped cream! (Mine will be!)
Digging out from one snowstorm with another right around the corner – sounds like a perfect time to hunker down in my studio. My Inky Friends ave another design challenge to help kick your crafting mojo in gear. This time it is one of my favorite color combos chosen from a sample on page 37 of the 2019 Occasions catalog. Right now those colors are making me think of spring. In the midst of all this snow, I’ll take what I can get. Here is my project with this color scheme.
I made that fantastic watercolor background with a technique I featured in this post. The flower and sentiment are from the All That You Are stamp set in the Occasions catalog.
Check out what the rest of the Inky Friends design team has created, then create your own project putting the color combo center stage. Be sure to share your creation by linking to the My Inky Friends design challenge 15 page.
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