celebrate sunflower

June 22, 2020 By Mary Haugen

I have found that I really like to color. I have been practicing with Copic markers lately. I have drastically expanded my Copic collection and am LOVING them! I was really excited when Stampin’ Up! released the Celebrate Sunflowers set. It is a fantastic large image for coloring. This was my first project with that gorgeous flower.

I loved the shading I was able to get with my Copics. I think it looks great against the stark white background. I brought in some texture with the new Old World Paper 3D embossing folder.

I’m off to see what other great images I can find to color! Thanks for stopping by. Please join me again to shine a spotlight on creativity!

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let’s celebrate you

July 25, 2018 By Mary Haugen

I’m back with another card using the Broadway Birthday stamp set. This set is really quite versatile. You can go big and bold like this card, or you can go for a more subtle look like today’s card.

Hard to believe that is from the same set isn’t it? How fun is that little ice cream cone! I decided to let the ice cream be a simple focal point and the only color on the card. But that doesn’t mean the card has to be boring. Texture can help with that. The Thick Whisper White card base is embossed with the Tufted 3D Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I just love the quilted look it gives The Ice cream cone is stamped in Crumb Cake ink on Crumb Cake card stock and the ice cream is Flirty Flamingo ink stamped on Powder Pink card stock. I cut it out with the coordinating Broadway Lights Framelits. Some Linen thread and a little rhinestone are the finishing touches.

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stamping!

-Mary

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You Are Simply Amazing

February 2, 2018 By Mary Haugen

Curtain’s up! It is opening night for Mulan Jr. at Hutchinson Middle School. It is always exciting to get to this point. To be honest, after three long months, I am also ready for it to wrap up. Of course, I go right into rehearsals for the High School spring show. So the whole cycle begins again. I hope to get some more time in the studio soon. For now, here is a scrapbook page I made of my amazing middle child, Rachel. I used one of my favorite shots from her Senior pictures (she graduated in 2016). This picture just blows me away. It was a lot of fun designing this page.

I started with an 8″x8″ piece of Crumb Cake card stock. I stamped the flowers from the Amazing You Sale-A-Bration stamp set in Soft Suede. Next, I added the brick background with the decorative mask and embossing past. I stamped the words “You are Simply” in Berry Burst, Peak a Boo Peach and Dapper Denim and cut them out. I used the Celebrate You Thinlits to die cut the word “amazing” from those same three colors. The last detail is the ribbon element at the top.

I really do think she is simply amazing!

Thanks for stopping by – Happy Stamping!

-Mary

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Celebrate you