8/6 Mojo Funtastic, Stampin' Up! Tricky Treats!

Good Afternoon Friends!

A quick share today!  I saw the mojo monday sketch challenge this morning and knew I wanted to make a card.

I've been taking pictures with my iphone and I have to say, I don't think the picture does this one justice.  It's SO sparkly and rich, but bright and cheery at the same time. :)

I have to run, it's just me and my little one for the next few weeks and as you might guess I'm the sole source of entertainment.  (Poor child).

I inked up the stamp from the Tricky Treats with the Pumpkin Pie Ink Pad, then removed some of the inked up image with a blender pen.  Then, I added black ink with a marker to make the image multicolored.  I punched that focal point out with my large oval punch, then cut it tighter to really fit the image.  I punched a black oval again and mounted it to the stamped vanilla card stock.  I added more glitz.  I used the blossom punch to punch out some of the NEW GORGEOUS, glimmer paper in the Holiday Catalog.  Oh my, this stuff sparkles in person. It seriously makes me SO happy!  :)

Following the sketch, I doubled up on the ribbon.  It's so fun.  The big tulle ribbon is also in the mini and it's the BEST STUFF.  It's like bows for dummies.  You basically tie your shoes and fluff and it looks AWESOME!  :)  Can you tell I'm getting in the groove for Halloween this year?  I usually don't go to crazy with the halloween stuff, but I think I'm officially in a stage.  I'm diggin it! 

Stamps: Tricky Treats
Ink: Pumpkin ink pad and black marker. Blender pen (to remove the pumpkin color)
Paper: Very vanilla, Howlstooth and Scaringbone DSP, Basic Black, Champagne Glimmer Paper
Accessories: 3 1/2" Tulle Ribbon in Crumb Cake,

Such a funtastic card for mojo today!

Have a great day!
Selene Kempton

8/4 Stampin' Up! Evergreen & Dazzling Details Silver Sparkle

Good Morning Friends!

I'm off today to a mom and me workshop for my good friend Diane.  She was nervous about what to do for the kids for snacks and I have to admit she had me stumped!  I called her back about an hour later. I had the best idea!!  We're going to serve FRESH Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, crust cut off, and milk!  Now there's the best snack lineup for a workshop I've ever heard of! :)

For today's card I'll be sharing one of my convention swaps from the stamp set Evergreen.  This card is  cased by a girl who is on my team Anne Marie Call.

I made some minor adjustments for the case and my card shown here, but the elements are the same.


Supply List:
Stamps: Evergreen 127970W / 127973C, Petite Pairs
Ink: Bashful Blue Ink Pad, Versmark ink (for the embossing)
Paper: Bashful Blue and Whisper White Cardstock
Accessories: White embossing powder, heat tool, 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon White, Dazzling Details Silver Sparkle , Dimensionals, glue dots, and liquid glue.


Measurements 
Base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4", bashful blue
Layer 2: 5 x 3 3/4", whisper white embossed with the polka dot embossing folder.
Layer 3: Bashful blue 4 1/4" x 3

I LOVE that the clean and simple design of this card makes it so darn elegant!!


Step by steps:

1. I embossed the tree from the new mini catalog set Evergreen with white embossing powder and our FABULOUS new heat tool.  It has two settings.  Setting one is for just ink, and setting two is for embossing.  The new guns are so quiet I could do embossing out in the studio while my family sleeps (as I often do)
2. I freehand drew the star with dazzling details silver glitter glue.  So, before you think you could never to it, look at the star.  I made a sideways K then added the top.  It's really easy to do.  At $2.50 a bottle I may be putting this on ALL my Christmas projects this year! :)
3. I added the ornaments with the same fun glitter and set it aside to dry.
4. While that was drying I embossed my whisper white layer and cut and scored my card bases.
5.  I tied some bow's and glue dotted them to the front of my card and around the back on both sides.  
6. Up on dimensionals the third layer went, and I stuck them together. 

This was a beautiful design to swap at convention.  Thanks Ann Marie for the inspiration.

Here is Ann's original card.  Wicked cute, yes? 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Rubbah hugs,
 
Selene Kempton
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Saturday Sketch Challenge 267 ~ Countryside

Good Evening Friends!

It's time for the Saturday Sketch challenge from your stamping 411 operators.  I purchased this stamp set, Countryside (page 85 in the book) because of the newest member of the 411 team Vicki Burdick.  She ALWAYS rocks cards with this stamp set and made me fall in love with it!

So here's some measurements to get started.

Base: early espresso 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored and folded in half at 4 1/4"
Layer 2: 5 x 3 3/4" more mustard
Layer 3: 4 7/8" x 3 5/8" raspberry ripple, embossed with the argyle embossing folder ~ main catalog page 189
Layer 3a: (skipped one!) is the Orchard Harvest Designer series paper from the mini with the apples pattern, cut to 1 1/2" x 5".  Then I used the square punch to make the flag.
Layer 4: is the apothicary accents largest framelit in the set.
Layer 5: is the CUTEST new punch in the mini the 1 1/4" circle punch behind the button.
Layer 6:  Raspberry Ripple Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit for the big shot.
Layer 7:  Very Vanilla heart punched element to spotlight the apples in the truck.

I love fall time and I typically love cool colors.  I love how stampin' up blended the warm and cool colors together in this new designer paper! The colors just make me so happy!  I just used a blender pen and ink pads to gently color the spotlighted area.  Many times when you see something that's spotlighted, the color is "completely" colored.  I thought this one looked better subtle.  What do you think?

The gorgeous new buttons in the mini finished this off, and I just tied some seam binding through the button to make a bow.

Easy to put together and I just played with the sketch!  Do you want to play along with the sketch this week?  It's easy!  Check out what my friends did with this sketch challenge and make your own card!  I can't wait to see what you'll come up with.  :)

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8/3 Stampin' Up! Bright Blossoms & Summer Smooches

Good Morning Friends!

It's been a super busy week here at the studio.  I had club week.  It's my favorite week of the month, because I get to see my friends "the clubbers".  :)

This morning I'm sharing a card I made last month.  I just love the summer smooches product set.  I wasn't overly crazy about them when I got the set (admittedly) but when I started playing, boy did I have fun!  This card features the holiday ornament punch as a vase again.  It's just another way to use the same idea.  I found a cute vase image inside the smooches designer paper and cut it out for the front of my vase.

This one is also pretty clean and simple like yesterday's cards, but I have a few more layers here.

That's it for this morning, but I'll be back with the Saturday sketch challenge tonight at 6pm!  :)

Measurements: 
Base 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored and folded in half at 4 1/4"  
Layer 2: Island Indigo 5 x 3 3/4"
Layer 3: 4 x 2 1/2", smooch designer paper
Layer 4: 4 3/8" x 2 5/8" Rich Razzleberry
Layer 5: 4 1/4" x 2 1/2" whisper white
Layer 6: Ornament Punch, with the tip of the ornament cut off to make a vase. :)

Stamps: Bright Blossoms 125495 W / 125497C
Markers:  Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Real Red (from the bright's collection 119702)
Paper: Summer Smooches (page 165) 125409, Whisper White Card Stock, Rich Razzleberry Card Stock, Island Indigo Card Stock
Accessories: Bakers Twine (Island Indigo) 125575 (page 172), Ornament Punch

Thanks for stopping by today!  See you at 6!

Rubbah hugs,

Selene Kempton

8/2 Stampin' Up! Curly Cute, Clean and Simple

Good Morning Friends!

There is something about an all white card, that just makes me happy! 

Just add a pop of color and you're ready to go!  So for both of these cards I used the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder and embossed the second layer of my card, which measured 4 x 5 1/4". 

The base is a regular piece of 8 1/2" x 11" whisper white card stock scored at 4 1/4", then cut the long way at 5 1/2"  I score first and get two card bases from one sheet of paper.  :)  For this one I punched some Floral district DSP out with the Elegant Butterfly punch and then I punched another layer in whisper white.  I stuck those two layers together with a 2-way glue pen, then used the same glue to add dazzling diamonds to the top of my butterfly. Then, I added a GORGEOUS Vintage Faceted Designer Button.  See the tiny stitch in the center of the button!  Well, I just cut an ultra thin piece of paper with my table top paper cutter.  It can even just come from the scraps that I'm cutting.  I cut my thin strips first, then finish cutting up the other layers of my card.  That way I have enough of the paper to hold on to.  


Finally, just a glue dot to attach my butterfly so that the wings can still fly.  (so important!) 

Both cards have the thank you from the Curly Cute stamp set.  I just love the font of this stamp set, and it's so useful for so many occasions.  Here's a peek at the full set.

So very sweet! 

So, for this second card, I used all the same elements but instead of the butterfly I used the Mixed Bunch stamp set and Blossom Punch.  I also used a 1" circle punch for the center flower and some dazzling details in clear for the center of the flower. 

That's all for today!  Take a look what you have in your stash and see if you can make a few of these super clean and simple cards today!  They are WONDERFUL to have on hand.



Rubbah hugs!


Selene Kempton
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8/1 Stampin' Up! Papillon Potpourri

Good Afternoon!

I get the mom of the year award today.  I got up and sleepily got my peanut's lunch and things together for her 3rd day in dance camp.  Well, I carefully heated a special lunch of veggies with butternut squash ravioli in a special sauce, packed up her bag (and her) and ran out the door without the thermos.

I did bring it when she called me, but boy do I feel silly!!

It's club week here in the studio, so some my customers were here until about 10pm, then I CAN'T seem to sleep when everyone goes right away.  I am so happy to see everyone, I need time to unwind.  I guess it makes sense that I'm tired the next day!

Here's a card I designed on Monday using my friend Mary Jo's sketch challenge.  I love this week's sketch!  To make the designer paper panels, all I did was take a 1 3/4" circle punch and punch out three circles of Floral District Designer Series paper; then cut them in half.  I was going to use this card with my clubs this week, but had to change the design a little because I didn't have enough DSP to make all the circles for 40 packets.

My center whisper white panel measures 2 1/4" x 4 1/4", and it was embossed with the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder.  I cut a strip of razzleberry cardstock to 4 1/4", then used the Dotted Scalloped Ribbon Border punch to punch a strip.  I cut that strip down the middle with paper snips and used a two way glue pen to glue the edges on. 

Next, I used stazon ink to stamp my butterfly from Papillon Potpourri on three different colors of cardstock, then punched them out!  I added them to my card with glue dots (so they can still fly) and added some clear dazzling details to the top.


Easy Peasy, lemon squeezy!  Did I just say that?  :)

Measurements
Base: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded in half at 4 1/4"
Layer 2: 5 1/8" x 3 7/8", rich razzleberry
Layer 3: 5 x 3 3/4", whisper white
Layer 4: a strip of daffodil seam binding
Layer 5: 3 punched 1 3/4" circles
Layer 6: whisper white 4 1/4" x 2 1/4"
Layer 7: 4 1/4" strip from the dotted scallop ribbon border punch

I've started linking to the specific items I use on my projects in my store to make it easy for you, my clients, to shop.  I've already heard from some of you that you're happy to this little addition!  As always if I can do anything to help you with anything you have purchased, I'm here to serve! I am very grateful to everyone who helps me continue to share what I love and help support my family with Stampin' Up as my full time job as well.

I am so grateful to you all. 

Supplies
Stamps:  Papillon Potpourri W123757 / C123759
Ink: Stazon Black
Paper: Daffodil, razzleberry, whisper white and Lucky Limeade Cardstock.  Floral district DSP
Accessories: Scalloped Dotted Ribbon Border punch, Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, dazzling details glitter, daffodil seam binding, and I almost forgot!!  The coordinating Elegant Butterfly punch!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Want to play along with the sketch?  Check out Mary Jo's Technostamper blog!

Rubbah hugs,

Selene Kempton
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