Rock and Roll'ed Painted Petals

This was a reasonably quick card we had for the May Stampin' party.  Basecard is Rose Red embossed with woodgrain EF.   I then layered a strip of  Painted Blooms DSP - scored 1/4 inch in and folded over to show the other side and used multimono adhesive  in a fine line and attached the venetian lace.  Wild Wasabi CS distressed around the edges with my nails, and the center panel was stamped with the sentiment first in Rose Red, then added the leaves in Wild Wasabi and then used the stamp positioner to stamp the flowers but  inked first with Daffodil Delight then used Rose Red around the edge of the stamp in the Rock and Roll technique to get the dual color look.  Distress the edges - I think the more the better- then layer over the Wild Wasabi piece and it was the easy card of the evening.

Lynda

Simply Celebrate Thank you variation

I saw a card by Jen C a concept artist for stampin up on their blog where she used the thank you sentiment on a diagonal .  I used the same idea to stamp the sentiment.  I did split the stamp so I could use it long or stacked.  I again stamped the leaf from secret garden- with a mask over the sentiment- and the flower from Morning Meadow in Pistaschio  punched and mounted with dimensional again- added a little gem in the center and mounted the whole thing on a coastal cabana basecard.  Really easy thank you but I love the soft colors.

Scentsational Season CC387

Splitcoast challenge today was to use Old Olive, Raspberry Ripple and Midnight Muse.  Such a great combo challenge from my idol Karen Barber.  So this is such a simple card, how I like it- not quite one layer but almost. I've been meaning to use this set for something other than a holiday card and I thought the sentiment lets me do that. Stamp the mug from Scentsational Season in Midnight muse, and the steam in Old Olive.  Stamp the sentiment from Kindness in Bloom in Raspberry Ripple and the candy cane on a scrap piece of whisper white and cut it out rounding out the bottom to fit the mug and just taped on- because I was too lazy to mask but I thought it looked great for a two minute card.  Clean and simple how I like it.  Enjoy!

A simple thanks

 The new Stampin Up colors are growing on me.  As a demonstrator I was able to get some new preview stampsets from the new catalogue before every one else but I really want the new butterfly set and punch but I will have to be patient like everyone else until June 1st to order it.  We have been in serious need of a good butterfly.   Thankfully the Papaya Collage Set has a darling butterfly with a center that has been left open that I just adore and perfect for embellishing. 
So for my friends who placed an order this month will get this simple hand stamped thank you in their bag. 

It uses all the new colors 2012-2014 ( the new foam pads are amazing- so juicy with an even center so no tapping gazillion times to get really well inked!)  with rhinestone jewels in center- it looked great with just one but I thought it looked better with 2 each - with 150 per pack you can really go crazy with those.  Pretty with pearls too. 

The thank you is form the Everyday wishes set that matched with the simply sent kits.  I am so sad because it is the same font as the Friendly Phrases set that I adore and I use this all the time for my thank you but this one is retiring end of this month- I reckon I will keep this little gem for my own use. 

This idea is really simple.  Take any stamp you like and repeat it multiple times using different color stamppad and you can get myriad of different cards with the same idea.  Easy make and take and demo card

Petite Purse Variations using DSP

There are lots of ways you can play with the Petite purse die especially using the great DSP choices we have. I did a fussy cut a piece using the Sale-a-bration Everyday Enchantment paper so it would be aligned in the middle and it is very simple but pretty. I tucked the handles on the inside for this one but you can have it out and decorate that as well. Or decorate the front panel only and use a decorative filigree brad like the one I did on the pacific blue bags using the delightful Summer smooches DSP.

Change out the handles with the Dotted scalloped ribbon and decorate with all the pretty brads, Pearls, rhinestones, buttons, ribbons.... Bring out all those doo-dads that you have been hoarding and use some of it for this. Fill it with hershey' nuggets (fits 5 - four on the side and one on top) or Ghiradelli square chocolates (fits 3 perfectly!) Do the Stampin Up marketing people know us or what?

I tell you, this is the EASIEST little gift I have ever made! Now if I the candy can make it out of this house ........... Take some time to play today!

Bright Blossoms Border

Another play to create an interesting border using the Bright Blossoms stampset. Using Lucky Limeade and Poppy Parade markers ink and stamp as shown. Tie Everyday Enchantment 1/8 in organdy ribbon (sale-a-bration) in Calypso Coral. Using the Labels Framelit, diecut a scrap piece of paper using the size desired. Sponge in Pool Party to create a frame. Stamp the sentiment from Pursuit of Happiness in Lucky Limeade. Hardest part is making the border with markers but even that did not take long. Enjoy!

Bright Blossom Short & Sweet

I was trying to find a way to use a sentiment from the Short and sweet set and use it to continue the line and create a frame. I stamped the image, then stamped the sentiment below and tried to draw the frame around it using a ruler and the Concord Crush marker. I was trying to do a one layer card but it sort of went off center so I cut it out and then layered it. I embossed the Concord crush CS with the heart Adorning accents EF and that was layered over the Lucky Limeade base cardstock.

Pretty simple.

Bright Blossom CAS

Gosh I am having so much fun playing around with this set- I was playing with the idea of creating a frame around the image using different techniques and I really like this one. Diecut a scrap piece of cardstock wtih the Labels collection Framelit and use the negative space to sponge in Pool party from the edge to create a soft frame. Stamp the vase and leaves using Concord crush and Lucky limeade then the flower in Poppy parade. Stamp the sentiment from Pursuit of Happiness in Concord crush and I can tell you this is a two minute one layer card- but I love it!

CAS Bright Blossom

One of my most memorable challenge in my short creative life was one where my upline Tami had a bunch of us sit in groups and she gave us a picture, couple of sheets of paper and told us to make a scrapbook page in 15 minutes. You should have the seen the amazing pages the groups made with nothing but that. I was reading a splitcoast posting about 'cafeteria syndrome' where we have so many choices of do-dads that we become paralyzed from the overwhelming choices. So I have been challenging myself to come up with easy make and take cards using the new Bright Blossoms set. I almost feel more free. I have some more ideas so stay posted!

This was made using a mask on the left side. I suggest stamping the stems for the flower first in lucky limeade, stamp the flowers in poppy parade then fill in with the all green stems. Tie a little vintage ribbon from sale-a-bration and sentiment and another easy peasy card.

Lynda

Bright Blossoms abound

I stopped browsing for a while- I just didn't have time and then when I wanted to make a card, that card image stuck in my head and stifled my own imagination from blossoming. I also got upset when people cased my card and never credited me. Better for my blood pressure if I don't know about it. Let them fester in their own guilt and I will live happily in my ignorance. I always try- the critical word her is try- to make a card for each customer who places an order from me but with my lack of time, it has to be easy to make. I love simple one layer card and this was it. Using the new Bright blossoms image, stamp the stems in lucky limeade and the flower balls in calypso coral along the bottom of the card. Stamp the sentiment in Concord Crush, then punch a 1/8 hole about midway below the sentiment. Put the ribbon through the cardfront to the back, wrap it around the side to the front and around the back and through the same hole again. The ends should straddle the ribbon. Tie it make a bow that stays put! Love this technique! I then made a matching money envelope using same stamping style. Tied a limeade Cardstock strip, then white and then tied the ribbon around that. Easy!

Enjoy!

Lynda

"My time has not been my own."

This is what Anne Elliot, the heroine of Jane Austen's 'Persuation' says to a friend to explain her long absence.

This is how I have been feeling for so long- life circling around 3 kids, school, swim, ski, piano lessons, dealing with the whinings around having to do homework every night after a full day at work. It is totally exhausting! So I let my blog and even my stamping falter.

Then my grandmother- who was almost 100 - God bless her soul- passed away and the whole clan came together in Los Angeles. It was the first time I had seen all three of my siblings in one room in almost a decade.

When I asked my older brother Pete- who I think is one of the smartest and nicest guys I have ever met- if there is something I could do for him, he asked for some nice gift envelopes in which to gift money or a check.

So I've been dreaming up a bunch of ideas to do this for him. With Sale-a-bration almost over and since I am totally in love with this paper I wanted to make a whole pack of pretty gift envies for him.

It's a pretty simple design. Take a 9x 7 1/2 inch paper- DSP is preferred. With the 9 inch side across the top, score down at 2 7/8 inches and 6 inch. punch out a half circle from the 3 inch side (on the right in the picture) and corner round the left side. Use sticky tape to adhere the right side to the center panel.

Create a band using a contrasting CS

You can only get one out of a 8 1/2 x 11 CS or 12x12 CS but with plenty of scraps left over.

I stamped the image from Fresh Vintage stamp set from Sale-a-bration ( isn't it delicious that it lines up with the triple layer doily punch so perfectly? ) twice in 2 different colors to coordinate- punched the small circle using 1/2 inch circle punch and layered both using dimensionals on the band.

My plan? is to use up as much of my hoarded (gasp!) DSP as I can. I think he would appreciate some neutral and manly papers so I am making a bunch.

If you are giving a large denomination of cash and want to show it off, you can punch/diecut a large oval in the center of the inside flap to show off the picture instead of the little semi-circle too, BTW.

Lynda

On the Sixth Day of Christmas

I had this stamp from Stampendous of these poppies that I just love- but it was a bit plain until I put it on a back ground of poppies embossed on white with SU's flower garden die. I am giving a set of these in a box out to a girlfriend who loves Provence.

Stamp the image on watercolor paper using memento or Stazon black and color in as shown. Mount the piece onto real red CS and distress around the edges. Mount it onto another white CS that has been embossied using the flower garden die as shown.

Easy yet touchingly hand made gifts for your friends.

enjoy!

Lynda

On the Fifth Day of Christmas

An Easy Christmas Card totally CASED from Margery Chen- Base card is white with Merry Chsistmas from Hand penned holidays heat embossed using silver EP.

Stamp Lovely as a tree in Garden Green and use 2 way glue pen to add dazzling diamond glitter to the trees and base- so sparkly but hard to tell here. Tie a red ribbon - this one is retired- around the card and voila - a card you can make in just a few minutes. You can make 10 of these in no time to send out to your friends and change out the ribbon to some color that you may have on hand.....

Thanks Margery your friendship and your Lovely (as a tree) Card!

CAS141 sketch challenge

My wednesday morning quickie version for the Splitcoast challenge for sketch here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2018072?cat=500&ppuser=9306 Base card is real red with white on top stamped with balloons and sentiment from Crazy for cupcakes, color the balloons in then take a small square of red stamped with dot dot dot with versamark then tied up with the daffodil 1/8 inch ribbon mounted with dimensionals. Really simple card but I thought sweet.

Lynda

SCS SC347

A sketch challenge card for splitcoast SC347.

Base is poppy with Pear pizazz DSP stamped with the grass image from inspired by nature in wasabi . then a layer of pink pirouette. The flower white layer was stamped using pretty in pink craft and rose red craft ink but the stems were colored using wasabi directly on the rubber before stamping then embossing with clear EP (to make just the flowers pop a bit).

I added the wider twill tape (retired) stamped with the butterflies from Kindness Matters set and cinched it all using a vintage brad.

I then stamped a white scrap
with the butterflies and cut one out and colored it in with pool party and daffodil and adhered it using the multimono liquid glue in the center and a quick Wednesday morning card!

enjoy!

Lynda

Lace Ribbon border card

Very simple easy to demo card. This is a case from Chanda Stehlik from Stampin Connection (demo only website).

Take whisper white - works in either direction. Take a strip of white and run it through the lace ribbon border- better to make it longer and center it after you punch it out. Use 2 way glue pen to attach 1 1/4 inch circles - here I used the 2011-2012 In color cardstock Pool party, wisteria wonder, calypso coral and lucky limeade. Then use dimensionals to separate it from the back ground white. I stamped the sentiment from Friendly phrases in Wisteria but you could have used any of the in colors. Added some crystal jewels and easy card you can whip up in no time. You can fit 5 max across the bottom. If you turn it sideways, it will fit 3 colors but it still looks good.

More ribbon border fun to follow in the coming weeks!

Lynda

Delicate Doilies emboss resist

Splitcoast challenges this week were CAS129 belated birthday and CC324 White Gray and Turquoise. I thought this simple card fit the bill perfectly.

Base card is turquoise with layer or basic gray on top with corner rounded. Take a whisper white cardstock and stamp the delicate doilies using versamark then heat emboss with white or clear EP- I then used a dauber to dab on turquoise ink all over and stamped the sentiment using the same color ink. Easy peasy take ten card.

Flower Fest Dahlias

Karen Barber is such an amazing stamper and she made a card using flower fest with highlighting that looked likd Dahlias that I had to try it out. This is a CASified version of her card. Base card is regal rose with a layer of pear on top then white stamped with sentiment in black on the bottom from Teeny Tiny Wishes then embossed with polka dots on the top side only.

The flowers and leaves were stamped with versamark then embossed with white EP. I repeated this with another scrap piece of regal rose CS and cut out although it looks just as pretty punched out. Used regal rose marker to add some color then real red to add just a little more pop of color to add more dimension. Added 2 loops of pear seambinding ribbon underneath the scrap piece flower and used dimensionals to pop it up.

It's an easy card that just LOOKS complicated. I thought it looked like those expensive Japanese papers I love so much.

Enjoy

Lynda

Beautiful Wings CAS in Eggplant.

This is a layout lifted from Jen Sannes from simpleandsincere.com. I have been cleaning up my stamping room- it always gets my mojo going- sometimes when I have too much stuff, it gets overloaded and you need to reboot to get you going again. Since there was a lot of Elegant Eggplant CS on my table, I decided to just use it as a base, stamped the sentiment from Short & Sweet with versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. Diecut the white CS using scallop rectangle and cut a saffron piece slightly bigger. A piece of Pear Pizazz Stitched poly ribbon was laid on the bottom. Saffron piece was mounted with dimensional. The butterflies were diecut in pear, pacific and melon mambo- If you make 3 cards, you can rotate the colors - save the extras for another project. Mounted them with the Multipurpose liquid glue just in the center so you can lift the wings later and added a little pearl to add a little interest.

Pretty simple and easy- just the way I like 'em!

Lynda

Beautiful Wings embossed 3 ways- heat, folder and embosslit die.

I wanted to do a make and take using the Beautiful wings but it can get a little backlogged if each person has to diecut the butterflies in several different colors. So I just wanted to use just one color and since it was an embossing workshop thought it would be fun to incorporate heat embossing with the sentiment heat embossed with white EP onto Elegant eggplant CS and Old Olive CS embossed using the Elegant Lines EF and the Beautiful Wings Embosslits diecut the butterflies in white- showing 3 different embossing techniques- Easy to demo and do as make and takes. I did add some pearls before I took the picture - for some bling- I had the class use Smooch Illuminate Top coat to add some sparkle which was pretty in a very subtle way.

The sentiment was - yet again- sincere salutations.
Make sure you swipe the cardstock with the embossing buddy before you stamp it with versamark pad to avoid any stray powder sticking- it's a must in any heat embosser's supply list.

Lynda