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Sunday, January 1, 2017

Stamp Review Crew: Swirly Bird Edition

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Happy New Year! Here it is, the first days of 2017, and we are all ready to play with our toys :) 
Oh, Swirly Bird, how versatile you are! And you have such nice coordinating dies, oh my! Are you ready to see a whole pile of fun ideas to use with this set? We are about to inspire you all! Who doesn't need a little January jumpstart into creativity?!

For those who are new to the Stamp Review Crew, here is a little background. We are an international group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators that gets together on the first and third Mondays of every month to do a blog hop. Each hop features a single stamp set to give you loads of inspiration for that set! The hops are archived at the Stamp Review Crew blog, and you will be able to click through each hop at any time, going directly to the posts for that hop whenever you want! And you can click on the banner of this post to go to the master blog roll for this hop also.

If you are following along in order, you arrived from the fabulous Dawn Tidd's blog! Love her stuff!!

After all of the holiday and winter cards I have made lately, I really felt like making something fresh and floral. And I wanted to use the Colour INKspiration challenge: Mint Macaron, Daffodil Delight, and Bermuda Bay. I will admit I did not think these would do well together. But it turns out to be quite lovely, it I do say so myself 😁
  1. On a 4"x5¼" panel of watercolor paper taped down to a board, I applied clean clear water to the whole panel. Then with ink squeezed out of the inkpad onto the lid, I applied a color was of Mint Macaron and used the Heat Tool to dry it. 
  2. Then I stamped the flowers and leaves using Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, and Mint Macaron on the watercolor panel and inside a Mint Macaron card base. 
  3. Use Embossing Buddy on the watercolor panel. Stamp the inner swirl in Bermuda Bay on the largest flower on the watercolor panel, then quickly add Clear embossing powder and heat set.
  4. Next I stamped the sentiment from the SAB set, So Very Much, in Versamark and heat embossed in Copper. And I added the second portion in Bermuda Bay under the large "thank you". 
  5. Stitching around the watercolor panel gives it a nice finishing touch, then the panel is adhered to the card front with dimensionals. All done!


I am so glad I bought another container of the Copper embossing powder because I am going to run out of the first container very soon!

This card came together very quickly, and I may have to make a few more to send out for all of the lovely gifts, and visits, we had this holiday season!

OK, this is not the card I had in my head when I entered my crafting area! I was going to use the little bird, but that is as close as it gets 😏 That being said, I love this card! It was another of those ideas that just pops in your head and demands to be created. Right now. Blame it on the spatter stamp.

I kept the dimension down to one layer here, and carried the branch to the inside also. Do you recognize the sentiment set? It is Here for You. It is a must-have for all kinds of sympathy/encouragement cards with slightly salty phrases. And I think a lot of us are at least slightly salty 😜

The little swervie stamp can be used for the kite string, or to build a branch.

A little close up for detail. The droppings are stamped in Versamark, then White heat embossed. The sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso and Clear heat embossed. The Brickwall embossing folder came in handy here. And the bottom edge of the white panel? That is made with the swirly wavy lines!

That is all I have for you today, but I think I will have to go back and create the card I inttended to create before Dirty Bird popped in 😏

All of the supplies I used for these projects are listed at the bottom of this post, if you are interested.

And now it is time to check out the talented Bruno Bertucci's blog, he is sure to WOW you!

http://stampinbruno.blogspot.com.au/

http://tiddbitsfromdawn.typepad.com/

If you have seen something you need for your crafting life, just click the image in the supply list below and it will take you to my store! If you order less than $150, please use this month's Host Code, which can be found at the top of the sidebar on the right.

And be sure to check the box allowing me to contact you when you check out. I can't send you a thank you card if I don't know your address! And I promise to only send you happy mail, no junk mail :)


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Sunday, December 18, 2016

Stamp Review Crew: Sweet Stack Edition

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Who likes cake? Me! And who likes pie? Me again!! (I prefer pie to be honest, it's all the fruit) And how about cute little slice boxes?! Oh, yes please. We are featuring the Sweet Stack stamp set, and it coordinates with the aptly named Cutie Pie box framelits. I can't wait to see all the goodies the Crew comes up with this time!

For those who are new to the Stamp Review Crew, here is a little background. We are an international group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators that gets together on the first and third Mondays of every month to do a blog hop. Each hop features a single stamp set to give you loads of inspiration for that set! The hops are archived at the Stamp Review Crew blog, and you will be able to click through each hop at any time, going directly to the posts for that hop whenever you want! And you can click on the banner of this post to go to the master blog roll for this hop also.

If you are following along in order, then you have just arrived from Mike Funk's blog. Amazing, right?!

Time to see what I have done with this set :)

OK, you knew I was going to do something watercolor with this, right? I used a panel of watercolor paper, embossed the image in Gold embossing powder, then used an Aquapainter to color each triangle. Then I dry embossed the bottom of it. Stitched around the edges (cuz it wouldn't be me if I didn't!), and popped it up on dimensionals on a Thick Whisper White card base, Easy Peasy!

Can you see the dry embossing better now? For the watercoloring, I did lay down some water in each trianle first, then dropped color into the tips and worked out to get the gradient effect. And I got a little outside the lines, but I am not gonna sweat it! It's hand-made, right?!

Inside has a sentiment from Happy Happenings, and then stamped off the colors from the front with the streamers image. I think this turned out good enough to be a card FRONT!

Here is a little slice of cake with some sprinkles on top! The sequins are from the June Paper Pumpkin. There were a ton of sequins in that kit! I used some cello bag material to create the sandwiched window for the sequins, and I did not even cut it out special. I glued it down to cardstock with Fast Fuse, trimmed of the extra, added more Fast Fuse, put a few sequins down, then added another layer of cello material down and trimmed it off. The sequins even shake around a little in the sandwich!

That's all I have for you! Are you ready to go see what Sue Plote has made? I know I am!!

https://stampingwithval.com/

http://stampin-style.typepad.com/stampin-style/


If you have seen something you need for your crafting life, just click the image in the supply list below and it will take you to my store! If you order less than $150, please use this month's Host Code, which can be found at the top of the sidebar on the right.

And be sure to check the box allowing me to contact you when you check out. I can't send you a thank you card if I don't know your address! And I promise to only send you happy mail, no junk mail :) 

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