Brick Fruit

Well, my steady diet of fruit is rubbing off on my stamping choices! Here we have three kinds of fruity goodness, with a technique! I talked about how hard it is to find good peaches where I live, but there are lots of strawberries here. And I have found wonderful pears, but mostly in the winter. That is ok, we need fruit in the winter time too! And by eating what is in season, I rotate my foods a bit :)

I made a video for the pear card, and I hope you enjoy it!

All of the cards are on a Crumb Cake card base 4¼"x8½" scored in half, then the colored mat is 3¾" square, and the Whisper White image panel is 3½" square. The vellum strips are about ¾"x3¾".

First up, we have the pear card. I used Pear Pizzazz, Crushed Curry, and Garden Green on this one,

Then the strawberry card uses Watermelon Wonder under a rock-n-rolled Cherry Cobbler, with a Garden Green top.

And the peach card, which uses Peekaboo Peach, Watermelon Wonder, and Emerald Envy.

Here is a little peek inside all of them. Lots of lovely fruit! Now, if you order from me this month, you just might get one of these in the mail :)

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Product List

Fresh Fruit Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141770]

$27.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[120953]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[119685]

$8.00

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[131201]

$8.00

Peekaboo Peach 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141417]

$8.00

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101856]

$8.00

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

[141398]

$6.50

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

[138323]

$6.50

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad

[141396]

$6.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[131173]

$6.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[131180]

$6.50

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[126973]

$6.50

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

[126966]

$6.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

$6.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

[141636]

$5.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[138288]

$8.50

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

$5.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive Refill

[129027]

$7.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Daubered Peaches

It's time for another kind of fruit! I made this card without Designer Series Paper by the way. And it was pretty easy :)

I made another video! I hope that I am getting better at it, and that you all are enjoying watching them.

Do you love fresh, juicy peaches? I sure do, but I have a hard time finding good ones in Northern Minnesota. I long for the peaches that are so ripe, you can smell them across the room and they drip down your chin when you take a big bite :) Well, I decided to make my own peaches! I don't have the Fruit Stand DSP, which has a pattern similar to this pattern. But if you have the stamp set, which I do, you can make your own! 

• The image panel is a 4"x5¼" Whisper White piece. Cardbase is Crumb Cake 5½"x8½" scored at 4¼". Crumb Cake 1"x3½" strip for the sentiment.
• For each peach, I inked the stamp up in Peekaboo Peach, then used a sponge dauber to apply Watermelon Wonder to the inked stamp. Then stamped, cleaned the stamp to prevent contaminating the Peekaboo Peach pad, and repeated until all the peaches were stamped.
• I stamped a peach on the inside also.
• Added stems in just one color, Emerald Envy.
• Stamped the sentiment on a 1" strip of crumb Cake in Versamark and heat embossed with Copper embossing powder. 
• Made a nest of Copper Thread and stuck it to the cardfront. 
• Stitched around the panel, with the sentiment strip, then adhered the coasters, then the cardbase. 

See that cute little peach on the inside? I love how well Crumb Cake takes all kinds of inks!

If you haven't checked out my FaceBook Page yet, you might want to go check it out! 

Don't forget the July Bonus Days special, and earn yourself some $5 coupons towards Stampin' Up! product in August! And I am telling you right now, there is a limited time product coming that you are going to have to have :)

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 :)



Product List

Fresh Fruit Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141770]

$27.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[120953]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

[141398]

$6.50

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

[138323]

$6.50

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad

[141396]

$6.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

$6.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

[141636]

$5.00

Copper Metallic Thread

[141696]

$3.00

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

$5.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive Refill

[129027]

$7.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Four Votive Candle Box Tutorial

SO, after doing only 2 videos in the career of my blog, I am trying again :) I have to say, this was the easiest one so far, despite the fact that I had an absolutely ridiculous set-up involving my cell phone, a goose neck lamp, a piece of MDF, and Painter's Tape, lol!

So here it is, a tutorial on making the votive candle box I made for the Amazing Birthday edition of the Stamp Review Crew. I hope you enjoy it. (Yes, I needed to use my inhaler-the scented candles in the box were setting me off, sorry about all of the throat clearing and sniffling. Just be glad I didn't start coughing during that take of the video, lol)

Measurements for the Box:
8½" square of cardstock
Score at ¾", 2¾", 5¾", 7¾"
Turn 90 degrees
Repeat the above scoring.

Measurements for the Slider:
3"x11"

Option one: tighter lid using the Paper Trimmer to score
Score at 3-1/16", 5-1/8", 8-3/16", 10-1/4"

 Option two: slighter looser lid using Simply Scored Board
Score at 3-1/8", 5-1/4", 8-3/8", and 10-1/2"

I went ahead and made up some more boxes with all the materials I used in the video. Waste not, want not you know!

You see the tops of all three in the banner at the top of this post, here are the sides of all of the boxes. I only stamped on the 2 sides that show when the slider sleeve is in place. Sometimes before I assemble boxes, I stamp a message in the bottom, but not this time.

For this one I stuck with the oak theme with the leaves and the acorns. I was surprised at how dark the Tangelo Twist turned out on the Naturals Ivory cardstock. But in a good way :)

I did manage to stamp these on the assembled box. It was a bit of a challenge, but that just makes life interesting, right!

This one is very simple. The most challenging thing was fussy cutting the banner.

I love how the Gold Encore ink looks on the Hello Honey banners. There is some 2nd and 3rd generation stamping here too.

I pretty much just repeated the pattern of the first box here, but with the branch. The "thanks" is part of a larger sentiment, I just inked up the word with a Versamarker and embossed with Gold embossing powder. I have had that Versamarker for years and have only used it a couple of times. It is still super juicy. I will be using it more :)

Just some simple stamping on the side of this one.

So, tell me what you think of the video, please! I can take constructive criticism and suggestions for improved video techniques and ways to edit, so please. Don't hold back :)