Lovely When Wet

Here is a card we made at our last Hostess Club. It uses Lovely As A Tree (*please don't retire this set yet - I just got it!*), on a piece of watercolor paper, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, and Old Olive card stock. 4 vintage brads. Finished off with a Chocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon.

Here's how the "wet" comes into play. Color your tree using your markers right onto the rubber. I used Mellow Moss and Chocolate Chip. Then take a spray bottle, and give a quick squirt of water right on the image. Then stamp onto your watercolor paper. If you want to give your tree a fuller look like the tree above, color right over your image with lighter colors. I used Creamy Caramel on the trunk and Certainly Celery on the tree.

I gave the Club the option of not coloring in the tree, and to my surprise, most of them opted not to color it in. So here is what most of their trees looked like...

I love it both ways! Give this technique a try and let me know how yours turns out!

Teacher Thanks

Here are a few cards that I made for my boys' teachers. I put a set of 10 in a cute tin for them to use next year.
I used the All In The Family set for a quick set of cards with their names on them. The letters are a retired SU! set - In The Loop.
Tart & Tangy apple on some Summer Picnic paper.
Yummy oranges on Whisper White with a slice of Summer Picnic paper.
And a few sweet cherries with a touch of glitter!

Simply Scrappin'

Do you know what this is?

It's what I have left of my Home Again Simply Scrappin' Kit after creating a 20 page 6x6 album!

I'm having a class on May 31st if you are interested in scrapbooking with me and learning how you can create a 20 page album in less than 3 hours!

Going out in style!

Stampin' Up! announced today that all 3 styles of Hodgepodge Hardware in the Spring-Summer 2008 Collection will be retiring with this catalog! Get your Pewter, Copper, and Aged Brass Hardware now!

The catalog expires August 10th - but I suspect that with the retirement list coming out in July - that the Hodgepodge Hardware will be long gone. So stock up on your favorite before it's too late!

Sticky situation!

I wasn't sure how much I would like the new Sticky Cuts letters that Stampin' Up! has - but now I know... I love 'em! They are so much fun!

Here's a little project that I started today.

First, I took a Sticky Cut letter from the big sheet of letters. I peeled the back off of the letter and stuck it to my Whisper White card stock. Then I took my Taken With Teal Classic ink and sponged all over my card stock. I left the red cover on my letter while I did this - otherwise I don't think it would have been too sticky!

Then, I peeled the red cover off of my letter. Ta da! No color where the letter was!

Then I picked up my card stock and placed it in my powder pals tray. Why?

Micro-beads is why! Boy they sure can make a mess. Even using the tray, I still managed to get them all over the table! Oops!!

But so worth the mess. I think they are so cute!

And here is what they look like on my Purely Pomegranate card stock.

I'll finish up the card tomorrow with a piece of Taken With Teal card stock and a little ribbon! I'm off to class now!

Voila! Happy Birthday!

Paper: Stampin' Up! Basic Gray, Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink: Classic Black, Real Red marker, Rose Red marker, Pretty in Pink marker, Creamy Caramel Marker, Yo-Yo Yellow marker

Stamps: Voila!

Accessories: Double circle punch, 1" circle punch, Word Window punch, Dimensionals, 1/4" Grosgrain Black Gingham ribbon

Other: 2 Pennies

I used my Double circle punch towards the bottom of the card and pulled my ribbon through it. This left a void on the front of the card where I added the faux button. The button was created using the double circle punch on black cardstock. Then I centered the 1" circle punch over the double circles. Added a separate piece of Grosgrain ribbon, and then attached it where the void was on the front.

After stamping the Chef image, I used my Word Window punch to create the slide on the card. I went a little more than 1/2 way over his tray so that the cover would go over the cake! Then I sandwiched a dimensional between 2 pennies and placed it in the slide. I added the cake to the tray once I knew where the pennies would stop. I used another dimensional to attach the cover to the pennies. Voila! The cover slides across the card to reveal a yummy birthday cake!

Time to Celebrate!

Paper: Stampin' Up! Night of Navy, Real Red, Whisper White

Stamps: Celebrate Everything

Ink: VersaMark, Night of Navy

Accessories: Large Star Punch, Small Star Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun

I tried the emboss resist technique! I stamped celebrate in VersaMark ink, then embossed with clear embossing powder. Then I sponged the Night of Navy Classic ink over the strip of Whisper White cardstock. Wipe over the embossed image to reveal the white image.

Emboss with Uni-Ball Gel Pen!

I was making a few cards today, and wanted to leave the flower on the card white. Well, not just flat white like the paper... but white, like a color.

So I grabbed my new Uni-Ball white gel pen and started coloring. I noticed that it was rather wet. So rather than let it dry... I sprinkled some clear embossing powder on top and gave it a quick blast of heat!

Ta-da!! Hopefully you can see it in the picture - but it did actually work! Fun times!!

The stamp is from Fun & Fast Notes. It is stamped in Basic Black on Whisper White cardstock. Purely Pomegranite, and Basic Gray cardstock was also used.

Orange you sweet?

Found some orange slices as I was checking out of Hobby Lobby today! Thought they would be cute in a bag with a topper that had been stamped with Pumpkin Pie colored oranges from the Tart and Tangy set. Thank you is from Family Phrases. And I added a little Pumpkin Pie bow.

Hey Lady!

This 8-1/2" x 11" scrapbook page was so easy to create! I used a Real Red base and randomly stamped the large image from Baroque Motifs around the edges in Basic Black. I added a mat of Black cardstock, under a piece of Whisper White cardstock. To create the blue sky, I sponged Brocade Blue all over.

The flower was created using the large oval punch. The center was punched from a scrap of Yo-Yo Yellow. The petals are punched from Whisper White. I inked the edges of the petals and center using Summer Sun classic ink. And added a quick Old Olive stem. I used my Black journal marker to add spots to the center of the flower.

The ladybug was created using my 1-3/8" circle punch in Real Red and Black cardstock. I used my Crop-a-dile to punch random holes in the Real Red cardstock, and then cut the circle in half. The head of the ladybug is a 1" circle from Black cardstock. I drew the antanae onto the Whisper White cardstock using my Black journal marker.

Where does she come up with these things? Well, I first saw a card done by Faith on Splitcoaststampers, and then saw another card done by Desiree

Both of their creations are beautiful! Maybe mine will look like theirs someday! :o)

You're a blast!

I wheeled Sweet Stars on a Whisper White base using Basic Black ink. I then colored in the double lined stars using a Tempting Turquoise marker. I colored in a few circles using a Pumpkin Pie marker. The rocket is from the Pun Fun set. I used Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, and Pumpkin Pie markers to color it in after stamping it in Basic Black in on Whisper White cardstock. The rocket is layered on a piece of Tempting Turquoise and Pumpkin Pie cardstock. A super fast and simple card!

Here you go...

Here's what I've been busy working on! Some have stamping, some are SU! designer series paper, and some have neither! I'll be back after church to share the details. :o)