SU Polka Dots & Paisley & Paisley Prints

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Beverly

I enjoyed last week’s Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge so much that I made a second card using the color combination. This card features two retired stamp sets; SU Polka Dots & Paisley & Paisley Prints. The card can serve as a thank you or valentine card. I added a “thanks” sentiment; however, that can be removed and a valentine sentiment added.

I used the Stamping Color Resist Technique to create the front panel on the card. Using VersaMark Ink, I stamped the paisley stamp from the SU Polka Dots & Paisley Stamp Set around the piece of Neenah Solar White card stock. I also used VersaMark Ink to stamp a heart around the card. The heart stamp is from Catherine Pooler’s Candy Cane Stamp Collection.

I then added SU Clear Embossing Powder onto this panel and heat set it. Using the colors of the Color Challenge (i.e., SU Soft Sky, Wisteria Wonder, and Wild Wasabi), I sponged the ink around the white card stock panel and rubbed off the ink on the embossing. I think it is amazing how the clear embossing powder turns white! This process is the Color Resist Technique.

I then used two paisley heart stamps from the SU Paisley Prints stamp set, inked them with Wisteria Wonder and Wild Wasabi, and stamped them onto white card stock. I cut out the hearts using the Hero Arts Hearts Infinity Dies. I embossed the two small hearts with Dazzling Diamonds Glitter and adhered the three hearts onto the panel with double-sided foam tape. I used the ODBD Thanks Die to cut out my “thanks” sentiment and finished the card.

Feedback I received from Splitcoastampers members is located HERE!

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Firm Reliance on Divine Providence!

REVELATION 22:12-13 (NIV)

The writer of Revelations, St. John The Divine, shared the Word of God through Jesus Christ: “Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

Spellbinders Astoria Decorative Accents and Labels

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Beverly

I have a card share today that is not my normal type of card. It is an Art Deco card featuring the Spellbinders Astoria Decorative Accents and Labels Dies.

I created the card for Splitcoaststampers’ Inspiration Challenge hosted by Steph (SmilynStef). She picked this great site, “I don’t wear dresses”, from which to draw inspiration when creating. This photo on the site was my inspiration for the card. It is a portrait of a noblewoman, ca. 1580. You can read about the portrait HERE and see a larger picture of her HERE.

I love the red and gold in the woman’s dress and its high collar. I thought the red die cut panel would be a good representation of the high collar as well as reflecting the color of her dress. I used SU Brush Gold Card Stock to reflect the gold in the dress. I also used SU Gold Metallic Tape behind the red panel. To the left of the card, I added ribbon flowers and some beads above and below the flowers.

I enjoyed making the card, and I hope you enjoy viewing it.

THE PRIMARY PRODUCTS USED FOR THIS PROJECT

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Firm Reliance on Divine Providence!

ISAIAH 45:22-25

“Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God and there is no other. By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked; Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear. They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone are righteousness and strength.’ All who have raged against him will come to him and be put to shame. But in the Lord all the descendants of Israel will be found righteous and will exult.”

Taylored Expressions Floating Hearts Cutting Plate

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Beverly

Six more sleeps until it is Christmas Day!!! Hello, everyone! I decided that I am not making any more Christmas cards for this year. So, I have moved on to a Valentine’s Day card featuring the Taylored Expressions Floating Hearts Cutting Plate. I love the results of this cutting plate, which shows on the RIGHT side of my card.

To create the card, I sponged SU Classic Inks onto a piece of white card stock using a sponge dauber. I used Bashful Blue, Pink Pirouette, Pistachio Pudding, So Saffron, and Lovely Lilac ink. Using the sponged and colored piece of card stock and the Taylored Expressions Floating Hearts Cutting Plate, I die cut the hearts. Leaving the hearts within the cutting plate, I laid it over a piece of white card stock and pushed each heart out of the plate, ensuring the positioning was the same as the plate. I added an adhesive to attached them permanently to the card stock.

I used the SU Happy Hearts Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Pink Pirouette card stock and then cut out a heart in the center using a die from the Hero Arts’ Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies. I used the same piece of sponged, colored card stock to cut out a heart frame with the same heart dies. (NOTE: If you are looking for some wonderful heart dies, these will make you happy. There are 10 dies in the set and they truly nest perfectly within each other.) As you can see below, I used the heart cutouts to create a heart shaker box. I inserted some miniature hearts sequins inside the heart, which is covered with a piece of transparency.

I made the “love” sentiment with a die from Hero Arts’ Love Stamp & Cut. Lastly, I submitted this card for a Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge.

Thank you for stopping by! Hopefully my card brings you inspiration!

Paper: Neenah Solar White Card Stock, SU Pink Pirouette Card Stock, Retired SU DSP

Ink: SU Bashful Blue, Pink Pirouette, Pistachio Pudding, So Saffron, and Lovely Lilac

Accessories: Taylored Expressions Floating Hearts Cutting Plate, SU Happy Hearts Embossing Folder, Hero Arts’ Love Stamp & Cut, Hero Arts’ Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies, and Sponge Dauber

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God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

Firm Reliance on Divine Providence!

The birth of Jesus Christ (cont’d): “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” — which means, “God with us.” When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.” Matthew 1:22-25 (Also see Isaiah 7:14 for the reference prophet.)

Beach Scene

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Beverly

Today on Splitcoaststampers is a Color Challenge featuring Stampin’ Up! Colors of Soft Sky, Pacific Point, Wild Wasabi, and Crumb Cake. I created a beach scene card for the challenge. The scene features several dies from Impression Obsession, Marianne Design, Frantic Stamper Inc., Cottage Cutz, and Spellbinders.

If you want to play along with the Challenge, you can do so HERE!

7-10-16 UPDATE: This card was included in the Splitcoaststampers Favorites of the Week ending 7-10-16!

7-12-16 UPDATE: This card was selected as Splitcoaststampers FAVORITE for last week’s Color Challenge, CC590!!

To create the card, I used a 4-1/2″ square piece of Neenah Solar White Card Stock and sponged on the Crumb Cake sand, Marina Mist ocean, and Soft Sky sky. Because I wanted to use a surfer, I wanted to make the ocean seem a little rough; therefore, I used Liquid Applique and spread it along the shore and into the water.

After cutting out all of the die cuts that I wanted to include on the card from the solar white paper (see list of supplies for the names of the dies), I used Copic Sketch Markers to color each one, and strategically place each cutout onto the scene. After finishing that, I cut two Spellbinders Nestabilities Fairmont Labels dies, adhered them together with foam tape, and attached them around the scene. I then added the flipflops and shells around the labels. The scene was attached to a Wild Wasabi card base.

I really like how the card turned out! I hope you enjoyed it, and will take time to provide me feedback!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: None

Paper: Neenah Solar White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up! Card Stock (i.e., Soft Sky, Pacific Point, and Wild Wasabi)

Card Size: 5-1/2″ x 5-1/2″

Ink: Various Copic Sketch Markers, Stampin’ Up! Classic Ink (i.e., Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, and Soft Sky

Accessories: Three Surfers (Frantic Stamper Inc.), Beach Chair and Umbrella (Frantic Stamper Inc.), Lighthouse w/ Clouds (Cottage Cutz – for the birds in the sky), Palm Trees (Impression Obsession), Speed Boat (Frantic Stamper Inc.), Sailboat (Impression Obsession), Flipflops (Impression Obsession), Shell Set (Impression Obsession), Spellbinders Fairmont Labels (for the soft sky frame), Foam Tape, and Liquid Applique

Technique: Sponging and Coloring with Copics

(To see the products pictured below, click on the links above.)

SU Fifth Avenue Floral

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

“In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.” Ephesians 3:12

SU Fifth Avenue Floral

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Beverly

Hello, stampers!! So glad you stopped by as I have for you today a Happy Mother’s Day card featuring Stampin’ Up! (SU) Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp Set, which is retired. I made the card for the following Sketch Challenge on Splitcoaststampers:

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The Sketch Challenge, SC588, hosted by Carey aka cpayette, was fun but took some time to discern.

I was undecided about how to approach the challenge initially. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to use designer series paper or not, and if so, where in the design. Then I found in my cabinet an OLD SU designer series paper (i.e., Sweet & Sour Speciality Designer Series Paper) and I knew the answer to the question I was pondering. To me, this paper is so pretty with Rose Red and Pumpkin Pie as the main colors. You can’t see it in the photo, but the paper comes with one side of all the designs embossed.

(UPDATE: This card is a Favorite for the Week Ending April 17, 2016 on Splitcoaststampers!)

I then decided I wanted a floral image on the card and decided on the Hibiscus stamp from the SU Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set. I have many beautiful Hibiscus bushes in my yard, so they are special to me. Not my favorite flower, but special.

I used the swirly stamp from Everything Eleanor to create my stem after masking the flower. To give the image a little something extra, I used SU Rose Red and Pumpkin Pie Candy Dots and included two bees.

I hope you enjoy the card, and thanks for looking and leaving a comment!!

Stamps: SU Fifth Avenue Floral, SU Everything Eleanor, ODBD Butterfly & Bugs, and ODBD All Mothers Paper: SU Sweet & Sour SPSP, Rose Red, and Very Vanilla Card Stock Ink: SU Pear Pizzazz, Basic Black, Rose Red, and Copics Accessories: Rose Red Ribbon, ODBD Double Stitched Circles Dies, ODBD Butterfly & Bugs Dies, SU Candy Dots, and MISTI Techniques: Masking and Coloring with Copics

BUTTERFLY & BUGS (CLEAR STAMPS) ALL MOTHERS DOUBLE STITCHED CIRCLES DIES BUTTERFLY & BUGS DIES

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace.” Ephesians 4:2-3

Card Sketch Challenge

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Beverly

Yesterday, Splitcoaststampers had a great card sketch challenge as seen below. The sketch challenge was so much fun that folks added more than one card to the Card Sketch Challenge, SC586, gallery.

I decided to create a scene and cut it to fit the sketch. Here is my response to the challenge:

The majority of the card was sponged, except for the stamped images. I used copic markers for portions of the images. I love the technique of sponging so it was fun to participate in the challenge. I think that when responding to a sketch challenge, one has more freedom to create than challenges with specific requirements. I hope you enjoy the card, and any feedback is welcomed!

(Update: This card was selected as a favorite on Splitcoaststampers!!)

The following supplies were used to create the card:

Stamps: ODBD Many Thanks, SU Plant Hope, and Rubber Stampede Thy Word is a Lamp

Paper: SU Whisper White, Crumb Cake, and Marina Mist

Paper Size: A2

Ink: SU Inks and Copics

Accessories: Copics Markers, SU Sponges, and Spellbinders Angel of Peace

Swallowtail Butterfly

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — His good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2

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SU Polka Dots & Paisley & Paisley Prints

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THE PRIMARY PRODUCTS USED FOR THIS PROJECT

Taylored Expressions Floating Hearts Cutting Plate

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Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

Beach Scene

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SU Fifth Avenue Floral

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Stamping With Guneaux Designs By Beverly Polen

Card Sketch Challenge