Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper (129310) – Stampin’ Up!

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What a gorgeous paper is the Stampin’ Up! Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper!  It has beautiful designs in the Stampin’ Up! colors of Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, Melon Mamba, Night of Navy, Pear Pizzazz, and Whisper White.  The Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper (DSP) might be my favorite DSP from the group of sneak peeks.  Here is a greeting card made with this paper.

Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper

The primary element of this card is the flower.  The top layer of the flower is made with the same design from the Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper as is the second layer on the card.  At first glance they look different.  I made the top layer of the flower with the Stampin’ Up! Modern Label Punch (119849).  Gingham Garden Designer Series PaperThe Stampin’ Up! Blossom Punch (125603) was used to create the Daffodil Delight and Melon Mamba flowers beneath the Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper pieces.

The flower is topped off with a  Stampin’ Up! Builder Brad (129329) from the Spring Catalog.  A Midnight Muse In Color Dahlia (Dahlia Assortment – 127556) rests on top of the brad. Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper 

A piece of Midnight Muse Stitched Satin Ribbon (126847) adorns the left side of the card.  The flowers running down the pieces of Daffodil Delight and Midnight Muse Card Stock are made with a non-Stampin’ Up! punch. 

As for a sentiment for the card, it does not have one.  Sometimes I like to exclude a sentiment until I am ready to use the card, as in this case.  So, what do you think about the card?

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Beverly Polen

 Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper

Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper

Happy Birthday Card for Him – Brayer Project – Guneaux Designs

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Happy Birthday to my brother!!  I made this Happy Birthday card for him using a brayer.  I don’t create many brayered projects; but when I do, I love the process!

Happy Birthday Card for Him - Brayer Project 

The Happy Birthday card features some of Stampin’ Up!’s new and upcoming Annual Catalog products.  The card base was made with the new 2013-2015 In Color, Pistachio Pudding Card Stock (131294).  The second layer is the new card stock in the Subtles Collection, Soft Sky (131203). The sky was brayered with Soft Sky Classic Ink (131181) and Marina Mist Classic Ink (126962).  The field was brayered with the new 2013-2015 In Color, Pistachio Pudding Classic Ink (131177), Old Olive Classic Ink (126953), Always Artichoke Classic Ink (126972), and another new 2013-2015 In Color, Baked Brown Sugar (131174). 

The stamp image of the mare and her foal is not a Stampin’ Up! product.  However, I love the stamp, and my brother loves horses.  They have always been of big part of his life. The “Happy Birthday” sentiment is from an upcoming Hostess set, Morning Meadow (129678). 

 

 REMINDER:  There are 18 days left to purchase the Stampin’ Up! retiring stamp sets and retiring accessories.

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Beverly PolenHappy Birthday Card for Him - Brayer Project

 Happy Birthday Card for Him – Brayer Project

Everything Eleanor Stamp Set, Quatrefancy DSP, Stampin’ Up!

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Everything Eleanor Stamp Set, Quatrefancy DSP, Stampin’ Up!

Do you like trying different forms of art?  I sure do.  Actually, I am excited to share with you today a new art form that a special friend shared with me this weekend.  The art requires  using tracing paper to trace images or items, cutting out the traced items, temporarily adhering the cut-outs onto Designer Series Paper, drawing around the cut-outs, and cutting out the drawn pieces and adhering them to paper to create an image.  It closely resembles using a pattern to cut out and sew fabric.  This piece that I’m sharing features the Stampin’ Up! Everything Eleanor Stamp Set and the Stampin’ Up! Quatrefancy Speciality Designer Series Paper.  The piece of art is 6″ x 12″; therefore, my pictures are a little larger than usual.

  

Isn’t she beautiful?  I think so!!  All of the paper on the piece of art is Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Papers.  My lady has an up-do which is enhanced with a headband decorated with a flower and rhinestone.  Her body is made with a Stampin’ Up! script DSP.  The upper portion of her dress is made with one design  from the upcoming Quatrefancy  Speciality Designer Series Paper, which I love.  The bottom portion is made with various designs from the same DSP.  The stamp image from the Everything Eleanor Stamp Set really causes the piece to pop!  I’m thinking that I will call my lady, Eleanor!  That seems quite fitting! (lol)

The following pictures provide a better view of Eleanor’s dress top and bottom:

The flowers at the top of the dress bottom are enhanced with a Stampin’ Up! Basic Rhinestone that I colored with a permanent marker.  The flowers themselves are from a collection that is not Stampin’ Up! flowers.

After adhering all of the pieces (i.e., her body, dress, flowers) to the yellow piece of paper, which is a design from the Quatrefancy DSP, I adhered it to a piece of cardboard.  This provides the art piece with stability and allows me to set it up in a picture stand.

I hope you enjoy Eleanor and will give this art form a try!

 

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 Everything Eleanor Stamp Set and Quatrefancy Speciality Designer Series Paper

Stained Glass Technique – Stamping With Guneaux Designs

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Was the sun shinning in your area this weekend?  It was a beautiful, sunny weekend in central Florida.  Speaking of the sun shinning reminds me of light – the light that shines through a window, especially a stained glass window.  Thus, today I am sharing a card I made featuring the Stained Glass Technique.  When I think of the Stained Glass Technique, I am reminded of the beautiful stained glass windows often seen in cathedrals.  They are so awesome when the sun shines through them creating many spectrums of color.

Stained Glass Technique

The Stampin’ Up! Secret Garden Stamp Set is highlighted in this card.  Using the largest floral image from the set, I stamped it with VersaMark Ink onto an oval piece of Vellum.

Stained Glass Technique

I covered the image with the Pewter Stampin’ Embossing Powder and heat set it.  With the image face down, I colored it using a Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Write Marker (I have one from the time that Bermuda Bay was a Stampin’ Up! color).  On selected sections of the image, I recolored after the ink dried, repeating this step until I got the shades I wanted.

Stained Glass Technique

To create the look of solder joining other pieces of glass, I used a Basic Gray Stampin’ Write Marker and drew lines randomly onto the back side of the Vellum.

The Stampin’ Up! Ovals Collection Framelits were used for the two oval mats that encase the stained glass image.  The pink mat was pierced  with two ovals from the Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack.

SUPPLIES USED FOR THE CARD FEATURING THE STAINED GLASS TECHNIQUE

Stamp Sets:  Stampin’ Up! Secret Garden Stamp Set (129144 – c) and Itty Bitty Banners (126257 – c – sentiment)

Paper:  Bermuda Bay Card Stock, Pink Pirouette Card Stock, and Vellum

Ink:  Bermuda Bay Classic Ink, VersaMark Ink, Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Write Marker, and Basic Gray Stampin’ Write Marker

Accessories:  Ovals Collection Framelits (129381), Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack (129387), Pewter Stampin’ Embossing Powder (124114), and Retired Pink Pirouette Ribbon 

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Stained Glass Technique

STAINED GLASS TECHNIQUE

Stampin Up Bloomin Bouquet

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I hope you had a wonderful weekend and got to enjoy some rubber stamping!  Today’s project is a Stampin Up Bloomin Bouquet made with paper flowers. 

Stampin' Up! Bloomin' Bouquet Paper Flowers

You can easily create a dozen beautiful flowers to give to someone special, including an extra one to give as a quick thank you to someone else. (Or keep for yourself—hey, your flowers, your rules!)

These flowers would make a great gift for Mother’s Day, or any other special springtime event. Just imagine presenting a beautiful, handmade bouquet, complete with your own touch, such as a vase, some tissue paper, or a bit of lovely ribbon or twine. It’s a gift that says you care—and will last longer than real flowers!  Watch this video and see more information below. 

 

 

The Stampin Up Bloomin Bouquet (134542) comes as a Project Kit and it includes the following: 

  • 2 sheets of 12″ X 12″ cardstock featuring 13 preprinted and precut flowers (flower colors: Pool Party, Gumball Green, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, and Rich Razzleberry
  • 13 Vintage Faceted Buttons
  • 13 green floral wire stems

All you need is adhesive (recommend a glue gun), and you’re set! This kit is only available while supplies last, for $12.95. 

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Stampin' Up! Retiring Products

 

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Stampin Up Bloomin Bouquet Paper Flowers

 STAMPIN UP BLOOMIN BOUQUET 

Trust God Stamp Set

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Trust God Stamp SetHope you are having a good weekend!  Today’s card features the Stampin’ Up! Trust God Stamp Set, as well as the Secret Garden Stamp Set.  I think the card is very pretty and soothing.

The Trust God Stamp Set is one of my favorites, and I am thankful it is not on Stampin’ Up!’s retiring products list.  My opinion is that the stamp set is great for cards of encouragement and to let friends and loved ones know you are thinking of them.

To make the card, I used VersaMark to randomly stamp the large flower from the Secret Garden Stamp Set onto a piece of Whisper White Card Stock.  The flowers were covered with Pewter Stampin’ Embossing Powder and heat set.

Then I randomly sponged three classic inks around the card stock. I used the returning Soft Sky and Crushed Curry, and the current Melon Mambo classic inks.  I really like the look of blending inks.

Using VersaMark, I stamped the sentiment from the Trust God Stamp Set onto a small piece of Whisper White Card Stock, covered it with the Pewter Stampin’ Embossing Powder and heat set it.  I used the Stampin’ Up! Oval Framelits to cut out the sentiment and a Soft Sky Mat for it.  I added six Basic Rhinestones to give the card a little bling.  Before attaching the sentiment and mat to the card, I attached a piece of Soft Sky Ribbon to the center of the card.  (So glad I still have some of the Stampin’ Up products in the returning colors!)

SUPPLIES USED FOR THE CARD:

Stamp Sets:  Trust God Stamp Set (126702 – c) and Secret Garden Stamp Set (129144 – c)

Paper:  Whisper White Card Stock, Crushed Curry Card Stock, and Soft Sky Card Stock

Ink:  Crushed Curry Classic Ink, Soft Sky Classic Ink, Melon Mambo Classic Ink, and VersaMark Ink

Accessories: Pewter  Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Sponges, Soft Sky Ribbon, Ovals Collection Framelits (129381), Corner Punch, and Basic Rhinestones

 

 God’s Blessings!

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Beverly Polen

TRUST GOD STAMP SET AND SECRET GARDEN STAMP SET