CCREW0512SF- CAS Scrapbook Layout

Hi Again Stampers!  

Did you know that May is National Scrapbooking month?  

CCREW0512SF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Scrapbook focus: 

Create a scrapbook page or project that showcases someone you love.

I decided to create a quick easy layout using the retired In-Color Hostess DSP pack along with a few punches, embossing folders and of course, Pearls.

This one is so simple- just stamp the edges with the scroll image from Creative Elements on the 8x8 pages of Pear Pizzazz.  Add the panels, bow and flower- as a fellow demonstrator says, "Easy Peasy"..:-)

 

Stamp Sets:  Creative Elements

 Ink: Pear Pizzazz

Cardstock:  Pear Pizzazz, In-Color Hostess DSP Pack (retired)- Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride

I hope you like this layout and again, come join us for the fun! 

CCREw0512HF- Blessing My Life Pop-Up

CCREW0512HF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM - Holiday focus 

This challenge is for the girls! Make a free standing pop-up card for a special female in your life (your mom, your sister, an aunt, or a best friend)! 

The tutorial is here: Splitcoaststampers - Free Standing Pop-Up Card Tutorial by Mary JoAlbright .  Don’t forget- a great project to use the Simply Scored™ board and the new Simply Scored™ diagonal insert!

I used the tutorial to create the pop-up card- heat embossed the flowers on Whisper White. 

Stamp the En Francais background stamp using Basic Gray (stamp off first) and color the flowers using Stampin’ Write markers- Blushing Bride, Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait. 

Emboss the outside panel with the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder (before assembling the card).  

Add the ribbon bow, rolled flower and sentiment to finish off the card.

Closed View 

Stamp Sets:  Elements of Style, Herb Expressions (soon to be retired), En Francais

 Ink: Basic Gray, Blushing Bride, Stampin’ Write Markers- Concord Crush, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride

Cardstock:  Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride and Whisper White

Accessories:  Big Shot™,  Perfect Polka Dot Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Punches- 1 3/8” Circle (rolled flower), XL Oval, Decorative Label, Doily and Large Oval (under bow at the top of the tag), Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder, ½” Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding, Antique Brad, Pearls

Thanks again for dropping by- I hope you enjoyed this card (it was my first but definitely not my last, freestanding pop-up card)!  Have a wonderful week- God Bless! 

CCREW0512CF- Triple Treat Love

Hi again Stampers!

Here is my card for submission for the CCREW0512CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Catalog focus:Time to Blossom! Think of May flowers. We have lots of flowers in the catalog: stamps, punches, paper flowers, Big Shot dies, buttons, etc.. Use any or all of these in a project.

Again, this card highlights all of the In-Colors on one card along with a few other retiring products…

To create this card: 

Use the Big Shot™ with the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock. 

Stamp the Triple Treat Flower three separate times each time with a different ink- first time with Concord Crush, then with Peach Parfait and again with Poppy Parade Classic ink. Punch out the flower portions and assemble the flower. 

Layer the card using the doily from Flirtatious Specialty DSP, embossed panel using the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder (this was a scrap piece I had from a previous project).

Add the flower with SU! Dimensionals , the ½” Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding Bow and the little tag sentiment to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Triple Treat Flower, Tiny Tags

 Ink: Concord Crush, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade

Cardstock:  Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride and Concord Crush DSP (retired In-Color Hostess Pack), Flirtatious Specialty DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders- Vintage Wallpaper and Perfect Polka Dot,  Punches- XL Fancy Flower, 5-Petal Flower, ½” Circle, Jewelry Tag, Handheld 1/16”; ½” Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding, Pearls, Metallic Wire

Thanks again for visiting- I hope you enjoy this card and if you have the time to join us this month, please do!  Just create a card and upload to Splitcoast Stampers  using the keywords  CREW0512CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM.  Have a great week and have fun stamping!

CCREW0512DF- A Vintage Career

Hi Stampers!

Here is one of the challenges for the Splitcoast Creative Crew May Challenges- 

CCREW0512DF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM - DSP/Color Focus

A Vintage Career! This is the last month for the 2010-2012 In Colors (Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Concord Crush).   Showcase the color you'll miss the most in a project….I used all of the colors since I love them all!

Using Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz and Poppy Parade to stamp collage images from Established Elegance onto a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock.  

De-static the cardstock, stamp the dress form with Versamark™ ink and then again into Concord Crush Classic Ink, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Clear Embossing Powder and heat with the Heat Tool. 

Emboss with the Big Shot™ with the Decorative Oval Frame Textured Impressions™ Folder, tear the edges around the edges by hand and lightly sponge Concord Crush over the embossing and around the edges.

Layer the cardstock panels, add the ½” Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding Ribbon, add the bow with the rolled flower center, sentiment and pearls to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Established Elegance, Elements of Style

 Ink: Concord Crush, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade

Cardstock:  Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride and Concord Crush DSP (retired In-Color Hostess Pack)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders- Vintage Wallpaper and Decorative Frame- Oval, Punches- 1 3/8” Circle (rolled flower), 1” Circle and Modern Label (sentiment), Sponge Daubers, Sanding Block,  ½” Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by- have fun creating this week and if you have the time, come join us! 

May 2012 Creative Crew Challenge

Hi Stampers! 

I am so excited- May is my first month as part of the Splitcoast Stampers SU! Creative Crew Design Team and what an honor!  I will be participating on the Design Team for four months and we are hoping that you will join us this month!  If you have the time to participate, just create a project from one of the challenge categories and upload it to the Splitcoast Gallery- it is that easy and a lot of fun!  When you upload, make sure that you use the keywords that are highlighted in bold so we can all see your projects and comment (SUO- Stampin’ Up! Only and SUM= SU! Mostly)-

May’s Challenge Details-   Retiring In-Style! 

CCREW0512DF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- DSP/Color Focus: 
A Vintage Career! This is the last month for the 2010-2012 In Colors (Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Concord Crush).   Showcase the color you'll miss the most in a project. 

CCREW0512CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Catalog focus: 
Time to Blossom! Think of May flowers. We have lots of flowers in the catalog: stamps, punches, paper flowers, Big Shot dies, buttons, etc.. Use any or all of these in a project.

CCREW0512HF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Holiday focus: 
This one's for the girls! Make a free standing pop-up card for a special female in your life (your mom, your sister, an aunt, or a best friend)! The tutorial is here: Splitcoaststampers - Free Standing Pop-Up Card Tutorial by Mary Jo Albright .  Don’t forget- a great project to use the Simply Scored™ board and the new diagonal insert!

CCREW0512SF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Scrapbook focus: 
Did you know that May is National Scrapbooking month?  Create a scrapbook page or project that showcases someone you love.

I will post each of my projects in a separate blog entry- I hope you enjoy this challenge and join us!   Have fun and stop by to visit us :-)

Antique Buffalo Birthday- Faux Burning

Hi Stampers! 

Boy, it has been another busy week at work but I wanted to take a moment to share a card that I created for this week’s PP92 Paper Player’sSketch Challenge.  I love this sketch- it has a clean and simple layout yet you can "dress it up" if you like as well.  If you have not already visited their site, check out all of the Design Team entries as well as the other submissions (they are amazing!)…

I have had this stamp set on my wish list for a while and just received it (it will be retiring).  I wanted to create a very aged, antique looking card with the buffalo image- I know it may not be your style, but I find taking pristine white (or in this case vanilla) cardstock and aging it is very therapeutic :-)  

To create this card:

De-static a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock with the Embossing Buddy® and ink the buffalo with Versamark™ ink, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Brown Embossing Powder and heat with the Heat Tool.  Once cooled, color with the Aqua Painter and Early Espresso ink (directly from the pad). 

Tear the edges by hand and use Sponge Daubers to apply Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Early Espresso ink until you reach the desired "antique" or "faux burned" effect.  Use the Color Spritzer Tool with the Early Espresso Stampin’ Write marker to further distress the image.

Mount onto a piece of Well Worn DSP (embossed with the Big Shot™ and Herringbone Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder).  Adhere this entire panel onto Very Vanilla (again, sponging the edges to “antique”) and attach the panel onto another piece of the Well Worn DSP (this piece looks like a barn panel and has been embossed with the Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ folder).

Tear the layers of Very Vanilla cardstock and crumple the paper by hand.  Apply the Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Early Espresso ink in the same manner as above until you achieve the look that you desire. Use the Crimper Tool to achieve further distressing and mount onto the buffalo panel.

Add the embossed strip of Chocolate Chip cardstock with a scrap piece of the Well Worn DSP (same as the panel behind the focal image).  Add the Hemp Twine, Antique Brad and tag detail.  Adhere all onto an embossed panel of Chocolate Chip to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  In Wilderness, Petite Pairs

 Ink: Versamark™, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Well Worn DSP (retiring)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Herringbone and Square Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Sponge Daubers, Color Spritzer Tool, Crimper Tool,  Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® Brown Embossing Powder (retired), Aqua Painter, XL and Large Tag Punch, Antique Brad , Hemp Twine (retiring)

Thanks again for stopping by!  I hope you like this card- I never seem to have enough masculine cards on hand :-).  Enjoy the remainder of the week and have fun stamping and creating- God Bless! 

Peace Within- Three Challenges in One!

Hi Stampers!

I had a few minutes to stamp this evening and decided to create a card using a few of the soon to be retired stamp sets, Plant Hope and Peace Within.  I just received the Plant Hope set and love the tree images and wanted to participate with The Paper Players PP91 Watercolor CAS Challenge.  

I decided to incorporate the CQC133ColourQ Colors and the FM31 Freshly Made Sketch.  Again, all of these sites have wonderful weekly challenges and their  Design Team samples and entries are fabulous!  

  

To create the watercolor background paper, use the Aqua Painter to lift ink from the inside of the ink pad from More Mustard and Dusty Durango.  Create strokes onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock (or you could use Watercolor paper) and use the Heat Tool to lightly dry the paper.

 

Ink the background stamp, En Francais with Basic Gray and stamp over the lightly damp paper.  Continue to dry the paper with the Heat Tool (being careful not to scorch the paper:-)).

Once dry, stamp the tree image with Versamark™ ink, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder and emboss with the Heat Tool.

Cut the image with the Framelits™ Die and layer with another die cut from Basic Black. Adhere the focus image to the Basic Gray panel (embossed with the Herringbone Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder) and finish off with the 5/8” Black Satin Bow and sentiment. 

Stamp Sets:  Plant Hope, En Francais, Peace Within

Ink: Basic Black, Basic Gray, More Mustard, Dusty Durango (retired)

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Dusty Durango (retired)

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Framelits™ Label Collection Die, Herringbone Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder, Punches- Large Oval and Curly Label,  5/8”  Black Satin Ribbon

Thanks again for taking the time to visit and all of your encouraging comments- I read each and every one and feel that all of you are my friends!  Thank you for your "friendship" and I hope you have a great time creating and sharing the love of stamping! 

Retired Soon- Color Challenge with an Old Friend

Hi Again Stampers!

I wanted to create a card using one of the soon to be retired stamp sets and In-Colors and this week's  CCMC197 Create with Connieand Mary Color Challenge was perfect!  If you have not done so already, check out the Design Team samples as well as the other entries- gorgeous! 

Friends Never Fade will only be available until the end of May and I love the floral scroll and sentiment on the main floral stamp (fyi-Concord Crush will also be retiring along with the In-Colors for 2010-2012).

This card is fairly simple and combines quite a few techniques- heat embossing, dry embossing, crimping, rolled flowers and of course, pearls  :-)   I will have to come back and post more details tomorrow since it is so late…

Stamp Sets: Friends Never Fade

Cardstock:  Crushed Concord, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Whisper White

Ink: Versamark™, Concord Crush

Accessories: Big Shot™, Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder- Snow Burst and Perfect Polka Dot, Designer Frame (rectangular),  Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® Clear Embossing Powder, 1 3/8” and 1 ¾” Circle Punches, Crimper Tool, Pearls

Thanks again for visiting!  I hope you like this card and if you have the time let me know- will you be sad to see Friends Never Fade retire?  

Have a great week stamping- God Bless!