Monthly Archives: June 2016

Paper Pumpkin June 2016 alternate

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I’m calling this a Paper Pumpkin June 2016 alternate although I am using a few extra products – however they are easy to switch out if you haven’t got what I used. I wanted to show that the dotty circle stamps makes for a really fun background and since I had a “sunshine” on my pile of die cuts that I was “just cutting to see how they looked’ (tell me you do that too!), it begged to be added to the card.

Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin June 2016 alternate - Banner Surprise and Sunshine Wishes and Crazy about you

I started with the idea of just doing 5 circles across the card in pumpkin pie and melon mambo but I needed to fill in the bottom of the card too for balance. I looked at the sentiments in the Paper Pumpkin Banner Surprise kit and although they are useful (happy, birthday, graduation, anniversary etc) they didn’t go with my sunshine die cut from the Sunshine Wishes thinlits set. So I pulled out the Crazy About You, a set that I’m so grateful has carried over along with its thinlits, and stamped the HELLO in crushed curry – the same colour as my die cut by the way.

I tried all three of the colours that I’ve used as a base or even as a mat but there was already enough colour and I finally decided on a thick whisper white card base. So that’s it – my first Paper Pumpkin June 2016 alternate. I think it’s a very happy card, let me know what you think.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

 

Baby Bear Thank You

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When I first saw the Baby Bear set in the catalogue, I knew he was going to be on my first order. It’s not as if I have masses of friends having babies at the moment and need welcome baby sort of cards, but the set was still necessary. Immediately! I didn’t realise until this morning when I stamped him, just how incredibly detailed and realistic he looks.

Stampin' Up! Baby Bear and Vertical Greetings

I messed him up the first time, but then found that by stamping the most detailed colour first – since it’s the darkest colour – it’s much easier to line everything up. I also concentrated on getting the bottom of him right and everything else fell into place. Concentrating on his paws or ears doesn’t work because not all of the three stamps have the details at the edges. So I started with soft suede and did the detailed layer, then moved to the middle less detailed layer and stamped in crumb cake. The final layer which is just a block of colour, I did in crumb cake stamped off once.

I was planning on stamping the ribbon and did so – in sweet sugarplum and rich razzleberry but I felt that the bear looked so real, he needed a real bow. I found some pear pizzazz cotton ribbon in my stash and that set the rest of the colour scheme. The sentiment wasn’t planned – I just happened to stamp the practice bear on a piece of scrap which had the Thank You from Vertical Greetings and it really fit. I added a skinny soft suede mat before adding that to the pear pizzazz card base. I happened to have an envelope liner cut out already so I used that to dress up the envelope.

I hope you are having a great start to the weekend.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Flourish thinlits dies

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I’m still working my way through the new supplies that I got last week. That sounds as if it’s a chore – it’s obviously not. I’m having loads of fun playing. I have a little pile of die cuts on my desk that I’ve cut “just to see” and they are slowly making their way onto cards. Okay, actually it’s not a desk, it’s the kitchen table and my stuff spreads over it like lava! Luckily my brother doesn’t seem to mind – I try to leave a space where he can put a drink if he’s sitting there chatting with my whilst I play. One of the sets that I cut a few days ago is the Flourish thinlits dies and I cut out the main piece in calypso coral.

Stampin' Up! Flourish thinlits dies

First, I got my spacing and then added the greeting in calypso coral – it’s from the Vertical Greetings set that I used yesterday. I can see that this set is going to have a lot of use –  it’s one of the first which caught my eye in the new catalogue. I used the 2 way glue pen to fix this to my thick whisper white card base – the thick card stock which Stampin’ Up! brought out last year really is awesome for card bases. I wondered about adding a few pearls but it was overkill – this card really is the epitome of clean and simple.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Vertical Greetings for CAS C&S

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It’s Thursday again – they seem to be coming more frequently! – and so it’s time for another challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches, a colour one this week. This was the perfect time to pull out another of my new sets, Vertical Greetings.

Stampin' Up! Vertical Greetings

Here’s the banner which inspired my card:

I started by stamping the topiary tree in its pot carefully inking up the stamp with 2 colours and helping the join between the two with my Stampin’ Write markers. After I’d added the greeting, I’d still only used two of the three compulsory colours. Since there seemed to be just too much white space, I cut down my piece of whisper white and made a slim pool party mat to frame it adding both pieces to a thick whisper white card base. I really like the thick whisper white cardstock for bases although I’ve found that you really need to score the fold or you don’t get a clean edge.

To balance the pool party a bit, I decided to add a little bow as well. I still have some leftovers from a previous ribbon share and happened to have a piece of the cotton ribbon in pool party. It made the perfect bow.

Whilst my stamps were still inked up, I decided to decorate the envelope too. I miss my envelope liners, but perhaps Stampin’ Up! are trying to get us to be more creative with our envelopes. I’m sure if the envelope liners were still available, I’d have just used a liner for this envelope.

Stampin' Up! Vertical Greetings

Do pop over to the CAS Colours & Sketches site to see the inspiration from the rest of the team and to have a go yourself. You’ll notice that Louise and I had pretty much the same card in our head for this one!

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Gift of love hostess set

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As you know, I placed a fairly substantial order at the beginning of the month (7am on the first day!) and it meant that I had some hostess dollars to spend. Here’s a card using one of the hostess stamp sets, Gift of Love, that I added to my order for free.

Stampin' Up! Gift of Love

It’s a “two step” stamp set although it’s actually three stamps. First I stamped the image in pear pizzazz and then filled in the leaves with more of the same colour. The flowers are a third stamp and here I used rich razzleberry, stamped off twice to give a delicate look. The sentiment is also from Giftof Love and that’s in full strength rich razzleberry. I matted the whisper white with some pear pizzazz and put that onto a rich razzleberry card base. I used a liner that was in my stack of liners to line the envelope. If you have the envelope liners I find that it makes sense to cut out multiples at the same time and have a stash of them. I won’t use them as much as I did since they aren’t available any more – I’ll have to find other ways to jazz up the envelope.

I can see this set being used a great deal – it’s a beautiful flower and the typeface of the sentiments is great. Remember to take a look at the 6 hostess sets – they are at a the back of the catalogue – because they are a great use of your Stampin’ Rewards.

See you tomorrow,

Liz