Monthly Archives: March 2017

Paper Pumpkin February 2017 Alternative 2

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I’ve had this card in my head for a week or so but just couldn’t quite finalise it to get to my Paper Pumpkin February 2017 Alternative 2. The “ornament” is actually the candle flame from the kit and thus I’ve actually made a Christmas card in March! I liked the ornament on cherry cobbler but wanted my sentiment in ink rather than heat embossing because the gold embossing powder doesn’t match the ornament. Hence this layout was created.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Paper Pumpkin February 2017 Alternative 2 - Many Happy Birthdays - Embellished Ornaments

The gold thread is held onto the ornament with a glue dot and then wrapped under the cherry cobbler piece and secured there. There’s a slight bump where it goes under the cherry cobbler, but it’s minor. I then popped the ornament up with dimensionals and added a bow with another glue dot. Before constructing the card, I stamped my sentiment from Embellished Ornaments because the extra layer would have messed up the stamp-a-ma-jig – and of course, it’s better to do the sentiment early so that you can flip the cardstock over if necessary!

I glued the cherry cobbler piece to my very vanilla layer, standing them up on my desk so that I could be certain that they were lined up properly. Then I added this to a cherry cobbler card base.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get a selection of ribbon and sequins (6 yards in all) when your order is $30 or more; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 34ANVEHC (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Moon Baby for a boy

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I’ve finally done it! I’ve made a baby card for a boy! Every time I sat down to make a baby card lately, it came out as a baby girl one. Now I’m at least half prepared for the birth of my colleagues’ children. One is definitely a boy and the other is unknown so I just need another baby boy card in case. I meant to use the adorable toys in Moon Baby, but the baby with the umbrella demanded to be used again!

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Moon Baby - Lucky Stars TIEF

I used archival basic black to stamp the image onto watercolor paper and then actually left it overnight. Not because it needs quite that long to dry, but because I didn’t get to it. The pale blue is actually the pacific point watercolor pencil and a lot of water to get it quite that pale. I then matted it with night of navy which led to me stamping the sentiment in night of navy also and matting it in the same colour using the layering circles framelits die. I stamped the sentiment on watercolor paper as well so that the colour and texture matched the larger panel perfectly. The card base is actually marina mist – not a colour that appears anywhere else on the card, but it worked due to the very pale pacific point. After folding the card, I put the front into the Lucky Stars TIEF to create the texture – I like how it goes right to the edge of the card front.

 

Reverse Words Multi colored

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I was thinking about doing a little organizing since I don’t use my coloured embossing powders that often; these days I tend to use versamark on the stamp, then a colour and use clear embossing powder. In a very obvious attempt to craft rather than organise (!), I decided that it would be fun to use the Reverse Words stamp set again but have it multi coloured.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Reverse Words

I did this by stamping the image onto the versamark ink pad and then used sponge daubers to add pool party, pear pizzazz and then sweet sugarplum. I stamped it onto a piece of whisper white and then covered it with clear embossing powder. After heating, I got this lovely glossy multicoloured background for my reverse words image. I added a few sweet sugarplum dots, a sweet sugarplum mat and put this all onto a thick whisper white card base. A similar effect could be created using baby wipes and re-inkers – I may give that a go soon.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get a selection of ribbon and sequins (6 yards in all) when your order is $30 or more; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 34ANVEHC (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

 

Reverse Words the other

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As I mentioned yesterday, one of the new Sale-a-bration releases is Reverse Words and it contains two big stamps. Yesterday I showcased Hooray, today I’m sharing cheers. I happened upon a live video by Alisa Tilsner yesterday showcasing a way to make a watercolored background using a zip lock bag and heat embossing and it solidified in my mind what I wanted to do with the Reverse Words. I’d been inspired by one of the sample in the SAB brochure which used sponge daubers to colour the stamp in yellows and oranges but was leaning towards heat embossing too so I combined the two.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Reverse Words

I started by heat embossing the image from Reverse Words onto watercolor paper with white embossing powder. Then, mostly because I’m out of zip lock bags, at least upstairs in the kitchen, I used a piece of cling film or saran wrap. I used my aquapainter to get half of the paper really wet and tapped my so saffron stamp pad onto the cling film. I then smooshed the colour onto the card, pushing it around with the wrap. Next I did the same thing with peekaboo peach. Lots of fun and I can see doing more cards using this technique. Add more water with your aquapainter to get the effects you want.

I matted the watercolour paper with a piece of peekaboo piece, attaching it with fast fuse to ensure that it was really flat and then put it onto a so saffron card base. A few peekaboo peach enamel shapes pulled it all together.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get a selection of ribbon and sequins (6 yards in all) when your order is $30 or more; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 34ANVEHC (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Reverse Words

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There are three new Sale-a-bration products that you can choose for free for every $50 that you spend (before tax and shipping) until the end of March. And here I’m playing with two of them – the set Reverse Words is exactly what it says and has 2 words with a watercolor like background. Then there’s the 6″ by 6″ glimmer paper pack – 12 sheets of three colours of glimmer paper – mint macaron, sweet sugarplum and bermuda bay. Fun stuff!

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Reverse Words - Glimmer Paper - SAB 2017

I went very simple to really show off these products – I stamped my hooray in mint macaron straight onto a thick whisper white card base. I then added a strip of the mint macaron glimmer paper – it’s so sparkly! – and then some mint macaron dots finished it off. How simple – and yet effective – is that?

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get a selection of ribbon and sequins (6 yards in all, a mini ribbon share if you will) when your order is $30 or more; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 34ANVEHC (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

Here’s an example of the ribbon selection – I’ve just realised that the rich razzleberry is retired so I’ll state that a maximum of one of the ribbons will be retired.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Ribbon Reward

And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.

See you tomorrow,

Liz