Category Archives: Congratulations

Falling in Love DSP

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I decided to showcase the Falling in Love DSP today in a way that doesn’t really fall into line with the “expected” use of this part of the Falling in Love suite. As I mentioned, I’m making congratulations cards for people at work who have just been promoted so this seemed like a good challenge. And since I had the Sunshine Wishes thinlits dies out for yesterday’s card, there was a good starting point!

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Falling in Love DSP - Lucky Stars TIEF - Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies

I’m in IT which has far more males than females so it’s no surprise that I’m making 4 male cards and one female. I started with a 2 inch deep strip of the Falling in Love DSP (it’s the reverse side of one of the bokeh photos) and matted it with a piece of early espresso. The very vanilla and the early espresso look very rich with cherry cobbler which is why I wanted a large expanse of the red. To give it some interest, I ran a layer of cherry cobbler through the big shot with the lucky stars TIEF and then cut out the congrats from a piece of scrap using the Sunshine Wishes thinlits dies. To keep the richness of the look, I used a cherry cobbler base and then added a few enamel shapes also in cherry cobbler. I’m really pleased with how rich and luxurious this colour combination looks. Let me know what you think.

I wanted to draw your attention to the customer loyalty programme this month. I decided to have some fun and this month it’s a raffle for a stamp set – Bookcase Builder. For each order using my hostess code, Y3JVQ4Q7, you get an entry into the raffle to win a free stamp set. There will also be a little something in the mail for people who don’t win the stamp set.

Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For all the details on my Customer Loyalty program, 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

Tasty Trucks Congratulations

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I mentioned recently that I needed a number of congratulations cards. Here’s one that I made using the Sale-a-bration freebie, Tasty Trucks. It’s really fun using the watercolor pencils and a blender pen and a good way to relax.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Tasty Trucks

I stamped the truck image in archival basic black and then added the sentiment along the side of the truck in pacific point. Next I laid down a little colour with the pencils and used the blender pen to spread it. I’ve used pacific point, old olive, basic black and daffodil delight here. Once I had finished the colouring, I decided to add the flags onto the back for a more festive look but didn’t wait long enough for the basic black to dry and my yellow flags looked extremely grubby! So I stamped again on a scrap of daffodil delight and snipped the flags out and glued them over the top. Nobody knows that there are some grubby flags hiding under there. Oh, wait!

Next I added a slim black mat and glued that to a pacific point base. I think this is a fun congratulations card.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free handmade cards; the current one is PNF6CKRH (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, 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

Bookcase Builder

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We’ve just had five people promoted at work and I therefore need a few more congratulations cards! I pulled out the Bookcase Builder stamp set with the really gorgeous sentiment  – I love the typeface. And then there are all the fun items to put on the shelves.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Bookcase Builder

After a few test runs, I got the shelf and sentiment placement where I wanted them – and stamped in early espresso – and stamped the trophy in delightful dijon and then the wine carafe. And then I realised why the top of the carafe was flat. It isn’t a carafe, it’s a lamp. Oops! I showed my brother and told him that I was puzzled why the top of the carafe was flat and he said he thought it was awesome – it would stop it rolling around the table like ours do since they don’t have flat tops. He laughed and laughed when I showed him that it was actually a lamp. Although he prefers it as a carafe! But I started again and this time got my pear pizzazz lamp the right way up and moved onto the plant. The bottles and teddy bear filled up the lower shelf and then it was a question of matting the piece of whisper white. I continued the early espresso colour with a really slim mat (just 1/8 inch larger) and put that onto a delightful dijon cardbase. One down and a few to go – I’ll check my stash for a supply so that I can get these out in a timely fashion – or maybe I’ll make more like this but using different items on the shelves; I’ve only used about a quarter of the shelf items in bookcase builder so far. Either way, It’s so fun to celebrate promotions with a handmade card.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free handmade cards; the current one is PNF6CKRH (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, 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

Designer Tee

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It’s a slow day here today; I’m not sure if that’s because it’s snowing or whether I’d be moving slowly anyway! But it’s taken me all morning to get organised and blog writing. I decided to feature the new Sale-a-bration set, Designer Tee which I hadn’t yet inked up. The images are sized to fit on the t-shirts in the Custom Tee stamp set (which comes as a bundle with framelits) but I wanted to show an alternative use.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Designer Tee - Lucky Stars TIEF - Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

The image is stamped in real red and then cut out with what is becoming rather predictable – the Stitched Shapes framelits dies. The sentiment is from the same set. Once I had these two elements set, I wanted to add some texture, hence the lucky stars TIEF band along with a real red border. I contemplated ribbon or enamel shapes but it was getting a bit too much so I stayed clean and simple. I attached the image to the banner with dimensionals – it seems to work best for attaching to texture, just make sure you push fairly firmly on them to start with.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get five free handmade cards; the current one is PNF6CKRH (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Beautiful You Watercolor Wash

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The new set, Beautiful You, is perfect for the new watercolor pencils and perfect for practicing prowess with an aquapainter. It’s actually incredible how little skill is needed to achieve a great look.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Beautiful You

For this card, I stamped the image and sentiment, both from Beautiful You, in archival basic black onto shimmery white card stock. By the way, if you’re using your stamp-a-ma-jig, clean it up quickly after using the archival inks. With a little extra effort it cleans right up but if you let it really dry, it won’t come off without the stazon cleaner even though it’s not alcohol based. After letting it dry, I took the daffodil delight watercolor pencil and laid down some colour around the image and then blended with the aquapainter. After that had started to dry, I coloured in the rest of the image using pumpkin pie, melon mambo, old olive, calypso coral and then a combo of the first two on her hat.The calypso coral was just a hint to stop her limbs being stark white. Then as the drying permitted (to avoid bleeding the colours together) I blended the rest of the colours, adding more colour afterwards as necessary – specifically extra melon mambo on the folds of the skirt.

The paper was not quite as flat as when I started so I used fast fuse to attach it to the basic black mat to flatten it completely. More fast fuse to attach this to the daffodil delight card base and the card was complete. I love this image and am really happy with the result here – it looks as if she’s bathed in sunshine and just so happy, celebrating the joys of spring. At least, that was my intention!

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. And that reminds me – there’s a deal on a 3 month subscription to Paper Pumpkin going on currently, instead of $59 it’s $55 (137859) priced perfectly to get you a free Sale-a-bration item. Even if you’re a monthly subscriber, you can buy a 3 month subscription and use that and then go back to the monthly subscription afterwards. You’d save money AND get a free product. There’s no downside!

See you tomorrow,

Liz