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Hey Chick with watercolor pencils

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I was in the mood for some relaxation yesterday, so out came my watercolor pencils. I’ve been meaning to do a card with one of the hens on top of another for a while and it seemed like the perfect time.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Hey Chick

I stamped my cute images in archival basic black onto shimmery white cardstock – it has a delicate shimmer on both sides and is perfect for watercolouring, although here I used a blender pen, rather than strict watercolouring. After leaving it to dry for a while, I used the early espresso pencil for the bottom hen and feet of the top one. Then daffodil delight, blending into calypso coral blending into real red on the top hen. I added a little early espresso ground as well.

And with a basic black mat and onto a calypso coral card base, there you have a quick, relaxing card!

If you haven’t snapped up the Hey Chick stamp set yet, time is running out! It’s available whilst supplies last up to and including March 31st. After that, it’s gone. It’s one of the free sets available during Sale-a-bration.

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

Colour is Amazing

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Colour really is amazing; I had a card class last night and we were playing with the Hey Chick stamp set and the watercolor pencils and my friends decided to change up the colours since we were making two of the same design cards. My original chick was coloured with daffodil delight, pumpkin pie and bermuda bay but after Tara had used the calypso coral pencil on one of her cards, I decided to follow suit and change colours on my second card. This led to some hasty cutting out of new background pieces but we ended up with lots of color ways. Here I used real red, calypso coral, pumpkin pie and daffodil delight. The design is still the same as the original, but the dry embossed piece is now calypso coral. The chicken also looked great on Steph’s card with daffodil delight, pumpkin pie and pacific point with a pacific point background – I neglected to get a photo of that. But play around and change up the colours.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Hey Chick

Here’s the original – isn’t it amazing what a change in colour will do?

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Hey Chick

We also played with Beautiful You and made two similar cards, changing sentiments and colours. We also stepped up the second why by doing a little paper piecing using the subtles DSP stack. Here are my two examples. Again, the colour really changes the mood doesn’t it – here we have sweet sugarplum and so saffron. Which do you like best?

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Beautiful You      Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Beautiful You

 

I hope you enjoyed today’s projects. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to enter the raffle for a chance to win your very own Bookcase Builder stamp set for free; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is Y3JVQ4Q7 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get an entry into the raffle). 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

Hey Chick Happy Day

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It’s funny how your opinions of stamp sets change – I was on the fence about getting Hey Chick, but I’ve been having so much fun with it and the new watercolor pencils. I’m so glad that I got it. Especially as it was free – and can be for you too. It’s one of the Sale-a-bration products which means that it’s one of the items you can select every time you spend $50 (before tax and shipping) during Sale-a-bration which started earlier this week and goes on until the end of March.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Hey Chick

I again used the watercolor pencils and a blender pen after stamping the image with the archival basic black. One tip that I have for you is that you must give it time to dry before using the blender pen or you get a chicken tinged with grey. No need to discuss how I know that! You could use the heat gun but I actually left mine overnight – not on purpose, it just happened that way. I used the daffodil delight, pumpkin pie and bermuda bay pencils, first laying down some colour and then using the blender pen to move the colour around to erase the pencil lines (I love watching that happen) and then blending where the colours change. I added more colour where I felt I needed it and repeated until I was happy. There’s something very therapeutic about this process.

The rest of the card is also easy (luckily since it’s my third make and take at my launch parties) – cut out the image with the wonderful stitched shapes dies, dry emboss a piece of bermuda bay with the Seaside TIEF, stamp a sentiment from the same set on daffodil delight and make it into a banner using the triple banner punch and then construct. I like to use snail or fuse (or a mixture) to adhere dry embossed pieces. And I used dimensionals to pop up the chick – I think she deserves it.

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. Don’t forget that buying a prepaid 3 month subscription not only saves you money, it gets you a free Sale-a-bration item!

See you tomorrow,

Liz

 

Fancy Frost Specialty DSP

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Well I’ve gone for all the catalogs today – the annual, the soon to be retired Holiday and the upcoming Occasions! After playing with the Hey Chick stamp set yesterday, I wanted to make another card and sometime last night I thought of the window framelits and having the chick peeking in the window. I was wondering what to do for wallpaper when I thought about texture which led me to the Fancy Frost Specialty DSP which is retiring and currently 20% off at $10.80.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Fancy Frost Specialty DSP - Hey Chick - Hearth and Home thinlits

I took a piece of the fancy frost paper and used the Hearth & Home thinlits to cut out the window. Then I did the same with a piece of so saffron and continued the colour by lightly using a sponge dauber onto the textured paper. Next I stamped my chick with archival basic black and then used the same two watercolour pencils as yesterday, daffodil delight and pumpkin pie but added some rich razzleberry to the ends of the chick’s hairdo.

To construct the card, I placed everything where I wanted it and then removed the window frame. I added glue to the back and then put it back in its spot. This meant that I had the chick stuck to the window frame in the right place and could just add the wallpaper around the frame. Easy. After adding this all to a rich razzleberry card base I felt that there was something missing. I’d wanted to add the sentiment but it wasn’t going to work over the texture until I remembered the classic label punch. A quick stamp and the addition of an enamel shape and it was perfect.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Fancy Frost Specialty DSP - Hey Chick - Hearth and Home thinlits

Don’t forget the great close out sale currently going on and also the offer from me – a new, free stamp set. Just spend $40 with me and use the workshop code CBUJ4GTP, and you get to select one of Hey, Chick, Delicate Details or Designer Tee which I’ll send you for free once I close out this workshop on January 3rd. Check here for the details and also pictures of these stamp sets. If you spend $60, I’ll send you the pearl or rhinestone basic jewels as well. Email me at lizbaileycards@gmail.com to let me know which of the sets you’d like and whether you’d like pearls or rhinestones (if you’ve earned them), or I’ll just select one at random.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is CBUJ4GTP (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift 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

Hey, Chick Sale-a-bration freebie

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Here’s one of the freebies from the Sale-a-bration sets and it’s really fun. It’s the one most requested in my December give-away. So, now that we’re past Christmas cards and tags, I felt it was time to pull out the new sets. But I also want to pay more attention to the product in the annual catalog since there are some awesome things there, so don’t run away expecting that I’m only going to show product that you can’t order yet!

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Hey, Chick

This chick from the Hey, Chick set is so adorable, I suspect that you’re going to set the image all over the place. I stamped using the archival basic black which holds up pretty well for this and then coloured it using the new watercolour pencils (love them!) in daffodil delight and pumpkin pie using a blender pen to move the colour to hide pencil strokes and to blend the colours together. It’s really fun. I love that I don’t have to use stazon and then the different cleaner. However, I have noticed that when you use your stamp-a-ma-jig and the archival ink, it’s best to clean fairly promptly or you need the stazon cleaner to get the ink off the plastic sheet. I was going to cut this image to a smaller square and mat in various colours, but I liked the simple look here. I like to start with the basics when using a new stamp set.

Don’t forget the great close out sale currently going on and also the offer from me – a new, free stamp set. Just spend $40 with me and use the workshop code CBUJ4GTP, and you get to select one of Hey, Chick, Delicate Details or Designer Tee which I’ll send you for free once I close out this workshop on January 3rd. Check here for the details and also pictures of these stamp sets. If you spend $60, I’ll send you the pearl or rhinestone basic jewels as well. Email me at lizbaileycards@gmail.com to let me know which of the sets you’d like and whether you’d like pearls or rhinestones (if you’ve earned them), or I’ll just select one at random.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is CBUJ4GTP (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift 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 – a fun day since my sister’s coming to visit. You can bet that we’ll be spending a good amount of time crafting!

Liz