The Versality of Paint Chips

I am so excited about today's post; everyone of these cards make me smile!  I went to a Stampin' Up! Regional event in Hamilton last fall and this was a technique that was demonstrated in one of the WOW presentations.  That day I stopped at Home Depot on my way home and picked up some paint chips to play with.

And true to form, they sat in a drawer for the last 6 months until I finally pulled them out today and decided to start playing with them.  I made 4 different cards to show all of the options you have when using these to make cards with.

The first one is stamped with Whisper White Craft Ink and embossed with Iridescent Ice Stampin' Emboss Powder.  I stamped with the Whisper White Craft Ink because I was going to use White Stampin' Emboss Powder, but then changed my mind and did the embossing with Iridescent Ice.  Unfortunately, you can't see the sparkle of the "easter eggs" in the picture.

Supplies

Card Stock:  River Rock, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

Stamp Set:  Easter Blossoms

Ink:  Whisper White Craft Ink, Rich Razzleberry Craft Ink, Versamark

Punches:  2" x 1-3/8" Oval

Accessories:  Stampin' Up! Subtles Brads (Pretty in Pink), Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, 5/8" Rich Razzleberry Satin Ribbon, Iridescent Ice Stampin' Emboss Powder, Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folders. Big Shot, Dimesionals, SNAIL

For the second card I used Melon Mambo Craft Ink and Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder.

Supplies

Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Melon Mambo
Stamp Set: Elements of Style
Ink: Craft Melon Mambo, Classic Basic Black
Punches: 1-3/4" x 7/8" Oval, Scallop Oval
Accessories: Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Big Shot, Pretty in Pink 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Clear Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, SNAIL

Tips

1. I used the scraps from the paint chips to stamp the "Life is a Matter of Moments."

For my third card I used Black Stampin' Emboss Powder, and I gotta tell you I'm loving how this one turned out!!



Supplies

Card Stock:  Naturals White, Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise

Stamp Sets:  Bliss, Occasional Quotes

Ink:  Versamark

Punches:  Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Ticket Corner Punch

Accessories:  Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Stampin' Up! Brights Brads (Tempting Turquoise), Black Stampin; Emboss Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Basic Black 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, SNAIL, Paper Snips

Tips

1. I used the Paper Piercer and Mat Pack to make holes exactly where I want the Brads to sit.
2. When putting Brads in the corner I often get a part of the back of the brad that sticks out past the edge of the paper.  When that happens I use my Paper Snips to cut off the excess.

My last card is my favourite, I love the look of the white embossing with the blue.

Supplies

Card Stock:  Night of Navy, Whisper White

Stamps:  Charming, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Craft Whisper White

Punches:  Pinking Hearts Border Punch

Accessories:  Baja Breeze 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon, Sticky Strip, White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat tool

Tips

1. To get this look with the ribbon, I pulled a couple threads length wise from the middle of the ribbon, and as I pulled that thread the ribbon bunched up.  I then placed a piece of sticky strip across the Night of Navy Card Stock and then layed the ribbon on that Sticky Strip to hold it in place.

Well, that's all for today, I hope you enjoy my post as much as I enjoyed making these cards.  

Picture Perfect Creations Color Combo #28

Last week I was the Grand Creation Winner at Picture Perfect Creations for this card, (thanx Megan) and this I just had to play again because the color combo is just gorgeous!

This color combo just screamed Elements of Style, and here is how I put it all together.

What do you think, isn't it pretty!

Supplies
Card Stock:  Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
Stamps:  Elements of Style
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze
Stampin' Write Markers:  Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi
Accessories:  SNAIL, Sponge Daubers

Tips

1. I just tore the paper with my hands, no tools for this one.
2. I stamped the image in Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink, and then colored the flowers with a Pink Pirouette Stampin' Write Marker and the leaves with a Wild Wasabi Marker
3. I sponged the torn edges of the Whisper White with Baja Breeze Classic Ink.
4. I didn't put a greeting on the card because no matter where I tried to place one, it always seemed to take away from the card.

I would love to know what you think!

I Am "Disable" No More

Well, I had my surgery on my knee on June 4th, and I'm officially able to return to work.  As much as it's nice to not have to get up early in the morning, and to have no work related stress and responsibility, it's nice to get back into some sort of routine again.
Anyway, today's card is for 2 challenges.  The first challenge is for Pals Paper Arts.  They've made some changes to their blog recently so be sure to check them out.  Besides that, they have a very talented design team who make such beautiful creations.

The second challenge is for Stacey's Stamping Stage, who also has some beautiful creations.

This color challenge was just that, a challenge for me, I wasn't sure how to work the Crumb Cake into it.  But, I figured it out and this is what I came up with.

I used a technique on this card that I recently learned, see below for details.

Supplies
Card Stock:  Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Paper:  In Color Designer Series Paper Pack
Stamps:  Fast and Fabulous, Elements of Style
Ink:  Basic Gray, Concord Crush, Crumb Cake
Punches:  1-3/4" Scallop Circle, 1-1/4" Circle, 1" Circle, 3/16" Corner
Accessories:  Brayer, Color Spritzer Tool, Sponge Daubers, SNAIL, Pear Pizzazz 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Cutter Kit

Tips

1. To get the background look I embossed a piece of Pear Pizzazz Card Stock with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, and then using a Brayer and Concord Crush Classic Ink I lightly rolled the ink over the debossed side of the card stock.  It's really important that you Brayer lightly because you don't want to get ink into the debossed part of the pattern.
2. I used the Corner Punch on the 2 right sided corners, and then used the Cutter Kit to distress the edges.
3. I used the Color Spritzer with Concord Crush and Crumb Cake ink on the stamped image.
4. The pattern on the DSP is the same as the pattern from the Embossing Folder.

Stamping on Tiles

Here's a great idea for a gift...Christmas is only 5 months away you know (ugh!).  I've tried to stamp on tiles many many times and have not had any success, but this time I finally got it!

Supplies
Tiles:  Ivory Travertine 4" x 4" bought at Lowes
Stamps:  Elements of Style
Ink: Black StazOn
Stampin' Pastels:  Rose Red, Garden Green
Accessories:  Blender Pens, Folk Art Clearcote Acrylic Sealler, Cork Sheet, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Tips
Stamp the tile with StazOn Ink and then with your Blender Pen and Stampin' Pastels color your stamped image. 
You cannot use classic ink on these tiles, but you can use Craft Ink...I have not tried either so I only know what I read, I'm not speaking from experience.
Because the image is colored with Stampin' Pastels you have to use a sealer on the tiles or the Stampin' Pastels will rub off. 
Be sure to use cork or some kind of felt or rubber pads on your base.
The problem I've always had in the past is the StazOn ink would bleed when I sprayed the sealer.  This time I let the tile sit for 24 hours before sealing it, and I kept my can several inches away from the tile and sprayed only a light coat.  I don't know if that's what did it or not, but this time it didn't bleed.

Enjoy!

Can you Tell I Enjoy Challenges

Normally I'm a person that browses blogs looking for cards to CASE, but since I've started my own blog and have a place to showcase my cards I've really enjoyed all of the challenges out there. Don't get me wrong, I still scour the internet for cards to CASE, and with all of the talented SU! demonstrators out there I never have a hard time finding one I like.

The card for today's post is combing 2 challenges. The first is a color challenge, Color Combo #55 at Scrapmaster's Paradise.

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And the second is Sketch Challenge#106 at Create with Connie and Mary



This is the first time I've participated in these 2 challenges. So, without further delay here is my card.



Supplies
Stamps: Fast and Fabulous, Elements of Style
Paper; Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Ink: Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight
Punches: 1 3/4" Scallop Scallop Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, 1 1/4" Circle, 1" Circle
Accessories: Old Olive Brads, Paper Piercer, Matt Pack, Stamping Sponges, SNAIL, Dimensionals

Tips
I made my own background paper using the Daffodil Delight cardstock and randomly stamping on it with Daffodil Delight and Cajun Craze ink with the Fast and Fabulous stamp set.
I sponged the edges of the Daffodil Delight and Whisper White with Cajun Craze Classic Ink, and the Old Olive Cardstock with Old Olive Classic Ink.
Around the right edge of the Old Olive layer I used my Paper Piercer and Matt Pack to create a little design.
I know I said I would post the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and Spritzer tutorials today, but honestly I forgot all about it. I will post them later today.
For now, I hope you enjoy the card and have a great day.

Can You Say Waterfall?

I've been wanting to make a waterfall card for a while now, but just never seemed to get around to doing it. Well, a challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments was the motivation I needed. Their challenge this week is to create a card using a fancy fold technique.



Splitcoast Stampers has the perfect tutorial for making this card.



Supplies
Stamps: A Flower for all Seasons and Elements of Style
Paper: Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White
Stampin' Write Markers: Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz, Marina Mist, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette, Peach Parfait, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip, Green Garden Certainly Celery and Basic Grey
Embellishments: Eyelets, Night of Navy 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon
Accessories: SNAIL, Blender Pen, Stampin' Up! Crop-a-Dile, Clear Mount Block B, Piercing Tool and Mat Pack

Tips
I won't go through step-by-step on how to make the card since the tutorial is available on the Splitcoast Stampers website (follow link above). So, I really only have 1 tip to give. Some of the colors I used will not have the ink pads available until July 1st (Canada Day, eh!) so I had to use my Stampin' Write markers to color the images. There are many ways to do this with a Blender Pen; one way is to hold the tip of the Blender Pen to the tip of the Stampin' Write Marker so the Blender Pen can soak up some of the ink. Or, you can do what I did, and that was to use a couple different colors on the Clear Mount Block B (you can use any size obviously) with the Stampin' Write Marker and then dip your Blender Pen into whatever color you want to use. You still need to clean your Blender Pen on a piece of scrap paper in between colors, but it still makes changing colors a little easier.



Here's a couple more pictures of the waterfall card from different angles.







Thanks for stopping by today.

Mojo Monday Sketch 142

My newest challenge is for Mojo Monday - the blog.
This is a sketch challenge, and the sketch for this week is



This is my version of the sketch



All products are SU, and some of the paper is a preview to the new in-colors that are available July 1st.

Paper: Confetti Cream, Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, and Whisper White
Stampin' Write Markers: Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade and Concord Crush
Stamps: Watercolor Trio and Elements of Style (both available in the summer mini catalog)
Accessories: SU Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Vintage Brads, Modern Label Punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch, 1 1/4" and 1" Circle Punch

I hope you enjoy my card, and maybe even find some inspiration.
Tammy

PPA-45

I've followed the ladies on Pals Paper Arts (http://www.palspaperarts.com/) for quite awhile, but I didn't know how to post on a blog so I never participated in their challenges. My sister-in-law has been here to stay with me for a few days and she took the time to show me how to blog. So here is their current challenge, it is an inspired challenge, and this picture is the inspiration


And my interpretation of this challenge is this...



This is made from all Stampin' Up products.
Paper: Almost Artichoke, Early Espresso, River Rock, Confetti Cream, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Basic Black and Crumb Cake
Stamps: Elements of Style
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Embellishments: black brads, boho blossom punch, 1/2", 3/4" and 1" circle punches, mat pack and paper piercer