Thursday, February 29, 2024

Flight and Airy Birthday Cards


 

I enjoyed an afternoon of crafting creating these birthday cards.  I was inspired by cards made by fellow Stamp Review Crew member Kim Fee to combine the Everyday Detailed Dies with the pretty Flight and Airy paper.  



Stamps:   Go to Greetings 
Paper:   Basic White Thick Cardstock, Flight and Airy Designer Series Paper (SAB)
Ink:  Balmy Blue Classic Ink
Dies:  Everyday Details Dies
Accessories:    Stampin' Dimensionals, Tombo Adhesive

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Stamp Review Crew: Sale-a-bration 2024 #2

 


 

Hello and welcome to a Stamp Review Crew Bonus Hop!  We have regular blog hops the first and third Mondays of the month but are adding an extra hop this month!  We are departing from our usual format of highlighting one stamp set and instead are showcasing the current Sale-a-bration selections. 


I have two cards made with the super cute Trusty Toolbox Designer Series Paper. 



First is a humorous birthday card with a phrase that I added using the Mini Alphabet dies.  
 

Inside is a middle layer attached to an accordion fold with the fussy cut saw popped up on dimensionals.  


It is fun that the Designer Series Paper from the front of the card peeks out on inside.



   
Card base:  Cut 4 1/4" x 11".  Score at 3 1/2", 4 1/2", and 5 1/2".  Accordion fold and seal with adhesive.
Front DSP panel:  4" x 5-1/4"  Middle panel:  3-1/2" x 5-1/8"  Back panel: 3" x 4-3/4"

The second card front is CASED from the Sale-a-bration flyer.
The drawers are popped up on Dimensionals.  I ran a black Stampin' Marker
along the edges of the handcut tools to make them stand out.


Inside I accordion folded a 12 inch piece of the ruler patterned paper

 
and added the words from the Perennial Postage stamp set.




I'm so glad you have visited today!  Please click on the buttons below to see more Sale-a-bration ideas from The Crew!    Have fun hopping!   



 
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Stamps:  Enjoy the Rhythm (Happy Birthday),  Perennial Postage (You are Loved)
Paper:   Basic White, Gray Granite, Poppy Parade and Basic Black cardstock, Trusty Tools Designer Series Paper (SAB)
Ink:  Poppy Parade Classic Ink, Basic Black Poppy Parade and Copper Clay Stampin' Markers
Dies: Mini Alphabet, Patchwork Pieces, and Deckled Rectangle Dies.
Accessories:    IStampin' Dimensionals, tombo Adhesive

Monday, February 19, 2024

Stamp Review Crew: Notes of Nature



Hello and welcome to the latest Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop!   Our international crew highlights one Stampin' Up stamp set on each blog hop.  Hops are the first and third Mondays of the month and are a great way to get lots of ideas for using a set!   

If you click on the banner below you will be taken to the Stamp Review Crew website which has a complete list crew members and you can see all the past hops as well.

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Our stamp set this time is the Notes of Nature set.  This set reminded me of my first class as a college freshman.  It was a very hands-on entomology class with a wonderful professor.   We spent lots of time outdoors collecting specimens and making notes in our field journal.    Fun memories!  

The coordinating dies, cork dots, and faux leather trim add lots of textures.


 

The card front is scored 1-1/4" from the edge and folded back
so the DSP peeks out on the inside edge.




I'm so glad you have visited today!  Please click on the buttons below to see more ideas for using the Notes of Nature stamp set.  Have fun hopping!   



 
To Jay's creations!



To Kim's project!

Stamps:  Notes of Nature
Paper:   Very Vanilla and Pecan Pie Cardstock, Fight and Airy Designer Series Paper
Ink:  lPecan Pie Classic Ink
Accessories:   Notes of Nature Dies, Nested Essentials Dies,  Gold 1/8" Mini Faux Leather Trim, Adhesive-Backed Cork Rounds, Stampin' Dimensionals

Monday, January 29, 2024

Stamp Review Crew: Sale-a-bration 2024


Hello and welcome to a Stamp Review Crew Bonus Hop!  We have regular blog hops the first and third Mondays of the month but are adding an extra hop this month!  We are departing from our usual format of highlighting one stamp set and instead are showcasing the current Sale-a-bration selections. 

I have recently updated my video setup from my old iPad on a tripod to using my iPhone with a light stand and an arm extension.   It has taken a bit to get used to it after using my old setup for so long.   That got me to wondering just when I did my first video.   It was 10 years ago!    It was kind of fun to see what that project was.   It was a Christmas ornament and I thought I would make a Valentine decoration based on that original idea.  




I used two Sale-a-bration items:  the pretty Most Adored specialty paper and the Heartfelt Hellos stamp set.   The squares and the sentiment are die cut with the Stylish Shapes dies.   (I used a retired punch for the hearts but I think the heart die from the Adoring Hearts Bundle would work great for this.)  I cut five squares, five red hearts and five white hearts just like I did in the original project.  


 

Here is my very first video reposted :)



I'm so glad you have visited today!  Please click on the buttons below to see more Sale-a-bration ideas from The Crew!    Have fun hopping!   



 
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Stamps:  Heartfelt Hellos
Paper:   Basic White and Real Red cardstock, Most Adored Specialty Designer Series Paper
Ink: Real Red Classic Ink
Accessories:    In Color Baker's Twine Pack

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Velvet and Minky Fabric Embossing

 


Splitcoaststampers is featuring my Embossing on Fabric video as this weeks tutorial!   You can see the full tutorial including written directions by clicking HERE.  Also there is a gallery where you can post your fabric embossed project and see others projects too!

I have two more examples I have not yet posted.  

This one has two colors of pastel Minky fabric.  Both fabrics are embossed with the Rays of Light stamp.


I cut a frame in the front of the card with the Deckled Rectangles dies.  The fabrics are mounted on another layer of cardstock cut just a smidgeon smaller and mounted behind the frame.  Adhesive tape works really well to hold the fabrics in place.  Just be sure that you have them in the position you want the first time.

The butterfly and flower are from the Softly Sketched set.  I very very lightly brushed the image with water after stamping with Gorgeous Grape classic ink to blend the ink.


The other project is stamped on velvet.


The black velvet is a bit tricky to photograph but the IRL it is pretty cool.   On such a dark color a bolder stamp would show even better.  


Hope to see your projects on Splitcoaststampers!!!


Monday, October 30, 2023

Stamp Review Crew: Apple Harvest

 
We have a bonus Stamp Review Crew blog hop this month!  In a month when we have a fifth Monday we sneak in an extra hop! 

To learn about the Crew and to see all our past hops click on the banner below.  You will be taken to the Stamp Review Crew website.  Lots of great stuff to check out!!
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Fall has been just beautiful here in Michigan and there is an abundant crop of locally grown apples this year.   The farm markets and stores have so many varieties to pick from.  I have made several batches of yummy apple butter.  Apple crisp and apple pie are on the to-do list too.    So it is perfect that our stamp set this time is APPLE HARVEST!  




I had a great time with this set and have been playing around with a new technique- MELTED  CRAYON BLENDING.   I started by heating the cardstock with a small iron then quickly coloring with a crayon and blending with a napkin.  Lightest colors are laid down first with progressively darker colors added on top.  

The results were really pretty!


I love how rich the colors are.





A 3D framed picture of lovely apples for fall decorating.



 I filmed a tutorial.  This is really fun and I hope you give it a try!




Supplies for these projects:

Stamps:  Apple Harvest
Paper:   Basic White Thick cardstock, Oh Holy Night Designer Series Paper,  Copper Clay Cardstock
Ink:  Granite Grey and Old Olive Classic Ink, 
Accessories:     In-Color Jute Trim
Non- SU!:  Crayola crayons, paper towel, napkin, iron and ironing surface

These are the crayons I used:



I dumped them out and sorted them into color families so I could see the color gradients easily.   (I kept the neons ones separate.)  




     

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Monday, September 4, 2023

Stamp Review Crew: Earthen Textures

 

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Recently I used one of the images from the In the Moment stamp set to embroider a small project.   I enjoyed that so much that I perused the catalog for other sets that I thought would be fun to embroider.   The Earthen Textures seemed like a great choice.  This time I challenged myself to see if I could use all SU materials for the embroidery. 



First I stamped the image on light cloth.  (I have a video of the In the Moment embroidery project including tips for stamping on fabric.  It can be found HERE.)  

I used the Natural 1/4" Wavy Trim to embroidery the wheat.  I like that wispy fibers of the trim look like the beard on a wheat stalk.  To deconstruct the trim I used scissors to clip the central thread holding the trim together.  Then it was easy to pull the outer threads apart.  This resulted in four strands of nicely textured thread.  




This picture shows the placement of the stamped images and the wheat once it was stitched.  


For the vase I used In-Color Jute Trim.   This has three strands of fibers twisted together.   I untwisted the strands which resulted in a lovely waved fiber strand.  I found that it was best to stitch with a fairly short length thread so that it did not fray too much and the waves were prominent.  



To make it look like the vase was siting on something I added five long horizontal stitches.    For this I again used the Natural Wavy Trim but this time I used the center strand.  Instead of clipping the central strand as in the second photo above I clipped the outer strands preserving the center strand.  This is a very soft and pretty strand that looks like it is chain stitched.  


I throughly enjoyed making this and have a few more stamp sets that I think would be pretty stitched so you may see more embroidery projects!



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Stamps:  Earthen Treasures 
Ink:  Classic Gray Ink
Accessories:   Natural 1/4" Wavy Trim,  In-color Jute Trim