Turning My Thoughts Toward Fall…

Yesterday was the 1st of September and seeing all of the “Fall” photos in my FB and Instagram feeds inspired me to give some of my fall themed stamps some love. We don’t really get “Fall” here in Southern California. We get hot, we get windy, and we get fires, but actual “Autumn” things, not so much. So we create our fall with fake decorations! I will be pulling mine out this next week but in the meantime, here’s a taste of fall:

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What do you think? I think it’s yummy and is inspiring me to go with a sunflower fall motif this year!

Measurements:

  • PTI Rustic White Card Base 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
  • PTI Rustic White Layer 4″ x 5 1/4″
  • Soft Suede Layer 2 3/4″ x 5″
  • Old Olive Layer 2 1/2″ x 4 3/4″
  • PTI Rustic White Stamped Layer 2 1/4″ x 4 1/2″

Details:

  • I came across this Stampin’ Up! stamp set a few months ago on one of the FB resale groups I belong to and I was SO HAPPY to be able to claim it! The set is called “Sunflower Serenade” and it’s SU circa 2001. It’s 17 years old but the design is timeless!
  • I first stamped the image with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then used the Stampin’ Blends to color everything in. I like to layer color so I won’t lie to you, I colored this image probably five times, making mistakes along the way. But I didn’t worry about it too much as I’m learning the in’s and out’s of the Stampin’ Blends.
  • After all of my redos, I settled on using the Light Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Marker and then followed it up with a layer of Dark Daffodil Delight. I learned to apply the light color and then wait for it to dry before applying the darker color, AND to not get too close to the edge! I kept having the ink bleed out because there was too much and the Color Lifter couldn’t push it back in because everything was still wet. It is important to note that I am NOT using Whisper White card stock. I’m sure I would not have had so many issues if I had used the proper paper, but Whisper White is too yellow of a white for me. So Papertrey Stampers’ Select or Papertrey Rustic White are my go to’s.

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  • Something else that I tried and was very pleased with was that I colored all of the flowers, stems, and leaves with the Light Daffodil Delight color and then went over it with a coat of Light Old Olive. I love how the color turned out, the yellow and green work so well together!
  • I also used my Old Olive Stampin’ Write marker to define the leaf details and used Light Crumb Cake, Dark Crumb Cake and the the Bronze Stampin’ Blends for the flower centers. Probably overkill, but I think they look pretty 🙂
  • Did you see all of the shine on the flowers? I used Journey Glaze on them, just like I used on my last card, and I adore how it turned out! They REALLY pop!

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  • I have a tendency to keep adding “things” until I get the balance right. For this card I added Soft Suede ribbon (probably long retired) and Old Olive ribbon which was current as of last year. Then I went through my paper stash to find this adorable pattern in the “Moroccan” DSP pack from a few years back and die cut a stitched circle out of it to layer behind my stamped panel.
  • It still wasn’t enough so I pulled out my trusty Linen Thread, made a pretty bow and then topped it off with a long retired Soft Suede button. Yum!!

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  • As you can see, I had trouble stopping so I continued on and stamped and colored the envelope too. I should mention that I did add two of my “oops” pieces of cardstock in the envelope to protect the back side of the envelope from bleed thru from the markers. And of course, a pretty envelope flap!
  • But what about the inside? Yep, I decorated it as well but kept it simple:

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  • The little bumblebee is from the same stamp set but the sentiment is from a different set. It’s a very old set as well, I just don’t know the name of it at the moment. I think the bumblebee steals the show 🙂

So there you have it. I truly enjoyed creating this little card, I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing it.

Here is a look at the entire stamp set:

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And if you are wondering, I’ve realized that I value the freedom of not worrying about which company something came from and just create what my heart thinks is pretty. I just want to enjoy the process and I love hearing your comments, they really encourage me so thank you for taking the time to comment when you do, I appreciate you!

Thank you,

Country Chic Wedding – Tic Tac Toe Challenge #4

Happy Tic Tac Toe Thursday to you!! It’s time for a brand new Tic Tac Toe Challenge board! The team I am on is “off” this week so you are in the very capable hands of Team “O” this week. The uber talented Jeanie has designed a fun challenge for us!

It’s so easy to play along! Create a new project and use any elements/supplies as long as they fit within the three elements (in a row, column or diagonal) of your choosing from the tic tac toe challenge board. That’s it! So fun to challenge yourself!!

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This week I chose to use the middle row: DSP (i.e.:pattern paper), embossing and floral. I was torn on what type of embossing to use…heat embossing, an embossing folder, or embossing paste? Decisions, decisions. I went with embossing folder but feel free to choose any type of embossing.

Details:

  • I looked at all of the elements on the board and the first one to speak to me was ‘blue’. So I looked through all my DSP and found these patterns in the Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack. When I laid them side by side, they screamed “COUNTRY CHIC WEDDING”. Yes, that loudly. It could be because the series I’m reading has dedicated an entire book to preparing for two upcoming low country weddings. Low Country as in Charleston. And my mind made this association! I don’t really know if this is country chic but it sure is pretty to me!
  • I again reached for the Beautiful Bouquet bundle. I thought a simple bouquet of these darling blooms in Dapper Denim would be so elegant!

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  • Do you love the decorative ribbon separating the two pieces of DSP? I used the new Decorative Ribbon Border Punch to create it. It creates such a pretty transition between the two papers!
  • I used the Stitched Shapes Framelits to create a base for my bridal bouquet and then ran it through the Big Shot using the retired Falling Petals embossing folder because I think they look like hearts 🙂
  • This Dapper Denim Baker’s twine is so yummy and perfect for this card design!
  • Super teeny tiny Pearl Basic Jewels add just the right splash of elegance as does the sentiment in this dreamy font…

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  • The same dreamy font carries through to the inside of the card as well. Both of these sentiments as well as LOTS more can also be found in the Beautiful Bouquet Bundle. You can purchase the Beautiful Bouquet photopolymer stamp set and the Bouquet Bunch Framelits Dies separately or purchase them together and save 10%!

Nance with The Paper Players design team has created a fun sketch which I used as my guide this week…it always helps to work with a sketch! Please be sure to stop by The Paper Players and check out their awesome inspiration this week!

So what do you think? Is this Country Chic? That crackled paper makes my heart go pitter patter! I would love to hear your feedback!

Make sure you pop over to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge and see what Team “O” has designed to inspire you this week and maybe even play along!!

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!

Supplies:

Price: $110.00

More Butterfly Wishes – Sunday Stamps 103

Woo Hoo! It’s time for another challenge from the Sunday Stamps design team!! Are you READY?? This challenge is a fabulous color challenge!!

06:07SSC103Isn’t it fab???? I think it is soooo yummy and I had a blast putting my card together:

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Yummy, right?? I can’t wait for you to see the rest of the cards by the design team, they really rocked this challenge!! But let’s go through my card first…

Since I pulled all of my colors from the Stampin’ Up! color palette (Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar and Soft Suede), I also pulled out a few Stampin’ Up! stamps, Butterfly Basics and Gorgeous Grunge, to play with. I used the splatter stamp and the leaf stamp to create my background in Soft Suede and Baked Brown Sugar respectively, stamping off before stamping my card stock.

SKP Watermarked Photos4-035I then used Square Framelits to cut a square out of my background, added two layers of card stock to it, and re-adhered it to my card. I had a ton of fun with the butterfly! I added a layer of micropore tape to the back of my Soft Suede card stock and then ran it through the Big Shot with the medium Butterfly Thinlit. I then ran Soft Sky and Baked Brown Sugar through the Big Shot with the same die. The micropore tape kept all of the pieces of the butterfly together, but allowed me to use my paper piercer to gently pull some of the pieces out and replace them with the same pieces in another color. I layered the Soft Sky butterfly on top and then carefully added Wink of Stella to all the pieces.

Whew! That was a long explanation, I hope it made sense. This all took a bit of time, but that’s okay, it became a personal challenge for me 🙂 Does that ever happen to you?

SKP Watermarked Photos4-038I die cut a circle from vellum and stamped it liberally with the honeycomb stamp from Butterfly Basics. The Soft Sky ink is really light on it, so I just stamped and stamped until it was dark enough. I had already adhered the layered square to the card so I was a bit stumped as to how I was going to add my circle. In the end, I used the square framelit to die cut part of my circle away and then used Crystal Effects to adhere the circle to the card.

SKP Watermarked Photos4-036I also added the sentiment after the fact which is why it’s a bit splotchy…it’s no easy feat to stamp straight with all those layers and twine in the way!! But I actually really like the way it turned out!

And the twine…it came off of something I purchased and I saved it. It’s been hanging around my desk for a few months. I’m glad I saved it, I think it adds so much texture to my card!

And I decorated the inside of today’s card as well:

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The sketch for today’s card was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week:

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I hope you love the colors as much as I do!! Please be inspired by the rest of the awesome designs by the Sunday Stamps design team and I can’t wait to see your designs as well!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Sky, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: None

Ink: Soft Suede by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:   Butterfly Basics, Gorgeous Grunge, And Many More by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: Square Framelits, Butterflies Thinlits, Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools:  Stamp-a-ma-Jig by Stampin’ Up!

Embellishments: In Color Boutique Details (retired) by Stampin’ Up!; Wink of Stella

Butterfly Basics Bundle Birthday – Pals Paper Arts 238

Hello Friends! Welcome to Thursday and another fun challenge from the talented Pals Paper Arts design team! This week is a very pretty color challenge, just in time for Valentine’s Day!

PPA238Aren’t they pretty colors?? Perfect for Valentine’s but….I wanted to show that they don’t HAVE to be used for Valentine’s so I went in a different direction:

SKP Watermarked Photos2-032I absolutely ADORE Stampin’ Up’s new Butterfly Basics Bundle! The dies are divine, the stamp set is SO much fun to play with, and the font on the sentiment??? So awesome!

SKP Watermarked Photos2-035My new ‘thing’ has been to tilt layers behind one another, I think it’s so fun and a great fun new way to introduce color. My main color was Pink Pirouette with pops of Rose Red in the sentiment, background stamp, and background paper with just a few pops of Basic Grey.

SKP Watermarked Photos2-036I die cut my butterfly twice, once in vellum and once in Pink Pirouette card stock. I then stamped on both butterflies using the honeycomb stamp and Pink Pirouette ink. It adds a subtle amount of texture to the card.

And of course I didn’t want the inside to feel under dressed so I dressed it up just a bit with some simple stamping:

SKP Watermarked Photos2-034I forgot to take pictures of the front of the envelope, but I added a few butterflies to it as well 🙂

I hope you will visit the Pals Paper Arts website to see some amazing projects from the other designers and that you are inspired to play along with us! I can’t wait to see your creations!!

Stampin’ Up! Products Used:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Grey, Pink Pirouette and Rose Red

Pattern Paper: Regals Color Collection Backgrounds DSP

Ink: Basic Grey, Pink Pirouette and Rose Red

Stamps:  Butterfly Basics Bundle

Dies: Butterfly Basics Bundle; Envelope Liner Die

Embellishments: Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Je t’aime – Freshly Made Sketches #170

SKP Watermarked Photos2-015I cannot explain the allure that Paris and Le Tour Eiffel hold for me, but they do. So when the newest release from Clearly Besotted included a stamp set with it, it immediately went to the top of my ‘must have’ list!! This is a beautiful rendition of the Tower, including an adorable heart right smack in the middle of it…perhaps they should modify to real Tower to include the heart, it’s pretty darn cute!!

SKP Watermarked Photos2-018I truly do not know where this vintage-y style is coming from…but I love it!! I, of course, went through my paper bin and found these delightful papers that just scream Paris to me, and then I built the card around them! I wanted something for the Tower to sit on…I didn’t want it floating on the page, so I pulled out this adorable pierced tag set from My Favorite Things. I dye cut two tags, in different patterns, and got a bit inky with my Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

SKP Watermarked Photos2-021In fact, every layer ended up being distressed, it took the ‘newness’ out of the papers. Can you see the pretty pattern in the top tag? I trimmed it specifically to include those swirls, no need to add any more stamping to it! And the fiber…isn’t it amazing? It’s part of my collection that I have had for-ever! It feels so good to use some of my pretty supplies!

And with all this gong on on the outside, there was no way I could leave the inside blank so…

SKP Watermarked Photos2-020Voila! Another pretty pattern paper and a lovely swirl stamp from a retired Stampin’ Up! set called Elements of Style. I inked it up in the Vintage Photo Distress Ink and then stamped off before stamping on my card. Love!

The sketch for today’s project is courtesy of Freshly Made Sketches…such a fun sketch this week!

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And that’s all folks! I hope you and the folks over at Freshly Made Sketches enjoy my creation for the challenge this week!

I will be back tomorrow with another fun challenge for you from the talented designers at The Paper Players!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Vintage Cream by Papertrey

Pattern Paper: Lost & Found: Rosy by My Mind’s Eye

Ink:  Early Expresso by Stampin’ Up! and Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Tim Holtz

Stamps:  Je t’aime by Clearly Besotted Stamps and Elements of Style (retired) by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: FPierced Traditional Tags by My Favorite Things and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools:  MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Retired Fiber from Making Memories and unknown brad

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