Heart's Delight Cards: Penny Black Tulip Queue

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

A quick post today - I've been working on gathering the necessary info to send to our tax guy....yuck. I know we have to pay this year so, needless to say, I'm dreading it.

Anyhoo, this was a Penny Black image I had colored previously, so it was easy to add some DSP and a ribbon at the bottom, a mat behind it, and slap it on a card base. AND I used up a little retired DSP, to boot! Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry are a match made in heaven, don't you think?

Did you know you can use our ink pads as a palette for water coloring? It's true! Just squeeze the ink pad (right where it says Stampin' Up!) so that some of the ink from the pad transfers to the lid. Open it up and there you have a little spot of ink to be used with a Blender Pen or Aqua Painter. You can leave it there for the next time you are painting, or wipe it clean with a baby wipe. (I leave it there, unless it has cat hair fuzzies in it.)

Product List

Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140697]

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[115316]

Sweet Sugarplum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141418]

Regals Designer Series Paper Stack

[138436]

6" X 6" (15.2 Cm X 15.2 Cm) Glimmer Paper Assortment Pack

[143831]

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[126973]

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad

[141395]

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad

[126950]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Aqua Painters

[103954]

Big Shot

[143263]

Rose Garden Thinlits Dies

[140619]

Sweet Sugarplum 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon

[141428]

2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes

[141410]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Monday, February 27, 2017

Tulip Queue

I love spring flowers, daffodils being my favorite. But coming in a very close second are tulips! This is a Penny Black stamp, and I used two other "contraband" items on this card, as well. One is the gold glitter brush that I used on the Bee Happy card. And the other is the stitched banner from My Favorite Things. Oops, make that three other contraband items....I used Arches Aquarelle 140 lb. cold-press watercolor paper, too.

Those gold-glittered tulips just begged for more glitter, so the mat is Mint Macaron Glimmer Paper, one of the free Sale-A-Bration choices! I'm trying REALLY HARD not to hoard that stuff, but I am making it last as long as I can, so here's my handy dandy thrifty tip for the day.....DON'T use the entire mat of glimmer paper under your image! That's just wasting all of that glittery loveliness!

You can die-cut some shapes out of the center first, making sure you leave enough of a border, or you can cut the center out like I did. First of all, I always switch the good blade out of my Stampin' Trimmer for an old blade when I'm going to cut glimmer paper. That glimmer paper can make your blade dull in a hurry!

Next, I line up the right edge of paper on the 1/2" mark to the right of the cutting track. Note that I have the paper face-down. It's easier for me to see the cut lines that way.

Starting 1/2" from the bottom of the paper, slide the blade up the paper and stop 1/2" from the top. Do that on all four sides, and you end up with a lovely frame to use for your mat, and an equally lovely leftover piece to be used another time!