Showing posts with label Stampin' Up!. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stampin' Up!. Show all posts

Thursday, October 10, 2024

CSF Thursday Challenge - CSF839


This week's Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Challenge is this sketch:

 
As soon as I saw it, I thought of using DSP for the pieces, and what better DSP than Snowy Scenes, part of the Snowy Scenes Suite Collection? Aren't those penguins adorable? (I mean, really....the little guy above the greeting with the earmuffs holding the gift?! Too cute!) The penguins fit perfectly in the Stylish Shapes 2 1/8" circle die.


I stamped the snowflakes from the Snowy Wonder stamp set (part of the suite) using Pool Party ink, and then die cut the snowflake from the coordinating die set with silver foil. The silver snowflakes are in lieu of the bow shown on the sketch.


The greeting was fussy cut and popped up on dimensionals over a couple more snowflakes. That silver is the only "embellishment" on this card. 😊

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

Exciting New Journey!

Our daughter has been a high school teacher for fifteen years, and during that time has continued her education, including two Masters degrees - one in Education and Learning, and one in Mathematics Education. She is a year away from receiving her PhD in Leadership with a Mathematics Specialization (busy writing her dissertation now). She was just offered, and accepted, a position as a Mathematics Professor at a private college! No more dealing with smelly, mouthy teenagers, lol.


Needless to say, we are so very proud of her. Her love of learning and love of teaching were evident from a very early age. I remember her lining up her stuffed animals and dolls and playing school when she was very young, and it warms my heart to see her following her passion and excelling at it!


I made this card for her using the new Everyday Details bundle coming January 4th, along with an embossing folder from Sale-A-Bration. Her favorite colors are green and yellow, so.... Mossy Meadow and Granny Apple Green along with Lemon Lolly and Daffodil Delight were the chosen colors.

Friday, November 11, 2022

Christmas Banner Candy Canes


The Sweet Candy Canes bundle needed to be used at least one more time, this time using Merry Merlot and Polished Pink, with a bit of Quatrefoil Tile embossed vellum over the pink to soften the color.


I used clear packing tape again on the candy canes to give them a shiny look. This is such a clever trick! No need to wait for Crystal Effects to dry, and run the risk of smearing it before it's completely set.


The greeting and banner are from the Christmas Banners bundle. There wasn't a greeting in Sweet Candy Canes to fit the banner, and I wanted to use that banner because it fit so nicely through the openings of the Designer Tags label. The gold and white evergreen sprigs were from a die in the Christmas Banners bundle as well.


The Festive Pearls are supposed to be Cherry Cobbler, but I think they coordinate with Polished Pink and Merry Merlot, too.

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Monday, December 6, 2021

Stamp Review Crew - Festive Foliage

Welcome to the Stamp Review Crew's Festive Foliage edition! The design team is a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from across the globe who pick a stamp set or bundle to highlight on the first and third Mondays of each month, with a bonus hop if there is a fifth Monday. If you landed here from Nikki's blog, My Sandbox, welcome! Weren't her projects fab?! There are only three of us today, so the hop won't take long, but I hope it still brings you inspiration for this stamp!


Festive Foliage is a cling stamp and makes a great background (~4" x 5-1/4"), showing off other images or greetings. I seriously considered using a few images, but ultimately wanted to showcase just the background with some greetings and embellishments.


The first card is heat embossed with gold on Very Vanilla. I could have gone with so many other colors, but thought Cherry Cobbler for the card base and (Heartfelt Wishes) greeting looked so rich!


After adhering the embossed piece on a gold mat and onto the card base, I stamped the greeting and added another gold mat behind it. Then a few Gold Holly Leaves and Cherry Cobbler Holiday Rhinestones completed it. Simple, yet elegant!


The next card is also heat embossed; this time white on Night of Navy. The silver Metallic Mesh ribbon looks so pretty against the dark blue!


I heat embossed the (Time of Giving) greeting in silver, then cut it out with a Tailor Made Tags die. A little silver mesh bow and some rhinestones added a bit more glitz. Again, simple but pretty!


Last is a stamped (Soft Succulent ink on Soft Succulent cardstock) background with some light shading added with light and dark Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends.


The greeting (Holly Jolly Wishes) was stamped in Evening Evergreen and die cut, then Soft Succulent shading was added around the edge with a Blending Brush. The scalloped E.E. mat was cut out of the mat behind the stamped background, saving a little cardstock. The supply chain is so crazy right now I'm trying to be more careful! Some silver Simply Elegant Trim and a few 2021-2023 Evening Evergreen In Color Jewels finished the card. This one was super simple and could easily be mass produced if you didn't take the time to color the background.

NOTE: The greetings are all from stamp sets that are retiring Jan. 3rd, so if you want them, now is the time to get them!

That's my share for today, so click NEXT to see what Holly at Rubber Redneck has made!


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