Mar 19, 2016 | Bags, Boxes, Cards, Challenges, Occasions, Sale-A-Bration |
Yesterday I told you about our March Candy Hearts team meeting. You can see that post here. Today I’m sharing the Creative Challenge entries with you. March’s challenge was to create something with FLOWERS.
Debbie created an Easter Basket by attaching a long handle to a Fry Box that she covered with Designer Series Paper.The flowers are from Petite Petals.
Judy used the Mini Treat Bag Framelits Dies to cut Birthday Bouquet DSP. She covered the bag in Petite Petals flowers and a basket from the Sprinkles of Life stamp set. Her entry won her the Flower Patch stamp set.
Tamara made a card with coordinating Sale-a-bration items: Wildflower Fields DSP and Flowering Fields stamp set.
I have such a talented team! Wouldn’t you like to come play with us? Just buy the Starter Kit! Until March 31 it’s just $99 and you get to choose $155 in product plus you get free shipping! After that you get at least a 20% discount on all your orders. Click here for more information and to join now!
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Mar 18, 2016 | Cards, Challenges, Events, Swaps |
I love my Candy Hearts! We always have so much fun at our monthly team meetings, and March was no exception.
We had a couple of guests this month. Brian King stopped by and was kind enough to take pictures for us (something I have a hard time remembering to do.) Lonita Barron has been a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator for 5 years in Kentucky. She recently moved to the Atlanta area and will be joining us at our monthly meetings.
Here are a couple of action shots Brian took during the meeting:
I’m not sure why everyone looks so serious in this one. I must have been saying something very important!
Margie had to leave early, but here is a shot of her showing her swap card.
Candy, Judy, Donica, Debbie, and Tamara also participated in the card swap.
Judy, Tamara, and Debbie participated in this month’s Creative Challenge, which was to make something with flowers.
New Demos! Tamara’s new team member is Valerie Bush, and Debbie’s new team member is Marilyn Brooks.
Prize winners: Missy, Judy, Linda, Lonita, Debbie, and Tamara. See all the loot in Debbie’s hands? It pays to earn lots of tickets for the prize drawings – she won 3!
Here we all are (minus Margie). Thanks again to Brian King for taking the photos!
We’d love to have you join us in the fun! And if you buy the starter kit by March 31, you get an extra $30 in free products! What? Yes, when you buy the starter kit for just $99, you get to choose $155 in product AND free shipping! After March 31, it will still be a great deal, but you’ll get $125 instead of $155 in product. Click here to find out more!
Check back to see all the projects from the meeting, including the swap cards and Make & Takes!
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Mar 13, 2016 | Cards, Challenges, Color Palette, CYCI, Sale-A-Bration |
It’s time for another color challenge from canyoucaseit.com. This week we get to choose our own three colors.
Here’s my card:
I chose Lost Lagoon, Old Olive, and Calypso Coral, which were inspired by the Wildflower Fields Designer Series Paper from the Sale-a-bration brochure. You can get this DSP free with any $50 order, but only until March 31!
I used these two sheets out of the DSP pack. The patterns on the Calypso Coral floral and the Whisper White floral line up perfectly. Say “Calypso Coral floral” three time fast!
I turned the sheets so the patterns were going in the same direction, then cut the pieces together. I then trimmed 1/2″ from all four sides of the Whisper White piece. I glued it on to the Calypso Coral piece, lining up the images. I glued this onto the Old Olive card base.
I stamped the sentiment from the Perfect Pairings stamp set (another Sale-a-bration item available only until March 31) in Old Olive onto Whisper White CS. I matted it with a piece of Lost Lagoon CS, stuck on a Calypso Coral Candy Dot, and attached it to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Check back to see what I made with the scraps from this card!
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Here’s what I used today:
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Mar 10, 2016 | Cards, Challenges, Color Palette, Sale-A-Bration, Techniques |
Today I’m sharing a card I made for the latest Fab Friday color challenge:
What lovely Spring colors these are! They remind me of Easter, but I decided to do something different. I love the effect I’ve seen by inking a stamp with multiple colors. Here is my attempt at that technique.
The Just For You stamp from the Botanicals For You stamp set is the perfect image for this technique. It’s nice a large, so you can really see the gradation of the colors.
I used the ink pads to ink the stamp in the top and bottom colors, and a Sponge Dauber to apply the center color. After inking up the stamp in (top to bottom) Soft Sky, Blushing Bride, and Mint Macaron, I stamped it onto a piece of Whisper White card stock. I cut it with the largest die in the Lots Of Labels Framelits, then used Sponge Daubers to ink the edges in the same three colors.
I attached that to another piece of Whisper White CS whose corners I cut with the Curvy Corner Trio Punch. I glued that onto a piece of Blushing Bride CS whose corners I rounded with the Project Life Corner Punch.
For the next layer, I glued 1/2″ strips of Soft Sky and Mint Macaron CS to a piece of Whisper White CS, then trimmed around the edges. I got this idea from yesterday’s card I made using scraps. You can see that post here.
I glued the top layers to the striped layer, just to the left of center, to make room fo the Whisper White Bakers Twine that I tied around the striped layer. Then I glued it all to the Thick Whisper White CS card base.
The Botanicals For You stamp set is just one of the many Sale-a-bration products you can get FREE with any $50 product order until March 31. Click here to learn more!
Here are all the Sale-a-bration products:
And here’s what I used today:
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Mar 6, 2016 | Cards, Challenges, Color Palette, CYCI, Sketches |
Today I’m sharing a card designed for two challenges: this week’s canyoucaseit.com sketch challenge…
… and this week’s Global Design Project color challenge at www.global-design-project.com.
This card was a dual effort. My assistant, Jackie Bak, and I worked together on this design. The colors reminded us of sun and clouds, and the sketch reminded us of the sun and its rays. The cloudy sky also reminded us of the weather we’d had here in Atlanta the day before. It was one of those dark, gloomy, rainy days; at noon it felt like evening because it was so dark. Bright side: great napping weather!
We turned the design clockwise to a vertical orientation. The card base is Smoky Slate card stock. We stamped clouds from the Sprinkles of Life stamp set in Basic Gray directly on the card base, then we cut some clouds from Basic Gray CS with the Tree Builder punch and covered some of the stamped ones.
We cut the sun from Daffodil Delight CS with the Circles Collection Framelits, then sponged the edges with Daffodil Delight ink. We cut strips of the same CS and notched the ends with the Banner Triple Punch. These made the sun’s rays.
We stamped the sentiment from the Ray of Sunshine stamp set on two of the rays and left them longer. Both parts of the sentiment are parts of two different stamps. We used “You are my” from the stamp that says “You are my sunshine” and we used “Sunshine” from the stamp that says “Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” We used the Basic Gray Stampin’ Write Marker to ink up only the part of the stamps we needed.
Here’s what we used:
Be sure to check out all the great projects at canyoucaseit.com and at www.global-design-project.com this week. Play along by uploading a photo of your own project!
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Feb 28, 2016 | Cards, Challenges, Color Palette, CYCI, Deals, Sale-A-Bration |
It’s time for another color challenge from canyoucaseit.com! Here is this week’s color palette…
…and here is my card.
The official beginning of Spring is just three weeks away, and I am so ready for it! Here in Atlanta, we get lots of rain in the winter instead of snow, so we have lots of gloomy grey days. I’m looking forward to sunny days with the sound of bees buzzing and the smell of flowers and newly mown grass.
This week’s color challenge palette is very bright and Springy. I’m in a better mood just looking at it. So I wanted to make a bright and happy card.
The card base is Heavy Whisper White card stock, with a Tempting Turquoise CS layer and a layer of Daffodil Delight patterned paper from the Brights Designer Series Paper Stack on top. What’s more Springy than these adorable little flowers?
I stamped the sentiment from the brand new Party Pants stamp set (available as a free Sale-a-bration item until March 31!) in Whisper White Craft ink on Tempting Turquoise CS, then heat embossed it in white. I cut it, and two more plain balloons, with the Balloon Bouquet Punch.
I put Snail adhesive on the back of each balloon, then wrapped Whisper White Baker’s Twine around the bottom of each one, securing the twine to the adhesive on the back, then letting the long tail hang. I glued the balloons together in the arrangement I wanted, then adhered them to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I tied a small bow around the strings with another piece of the twine, then attached the back of the bow to the card front with a Glue Dot, pulling the strings taut and straight. I trimmed all the ends, and I was done!
Here’s what I used:
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Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
