Dec 20, 2015 | Blog Candy, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CYCI, Occasions |
This week’s CanYouCaseIt.com challenge is a very special one. For the 100th CYCI challenge we are doing a Blog Hop AND Blog Candy!
Here is this week’s sketch…
…and here is my card.
To make it even more special, I’m giving you a sneak peek at some of the new products that will be available to order on January 5 from the 2016 Occasions Catalog.
Both patterned papers are from the new Have a Cuppa Designer Series Paper Stack. The stack is very colorful, but these two patterns look stately, calm, and rather masculine.
The Crushed Curry dot, from the new It’s My Party Enamel Dots, adds a little pop of color.
The sentiment is from the new Greatest Greetings stamp set, which has 15 different sentiments in an adorable font:
The card base and mats for both panels are Basic Grey and Bermuda Bay card stock. The sentiment is stamped in Bermuda Bay on Whisper White.
Here’s what I used:
FREE STUFF
Here is my blog candy: Versatile Christmas stamp set, Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack, Metallic Silver Baker’s Twine, Home For Christmas Enamel Dots, and Season of Cheer Washi Tape. That’s a $45 value!
To enter the drawing for this blog candy, simply leave a comment below by January 1. On January 2, I will announce who the winner is – chosen using the random number generator at random.org. Be sure to check back to see if you’ve won an extra Christmas gift! (I will ship anywhere in the US.)
Everyone on the blog hop is offering blog candy, so be sure to comment on each post to enter all the different drawings.
And don’t forget to join us on canyoucaseit.com by posting your project for a chance to be a winning pick of our Design Team Members!
If you lose your place along the hop, refer to this list:
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Dec 13, 2015 | Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Color Palette, CYCI, Holiday |
This week at CanYouCaseIt.com we’re doing a Holiday Color Challenge:
A few years ago, I wouldn’t necessarily have thought of Real Red, Pool Party, and Very Vanilla as a traditional holiday color combo. But after using them together to coordinate with Stampin’ Up’s wonderful Christmas Designer Series Papers, such as the Home for Christmas DSP, I’ve come to really like them.
The cool blue like ice, and the warm red like a crackling fire, remind me of two of my favorite things about the traditional holiday season. I say traditional holiday season because, here in the South, we rarely have snow or ice or a fire in the fireplace this time of year. Yesterday, just 12 days before Christmas, it was in the mid-70s!
The Very Vanilla reminds me of a color that we called Winter White when I was growing up, though I haven’t heard the term in a long time. It’s just a little warmer, and maybe a little classier feeling, than the cold, stark, snowy white.
Note: the ribbon is the same color as the Very Vanilla card stock, but the light reflects off the satin ribbon differently, and I just couldn’t find a camera angle that would show it.
For today’s card, I decided to let the DSP do most of the work. On a Pool Party card stock base, I glued a piece of the red stripe paper, then a piece of the snowy blue paper, both from the Home for Christmas DSP. I liked it so much, I didn’t want to cover it up too much, so I only added a couple more things.
First was a piece of shiny, satin ribbon in Very Vanilla. Then came the sentiment from the Wonderland stamp set, stamped in Real Red on Very Vanilla card stock, then matted with Real Red card stock. I cut the ends of the sentiment with the Decorative Label Punch, for what I think is a pretty cool effect.
Hurry to get these products now, because some of them will retire January 4, unless they sell out before then!
Here’s what I used:
Thank you for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Nov 29, 2015 | Cards, Challenges, Christmas, CYCI, Holiday |
Here’s this week’s canyoucaseit.com challenge…
…and here’s my project.
From the inspiration photo, I used the colors white, red, and gold, as well as the wood. I also used the small square gift and the pine cone.
This card looks more complicated than it is. Each of the elements – the tree, the gifts stacked up in front of the tree, the pinecone that has fallen to the floor, and the embossed sentiment – is really very simple to make.
The Winter Wishes stamp set has some striking images, mostly ways to get around in winter. For today’s card I chose the three other images from the set: pine bough, pine cone, and sentiment.
For the background, I used the Hardwood stamp on Crumb Cake card stock with Early Espresso ink.
For the tree, I stamped the pine bough many times in Whisper White Craft Ink to give the illusion of a Christmas tree. It was more translucent that I wanted, so I sprinkled on some White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat embossed it. Beautiful! It looks like one of those white Christmas trees with “snow” sprayed all over it.
I stamped the pine cone in Early Espresso on a scrap of Kraft card stock, then cut it out with my Paper Snips – the most amazing little paper scissors ever! While I like just the one pine cone that has haphazardly fallen on the floor, I think I’d like to go back and add more. I’d like to see them strewn around the floor and on top of the gifts.
I punched three 1″ squares from Red and Gold Foil Sheets, and attached Gold Cording bows with Glue Dots. (The lighting in the photo makes the two gold gifts look like they’re different colors, but they’re the same.)
I stamped the sentiment on Red Foil Sheet in Versamark ink, then heat embossed in white. It’s very important to use your Embossing buddy, since the powder really likes to cling to the foil sheet. I cut the notches at the ends with the 1″ Square Punch.
I attached all the elements to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I added “lights” to the tree with Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details.
I added layers of Red and Gold Foil Sheets, and adhered the whole thing to a Whisper White Thick Card Stock base. Done!
Here’s what I used. Click on the images below to get your own so you can make this festive card!
Be sure to check out all the great projects at canyoucaseit.com, and play along with us by entering your own project!
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Nov 22, 2015 | Bags, Challenges, CYCI, Holiday, Sketches |
Here’s this week’s CanYouCaseIt.com (CYCI) sketch challenge…
…and here’s my project.
Talk about quick and easy! This little bag took just a few minutes to decorate.
I heat embossed the leaves from the Lighthearted Leaves stamp set in white on Kraft card stock, then cut them out with the Leaflets Framelits Dies. You could also heat emboss them directly onto the bag.
I stamped the sentiment in Crumb Cake on a thin strip Whisper White card stock – easy to do since you can see right through the stamps – then notched the ends with the Banner Triple Punch. You could also use the 1″ Square Punch to cut uniform notches. Or you could just use your paper snips if you’re very good at getting things even, or if you don’t care that they aren’t.
Then it was just a matter of adhering the leaves (I used glue,) the sentiment (Stampin’ Dimensionals,) and Rich Razzleberry Candy Dots (self adhesive.)
I slipped a piece of Rich Razzleberry card stock into the bag for the photo, but you can insert a card or small treats. It’s perfect for Thanksgiving cards and gifts. Maybe put one at each place setting on Thanksgiving Day.
Here’s what I used. Click on the images below to get your own today so you can make this super simple bag!
Be sure to check out all the great projects at canyoucaseit.com this week! And play along with us!!!
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Nov 15, 2015 | Cards, Challenges, Christmas, Color Palette, CYCI, Holiday, Techniques |
Here is this week’s CanYouCaseIt.com color challenge: 
And here is my card: 
At first I was going to make an Autumn themed card using these colors, but I had the Dove of Peace stamp out already for another project, so I decided to use that. Yes, I’m that lazy – I didn’t want to get out of my chair and walk over to the shelf, which is a whole three feet away, to pick another stamp set. Actually it wasn’t the movement I dreaded, but deciding which stamp set to use. Do you ever feel like that, like making one more decision in your day will make your brain explode? So at this point, the stamp and the colors were already decided for me. All I had to do was put it together.
This stamp is so versatile. You can color it any way you want and it still looks like the proverbial peace dove. Who would have thought a Christmas card could be Hello Honey and Soft Suede? Masking Technique: the Dove of Peace stamp has a sentiment at the bottom which I chose to cover with a post-it note before inking up the stamp. I did use part of the phrase “on earth peace” but stamped it using the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set:
I stamped the sentiments and the dove in Soft Suede. Then I colored the dove with Hello Honey and Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Markers – being very careful not to smear the ink from the stamped image. I cut the sentiments with the Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, and glued the whole thing together. So quick and easy! The coloring was the most time consuming part, and that didn’t take long at all.
Never think you have to use Stampin’ Up’s Designer Series Papers as they are presented in the catalog. This piece is from English Garden, a very Spring/Summer themed set, but the Soft Suede and Whisper White stripes are perfect for this Christmas card.
I don’t usually do this, but looking back now, I think I’d like to add another layer of Soft Suede between the DSP and the stamped image, with just a tiny border showing. I think the image would pop more. But since I’m sitting in an airport as I write this, and don’t have the card with me, I can’t do that right now. So for now, you’ll just have to squint at the photo and imagine a tiny brown border around the center panel. See it? Isn’t that better?
By the way, the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set is available in a bundle with the Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies (peace, jolly, merry.) Save 15% on both when you buy the bundle!
Here’s what I used. Click on the images below to get your own!
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Nov 1, 2015 | Cards, Challenges, CYCI |
This week’s CanYouCaseIt.com challenge is a designer’s choice in the theme of Fall.
While I adore the rich Autumnal colors so prevelant this time of year, I decided to try something a little different for this card. Instead of the deeper yellows, green, and reds, I used much softer colors: So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, and Blushing Bride.
The Lovely As a Tree stamp set is perfect for this card. I inked the foliage part of the tree with the So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad; then I used a Sponge Dauber to apply Blushing Bride, then Pear Pizzazz. I colored in the tree trunk with a Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Marker. Then I huffed and I puffed, and stamped the image on Very Vanilla card stock.
I stamped the Early Espresso sentiment, from the Tin of Cards stamp set, overlapping the tree.
I stamped the arrows, from the Chalk Lines stamp set, twice in Pear Pizzazz – once above the sentiment and once below – to create the illusion of long continuous lines that are simply broken up by the sentiment.
And finally, I matted the stamped piece with Soft Suede, then adhered it with Stampin’ Dimensionals to the Pear Pizzazz card base.
Here’s what I used today. Click on the images to buy these products so you can make your own version of this softly Autumnal card!
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
