Jan 6, 2015 | Cards, New Products, Occasions |
Today is the day! The brand new Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogs are live! WooHoo! Are you as excited as I am?
This paper from the new Birthday Bash DSP has to be one of my all time faves. The Night of Navy and Whisper White are beautiful together, and the swirly shapes are both fun (think splashing water) and elegant (think damask.)
I needed to make a belated birthday card for a male friend, and I thought this paper would be perfect. I did want to add a pop of another color, just to give it some pizzazz. Night of Navy and Tangelo Twist contrast each other nicely – one dark and serious, the other bright and fun.
Just a few simple layers, some Whisper White bakers twine, and some Stampin’ Dimensionals make this card scream, “Happy (Belated) Birthday!”
Inside of card (I forgot to photograph it until after I had written inside with my Tangelo Twist Stampin’ Write Marker.)
Card stock: Whisper White, Tangelo Twist, Night of Navy
DSP: Birthday Bash*
Ink: Tangelo Twist, Night of Navy (inside)
Stamp Sets: From the Herd*, Remembering Your Birthday
Embellishments: Whisper White Bakers Twine
Other: Stampin’ Dimensionals, MultiPurpose Liquid Glue
* from the Occasions Catalog
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Jan 3, 2015 | Cards, New Products, Occasions, Sale-A-Bration, Storage, Techniques |
In just three days the new Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalogs go live! I am really excited for you to be able to order these products for your very own. There are so many fantastic new products, you’ll want them all!
Here’s a sneak peak at two of the free products in the Sale-A-Bration Catalog. Wait, did she say Free? Yes, indeed! For every $50 you spend, before tax & shipping, you get to choose any product from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog for FREE! And there are some definite must haves, let me tell you.
For this card I used the Lotus Blossom stamp set and the Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper. The stamp set is sure to be one of the most popular items in the catalog. The Lotus Blossom is a three step stamp, meaning that you layer three stamps to create a multicolor image. Funny thing is, I only used one color of ink for these flowers: Calypso Coral. How did I get these results with just one color?
I used stamp #1 (yes, they’re even numbered for you!) to stamp in Calypso Coral. I inked up stamp #2 and stamped off once before stamping over the first stamped image. I inked up stamp #3 and stamped off twice before stamping again. The results are spectacular. You don’t even have to get the images lined up exactly; this gives each flower a slightly different look.
As great as the flowers look, I wanted to experiment with giving them even more oomph. So after using all three stamps to create the flowers, I inked up stamp #1 with Versamark and stamped over the images a fourth time. I then used Calypso Coral Embossing powder to give more texture.
The stems are inked in Sahara Sand and Soft Suede. The sentiment, from the same stamp set, is inked in Coastal Cabana on the card front and heat embossed in white inside the card.
The Coastal Cabana bokeh paper is from the (FREE!) Best Year Ever DSP. The Sahara Sand lace is in the Occasions Catalog, and I must say these photos do not do it justice.
Here are the current Stampin’ Up! products I used:
Be sure to come back tomorrow for some tips on storing and caring for your photopolymer stamps.
Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
Jan 2, 2015 | Cards, New Products, Occasions, Sale-A-Bration |
Are you ready for the new Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Catalogs? They go live in 4 days! If you don’t have your copies, and you’d like to be my customer, email me (candy@stampcandy.net) and I’ll send them out to you.
Here’s a sneak peak at a couple of the new products. For this card I’ve used two stamps from the Butterfly Basics stamp set – it includes 11 stamps – and four items from the Artisan Embellishment kit. Both are from the Occasions Catalog.
It was kind of late as I was creating this card, and I did something silly. I wanted the large pearl to match the Sahara Sand die cut and card base, so I colored it with the brush tip of the Sahara Sand pen. I just couldn’t figure out why the color wouldn’t take well. I’ve colored pearls in the past with great success.
Then it dawned on me – I was using a Stampin’ Write Marker instead of a Blendabilities marker! Duh! I whipped out the Light Crumb Cake Blendabilities marker, and the color took right away. Quite a difference, eh?
Here are the current Stampin’ Up! products I used on this card:
Thanks for stopping by, and Sweet Stamping!
