Enjoy the Moment

April 7, 2021January 14, 2021Leave a comment

Sometimes you don’t “see” a stamp set until you begin to work with it: That was the case when I first received the Enjoy the Moment stamp set from Stampin’ Up! for attending a virtual event. TBH, I looked at it and thought “It’s kind of ugly”.

Undeterred, I set out to make myself use it, and to my surprise, I found that the botanical images were absolutely attractive when used with a variety of techniques! My first favorite was embossing in white on Crumb Cake card stock. Pull out your Rectangle Stitched Dies to make a collage of the images and add a linen thread bow for a bit of dimension.

Next I tried a fun fold card style that I saw demonstrated during aforementioned virtual event:

I think the colors really made this card spectacular: Merry Merlot, a rich burgundy color paired with Vanilla and Sahara Sand (a color I don’t use as often) just FEELS like it was the palette to make this birthday card truly terrific.

Finally, this Monochromatic card came together in mere seconds, starting with a leftover scrap from the last card:

Isn’t that Ladybug trinket just the CUTEST detail? While the card was super simple, an accessory (just like a good pair of earrings) can transform a project!

I’m seeing the Enjoy the Moment set in a brand new light and hope you do, too.

Watercolor Wash: Wild Rose

July 21, 2020Leave a comment

July is World Watercolor Month and the new Water Painters from Stampin’ Up! will have you feeling like an artist in minutes.

Wondering how they work? Watch the video tutorial on my Facebook Page! This is one of the cards I showed you how to make:

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The layout follows the #GDP250 sketch challenge:

I love watercoloring over embossing because the raised edges keep the colors in place, or in the case of the watercolor wash, the image appears like magic.

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Have fun trying this technique yourself!

Product List

To A Wild Rose Photopolymer Stamp Set

[149452]

$26.00

All Wired Up Cling Stamp

[149262]

$16.00

Wild Rose Dies

[149547]

$34.00

Shimmery White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[101910]

$10.00

Seaside Spray 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[150883]

$8.75

2019–2021 In Color 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[153071]

$11.50

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

[147277]

$9.50

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

$6.00

Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

[150092]

$3.75

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

[115664]

$3.75

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

[133648]

$3.75

Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

[102059]

$3.75

Water Painters

[151298]

$12.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$30.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Masking (Crafting, not Covid)

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020Leave a comment

Long before it was a Covid-19 thing, stampers were masking – in a fun way!

Masking is a simple technique that blocks off areas of a project to create white space. It can create a faux layering effect or highlight an area for a greeting or focal point. Masking can be loose and artsy with torn edges or precise straight lines or shapes depending on what you use to create your mask.

This card also features several new products from the gorgeous Flowers For Every Season Suite:

Use a sticky note to cover the section of the card you want to leave blank. Stamp over the top and color image, then remove the sticky note to reveal the blank space. Add a greeting or border, as shown on the finished card.

TIP: Sticky notes are ideal for creating torn, punched, or die-cut masks because they are thin and the sticky section helps hold them in place temporarily without damaging your paper or cardstock.

Product List

Celebrate Sunflowers Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152517]

$24.00

Flowers For Every Season 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[152486]

$11.50

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock

[140272]

$8.25

Misty Moonlight 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[153081]

$8.75

Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$9.00

Brights Stampin’ Write Markers

[147157]

$30.00

Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin’ Pad

[153114]

$7.50

Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ Pad

[153118]

$7.50

2020–2022 In Color Enamel Dots

[152480]

$8.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$7.00

Stampin’ Up! creates “suites” of coordinating products to make your crafting come together beautifully. The ease of adding everything with one click is the EASY BUTTON, but you may also purchase them individually.

The Flowers for all Seasons suite includes the Celebrate Sunflowers stamp set shown above and others that work together in harmony for you:

VIEW ALL STAMPIN’ UP! SUITES ONLINE

Come back Wednesday for a different view of the Flowers for Every Season Suite…through colored glasses!

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Split Panel Shaker Card

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020Leave a comment

Combining unique techniques to create a one-of-a-kind card is so gratifying– This is one I shared on my Facebook Lunchtime Live Crafting a few Mondays ago and I finally edited the video tutorial to share with you!

IMG_6035-(W)-2-(W) It’s a Split Panel card with a Mason Jar Shaker Dome and you can make it in many colors~ I used the 2020-2022 In Colors.

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You may have noticed the second one ISN’T a shaker card…I gave the one from the video away!

You can watch and follow along in the video to create your own:

You can order all the supplies to create this card from my Stampin’ Store. Let me know if you try it and how you love it!

Meanwhile, join me each Monday at 12:30 pm (MT) for live crafting on my Creative Juice by Loni Facebook Page.

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Be a Gold-Dipper!

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020Leave a comment

I’m sorry to say that Sale-a-Bration 2020 is almost over, but the crafting will continue because we are all still stuck at home (thanks, Covid-19): Are you prepared to keep making pretty things? If not, you have a few more hours to earn Sale-A-Bration rewards by shopping in my Stampin’ Up! store! It all ends March 31st at midnight, Mountain Time.

To end with a fun technique, I’m playing along with TGIF Challenges and their “Gold Dipped” #tgifc257 challenge:

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I chose to demonstrate this card LIVE on my Creative Juice Facebook Page today, so you can watch the replay by clicking the link. Hint: There is a giveaway, too!

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The Butterfly Punch is a newly added option for Sale-A-Bration and I paired it with the Power of Hope bundle (another S-A-B option you could choose free): IMG_5053-(W)

It’s kind of hard to see, but the gold embossing powder is really shiny! IMG_5056-(W)

I’ve been mailing a card (or two or ten) each day during the quarantine and I think the sentiment inside is perfect for keeping us going:

Play along with this challenge- or any other- to keep your sanity! Crafting (and sending something you’ve created to someone else) will get you through this lonely time.

Poppies in Berries

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020Leave a comment

Feeling “berry” pleased to share one of my favorite suites from the new Mini Catalog with you today as I participate in the #tgifc245 color challenge:

Truly, I vowed not to buy any more floral stamps when the January-June Mini Catalog was about to be unveiled…and then my willpower flew out the window when I saw the Peaceful Poppies Suite:

Yesterday I demonstrated the “spotlighting” technique on my Facebook page during my Monday Lunchtime LIVE Crafting with a different card, but carried the idea into the color challenge today: IMG_4273-(W)

HOW TO:

Cut two pieces of Very Vanilla card stock, 5″ x 3-3/4″ and 2-1/2″ x 3-5/8″. Layer the smaller one on top of the larger one with a bit of adhesive in the middle to hold together just while stamping the outline images of the poppies using the Rich Razzleberry ink pad.
Remove the smaller layer and color with Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Blends, then layer together on the card with the largest scalloped die from the Stitched So Sweetly dies.
Emboss your sentiment on a strip of Blackberry card stock for the top and add a few of the coordinating sequins.

It’s really easier than it looks!

Product List

Painted Poppies Cling Stamp Set

[151599]

$23.00

Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English)

[151595]

$21.00

Stitched So Sweetly Dies

[151690]

$32.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[101650]

$9.75

Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[133675]

$8.75

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147091]

$7.50

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

[147277]

$9.50

Blackberry Bliss Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends

[147932]

$9.00

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

$6.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$30.00

Peaceful Poppies Sequins

[151325]

$7.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Snail Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Big Shot

[113439]

$110.00

I’ll be back with more poppy-inspired crafts soon, meanwhile, I hope you’ll get your fingers inky, too!

A Watercolor Rose For Christmas

October 30, 2019October 30, 20192 Comments

I’ve been looking for an excuse to try watercoloring on darker paper, and the Global Design Project color challenge #GDP213 gave me the perfect reason to pull out the Aqua Painters!

This is also a sneak peek at a NEW product suite coming on November 1st and I’m using the “Christmas Rose” stamp set from that breathtaking collection:

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It looks sumptuous, doesn’t it? But it was surprisingly simple! I embossed the outline image on the top and bottom of the Smoky Slate card stock in white, then did a quick watercolor wash with an Aqua Painter and a few drops of Whisper White ink over the places I wanted to color. Once that dried, I picked up the colors with my cleaned Aqua Painter and started to add the color.

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The embossed image helps keep the ink in place and the colors just POPPED off the paper! I practically broke my arm patting myself on the back, it turned out soooo pretty!

After multiple ribbon variations, I settled on a flat “mailing” bow to finish it off, and dressed up the inside of the card like this:

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This is also going to be one of the cards we make at my Christmas Card Class on November 9th in Spanish Fork, UT: if you register for the class, you’ll find out how easy it really is!

What’s New at SU! Fall Crafting

October 16, 2019October 16, 20193 Comments

Thanks for hopping along with the What’s New at SU! blog hop. Our group of demonstrators from around the globe always inspire creativity with their projects and today we are focusing on FALL.

My husband grew over 200 stalks of Indian corn this year, so we have a LOT of beautiful ears and colorful kernels with which to decorate for all things Autumn:

IMG_3435-(W) We dried some of the corn and I put them into a small mason jar and pushed a battery-operated tea light into them. All it needed was a little ribbon and a tag to dress it up, and I will make a few more to decorate our Thanksgiving table.

When was the last time you colored directly on your stamp with Stampin’ Write Markers? I love doing this on words to achieve a rainbow effect.

IMG_3429-(W) This technique is easily done on a red rubber stamp (like our cling mount sets), but this saying was from a photopolymer set: When I colored and stamped it the first time, the colors pooled on the photopolymer, making the stamped image blotchy. So I cleaned it off with Stampin’ Mist cleaner on the Stampin’ Scrub and tried again~ the result the second time was MUCH better!

Before you hop on to Diane’s projects (or back to Heather’s), I’d love to hear from you in the comments!

Product List

Country Home Photopolymer Stamp Set

[147678]

$21.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[120953]

$8.75

Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

[133324]

$23.00

2019-2021 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers

[150079]

$15.00

Regals Stampin’ Write Markers

[147155]

$30.00

Terracotta Tile 1/2″ (1.3 Cm) Scalloped Linen Ribbon

[149705]

$8.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$5.00

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What’s New at SU! Blog Hop: Rectangle Stitched Framelits

February 12, 2019February 12, 20196 Comments

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Thanks for joining us as we “hop” through the 2019 Stampin’ Up! Occasions Catalog ~ This worldwide group of demonstrators are thrilled to share exciting new creative ideas with you!

There are few things as versatile in your craft stash as “Basic Shapes” tools, so I’m delighted to showcase the new Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies:

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One of the things I love about these framelits is that they cut a rectangle, but leave stitching on the inside AND outside of the shape!

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Let’s learn how to make a landscape Lever Card using your rectangle framelits and the Amazing Life stamp set (bundle both items together and you save 10%!).

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For this card you’ll also need:

Card base (I used Granny Apple Green card stock): 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5-1/5″
Inside layer (white): 4″ x 9-1/2″ scored at 3″, 6″ and 9″
Designer Series Paper-DSP- (I used Tropical Escape): 4″ x 5-1/4″
One more piece of white card stock for front layer
Ink: Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce, Night of Navy
Big Shot

Apply adhesive **just around the outside edge** of your DSP and adhere to front of card, then cut frame out with the Big Shot and separate the two pieces you cut out.

Stamp the inside layer (white) and fold into a “Z” and adhere the 3″ panel to the inside of the open card toward the right end (see photo above). Next, mark the 1/2″ tab through the window as shown (below left).

Cut out between the lines and along the score line with your scissors. I used Tear & Tape adhesive on the small tabs, then adhered the tabs to the front of the card just by closing the card. (Above, right)

Apply adhesive JUST TO THE WHITE layer you see through the front window and lay the green rectangle you cut out at the beginning right back into that opening. (It will only stick where the adhesive is on the white layer.)

Stamp and embellish a smaller rectangle to layer on top of front (swinging) panel.

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I used the extra rectangle of DSP for the middle panel of the inside of the card…just used the other side of the pattern, so there’s very little waste! Watermarked4(2019-02-06-1440)

Your comments or questions about this card are welcome! Then continue on your Occasions Catalog tour with Pat or pop back to see Anke’s creativity.

Contact your demonstrator to purchase Stampin’ Up! products and try your hand at a Lever Card…it’s really simple! Don’t have a demonstrator? I’m happy to serve you if you live in the U.S.A.

Product List

Amazing Life Photopolymer Bundle

[150624]

$50.25

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

[146990]

$8.50

Tropical Escape 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[146916]

$11.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147088]

$7.50

Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Pad

[147095]

$7.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147110]

$7.50

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

Gingham Gala Adhesive-Backed Sequins

[148561]

$7.50

Humming Along Thank You

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019Leave a comment

This card was inspired by my friend and team-mate Amy Minson (a.ka. Lilypad Stamper): She had done some gorgeous coloring with the Stampin’ Blends markers and this flower from the Humming Along stamp set, so I wanted to try it too!

This is an example of the MASKING technique: You stamp your flower first, then stamp it onto a Post-It note, with a part of the flower over the sticky end. Cut out the Post-It flower along the lines of the image and place the flower over your flower stamped onto the white card stock (this is why you need some of the sticky part of the post-it…to keep it in place).

Next, you stamp the words ALL OVER THE FLOWER (covered in the post-it mask) and off the edge of your paper. Once you are done stamping the words, REMOVE the post-it note to reveal your clean flower that looks like it’s in front! Now you can color it and layer the card together.

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