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Apothecary Art Card

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Stampin' Up! Apothacary Art Card

UPDATE:  I have added a video on how I did the watercolor techniques:
Parts appear blurry, but close ups are clear

Stampin' Up! Apothecary Art Detail1

I just *love* the new Occasions Mini Catalog set ‘Apothecary Art’ (wood: #125525, clear: #125527) that so perfectly coordinates with our new Sizzix Framelits die set called ‘Labels Collection’ for the Big Shot.  If you have been holding out getting a Big Shot, I think the new Framelits dies are going to be what finally pushes you over the edge, LOL!

This is one of the cards that is part of my new online order gift… read all about your purchase gifts here.  The card is ‘Not Quite Navy’ cardstock, the image is stamped in Black StazOn and colored in with the Watercolor Wonder Crayons and a blender pen (which is a change for me, I usually use the Aquapainters, but this time I wanted a more ‘controlled’ watercolor look).  The layer in the middle is Soft Suede and the flowers in the focal image were shaded (outside) with the Soft Suede Watercolor Crayon (from the Neutrals collection).

Other accessories I used are:  Basic Pearls (#119247), ‘Victoria‘ (#118481) Crochet Trim ribbon, (new) Twitterpated Designer Buttons (from the Occasions Mini Catalog).  Other Sizzix accessories are the Embossing Folders:  Elegant Lines #119277 and Square Lattice #119976.

CLICK HERE for 'Labels Collection' Sizzix Framelits DiesOkay, be honest… what do you think?

The Sounding Joy Christmas Card

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

The Sounding Joy Stampin' Up! Set

I just love these colors… Crumb Cake/Soft Suede/Black for a homespun Christmas card look.

The ‘metal’ embossed look is achieved by inking the relief (or raised impression) side of the embossing folder with a Whisper White Crafters Ink pad before running it through the Sizzix die cutting machine.

I have included the materials and measurements and have conveniently linked the materials to my store… hey, you can’t fault a girl for trying!

Set: The Sounding Joy (#121967 wood, 121979 clear)
Accessories:
5 ¼ x 10 ½ Crumb Cake cardstock (folds to Square)
4 ½ x 4 ½ Soft Suede cardstock
4 ¼ x 4 ¼ Basic Black cardstock
4 1/8 x 4 1/8 Crumb Cake cardstock
3 1/8 x 3 1/8 Soft Suede cardstock
3 x 3 Crumb Cake cardstock
Soft Suede Classic Ink Pad, Black StazOn™ Ink, Black Satin Ribbon 15”
Dimensionals™, Whisper White crafters ink
5 1/2 x 5 1/2 Square Envelopes
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Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder #120175
Sizzix Die Cutting Machine, Multi-purpose platform, Two clear cutting pads

Halloween Mummy Box (or Lollipop Cover)

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Halloween Mummy Box with Sizzix Pillow Box

This adorable ‘pillow box’ makes not only a nice Halloween treat box, but you can punch a hole in the bottom and make it a a lollipop cover!

The ‘box’ is the Sizzix ‘pillowbox’ die and it is entirely Sahara Sand paper and torn Sahara Sand with sponged White Crafters ink.  Of course the ‘gravestone’ is the large tag punch… and I inked the greeting from the new ‘Delightful Dozen‘ stamp set (carefully making sure not to ink the image that was on the stamp).

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Set: Delightful Dozen
Accessories:
5 ½  x 4 ¾ Sahara Sand cardstock
5 ½ x 3 Sahara Sand (for ripping–or I used the left over from above)
White Crafters Ink, Sponge Daubers, Basic Black Marker
Large Tag Punch, Dimensionals, 4 inches Sticky Strip
Other:  Google eyes
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Pillow Box Die #113466, Sizzix Die Cutting Machine, Two clear cutting pads (comes with the Sizzix)

SAB Stamp Festival Sneak Peek

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Nature Walk samples for SAB Stamp Festival

Nature Walk stamp set pendantThere’s less than a week left to register for my SAB Stamp Festival on March 5th in Elkton, Maryland, that features projects made with the ‘Nature Walk‘ stamp set and my new favorite designer series paper from the Occasions Mini Catalog, ‘Springtime Vintage’.

I thought you might like a sneak peek at the projects for those of you on the fence… two cards, a pendant and a ‘gift bag’ card holder embellished with an awesome flower made from the new ‘Fun Flowers’ nested floral Bigz L Sizzix Die exclusively for Stampin’ Up!

Yes, I know the Nature Walk stamp set has a coordinating paper, however I am not one to follow directions… I am more inspired by ‘Springtime Vintage’!

I have included more details of the pendant we will be making that features the lightweight ‘Beveled Windowpanes’ (#121881) and the new ‘Trinket Keys’ (#121892) also from the Occasions Mini Catalog.

CLICK HERE to register.

Tags Til Christmas Embossed Christmas Card

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Tags Til Christmas Embossed Christmas CardThis layered and embossed Christmas card has a lot of detail but is deceptively easy to make assembly line style.

Of course you need your Sizzix Big Shot… (I can’t live without it) I used the new Northern Flurry embossing folder on the background vanilla and of course the jumbo snowflake die.

And as a ‘paper savings’ trick, the gold strip above and below the designer paper down the middle, is actually two thin punched strips of Brushed Gold paper tucked behind the center strip.  Hey, I have to *really* like you to get a card with our Brushed Gold paper.

Tags Til Christmas Embossed Christmas Card DetailSet(s): Tags Til Christmas
Accessories:
5 ½ x 8 ¼ Cherry Cobbler cardstock
3 x 5 ½ inch Very Vanilla Cardstock
1 x 5 ½ inch Love Letter DSP
(red filigree ornament)
2 x 5 ½ inch Brushed Gold Cardstock
5 x 5 inch Very Vanilla (for snowflake)
3 x 3 inch Very Vanilla (for stamped circle ‘Joy’)
5 ½ inch Victoria crochet lace strip
Scallop Circle Punch
Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch
Versamark, Gold Embossing Powder
Northern Flurry Embossing Folder
Snowflake #2 Sizzix Die
Sizzix Big Shot, Multi-purpose platform,
clear cutting pads

Classic Christmas Card

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

ClassicChristmasTree

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I love the ‘tent’ style cards… especially if you don’t have much to say!  Okay, just KIDDING!

The ‘base’ of the card is 4 1/4 x 7 1/2 folded and a 3×4 inch piece of designer series paper covers the front of it.  I used my favorite ‘finial press’ embossing folder as usual and that combined with the wide satin ribbon makes this very elegant.

You can’t see the fine lines of glitter along the vertical stripes of the tree, but take my word for it, looks FABULOUS!

Recipe:

Sets: Christmas Classics (#111566)
Gifts of Christmas (#115372)

Accessories:
4 ¼ x 7 inch Whisper White Cardstock
Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Series Paper (#116770)
4×3 ‘holly & berry’ pattern
4 ½ x 3 inch Whisper White (for pressing)
2 x 2 ½ inch Whisper White (stamp tree)
2 ¼ x 2 ¾ inch Soft Suede (frame stamped image)
1 ½ x 3 inch Whisper White (stamped greeting)
1 ½ x 3 inch Soft Suede (frame stamped greeting)
Wide Oval Punch, Scalloped Oval punch
17 inches White satin ribbon
Soft Suede Ink
Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders ‘Filial Press’
Standard cutting pads, multi-purpose platform
Glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds glitter


Delightful Decorations Trio of Ornaments

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

DelightfulDecorationsI absolutely LOVE when punches match a stamp set, don’t you?!

The Delighful Decorations stamp set shown here is a new holiday set in the Holiday Mini Catalog on Page 24.  The matching punch is on Page 25.

This was one of my August Christmas Card Club cards you can still order by mail here.

DelightfulDecorationsAltogether the supplies used are:

#116517 Delightful Decorations stamp set $21.95

#116794 Ornament punch $15.95

#116770 Christmas Cocoa Designer Series Specialty Paper (Holiday Mini Catalog, Pg. 21), $11.95

#109867 Gold Cording (elastic) from the Holiday Mini Catalog, Pg. 27, $4.95

#102935 Brushed Gold Cardstock

Versamark, Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

OrnamentPunch#115963 Finial Press Embossing Folder with Sizzix Big Shot (and multipurpose platform and standard cutting pads)


Egg-cellent Easter Card

Monday, April 6th, 2009

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easteggcarddetailAn Egg-cellent Easter (#113196) from the new Occasions Mini Catalog.

From April 1-30, when you buy $40 in products from the Occasions Mini or host a workshop totaling $150 or more, you’ll get one item from the “Under $10? page (p. 208) in the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog–FREE!  See all current specials on my Specials page.

Egg-cellent Easter SetThis simple card was dressed up with the Stampin’ Up! exclusive ‘Birds & Blooms’ Sizzlits (#113485) for the Sizzix Big Shot in Barely Banana, Baja Breeze & Certainly Celery for a festive spring daffodil.

The set has a matching roller wheel “Egg Hunt” (see line art left).

The designer series paper is the SAB ‘Delicate Dots’ that I own a plethora of…