Hi Stampers Here's the card I was working on yesterday. Today's card features the Fancy Flower Stamp Set. I Love this stamp set and hope it doesn't retire come 1 July 2011 because it's one of my favorite even though I haven't used it very much lately. There are a lot of things going on with this card. The Very Vanilla Card Stock was partially embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing… Read More »
Hi Stampers My stamping coach, John, challenged us to use one of our oldest (current) stamp sets in our inventory. For me, it was a toss up between Sincere Salutations and Lovely as a Tree. I decided to use Sincere Salutations since it's always been a favorite and a "go to" sentiment stamp set. I also decided to use the Doily Triple Layer Punch from the Summer Mini Catalog to create the… Read More »
Hi Stampers My BFF Becky from California has been visiting me this week. Since she won't be here for my New Techniques Class, I thought I would show her the Floating Reinkers technique today. She made her card from this sample – I think her card turned out so much better than mine! I love how Pear Pizzazz contrasts wth the Poppy Parade. If you are interested in attending… Read More »
Hi Stampers With the Fabulous Florets Stamp Set from the Summer Mini Catalog, you can create vibrant, lovely floral images for a card for a dear friend. For today's card, I've used this stamp set, the colors Pacific Point and Pear Pizzazz and the technique called the floating reinker technique. I tried to keep it simple because I didn't want the design to take away from the reinker technique. Overall, I… Read More »
Hi Stampers I am beginning to absolutely love this stamp set. It's the Fabulous Florets from the Summer Mini Catalog. At first I thought it was too modern for me but the samples I've seen out there just blow me away! I love that you can create vibant, lovely floral flowers with this gorgeous six piece set. And it coordinates beautifully with the Beyond the Garden Designer Series Paper. This card uses… Read More »
Hi Stampers I hope everyone had a fabulous Mother's Day or even a fabulous weekend! I have been fooling around with one of the flower images from the stamp set Fabulous Florets and embossed several ones using Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, So Saffron and Blushing Bride card stock. Most of the cards you've seen to date have used vibrant colors such as Melon Mambo and Tango Tangerine because the stamp… Read More »
Hi Stampers Today's card features the Nature Walk Stamp Set. It was in the Occasions Mini Catalog and I hope it makes into the 2011/2012 Idea Book and Catalog because it's one of my favorite sets. The floral image was colored in using the Garden Green and Pacific Point Stampin' Write Markers and stamped on Whisper White Card Stock. It was then embossed with the Tulips Framed Embossing Folder. This… Read More »
Hi Stampers Hope every one had a wonderful weekend and were able to spend it with family and/or friends. A friend of one of my customers bought a gift certificate for my customers. I made the below card to go along with the gift certificate. The flower image from the Friends Never Fade Stamp Set was colored in using Wild Wasabi and So Saffron Stampin' Write Markers and stamped on Very… Read More »
Hi Stampers By now you've probably seen so many beautiful cards made with the gorgeous Fabulous Florets Stamp Set available 1 May 2011 in the upcoming Summer Mini Catalog. I thought I would try something a little different and combine the two new Stampin' Emboss Powders on the solid flower image from that stamp set. Rachel's Tips: To create the multi-color look to the flowers, I first stamped the image 3 times on… Read More »
Hi Stampers I love the flower silhouettes in the Friends Never Fade Stamp Set. The images provide fabulous options for subtle backgorunds and bold but delicate accents for your papercraft projects. Today's card features that stamp set; I paired it with the gorgeous new Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper that you can pre-order during the month April. Click here for all the details. This is the inside of the card; I… Read More »
