Two Happy Stampers

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Masked Gorgeous Grunge Thank You

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This is my first time using the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set. It's got a completely different feel to it than the flower stamp sets I love using, but I really liked creating with this set. It got me thinking outside my box a little bit. I coupled it with the Six-Sided Sampler...they just seem to go together.

I masked a rectangle and sponged Crisp Cantaloupe and Pistachio Pudding inside the masked rectangle. I'd seen this color combination while we were travelling a few weeks ago and wrote down the colors so that I wouldn't forget them, very pretty together, especially with the Midnight Muse.

I love all the backgrounds this stamp set has, especially the splatter marks. Should make for some fun looking cards in the future.
Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Baked Brown Sugar

INK: Midnight Muse, Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding

SS:Gorgeous Grunge (130517), Six-Sided Sampler (130956)

PUNCHES: Extra-Large Oval (119859), Hexagon (130919)

BIG SHOT: Designer Frames (123130)

ACCESSORIES: Twine, Jewels-rhinestones (119246), Simply Scored (122334)

Saturday, November 2, 2013

A Pinterest Inspired Thank You

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On Pinterest I have a color combination board which I used to create today's Thank You card. I love the soft hues of blues and pinks together, very pretty!
nature hues

One thing that is really hard for me to do is to stick with just one stamp set when I make cards. I try, but it's usually hit-and-miss and today's card was a miss, as far as one stamp set goes. In fact this card uses three stamp sets: Thank You Kindly, Flowering Flourishes, and Mixed Bunch. (When I post my card on Splitcoaststampers, which stamp set should I place it in? I'm thinking Flowering Flourishes.)

I love the Flowering Flourishes for backgrounds and thought it would make a great start for a soft and pretty card. The Fancy Fan and Delicate Designs embossing folders added a nice texture to the card.

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Strawberry Slush

INK: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush

SS:Flowering Flourishes (126367), Mixed Bunch (125537), Thank You Kindly

PUNCHES:Boho Blossoms (119858), Punch Pack (118309)

BIG SHOT: Labels Collection framelits (125598), Ovals framelits (129381), Large Scallop edgelit (127019), Delicate Designs EB folder (127023), Fancy Fan eb folder (127751)

ACCESSORIES: Jewels-rhinestones (119246)

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Mosaic Christmas Ornaments

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Today's card uses the Mosaic punch to create a couple of ornaments for the card's embellishments. I originally made the card only red and white, but my husband said it needed some greenery, so I added Old Olives leaves from the Secret Garden framelit set. I think he was right, I like it a lot better with a touch of green.

I'd seen the cute cut-out bottom for the Modern Mosaic embossing folder on a card by Kerry Bunting and loved the look, so incorporated that idea into this card. I had a strip of the striped Season of Style DSP which fit perfectly in giving the card a festive look.

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Season of Style DSP (132340)

INK: Early Espresso

SS: Sweet Essentials (126457)

PUNCHES:Mosaic (131267)

BIG SHOT: Secret Garden framelit (129372), Modern Mosaic EB folder (129984)

ACCESSORIES: Jewels-rhinestones (119246)

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

October 29 Deals of the Week

Stampin' Up! reached a milestone--250 posts on their blog--and they want to celebrate with you! Here is this week's (Oct. 29) specials.

Secret Garden Framelits Dies
Item #129372
Discounted Price: $18.71

Stampin' Pierce Mat Item # 126199
Discounted Price: $3.71

7/8" Scallop Circle Punch Item # 129404
Discounted Price: $9.71

Ovals Collection Framelits Dies
Item #129381
Discounted Price: $20.21

Paper Snips Item # 103579
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Baker's Twine Island Indigo Item # 125575
Discounted Price: $2.21

Blossom Petals XL Punch Item # 121808
Discounted Price: $5.09

Keep This Memory Photobook Template
Item # 129879
Discounted Price: $9.98

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Weekly Deals

Monday, October 28, 2013

Mosaic Madness Poinsetta

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I'm sharing another Mosaic Madness Christmas card. I've seen several cards around using the Mosaic Madness stamp set and Mosaic punch to create a poinsetta and leaves, so had to try my hand at it. My poinsetta is a Strawberry Slush, since this is one of my favorite reds these days.

I used the Square Lattice embossing folder for a background. I dragged my Strawberry Slush inkpad over the raised embossing to create the white and red texture.

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, So Saffron, Old Olive

INK:Early Espresso, Strawberry Slush, Old Olive

SS:Mosaic Madness (130249), Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370)

BIG SHOT: Square Lattice embossing folder (119976)

PUNCHES:Mosaic (131267), Boho Blossom (119858)Punch Pack (118309),

ACCESSORIES: Jewels-rhinestones (119246)

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Get Well Doodle Card

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This isn't what I would call an official "doodle" card, but it does use some of the ideas you'd expect in a doodle card...black outlined border with some doodly images. Although when you think of a doodle card you think of whimsical images, which this doesn't have at all. Let's call it a formal-looking doodle card and leave it at that.

I used the stamp sets Summer Silhouettes, Papillon Potpourri, and a retired stamp set Sincere Salutations for the sentiment. The Summer Silhouette stamp set created a great leafy vine and I used the small flower from the set in the corners. I filled in the rest of the lines with my black marker.

Someday I'll make a real doodle card!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Strawberry Slush, Gingham Garden DSP (129310)

INK: Basic Black, Strawberry Slush

SS:Summer Silhouettes (126447), Papillon Potpourri (123759), Sincere Salutations (retired)

PUNCHES:Elegant Butterfly (127526), Bitty Butterfly (129406), Punch Pack (118309), Scallop Edge Border (119882)

ACCESSORIES: Black Stampin' Write marker, Jewels-rhinestones (119246)

Sunday, October 13, 2013

September Thank You Tags

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It's already mid-October and I'm finally getting around to sharing my September thank you tags. Whew! The weeks just seem to fly by me. I guess these tags qualify as hybrid, although the only digital part of the tags are the background. I used one of my favorite DSP's Springtime Vintage (which I can still create digitally with My Digital Studio) for the background, but everything else is stamped, punched, and die cut.
One thing I wanted to try out on these tags was whether or not I could stamp with black Stazon ink and then use the white Stampin Chalk Marker to write over the inked image. The answer...Yes! I used one of the images from That's the Ticket stamp set as the black background, allowed it to dry a few minutes and then wrote "thanks" over the black background with the chalk marker. It worked great!

My Strawberry Slush flower was made using the now retired Daisy die (which I love) and Boho Blossom punch.

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Mosaic Madness Christmas Tree

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Today I'm sharing a simple card which was inspired by Penny Hanuszak. I used her Mosaic Madness Christmas tree idea, gluing all my stamped and punched Mosaic Madness pieces to Whisper White CS to create the tree. I then trimmed around the outer edges of my tree, placed the tree in my Square Lattice embossing folder to give it texture, and then added the embossed tree to the front of my card.

I have seen some more great ideas for the Mosaic Madness stamp set and punch, which I'll be sharing over the next few weeks.

Hope that you're all having a wonderful week!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Season of Style DSP (132340)

INK: Early Espresso, Old Olive, Real Red, Soft Suede

SS: Mosaic Madness(130249),Petite Pairs(122497)

BIG SHOT:Square Lattice embossing folder (119976)

ACCESSORIES: Mosaic punch (131267), Punch Pack - 4 petal (118309), corner rounder, rhinestone jewels(119246), red Sharpie pen (to color rhinestones)

Friday, October 4, 2013

Six-Sided Masculine Quickie Tutorial

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Great news...Today I have a Quickie Tutorial to

share with you for this card.

I was looking back through some of Stampin' Up's previous year's Fall DSP's and came across Autumn Meadows from several years back. I love the color combination of this DSP with Taken with Teal, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze and Very Vanilla (don't quote me, but I think these are the colors). I used a similar color combo to create my husband's birthday card.

I had seen a card out in cyberworld that had a woodgrain embossed Island Indigo panel which I loved, so used that idea for this card, dragging Soft Suede ink over the raised embossed surface to give it a distressed look and added a few sequins for a bit of pizzazz.

If you'd like to make this card,
CLICK HERE
for today's Quickie Tutorial.

Supplies:

CS: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Island Indgo, Crumb Cake

INK: Soft Suede, Island Indigo

SS: Six-Sided Sampler (130956), From My Heart-sentiment (126557)

BIG SHOT:Adorning Accents edgelit (125595), Woodgrain embossing folder (127821

ACCESSORIES: Hexagon punch (130919), twine, sequins

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Tuesday's Card Class

Last call for my Tuesday's, 10/1, For the Birds Flip-It card class. You can Click Here for more details.

I still have a few openings for the following time slots:

10-Noon (2 spots)

1:30-3:30 (2 spots)

7-9 PM (1 spot)

Email or call me if you'd like to attend.

Friday, September 27, 2013

"Tags For All" Hybrids

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I keep finding myself turning to the digital download Tags For All when I need a quick card, or a fun way to dress up an ordinary package or envelope. This download is full of fun tags and embellishments and it offers some fun and diverse ideas when it comes to gift-giving. (See my previous post for another package idea)

My first share started off as an ordinary white envelope which I spruced up with a Tags For All bow and Happy Birthday tag. My only original touch was to recolor parts of the confetti on the tag. I printed up the bow and tag, got out my scissors, cut them out, attaching them to my envelope. What a cute embellishment!

My second share is a hybrid card I created using a digital tag from Tags for All which I used as a card front. Other digital elements include: Strawberry Slush Polka Dot DSP background from Tags for All; Strawberry Slush Bird from Sunny Day; Basic Black Sentiment from Hugs & Wishes. I cut a Basic Black CS border for the digital image and attached to the front of a Whisper White card front. I added a little black ribbon bow and a few rhinestones for embellishments.

My third hybrid share are Thank You tags. These were created with the digital elelments: Tags For All Thank You stamp; Summer Happiness Butterfly stamp; Tags For All Strawberry Slush Polka Dot DSP. The little butterfly was handstamped using the Papillon Potpourri stamp set in Basic Black on Strawberry Slush CS, and then punched with the Bitty Butterfly and dimensionaled to tag front.

On my last hybrid share I enlarged the above the tag, cutting off the tag shaped top to create a rectangle. I carefully added the black border on the top with a ruler and black Sharpie, attaching the digital image to the center of a Whisper White Framed Tulip embossed border, framed by a Basic Black border and attached to the front of a Strawberry Slush card front. The smaller butterfly was handstamped in Basic Black on Strawberry Slush CS with Papillon Potpourri stamp set and then punched with the Elegant Butterfly. I loved the big bold "Thank You"along with the bold colors of black, white, and pink...very fun!

I thought I'd share a few of the tag samples with you from the

digital Tags For All kit...fun, fun, fun set!

Thanks so much for stopping by... I hope you all have a

wonderful day!

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Festive Flurry Ornament Tutorial

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