The Art of Inking

Mystery Hostess Projects!

  These are the three projects that everyone made on Saturday night at my Mystery Hostess Party.

This card was made using creamy caramel & whisper white cardstock. The patterned paper is the Parisian Breeze specialty paper, which is textured, cover-weight cardstock. It's double-sided and comes in gorgeous designs. I used the Simple salutations stamp set, the Designer label and the Wide oval punch and the Chocolate chip double stitched grosgrain ribbon.

 

Everyone also got to try the Big Shot machine. We used it to create the small dots on the whisper white using the Texturz plates. Then we also used the Simple flower embosslits to cut out & emboss the main image. We used the sponge dauber to add a little color to the flower. Then added a button from the Button Latte collection.

 

The next project is a Ribbon bookmark using either the Baja breeze or Kiwi kiss striped grosgrain ribbon, the Scallop circle punch, the 1 1/4" circle punch and the Five petal flower punch. The flower image is from the Sale-a-bration stamp set called Polka dot punches. A silver brad was added to the center. The designer series paper used was Urban garden. At the end of the ribbon they could have chosen between the Filigree or Flower designer brads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last project was a 6 X 6 scrapbook page using the butterflies from the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz dies and the Big Shot machine, the Polka-dot punches stamp set and the Delicate Dots designer series paper, which is a Sale-a-bration freebie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The colors used were Certainly celery and So Saffron.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Family Flip Out Book

  This adorable little book is a creation I made for a class that I taught over the weekend. It was made with half of the Sunshine Garden Simply Scrappin' kit which includes Certainly celery, So saffron, Baja breeze and Old olive textured cardstock along with coordinating double-sided paper and self-adhesive die cuts. The only other products that I needed were the clear button and Baja breeze striped grosgrain ribbon. All supplies are from Stampin' Up! except the sentiment on the cover from Verve stamps.

 

 

 

 

Inside are 2 pages that flip out on either side and another page that flips down from the center giving you ample room for lots of photos and journaling.

Happy Birthday Goodies!

  Hi Everyone! I'm so sorry that I haven't posted in a very long time. That will change now that I have the incentive which is that people actually miss my projects! I will make the time to post daily again since there are so many that take the time to visit my blog to see my latest creations. Thank you to all of you!

 

My project today was a present for my sister-in-law's birthday. Her favorite cookies are snickerdoodles so I baked them for her. I packaged them in a clear plastic container which I dolled up with Urban Garden designer series paper and some Baja Breeze Grosgrain ribbon.

The main embellishment is cut from the dsp. I cut out different petals from 3 flowers and layered them with Stampin' Dimensionals.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Big Shot Scallop Circle Scrapbook!

 

I made this scrapbook for my Big Shot open house! It's made with the Scallop Circle Bigz die. I cut 2 scallops out of chipboard for the covers. Then cut 4 scallops using the printed paper from the Petal Party Simply Scrappin' kit. Since they are cut with the same die they fit perfectly over the chipboard covers, no need to trim edges or use a sanding block!

For the pages inside, I cut 5 scallops out of the coordinating textured cardstock that comes in the Simply Scrappin' kit. To embellish the pages, I used the self adhesive die cuts.

For the cover, I stamped the image from the Hostess level 1 set, "Punches Three" in Pumpkin pie, then punched it out with the Scallop square punch and attached it with Stampin' Dimensionals. A hole was punched with the Crop-a-dile so a ring could be added to hold the album together. Some coordinating ribbon, that I had in my stash, was tied on the ring.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Shower Favors

Sorry I haven't had the time to do any stamping lately. There's a load of things to do when you have 3 kids going to college in 3 different places, so I'm just showing you a couple of candle shower favors I have made.

This one was for a baby shower. I used votive candle holders and tealights.

I crimped a piece of Barely banana to go around the candle and then wrapped some pink grosgrain ribbon over it.

The main image was stamped, cut out and layered on two circles cut with the 1 3/8" & 1 1/4" punches. I used a barely banana brad in the center.

These fit perfectly in the small cello bags which I tied with some more grosgrain ribbon. I computer generated the saying and hung it off the ribbon using some gold cording.

 

For this Wedding shower favor,  I used the bride's colors- Burgundy & Pink. This time I used the prefilled votives.  I again crimped a piece of cardstock and layered some grosgrain on top to go around the candle.

The main images were stamped and then I used the 1 1/4" circle punch to punch them out. I layered that onto a 1 3/8" circle and then a scallop circle.

The sentiment was computer generated and then attached behind the scallop circle.

Let me know if you are interested in favors for your special party! All designs are custom made with your colors. I would love to give you other ideas besides votive candles.

Flowers for a Friend!

I made this bouquet of flowers for my friend, Susie's birthday! I used the new stamp set, Wow flowers!

The colors are Certainly celery, Barely banana, & Perfect plum.

I punched out 2 scallop circles for each flower and paper pierced each scallop. Then, I sandwiched a wooden skewer between them using a Stampin' dimensional to hold them together.

The flowers were stamped & punched with the 1" circle punch, layered on the 1 1/4"& then the  1 3/8" circle. I adhered a rhinestone brad into the center of each.

I used the Stampin' Up! rub-ons on the glass jar and tied a ribbon around the mouth of the jar.

It's hard to see but I have a tag hanging off the ribbon that says "Friend".

Here's a close up of the flowers.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up! except the Hershey kisses of course!

Reach for the Stars CD scrapbook!

This scrapbook was made for Stamp Something's Red, White & Blue Challenge. We were to make anything other than a card with the colors red, white & blue.

I covered 2 old CD's with stamped Real red cardstock. Then I used my coluzzle to make pages from Whisper white & Brilliant blue stamped cardstock. The stamp set I used was Stars & Swirls.         I added small punched stars to the pages.

To put the covers and pages together, I used my Crop-a-dile to punch the holes. A ring was added. A variety of ribbons were tied to the ring to finish it off!

For the cover, I used the In the Stars stamp set.

Here's a look at the pages on the inside.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Framed Family

This is a project I made to showcase the "All in the Family" stamp set.

I used Basic Brown ink the stamp the images & colored in with Watercolor crayons and an aquapainter.

The cardstock colors are Certainly Celery, Regal Rose & the Flowers for you Designer series paper.

A Chipboard letter was used for the first letter of our name.

These are my kids in cartoon form! My son isn't the oldest but he is the tallest!

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

It's Time to Remember Acrylic Album

How cool is this?? I completed this acrylic album using Stampin' Up!s Afternoon Tea designer series paper, Rub-ons, Ribbons, Chipboard, Stamps & other embellishments. It's a little tricky to put together because you have to make sure none of your adhesive shows through the other side by attaching more cardstock. I think it came out great!!

I love the stamps in the Define Your Life stamp set!!

Here are another couple of pages. Don't you love the way everything coordinates?

Here's a closeup of one of the chipboard flowers covered with the designer paper & layered with Choc chip scallop, Groovy guava circle, rub-on, button and ribbon.

This detail is a stamped chipboard piece (Sanded background) layered over designer series paper and adhered with brads.

Friend Shadow Box Frame

I found this shadow box frame in the clearance aisle at Michael's. It has a lift off lid and a hanger on the back.                                    

I used Stampin' Up! rub-ons, Pretties kit & ribbon. I think it would look great with a sepia colored picture!

Here is a closeup of the SAB rub-on  "Love & Happiness".

I had this satin ribbon rose hanging around with odd embellishments and it matched perfectly! It's threaded with a pearl & bead on a pin from the Pretties kit.