First Card New Catalog Relase Blog Hop/ Perfect Blend

Welcome to the Hop!  You should have known, if you know me personally that this stamp set would be on my FIRST order! COFFEE!  It's called Perfect Blend and I knew it was going to get inked up right away!  I started with a Whisper White base and added a NEW In Color- Coastal Cabana layer and then a Crumb Cake layer in which I embossed the lower half with the Stripes embossing folder.  I then ran  a strip of Early Expresso (get it, Expresso?-sorry) through the Big Shot with the Adorning Accents die.  I stamped two of the coffee cups in Early Expresso and fussy cut them out, and then stamped them again onto Coastal Cabana DSP from the NEW Print Packs in two designs and then cut them out and inked the edges in Soft Suede and tied some Early Expreso Baker's Twine around one of them  and adhered them (technique called paper piecing) together onto the card.  For the AWESOME sentiment, I stamped it in Early Expresso and stamped onto Whisper White cardstock and punched out with the 1 1/4" circle punch and layered it onto a 1 3/8" circle of Strawberry Slush!  I am IN LOVE with the IN COLORS and I know you will be too! Come back tommorrow for another card using some new colors and those lovely clay flowers!  

You should head on over to Pam's blog and see what she's got going on over there!   

http://www.stampininthesun77.blogspot.com/

Blog Hoppers!

Blog Hop Participants:

1. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
2. Rose C. of Stamp with Rose
3. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
4. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
5. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
6. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
7. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
8. Heidi B of Stuck on Stampin'
9. Bree R. of Craft-somnia
10. Diana E. of Stampin' Fun with Diana
11. Annie L. of Love Me Cards
12. Jamie H. of Unique Ink

NEW RELEASE Blog Hop!

What an honor! I have been invited to participate in a BLOG HOP! What is a Blog Hop? Well, it's a group of Stampin'Up! (in this case) demonstrators who will be showcasing some awesome NEW products from the 2013-14 Stampin' Up! Catalog! I will have links to all the "hoppers" so that you can go from blog to blog!  The Blog Hop starts on Thursday!  See you then with a card with one of my most favorite stamp sets from the new catalog and the links to all the other TALENTED ladies!

Dapper Dad!

Okay, so here is the last of the taunting RETIRED stamp sets! lol (Told you I was WAY behind)....This was a card inspired by Minders.  I changed the DSP and the colors on the card to make it my "own"...

I used Basic Gray for the first color layer, and then cut down some Real Red and Pool Party for the front of the "shirt" and ran the Pool Party through the Big Shot and Chevron Folder, used my 3/4" square punch to put a notch in the top of it and used the Distresser Tool to rough up the edges. I then added two black brads from the Nuetrals brad pack. Stamped a bow tie from the stamp set Dapper Dad in Basic Gray onto Whisper White and fussy cut it out, and stuck a couple of Dimensionals under it, and stamped the sentiment from Delightful Dozen in Basic Gray.  Pretty simple card, but loved it for Father's Day.

Dress Up!

I have to admit, I wasn't all GAGA over this bundle when I first saw it...but now I love all the things I have seen done with it.  This Bundle is no longer available but the Dress Up Framelits are in the NEW  catalog!  I'm happy about that!  Anyway, onto the details....
For the layers of the card, I used Raspberry Ripple and Primose Petals and Whisper White, running one layer of the Raspberry Ripple through the Big Shot using the Lacy Brocade embossing folder that is also retired.  I ran the Primrose Petal cardstock through the Framelit and used the "negative" image.  I layered some Raspberry Ripple DSP, Basic Gray and Whisper White scraps on the back of it and a tiny piece of 1/8" White ribbon to the waistline and adhered it all to the back of the cut out and then flipped it over and adhered it to the front of the card.  I stamped the sentiment in Summer Starfruit, and fussy cut it out and punched a flower from the Boho Blossom punch from Starfruit also, a 1/4" circle of Raspberry Ripple, glued them together and added a Basic Rhinestone.  I have lots of plans for this die, I can't wait to get to work on them!

Oh Hello!

Where oh where has time gone?  The days seem to be flying by so quickly and then I see that it's been days that I've posted anything! Truth is, I'm very busy, it's a good busy, but as you can see from where I am taking my photos(on my stamp table versus my light box, which is upstairs in a dark room) that it's a matter of getting photos taken so that I have stuff to post! Phew!
So, this card is one that I made at a recent workshop. I used the stamp set Oh, Hello!(LOVE!) and some new DSP (Gingham Garden) from the 2013-14 Stampin' Up! catalog.  I started off by folding a piece of Crumb Cake in half for the card base and then running a layer of Whisper White through the Big Shot using one of the Ovals from the Ovals Framelits. I added Dimensionals to the back of the layer of Whisper White that has an oval cut out and stuck it down to the Crumb Cake.   I used the piece that was cut out, and stamped the chevron pattern stamp onto it using Summer Starfruit ink and then the sentiment in Island Indigo directly onto that.  I then adhered it through the "hole", just behind the white layer.  I then cut a strip of the Gingham Garden DSP and layered it to a strip of Cherry Cobbler punched with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon punch and onto the card.  I punched out 3-  1 1/4" Scallop punches to make the flower.  I added a Glimmer Brad in the center and onto the card with a Glue Dot.  I hope your summer is going wonderful and that you are finding some time to stamp.  I am ANXIOUSLY awaiting the BIG BROWN TRUCK with MORE NEW GOODIES!

Mixed Bunch Butterfly

This is another workshop card I did showcasing how versatile our punches can be along with our stamp sets.  I used the Print Poetry Pack again in this one, using the more girly print this time(see previous post when I used the same pack of paper and a different color pattern).  I wanted to show that the Blossom Circle punch along with the stamp set Mixed Bunch, could be transformed into a butterfly (from a flower).  I layered the Crumb Cake base with Very Vanilla and a piece of Print Poetry polka dots pattern DSP with a strip of Summer Starfruit Stitched Ribbon wrapped around it. I cut a Crumb Cake Label framelit and then another in Very Vanilla.  I stamped the one of the flower images in Raspberry Ripple onto Very Vanilla and punched out, cutting away two of the petals at a slight angle to resemble a butterfly. I then added a strip of the Basic Rhinestones to make the antenae and body of the butterfly.  I then stamped a sentiment from Petite Pairs next to it in Crumb Cake.