Addicted to Stamping

Cutting Tip

I've gotten a few comments about the awesome cutting I did on the card I posted yesterday so I thought it might be time to come clean.....I don't cut that well, but I do know how to cheat a little.

For objects like the straw and umbrella,cut as close to the line as you can then take a marker in the same color as you stamped and run it sideways around the outside edge to hide the white. Unless you look close, you don't notice that the lines are a little thicker in some spots.

For the palm fronds, stamp the image, cut it out then take a sponge dauber and sponge on the same color to hide the white edges. You can see where I cut around the fronds but it's not as noticable once its sponged and on your card.  

Sand Dune Windows

This was one of the cards I made for the Artisan Award contest. I've been getting a lot of mileage out of this card. I made a similar version for Stampin' Success and some other variations for swaps. Here's a tutorial for Sand Dune Windows.

  

Dyed Vintage Ribbon

 So much of my ribbon retired this year and I can't restock until July 1st so I'm dying some of my former ribbon with the new colors.

1. Take a piece of Very Vanilla Grosgrain ribbon and roll it into a coil. Start with your lighter color. I used Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler. In a plasic lid make a puddle of water and add a few drops of your lightest color reinker. Set the coil of ribbon in the puddle and let it soak in. Add a few more drops of reinker to the plastic lid and set the ribbon coil on it again. Move the coil around until you have the bottom edge all covered.

2.Turn the coil over onto a stamp pad or another lid using your darker color.  

3. Unroll the ribbon and let it dry. You can speed the process with your heat gun. Stamp on the ribbon with black stazon and your favorite stamp set.

Ice Cream Scrapbook Page

This was another one of my entries for the Artisan Award. I used the embossing plate to texturize the letters and the two tag die to make my journalling block.  

 

Stamps: Baroque Motifs,

Ink: Versa Mark; Melon Mambo, Creamy Caramel Classic Ink

Paper: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Creamy Caramel Cardstock

Accessories: Two Tags, Pennant, Timeless Type Alphabet Die; Texture Plate Kit #4; Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry Polka-dot Grosgrain Ribbon; Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder; Sponge Daubers

Stationery Box

This has been an exciting week for me. One of my projects was featured in the resources section on Split Coast. My Stationery Box was the first project I posted online a few years ago when I started my blog so it's always been one of my favorites. It was in Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine last summer, it earned me a free stamp set in one of the SU challenges and I've been sent hundreds of links from people who have posted samples on their blogs. I updated the tutorial with a new sample and photos. Here's the link Stationery Box

 

Medallion Cross

  This was another card I entered in the Artisan Award contest. It's a remake of a card I made a few months ago. I just changed the colors and added more detail. The colours I used were Soft Suede, Melon Mambo and Whisper White. I used the modern label and the boho blossoms punch for the cross.

Retired

I'm clearing out my retired stuff today and boxing it up for a garage sale next weekend. I got a little side tracked and stopped to make this card.

Sweet Treats Spa Card

This was another one of my entries for the artisan award contest.  The sweet treat cups are filled with Epsom salts and the side pocket holds personalized emery boards. This spa card will fit in one of the padded sweet treat envelopes so you can send it in the mail.  You can find the instructions for Spa Card here.

 

See-Through Scrapbooking

This was one of my scrapbook page entries for the Artisan Award contest. I used one of the printed window sheets so the page is see through. I matted the photo, title and journaling so I could make the page two-sided when placed in an album. I added a couple of dangling elements to finish it off.

Ice Cream Cone Card

This Ice Cream Cone card is easy to make using the Big Shot. You'll need the Scallop Circle, Clear Circle and Pennant dies plus a texture folder or plate to texturize the cone.

This card will fit into a standard letter size envelope for mailing. I used the Sweet Scoops stamp set from the Summer Mini to decorate the envelope. Click on the link for the Ice Cream Cone Tutorial