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May 11, 2017
Shooting Star in Action!
Hi there, can you believe it's Thursday already? Is it me, or is this week just flying by? Maybe it's me? I went back to work Monday after a 2 week stay-cation and I have been playing catch up ever since. Wow, you wouldn't believe how much work piles up on your desk when you're away for a couple of weeks! It was all worth it though that's for sure. Anyhoo, I have a cute card I put together that I wanted to share with you. I had all sorts of intentions of doing a video on this one however, Mother Nature and her power outage over the weekend squashed that idea and there just hasn't been any time since then to pull it together. (The plan now is to just do a craft room tour for you!)
To create this card, I started with a standard Basic Black card base and a piece of Watercolor paper cut at 5.5" x 4.25" and sponged on Marina Mist, Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight ink. I was very random in how I applied the colors using sponges. I then went over the entire piece with Black Archival ink and sponge. Once I was happy with the amount of coverage I got, I took the White Craft Ink re-inker and placed a few drops into an embellishment container lid and added a bit of water to thin it out; using my Aqua Painter, I picked up the white ink and "flicked" it over the Watercolor piece to create the white splatter you see here.. Once the piece was dry, I used the Big Shot and the Sliding Star Framelit collection to create the round slider channel and popped the pieces up onto the card base using Stampin' Dimensionals. I then stamped the shooting star image onto a piece of scrap Whisper White cardstock with Archival Black ink and colored it in with my Watercolor pencils and added clear Wink of Stella to the stars. I then took 2 shiny new pennies and adhered them together with a Stampin' Dimensional that I had rounded off with my paper snips (this helps the pennies mover around the channel in a smoother motion) and I then adhered the stars to the pennies with another Dimensional and inserted the pennies into the channel. I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap piece of Basic Black cardstock with Versamark ink after I had prepped it with the Embossing buddy. I added Whisper White embossing powder and heat set it with my Heat tool and punched it out with the Classic Label punch and added it to the front of the card with a glue dot.
'And that completes our card for today. I really hope you enjoyed this one and that it inspires you to pull out your supplies and just have fun with them. Mix colors and don't be afraid to reach out of your comfort zone. You just never know what awesomeness will come of it.
Have a great day and Happy Stamping!
Katrina
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Have a great day and Happy Stamping!
Katrina
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May 9, 2017
Wood Words - A Brand New Bundle Coming in June!
Hello and happy Tuesday! My apologies for missing my normal Saturday post. I spent Friday evening into the wee hours of Saturday morning without power; needless to say, I spent Saturday catching up on all the things I couldn't get done Friday! The joys of country living when you don't have a generator! I'm sure many of you know what I'm talking about. When you live rural as I do and you have no electricity, you have no water either because the water pump that sends the water to your house doesn't run, leaving you high and dry....No pun intended there ha! Anyhoo, I'm back today and I have a brand new bundle to share with you. I absolutely LOVE this set. I think it ranks right up there in my top 5 picks from the new catalog. It's called Wood Words and it's just so stinkin' cute! Today, I have an adorable little "crate of note cards" for you. This die creates the cutest little crate and the design elements in this stamp set are to die for.
The wood pattern designer paper is also brand new from the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog. To create the crate, you just need to cut 2 pieces with the die and put together, it's quite easy; just fold on the score lines and adhere the tabs to the sides. For the cards, I cut several 3" x 6" pieces of Whisper White card stock and scored and folded at 3". I added a 1/4" strip of the wood grain paper to the bottom of each card to tie them into the crate, stamped the Rooster image from the coordinating stamp set along with the Thanks a Bunch sentiment in Early Espresso ink. I die cut a rooster that I had stamped onto scratch Whisper White and adhered it to the front of the crate with a Stampin' Dimensional. And that completed my project for today. Again,it was quick and simple but just adorable. If you would like a 2017-2018 Annual Catalog, and you don't currently have a demonstrator that you are working with, please feel free to email me and I will get one out to you. It is just full of awesomeness that will be available to order beginning June 1, 2017; however, if you would like to take advantage of the BEST deal EVER, click the link to "join my team" above and you can select $125 of BRAND NEW PRODUCT from this new catalog RIGHT NOW for only $99! There is absolutely no obligation after that, but who wouldn't want to save between 20% and 25% on every order? That's right, if you continue as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, you will initially save 20% on every order or earn 20% on sales; and if you reach $1800 in sales/purchases within 12 months, you will reach Bronze Elite status and will begin saving 25% on your purchases and earn 25% on sales! Like I said BEST DEAL EVER! So, do some serious thinking on that one! If you have any questions, please reach out, I will do my best to answer them, and anything I can't answer, I will get an answer for you...that's the best part, Stampin' Up! is always there to help!
I hope you enjoyed today's project, please feel free to leave me a comment on your thoughts and what you would like to see here in the coming days. I love hearing from you. In the meantime, happy stamping,
Katrina
I hope you enjoyed today's project, please feel free to leave me a comment on your thoughts and what you would like to see here in the coming days. I love hearing from you. In the meantime, happy stamping,
Katrina
April 13, 2017
Weather Together and More of the Ink Smooshing Technique
Hi there and Happy Thursday! I hope you're enjoying your Holy Thursday. I didn't exactly plan this, but I guess this card I'm sharing with you today is quite appropriate for the day. Today is the day recognized as the day of our Lords Last Supper before His arrest and crucifixion which has a sadness attached to it when you think of what He endured for us as a result of our sins. My card today uses the fun technique of Ink Smooshing! I just LOVE playing with ink this way and the colors look stormy and then there's the rain.
Anyhoo, for this card, I started with a standard card base of 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Dapper Denim that I scored and folded at 4 1/4". I then took a piece of watercolor paper cut 5 1/4" x 4" and prepped it with the Embossing Buddy. I then stamped the rain drops randomly using Versamark ink and heat embossed them with the Clear Embossing Powder, this will create an emboss resist. Then, using a piece of window sheet, I "smooshed" ink onto it and spritzed it with water and randomly applied the ink to the watercolor paper. I did dry the ink with my heat tool in between colors. I started with Pool Party first, then moved onto Tempting Turquoise, Dapper Denim, Smoky Slate followed by a second layer of Dapper Denim. I stamped 3 clouds onto Whisper White cardstock using Smoky Slate ink and cut them out with the coordinating die. I then cut 2 umbrella tops out, one from Dapper Denim and one from Flirty Flamingo. and I trimmed out the center portion of the Flirty Flamingo and attached it to the Dapper Denim to create the 2 toned umbrella. I then cut 2 umbrella handles, one from Silver Foil and the other from the Flirty Flamingo cardstock and I trimmed off the "hooked" end of the Flirty Flamingo handle and attached that to the Silver Foil handle and attached the handle using a glue dot and the umbrella top with Dimensionals. I then cut a piece of Vellum and prepped it with the Embossing Buddy and stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink. I used the retired black embossing powder and heat embossed the sentiment and attached that to the card with a glue dot strategically placed under the sentiment to camouflage it. I then added a few Sparkling Clear sequins I got from Pretty Pink Posh to complete the card and add a little "somethin' somethin'".
I hope you enjoyed today's card and I truly hope it inspires you to pull out your ink and play with this technique. I know you will have fun with it, just give it a try. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out. I'm here to help.
Have a great day and Happy Stamping,
Katrina
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I hope you enjoyed today's card and I truly hope it inspires you to pull out your ink and play with this technique. I know you will have fun with it, just give it a try. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out. I'm here to help.
Have a great day and Happy Stamping,
Katrina
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Black Stampin' Emboss Powder
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April 11, 2017
Water Shaker Card with Seaside Shore
Hey all and Happy Tuesday! Well as promised, here is the 2016 Catalog retirement List:
It's sad but true. We all know some good things must come to an end, but just know, it's to make room for some pretty AWESOME new stuff. I can't share with you just yet, but just as soon as I can, I will. In the meantime, here is a card I worked on over the weekend. I did a little sneak peak on my FB page Sunday night, but here it is in full color.
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It's sad but true. We all know some good things must come to an end, but just know, it's to make room for some pretty AWESOME new stuff. I can't share with you just yet, but just as soon as I can, I will. In the meantime, here is a card I worked on over the weekend. I did a little sneak peak on my FB page Sunday night, but here it is in full color.
This is a water shaker card. I used a 3" x 4" zip lock bag filled about 1/4 full with water and a drop of Marina Mist reinker behind the "window" to create the water shaker. I included a link to these bags on Amazon if you're interested in them. I did some water coloring with my ink pads and Aqua painters. My little "Angel fish" is popped up on a dimensional to add a little more dimension to the card. For full instructions watch the video below.
I hope you enjoyed this card and I thank you for stopping by. Please leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts. Have a great day and happy stamping,
Katrina
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