February 11, 2018

Brusho For those Milestone Moments

Hello and Happy Sunday! I'm a bit late this evening but the day ran away from me..but it was a productive crafty day. I designed my swaps for an up coming demo swap I am participating in, I designed my cards for the Stampin' Blends club for the month (OMG...I'm loving how these came out!) just sayin' - but, they are exclusive to my Blends club. And I designed my card and typed up my tutorial for the tutorial coop I participate in.
Today my parents celebrate 49 years of marriage! Amazing right? Well, that leads me to the card I created for them today. I wanted to play some more with my Brusho and thought this was a perfect reason. And the best part....this card is so quick and simple! And who doesn't love quick and simple? This time, I pulled out my little paint pallet and tapped a little of the Brusho crystals into the wells, I used the red, Prussian Blue and Yellow and dropped some water from my Aqua Painter into the wells to create the watercolor. Then using my Aqua Painter, I picked up the liquid color and just "scribbled" it onto my Whisper White piece that measures 3 3/4" x 5".
Once I was happy with the color, I used my heat tool to dry the watercolor, flipping my paper occasionally to minimize the warping. I stamped the Happy Anniversary in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and wrapped a piece of the Night of Navy gingham ribbon around the piece and tied it into a bow. I adhered this down onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock cut 4" x 5 1/4" with Fast Fuse and adhered that all down to a standard card base of Daffodil Delight. I love blues and yellows together and this card was no exception.
I hope you enjoyed today's card. Below you will find everything you need to reproduce this card. If you would like to receive lots of free tutorials, please sign up for my newsletter here.
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February 8, 2018

Brusho Background

Hello and Happy Thursday! I hope you all survived the big winter storm yesterday unscathed? We got just around a foot of snow from it..nothing too unusual around here. Now, I'm getting ready for some more travel over the next few weeks. Next Thursday I head for New Jersey and the last week of the month, I head off to Alabama! I haven't traveled this much in my entire life! But, this is a "one time" thing and then life will return to normal again. But in the meantime, I did get to steal away some time in my craft room and I pulled out my Brusho to play with and this is what I came up with:
I love this stuff! It's so versatile and you can use it in so many ways. For this card, I did the "smooshing" technique using the Yellow, Brilliant Red and Prussian Blue. You can follow the video here. I stamped the butterfly from the Beautiful Day stamp set with Versamark® ink onto Vellum cardstock and embossed it in Gold Stampin' emboss powder.. I colored the wings in with the Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party and Night of Navy Stampin' Blends on the reverse side of the vellum and fussy cut it out.


Measurements:

Basic Black: 8.5" x 5.5" scored and folded 4.25"; 3.25" x 4.25"; 1" x 4.25"
Watercolor Paper: 4" x 5.25"
Petal Passion DSP: 4" x 3"
Vellum: 4" x 4"


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February 1, 2018

Coloring Petal Passions Designer Paper

Hello and Happy Thursday....from Central New York! Yes, I am finally home from Kansas City. You know the saying, "it's nice to go, but nice to be home", well, there is a whole lot of truth to that. I am so happy to be home. I missed my  little Tucker dog terribly and hubby too of course.
Anyhoo, I have a new card to share with you that I put together that is quick and simple but still packs a wow to it using my Petal Passions DSP and Stampin' Blends!

Directions:

I cut the floral patterned design from the Petal Passions DSP to 3" x 5.25" and colored the flowers in using the light Night of Navy Stampin' Blends pen, the small flowers with the dark Pool Party Stampin' Blends, and the leaves with the dark Old Olive Stampin' Blends pen and adhered it to the Pool Party panel cut 3.25"x 5.5" and wrapped a piece of the Night of Navy Crinkle ribbon and tied a bow. I adhered this panel to a standard Whisper White card base measuring 5.5 x 8.5" scored and folded at 4.25" with Stampin' Dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set, Picture Perfect in Night of Navy Ink onto Whisper White and punched it out using the 2" Circle Punch and layered that onto a piece of Soft Sky, punched out with the Starburst punch and popped it up onto a couple of Stampin' Dimensionals.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and it inspires you to pull out your black and white designer series paper to color and change it up. In the meantime, I wish you an amazing rest of your day and happy stamping,








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January 30, 2018

A Good Day - Stampin' Style

Happy Tuesday from Kansas City, Missouri! Yes, I'm on a work related trip away from New York on hospital business. Here's a picture of my view for another 24 hours.
I head back home in the morning and I'm looking forward to seeing hubby and my little Tucker dog...I really do miss them.
Any way, I did get a few minutes in my craft room before I left home. I pulled out the new A Good Day stamp set and this is what I came up with.

I started with a standard card base of Whisper White 8.5" x 5.5" scored and folded at 4.25". I then took one of the card bases from the Tutti Fruitti Card collection found in the Sale-a-bration brochure and cut it in half to 4.25" x 5.5". I added a piece of Powder Pink cardstock cut 2.25" x 4.25" and adhered it to the Tutti Fruitti piece. I then wrapped the Basic Gray ribbon from the Sale-a-bration shimmer ribbon and tied it into a bow. I adhered the entire panel to the Whisper White card base and punched out a piece of Powder Pink using the new 1-3/8" scalloped circle punch and stamped the "Just Because" from A Good Day stamp set in Basic Gray Archival ink and punched it out using the 1-1/8" scalloped circle punch and popped it up on a Dimensional. I added a Mini Embroidery Hoop with a couple of mini Glue Dots to finish it off. This made for a quick and easy card and I hope you enjoy it.
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January 23, 2018

Paper Pumpkin - Why It's Such an Amazing Deal

Hello and Happy Tuesday! I hope you're off to a great week so far. I'm in the process of getting ready to do some traveling for my full-time job as a Clinical Informaticist. First stop, Kansas City, Missouri...then possibly Washington State, then who knows where? We shall see. Our hospital is looking into a new electronic documentation system as our current system is fairly antiquated and it's time to spruce it up so we are doing some site visits to learn the good the bad and the ugly of our top 3 contenders. So, now just to hope for good travel weather!
Anyhoo, today I wanted to talk to you a little bit about Paper Pumpkin. I feel like Paper Pumpkin gets looked over, maybe because of her humble beginnings? I'm not sure, but what I am sure of, Paper Pumpkin deserves to have the spotlight shown on her just as much as any other Stampin' Up! product.
And what's even more great? There is NO guess work! You don't need to figure out what will coordinate? What paper should I buy? What stamp set should I get? Ok, so which ink color will go? And on and on the questions form. Who needs all that stress? Not to mention, when making all those decisions, it can get pretty pricey to get all the materials you need for your project. But NOT with Paper Pumpkin! Paper Pumpkin is literally an ALL inclusive craft kit! Each month, this adorable little orange box arrives in your mailbox filled with EVERYTHING you need to create that months project. You receive a full color instruction sheet, an EXCLUSIVE stamp set (you can NOT purchase these stamps outside of Paper Pumpkin...EVER!) an ink cube or two that coordinate with the project (colors will NOT repeat in a 12 month rolling calendar - this means you get to collect at least 12 new colors per year) all of the cardstock precut and scored for the project at hand, any Stampin' Dimensionals, glue dots and sticky strip adhesive you may need for the projects along with any embellishments required such as twine, sequins etc. that the project calls for. It's got EVERYTHING! And another very cool feature of Paper Pumpkin...there are a couple of ways to get this awesome little box to your door! First, there is the recurring subscription; this is $19.95/month plus tax (shipping is included) and every month as long as you maintain your subscription, this sweet box will arrive faithfully to your doorstep.
Second, there is the pre-paid subscriptions and we have options here as well. You can choose between a single one month pre-paid subscription (a great way to just check it out) a 3, 6 and 12 month pre-paid subscriptions. Just choose the one that is right for YOU! And here is the BONUS: with a 3, 6 or 12 month pre-paid subscription....you earn Sale-a-bration rewards! OH YEAH! And to sweeten the deal even more, for the 6 and 12 month subscriptions, you save $1 and $2 per month! I mean really? How can you go wrong?
Paper Pumpkin is perfect if you are an avid crafter or a brand new paper crafter. And it makes the perfect gift for those crafty friends and family! Need more convincing? Check out this Year in Review video to see a years worth of Paper Pumpkin!
Think Paper Pumpkin might be perfect for you? Just click here get started with a continuous subscription; or click here to place a pre-paid 1,3,6 or 12 month subscription and get your Sale-a-bration bonus!
Oh, and one more perk for my subscribers...you get to join my Paper Pumpkin group on Facebook where we can hang out and assemble our kits together on Facebook Live...yep, it's fun!
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Happy Stamping,


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