Remarkably Creative Blog Tour - Urban Underground!

Happy Easter and welcome to the hop! This month our theme is the Urban Underground Suite. This is a great masculine set that has a lot of versatility to it. Be sure to follow along the Blog Hop using the links below to move from site to site in order to see all of the amazing projects. Currently, you are visiting my site, Stampin' n Scrappin' from the Heart, by me, Katrina Wolfe.
The card that I'm sharing with you today has an industrial feel to it because I chose to use the silver foil designer paper found in the Urban Underground paper pack and I used the silver "screw" embellishments from the Urban Underground embellishment pack.

The stamp that I chose from the Urban District stamp set, has a distressed look when stamped and I used the coordinating framelit from the Build It framelits and layered it with a second piece cut from Basic Gray. and popped them up on Dimensionals. I added a strip of the Urban Underground Designer Washi tape. I really love this entire suite and will be sad to see it go by the end of May. Sadly, the framelits  and embellishments are already gone, however, when I  looked, this stamp set and paper are still available. Be sure to take advantage of the great deals on many of the retiring items.

Thanks so much for taking part in our blog hop. I hope you have enjoyed what you've seen so far as there are so many amazing ideas and inspiration out there and you won't want to miss any of it, so remember, you are at my blog, Katrina Wolfe, so check the line up below to see who is next in the list and click to continue on the hop. And again, Happy Easter!

Katrina

Product List

Urban District Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[143068]

$27.00

Urban District Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143071]

$19.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[121045]

$8.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101650]

$9.00

Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[121044]

$8.00

Delightful Dijon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[138338]

$8.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

$7.00

Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper

[142783]

$13.00

Urban Underground Embellishments

[142786]

$6.50

Build It Framelits Dies

[143230]

$27.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Stampin' Up! for Jewelry?

Hi there! Happy Saturday before Easter! Are you ready with your Easter baskets and colored eggs? I decided against an Easter Basket for my little Tucker. He's the most adorable little Shit Zu/Yorkie mix you have ever seen, but, Gamma and Gampa made him up an Easter basket, so I decided 1 basket was plenty since he has an entire room full of toys already...No, he's not spoiled at all! Anyway, today I wanted to share with you some of the versatility of our products as I know not all crafters want to stamp necessarily, (although, I have no idea why not lol) so, I thought I would show you a really cute idea to make a girly birthday gift, earrings!

These would also make a cute party favor for a girls birthday party. I just picked up some inexpensive "fish hook earring" blanks in the jewelry making supply area of my local Walmart and some "O" rings to attach the fish hooks to the Party Animal Embellishments and with a pair of needle nose pliers, squeezed the "O" rings closed around both pieces. I then punched a 2" circle and stamped the sentiments in Emerald Envy and Pacific Point. I then punched 2 holes using the hand-held 1/8" punch into the center of the 2" circle and using a craft knife, I cut slits from the hole punches to the outside of the 2" circle so that I could slide the fish hooks down into the holes and slipped the entire piece into a 3" x 4" zip lock baggie. Aren't they just too cute? The sentiments happen to be from the coordinating stamp set, Balloon Adventures which happens to be on the retirement list.
I hope you enjoyed today's project. I thought it was cute for something a little different from our normal cardmaking and occassional 3D project. Let me know what you think as I always enjoy your comments and thank you for stopping by, I truly appreciate it. Happy Stamping, and Happy Easter to you,
Katrina
Product List

Balloon Adventures Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142823]

$26.00

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad

[141396]

$6.50

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

[126951]

$6.50

2" Circle Punch

[133782]

$18.00

1/8" Circle Handheld Punch

[134365]

$9.00

Party Animal Embellishments

[142775]

$7.00

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
Product List

Weather Together Photopolymer Bundle

[142319]

$41.25

Weather Together Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141543]

$21.00

Dapper Denim 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141414]

$8.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$5.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141416]

$8.00

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$4.00

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101856]

$8.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[126982]

$6.50

Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad

[126952]

$6.50

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad

[141394]

$6.50

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[131179]

$6.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

$6.00

Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109130]

$5.00

Black Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109133]

$5.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Window Sheets

[142314]

$5.00

Umbrella Weather Framelits Dies

[141479]

$25.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

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.

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

Product List

Seaside Shore Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[141622]

Seaside Shore Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141625]

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad

[126962]

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[126983]

Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad

[126959]

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

[126976]

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

Big Shot

[143263]

Aqua Painters

[103954]

Foam Adhesive Strips

[141825]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]