About to Blossom

Every Tuesday Stampin' Up! releases new downloads for My Digital Studio.  It's exciting to have such fresh and fun content always within in reach and always on trend!
Last week I fell head over heels for the latest Digital Kit:  About to Blossom

 

I'm nuts about Digital Kits in general, too.  They have SO much content for a great price.  They are a fantastic way to build your MDS creative arsenal quickly and inexpensively.

Now, I have loads of ideas for digital projects with this kit, but I also am so crazy about the beautiful Designer Series Paper that I had to print it out and use in a "hands-on" kind of way.

Here's my quick advice on printing MDS designer series paper:

• Select an 8.5 x 11 project
• Use a square punch and resize it to cover half of your page
• Do this again for the lower half of your page
• Fill the top and bottom punches with the DSP of your desire and then zoom in or out to get the size of the design right for your project
• My best results printing have come from Matte Finished Photo Paper.  Paper that is not "photo paper" does not, in my experience, produce good results
• Now you have two 5.5 x 8.5 sheets of DSP to play with
• Print more as needed!

Other supplies used for this card:

• Blossom Punch
• Chalk Talk stamp set & Framelits
• Simply Pressed Clay and Molds for button
• Floral Frames Framelits Dies stamped with Betsy's Blossoms
• Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack with Crystal Effects (flower center)
• Little Leaves Sizzlit Die
• Modern Medley DSP
• Basic Gray and Tangerine Tango Ink

This card is also my entry for this week's Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge







 

Butterfly Lace

I love Stampin' Up's new Butterfly Collection Stampin' Wheel:



Now, I did not actually use it to make this card (I promise many upcoming projects with it soon!), but it inspired me to try a "lace" technique with My Digital Studio and my Silhouette Cameo E-Cutter. 

• I imported two different butterfly punch shapes to my e-cutter software
• I resized them to make the small
• I copied them several times over and arranged them in a pattern I liked
• I cut them out with my e-cutter
• Voila! Butterfly Lace inspired by this beautiful stamp.

 

This card is also using the layout for this week's Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge:  

Tools and Techniques:

• My Digital Studio - for the butterfly lace
• Chalk Talk Stamp Set with Versamark Ink and White Embossing Powder
• 1 3/8" Circle Punch
• Floral Framelits Dies
• Blossom Punch
• Crisp Cantelope, Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, and Whisper White Cardstock
• Basic Black Chevron Ribbon

A Vintage Style Thank You

I made this card to show my thanks to the wonderful group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators that I am a part of:  The Pretty Pals.  It's an delightfully eclectic group of stampers of all types, styles, and backgrounds and a continual source of encouragement and enthusiasm.

I wanted to stretch (just a little) outside my comfort zone and style for this card so I decided to reach for a color that I rarely use:  Rich Razzleberry.  I mixed it with Very Vanilla, Perfect Plum, and a pop of Summer Starfruit.  I really love the results!

It has the vintage appeal that I love and the purple colors give it a very regal, royal appeal.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Ex Libris, Daydream Medallions, Papaya Collage, Lovely Little Labels
Ink:  Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso, Summer Starfruit
Paper:  Very Vanilla CS, Perfect Plum CS
Tools:  Stampin' Trimmer, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Floral Framelits, Little Labels Punch Pack
Embellishments:  In Color Dahlias, Linen Thread

Pals Blog Hop - Spring Projects!

Thank you for joining us for the March Pals Blog Hop! Today the Stampin' Pretty Pals are excited to share new ideas and projects to get you ready for spring.
You should have just left stop number 13 on the Pals Hop - Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards. If so, you are in the right spot.  If you get off track, the full blog lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

I'm so ready for Spring and the beautiful explosion of colorful flowers that it brings.  That desire is what inspired my card.

• The large dahlia is created with the Blossom Petals Builder Punch.  The center is a designer builder brad that I "antiqued" with a jewelry-crafting product called Guilders Paste.  The center was a circle of Midnight Muse covered with Dazzling Details for an opalescent effect.
• The medium sized flower is created with the Floral Framelits Die and coordinating Daydream Medallions stamp set.
• The teeny flower is punched from the Boho Blossoms Punch.
• The paper, ribbon, and sentiment are all products available exclusively during Sale-A-Bration.

The next stop is Carmen Sublasky at The Creative Stamptuary, stop number 15 on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting – and I hope to see you next month!
 

1. Dawn Tidd at tiddbitsfromdawn
2. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty -
3. Nicole Picadura at Scraps & Stamps
4. Shannon Hokanson at Paper Works 
5. Debbie Mageed at Scrappin' & Stampin'
6. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
7. Debbie Crowley at expressivelydeb...
8. Ann Schach at The Stampin' Schach
9. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
10. Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole
11. Kerry Willard Bray at stampgoodness
12. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
13. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
14. Jennifer Takacs at Stamped in Full 
15. Carmen Sublasky at The Creative Stamptuary
16. Debra Simonis at Deb's Stampin' Grounds
17. Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons 
18. Kim Czenszak at LiveLoveStamp
19. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin'
20. Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair
21. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
22. Ginger Toivonen at gingerstamps.com
23. Amy Williams at Stampin' on the Range
24. Shannon Jaramillo at ezpeasycards
25. Amy L. Lazzell at Just A Thought...Cards by Amy
26. Penny Nichols at Sierra Stampin!
27. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine
28. Peggy Noe at prettypapercards.com 
29. Maxine Conrad at Stamp to the MAX!

 

You Can't Catch Me!

I'm doing a card class this weekend, Sunday August 5th from 1:30 - 3:30 on embossing techniques (click here to RSVP).
This is one of the cards that we'll be making.  It uses the adorable "Scentsational Season" stamp set and coordinating Framelits die.  It's embossed using the Sugar & Spice scented Stampin' Emboss Powder.  It smells like a sweet, yummy cookie - it adds such a level of fun to making cards.

There are a couple of other embossed techniques - I've embossed one of the background shapes with the Chevron embossing folder and the cute little tag is embossed with Early Espresso Stampin' Emboss Powder. 

The other cards are equally as fun - come join me Sunday!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Scentsational Season, Mixed Medley
Ink:  Versamark, Soft Suede, Real Red
Paper:  Very Vanilla CS, Real Red CS, Crumb Cake CS, Festival of Prints DSP
Ribbon/Embellishments:  Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Sugar & Spice Scented Stampin' Emboss Powder, Early Espresso Stampin' Emboss Powder
Tools:  Big Shot, Floral Framelits Dies, Holiday Collection Framelits Dies, Chevron Embossing Folder, 1 1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Simply Scored