Thinking of You in Water Color Wash

I love how the ink wash shows in different tones

Happy Thursday! Here is a card I made with a 3"x3" piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper (149612). Using the paper this way, you can get 6 cards from one sheet.

I stamped the images from Sweet Conversations (157618 January - June Mini Catalog) stamp set in VersaMark and heat embossed it using White Stampin' Emboss Powder (155554 set of 3 colors).

Next, I brushed some Petal Pink ink over the images using a Water Painter (151298 set of 3). After I let it dry, it was added to my card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

I cut a length of White 3/4" Frayed Ribbon (158138 January - June Mini Catalog), frayed one end and then draped it over the left side of the square panel and secured it with Glue Dots. 

All those gorgeous Basic Pearls were added to a Crumb Cake border piece cut using the Peony Die Cuts (152701).

Sentiment is from Art Gallery stamp set (154421).

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Beautiful Easter Blooms

Tami White has an excellent tutorial on how to make today's card. It's so beautiful in person! I love how easy it was to make. So don't worry if you haven't made your cards yet, with this beauty, you still have time!

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you have a blessed Easter. 

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Negative Space Card Creation

I am awaiting my August Paper Pumpkin kit. While I wait, I used this negative from last month's kit to create a sympathy card. I love the way the Old Olive looks when placed over black--very bold! Those stem cut outs somehow seem calm and comforting to me. 

Then, all I needed was a little ribbon, and a sentiment from Flourishing Phrases. Inside the card continues using the rest of the sentiment, "...Praying that your heart will be lifted by the many loving thoughts that surround you today." I stamped this using Versamark ink and then embossed it using Black embossing powder.

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Wise Men From Afar Card #1

When I get to the last dozen cards or so, I get tired of making the same old thing! So I pulled out this retired set and went to Pinterest to get some ideas. Here is one that was inspired by Stampin' Kat. I loved making the background and then embossing and popping up those wise men.

Here you can see the copper embossing powder that I used to heat emboss. Underneath I used the Layering Ovals die cuts and the Joyous Noel glimmer paper.

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Easter Simplicity with Hold on to Hope

Easter is almost here. I made several different cards to send to friends and family this year. I love the crosses from Cross of Hope Framelits Dies. There are FIVE different ones if you count the frame to the smallest cross. The Hold on to Hope stamp set coordinates perfectly, of course. You can cut out the stamped crosses or use the dies to cut crosses from plain card stock or designer series paper. 

When you add the vine and the banner, it's a beautiful and simple card perfect for Easter or many other occasions. Here I embossed the vine with copper embossing powder, cut it out with the die and layered it behind the embossed copper cross. My banner is Very Vanilla on Very Vanilla and is stamped in Chocolate Chip like the background cross.

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Oranges to Say "Thank You"

Here is the card I promised from yesterday. I CASEd this from Sandi MacIver. This oranges pattern from the same Whole Lot of Lovely Designer Series Paper once again is the focal point of a lovely card and lets you make many cards like this one!

Sandi ingeniously added a sentiment on vellum so you can still see every inch of the orange print. The print is cut 3"  wide by 3-3/4" long by 3" wide. The piece of Tranquil Tide card stock underneath the print is 4-1/4" long and 2-1/2" wide. The vellum strip with the white heat-embossed sentiment (from Rose Wonder stamp set) is  5" long by 3/4" wide. It is anchored by using two glue dots on the under side and two Gold Faceted Gems on top to conceal my glue dots.

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Golden Butterfly Birthday

Excitement has been building over the past few weeks as Stampin' Up! Demonstrators were allowed to look at the upcoming Annual Catalog 2017-2018 online! It arrived in the mail just yesterday and I had it spiral bound so I could look it over many, many times over the next year!

One of the best things about having the catalog is getting inspired by all the samples. This stamp set is not new, but the card shown on page 149 IS a new way of using it. I love the gold, black and white embossing powder on the Crumb Cake card stock! My card is a little different shape, but the same stamps and techniques. 

Doesn't the White embossing powder remind you of lace? I love this neutral color scheme! It makes for a beautiful birthday card for someone special.

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Wedding Wishes--With or Without?

I made this card over the weekend for a wedding. It began as on the left, but then I had an idea to add the sheer ribbon on the right. Which do you like better? Let me know in the comments section. The wedding isn't for a few weeks, so I have time to decide!!

Here you can see a close up of the Copper Foil Sheet rose and the Copper Embossing on the Rose Wonder sentiment. I like how it looks against the Soft Sky card stock.

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Gold Embossed Birthday with Pop of Pink

Whenever I use a sheet of Stampin' Up! watercolor paper as the major focus on a card, I always have a strip leftover about the size of the strip on this card. I decided to use the swig of flowers and then painted them using the Blender Pen method with an ink puddle on the top of the ink pad container.

To get some notice onto the rest of my card front, I chose the bold "Happy Birthday" from the same Big on Birthdays set and masked off the other flowers. I used VersaMark and Gold Embossing Powder for a pop on my Pop of Pink DSP. 

What do you think? I would love to read your comments below.

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Shiny Copper Note

I love the Copper Foil Sheets when used with these beautiful Paisley Framelits. They look like jewelry! TIP: I used a sheet of wax paper on top of the foil sheet when cutting. It makes it so much easier to remove the Foil Sheet from the Thinly  I also pre-cut the Foil Sheet so as not to mark up the whole sheet when running it through the Big Shot. 

Pairing my copper embossed sentiment and leaf motifs with this beautiful print from the Petals and Paisleys Specialty DSP makes for a shiny and gorgeous card. 

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From the Heart -- January Pals Blog Hop

Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for January 2017. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our 2017 Blog Hop monthly themes.  

This month our projects showcase themes that are “from the heart.” This includes any of the following themes… Valentine’s Day, Thinking of You, Get Well and/or Sympathy. We hope to provide you with lots of ideas and that you enjoy our creations.

You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below.  The full lineup will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects.

My cards are a "family" of sympathy cards. You see, a patriarch I know passed away last week and I know his widow and his three grown children, therefore I wanted to give four separate cards to show my love and send comfort.

After making the first card using a 4" x 5-1/4" print from Falling in Love Designer Series paper, I decided to use the rest of the 4" strip I cut for two more cards. 

My 4th card is just the Crumb Cake card stock base with the same rows of Gold Embossed Delicate Details images. I used all of the images from the stamp set and just placed them on my clear block, making sure they were straight. I used my Stampin' Grid paper to see through the block while placing the images.

You see here my "family" of cards (minus the one without designer series paper).

I hope you enjoyed looking. Please leave me a comment so I know you were here! 

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Thanks for visiting. To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop! 

Blog Hop Line-Up:

1. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin'
2. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
3. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
4. Amy Hoptay at Craft Carnivore
5. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin'
6. Staci Rivera at Clever Bow Tie Designs
7. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin Space
8. Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
9. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
10. Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
11. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
12. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
13. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
14. Lynn Tague at Beyond Beaches & Blessings
15. Karen Hallam at Karen's Stampin' Habit!
16. Sara Hicks Stuart at Sentiments by Sara
17. Lisa Ann Bernard  at Queen B Creations
18. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping

Congratulations! Well Done!

One week from today, our son graduates from the Police Academy and begins a job as an officer in a local city. We are so proud! I made this card using Night of Navy and Smoky Slate Card Stock with Whisper White accents.

The badge from the My Hero stamp set is perfect here, stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed with Silver Embossing Powder. I used a Blender Pen and a pool of Night of Navy ink to color in the "#1" circle. I perfectly punched it out using the Best Badge Punch.

The "CONGRATULATIONS" sentiment is from One Wild Ride. I framed it using the Bunch of Banners Framelits.

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Photo Anniversary Card

Our husbands went to high school together and they have worked together for over 30 years. We are good friends who have so much fun when we are together. These photos from last year's county fair have been sitting on my desk. I cut the strip up and made and anniversary card for them. I used the new Thoughtful Banners stamp set.

 

To add some shine and sparkle I used VersaMark and Silver Embossing Powder to stamp those descriptive words. Stamping them on Basic Black card stock made them look as old fashioned as the black and white photos, so I also cut them out free hand and they sort of look like those tape embossers we had in the 70's. A little silver cording tied in a bow and I called it done! We have all been married 36 years now and it seems like yesterday when we were all so young. You can see by the photos that we do not act our ages, thankfully!

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Silver Floral with Birthday Blooms

This is a very simple, yet elegant card. I saw Mary Brown's note card (stampercamper.com) and I could not resist making one myself! I even shared it at a Workshop because it was just so pretty.
 

For You Stampin' Up! Supplies: Whisper White Note Cards, Whisper White Card Stock, Birthday Blooms Photopolymer stamp set, Basic Black Ink, VersaMark Ink, Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Silver Glimmer Paper, Basic Rhinestones

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