Making Every Day Bright - Global Design Project Theme Challenge - GDP159

October 8, 2018

Happy FALL! This is my most favorite time of the year! The weather is fantastic, it’s beautiful, and pretty much bug free. What’s not to love? Our theme for this week’s Global Design Project is FALL IN LOVE. #GDP159

My card features the darling little father image from the Making Everyday Bright stamp set and some gold embossing powder. I watercolored this image using an aquarium painter and a few drops of ink from various ink refills. The Tranquil Tide papers on the card background come from the Frosted Floral Specialty Designer Series Papers. A full list of supplies can be found below.

Check out what the Global Design Project has created for this theme. The site is full of fabulous FALL inspiration. Want to play along with us? Post any new fall project you’ve created, details are on the GDP Blog. Thanks for visiting.

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products?
I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Product List

Making Every Day Bright Photopolymer Stamp Set

[148813]

$16.00

Falling For Leaves Photopolymer Stamp Set

[147680]

$21.00

Frosted Floral 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[147800]

$14.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

$5.00

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

[100730]

$9.75

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[105229]

$3.75

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[144091]

$3.75

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[122934]

$3.75

Metallics Sequin Assortment

[144214]

$5.00

Gold Metallic Thread

[138401]

$3.50

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$17.00

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

[147146]

$7.50

Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143708]

$10.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$5.00

Tranquil Tide 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144246]

$8.50

Snowflake Showcase 1 - Stampin' Up! Artisan Blog Hop

October 4, 2018

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Hello friends! Welcome to another Stampin’ Up! Artisan Design Team blog hop. In this hop we are featuring products from the Snowflake Showcase promotion that was just announced on October 1. Have you seen these products yer? There are two stamps sets in this promotion and half of the Artisans are featuring one, and half are featuring the other.

Snow is Glistening is the stamp set I was to happy to play with for this round. This is a beautifully detailed stamp set with an intricate tree, snowflakes and falling snow texture pieces.

We were asked to create at least one project only using the stamp set and then one project using the stamp set and the dies. Mission accomplished. I can’t wait to share my makes with you.

But first, some ordering information … Stampin’ Up! demonstrators can preorder the Snowflake Showcase products (now) October 1–31, 2018 and all customers can begin ordering November 1–30, 2018. All items are offered while supplies last. All right, ready to look at cards?

This JOY card featured the detailed tree from the Snow is Glistening stamp set and the ornate swirl snowflake die from the Snowfall Thinlets. The tree has been heat embossed with Whisper White embossing powder. I love how this set looks heat embossed, it feels so elegant. I used the swirl snowflake die to cut out a piece of the Velvet paper to run across the tree. This paper has such a soft beautiful texture. I really had a hard time showing how awesome the Velvet paper is in photos but it’s a beautiful, soft, white and velvety, and it will make people want to touch your cards!

Included in this promotion are: the Snow is Glistening Stamp set, Happiness Surrounds Stamp set, Snowflake Trinkets, White Velvet Paper and the Snowfall Thinlets. Check out the flyer at the end of this post for more information, including how to order.

This next card features only the Snow is Glistening stamp set. I’ve stamped the snowflakes in this set in Versamark onto Glossy White cardstock and then heat set with Whisper White emboss powder. I love the look of pink, blue and white for holiday cards - it’s a fresh color combo but still feels festive. I blended Blushing Bride ink into Pool Party ink onto the embossed cardstock using a sponge. Such a cool look. I accented the stamped snowflakes with a couple of Snowflake trinkets. The greeting has been stamped and heat set on the Vellum. Here I preferred to stitch the vellum onto my cards instead of glueing so I didn’t have to hide glue marks.

BONUS! I have two additional cards to share with you. This next cards features stamping directly onto the White Velvet paper. It’s holds a stamped images remarkably well for being so soft and fuzzy. I also dyed the paper as you can see shown on the Pool Party snowflake. I wet the paper throughout and then dipped one end of the snowflake into the ink to soak up the Pool Party ink.

This last card features the snowfall border image. This image is super easy to repeat using the Stamparatus. The image is perfectly sized to use with the hinge step.

Thank you for spending a minute with me. I hope you've found some inspiration to help you in your crafting. Up next is fellow artisan, Connie Collins. She always WOWs me with her creations and this time is no different, her take using the Happiness Surrounds stamp set is a MUST SEE.

Thanks again! I appreciate YOU and all of your lovely comments. Have a great day!

The Artisan Design Team is a group of international Stampin' Up! demonstrators
(16) chosen by Stampin' Up! to create exclusive projects for the company.

Sometimes links break. Oops! If this happens you can catch back up
with us by clicking on our blog homepage links below.

Cathy Caines
Charlet Mallett (YOU ARE HERE)
Connie Collins
Elizabeth Price
Emma Goddard
Jenni Pauli
Jennifer Frost
Jessica Winter
Kayla MacAulay
Kim McGillis
Lauren Alaird
Linda van Wely-Zwolle
Rhoda MacPherson
Sarah Lancaster
Susan Wong
Sylwia Schreck

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Global Design Project Sketch Challenge - GDP158

October 1, 2018

Apologies in advance for my brevity. I’m traveling and did not write this post before I left. Anyway… the Global Design Project has an awesome sketch for you to work with this week. It’s a fun template and I cannot wait to see how you interpret it. #GDP158

My card features the candy cane heart image from the sweet season stamp set and a 3x4 card from the Santa’s Workshop Memories and More kit.

Check out what the Global Design Project created to see FANTASTIC inspiration and play along with us. Have an awesome day and thanks for stopping by!

Dinosaur 1st birthday card using Birthday Backgrounds, Labeler Alphabet and No Bones About It - Stampin’ Up! - Charlet Mallett

DANO DINO 1st birthday - Global Design Project Color Challenge - GDP157

September 24, 2018

It’s so much fun to create a custom birthday card for someone specific. This card was created for our cousins 1st birthday. The family call him Dano Dino so the dinosaur themed card was evident. We celebrated Daniel last night with all sorts of fun dinosaur themed foods and decor.

This card uses the colors for this week’s Global Design Project #GDP157. This color palette is so pretty and would look amazing with fall themed cards.

This card also features three stamp sets: Birthday Backgrounds, Labeler Alphabet and No Bones About it (retired). I hand cut a number 1 from the Animal Expedition Designer Series Papers and built the card from there. Full supplies can be found below.

Check out what the Global Design Project created to see FANTASTIC inspiration and play along with us!