Meant to Be - TGIF Challenges Color Challenge - TGIFC197

I’m all about the heart stamps lately. It’s so fun to repeat them and create your own color background patterns. The striped heart image used on this card comes from the Meant to Be stamp set. I’ve inked it up using this fantastic color combo from this weeks TGIF challenge. #tgifc197 . You could create a similar background using ANY heart image. I whipped up something similar on this card I posted yesterday.

Because of the time of year I opted to create a Valentine card. This card is nice because it could work as a Valentine card or just a great card for that special friend. The hearts are perfectly aligned using the Stamparatus. The trick here is to clean your stamp well between each inking so your inks don’t get muddy.

I haven’t had much opportunity to play around with the InColor emboss powders. Embossing on dark cardstock is a great way to use these powders and get strong vibrant colors.

See more inspiration for this color challenge in the TGIF challenges blog and play along with us! Thanks for visiting.

Meant to Be - Repeating Heart card. Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

Like this card? Are you interested in making it? 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. THANK YOU! A full list of supplies for this card can be found below.

Product List

Meant To Be Cling Stamp Set

[148626]

$24.00

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies

[148551]

$35.00

Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper

[149622]

$0.00

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad

[147097]

$7.50

Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad

[147141]

$7.50

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

[147143]

$7.50

Berry Burst 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144243]

$8.50

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

[100730]

$9.75

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

[121045]

$8.50

Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146983]

$8.50

Twine Baker's Whisper White

[124262]

$3.00

Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143706]

$10.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.00

In Color 2018–2020 Stampin' Emboss Powder

[146955]

$25.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Stamparatus

[146276]

$49.00

A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop - Alternates for Be Mine Valentine

Valentine’s day is such a fun holiday for paper crafters. We love to make handmade Valentines. The January Paper Pumpkin kit is darling for creating special  little treats. The kit, as sold, includes supplies to make & decorate 24 treat boxes. This kit coordinates with the Animal Expedition suite from the Stampin’ Up! annual catalog. Once I made the treats I needed I’ve used my extra supplies to make a few more alternate projects.

The stamp set from the kit is adorable and I used it exclusively to create this fun chameleon card.

The repeating heart background was created using the Stamparatus. The chameleon is colored using Stampin’ Blends. I tried to color the chameleon to blend a bit with the hearts behind it. I think this card turned out pretty FLY.

This second card is for my Grandma LaRue. When we were little (and even as adults) she would send us a dollar every year in our handmade valentine. I posted a little bit about this back in 2009, you can read that here. I thought I’d send her a Valentine this year with a dollar. Just for fun. She will get a kick out of this now that she’s no longer able to send out cards as easily.  Tip: I snipped the kangaroo pouch with a hobby blade so the dollar bill could easily side in and out. I have a little video showing this closer on my instagram.

This last project is a slight adaptation on the pillow box. I’ve snipped off the top to create more of a little open container to fill with candy. You could cute the box in half to create two pouches or just cut off the top to create the pouch. The little bird image comes from the stamp set included in the kit.

What is Paper Pumpkin? Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription craft kit full of goodness from Stampin' Up! Every kit includes a stamp set, supplies, ink and projects instructions. 

What is this hop all about? The designers participating in this hop take the monthly kit and put their own spin on the projects providing alternate ideas for you and various ways on how to use the kit supplies.

Are you a Paper Pumpkin subscriber? If not you can sign up here. Monthly kits at 19.95 USD (includes shipping). 

I hope you have enjoyed these projects. See more alternate ideas along this hop from the designers in this talented crew. Bree is up next. See the full link up below.  Thanks so much for visiting!

Geared Up Garage - Global Design Project Sketch Challenge - GDP174

The Global Design Project has a fun sketch challenge for you this week.

I’m currently in Valentine card making mode so i knew I wanted to try and make a Valentine’s day card using this sketch. For my card I decided to use the Geared Up Garage product bundle, Classic Garage papers and embellishments. I paired with the Be Mine framelits for a bit of a masculine Valentine card. The gears kind of take on the oval shape and the rest of the card loosely puts the various elements where the sketch dictates. A full list of card supplies can be found at the end of this post.

Check out the Global Design Project blog to see what the other designers have created using this sketch as inspiration. Play along with us! Tag your projects #gdp174 so we can be sure to find them on Pinterest and Instagram.

Like this card? Want to make it?
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

Geared Up Garage Cling Bundle

[150610]

$48.50

Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies

[148527]

$35.00

Classic Garage Metal Elements

[148485]

$7.00

Classic Garage 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[148482]

$11.00

Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[131198]

$8.50

Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[131202]

$8.50

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

[100730]

$9.75

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[147113]

$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143706]

$10.00

Real Red 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Solid Ribbon

[144631]

$7.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

$10.00

Sale-A-bration is here! - Stamp Review Crew edition - Home to Roost

Welcome to the SALE-A-BRATION edition of the Stamp Review Crew. This round we are featuring many of the fun products that are available for FREE during this years Sale-a-bration promotion through Stampin’ Up!

Today I’m featuring the Home To Roost stamp set. I haven’t had a chance to stamp around with the Home To Roost stamp set so I thought I’d give it a whirl on these cards and I am loving the results.

These cards are fairly simple to produce, if you like the design you could recreate easily. All you need is a couple of classic inks, an aqua painter and watercolor paper.

To create the background start with a water only wash on the watercolor paper. Pick to colors that might blend well together. Drop in one of those colors on the top of the water wash and blend downward. Drop in the other color on the bottom and blend upward to meet the first color you laid down.

Once the watercolor background is dry you can simply stamp directly onto the color with black ink. I really wanted the black image to pop so I heat set the image with black embossing powder.

For the ‘reed’ card I chose Balmy Blue and Crumb Cake. These colors look nice together and have a real landscape feel of earth blending into sky.

I took the same card design and flipped the colors and image to create this Rooster card. I used Soft Seafoam and Gorgeous Grapefruit for the watercolor.

Both cards also feature the Wood Textures Designer series papers. For a full list of supplies see the end of this post. If you purchase all the supplies to create these cards you can Earn the Home to Roost stamp set for FREE! Any $50.00 purchase during Sale-a-gration earns a reward.'

What is the Stamp Review Crew? We are an international group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators that gets together to do a blog hop on the first and third Monday of each month. For each hop we chose a single stamp set to feature. We have a blog with all of the hops archived. You can hop through any hop at any time. Click here to see all of the hops! Go to the specific post for this hop here. Up next is the super talented Lou! Thanks for visiting.

Thanks in advance for taking the time to comment. I love to hear from you!

Want to make this card? Check out the supply list below.
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

Home To Roost Cling Stamp Set

[149736]

$0.00

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

[144177]

$11.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$5.00

Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146982]

$8.50

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

[100730]

$9.75

Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146988]

$8.50

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[119686]

$8.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.00

Black Stampin' Emboss Powder

[146956]

$5.00

Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143706]

$10.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$17.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$5.00