Geared Up Garage - Stamp Review Crew

Hello and WELCOME to the Geared Up Garage edition of Stamp Review Crew. Our timing couldn’t be more perfect as the Stampin’ Up! Artisan Design team just released a round of projects using Geared Up Garage. If you like this bundle you should check those projects on Stampin’ Up!’s facebook page here.

I took a super simple approach with my card today. The screwdriver and clamp wrench tools have been hand cut from a sheet of the Classic Garage designer series papers. I like how they act as brackets to the sentiment inside the emblem.

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, any time. Click here to see all of the hops!

Below are a few additional cards I’ve made with this set. Thanks in advance for taking the time to comment. I love to hear from you!

Product List

Geared Up Garage Cling Bundle

[150610]

$48.50

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

[148482]

$11.00

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

[149165]

$7.50

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

[121044]

$8.50

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

[131202]

$8.50

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

[101856]

$9.00

Black 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Cord

[146350]

$6.00

1-3/4" Circle Punch

[119850]

$18.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

One For All - TGIF Challenges Out of this World Challenge - TGIFC203

Making a galaxy background doesn't have to be super complicated. There are so many way to approach this task. Here’s how I did it. To recreate these two cards all you need is watercolor paper, and aqua painter and a couple of ink refills.

I made two backgrounds when I was playing around and so I ended up making two cards. Which one do you like better? I can’t decide.

I used Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry and Bermuda Bay ink refills to create the space look. First I wet the watercolor paper entirely. Then I set to quick work. I applied ink with an aqua painter, starting with the lightest color and ending with the darkest color. I placed the color randomly and let each color bleed into the other. The effect is totally unique and different each time you try it.

After the watercolor background dried I splattered a little white paint (all I had on hand was a tube of white acrylic craft paint) to add in some stars. I used the aqua painter. The splatter technique is basically dip in paint and flick across your paper (and your entire desk if you are not careful). The larger paper stars were punched using the Little Twinkle punch. I added a few rhinestone gems for extra twinkle.

On one card the Happy Birthday was stamped and embossed before the paint was laid down. Once the other I stamped and embossed the Happy Birthday sentiment after. Can you tell which is which? The vertical card the embossing was done after the paint and I think the white is a little it brighter. The horizontal card the embossing was put down first and then I painted over it. While I was able to wipe the ink off of the sentiment I think it appears a little more dull. Note: I find embossing on watercolor paper a little hard to get solid and even coverage because of the paper texture. Do you have any tips? I’d love to know. Sometimes I stamp and emboss twice but I didn't do that here letting the speckle of the background appear through the letters to add to that galaxy effect.

See a full list of supplies below.

One for All Galaxy Birthday Card - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

One for All Galaxy Birthday Card - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

Want to play along with us and show us how you’ve interpreted our OUT OF THIS WORLD challenge? We’d love to see it. Check out the TGIF Challenges blog for more inspiration and challenge details. Thanks for visiting!

Do you 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

One For All Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146655]

$22.00

Little Twinkle Clear-Mount Bundle

[148414]

$33.25

Maps Etc. Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[146822]

$9.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$5.00

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

[100730]

$9.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$5.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$17.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$5.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[103033]

$3.75

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[115664]

$3.75

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[131156]

$3.75

Happy Tails - Global Design Project CASE the Designer Challenge - GDP180

Hello friends. Welcome to this weeks Global Design project. We are casing this super cool project made by Stesha Bloodhart. I love Stesha’s style, she has a great attention to detail and always pulls in such cool texture. I opted to case the basic layout from this card of Stesha’s and used the Happy Tails bundle to create my card.

My Aunt’s long time fur pal recently passed away. He was a great dog and lived a full and happy life. He was a service dog for a number of years and came to live with my Aunt when he retired from service. I made this card for her and tried to personalize the dog to look like her dog Tank. He was a yellow lab that always wore some kind of bandana. He loved his bandanas. The happy Tails stamp set does not include a bandana so I drew one and hand cut it out to fit him.

The dog has been colored using a combination of Crumb Cake and Daffodil delight Stampin’ Blends and then punched out using the Dog Punch.

I had to decorate the card inside with one of the great sentiments from the set. Here’s a glimpse of the inside of the card.

Ready to see more cards using Stesha’s card as inspiration? Check out the Global Design Project blog. Play along with us! Tag your projects #gdp180 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

Happy Tails Photopolymer Bundle

[150631]

$31.50

Gingham Gala 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[148554]

$11.00

Pick A Pattern Washi Tape

[144166]

$8.00

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

[146982]

$8.50

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146990]

$8.50

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

[100730]

$9.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144601]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$9.00

Ivory Stampin' Blends Marker

[144606]

$4.50

Creating Kindness Blog Hop - Touch of Metallic - Geared Up Garage

Hello and welcome to the Creating Kindness Around the World blog hop. This month our theme is METAL. There are so many ways you can incorporate a touch of metal on your projects. With this card I pulled in a little Silver Metallic paper, Silver metallic thread and a metal star embellishment (retired). I would of used the Classic Garage metal embellishments but I couldn't find my stash. LOL. It was probably sitting right in front of me. Ah, well. I like the star.

Geared Up Garage - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

There are many stamp sets that are a great fit with the metal look, I found Geared Up Garage to be the perfect stamp set to pair with that metal look. The Silver Metallic paper has been dry embossed using the Corrugated embossing folder and give that paper a 3D realistic look, without the weight of real METAL. The silver thread has been wound and stuck behind the car and vellum for a little more texture.

CREATING KINDNESS: We are a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world who have come together to inspire you to create kindness through cardmaking and paper.

Every month we invite a guest to join us. Our Guest Designer this month is the most amazing Sylwia Schreck. I was lucky to get to know her last year on the Artisan Design team and she is a sweet as she is talented. Be sure to check out her blog and the rest of the team. Ready to see more metal?! NEXT in line for this hop is Paula. I’m so excited to see her take, her work is so inspiring. Thanks for stopping by!

Geared Up Garage - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

Touch of Metal - Creating Kindness
Blog Hop Participants

Sylwia Schreck- Guest Designer – Germany
 Lou Kitzelman– Australia
 Jay Soriano– UK
Danielle Bennenk– Netherlands
 Charlet Mallett- USA - YOU ARE HERE
Paula Dobson– New Zealand
 Jenny Hall– USA
  Sara Levin- USA
 Marcy Denning– Canada

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

Geared Up Garage Cling Bundle

[150610]

$48.50

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

[148482]

$11.00

Classic Garage Metal Elements

[148485]

$7.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

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

[100730]

$9.75

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

[144246]

$8.50

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

[121044]

$8.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.00

Black Stampin' Emboss Powder

[146956]

$5.00