Harvest Hellos

September 12, 2019

Playing around with Harvest Hellos today for the Stamping Through The Catalog challenge. #STTChallenge

This card turned out darling! The pumpkin and leaves are colored using Stampin’ Blends. The darling frame in the background is from the Ornate frame dies and the Buffalo background stamp creates that fun plaid in the background.

What do you think? This set might need to make it into your collection.

A full list of supplies are listed below.

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Harvest Hellos Bundle (En)

[153037]

$35.00

Buffalo Check Cling-Mount Stamp Set

[151372]

$16.00

Ornate Frames Dies

[150664]

$34.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$5.00

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144599]

$9.00

Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147273]

$9.00

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144597]

$9.00

Pineapple Punch Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147280]

$9.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$9.75

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[131201]

$8.75

Snail Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115318]

$8.75

Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder

[152320]

$10.00

Boo To You Creepy Eyeball card - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

Creating Kindness Blog Hop - Ink Refills

September 4, 2019

HELLO friends! Welcome to the Creating Kindness Around the World Hop. CREATING KINDNESS: We are a group of paper crafters 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 design with us. This month we are so lucky to have Tami Hewlett join us. She is so talented and I love her work and diverse style.

GETTING INKY WITH IT. This month we are playing with ink refills. Pure solid ink. Refills are awesome and can be used for way more than reinking your dry ink pads. I use them all the time to watercolor with. They can be used to dye ribbon and paper. They can be mixed with embossing paste to easily add color. They can be added into a mister with drops of water or alcohol for spritzing on projects. Seriously, they are the best.

I’ve used them to create a fun and somewhat creepy background on this monster Halloween Card. It’s like this card is growing eyeballs and soon it will become monster …

Do you like this look and want to try it? Here’s how I created the background. You’ll need Pool Party and Pretty Peacock ink refills.

Create a water wash on a piece of watercolor paper using an aqua painter. Cover the entire sheet in water.
Add a couple small drops of Pool Party ink refill onto the wet watercolor paper. Tip the paper back and forth so the ink moves and swirls and covers the entire sheet. I was gong for full ink coverage with some areas darker than others. Use an aqua painter to help the process along if needed. Here is a super quick video showing what I mean.
With an aqua painter pick up full strength Pretty Peacock ink. Randomly touch the background with the tip of the brush and watch the ink bleed. The water the paper is the more the ink will bleed.
Once dry add google eyes to the center of the ink drops.

The Raven Halloween card - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

I created a second background for this Raven card following step 1 & 2 from above. I only used Pretty Peacock for the background. The Pretty Peacock background has the look of an eerie night sky. Peacock is my HERO color on this card. It is the color I decided to build the entire look around.

Ready to see more fun ideas using ink refills? The full blog link up is below. Next up is my talented friend Tanya. She is a pro at ink techniques.

Ink Refill - Creating Kindness
Blog Hop Participants

1. Tami Hewlett- GuestDesigner – USA

2. Charlet Mallett– USA

3. Tanya Boser– USA

4. Paula Dobson– New Zealand

5. Lou Kitzelman– Australia

6. Marcy Denning– Canada

7. Cheryll Miller– Australia

8. Jay Soriano– UK

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!

Boo To You!

September 3, 2019

I love Halloween. Seriously, it’s such a fun holiday. Fun to craft for and fun to decorate for.

Just for fun … I created a Boo to You card. The monsters are colored with Stampin’ Blends. The little monsters are adorable, don’t you think? The Boo To You stamp set can be ordered starting 9/4 (tomorrow). #stampinthroughthecatalog #sttc

Global Design Project - Color Challenge - GDP205

September 2, 2019

Do you have a favorite word? A word you use more than any other word? For me that word is AWESOME and I love it. I've been saying it since i was a little kid! When I saw this stamp sentiment from the Genuine Gems stamp set I KNEW I had to have it. Plus, if the universe wants to send some awesome my way I’ll take it.

What do you think of these colors together? Kind of pretty! Stampin’ Blends are available in each of these challenge colors so I HAD to use them on this card. I love how they look offset with white and a pop of glimmer paper. A full list of supplies can be found below.

Join us. Want to play along? Give this theme a try. I can’t wait to see what you come up with for this Global Design Project Challenge. Be sure to take your project #gdp205 so we can see your creation.

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!

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