Happy Thursday Stampers! I thought today would be a good time to start showing you some of the samples from my super-duper workshops I have planned for the next couple of weeks! One of my new hostesses purchased the Stampin' Pastels recently and so we decided to show her friends a few of the ways to use this great-value accessory! To start off today, I'm going to show you the "Poppin' Pastels" technique, the first pastel technique I ever learned way back when I started as a demo over 7 years ago! This may be an old technique, but just by using a gorgeous current stamp, it looks fresh and exciting!
I'll start off by showing you the first sample I made using the "Medallion" Background stamp:
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2010
If you get a chance to see this card in person (and if you come to one of my events or workshops in May & June you WILL get to see it!), the colors I used of Certainly Celery, Tempting Turquoise, and Chocolate Chip are so much brighter than my rinky-dink point-and-shoot camera can capture! I used our White Organdy ribbon, and the Designer Label punch. I punched out two separate Designer Labels in Certainly Celery and Tempting Turquoise to mat the "thinking of you" label. For the ribbon, I wrapped a separate piece of white organdy around the edges of the card layer and attached to the back with SNAIL adhesive. I then hand-tied a separate bow using 16 inches of white organdy. After manipulating it for a bit to get the loops even and tidy, I attached it to the first organdy layer with a mini glue-dot.
My next sample is the same color scheme, but this time I used the Tempting Turquoise Stampin' Pastels to color the same White Organdy ribbon!
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2010
Here's the same card for a third time, but this time I colored the organdy ribbon with the Tempting Turquoise Classic inkpad and a stampin' sponge! A roll of White Organdy ribbon is an economical way to embellish your cards when you can color it so many different ways!
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2010
The wrapped ribbon layer was laid directly on the inkpad and rubbed with the stampin' sponge, which gives it a more intense ink color. The ribbon for the bow was laid on my stampin' grid sheet and rubbed with the inked stampin' sponge, which gives it a slightly softer look.
Here's my favorite stamped inside from these three cards:
©Stampin'Up!™1990-2010
That's all for today, stampers! Come back tomorrow for a tutorial on how to actually do the "Poppin' Pastels" technique, along with a couple of neat tips I discovered along the way!
Until tomorrow, have a Stampin' Rox! day!
Carol