Hey there! How's your week going? I've had a pretty good one so far, I've accomplished quite a bit on my "to do" list and hope to check some more things off today!

One of the things on my list is prep for my Birthday Card Buffet later this month. Today's card using the Petal Potpourri and Lovely Amazing You  stamp sets has a soft, vintage look, even though it doesn't have ANY sponging on it!

I KNOW I can't believe no sponging either! I thought it was a RULE that in order for it to look vintage it had to have at least SOME sponging, but here we have it. It's vintage-y, sponging or no sponging!

Here's a trick to remember when you are combining stamping and dry embossing with a folder and the Big Shot: ALWAYS STAMP BEFORE YOU EMBOSS. Trying to stamp on the bumpy surface of embossed card stock is a nightmare. While there aren't very many RULES in stamping, I can give you three right off the top of my head:

1. ALWAYS STAMP FIRST, THEN PUNCH AND/OR CUT WITH A BIG SHOT FRAMELIT.

2. ALWAYS STAMP FIRST before you adhere to the card. There are TWO sides to every piece of card stock. Stampin' Up! high-quality inks do not bleed through our high-quality card stock, so you ALWAYS HAVE TWO SIDES TO STAMP ON.

3. ALWAYS STAMP FIRST, THEN EMBOSS with a Textured Impressions Folder.

Here's the greeting from this card inside the Lovely Lace Textured Impressions Folder:

Inside I combined the "you are amazingly Amazing" phrase from  Painted Petals with "happy birthday" from And Many More. I don't think I ever realized how pretty Sahara Sand ink actually is until I started using it for this card. I'm usually more of a bold color girl, especially for stamping words, but I find I love Sahara Sand!

That 's about it for now. I am listing the supplies for this card below so you can refer to it when you shop in my Online Store:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

I also needed to let you know I am continuing to send my Thank-You Project Packets to every one placing an online order of ANY amount in my online store. This program will continue as long as I have online customer!

140594 $14.95	138822 $24.95	138819 $32.95	137146 $23.95	134276 $26.95
134273 $36.95	121043 $6.95	131203 $6.95	101650 $8.50	126976 $5.95
133737 $7.95	137866 $6.95	134581 $6.95	119247 $4.95	137417 $16.95
138877 $31.25	138876 $37.95

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All images ©Stampin' Up! ™1990-2015

Hey there! How's your week going? I've had a pretty good one so far, I've accomplished quite a bit on my "to do" list and hope to check some more things off today!

One of the things on my list is prep for my Birthday Card Buffet later this month. Today's card using the Petal Potpourri and Lovely Amazing You  stamp sets has a soft, vintage look, even though it doesn't have ANY sponging on it!

I KNOW I can't believe no sponging either! I thought it was a RULE that in order for it to look vintage it had to have at least SOME sponging, but here we have it. It's vintage-y, sponging or no sponging!

Here's a trick to remember when you are combining stamping and dry embossing with a folder and the Big Shot: ALWAYS STAMP BEFORE YOU EMBOSS. Trying to stamp on the bumpy surface of embossed card stock is a nightmare. While there aren't very many RULES in stamping, I can give you three right off the top of my head:

1. ALWAYS STAMP FIRST, THEN PUNCH AND/OR CUT WITH A BIG SHOT FRAMELIT.

2. ALWAYS STAMP FIRST before you adhere to the card. There are TWO sides to every piece of card stock. Stampin' Up! high-quality inks do not bleed through our high-quality card stock, so you ALWAYS HAVE TWO SIDES TO STAMP ON.

3. ALWAYS STAMP FIRST, THEN EMBOSS with a Textured Impressions Folder.

Here's the greeting from this card inside the Lovely Lace Textured Impressions Folder:

Inside I combined the "you are amazingly Amazing" phrase from  Painted Petals with "happy birthday" from And Many More. I don't think I ever realized how pretty Sahara Sand ink actually is until I started using it for this card. I'm usually more of a bold color girl, especially for stamping words, but I find I love Sahara Sand!

That 's about it for now. I am listing the supplies for this card below so you can refer to it when you shop in my Online Store:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

I also needed to let you know I am continuing to send my Thank-You Project Packets to every one placing an online order of ANY amount in my online store. This program will continue as long as I have online customer!

140594 $14.95	138822 $24.95	138819 $32.95	137146 $23.95	134276 $26.95
134273 $36.95	121043 $6.95	131203 $6.95	101650 $8.50	126976 $5.95
133737 $7.95	137866 $6.95	134581 $6.95	119247 $4.95	137417 $16.95
138877 $31.25	138876 $37.95

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

 

All images ©Stampin' Up! ™1990-2015