Medallion – Carol Payne Stamps

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Stampin’ Up! Retiring Medallion Newsprint Reveal Technique!

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Carol Payne

Good Friday Morning Stampers! The weekend is almost here, school is almost out, and summer is just around the corner! Yay!

I've been working this week on the Punch/Technique Class Projects for May. I've already shown you the 3 Punch Projects we will be doing, now it's time to start showing you the Techniques!

Our Technique for today features the "Newsprint Reveal" Technique and the retiring "Medallion" Background Stamp:

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The card base is the retiring 2010-2012 In-Color "Pear Pizzazz", and the ink that has been inkpad-direct-to-paper dragged over the clear-embossed retiring "Medallion" image is the also retiring 2010-2012 In-Color "Peach Parfait"!

Some elements of this card that are NOT retiring is the "First Edition" Designer Specialty Paper, the "Antique Brad", and the "Thinking of You" from "Thoughts and Prayers"! There is more to the "Thinking of You" stamp, but I omitted the rest by only inking up the part I needed with my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker.

Added note: I've received my complimentary Demonstrator Copy of the New 2012-2013 Annual Catalog and it is awesomely gorgeous! One new feature beginning on June 1 will be that all the remaining wood-mount sets from the previous catalog are now available in Clear-Mount as well! Yippee! This includes "Thoughts and Prayers" AND "Lovely As a Tree"! The only exception to this change is some of the background stamps remain wood-mount only, but some of them, such as "Sunflower", "Sweet Floral", and "Hello, Doily" are now available in both wood AND clear! SO COOL!

This was a fun and EASY technique! I like to include both easy and a little more challenging techniques in my monthly class so there is something for everyone to learn!

In case you were wondering about the inside of this card, here it is:

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I clear-embossed the medallion image again directly onto the Pear Pizzazz cardstock, which gives it the tone-on-tone look! The verse is from the NOT retiring set, "Blessings from Heaven"! The combination of this verse and greeting makes this card quite versatile. It could be a simple thinking of you, birthday, sympathy, or even a thank you card.

Since we are on the subject of the New Annual Catalog, how would you like a copy of your own? You can receive a FREE copy from me when you:

1. Come to my New-Catalog "Crazy Day" on Friday, June 1st anytime from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. I will also be having my "Buy One, Get One" Sale that day. For every dollar you order from the New Catalog that day you will be able to choose an equal dollar amount of retired merchandise from my retired Stampin' Up! stash!

2. Place an Online Order of at least $25 with me between now and May 31st. You can go to my Demonstrator Business Website to do this:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Upon receipt of your order I will ship a free catalog direct to you in early June!

3. If you want a free catalog but prefer to wait until after receiving the New Annual Catalog, you can still have it free but I will need to collect the price of shipping it to you, which is $5. You will also receive a coupon good for $5 off your first order of $50 or more with your catalog. I can send you a Paypal Invoice for payment, just let me know!

I will be back tomorrow with the second technique, "Misted Markers"! Until then, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!

Three More Beautiful Swaps!

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Carol Payne

Opening my package from my monthly swap is just like having Christmas once a month! This swap by Beth Weinstein featured the "faux tile" technique again, along with the "Medallion" background stamp and a gorgeous Antique Brad ! Just perfect!

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Kathy Stephenson did a great job with the Simply Scoring Tool to make the diagonal lines behind the "Fun Flower" die cut. She also used the soon-to-be-retired-never-to-be-available-again Spice Cake Designer Series Paper behind the 3 1/2" Die Cut Circle! Lovely elegant card!

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Last but not least, Nancy Hall paired the "Medallion" background stamp with "Beyond the Garden" Designer Series Paper to create this "simply wonderful" card! "you are simply wonderful" is a phrase from the "Friendly Phrases" stamp set, and the DSP rosette was scored with the Simply Scoring Tool. I hope to have a tutorial for you soon on how to make these!

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Hope you are having a great Cyber Monday! Don't forget to check out the Online Extravaganza deals on my Stampin' Up! website. You don't have to order online to get the deals, but you do need to at least contact me to place your order! These deals only last through Wed. November 30th, so don't delay!

Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" day!

Three More Beautiful Swaps!

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Carol Payne

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Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" day!

Poppin’ Pastels: an Oldie-but-Goodie!

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Carol Payne

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:

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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!

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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!

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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:

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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

Poppin’ Pastels: an Oldie-but-Goodie!

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Carol Payne

I'll start off by showing you the first sample I made using the "Medallion" Background stamp:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2010

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 my favorite stamped inside from these three cards:

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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

More Cruise Pics and Swaps!

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Carol Payne

Hello again Stampers! It's been a fun day today! Why has it been a fun day, you ask? Because I've been playing with my cruise swaps! "How can she play with swaps?" you ask now? Well, I've been sorting them, categorizing them, photographing them, editing them, and NOW STARTING TO BLOG THEM!!!

I'll start off with a few more pics from the cruise, then follow up with some of my favorite swaps:

I'm going to back up just a bit to the 2nd night of the cruise, which was our only full day at sea (no port-of-call). One of the restaurants on the ship offered a "Mystery Dinner Theater" for an additional fee, so Jessica & I, along with our friends Meg Wheeler & Wendy Sanders, purchased tickets. It was a very cheesy, slap-stick performance with the audience given the opportunity to participate at times and to try to guess "whodunnit", so it was a lot of fun!

This is our dessert, a chocolate tiramisu served in it's own edible chocolate bowl! (I know it seems crazy to take pictures of your food, but all the evening dining courses were served so elegantly, you just HAVE to have a picture to remember them!) Notice those "gazelle"-like horns sticking up from this dessert? They are not what they seem to be! Read on:

Those "sticks" were actually chocolate, and Meg & I couldn't resist "dueling" with them a little bit!(The cruise is so fun & relaxing, it really can bring out the kid in you!) Also:

Those same sticks make excellent moustaches! (and yes, we DID eat them!)

Ok, now that you are convinced that insanity reigns on the SU! cruise, here's the first installment of some of my favorite swaps!

Vintage Medallion by Kari Metzger:

Tropical Party by Kim Assaly:

Watercolor Trio and Romance Wheel by Jan McClurg:

Elements of Style by Rhonda Bassler:

That's all for today! But don't worry, I'll be back tomorrow with MORE!!!

More Cruise Pics and Swaps!

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Carol Payne

I'll start off with a few more pics from the cruise, then follow up with some of my favorite swaps:

Those "sticks" were actually chocolate, and Meg & I couldn't resist "dueling" with them a little bit!(The cruise is so fun & relaxing, it really can bring out the kid in you!) Also:

Those same sticks make excellent moustaches! (and yes, we DID eat them!)

Ok, now that you are convinced that insanity reigns on the SU! cruise, here's the first installment of some of my favorite swaps!

Vintage Medallion by Kari Metzger:

Tropical Party by Kim Assaly:

Watercolor Trio and Romance Wheel by Jan McClurg:

Elements of Style by Rhonda Bassler:

That's all for today! But don't worry, I'll be back tomorrow with MORE!!!