poppin’ pastels – Carol Payne Stamps

I’m sick, but you still get to see some new cards!

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Carol Payne

Happy Friday Stampers!

I had planned to show you the Poppin' Pastels technique today, but I've gotten progressively sicker all week with this head & chest cold, so my energy level has been pretty zero for the past couple of days. I just didn't have the gumption to work on taking the pictures needed to show you this technique, so I had to shelve that idea until next week. I've even had to reschedule a workshop this week because I was too sick and contagious, so you know it's really been bad. I think I've actually plateaued today, not better, but not worse, so I hope I start improving tomorrow. But fortunately for all of us, I received my May swap package in the mail today, so I have some good cards to show you!

Remember when I showed you my swap:

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I did change it a bit to make 21 of them. I used the "Friendly Words" jumbo wheel on the base of the card instead of the En Francais Background to speed up the process.

When I opened my package, I found that two other gals had thought of the same "fancy fold" to use for their swaps too! This one is by Jan Rodrian:

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Kathy Morgan used the same fold for her "Motorcycle" card! She also coated the fenders and gas tank with Crystal Effects, which gives the red a glossy, intense look!

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Diane Tritz created this "stairstep" card with "Elements of Style"! Black & White is so elegant and classy!

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Another stair-step by Nancy Hall with Tropical Party, Birthday Block, Party Hearty, and Island Oasis Designer Paper:

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And a modified "stair-step" with Tropical Party and the "Happy Grad" stamp by Raedeen Shibata:

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This swap came with no name, but it's a fun fold called a "spring card"!

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Here's a cute little "grass skirt" card by Kelly Acheson. (Hi Kelly!) Kelly was one of my evening dinner table-mates on the cruise!

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and the inside:

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"Tropical Party" is a very popular set, Susie Wood used it for her swap too, along with the "Square Lattice Embossing folder!

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Elaine Paget used "Elements of Style" with the Easel card fold and the "glitter windowshade" technique!

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Ruth Anne Lilley used the "Z-fold" for her "Watercolor Trio" card:

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Carla Storry created this great grilling mitt card to complement "King of the Grill"! She used Bordering Blue cardstock, one of the retiring colors:

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Beth Weinstein used "Party Hearty":

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and the inside is an easy-peasy gift-card holder!

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Cherri Gustafson created this box-top folded July 4th card:

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Which opens up, of course, "like a box" where you can write your sentiment or tuck in a treat:

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And last but not least, a cool triangle tri-fold by Jackie Ordway using "Sweet Scoops" and Island Oasis Designer paper!

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I plan to make some of these and add a pocket for a gift-card or money!

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That's all for today, stampers! Have a great weekend and I hope to see you back here on Monday, hopefully with that "poppin' pastels" tutorial!

Have a Stampin' Rox! weekend!

Carol

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:

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!

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!

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:

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