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Recent Workshop Projects!

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Carol Payne

A wonderful customer/friend was unable to attend one of my workshops recently and requested I post the projects we made, so here's to you, Ruth!

This first card I believe I have shown you before, as it was one of my Leadership swaps! It's a quick and easy card, but a favorite by all!

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and the inside (both the inside and the outside words are from the Occasions Mini set, "Bring on the Cake"!

This next card using the can-be-free with a $50 order SAB set, "Punch Bunch" is a CASE of a swap I received at Leadership! It showcases the yummy "Concord Crush" and "Pear Pizzazz" color combo perfectly! "Happy Birthday" is from "Curly Cute" on page 149 of the Big Catalog.

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Inside we stamped words and images from "Party Hearty" from page 54 of the Big Catalog!

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We learned a "faux watercoloring" technique with this card. We inked the largest flora image from "Just Believe" from page 109 of the Big Catalog with Blushing Bride, So Saffron, and Soft Suede Stampin' Write markers, then misted them with a water spritzer! I CASED and tweaked this card from Sandie Conner on Mary Fish's blog.

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The inside we stamped with the fun "live, laugh, love, happy birthday" from "On Your Birthday" on page 153 of the Big Catalog! We also used the Eyelet Border punch and the "Beautiful Wings" embosslit with the Big Shot for all the butterflies! They are attached to the project with Mini glue-dots!

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This last project was CASED and tweaked from Sandi MacIver. I purchased her tutorial for making these gorgeous "floating reinker" roses last year, and decided to revisit this technique for this workshop. Thanks, Sandi, for so many great ideas with this set and technique! We used the "Fifth Avenue Floral"stamp set, (found on page 122 of the Big Catalog) heat embossing the large rose with White embossing powder on Shimmery White cardstock. We spritzed the embossed flower heavily with water, then touched an aquapainter to an inkwell of Pink Pirouette ink refill and touched it to the wet cardstock. We "watercolor washed" the flower all over with the Pink Pirouette, then went back with Regal Rose ink refill on our aquapainter and added Regal Rose highlights. Every rose came out different, some were very soft, and some were very vivid! We stamped the greeting with "happy birthday!" from the Level 2 Hostess set, "Something to Celebrate!" in the Occasions Mini! We also used the "Blossom Petals" punch for the rose leaves. We creased them down the center of each leaf, then sponged the Pear Pizazz cardstock with Old Olive.

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On the inside we used two stamps from the "Messages for Mom" set (pg 50 of the Big Catalog).

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See you tomorrow, my friends! Until then, have a "Stampingrox!" day!

I promised . . .

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Carol Payne

Last week at a workshop, one of my stampers, Jennifer, requested I post these cards to my blog, so here you go, Jennifer!

This first card was a swap I received at Leadership, but I have no idea who made it! Sometimes demos forget to put their names on their swaps in the last minute rush to comlete them, which makes it impossible to give credit for their beautiful artwork!

This card used the SAB set, "Punch Bunch" for the focal point owl. He is stamped in Concord Crush ink, then punched with the "Two-Step Owl" punch. The "Square Lattice" Textured Impressions Folder was used on the Very Vanilla Background, and the "Dotted Scalloped Ribbon Border" punch was used for the trim on his party hat! We stamped "happy birthday" from "Curly Cute" from page 149 of the Big Catalog in Concord Crush on the Pear Pizazz layer, then tied a piece of Concord Crush 1/2" Stitched Poly Ribbon around it before attaching to the cardfront with Stampin' Dimensionals!

The branch the owl is sitting on is punched from the "Two-step Bird" punch, the pom-pom on his hat is with the 1/2" Circle punch, and the circle behind the owl is cut from the In-Color Designer Paper Pack Level 1 hostess and the 3" Circle Die for the Big Shot in the Occasions Mini!

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Swaps don't usually have an inside, they are usually just fronts, so for the inside of this card I used stamps from "Party Hearty" on page 54 of the Big Catalog, stamped with Concord Crush ink and punched with the 1 3/4" Circle punch!

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You may have already viewed this card in this post:

More Workshop Cards!

but this was the other card Jennifer wanted me to post, so I am re-posting it again along with the inside!

I used the "Perfect Polka Dots" Textured Impressions Folder on the Pink Pirouette background layer and the Pink Pirouette flower layer. The flower I cut out with the "Fun Flowers" Big Shot Die from the Occasions Mini. The flower center was punched from the Occasions Mini "Red Glimmer" paper with a 1/2" Circle punch. For the leaves I punched Wild Wasabi cardstock with the Small Oval punch, folded them in 1/2 along a pre-scored line, then ran them through the "Paper Crimper" to get the "leafy" look! The tag was stamped with one of the Hostess Level 2 sets, "Cute by the Inch", and then puched with the Small Tag punch, then layered on a Red Glimmer Large Tag. The red brad from the "Glimmer Brights" brads on page 31 of the Occasions Mini perfectly match the Red Glimmer paper, I hope we get more paper to match these!

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Here's the inside, words from the Level 2 Hostess set, "Something to Celebrate" from the Occasions mini, inked with Wild Wasabi and Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Markers, and punched with the Decorative Label punch!

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A Hodge-Podge of ideas!

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Carol Payne

Today's post will be filled with bright & happy cards using Occasions Mini and Sale-a-bration sets!

First up is a card from Cherri Gustafson using "Bring on the Cake" from the Occasions Mini, and the SAB free item, "Ice Cream Parlor" Designer Series Paper & Quick Accents Pack! Little dabs of 2-way glue and Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the candle flames add the perfect finishing touch! She also used the "Scallop Rectangle" Clearlits Die for the Pacific Point mat behind the cake!

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Ruth Anne Lilley created this simple-but-elegant card with the SAB free set, "Sweet Summer" and the Textured Impressions Folder, Framed Tulips!

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Jennifer Weide created this cherry card using the "Ice Cream Parlor" Designer Series free pack, and the free "Punch Bunch" stamp set! She also used the "Ice Cream Parlor" Ribbon & Buttons Pack, so most of this card was absolutely free!

This one was made quick & easy by Susie Wood using the "Bring On the Cake" Occasions Mini set and the 'Tasteful Trim" die! Susie added 1/2" Circle punched circles to give the scallop-y trim more interest! This is what's known as a "gatefold" card.

I will be back tomorrow with more fun swaps! Until then, have a "Stampingrox!" day!

WOW VALENTINES!

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Carol Payne

Oh WOW! I am SO EXCITED to show you these samples today! They are some of my absolute favorites!

This first one uses the SAB set, "Punch Bunch" (free with a $50 order until March 31st!), the Two-Step Owl Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, "Got Treats" set from page 55 of the Idea Book & Catalog, Cherry Cobbler & Very Vanilla ink & cardstock, and Cherry Cobbler Designer Paper from the Regals Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack on page 175! This little owl-y guy really "pops" for me!

I'm dying to make this "snow cupid", but I don't know if I will get a chance! Isn't he adorable? The "Be My Valentine" halo is from the "Be My Valentine" wood-mount single stamp from the back page of the Occasions mini catalog. At only $8.95, it's a gorgeous stamp for the price! His arms are made with the Snowflake Punch, the hearts are with the Small Heart Punch, and his nose with a petal from the Flower, Daisies #2 Die and the Big Shot!

This next card is the perfect rendition of how I imagined these flamingos should be! These loving birds are found in the "Valentine Defined" stamp set in the Occasions Mini. as is the "love" which has been punched with the Modern Label punch. Both the "Framed Tulips" (Occasions Mini) and the "Square Lattice" Textured Impressions Folders were used on this card, along with 1/8" Real Red Taffeta Ribbon!

Here's these cute little owl guys again, only this time they are punched entirely from cardstock, but the "Valentine Defined" set was used again for the greeting and the wire they are sitting on. The creator of this card also used the "Pinking Hearts" Border Punch and 5/8" Real Red Satin Ribbon to finish this masterpiece!

Last-but-not-least for today, this elegant valentine uses the "amour" from "Artistic Etchings" on page 125 to highlight the Red Glimmer paper Full Heart punch on top of a distressed Decorative Label. Real Red, Crumb Cake, & Early Espresso are the colors used, along with the "Vintage Wallpaper" and "Perfect Polka Dots" Textured Impressions Folders and the "Scallop Squares Duo" Die (a carryover from the Holiday Mini with the Big Shot. The fun thing about the "Vintage Wallpaper" folder is that the negative side of the folder was brayered with Early Espresso ink before the paper was inseted, giving the design a bolder, yet more distressed look!

So what do you think? Do these samples make you want to stamp or what? I'm thinking of heading up to my Stampin' Studio and getting my fingers inky!

Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" Day!