Stamp A Stack samples
Here are 2 cards we made in my last Stamp A Stack class. This is a class where participants make 10 cards, and the theme this time was "birthday cards". It’s always nice to stock up on your supply of birthday cards!
This fun card uses the "You Make Me Happy" stamp set from the Spring Mini Catalog and an interesting color combo that I came up with: Buckaroo Blue, Apricot Appeal, Ruby Red and Certainly Celery! Adding the "Important Message" tab with the Round Tab Punch and some black gingham ribbon dresses up the card a bit – don’t ya think?
This So Saffron Long Notes card and envelope also incorporates the yummy, delicious, double sided, low calorie Au Chocolat paper (both from the Spring Mini catalog), and one of my newest favorites sets Big Blossoms. The little tabs are made from the small oval punch and the dots are made using the template from the Mat Pack and a Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write marker! Kind of looks like real holes… guess you’d call them Faux Holes! hee hee
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And just so my garden doesn’t feel left out today, here is a shot of my 2nd most favorite flower, Alstromeria. It makes a great "filler" in bouquets and lasts a LONG time in a vase, like roses do.
Today I am getting together with about a dozen gals from my Luv 2 Stamp Group and we are doing a shoebox swap (we call it Stamp A Rama) and I am also rewarding my top sellers with "5 Fun Free day" (they get to make 5 projects for Free).. so I’ll have lots to share later today or tomorrow! Stay tuned…..
A Peek in my Garden
Just a few shots from this week in my garden… my roses have gone CRAZY this year (wooohooo!) and I have been enjoying (OK, LOVING) taking photos of them at different times of the day to capture a range of shadows, backgrounds and lighting effects.
This is from one of my new bushes this season,
Double Delight.
It has a gorgeous yellow/cream center and white petals with pink and red at the edges.. wow… LOVE this new one!
Here is a cool shot an hour or so after the rain stopped.. same gorgeous Double Delight bush, different bloom. Wow.. I’m just in awe of the beauty God creates in my garden!
I’ve cut 4 bouquets of flowers so far in the past 3 weeks to enjoy inside the house… here is one of them… wish this blog had "smell o vision" so you could enjoy the lovely fragrance!
Welcome to my Blog!
Welcome and thank you for visiting my new blog! I am excited to share my stamping ideas with you as well as give you a peek into my flower garden! Both stamping and gardening make me VERY happy, and I am very eager to share both of them with you! Hmmm.. maybe that’s why I use flower stamps in most of my projects!?
So… how about a stamping sample to start with… 
BABY WIPE RESIST: this was an idea I saw Brent Steele demo on the recent Stampin’ Up! cruise. After embossing the images with Versamark and clear powder, I used a baby wipe, swirled it on the ink pad (Old Olive was used here) and then applied the color over the embossed images. The embossed images resist the ink. The dampness of the baby wipe helps to "flow" the ink evenly over your cardstock (Whisper White). I added a Hodgepodge Hardware "S" clip with the wide white organdy ribbon pulled through it and tied in a knot as an accent. We used this technique in my 6×6 Technique Book class earlier this week and everyone loved it.
<< Here is the 6×6 Technique book version of the card above.
Cardstock: Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Apricol Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Versamark
Other: clear embossing powder, Hodgepodge Hardware, White Organdy, heat tool, baby wipes
Click here for instruction sheet for this technique.
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