Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Masking Two-Fer

#stampinup   #faithfulinkspirations   Twoday's two-fer is two die for! Ha! We learned the techniques I'm using today at Lydia Fiedler's Unwind Retreat the day before Stampin' Up's OnStage Live event. Lydia is a master masker--it's a quick and fun and effective technique that I never think about trying myself.

First, we stamped eight of the bears from the "Pieces & Patterns" stamp set in Basic Black Archival Ink onto masking paper. (Lydia uses Avery Self-Stick Removable Laser ID Labels #6465.) And then we fussy cut each and every one of those eight bears...to some moans and whines, but I LOVE to fussy cut, so I had no complaints!! We used the straight edge of our piece of masking paper to mask the bottom third-ish of a Whisper White panel (I cut mine to 3-3/4" by 5" at home) and then peeled and placed the fussy cut bears onto the top of the panel, randomly. We sponged on some Lemon Lime Twist and Flirty Flamingo Ink and flicked on some Flirty Flamingo Ink, too. When we were finished with that step, we peeled off the bears--saving them for later--and the bottom masking piece. We stamped a sentiment from the "Pieces & Patterns" set in Basic Black Archival Ink onto the bottom of the Whisper White panel.

When I got home, I adhered my stamped panel to a 3-7/8" by 5-1/8" Lemon Lime Twist Card Stock mat, wrapped a length of Lemon Lime Twist Ombre ribbon around, and then adhered it to a Thick Whisper White Card Stock card base. How cute is this?!

Remember, those bear masks that we set aside? Well, that's where the two-fer comes in!  We stamped the "hello there" circle in Basic Gray Ink onto the middle-ish of a Whisper White panel (which I cut to 3-3/4" by 5" when I got home). Then we adhered the bear masks around the circle. Adorbs! Here's Lydia's card and I'm telling you, you need to read her blog post, too. She's brilliant!!

When I got home, I adhered my stamp panel to a 3-7/8" by 5-1/8" Flirty Flamingo Card Stock mat and then onto a Thick Whisper White Card Stock card base. Love it!!

I've got one more two-fer fer you this week, so come on back and see what else we learned from Lydia!!!










tams# 18036 (first card)

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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

A Two-Fer With Lydia

#stampinup   #faithfulinkspirations   Well, I've been back from Stampin' Up's OnStage Live event for a while, but I haven't been in the stampin' studio much in the last few weeks. I've been lazy preparing for my twins to come home for Thanksgiving and spending time with my family. I have loads to share with you from the OnStage Live event, starting with several fun projects I made at Lydia Fiedler's Unwind Retreat the day before the Stampin' Up festivities started. I love attending Lydia's classes--she creates outside the box and I always learn something new and FUN!

Lydia's theme was "two-fer"--two related projects with two related techniques. We used the "sleeper" "Pieces & Patterns" stamp set from the annual catalog. Frankly, I did NOT like this set one whit when I saw it...but then Lydia worked her magic and it's a set that I now feel like I have to have!! That's one of Lydia's goals--to find sleeper sets and make magic with them!

The first card is simple and adorable and the technique blew our socks off! We stamped the dino and bear images in Basic Black Archival Ink randomly onto a Thick Whisper White Card Stock card front. Then we stamped the same images on fun foam, fussy cut them, flipped them over and stuck them to an acrylic block and then used them as stamps to fill in the outline images with color--Flirty Flamingo and Lemon Lime Twist. How brilliant is that?!

We stamped a sentiment from the same set in Basic Black Archival Ink onto a Whisper White circle that Lydia had pre-cut with one of the circles from the Stitched Shapes Framelits set. I adhered my circle to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Now for the "two-fer"!! Since we already had a new, solid dino stamp (from fun foam), we used him to make an awesome shadow on this card. Ohmygosh!!! This was squee-worthy!!

We stamped the dino outline in Basic Black Archival Ink onto a Whisper White panel (I cut mine to 3-3/4" by 5" when I got home) and then inked up the fun foam filler in Lemon Lime Twist to make the shadow. We added another sentiment from the "Pieces & Patterns" set in Basic Black Archival Ink. Here's Lydia's card--read her blog, too. She's hilarious!!

Lydia is a bit of a minimalist, but I like layers, so when I got home, I adhered my stamped panel to a 3-7/8" by 5-1/8" Flirty Flamingo mat and then onto a Thick Whisper White Card Stock card base. So cute!!

I've got another pair of two-fers to share with you in the next couple of days, so check back soon!








 
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

OnStage Swapping with the Creation Station Team

#stampinup   #faithfulinkspirations   #creationstation   I'm just back from my exciting trip to Salt Lake City for Stampin' Up's OnStage Live event. I had so much fun! It's so hard to describe how much fun it is--you just have to experience it to understand. But imagine nearly 3,000 like-minded, crazy, creative stampers getting together to love what they do and share what they love. It's a 3-day party.

Last week I shared some of my swap cards with you and I'll be sharing some of the ones I received over the next week or so. But I have one last swap card to share--the one I made for the Creation Station design team swap! As you know, I'm part of a fabulous design team that puts on a creative blog hop for you on the first Sunday of every month. I feel so blessed to be a part of this amazing group of artists!! TWO of our team members were just named to Stampin' Up's 2018 Artisan Team: Liz Price and Linda van Wely-Zwoelle from the Netherlands. Visit their blogs, because their creations are splendiferous!!

I was pretty nervous to create a card to swap with the Creation Station team, let me tell you, but I think I came up with something that's just a little bit over the top and out of the ordinary. What do you think?!


I started by stamping the floral image from the "Wood Words" stamp set in Versamark onto a 3-3/4" by 5" piece of Wood Textures Designer Series Paper. I sprinkled on some Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder and set it with my heat tool. I also stamped "thank you" from this set in Versamark onto a Very Vanilla scrap, used Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder, and heat set it. I cut out the heart with one of the Wood Crate Framelits. 
I adhered this piece to a 3-7/8" by 5-1/8" piece of Lemon Lime Twist Card Stock and then onto an Early Espresso Card Stock card base. On the inside of the card (not shown), I adhered a 3-3/4" by 5" piece of Crumb Cake Card Stock to a 3-7/8" by 5-1/8" piece of Lemon Lime Twist Card Stock.
Next, I cut out two Lemon Lime Twist and two Crumb Cake leaf pieces with one of the Rose Garden Thinlits. I also cut a small Crumb Cake circle with the smallest circle from the Stitched Shapes Framelits. I adhered the ends of the leaves directly to the card with some strategically placed Snail Adhesive and I used the Fine-Tip Glue Pen to adhere some of the leaves to the card--some of the leaves are allowed to "pop" off the card without being glued down.
I cut two 4" pieces of 1/4" Copper Trim and spread out the edges so that it's wider. I adhered the ends of each piece to the center of the card with some more Snail Adhesive.
I adhered the heart to the stitched circle and then adhered this piece to the card with three Stampin' Dimensionals.
This card is so shiny in real life. Here's another view so you can get the drift, but it's much better in person!
I just love that Lemon Lime Twist with Early Espresso--well, to tell the truth: I love Lemon Lime Twist with just about everything!!








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