CASE-ing with Beautiful Bouquet

Hello!

I recently got an email from another stamp company. I love to get emails from all kinds of craft companies because I get so much inspiration.  In this particular email, was this card that I fell in love with.

Credit goes to Rebecca Luminarias of Thurston Post. I love her creativity and follow her on Instagram. I love the gold off-set frames combined with the soft florals and simple but gorgeous sentiment. 

So off to my craft room I went to CASE this beautiful card using only Stampin' Up! supplies (remember that CASE means Copy and Selectively Edit). Here's the result!

I pulled out my Stitched Nested Labels dies (#149638) and Gold foil paper (#132622) to create these luxuriously beautiful frames. To make the frames, first die cut the larger label, then place the smaller die on top of that die cut and run it through your machine. Like this:

Then I just stamped and die cut a bunch of flowers and the leaf stem bunch from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set (#143666). The stems are die cut from Thick Whisper White card stock and sponged with Granny Apple Green ink. The flower colors are Grapefruit Grove, Pineapple Punch, Petal Pink, Lovely Lipstick, and Mango Melody with fun black centers. I added some embossing paste bricks (#141979) to my card base so that texture was just peeking out behind the decorated panel. 

To "bundle" my cute bouquet together I heat embossed the wrap image in white embossing powder on Vellum card stock and die cut it out. I attached a little bow using White Baker's Twine.

I wanted to keep with the simple sentiment like Rebecca did so just stamped that within the frames. This sentiment comes with the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set. Isn't that so fun?! My husband and I cut a bunch of flowers from our garden this year to put on our moms' graves for Memorial Day. This bouquet reminds me of that. LOVE.

Here's the full card once more.

I hope I've inspired you to create just like Rebecca inspired me!

Thanks for visiting me and make sure to stamp something today!

Rebecca :)

Woven Threads Card

Hello!

I recently participated in a card challenge. Some of the Concept Artists at Stampin' Up! have teamed up on Instagram with a fun thing called Stampin' Through the Catalog. They create cards with all the new stamp sets in the Annual Catalog. They did it all last year and with this catalog they've invited anyone who wants to, to stamp with them. The first challenge was using the Woven Heirlooms stamp set (#149306). I was lucky enough to have brought that home with me from the last OnStage I attended so I decided to play along! This is the stamp set.

And here's the card I made.

I think I've said this before but I'm not usually drawn to these more artsy sets but as I created this card, I felt more of an attachment and I will definitely be making more projects with this set!

I decided to create a fabric looking background for my card. I used the long brushstroke image and inked it first in Melon Mambo ink (#147051). I stamped it with full strength ink then stamped it two more times around the original image without inking it up again. I repeated that process with Crushed Curry (#147087) and Calypso Coral (#147010) inks. I made sure to overlap the lighter images to make them blend a little. It kind of looks like tie-dye or batik fabric to me. So fun!

I finished the card off by white heat embossing (#109132) the gorgeous sentiment onto a square from the Stitched Shapes die set (#152323) and then stamped and fussy cut some flowers from the Love What you Do stamp set (#148042). The final touch was adding a few pearls (#144219).

Do you have a stamp set you don't particularly love? I challenge you to pull it out and just start creating! I bet you'll find a new love for it if you do! Also if you want to follow along with the challenge follow @stampinthroughthecatalog on Instagram!

Thanks for visiting me and make sure to stamp something today!

Rebecca :)

Free as a Bird with Stampin' Blends

Hello!

The 2019-2020 Annual Catalog is live!! I have a card using one of my favorite new stamps from the catalog - Free as a Bird (#149468).

After I stamped the image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink (#132708), I used my Stampin' Blends to color in these adorable chubby birds. I used A LOT of ink because I wanted this to feel ethereal and dreamlike. For the sky, I wanted the appearance of some wispy clouds, so I just swiped the Light Pool Party Stampin' Blend marker over the background.

I cut the image out using the Layering Circles Dies (#141705) then backed it with a scalloped circle from that same die set.

More White Heat Embossing on Basic Black card stock, using the Subtle Embossing Folder (#143706) on the card front and this card is complete!

This is a beautiful set that I hope will be on your must-have list as well! You can buy all the supplies to create this card HERE. 

Thanks for visiting me and make sure to stamp something today!

Rebecca :)

Faux Watercolor with Stampin' Blends

Hello!

Do you love techniques? I do! It gives me endless opportunities to use my supplies in different ways.

Today, I have a faux watercolor technique and not a drop of water was in sight!

The first thing I did was bring out my Blends. The colors I used were Light Flirty Flamingo (#147031), Light Real Red (#147933), Dark Mango Melody (#147944), Dark Call Me Clover (#147024), Light Night of Navy (#144036), and Dark Pool Party (#144594). I just swiped them on a piece of Thick Whisper White card stock (#140272) overlapping the colors to make them blend a little. I knew they wouldn't blend completely because they were such contrasting colors.

Then I cut that colored piece into strips and adhered them onto another piece of Thick Whisper White card stock making them look like a rainbow of shiplap!

And in case you think I have moved away from white heat embossing..... ;D, I heat embossed (#109132) the sentiment onto the navy strip.

I stamped a butterfly from the Butterfly Gala stamp set just in Black and punched it out with the coordinating punch (#150599). I love the look this simple image gives to the overall card.

Also, again, I used the Subtle embossing folder (#143706) for one of the layers then I scattered some Basic Sequins (#146933).

Lots of color and layers for this fun card! If there's a technique you'd love for me to try and post on the blog, let me know in the comments!

Thanks for visiting and make sure you stamp something today!

Rebecca :)