Sweet Pea Mother's Day

Hello again,

I saw this posted on the Stampin' Connection by C. Weeks and thought it was sooo sweet. I just love the color combination. The Sweet Pea DSP made it come together so quick and easy I have a nice little stash ready to go, all I need to do is add the appropriate sentiment. Hope it inspires you like it did me. Thanks for stopping by!

M.

Materials: All materials are Stampin' Up!.
Paper: Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White and Sweep Pea DSP.
Punches: Scallop Oval and Large Oval.
Misc.: Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, Chit Chat Rub On's.

Christmas 1950s Style - Part 2

Here we go again with my red-and-black-and-apricot scheme! I love the fact that I've used Halloween paper to make a Christmas card, it feels somehow like "setting things right". This is a standard 4.25" x 5.5" card that hinges at the top. I've glued the Night & Day DSP and the strip of red to the apricot base, then sponged around the edges with Creamy Caramel. I've also pulled a little of the Real Red into the black and white DSP. "Joy" and the holly leaves are from SU! chipboard I had stashed, which I've simply sponged with craft ink directly. It's backed with a piece from the Christmas Cocoa DSP (mini catalog). I glued the letters to the rectangle so that I could work with them as one unit, then centered it and made a light pencil mark to position the white snowflake rub-on (another mini catalog find) before attaching the joy rectangle.

One more sneaky trick. For my "brads", I've simply used the 1/4" punch topped with a dot of Crystal Effects. You can use a drop of Tombow, a dimensional, or pop dots to adhere them, depending on how high a profile you want them to have.

Enjoy playing with this one,
Kathy


All supplies Stampin' Up!

Paper: Almost Apricot, Real Red CS; Night & Day and Christmas Cocoa Specialty DSP
Ink: Creamy Caramel and Real Red classic; Real Red and Sage Shadow craft
Accessories: 3/16" black gingham ribbon, Icicle Rub-ons, Chipboard elements; Crystal Effects

Christmas 1950s Style

I was playing around with the Sweet Centers stamp set again, and realized I hadn't made anything with the ornament top... and I hadn't made anything without a treat cup! Of course one thing led to another, and this is what emerged. The color scheme of apricot, red and sage for some reason made me think of the 1950s, so I worked with that idea in mind and completed a couple of cards using the same set of materials (watch for upcoming posts).

I began with a 5x5" base, hinged at the top. After adhering my DSP (pieces from both Christmas Cocoa and Day & Night), I started sponging. I always try to "pull" a bit of the color from one section into its opposite, so here the DSP on top (and the ornament) got hit with caramel to age it (the neutral caramel is similar to the peach in tone and effect) and I "rosied up" the section of apricot base that shows at the bottom. This approach makes for a more unified look on the piece.

As I was trying out placements, I decided that the ornament by itself was a bit "flat" so I hand cut some simple holly leaves from sage scraps, sponged the edges with caramel, and added the large white snowflake rub-on as background and the smaller one as "sparkle" on the 1 3/4" circle that is the ornament (the white highlight is just a scrap of white made by using the same punch). The sentiment is embossed in white. When you attach the ornament, you could pop the center up on some dimensionals and glue the edges flat to add curvature to the surface... or not!

Kathy

All supplies Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Sweet Centers and Yuletide Christmas (Holiday Mini Catalog)
Ink: Creamy Caramel and Real Red classic
Paper: Almost Apricot, Sage Shadow and Real Red CS; Night & Day and Christmas Cocoa specialty DSP
Accessories: 1 3/4" circle punch; Icicle rub-ons, Stampin' Dimensionals

Rectangular Rub-on Card

If you've never worked with rub-ons, it's time. This card was so quick and simple to put together! I cut the base, then a piece of floral DSP slightly smaller. The flower is a single rub-on, the message a single stamp punched out and tucked behind a piece of white Hodgepodge Hardware. Done! How much simpler could it be?!

Perhaps by now you've realized that you don't recognize the paper or the rub-ons. Both are on p.18 of the IB&C in the Lovely Flowers Level 3 Hostess bundle, and are only available to you for free! If you haven't seriously considered holding your own workshop, perhaps you should. Your friends are beginning to think about gifts, and wouldn't it be nice to offer them a chance to sit down and make something beautiful while enjoying each other's company and checking several people off their lists - all without the aching feet that so often go with that? Moreover, SU! is presently offering some pretty nice hostess bonus options over and above the usual benefits, so you can work on your list at the same time! Talk to your demonstrator about details.

Keep your toes warm, Kathy


All supplies Stampin' Up!

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Lovely Flowers Hostess Bundle
Ink: White craft
Accessories: Rub-ons from Lovely Flowers Hostess Bundle, Designer Label punch, Hodgepodge Hardware Styled Vanilla