Welcome to our monthly Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop. This month, we have a fun challenge: we are all making cards based on the same sketch. I find sketches very helpful when I need some inspiration or a fresh idea.
A sketch gives you a starting point and a layout to follow.
I chose to use the Two Tone Flora stamp set from the Annual Catalog. This set has beautiful flowers that look very realistic with the two step stamping technique. My color scheme was inspired by the Delightful Floral Designer Series Paper. This paper is a special release that came out this month. I love the vibrant colors and patterns in this paper.
I hope I have inspired you to give this sketch a try.
Please hop on to the next blog for more inspiration.
Happy Stamping!
For your shopping convenience I have listed the supplies for these projects at the bottom of this post.
If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Shop Now button to go directly to my online store or drop me an email: ginnyharrell@gmail.com if you have any questions.
I haven’t made a Waterfall card in ages. It’s such a fun and enjoyable activity! This cute card brings me joy. A waterfall card has four embellished squares that, when the tab is pulled, it flips up to show the next picture. People adore cards with dynamic elements and this one has an extra feature: your message or another picture is uncovered as you pull down the tab. A card with motion AND a hidden message is unique.
You’ll be clucking with delight over the Hey Chuck waterfall card! These whimsical hens and hilarious sayings are ideal for a waterfall card.
I’m eager to find out what the others have made. The cards will surely be extraordinary and original. Hop on to my friends & discover more waterfall cards!
For your shopping convenience I have listed the supplies for these projects at the bottom of this post.
If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Shop Now button to go directly to my online store or drop me an email: ginnyharrell@gmail.com if you have any questions.
My stamping friends and I are sharing a very different technique today. It is called Paper Kintsugi.
You may have heard of Kintsugi before. If not, this is the meaning: Kintsugi, “golden joinery”), also known as kintsukuroi (“golden repair”), is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum; the method is similar to the maki-e technique. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.
I love how it represents that we are stronger in the broken places.
As crafters we have taken the “broken pottery” idea and transferred it to paper.
You can achieve this effect by tearing the paper gently with your fingers, making short rips along the edge. Then, you press one of the torn edges on the VersaMark pad. You only need to do this for one edge, as the other one will be hidden under the top layer. After that, you apply heat and embossing powder to the edges to create a shiny finish. You can use any color of embossing powder you like.
Now you can put the pieces back together to form the card front or image. It helps to have a slightly smaller piece of cardstock to glue the pieces on. For my card, I chose a Pretty Peacock piece of Designer Series Paper (Earthen Elegance). I liked how the paper had a subtle texture that reminded me of pottery. I added a warm sentiment from the Wonderful Thoughts stamp set.
Do you see the gold trim? I made it by pulling out the inner filling of the Simply Elegant Gold Trim. This way, you get a thinner and more textured piece of twine.
I hope you will hop on for more inspiration. I can’t wait to see all the Paper Kintsugi creations.
For your shopping convenience I have listed the supplies for these projects at the bottom of this post.
If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Shop Now button to go directly to my online store or drop me an email: ginnyharrell@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Welcome to the Stamping with Friends Blog Hop, where we are showcaseing projects made with the Online Exclusives from Stampin’ Up! For my project, I chose the So Very Merry stamp set, which is perfect for Christmas cards. I made two simple cards using the stained-glass images from this set.
The first card has a shiny Santa that looks like glass. I colored him with Blends and then added a piece of Window Sheet using an adhesive sheet. This card also uses the One Horse Open Sleigh Designer Series Paper, which is also an online exclusive. You can see how I did this in my video HERE:
The second card is a fun fold card. I have used this fold before, but with different measurements.
I love the Dry Brushed Metallic Specialty Paper on the card. It is so pretty!
Measurements:
Card base Lost Lagoon cardstock, cut at 8-1/4″ x 5-1/2,” and scored at 1,” 2,” 3,” 4.”
Pillar Panels: Pool Party cardstock: 3/4″ x 5-1/4″ (3) and Dry Brushed Metallic DSP: 5/8″ x 5-1/8″
Background Panel: cardstock: Pool Party 3″ x 5-1/4″ and Dry Brushed Metallic DSP: 2-7/8″ x 5-1/8″
Focal Point Card Base: cardstock: 4″ x 4-1/2″ and scored at 1/2,” and 1-1/2″
Pool Party cardstock: 3-7/8″ x 2-7/8″ (embossed with Merry Melody folder)
Thanks for visiting today. Remember to keep clicking through to the others in this blog hop to get even more ideas!
For your shopping convenience I have listed the supplies for these projects at the bottom of this post.
If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Shop Now button to go directly to my online store or drop me an email: ginnyharrell@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Greetings from the Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop. We are a bunch of crafty pals from the UK and USA and we enjoy inspiring you with our creations!
This month we are showcasing Nautical cards and projects. These are ideal for summer family occasions as well as summer sports. I had a limited selection of products that suited the theme, but the beauty of Stampin’ Up! products is you can always combine them to make your projects unique.
I used the Sailboat Builder Punch, Hello Lady Bug, & Scenic Wonders to design my card and matching gift tag.
You may recognize the Double Box card that I created last week. You can get the measurements HERE.
Thanks for visiting my blog today. Make sure you hop on to the next Stamptastic friend.
For your shopping convenience I have listed the supplies for these projects at the bottom of this post.
If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Shop Now button to go directly to my online store or drop me an email: ginnyharrell@gmail.com if you have any questions.
We are glad you joined us for the Pride Blog Hop, where we express our solidarity with the Pride Movement and the LGBTQIA community.
Pride events take place throughout the summer in different parts of the world. I hope you will suppoty one in your community.
The rainbow colors symbolize the variety and richness of the community. I kept my two cards simple. But I hope they both convey my respect and friendship as an ally. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how yo create these cards.
Please hop on to the next blogger. Share the Pride!
For your shopping convenience I have listed the supplies for these projects at the bottom of this post.
If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Shop Now button to go directly to my online store or drop me an email: ginnyharrell@gmail.com if you have any questions.
