Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Penquin Love

I ordered Fun Stampers Journey's December Stamp Set of the Month, Penguin Waddle, and I finally got to play with it last week!  I made a card using a fun fancy fold and it is also a card I'll be teaching at my January 24 class.


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I used a couple fun black/white prints from retired FSJ paper packs. I was keeping with the basic colors from the penguin.


I also used Spellbinders Small Die set of the Month, Our Favorite Font Sentiment, for the inside text.
I colored the cute little guy using my Color Burst Pencils.  The red dots are from a strip of various sized stickers from Stampendous that I've had for years!

Have you tried this fold?  Do you like to use different folds?

Stampin Carol




Monday, December 30, 2019

A Winter Gnome

Last Friday I made a Live video on my FaceBook page.  It's also on my YouTube channel and can be found by clicking on the YouTube link in the sidebar.

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This card is for a special swap with a group of friends who, like me, used to be "coaches" for Fun Stampers Journey before they merged with Spellbinders and went retail.



I used a variety of products and do not have links to many.  I used an old Cuttlebug embossing folder called Snowflakes for the embossed base then lightly inked the edges with Chambray Shirt ink and one of my large Picket Fence Studio blending brushes.  I think that really popped!

The cool gnome is a die set from Simon Says Stamp! The 2 print papers used for his hat and body are from a PolkaDoodles pack called Gnome for Christmas.  I love the small prints!!! And the print behind the gnome is from FSJ's Holiday Cheer Prints, a pack of double sided 6x6 card stocks.  This pack is on sale right now as part of the Holiday Blowout Sale.

The fun snowflake border was made with Spellbinders Dec. 2019 Large Die of the Month, Kaleidoscope Trio Strips & Borders. This set of 12 dies is so versatile! If you aren't a subscriber to this club you will have to wait until Feb. (I think) before this die set is available for general purchase.



 Do you see the glittery beard? I used a white glitter card stock from a large 12 x 12 pack of assorted glitter papers I got last year for Christmas!

 This card is already mailed and I think my swap partner will love this!

Stampin Carol



Friday, December 27, 2019

Sunflower With a Twist

Seems like the last couple posts all have had a "twist".  Today's is no different.

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At our Salsa meeting last month (our local Tucson stamp group) we (us brave crafters) received a handful of elbow macaroni as our mystery item to use on a card.  Yes, macaroni.  I looked through my stamps and dies trying to figure out what to do.

Then I had an ah ha! moment!!


 Can you guess what I did???  I crushed the macaroni!!!  Then I stamped the large sunflower from an FSJ rubber stamp set called Hello Sunflower and glued the macaroni in the flower center after coloring with my Arteza Real Brush Pens.



 I added some dots of Citrus Cooler and Dark Roast silks to the dots.  I even added some dots of the macaroni as embellishments but I think I added too much of the Citrus Cooler silk to those.  The print paper is from my stash.

Have you ever done this before? And would you call this mixed media?

 Stampin Carol



Thursday, December 26, 2019

A Twisted Tree

Tuesday I had a twisted easel card but today I have a twisted tree!  This will be one of the cards we'll be making at my January 24 class.

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I'm glad that Art Impressions has YouTube videos on many of their stamps, especially the ones that are interactive or have a special fold.  Can you see how this Tree Twist Ties stamp set stays closed?


One has to be a bit careful when closing and twisting the tree so as not to tear it.  I colored these images with my Arteza Real Brush Pens.  Not too bad...



Here's the inside of the card.  You can see the die cutting done around the images I stamped.  Pretty cool!   They have quite an assortment of Twist Tie rubber stamp sets available! They are all adorable and I will probably get more! All the print paper is from my stash.

Stampin Carol