Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Spotlight Technique Card - Elements of Style

This is one of the cards we made at March Technique Club showcasing a Spotlighting Technique. I used Elements of Style stamp set from Stampin' Up! for this technique and we colored a few squares of roses to 'spotlight'. The En Francais stamp set has been getting a lot of use lately, too - it always adds such a beautiful, elegant touch to the backgrounds. I also love the addition of the Glitter Brads from the Occasions Mini Catalog here!

Here's a closer look at the lift on the spotlight pieces. We also added a touch of Frost White Shimmer Paint over our colored pieces to give it a bit of shine and shimmer, but I know you can't see that in this photo. The first spotlighted square is matted and then adhered directly onto the stamped image. The second spotlighted square is punched at a bit of a twisted angle to the first and then matted and popped up over the image with Stampin' Dimensionals.

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Recipe:
Stamps: Elements of Style, En Francais
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Basic Black
Ink: StazOne Jet Back, Markers
Accessories: 1 1/4 and 1 3/8" Square Punches, Black Striped Ribbon, Glitter Brads



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Friday, March 11, 2011

Flower Punch - Sale-A-Bration Bliss

This card is a variation of one we made at my February workshops. The Bliss stamp set is one of your FREE Sale-A-Bration exclusive stamp sets you can choose with every $50 purchase or with a $300 workshop. I made this card in a variety of colors from Tempting Turquoise to Daffodil Delight to Pretty in Pink.













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Recipe: details soon






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Monday, March 7, 2011

Catalog Case - Hi Embosslit

This is such a quick and easy card - I cased it straight out of the Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog. I love our catalog which is more Idea Book than Catalog some days! It's filled with beautiful samples and gorgeous inspiration and some days I just like to flip it open and copy a card right out of the pages. And this card couldn't have been any easier.

I used Poppy Parade and Peach Parfait from the In Color line and added Crumb Cake and So Saffron. I ran both the So Saffron and the Peach Parfait through the Big Shot with my Hi Embosslit. Then punched out the HI sentiment with a 1" Circle Punch and layered it over the Peach Parfait piece. The stamps are from Just Believe and Elements of Style stamp sets. And the buttons are tied off with 'faux string' - very fine strips of So Saffron cardstock.

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Recipe:
Stamps: Just Believe, Elements of Style
Cardstock: Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink: Crumb Cake, Basic Black
Accessories: Hi Embosslit, Spiral Edge Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Buttons






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Friday, March 4, 2011

Shimmer Paint Techniques - Faux Mother of Pearl

I have loved stamping with Shimmer Paint since Stampin' Up! first offered it two years ago. My favorite way to use it is the Shimmer Paint Spray, but I love using it in so many different ways and I hope you've gotten some inspiration this past week with a few Shimmer Paint techniques. Someone shared the following technique and I have had a lot of fun creating different cards with it and using different colors of ink to finish it. Certainly your interpretation of Mother of Pearl will be different than mine and I hope you play with this Faux Mother of Pearl technique to find the right color combination for yours!

First stamp your image and color it or add whatever detail you'd like. For this card, I used the roses image from Elements of Style stamp set stamped in StazOn Jet Black ink and colored with a variety of Stampin' Markers. Then use a wedge of Sponge, or crumpled up Saran Wrap (both have great blotchy texture) to add a bit of Shimmer Paint over your image. Add as much or as little Shimmer Paint as you'd like, but keep it uneven and splotchy. Set it aside to dry for a few minutes and when it's no longer tacky to your touch, add some color over the top with a Sponge Dauber or with a Brayer. Finally, use a tissue to wipe over the stamped, shimmered and inked image to wipe the extra ink off the Shimmer Paint areas.

For this card, I added Early Espresso ink with a Sponge Dauber. The Early Espresso gives it a nice dark, aged look. If it's too dark for your liking, try a softer color, such as Soft Suede or Crumb Cake. At Technique Club this month, a few of my stampers chose to leave off the added color step, leaving their image whiter and crisper looking, but still with that Mother of Pearl look to them - so beautiful!
 Recipe:
Stamps: Elements of Style, Occasional Quotes
Cardstock: Blushing Bride, Concord Crush, Very Vanilla
Ink: Concord Crush, Frost White Shimmer Paint
Accessories: Vintage Wallpaper Texture Impressions Folder, Oval Die, Modern Label Punch, Basic Jewels Pearls

Here is another example of the Mother of Pearl Technique, using Pretty in Pink ink applied with a Brayer to give a little different look to it. I stamped the line of trees image from that classic Stampin' Up! stamp set Lovely As A Tree. Then I added Frost White Shimmer Paint with crumpled up Saran Wrap and let it dry. Finally, I used my Brayer to add a layer of Pretty in Pink ink over the top. This is really a resist technique, using Shimmer Paint, instead of VersaMark or Embossing Powder, but it gives such a unique look!







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Recipe:
Stamps: Tiny Tags, Lovely As A Tree
Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Frost White Shimmer Paint
Accessories: Jewelery Tag Punch, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon









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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Shimmer Paint Techniques - Direct to Rubber and Crayons

Here are the other two cards I featured in the Stampin' Addicts Birthday Blog Hop - Techniques. I used Shimmer Paint in a variety of ways to create my projects and I want to share a few more details of the cards I created. For these cards, I used Direct to Rubber techniques. Then I have another technique using Shimmer Paint to share with you on Friday with two new cards!

I applied Frost White Shimmer Paint directly to the rubber of the cone flower and grass images from Inspired by Nature stamp set. Each time you use the Shimmer Paint, you should shake the bottle. Then I use a Sponge Dauber to pull a dab of the ink from the inside of the lid and tap, tap, tap it onto the rubber of the stamp to get nice consistent coverage. Then stamp it onto your cardstock - dark cardstock, such as the Basic Black that I used on this card works great to give a good contrast for the Frost White and the Platinum Shimmer Paint. The Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint is a bit more translucent and doesn't give as much contrast for this particular technique. You can also add Reinker to the Frost White Shimmer Paint to create your own color of Shimmer Paint to use with the Direct to Rubber technique.

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Recipe:
Stamps: Inspired by Nature, Occasional Quotes
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Silver
Ink: Frost White Shimmer Paint
Accessories: Basic Black Ribbon, Decorative Label Punch, 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 Circle punches



Here is the final card I shared during the Blog Hop, using Frost White Shimmer Paint and Watercolor Wonder Crayons with Two Step Stamping. Again, this is a Direct to Rubber technique where I applied both the WW Crayons and the Shimmer Paint to the rubber image and then stamped.

I used the Regals collection of Watercolor Wonder Crayons and scribbled the color onto the solid flower, butterfly and leaf images from Awash with Flowers stamp set. Then I added a light layer of Frost White Shimmer Paint using my Sponge Dauber and stamped this onto the Whisper White cardstock. For the detail line image for the outside of the flowers, butterflies and leaves, I stamped in the corresponding Classic Ink pad. I also added Shimmer Paint to the Night of Navy Classic Ink on the Happy Birthday sentiment from Afterthoughts stamp set, a Level I Hostess Set.

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Recipe:
Stamps: Awash with Flowers, Afterthoughts, Occasional Quotes
Cardstock: More Mustard, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Whisper White
Ink: Regals Collection Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Regals Collection Classic Ink, Frost White Shimmer Paint, More Mustard Marker
Accessories: Circles #2 Die, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, Spritzer Tool

Don't forget to check back on Friday to see another technique using Shimmer Paint and two new cards!




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