Saturday, July 30, 2016

Fruit Stand... Happy Birthday


This is such a fun card...  It just feels like summer, which is such a nice feeling here in Michigan where we wait a reeeeeaaaallly long time for summer!

  Ok, on to our card........  This was our make-n-take card earlier this month at our Inkspiration Night & Group Meeting.  I think everyone really enjoyed learning this technique!



We start our card with a Cucumber Crush card base, then added a piece of the Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper (DSP).  This DSP is so gorgeous - some of the fruit almost looks real!



Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper  141660  $11.00



Next, we punched the end of a 2" wide strip of Cucumber Crush card stock with our Banner Triple Punch and then stamped the polka dots on it using one of the stamps from the Timeless Textures Stamp Set.

We adhered this piece to our card with Playfull Palette Designer Washi Tape.



Banner Triple Punch  138292  $23.00



Timeless Textures Stamp Set  wood-mount  140514  $28.00
Timeless Textures Stamp Set  clear-mount  140517  $20.00



Playful Palette Designer Washi Tape  141659  $8.00



Then, we stamped our peach on Watercolor Paper as follows:

-we inked the peach stamp (from the Fresh Fruit Stamp Set) in Peekaboo Peach ink

-we also added some Flirty Flamingo ink to our peach stamp using a Sponge Dauber and the Flirty Flamingo ink, then we stamped our peach on the Watercolor Paper

-we inked the leaves on our peach in Cucumber Crush ink and stamped them

-we sprayed a little water on our peach using our Stampin' Spritzer (to make the colors "bleed" a bit)

-then, we sprinkled some Clear Embossing Powder on our image and heat-set the look with our Heat Tool  (this gives our peach a "juicier" look)

-finally, we die-cut our peach using the Layering Circles Framelits

How cool is that??



Watercolor Paper  122959  $5.00



Fresh Fruit Photopolymer Stamp Set  141770  $27.00



Sponge Daubers  133773  $5.00




Stampin' Spritzer  126185  $3.00



Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder  109130  $5.00



Heat Tool  129053  $30.00




Layering Circles Framelits  141705  $35.00




Finally, we stamped "Happy Birthday" in Cucumber Crush ink on our card.  This stamp can also be found in the Fresh Fruit Stamp Set.


I hope you enjoyed this card!

This was another wonderful card idea presented to us at our April 2016 Onstage Event in Salt Lake City.  I apologize that I did not note the name of the person that designed this card.  I really do love it!




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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Love & Affection... You are every lovely word i could possibly think of


I am in total love with the flower in this stamp set - we made 4 different cards at a Stamp-a-Stack class last month using this set.  It was hard not to use this flower on every card!



We start our card with a Mint Macaron card base, then added a layer of Night of Navy card stock, along with a layer of Whisper White card stock.

Next, we added 4 strips of Affectionately Yours Washi Tape to our Whisper White piece.



Affectionately Yours Washi Tape  141635  $8.00



We also stamped "you are every lovely word I could possibly think of" (from the Love & Affection Stamp set) on the bottom of our Whisper White piece.  Wouldn't it be great to receive a card with this sentiment on it sometime??



Love & Affection Photopolymer Stamp Set  141545  $16.00




Next, we stamped that fun flower (from the Love & Affection Photopolymer Stamp Set) in Night of Navy ink, added a Watermelon Wonder center to our flower and then punched it out with our 2" Circle Punch.



 
2" Circle Punch  133782  $18.00




Finally, we added a Thick Whisper White Baker's Twine bow around our Whisper White piece and added this piece to our card using Fast Fuse Adhesive.  This adhesive is super-strong and works great when you have a bulky item wrapped around a piece that needs to be added to your card.

 We also added a White Perfect Accent to the center of our flower.



Whisper White Thick Baker's Twine  141688  $3.50



 
Fast Fuse Adhesive  1290262  $10.00 



White Perfect Accents  138416  $5.00


I hope you enjoyed this card.

Thanks so much to Ronda Wade for her inspiration on this card!



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Sunday, July 24, 2016

Fresh Fruit... Thank you


This is such a fun card - I'm sure I've said it before, but I just LOVE our new In Colors!

Here's a peak at a couple of them today......


We made this card last week at our Group Meeting and Inkspiration Night.  Each month, we make a card that gets donated to a local organization.  Lately, we've been bundling up our cards into packs of 3 and delivering them to a local Hospice House in our area.  They use them for prizes for their Bingo nights - and they're a real hit!



We start our card with a Sweet Sugarplum card base, then added a layer of Flirty Flamingo card stock, followed by a layer of Whisper White card stock.  I love how we turned our Whisper White piece to the side to make it look a little askew on our card.



Next, we stamped our cute flowers (from the Fresh Fruit Stamp Set) in our coordinating In Colors - Sweet Sugarplum and Flirty Flamingo.

This stamp set is so much fun to play with - just stamp the large flowers first in Flirty Flamingo ink, then add the outlines to the flowers in Sweet Sugarplum.  They don't have to be perfectly lined up - even if they're "off" just a bit, they still look great!




Fresh Fruit Photopolymer Stamp Set  141770  $27.00




As we were stamping the flowers, we used a 2" Circle Punch as a mask so that we left a perfect circle in the corner of each card.  Just punch the 2" Circle, lay it on your Whisper White piece and then stamp around it!

Then, we stamped "Thank You" (also from the Fresh Fruit Stamp Set) in Sweet Sugarplum ink.  I actually cut the stamp so that it would fit inside the circle (it was too long otherwise).

Finally, we added a Rhinestone inside each large flower on our card - so cute and simple!



2" Circle Punch  133782  $18.00




Rhinestone Basic Jewels  119246  $5.00


I hope you enjoyed this card.

This was a card that was featured at our April 2016 OnStage Live Event - I apologize that I did not note the name of the person that designed it.  It's such a cute card!



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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Floral Boutique... Wedding Wishes


Here's a gorgeous wedding card for you today.....

I love the clean, classic look of this color combination - Navy and White - it seems to be so trendy right now.


We start our card with a Night of Navy card base, then added a layer of Whisper White card stock.  Next, we stamped that gorgeous Night of Navy flower from the Floral Phrases stamp set at the top of our card.




Floral Phrases Stamp Set  wood-mount  141764  $25.00
Floral Phrases Stamp Set  clear-mount  141767  $18.00



We also added a piece of the Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper along the bottom of our card, along with a strip of the Floral Boutique Washi Tape thru the middle of our card.  It all coordinates so perfectly - what fun!



Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper  141663  $11.00



Floral Boutique Washi Tape  141664  $5.00



Finally, we stamped "Wedding Wishes" (also from the Floral Phrases Stamp Set) and die-cut it with the new Layering Ovals Framelits.  We layered the sentiment on top of a Night of Navy Scallop Oval die-cut from the same framelits.  This framelit set comes with a total of 15 oval die-cuts - perfect for layering LOTS of different size sentiments.




Layering Ovals Framelits  141706  $35.00


I hope you enjoyed this card.

Thanks so much to Stamp with Peggy for her inspiration on this card.




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JULY 7 THRU 31

For every $50 you spend between July 7 and 31, you'll get a $5 Bonus Days coupon to use between August 2 and 31!!


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Bonus Days Details:
  • An email address is required to participate in this promotion; Bonus Days coupon codes can only be delivered via email.
  • It is strongly recommended that participants both save emails containing their Bonus Days coupon codes AND write down the coupon codes in a safe place. Codes cannot be resent if the email is lost, and lost codes cannot be recovered.
  • Bonus Days coupon codes can be redeemed for any product, excluding Starter Kits and Paper Pumpkin subscriptions. New prepaid Paper Pumpkin codes can be redeemed.
 
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If you'd like to take advantage of this fun promotion, click here to start shopping today or...  email me with an order to amy.frillici@yahoo.com, and I'll take care of the rest!! 

I hope you were Inkspired today!