card sketch #107 – extraordinary flora

card sketch #107 – extraordinary flora

Sketch challenges can stretch you creatively!

This sketch (Sketch #107) has so many possibilities!

I chose to make the layers all white but you could chose to use colored cardstock or Designer Series Paper.

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″, 4″ x 5 1/4″, (2) 1″ x 5 1/4″,
scrap for the sentiment die and the washi tape

Run the Basic White layer through the Garden and Glass embossing folder. Place the folder down the center of the layer and emboss.

Cut two strips of Basic White CS 1″ x 5 1/4″.

Place Stampin’ Dimensionals down each 1″ strip.

Adhere each 1″ strip down each side of the 4″ x 5 1/4″ embossed layer.

Place the Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape onto a Basic White layer and then die cut the flower images out.
Adhere the flower images on the top left hand edge and the bottom right-hand edge. Placing some under the edge and some above.
Stamp the sentiment in Flirty Flamingo ink and then use a blending brush to lightly color the Textured Notes die.

Adhere the sentiment piece with Stampin’ Dimensionals on the left hand side and tape on the right hand edge to the strip. Tuck a flower under the sentiment die piece.

Place three sequins on the card front to finish it off.

Try this card sketch and see what you can come up with! Go and create some artwork of your very own using #107 – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

more color mondays – azure afternoon, coastal cabana and gorgeous grape

more color mondays – azure afternoon, coastal cabana and gorgeous grape

Sometimes with a special birthday you just need to go the extra mile and create a really special card – today son #2 turns 30 (first of all how can I have two children over 30 – CRAZY!!)

I still am designing cards from the color coach this is an analogous color combination – meaning these three colors are adjacent to one another on the color wheel and work well together.

I am so in love with this card – I saw a similar card from a demonstrator in Australia so I copied the design with different colors and modified a few other things but a special thank you to Julianne R for the inspiration!

Measurements:
BASE 1: Azure Afternoon 5 1/2″ x 11” (14cm x 28cm) scored at 2-¾” & 5-½” (7cm & 14cm) along long edge
BASE 2: Azure Afternoon 2” x 11” (5.1cm x 28cm) scored at 2-¾” & 5-½” (7cm & 14cm) along long edge
Bracket: 1-¾” x 3-3/4 “ (4.4cm x 9.5cm) scored at ½” (1.3cm) in from both ends
DSP Layer: 5-1/8” (13cm) square
DSP Layers: 2-3/8” x 5-1/8” (6cm x 13cm) (cut 2)
Azure Afternoon Base 2 bottom layers:
1-⅝ x 5-⅛” (4.1cm x 13cm) AND 1-⅝ x 2-3/8”
(4.1cm x 6cm) (cut 2)
Basic White CS:
Base 2 Layers: 1-3/4” x 2-1/2” (4.4cm x 6.4cm) (cut 2)
Base 2 Layer: 1-¾” x 5-¼” (4.4cm x 13.3cm)
DSP Matte layers:
2-1/2” x 5-¼” (6.4cm x 13.3cm) (cut 2)
5-1/4” (13.3cm) square
scraps for stamping and die cutting 3 boats

This is a bunch of cutting but it is a WOW Card for sure!

Score the 5 1/2″ x 11″ BASE 1 at 2 3/4″ and 5 1/2″.

Fold into a Z fold.

Adhere the 5 1/8″ DSP square layer onto the 5 1/4″ Basic White square layer and then adhere these to the third panel which will be the back inside panel.

Cut another DSP sheet to 5 1/8″ long and then cut two consecutive 2 3/8″ cuts so the images match together when adhered.

Adhere the DSP pieces to the 2 1/2″ x 5 1/4″ layers of Basic white CS. Adhere these pieces to the first and second panel in order so that the images flow into one another.

Take BASE 2 and fold it in half – run it through the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine with the wave edgelit from the Sunrise Sailing die set. The edgelit will cut through both layers at once.
Cut the Basic White layers and the Azure Afternoon layers with the different edgelits.

I used the same edgelit on all Azure Afternoon pieces as the BASE 2 and the different edgelit for the Basic White CS pieces.

Take the three Azure Afternoon layers and emboss them in the bottom part of the Sunrise Sailing hybrid embossing folder.
Position the long side of BASE 2 on the left.

Adhere the Basic White pieces onto BASE 2 leaving an even top border showing.

Adhere the embossed Azure Afternoon pieces over the Basic White layers leaving an even top border showing.
Fold the BASE 2 z fold and lay the long side of the BASE 2 onto the first panel of BASE 1.

Adhere only the portion of BASE 2 that touches the first panel.

Adhere the back of the third panel of BASE 2 and close the card making sure that the card is laying flat and adhere the BASE 2 Z fold to the BASE 1 Z fold.

Place Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue onto both small scored edges of the bracket.

Place in between the small box created by the joining of BASE 1 and BASE 2.

Place it towards the top of the BASE 2 edge just below the edge so you cannot see it but when the boat is attached it is high enough to be seen.

Stamp three boats from the Sunrise Sailing stamp set in Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

Stamp each boat with the boat fill in stamp and sail stripes in the analogous colors for this color challenge: Azure Afternoon, Coastal Cabana and Gorgeous Grape inks.

Die cut the boats out.

Run the boats through the embossing folder to give them a little embossed definition.
I used the Take Your Pick Tool attachment cutting knife to cut out the center piece between the two sails.
Take the first boat and adhere Stampin’ Dimensionals to the left-hand side of the boat and stick onto the first panel edge at the water-wave line.
Adhere the second boat onto the bracket so that the boat sticks up and looks like it is floating on the waves.
Adhere the last boat onto the last DSP panel at the water-wave line.
I added the Holographic Resin Dots from the Celebratory Sips Suite of Online Exclusive products for some fun clear shimmery embellishments like reflections on the water!

I stamped “You’re Destined for Great Things” on the first panel in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and Happy Birthday from a retired set for the inside panel.

This advanced stamping project is so worth the extra time for a special WOW card for a special someone!

Happy Birthday to my baby boy #2 you deserve all the world can give – hope you like the card because I loved making it for you!

Try making a special project for someone special to you today! Now go create something spectacular – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

happy 4th – thank a veteran with a card

happy 4th – thank a veteran with a card

The Fourth of July is probably my second favorite holiday after Christmas. I am so very grateful to have been born in this great country! I am also very thankful for the freedoms we so often take for granted.

So I am challenging all of my friends and customers to send a thank you card to a friend or family member that you know that served or is serving in the military – we often do not take the opportunity to let people know how much they are appreciated and this is a perfect example. Do you have someone you know that has sacrificed in service of this special country of ours? Will you rise to my challenge and make and send a thank you card? I hope I inspire you! I didn’t necessarily have a 4rth of July stamp set but if you color the card in red, white and blue and place a thank you sentiment on it that conveys the point!

Measurements:
BASE: Real Red CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
Basic White CS: (2) 4″ x 5 1/4″

This is a simple and sweet thank you card.

Brush the top third of the Basic White layer with Real Red ink using a blending brush.

Brush the bottom third of the layer with Blueberry Bushel ink and a different blending brush. Leave the middle white uninked.

Stamp the Spring Corners thank you sentiment on diagonal corners and then stamp the small heart image in between the two sentiments using Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

Emboss the Basic White stamped layer in your Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine using the Dotted Circles 3D Embossing folder.

Because you blended the ink first and this is a deep 3D embossing folder you may get some white paper crackling through the color – I love this effect! If you do not want this effect color the embossed layer after running through the machine.

Adhere the embossed layer onto the Real Red CS base.
I adhered some white sequins (these are retired sorry but you could use our Iridescent Pearls for the same effect!) on the card front and you can send this patriotic thank you note on it’s way to your favorite veteran – mine is on it’s way to my marine brother-in-law!

Have a wonderful Fourth of July celebration! We are so blessed to be free and able to live in this wonderful Democracy – even though we may not all agree politically – we all have the right to live as we choose and that I am so very thankful for.

Hope that this inspires you to make your own thank you card for someone that you care about! Now go and create some beautiful red,white and blue artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Fourth of July and Happy Stampin’
Natalie

more color mondays – peach pie, calypso coral and azure afternoon

more color mondays – peach pie, calypso coral and azure afternoon

There is endless possibilities with concentric die sets and we have a new one that debuted in the latest Online Exclusives release called Everyday Arches!

The complete Everyday Skies Suite Collection includes:

EVERYDAY ARCHES PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (10% off)
* 13 photopolymer stamps
* Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): b, c, e

EVERYDAY ARCHES DIES (10% off)
* 10 dies
* Largest die: 5-3/16″ x 3-15/16″ (13.2 x 10 cm)
* Use with a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine

EVERYDAY SKIES 6″ X 6″ DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
* 48 sheets of patterned paper: 4 each of 12 double-sided designs
* 6″ x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm)
* Acid free
* Lignin free

WHITE 1/2″ (1.3 CM) WOVEN RIBBON
* Width: 1/2″ (1.3 cm)
* Length: 10 yards (9.1 m)

TWO-TONE SPARKLE GEMS
* 180 pieces
* 4 mm, 5 mm
* Adhesive-backed
* Balmy Blue, Bubble Bath

Product colors: Azure Afternoon, Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Blackberry Bliss, Blueberry Bushel, Bubble Bath, Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Melon Mambo, Misty Moonlight, Moody Mauve, Night of Navy, Peach Pie, Petal Pink, Poppy Parade, Pretty in Pink, Pumpkin Pie

Although the Designer Series paper seems to be the star of the show I think it is the dies that really shine!

But the paper is absolutely gorgeous too!

I used the dies concentrically to create today’s More Color Monday color challenge card!

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
Azure Afternoon CS: scrap for die
Peach Pie CS: scrap for die
Calypso Coral CS: scrap for die
DSP: scrap for die

I embossed the front side of the card base with the new Soft Waves 3D embossing folder,
With Azure Afternoon ink, I stamped the little stars images on the top half of the card front.
I stamped the reach for the stars sentiment and the birds directly onto the DSP die cut and adhered the concentric dies together!
I popped them onto the center of the card front.
I finished off the card with Basic Rhinestone Jewels embellishments for a little easy starry bling!

Try this if you have concentric dies or get this suite while it lasts!
Now go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

new catalog sneak peek – layers of beauty bundle

new catalog sneak peek – layers of beauty bundle

I am super excited today to be able to give you a sneak peek into the upcoming new 2024-2025 Annual Catalog. The demonstrators that attended OnStage Houston were able to get an advanced copy of the catalog before anyone else and we were able to participate in the Product Purchase Premier – were we could purchase some of the items in the catalog before customers and other demonstrators that did not attend the convention. One of the items I saw demonstrated at OnStage was the Layers of Beauty bundle which includes a coordinating stamp set and dies but also a decorative mask set that helps color the flowers and leaves of the large stamp quickly and expertly!
Measurements for the main card:
BASE: Mossy Meadow 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Mossy Meadow layer: 4″ x 5 1/4:
Basic White layer 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scrap for the sentiment die
Old Olive scraps for the leaves dies

Stamp the large flower and leaf stamp in Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto the 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″.

Place the first mask marked with a 1 in the top left hand corner and rotate the mask until the stamped image aligns with the mask openings. Take a pencil and mark the notch with a pencil onto the paper. This notch will help to guide where to place the other masks.
Using a small Blending brush, color the areas open with Fresh Freesia ink.
Without removing mask #1 color the open daisy areas with another light color I chose Daffodil Delight.
Remove the mask and this is what the Basic White layer will look like after mask#1.
Place mask #2 on the Basic White layer and rotate until the openings align with the stamped image. Using a blending brush and Berry Burst ink color through the opening. This is what it will look like after the 2nd template.
Place mask #3 on the Basic White layer – line up the notch and color through the openings with Blackberry Bliss.
Place mask#4 over the stamped area and rotate until the notch is lined up and using a blending brush color the leaves in Old Olive.
This is what the stamped image will look like after the Old Olive is rubbed into the openings.
Line up #5 mask with the notch mark on the Basic White layer and color the openings with Mossy Meadow ink and a Blending Brush.
This is what the Basic White layer will look like when you are done with the mask coloring portion! It is stunning!
Fold the 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ card base of Mossy Meadow in half at 4 1/4″ and adhere the 4″ x 5 1/4″ layer to the front after you emboss the layer with the DIstressed Tile 3D embossing folder.
Die cut the flower image in the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine and place Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back. Attach the large die cut of flowers to the embossed layer.
Die cut 3 large and 3 small leaf dies from the Layers of Beauty die set. Adhere them under the flower die sticking out in all directions!
Stamp the sentiment in Mossy Meadow and die cut with the second smallest circle die from the Everyday Details die set.
Adhere to the embossed layer.
attach three Ombre decorative dots to the sentiment piece and the card is gorgeous and complete!

Try a decorative mask today to elevate your card and this bundle will be available May1st or better yet come to my Open House May 1st 1-3pm and see it for yourself!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

P.S. Remember because this is a sneak peek the bundle is not available until the new catalog goes live on May 1st! So it will not be listed in the photo menu below.

Here are some other card samples made with this bundle.
This next card is also made with the masks but not die cut out.
This next card uses the same large flower stamp in the set but I colored this one in with the Stampin’ Blends to get the shading just right!
This last example is one of my favorites – I saw this card demonstrated at OnStage in Houston and it is a partial die cut!! Love this one!