rainbow sketched butterflies card and shadowbox

rainbow sketched butterflies card and shadowbox

I love this card and the shadowbox I created for my father’s funeral.

Measurements:

BASE: Basic White CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
scrap for the Deckled Circle dies/embossed
Real Red scrap for Sketched Butterflies
dies
Melon Mambo scrap for Sketched Butterflies
dies
Flirty Flamingo scrap for Sketched Butterflies
dies
Pumpkin Pie scrap for Sketched Butterflies
dies
Lemon Lime Twist scrap for Sketched Butterflies dies
Coastal Cabana scrap for Sketched Butterflies
dies
Blueberry Bushel scrap for Sketched Butterflies
dies
Gorgeous Grape scrap for Sketched Butterflies
dies

Die cut the third largest deckle circle and cut in half.
Stamp the butterfly stamp in Tuxedo Black Memento ink.
Emboss the butterfly stamped layer in the Birch Wood 3D embossing folder.
Pop up the butterfly layer onto Stampin’ Dimensionals and match the right-hand edge to the card edge.
Stamp the sentiment onto the upper left hand edge of the card base.
Die cut the Sketched Butterflies dies in Real Red, Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Pie, Lemon Lime Twist, Coastal Cabana, Blueberry Bushel and adhere them around the deckled circle embossed layer tucking them in and under the edges in rainbow order.
Add adhesive-backed shiny sequins and sequins trio to the card front to finish this card.

I added this card to a Coastal Cabana 8 1/2″ x 11″ and added pictures for my father’s funeral and mounted it into a shadow box.

This stamp set has so many uses and it is my new favorite! Hope you get to stamp today now go create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time.

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

another designer series paper tri-fold card

another designer series paper tri-fold card

Today’s blog post is another tri-fold using some of our beautiful Designer Series Paper! I had so much fun designing Wednesday’s tri-fold that I decided to go ahead and do another one!
Today we are using the Full of Life 6″ x 6″ DSP for this vertical tri-fold card.

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS: 4 1/4″ X 11″
scored at 4″ and 6 3/4″
(5) 4″ x 5 1/4″ for watercolor background die
cuts
scraps for the sentiments
DSP top layer: 3 3/4″ x 4″
DSP middle layer 2 1/2″ x 4″ mine is 2 1/4″ because this was a 6″ paper stack and I wanted to save paper.
DSP: bottom layer 4″ x 4″

Using an acrylic block ink up one color per watercolor wash. I used Azure Afternoon, Lemon Lime Twist, Crushed Curry, Poppy Parade and Gorgeous Grape. Add ink directly to the acrylic block and spritz with water in a Stampin’ Spritzer. Add the paper on top of the block and hold in place for a few seconds to allow the paper to absorb the water and the ink. Die cut one of the leave stems from each watercolor died paper.

Score the 4 1/4″ x 11″ Basic White cardstock at 4″ and 6 3/4″.
Cut the desired DSP – I wanted a color gradient so i chose the B sides of the Full of Life DSP.
I adhered the top layer of 3 3/4″ x 4″ to the top panel.
I adhered the middle DSP layer of 2 1/2″ x 4″ to the middle panel.
I adhered the Bottom DSP layer of 4″ square to the bottom panel.
Just think of the possibilities if you used a scenic 12″ x 12″ DSP you could create a continuous scene across the card and do this in either landscape of vertical!
I adhered the leaf dies to each panel close to the corresponding color gradient on the DSP.
I die cut the word friend from Basic White scraps and added it to the top of the bottom panel so that the word does not peek out when the card is closed and is a surprise!
I die cut 2 of the rectangular strip dies for the top 2 panels and stamped sentiments in Azure Afternoon ink for the top panel and Crushed Curry for the middle panel.
I added Iridescent Adhesive-backed Discs to the card in a gradient of colors and this is what the card looks like closed and open!

Try this fun fold design soon! Now go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

rainbow order for new color reset

rainbow order for new color reset

With the big move behind us and most of our stuff organized and unpacked – phase two (my permanent office space) not yet upon us…I decided to get very organized with this upcoming catalog launch.

I decided to organize my inks markers re-inkers and Blends – I wanted them all accessible and together, organized but displayed nicely and the Super Combo Holder was the ticket – so I started purchasing my first organizational supplies from a great company called stamp.n.storage. My first purchase was their Super Combo Holder I bought a 36 and a 24 and placed them on my temporary Stampin’ desk so all of my ink pads, Stampin’ Blends, Stampin’ Write markers and re-inkers are all super organized, beautiful to look at and VERY accessible! I LOVE IT!!!!!
I also decided to arrange the current and incoming new COLOR RESET colors in Rainbow order instead of by color families as I had been doing in the past!
Here is a photo of the stamp.n.storage Super Combo Holders.

Next I tackled my cardstock!

I have always kept my cardstock in Stampin’ Up!’s 9″ x 12″ cello bags and was able to put my sheets and scraps in the same bags – BUT inevitably they ripped up top or down the sides and needed to be replaced and just looked messy after a while!
So I purchased the paper pockets made by stamp.n.storage both in portrait and landscape and put my little label maker on overtime!
Landscape for easy access opening from the side for my 8.5″ x 11″ cardstock and portrait opening at the top for my paper scraps to organize by color!

So for my Rainbow order I separated the colors in Rainbow order and hue:
1. Cherry Cobbler
2. Real Red
3. Poppy Parade
4. Mambo Melon
5. Petal Pink
6. Flirty Flamingo
7. Calypso Coral
8. Cajun Craze
9. Pumpkin Pie
10. Crushed Curry
11. Daffodil Delight
12. Lemon Lolly
13. Soft Sea Foam
14. Lemon Lime Twist
15. Granny Apple Green
16. Old Olive
17. Mossy Meadow
18. Garden Green
19. Shaded Spruce
20. Pretty Peacock
21. Lost Lagoon
22. Coastal Cabana
23. Pool Party
24. Balmy Blue
25. Azure Afternoon
26. Blueberry Bushel
27. Misty Moonlight
28. Night of Navy
29. Blackberry Bliss
30. Gorgeous Grape
31. Highland Heather
32. Berry Burst
33. Fresh Freesia
34. Bubble Bath
35. Crumb Cake
36. Pecan Pie
37. Early Espresso
38. Gray Granite
39. Smoky Slate
40. Basic Gray
41. Craft White
then my memento ink pads and versamarks
last column is for my current In Colors
newest on top
Copper Clay
wild Wheat
Boho Blue
Moody Mauve
and Pebbled Path
Returning In Colors
Sweet Sorbet
Parakeet Party
Tahitian Tide
Orchid Oasis
Starry Sky

Some people have placed there rainbow order a little differently than mine but I chose to place mine by hue and I see more blue/purply hues in the Berry Burst, Fresh Freesia and Bubble Bath – so I chose to place them at the end of the spectrum with the blues and purples rather than the pinks and reds.

The first new color in the color rest is Lemon Lolly, belonging in the Subtles collection this new Super Soft yellow is such a pretty yellow and a great addition to our collection!
Next color in the Rainbow order is a returning favorite of mine Lemon Lime Twist – in the Brights Collection it is a powerful yellow green – bright and bold! I was hoping so much that they would bring this color back that I did not sell my retired paper LOL!
The Green blue family also got Pretty Peacock as a returning favorite to the Regals Collection – bold green blue color, deep and rich!
Lost Lagoon is the next returning color in my rainbow order – this is another soft light demin blue green and is a welcome returning color to the Subtles Collection!
Another bright blue joins the Brights Collection replacing Pacific Point with a nice lighter version for this new core color.
Blueberry Bushel returns from our former In Color Collection to become a new Core color in the Regals Collection. Deep blue with a rich tone , it is a perfect addition to this collection of colors!
Blue was a popular Core color addition and returning Misty Moonlight completes the new blues in the Color Reset with it’s addition to the Neutrals Collection. Muted and stately – it will be a great Neutral in this collection.
Returning Berry Burst is a sumptuous purple with blue tones and completes the Brights Collection new additions.
Fresh Freesia is the only recent In Color to make the Color Reset and steps down perfectly into a bluish pink tone for our last two colors to be placed into the Subtles Collection!
Bubble Bath is the last new core color to be added to the Subtles Collection with it’s bubblegum pink color and a rich blue undertone I placed it at the end of the rainbow order before starting the neutral colors.
Pecan Pie introduces a new neutral brown to our Neutrals Collection to replace the exiting Soft Suede.
I separated the New Incoming In Colors and returning In Colors to the end of the line as they are not core colors and will change every 2 years

The new In Colors for 2023-2025 are:
Copper Clay
Wild Wheat
Boho Blue
Moody Mauve
and Pebbled Path (my personal favorite of the
new In Color Collection!)

The Returning In Colors for 2022-2024 that will be available for the next year are:
Sweet Sorbet
Parakeet Party
Tahitian Tide
Orchid Oasis
Starry Sky
One of the things I love most about this company is our color coordination – everything matches – the inks and papers, markers and blends, DSP and ribbons and embellishments.

I find that being organized allows my creativity to soar! I love to create and do not get me wrong MOST of the time my desk is a disaster! BUT when my space is clean and organized – when it is easy to locate the supplies I need – I find that I am able to create in peace and the end result is beautiful!

Please let me know if you have received your new catalogs and I will be posting new sneak peaks of colors and new stamps, dies and accessories that will be available soon!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie