more color mondays – orchid oasis, starry sky and parakeet party

more color mondays – orchid oasis, starry sky and parakeet party

I used a large F acrylic bloc and placed reinker drops all over the surface – Parakeet Party drops on the bottom and Orchid Oasis and Starry sky intermingled on the top portion.
I sprayed it with water and placed scraps of Basic White cardstock over it to absorb the color and the water.
Every year around this time, Stampin’ Up! starts to prepare for the new annual catalog release and the retiring list which will be out soon. We anxiously await the release of all the fun new products but the sneak peak at the new In Colors is the most highly anticipated! While we don’t know in advance what the colors are – we do know that the 2022-2024 In Colors will be on the retiring list and these are some of my favorites In Colors ever – I am a Brights girl and I will be very sad to see all five of these colors go away! So today’s More Color Mondays Color Challenge is all about 3 of the 5 of these retiring colors. That being said if these are some of your favorites or you have these ink pads and did not buy the re-inkers yet I would highly recommend that you purchase them NOW!! They always sell out fast!

Measurements:
BASE: Starry Sky CS 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″ and scraps for circle dies
Basic White: (2) 4″ x 5 1/4″
scrap for watercoloring
Orchid Oasis: scraps for circle dies
Parakeet Party: scraps for circle dies

I used the two smallest circles dies in the Everyday Details die set and placed them inside one another to create a dotted circle frame and a smaller circle.

I stamped the open flower outline and the leaf outline stamp from the Color and Contour stamp set over the dried watercolor wash paper. I die cut the flower and fussy cut the leaves.
I scored and folded the Starry Sky base and added a strip of Stampin’ Seal tape on the two sides of the Basic White layer.
Starting on one end of the tape I wrapped one color at a time around the front of the card stock and attached it to the other tape on the opposite side on the back and cut the end off the twine spool. I repeated with other two colors until I was happy with the design to fill the middle of the card and adhered it to the card base.
I stamped the thank you sentiment to the upper right hand corner.
I adhered the open circle dies to the left hand side of the card front overlapping starting with the Orchid Oasis on top, Parakeet Party in the center and the Starry Sky on the bottom.
I popped up two of the watercolor wash flowers on Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhered them in between the open circle dies. I adhered three of the fussy cut watercolor wash leaves under the flowers.
I added some 2022-2024 In Color Pearls to the card front in all three colors.
Whenever I have a very dark cardstock as the base I add a Basic White layer to the inside of the card base and I added the small circle dies and a scrap strip of the watercolor wash to the inside to decorate it. I cut the circles as I adhered them overlapping the edge to create some depth and dimension and decided to add those to the card front to finish it off!
Here is the finished card front I love these colors and will miss them a lot! Please order the reinkers if you have these ink pads and if you go to my stampin’ up!website at
https://nataliestamps.stampinup.net click on SHOP BY then click COLOR then click 2022 – 2024 IN COLORS and you will see all of the products that contain these colors. Most years we retire all of our DSP and most of the DSP with any of the In Colors will likely be retired as well – so scoop it up while you can. Remember these are all while supplies last and they will NOT be replenished if they are retiring items!

If you have these colors grab them and make a card of your own and inspire and share with us on my Facebook post in the comment section!

six card one-sheet wonder

six card one-sheet wonder

One sheet wonders are always so much fun and this one is no exception – make your own background paper and make 6 total cards from one 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of cardstock plus cardstock for the bases and the layering!

Base: (5) 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ pieces of Pear Pizzazz
scored at 4 1/4″
(1) 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Pear Pizzazz
scored at 5 1/2″
Layers: (1) full sheet of 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of
Basic White CS
(6) sheets of Merry Merlot 4″ x 5 1/4″

Score the Basic White full sheet of cardstock at 4 3/4″ on the 8 1/2″ side then score at 1/4″ from the opposite side of the 8 1/2″ side. Turn the paper to the 11″ side with the 4 3/4 band as the lower bottom section and score from the middle line through the 4 3/4″ side at 3 1/2″, 7″ and 10 1/2″. Then score the 3 1/2″ section at 4 3/4″ you will have three small sections with 5 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ sections. see template below!

Using Pear Pizzazz, Mossy Meadow, Merry Merlot, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede ink with the various foliage from the Christmas Season stamp set – Stamp around the edges of the score lines.

Start with the base of the holly leaves in Pear Pizzazz.

Using Mossy Meadow ink shade the holly leaves with the inside piece stamped at the base of the holly leaves.
Using the Mossy Meadow again stamp the pine boughs in between the holly leaves around the scored lines.
Stamp in Merry Merlot the holly berrys at the base of the holly leaves stamps around the scored lines.
Using the Merry Merlot again fill in the white space around the score lines with the small dotted stamp.
In the corners of the sections stamp the base of the smaller pine cone in Crumb Cake.
Using Soft Suede, stamp the accent stamp for the smaller pinecone on the Crumb Cake pine cone images.
Stamp sentiments in Merry Merlot using the limited time only Framed and Festive from the pre-release Fitted Florets Collection. I LOVE the sentiments in this stamp set – Get it while it is still around 0 current hostess code to order from my is FA3VX7JQ.
Cut off the 1/4″ scored section (this will be the only waste!)
Cut at the 3 1/2″ score line.
Cut this section at the 4 3/4″ score
Cut off the small section at the bottom to create 2 sections of 4 3/4″ x 3 1/2″ dimension.
Cut the small section off the bottom of the ther 4 3/4″ section.
Cut these three sections at the 3 1/2″, 7″ and 10 1/2″ score lines creating three 4 3/4″ x 3 1/2″ sections
Fold all your Pear Pizzazz card bases in half and adhere the 4 3/4″ sections to Merry Merlot layers (for one I used the Scalloped Contours die for the matte. The rest I cut the Merry Merlot to a 1/8″ border and saved the scraps for the Falala card.
Using a Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends color some Basic Rhinestone Jewels to mathc the cards.
Here are close ups of the individual cards I made from this fun and easy one-sheet wonder.
Here are photos of the layers matted and the final cards.

Hope that you try your hand at a one-sheet wonder very soon – and go create some art of your own – one stamps at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

making frames with concentric dies

making frames with concentric dies

One of the fun things you can do with any concentric die set is use two at the same time to make a frame Below in Misty Moonlight Cardstock I layered two concentric rectangule dies from the Scalloped Contour Die Set (#155560), ran it through my Mini Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine (Or as it is affectionately known among demonstrators as the “Mini boss!”
I used the “frame” section to make this first card by Layering a Black and White DSP 2 inch section from the Pattern Party DSP (#155426), then adhering the Misty Moonlight frame then a Basic White die cut rectangle from the Stitched So Sweetly Die set (#151690). I topped the card front off with a black die cut from the Penned Flowers Dies (#155557) and added three Artistry Blooms Sequins (#152477)
The card above and below use the same outside die (the largest rectangular die from the Scalloped Contour Dies (#155560) but the layering smaller die is different with each card. The card above used the next concentric die from the Scalloped Contour die set, so there are scallops inside the frame as well! I layered a beautiful piece of Expressions in Ink Specialty Designer Series paper (#155464) and die cut the large intricate flower die from the Penned Flowers die set. I popped up the sentiment from Art Gallery (#158201) on Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) and added Gold Metallic Pearls to the sentiment image (146282).
The card below however uses the inside die cut from the Stitched Rectangles die set (#151820) for a more tailored look. I mounted a smaller piece of DSP cut from a smaller Stitched Rectangle die. Popped up a Flower image and the sentiment from the Hand Penned Petals Bundle (#155492) all mounted to a Fresh Freesia cardstock base (155613).
The next two cards are done from the same cut frame using both the positive and negative spaces from the die cutting!
The first card uses the frame created when two concentric Layering Circles dies are used (#151770) I layered a Highland Heather circle die in the center. added flowers and the sentiment from the Color and Contour Stamp set (#154994) and tghe sentiment is stamped on a die cut from the Scalloped Contour dies from the Color and Contour Bundle (##158356) I finished the card with a llittle bling from the 2021-2022 In Color Jewels (#155571)
The second card uses the negative space of the frame cut outs and used the lighter pattern on the back a more subtle look. I die cut Penned Flowers in Highland Heather Cardstocka nd added Pastel Pearls to the card (#154571)
In a version of Rip and Flip technique I cut DSP with two concentric dies from the Scalloped Contours dies and flipped the inside one to the opposite side! Used another pattern from the Pattern Party DSP and mounted the frame on a diagonal for some interest. Added sentiment, flower and Fresh Freesia open Weave Ribbon (#155615)
This last sample used the Stitched Rectangle dies but not two immediately next to one another so that the resulting frame is wider and with the lovely Hand Penned DSP you definitely want to show it off! I added a Basic Black cardstock Die from the largest floral image die from the Penned Flowers dies added Pastels Pearls and a popped up sentiment.to finish the card.
Hope you enjoyed this fun and simple way to get more use out of your die set! Now go and create art – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’

Natalie

tie dye background

tie dye background

Another great use for the stamparatus tool! Special thanks and acknowledgement to Cheri’s Cards for the inspiration for these “tie dye technique” cards!

Using one of the plates of the Stamparatus you have a nice sized plastic surface for this technique.

Remove one of the plates from the Stamparatus tool and cover the plate with any colors of ink you choose, (it is best to start light and go darker – which I did not do in the video!)

Fill a Stampin’ Spritzer with rubbing alcohol and spritz the inked surface of the stamparatus plate until the colors just start to touch.
Place a piece of Shimmery White cardstock onto the alcohol sprayed ink.
Remove and with the remaining ink use another sheet of Shimmery white until most of the ink is used . Allow to dry and stamp with memento Tuxedo Black ink a stamped image – here I used the flower outline image from the new Color and Contour Stamp set.
I die cut the images.
And these are some card samples using the Tie-dyed images!
This is a fun and easy technique! Enjoy and I hope it inspires you to go and create art one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’

Natalie