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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

HOLIDAY MINI CARRY-OVER

I HAVE BEEN WATCHING PATIENTLY FOR THE CARRY-OVER LIST FROM THE HOLIDAY MINI. WELL HERE IT IS!!!
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Bible Journal

Bible Journal


I made several of these Bible Journals for my Sunday School class and friends. There are enough pages for a year of sermons. Also there are sections for prayer requests and answered prayers, Scripture Verses and what they mean to me, In my thoughts, and Letters to the Lord.  The cover was created with Cricut letters and designer series papers. Each one was different. I also spiral bound each book and laminated the covers.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Birthday Card for my friend

This is a birthday card that I made for a friend who loves purple. The background is a designer series paper that is now retired that was sponged with concord crush and elegant eggplant to give it depth.

Whisper White was stamped using the Just Believe set in Lucky Limeade. Then I used the Boho Blossoms punch to punch out Concord Crush and Daffodil Delight flowers.

The tag was a 2 3/8" circle punched from Daffodil Delight. The scallop is the #2 Scalloped Circles die and the Wish Big is from Word Play(I LOVE this set for words). I added a star eyelet. The flowers have buttons and Basic Pearls.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Easy Christmas Card

Merry Christmas Card

Did you know that you can use the Medallion background stamp to make a wreath? Easy Peasy too!!

Just ink up the background stamp with a green, I used garden green, and wipe off the center.Then stamp on Whisper White. I punched some small circles in Real Red and stamped Happy Holidays. Added a bow from our satin real red 5/8" ribbon and layer on real red for a quick easy Christmas card. This is the most versatile background stamp Stampin' Up makes in my opinion.

Friday, December 16, 2011

Clearance Rack Blitz



Clearance rack blitzStampin' Up!   has done it again!  Huge savings on discontinued items like the old style punches. Check out all the pages of savings by clicking on the button here. 


Treat yourself to an early Christmas present. Remember today is the last day to order to ensure you get it by Christmas.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Technique: Watercolor Resist

This technique creates an dramatic card. The intensity of the color is achieved by letting each color dry and then adding additional color to layer until you get the depth of the color you desire. This card was cased from Cathy Somody.

1. On watercolor paper, stamp the images in Versamark and sprinkle with clear embossing powder. Heat to set with a heat tool. Hair dryers do not work to heat set embossing.
Tip: Old embossing powder will not adhere well or give good results. Also it takes a little longer to heat set on watercolor paper. Heat images until they are shiny for best results.

 2. Use an aqua painter which is a brush-tipped pen with water inside. To add water just squeeze the pen. To dry off the tip you can touch or wipe the tip on a paper towel.

3. Add 1-2 drops of refill ink to a palette with wells. Squeeze a  drop or two of water into the well to dilute the ink. Using the brush tip, dip it in the ink and spread the ink over the images. Let dry and then add more to layer intensity of the color. To change colors, wipe the tip of the aqua painer on the paper towel until clear. Then pick up next color. Do not overlap colors unless area is dry or the colors will muddle. Allow to dry well before adhering to the card. You can dry with a heat tool if needed.


Sets: Flower Fest, Sincere Salutations
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Watercolor paper, Brights patterned designer series paper
Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive
Accessories: aqua painter, dotted scalloped edge border punch, white and clear embossing powder, heat tool, paper snips, mini glue dots, snail adhesive