June Christmas Card Club Sneak Peek

June's Christmas Card Club features the new Tidings & Trimmings Bundle and traditional Christmas colors!

 

Here are a few details about the club:

 

The deadline to sign up for this month's kit is June 15. You can register here.

Happy Stamping!

Rachel

Wishing You Happiness

Today I am sharing a card with you that I made for a swap. It's a lot of fun to participate in a swap! I sent 20 of this card, and received 20 different cards back. Demonstrators often organize these swaps at the beginning of a new catalog so that we can get a variety of samples, some even using products that we might not own. It's always an exciting day when the returned swaps arrive in the mail! Here's what I created:

 

This card started with that heart-patterned piece of Designer Series Paper. It is from the Pattern Party stack of paper, which is a host exclusive item in this year's catalog. It's my favorite pattern, maybe even out of all the papers in the catalog! I also used the Scalloped Contours Dies to create the scalloped edge - isn't that a fun way to show off the paper and make the inside of the card a little fancier?!

 

The Scalloped Contours Dies were also used to cut the Bermuda Bay label for the front of the card. The sentiment comes from the Pansy Patch stamp set, and it is stamped on a white label cut with the Label Me Lovely Punch. White twine from the Baker's Twine Essentials Pack and a few Opal Rounds finish off the card. 

 

I hope you like this card filled with a bunch of my favorite things! Here is a full list of supplies:

Stamps: Pansy Patch

Ink: Bermuda Bay

Paper: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Pattern Party Designer Series Paper

Embellishments: Opal Rounds, Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

Tools: Heart Punch Pack, Label Me Lovely Punch, Scalloped Contours Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Adhesives: Stampin' Seal+, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

 

Happy Stamping!

Rachel  

April Card Club Sneak Peek

This month's card club features products from the Ice Cream Corner Suite - aren't they so fun?!

 

Here are a few details about the club:

 

If you'd like to receive the cards pictured above, you'll need to subscribe by April 20. You can sign up here and I will send you a direct link to subscribe.

Happy Stamping!

Rachel

A Touch of Ink: Two Cards

I have TWO cards to share with you today! Both cards feature the stamp set A Touch of Ink, which is free with a $100 purchase during Sale-a-bration. 

 

If you look carefully at the butterfly and the hummingbird, you can see that I used the same technique on both images. The stamp set comes with an outline image for each, plus a solid watercolor image to stamp and "color". Don't you just love two step stamping? First, I stamped the outline for each image. Then, I stamped the solid watercolor image in Seaside Spray ink. For the butterfly, I rolled the edge of the stamp in Misty Moonlight ink, and for the hummingbird, I rolled the edge in Highland Heather ink. I call it the "rock and roll" technique. Is that the technical name? I don't know, but it works!

 

I used two Designer Series Papers for these cards - the Hydrangea Hill paper and the In Good Taste paper. Aren't they perfect? I could have made many more cards with these papers and stamp set, but there's only so much stamping time in one day. 

 

Here is a full list of supplies I used on these cards:

Stamps: A Touch of Ink

Ink: Memento Black, Seaside Spray, Misty Moonlight, Highland Heather

Paper: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Gorgeous Grape, Misty Moonlight, Hydrangea Hill DSP, In Good Taste DSP

Embellishments: Flowers for Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack, Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon, Opal Rounds

Tools: Versamark, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Rectangle Stitched Dies, Layering Circles Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Adhesives: Stampin' Seal, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Happy Stamping!

Rachel

#GDP276: Trust Me, You're Lovely

Have you gotten any of the True Love DSP yet? It was one of the first things I ordered from this new catalog - what's not to love about black and white paper?! Even better - some of the patterns lend themselves to coloring, and this week's challenge at Global Design Project inspired me to get out my Stampin' Blends and color away!

 

I sometimes find a challenge to CASE the designer harder than other challenges. But I have been following Connie since she was on the Artisan Design Team and her cards are always so detailed and beautiful. So coloring and fussy cutting was just what I needed to do for this challenge. Here's my card:

 

The flowers are colored and cut out from the True Love DSP, and the background paper is from the same package. I chose Magenta Madness as my pop of color - it's one of my current favorites! 

 

A few other details - the sentiment is from the Lovely You stamp set, also fussy cut. I used the gold thread from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack, and those sparkly little gems are the new Opal Rounds. They have just a glimmer of gold in some light, and they played well with the gold thread.

 

Here's a full list of supplies:

Stamps: Lovely You

Ink: Memento Black, Stampin' Blends: Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Magenta Madness

Paper: Magenta Madness, Basic White, True Love DSP

Embellishments: Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack, Opal Rounds

Adhesives: Stampin' Seal, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Happy Stamping!

Rachel