What Does a Pineapple Have to Do with Anything?

Today is the first day of school here, and you all know I love to share my teacher gifts! A few weeks ago, I saw a really cute project by demonstrator Marisa Alvarez (Kitchen Table Stamper), and I thought it was just perfect for my first day of school teacher gifts. She had a set of tropical pencils, and had created a little holder with a pineapple tag for them. I did a little bit of looking, but couldn't find any pencils that were similar. I bought some Papermate Flair Pens instead - what teacher doesn't love to write with fun pens?!

 

You can find her measurements here. Even though my pens are probably a bit wider than pencils, and I had two instead of four, they still fit in the holder pretty well! I changed just a few things from the original design:

• I used retired True Love Designer Series Paper for my wrap around the holder.
• I used the Sweet Strawberry stamp set for my sentiment.

As I was finishing putting these together last night, I started to think perhaps it was a little strange to have the pineapple tag when the pens have nothing to do with pineapples. Neither does the sentiment. But. The pineapple was really cute. So I just went with it. And I love how they turned out!

 

Here is a full list of the supplies I used, and remember, you can follow Marisa's tutorial here.

Stamps: Sweet Strawberry

Ink: Memento Black

Paper: Crushed Curry, So Saffron, Garden Green, Flirty Flamingo, Basic White, True Love DSP (retired), Stampin' Blends Markers: Dark So Saffron

Embellishments: Metallic Pearls, White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon

Tools: In the Tropics Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Adhesives: Tear & Tape, Stampin' Seal+, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

 

Happy Stamping!

Rachel 

#GDP282: Wonderful Purple Posy Card

This week the Global Design Project challenge is a sketch challenge!

 

I love sketches - they're an easy way to get inspired, and you can make them work with any products you want to use! Here's what I came up with:

 

I used one of my favorite retiring in colors - Purple Posy. Since there is no Purple Posy ink, I decided to create a very subtle background by stamping a floral image in Versamark ink. Because Purple Posy is such a light color to begin with, it really was subtle! I added a little bit of Wink of Stella on the flowers for a bit of sparkle, and to draw more attention to the background. It's hard to capture in a photo, but it's beautiful in person!

 

I also used the Woven Threads Sequins to embellish my card. I'm sure these sequins will be retiring too, and I will be so sad to see them go. I think they've been my favorite sequins of all time! 

 

Here is a full list of supplies used on this card:

Stamps: Bloom & Grow

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Purple Posy, Basic Black, Basic White, True Love DSP

Embellishments: Woven Threads Sequins, Snail Mail Twine Combo Pack

Tools: Stitched Be Mine Dies, Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, White Embossing Poweder, Heat Tool, Wink of Stella

Adhesives: Stampin' Seal, Stampin' Dimensionals, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

 

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

January Card Club Sneak Peek

Hello! I hope you are all having a wonderful week! I've been doing a lot of designing this week, and I have another class to share with you today. This is a peek at the kit for my monthly card club this month:

 

If you are looking for a way to build up your stash of cards this year, this club is a great option for you! You'll make 8 general occasion cards every month - birthday, thank you, thinking of you, etc. The cost of the club is $35/month. This cost includes $20-22 of product (usually a half pack of paper, a ribbon, and an embellishment), the cost of tax and shipping, plus all of the cardstock cut and ready for you to assemble your cards. Envelopes are also included. I use one stamp set/bundle on all of the cards each month, and you have the option to add the one I use on at the catalog cost (I cover tax and shipping on that as a perk of belonging to the club). You provide your own inks and adhesives. Of course you can also use stamps that you already own to keep your cost down.

Want to sign up? You can do that here.

Make sure to subscribe by January 20 to get this month's kit!

 

Happy Stamping!

Rachel