Welcome! It's ICS blog hop time! Our theme is #iambringingbackbirthdays inspired by Shannon West one of the trainers at Stampin' Up!. She posted on her Facebook page in January that social media had ruined the good old fashioned birthday card and she was bringing them back this year! One of her posts said if you wanted a birthday card to let her know, I did and I look forward to getting a card in December. Shannon also carved out a stamp to use on her cards. Well let me tell you the idea really caught on! I bet the post office is loving her! Stampin' Up! took that carved stamp and made one we could all have too! I decided to use that stamp for my card this month!
The card base is the Thick Whisper White cardstock, a layer of Tempting Turquoise, and then the front layer is the regular Whisper White. I stamped in a number of Brights collection colors with the small balloon from the Balloon Celebration stamp set. This stamp set has become a favorite of mine! I stamped & punched out a couple balloons popping them with Stampin' dimensionals. The balloon by the sentiment has a bit of Whisper White bakers twine attached via a glue dot on the back. The sentiment is Memento Black stamped on Whisper White and then matted with Rich Razzleberry.
On the inside I added a few balloons and a Happy Birthday sentiment from the same set as the balloons.
Thanks for
stopping by my post in the ICS blog hop!
The next stop in your hop is my friend, Tina!
Card Supply List from Stampin' Up!:
Balloon Celebration Stamps & Punch
#imbringingbirthdaysback Stamp
Thick Whisper White cardstock
Tempting Turquoise cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Rich Razzleberry cardstock
Whisper White Bakers Twine
Inks: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, Bermuda Bay,
Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, & Memento Black
Adhesives: Stampin' Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Snail
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Welcome to D's Stamping Team USA Blog Hop for the month of March our theme is birthdays! Thanks for stopping by and welcome from my friend, Tina's blog!
One of my favorite birthday bundles in the Occasions catalog for Stampin' Up! is Balloon Celebration, so I knew I had to use it for this month's hop.
The Regal collection DSP is my inspiration for the color scheme. The card base is Crushed Curry, Whisper White front layer, Regal DSP for the balloons stamped in Memento Black ink & punched out. A few of the small balloons are popped with dimensionals. The balloon strings were also stamped in Memento Black, bow is stamped in Rose Red, and Island Indigo is the Happy Birthday sentiment.
Many different color schemes can be used for this card especially changing up the DSP. I've seen one with the Brights collection DSP and it looked great.
I hope you have
enjoyed my card!
Thanks for stopping by and check out the next blog in our hop, Jen!
Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Crushed Curry cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Regal collection DSP
Balloon Celebration Bundle
Memento Black ink
Rose Red ink
Island Indigo ink
Adhesives - Snail & Stampin' Dimensionals
Welcome
to our March ICS blog hop! I hope you have
enjoyed the blog hop thus far! The theme for this month is "Welcome Spring." In my neck of the woods in the Midwest we seem to have spring, back to winter, back to spring, and on & on. The calendar now says March and that means we are just weeks away from Easter.
I had to use this cute lamb & sentiment for my card. The lamb was stamped in Memento Black ink on Shimmery White cardstock, and it was colored with an AquaPainter using Blushing Bride, Smoky Slate, and Cucumber Crush. The Circles Framelits were used to to cut it out with the 5th one (starting from the smallest) and the Cucumber Crush in the 6th. The Hardwood stamp was inked in Tip Top Taupe and stamped on Thick Whisper White cardstock. A small bow was added under the sentiment and the layers were popped via Stampin' Dimensionals.
This cute Easter basket design was created by Connie Stewart and the video tutorial is here.
All the details are in this tutorial. The modifications I made were to
use the Large Dot embossing folder and the tag using Pool Party as the
base. The little chick from the Honeycomb Happiness stamp set was
stamped in Memento Black in order to use the AquaPainter with Pumpkin
Pie & Daffodil Delight. It was then cut out using the Ovals
Framelits. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped in Rich
Razzleberry (& popped via Stampin' Dimenstionals) to match the
ribbon. It was punched with the Word Window punch. The Pool Party oval for
the tag is a leftover piece when making the handles.
This is the other Easter basket. The modifications I made were to use the Large Dot embossing folder and the tag using Calypso Coral as the base.
The cross from the Blessed by God stamp set was stamped in Early Espresso and fuzzy cut. The cross was popped with Stampin' Dimensionals A scrap of Whisper White was stamped on in Crushed Curry with the sun from the Kinda Eclectic stamp set. It was then cut out using the Ovals Framelits. The
sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped in Rich Razzleberry (& popped via two layers of Stampin' Dimenstionals)
to match the ribbon. It was punched with the Word Window punch. The Calypso Coral oval for the tag is a leftover piece when making the handles.
I wanted to add some grass to the basket so I used my trimmer with a 6" x 6" piece of Cucumber Crush Cotton Paper cut into strips & crumbled.
Thanks for
stopping by my post in the ICS blog hop! The next stop in your hop is Joni!
Card Supply List from Stampin' Up!:
Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder
Ovals Framelits
Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Cutting Pads, Multipurpose Platform
Cherry on Top Cotton Paper
Tear & Tape
Stampin' Dimensionals
Snail
Shimmery White cardstock
Teeny Tiny Wishes
Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Cotton Ribbon
Hole Punch
Word Window Punch
Chick Card
Pool Party cardstock
Honeycomb Happiness stamp set
Memento Black
AquaPainter with Daffodil Delight & Pumpkin Pie inks
Cross Card
Calypso Coral cardstock
Bless by God stamp set
Early Espresso ink
Whisper White cardstock
Crushed Curry ink
Kinda Eclectic stamp set
Project Supply List from Stampin' Up!:
Easter Lamb stamp set
Smoky Slate, Blushing Bride, Cucumber Crush, Memento Black inks
AquaPainter
Circles Framelits
Shimmery White cardstock
Thick Whisper White cardstock
Hardwood stamp
Tip Top Taupe ink
Linen Thread
Stampin' Dimensionals
Snail
Glue Dots
A customer recently asked for my WOW card class to do a card that combines triple time stamping & embossing! This is what I came up with!
The Mossy Meadow pieces are:
4 1/4" x 11" scored at 5 1/2"
3 1/4" x 4 1/2"
2 1/4" x 3 1/2"
The Whisper White pieces are:
4" x 5 1/4" (two of these as you need one on the inside)
3" x 4 1/4"
2" 3 1/4"
The Grateful Bunch stamp set has quickly become one of my favorites in the Occasions catalog. I used a little snail adhesive to stack the 3 Whisper White layers together to stamp & emboss. I generally put a bit of snail adhesive down and stick my finger on it a few times to make it less tacky. I carefully start stamping and make sure the pieces don't shift. This card used 4 out of our 5 In Colors (Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist, & Blackberry Bliss) with the Grateful Bunch stamp set. I used the In Colors since they will be retiring in June. After I was done stamping I made sure it was dry and carefully put it in the Brick Wall embossing folder. In order to make the imprint rather than a raised surface for the embossing folder the front of the card was against the side of the folder that has the Stampin' Up! & Sizzix logos. After you are done stamping & embossing you are ready to use snail adhesive to layer the Whisper White & Mossy Meadow pieces. Stampin' Dimensionals were then used to pop each set of layers. I has to finish the inside with a sentiment.
Supplies used for this card:
