March Stamp Club

My monthly Stamp club met this Friday.  I decided to use a stamp set I had almost overlooked this year from the main catalog.  I chose Paisley Petals and used the coordinating DSP.  I had so much fun creating the club card and the samples for this post!  I think I will be designing a purse to go with this set and creating a private card party based on the set and DSP I love it so much!  Stay tuned for more pictures of that!

This card was simple to create, but did require some patience while coloring.  I loved the color palette on this card, I snagged a few surprise colors which look wonderful with the set!  I used Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, Cajun Craze, Peach Parfait,and Old Olive.  I also had to use a small piece of the Calypso Coral SAB ribbon since it is just so shimmery and fun to use and gives the card a bit of sparkle!  We also embossed the black outline of the stamp to make coloring easy.  No ink smears here!

 

The greeting on this card is one of our wonderful Hostess only sets! To get this little beauty for free, contact me to host a workshop or Private Card Class in your home!

My second card for club was a Clean and Simple Card.  Minimal stamping involved but simple and so pretty!  We used the Attic Boutique DSP which is truly beautiful and I gave it a chance to really shine here!  I do love my new lace ribbon border punch and InColor printed brads.  My stamp set is the Rue de Fleurs card.

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Double Trouble Color and layout challenge

This card used the Mojo Monday Layout #166, with the Diva Coffee Break Challenge #204. I have been on a challenge kick this weekend!  What can I say!  So fun!

 

I used my Birthday Bakery Stampin Up! Hostess Set because I could not stop thinking about sweets when I saw the color combination.  Nothing like a little coloring therapy with cute little cakes to brighten up my day.  I love my blender pens for getting a lighter than full strength marker look.  It makes subtle variations much easier. 

Technique Tuesday- Thumping

Each month I teach a techniques class where we go over 2 different stamping or crafting techniques. Participants gradually build up a binder full of things to try with a sample sheet and 2.5x3.5 sample as reference.

This month we did shimmery resist and thumping. I think thumping was my favorite! Similar to coloring with markers, thumping takes an inked stamp and thumps or taps markers in it to change the color. It is simple things that packs a lot if punch! With shimmery resist I got to play with a little known pot of shimmer paint to create a subtle yet lovely background to the card.

I made my thumping sample card using the hostess level 2 stamp set from the new Holiday mini. I love this stamp set!! I will also be using this set in my upcoming holiday stamp a stack. (Saturday the 9th 1-3)

Artistic Etchings Sneak Peek

I am so crazy about my new stamp sets from the new catalog.  I have more fun ones to post, but this card is CASEd from Diana Gibbs from Stampin Connection, a wonderful facebook style website just for Demos.

It was  fun new make your own designer series technique.  I colored my stamp from Because I care using the tip of my Marina Mist Ink Pad, and my trusty Old Olive Marker, and then stamped on my Confetti paper.  You need to reink each time.  Then I stamped again with the stamps from Artistic etchings vcreateing my very own DS paper.  I used early Espresso for the second stamp set.  Then I hit the background with smooch spritz and the colors blurred slightly which was a wonderful effect!  I wrapped some new taffeta ribbon, and added a few more layers and I was all set!  It made a great door prize at my monthly stamp club!

Because I Care is only available as a Hostess Set, so contact me to set up a workshop starting in July and earn this (FREE) wonderful set for yourself!