A Recycled Butterfly

Posted on April 7, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Today at the Paper Players Nance Leedy has a fun theme challenge for us:

I took a piece of the cardboard box from my last Stampin’ Up! order and ran it through my Big Shot with the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die. I then peeled off the top layer of the cardboard to expose the ridges in the middle, and painted it with some white acrylic paint and then sprinkled on some Silver Glass Stampin’ Glitter. I dyed a flower from the 5/8″ Flower Trim with some Pink Pirouette ink and adhered it to the center of the butterfly.

Here’s a test for you to see how observant you are. I made a careless mistake on this card. Can you figure out what I did wrong? I didn’t even notice it until I was photographing the card. You get a star for the day if you guessed that the text on the background dsp is upside down. Ugggh! I hate it when I do things like that, and unfortunately it isn’t a rare occurrence. I’d already spent too much time on this card, and couldn’t face redoing it, so it is what is.

I hope you can join us in the challenge this week at the Paper Players. I’d love to see what you recycle. Want to see what the rest of the design team did? You can check them out here:

Enjoy your Sunday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Fabulous Phrases
Ink: Summer Starfruit, Baja Breeze
Paper: Summer Starfruit, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Subtles dsp stack
Embellishments: Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die, Baja Breeze 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon, Large Scallop edgelit, Color Spritzer Tool, 5/8″ Flower Trim, Silver Stampin’ Glass Glitter, White Acrylic Paint (non-SU), cardboard

Amazing Mother

Posted on April 6, 2013 by amyoneillblog

We’re doing a shoebox swap at a team meeting today, and this is the card I made for it. It’s good to have a Mother’s Day card ready to go. Now, if I can just remember to get it in the mail at the right time. 🙂

I was inspired by this card made by the very talented Mercedes Weber. I made quite a few changes to it, but it was definitely my starting point and inspiration.

Have a great Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Amazing Family
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Basic Black
Paper: Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Very Vanilla, Pool Party, In-Color dsp stack
Embellishments: Apothecary Accents Framelits, Daffodil Delight 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Tea Lace Paper Doilies, 5/8″ Flower Trim, Bitty Butterfly punch, Elegant Butterfly punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Pearl Basic Jewels

Pretty Blossoms in Red and Orange

Posted on April 5, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I really love the flowers and stem of leaves in the Secret Garden stamp set. And the coordinating framelits makes it so easy to layer them all. This was a very simple card to make. I embossed the Woodgrain stamp with clear embossing powder. I love the subtle effect of that, plus it adds some fun texture.

Enjoy your Friday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Woodgrain, Secret Garden, Curly Cute
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Lucky Limeade, Versamark
Paper: Pool Party, Whisper White
Embellishments: Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Secret Garden framelits, Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Dazzling Details

A Color Refresh & Free Shipping Offer

Posted on April 4, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Stampin’ Up! made an exciting announcement this morning that it is making some changes to its color lineup in the next couple of months. In order to stay up to date with color trends, they will be retiring some colors and adding new colors (or old retired favorites). Here’s a chart with the new color lineup:

Beginning on April 4, 2013, all retiring/discontinued color products (i.e. ink, paper, ribbon, accessories, etc.) will be available only while supplies last. So you’d better stock up now on any of the retiring colors which you will miss. The new colors will be available on May 31, when the new catalog goes live.

Additionally, Stampin’ Up! announced this morning that they are offering FREE shipping on ALL orders (April 6-8)! There are no minimums or limits! So start planning your order now.

Have a great Thursday! Thanks for stopping by!

A Sparkly Whale Card — FMS80

Posted on April 3, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Are you ready for a new sketch from Freshly Made Sketches? If so, the very talented Linda Callahan has a good one for you this week:

I decided to pull out the cute little whale stamp set, Oh, Whale! Since the focal object can be any shape, I decided to let it be the whale itself. This was a super easy and quick card to make. I didn’t even use many supplies (at least compared to what I normally use). 🙂

This card is actually a notecard-sized card. Stampin’ Up! sells notecards (5″ x 3-1/2″) and coordinating envelopes, which makes it even easier to make this card.

I hope you can join us in the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

Have a great Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Oh, Whale!
Ink: Pacific Point, Marina Mist, Baja Breeze
Paper: Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper
Embellishments: Happy Whale Clearlits die, Marina Mist 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Rhinestone Jewels

You Make Me Smile

Posted on April 2, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I got a new stamp set on Friday — A Round Array, and wanted to play with it. I love the sentiment on this stamp in particular. A Round Array is a stamp set that coordinates with the 7/8″ Circle Punch, and will be in the new catalog which comes out in June. However, Stampin’ Up! has released this set early, so you can get it now.

I am also loving these colors together — Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Pool Party and Basic Gray. That layered flower with all of them together just makes me smile.

Have a great Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: A Round Array
Ink: Tangerine Tango
Paper: Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Summer Smooches dsp
Embellishments: 1-3/4″ Scallop Circle punch, 7/8″ Scallop Circle punch, 1-3/8″ Circle punch, 1″ Circle punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Pearl Basic Jewels

Washi Tape is in the House

Posted on April 1, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I was recently asked to be a guest blogger at the Pink Paper Bakery. I thought I’d share a new product that Stampin’ Up! just started offering — washi tape! I was so excited when I saw that this would be included with the new This & That product offering. As soon as I received my package on Friday, I was already thinking of how I wanted to use it.

I made a couple of cards with it, that I’ll share with you today. On this first card, I also used the Epic Day dsp and the Epic Day Designer Stickers. I love how everything in this bundle coordinates with each other.

I started by spritzing the Very Vanilla card base with my Basic Gray marker using the Color Spritzer Tool. I then applied a strip of each of the three washi tape rolls diagonally across the card. I then made the paper flower using the Fancy Flower punch. I punched out two flowers using the Epic Day dsp. For the top layer of the flower, I used my paper snips to cut from one petal to the center of the flower (see picture below):

I then put some adhesive on the flower petal next to the cut, and placed the other flower petal on top of it, making it a four petal flower. I punched another flower using the newsprint paper, and scrunched it up and stuck a brad in the middle. I placed one of the stickers from the Epic Day Designer Sticker pack on some Daffodil Delight card stock and cut it out and adhered it to the card base with dimensionals.

For the second card, I made a panel of Very Vanilla card stock and applied Washi tape over the panel. I then made a flower using the Blossom punch and Creped Filter Paper. I spritzed the card base with a Basic Gray marker again, and then adhered my washi tape panel with the flower and banners. I added some rhinestones for added interest.

I can’t wait to play with this washi tape some more! It is so easy to use and it’s so fun.

Enjoy your Monday! Thanks for stopping by!

Right now, you can get the This and That bundle at 15% off. The product number is 133350 and the bundle price is $32.08 (US dollars).

Supplies Used for Card One:
Ink: Basic Gray
Paper: Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight, Epic Day This and That dsp, First Edition Specialty dsp
Embellishments: Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape, Epic Day This and That Designer Stickers, Fancy Flower punch, 3/8″ Designer Printed Brads, Color Spritzer Tool

Supplies Used for Card Two:
Stamps: Sweet Essentials
Ink: Basic Gray, Versamark
Paper: Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Epic Day This and That dsp, Creped Filter Paper
Embellishments: Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape, White Stampin’ Emboss powder, 1/2″ Circle punch, In Color Dahlias, Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Color Spritzer Tool