Three Flowers Squared — PP 137

Posted on March 17, 2013 by amyoneillblog

It’s Sunday, and that means it’s time for another fun challenge at the Paper Players. And this week, Ann has a great CAS sketch challenge for us:

Since this week is the last week of Sale-A-Bration, I wanted to use one of the Sale-a-Bration sets. I chose Bloomin’ Marvelous because I haven’t used it enough and I thought the flowers would fit nicely in the little squares on the sketch.

I chose this happy color scheme of Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, Gumball Green, and Crumb Cake for the card. I love these colors together.

Come on over to the Paper Players and join us in this week’s challenge. We’d love to see how you interpret the sketch. Meanwhile, check out what the other designers made:

Enjoy your Sunday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Bloomin’ Marvelous, Friendly Phrases
Ink: Gumball Green, Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise
Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Neutrals dsp stack
Embellishments: Finishing Touches edgelits, Pool Party 3/8″ Ruffled Ribbon, Linen Thread, Sycamore Street Ribbons & Buttons pack, Pearl Basic Jewels

Birthday Cupcake

Posted on March 5, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Here’s a birthday card I made for my fantastic upline last week. Hope you had a wonderful birthday, Amy!

Because I am really drawn to a clean style with straight lines, wrinkling up dsp and giving it a “messy” look is quite unnatural for me — it just doesn’t feel right. However, I like the look and decided I needed to use it a little more. However, you can see that I didn’t quite let go — it doesn’t look very distressed in the photo, does it? 🙂 I guess old styles die hard.

Have a great Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Patterned Occasions
Ink: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Tangerine Tango, Rich Razzleberry, Summer Starfruit
Paper: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Sycamore Street dsp
Embellishments: Sycamore Street ribbon & buttons pack, Summer Starfruit 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, 2-3/8″ Scalloped Circle punch, Essentials Paper-Piercing pack, 1-3/4″ Circle punch, Chevron embossing folder

A Felt Flower

Posted on February 23, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Here’s a super simple layout for you today. I love using felt with my dies, especially to make flowers. I used some white felt to make the petals with the Flower Folds Bigz XL die.

I’ve also been loving Basic Gray the last few months. I think it looks great paired with Calypso Coral, what do you think?

Enjoy your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Madison Avenue, Friendly Phrases
Ink: Calypso Coral, Basic Gray
Paper: Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, In Color dsp stack
Embellishments: Flower Folds Bigz XL die, Delicate Doilies Sizzlits die, 1-3/8″ Circle punch, 1-1/4″ Circle punch, Blossom Petals Builder punch, 3/8″ Designer Printed Brads, sewing machine, felt

A Red Phone Booth

Posted on February 7, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I am really loving this Feeling Sentimental stamp set! And the fact that it’s free during Sale-a-Bration makes me love it even more!

I tried a new technique (new to me, anyways) that I saw our stamping leader, Shelli Gardner, demonstrate at convention last summer. She took paper from a book and used a paintbrush to apply Gesso to the pages and then stamped over that once it dried. I loved the look of that, and now several months later, I thought I would try something similar. I used our First Edition Specialty dsp. I like how it toned down the black newsprint a bit so it doesn’t compete as much with the stamped image. If you try this technique, here’s a tip — not only do you have to let the Gesso dry for a while, but you’ll also need to let your stamped ink dry for a while too (if you’ll look closely, you can see that I didn’t do this on my attempt here and I smudged the red ink and got it on the banners too. Oops!).

Well, enjoy your Thursday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Feeling Sentimental, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy
Paper: Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy, Crumb Cake, First Edition Specialty dsp
Embellishments: Designer Builder Brads, Apothecary Accents framelits, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Natural 7/16″ Trim Ribbon, Borders Scoring Plate, Pearl Basic Jewels, Marina Mist 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Gesso

Perfect You — FabFri11

Posted on February 1, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Yea! It’s time for another Fab Friday challenge! Mindy has a great sketch for us this time around.

I used one of the Sale-a-Bration stamp sets and designer series papers for this one. I used a sponge dauber to add Rich Razzleberry ink to the Flower Trim (I LOVE that stuff!).

I hope you’ll have time to join us in this challenge (you have two weeks). Enjoy your Friday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Vintage Verses
Ink: Summer Starfruit, Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo, Pool Party
Paper: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Sycamore Street dsp
Embellishments: Flower Trim, Pool Party Baker’s Twine, Pearl Basic Jewels, Finishing Touches edgelits

Happy Birthday, Cupcake!

Posted on January 28, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I made this card for a sweet friend last week (hope you had a fun birthday, Tami!). This stamp is from a Sale-a-Bration set called Patterned Occasions. It’s a very versatile and fun set. And you can get it for FREE with any $50 Stampin’ Up purchase. The papers are from another Sale-a-Bration offering — Sycamore Street dsp, and the Pool Party and Island Indigo ribbons and the button are also another Sale-a-Bration offering — Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button pack.

I hope you have a great Monday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Patterned Occasions
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango, Summer Starfruit, Island Indigo
Paper: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Sycamore Street dsp
Embellishments: Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack, Summer Starfruit 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, White Baker’s Twine, 7/8″ Scallop Circle punch, Perfect Pennants Bigz die, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder

A Vintage Bicycle Celebration — PP130

Posted on January 27, 2013 by amyoneillblog

It’s Sunday, and that means it’s time for another challenge from the Paper Players. LeAnne has a great sketch for us this week.

I love this sketch because you could keep it clean and simple or you could add layers and embellishments and knock yourself out. I kinda went with the first option this time — pretty simple.

I used the Feeling Sentimental stamp set, which is one of the Sale-a-Bration offerings. I really love all of the stamps in this set. I also used some Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz on the houndstooth base. I hadn’t pulled that out in a while, and I’m not sure why. It adds such a pretty shimmer to a project.

I hope you enjoy your Sunday, and that you can find some time to join us at the Paper Players this week. Here are links to the other designers so you can see what they did with the sketch and get some inspiration:

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Feeling Sentimental
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Baja Breeze, First Edition Specialty dsp
Embellishments: Baja Breeze 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon, Linen Thread, Neutrals Designer Buttons, 3/8″ Basics Glimmer Brads, 2-1/2″ Circle punch, Perfect Pennants Bigz die, Houndstooth embossing folder

Latte Love Occasion

Posted on January 26, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Here’s a simple card using one of the Sale-a-Bration stamp sets, Patterned Occasions. I used the sketch over at the Freshly Made Sketches site. I love how clean and simple it is, so I decided to just really stick to the sketch (well, as much as I can anyways :)).

I love the color scheme in the Sale-a-Bration Sycamore Street designer series paper — Island Indigo, Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry, Summer Starfruit, and Tangerine Tango. They are bright and fun colors.

Enjoy your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Patterned Occasions
Ink: Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango
Paper: Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Sycamore Street dsp
Embellishments: 1-3/4″ Circle punch, 2-3/8″ Scalloped Circle punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

It’s Almost Time to Sale-a-Brate!

Posted on January 21, 2013 by amyoneillblog

It starts tomorrow! The biggest event of Stampin’ Up’s year — Sale-a-Bration! For every $50 you spend on Stampin’ Up! products, you can select a free item from the Sale-a-Bration offerings. The stamp set on this card is one of the Sale-a-Bration offerings this year. It is part of the Feeling Sentimental stamp set. You can see another image from this set on another card I made here.

I love Jaydee’s sketch at the Paper Players so much, that I had to make another card with it. Come and play along with us this week.

I used a sponge dauber on the ferris wheel image. I just dabbed my sponge dauber directly on the ink pad and then dabbed the stamp.

Enjoy your Monday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Feeling Sentimental
Ink: More Mustard, Island Indigo, Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake
Paper: Island Indigo, Very Vanilla, Fan Fair dsp
Embellishments: Natural 7/16″ Trim Ribbon, Naturals Designer Buttons, Island Indigo Baker’s Twine, Color Spritzer Tool, Stampin’ Distress Tool

A Bright Secret Garden

Posted on January 19, 2013 by amyoneillblog

It is fun using bright colors in the middle of winter. I’ve used a lot of yellow on this card, and I don’t usually use this color very much, so it seems really bright to me.

I’ve been wanting to watercolor lately, so I thought this would be a fun stamp set with which to play. This is a great stamp set, not only because it has matching framelits, but because you can watercolor with many of the stamps or you can just stamp on colored or patterned paper. Very versatile!

Enjoy your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Secret Garden, Vintage Verses (available Jan. 22)
Ink: Staz-on Black, So Saffron, Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral, Regal Rose
Paper: So Saffron, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Tea for Two dsp
Embellishments: Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Secret Garden Framelits, 3/8″ Designer Printed Brads, Curly Label punch