Holiday Bundles Remarkable Blog Hop

By now, you might know that the Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog is live and that you can purchase the heck out of it.  To get you started and give you lots of ideas, the Remarkables are featuring bundles from the holiday catalog for this month's blog hop.

I'm going to wow you (I hope) with a Christmas card created with the Flurry of Wishes bundle.  The bundle features a beautiful photopolymer snowflake stamp set with a matching punch that punches out the two smallest snowflakes.

So, without any further ado, check out my beautiful creation!

Isn't it lovely? 

 The colors are Pool Party and Real Red with silver embossing for the snowflakes.  I made the background strip on our Shimmery White card stock.  I used my Stamp and Write markers in Pool Party and Island Indigo to color on the Softly Falling textured impressions embossing folder (also new in the Holiday catalog) then I spritzed it with water and pressed my piece of paper with just my hands inside.  I dried it with my heat tool.  Then I stamped the medium snowflakes in Versamark ink and used the silver embossing powder and heat tool to make the magic.  Here's a closer look:

I can't help being excited, it's so pretty!

I also stamped and embossed the smaller snowflakes on vellum paper and then punched them out.  I used pretty much every kind of silver ribbon we have to accent the greeting.  Which you can see a bit closer here:

I know you are wondering, where did she get that super cute red stripe washi tape?  It's from the Hello December 2015 Project Life Accessory Pack, also in the holiday catalog.

And finally, here's a look at the inside:

I stamped off to have a softer feel for the background snowflakes.

I hope you enjoyed my project!  For more inspiration, see below.

Stay Crafty!

Click here to see Maria's blog next!

Here's the whole line up:

Nancy Amato -  http://stampinallnight.blogspot.com/2015/09/remarkable-stampers-blog-tour-holiday.html

Melissa Bolinger - -http://creativeblessingsbymissy.blogspot.com/2015/09/remarkable-blog-tour-holiday-bundles.html

Tamra Davis - http://www.theCardLadies.com/remarkable-blog-hop-flurry-of-bundle-fun/

Arden Dougan - http://stampinarden.blogspot.com/2015/09/remarkable-blog-tour-september.html

Tracie Langley - http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/traciesallaboutstamping/blog?directBlogUrl=/blog/86481/entry/bundling_up_for_the_remarkable

Anne Matasci - http://wp.me/pCcBw-1Xb

Heather Mathieson - https://inkyladybug.wordpress.com/?p=192

Ann Monhollen - http://annscreativenook.blogspot.com/2015/09/peaceful-pines-for-christmas.html 

Audra Monk - http://thecraftyyogi.blogspot.com/2015/09/holiday-bundles-remarkable-blog-hop.html

Maria Pane - http://stampinandscrappinwithriri.blogspot.com/2015/09/home-for-holidays-remarkable-stampers.html

Michele Reynolds -  http://inspirationink.typepad.com/inspiration-ink/2015/09/holiday-bundle-blog-tour.html

Pam Staples - http://wp.me/p3p2VA-166

Janet Wakeland - http://wp.me/pHIQD-7nS

It's Beginning to Look a Little Like Christmas!

It's beginning to look a little like Christmas...if you're a crafter that is!

Stampin' Up's Holiday catalog goes live for customers on September 1.  As a demonstrator, I was able to order at the beginning of August.  And unfortunately for my check book, order I did!  This catalog is amazing!  There are so many wonderful products.  I felt inspired.

I am really making all my Christmas cards this year!  There it is, I've said it.  I've never done this before.  I maybe even attempted to make them all last year?  I made a few, but not all.  I love Christmas and I love getting Christmas cards in the mail (even if they're not handmade).  So, to make about 100 cards, I need to get started now.  I mean, a little bit at a time seems to be a good idea.  As I'll still be making other cards over the next few months too.

And just a note, all the products used are from Stampin' Up!  Why?  They are really the best, everything coordinates, and I just like them.  If you want to shop online, you can: audramonk.stampinup.net. If you want a catalog, let me know.

Here are my first designs:

This Jolly card has some back story.  I had not made a card with this technique before.  I watched a quick tutorial by Brian King, but really the key is 3/4" strips and making a "T" and alternating the direction of the strips.  He has a video, but I'm thinking I might give a go at making one myself.  If I do, I'll come back and add it here.

This is what the strips look like coming together.  I really had fun with this part.

****Video is now here!****

I hope you enjoyed it and that you now can make lots of cards (for all seasons even) using this technique.

And this is what it looks like when you take all your card "parts"  out of town with you.  You chill at the Starbucks for awhile and put them together.

Well, thanks for checking in.  If you need more info on anything, let me know.

Stay Crafty!

Remarkable Blog Hop, Any Choice Bundle

This month for the Remarkables Blog Hop, we are sharing items made with any bundle in the annual catalog from Stampin' Up.  The catalog has lots of bundles and the awesome thing about a bundle, besides that the items go together is that they are discounted 15% and really, who doesn't like a discount?

I have a bunch of the bundles, and they're all pretty awesome.  How to pick one to feature here?  I went with the "cards I need to send" inspiration.  Last month we had a family reunion at my brother's house in Utah.  We're in Maryland, so it was quite a trip.  We had 24 of 25 family members there (Although a few of his college age kids were only there for part of the time).  We all stayed at his house which fortunately had enough room for us all.  My husband and I stayed in the "princess suite" also known as my niece Amy's room.  So, I have been planning for a few weeks to make her and my niece Rachel (my daughter and Amy slept in her room) some thank you cards.

With this blog hop coming up, inspiration struck in the form of the Watercolor Wings bundle and the color purple (Amy's room was purple).  Now, I'm gonna throw it out there, that I think the catalog is a bit heavy on butterflies this year.  And, I like butterflies ok, but not that much!  BUT, when I saw this set, it went on my first order!  Crazy, I know.

So, the cool thing is I made the three butterflies the same.  Soft Sky, Sahara Sand, and Wisteria Wonder, all spritzed with water and stamped on our watercolor paper (you might need to dry them a bit between colors).  Then I just started playing around!  It's pretty cool how different the cards came out.  It's all about the embellishments!  I also used a few stamps from the Tin of Cards set, but if you've been reading my blog, you already know that I love that stamp set.

I ended up with three cards, the last one is going to my other niece who will be starting 3rd grade this week, and she LOVES butterflies! Let me know which one is your favorite.

Amy's Card

Rachel's Card

Brooke's Card

We hope that we have inspired you to check out all the great bundle deals in the catalog.
Stay Crafty!

Click here to see what Maria has to share!

                                           You can check out the whole lineup here:

Nancy Amato - http://stampinallnight.blogspot.com/2015/08/remarkable-stampers-blog-tour-bundle-up.html

Melissa Bolinger - http://creativeblessingsbymissy.blogspot.com/2015/08/remarkable-blog-tour-watercolor-wings.html

Tamra Davis -  http://www.thecardladies.com/remarkable-blog-hop-ready-for-fall/

Anne Matasci - http://wp.me/pCcBw-1Vk

Heather Mathieson - https://inkyladybug.wordpress.com/?p=187

Audra Monk - http://thecraftyyogi.blogspot.com/2015/08/remarkable-blog-hop-any-choice-bundle.html  YOU'RE HERE!

Maria Pane -http://stampinandscrappinwithriri.blogspot.com/2015/08/remarkable-blog-tour-su-bundles.html

Michele Reynolds - http://inspirationink.typepad.com/inspiration-ink/2015/08/bundle-blog-tour.html

Pam Staples - http://wp.me/p3p2VA-14W

Janet Wakeland - http://wp.me/pHIQD-7m8

Better Get Better

I have a few extended family and friends dealing with some medical issues.  I'm pretty sure they'll be feeling better soon, to cheer them up,  I thought I would send them a card to encourage them and let them know I'm thinking of them.

I used the As You See It Challenges sketch to come up with this sweet little card.

I am a big fan of Smoky Slate with So Saffron.  I think the colors are divine together.  This card has lots of fun elements to highlight the sentiment set at center stage.

Here's the sketch:

You can find more info on their site.

http://www.asyouseeitchallenge.com

Stay Crafty!

Stampin' Up! In Color Bundle, Remarkable Blog Hop

This month on the Remarkable's Blog Hop, we are featuring the new 2015-2017 Stampin' Up! in-color bundle.  This is a great way to get the new inks pads and papers at a discount.

I decided to make some cards and I used the in-colors, plus momento black ink and Whisper White and Very Vanilla card stock.  I also used a little Designer Series Paper.

  

I love this card!  The contrast between the organic (the flowers and leaves from the Awesomely Artistic stamp set) and the graphic design of the wash tape make me happy.  This card features the colors Crisp Cucumber (stamped off once) and Mint Macaron. The card base is Tip Top Taupe. The greeting is from the Tin of Cards stamp set.

I used another Tin of Cards greeting in this card, featuring a stamp from the From Land to Sea set.

This card uses the in- colors designer series paper stack too.  The hot sun behind the lighthouse is done with a circle template in Delightful Dijon.  I also did another version of this card...

My next card goes back to the Awesomely Artistic flowers and paper layers style.  Featuring the colors Watermelon Wonder and Delightful Dijon.

And my last card gives the full impact of Watermelon Wonder!

This is a super sweet, super quick card!  I stamped the Definitely Dahlia in Watermelon Wonder on the same color of card stock, wonderful!  Tin of Cards again for the greeting!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope that I have encouraged you to have fun with the new in- colors.

Stay Crafty!

For more inspiration, check out Maria's blog here!

To check out the whole hop, you can also click on the links below.

Nancy Amato - 

http://stampinallnight.blogspot.com/2015/07/remarkable-stampers-blog-tour-in-color.html

Melissa Bolinger - http://creativeblessingsbymissy.blogspot.com/2015/07/remarkable-blog-tour-in-color-bundle.html

Tamra Davis - http://wp.me/p2QFfC-sL

Anne Matasci - http://wp.me/pCcBw-1T2

Heather Mathieson - https://inkyladybug.wordpress.com/?p=178

Audra Monk - 

http://thecraftyyogi.blogspot.com/2015/07/stampin-up-in-color-bundle-remarkable.html

Maria Pane - http://stampinandscrappinwithriri.blogspot.com/2015/07/new-su-in-colors-remarkable-stampers.html

Michele Reynolds - http://inspirationink.typepad.com/inspiration-ink/2015/07/in-color-bundle-blog-tour.html

Pam Staples - http://wp.me/p3p2VA-13Z

Janet Wakeland - http://wp.me/pHIQD-7ks

One Big Stamp, Many Ideas

I have a fun quick post for you today. I'm on vacation with my husband's family and as I'm not as prepared as I would have liked to be, I thought I'd give it a go doing a blogpost on the spot on vacation, using the app on my phone.

Right before I left on vacation, I spent the day at my up, up, upline's house playing with lots of the new items from the Stampin' Up! Catalog. Right before I left to head home and get going on my laundry and packing, I got out the big background dalia stamp. I stamped it in different ways and different colors on pieces of very vanilla card stock. When I got home, in between the laundry and packing, I whipped up this fun set of dalia cards! It went so quick and easy and was so fun!

So cute, right! Here they are all one by one. This stamp went on my order list!  Please let me know which one you like best. If you need names of the stamp sets, colors, or papers, let me know that too and I can get you the info when I'm back home.

Thanks so much for visiting!  May your days be filled with family, friends, vacations, and every day events! 

Stay Crafty!

Here we are all dressed up for dinner on vacation!

Cool Color and a Card Change Up

I have two cards to share today, similar, yet different.  Both feature the new Everyday Chic Designer Series Paper by Stampin' Up!  The Stampin' Up! catalog shows how you can brayer ink on the paper to make it any color you like.  Then I saw a post from Patty Bennett using that technique on a paper pumpkin set.  So I thought I'd give it a go.

I love it!  Especially the new Tip Top Taupe color.  I think it's divine!  This first card is super similar to Patty's card.  I just pepped it up a bit with the Tin of Cards stamp set.  Love it!  I'll be using it a lot.

Isn't it lovely?

Next we move on to my husband's Father's Day card.  It's a bit of a CASE of a Father's Day card I posted just a bit ago.

I put that Banner Triple Punch to use again!  And here is my disclaimer, I know the banners are not on straight!!  But I decided it was OK.  I am happy with how it all came together, BUT what I really like is the inside.  Check it out!

I liked all three of these sayings, so I decided to use them all.  This Guy Greetings stamp set is just so cute.

Well, I hope that I may have inspired you a bit.

Stay Crafty!