Pop of Petals meets Jar of Love

I was working in my garden this morning  enjoying the lushness of the foliage and the brilliance of the blooms. I enjoy my flowers, and I enjoy making paper flowers.  This card is the result.

On a piece of Whisper White card stock I stamped 3 flowers and 3 leaves from the Pop of Petals stamp set.

The flowers were punched  with the coordinating 4 Petal punch, and  the leaves were fussy cut.

Each flower was colored as follows:  Daffodil Delight in the center, Melon Mambo in the middle of the petals, and Calypso Coral on the edges and the reverse side. The leaves, which  were stamped in Mossy Meadow had their edges sponged with the same color of ink after they were fussy cut.

Each flower was spritzed lightly with water and after drying, the petals were shaped with a stylus.  Some 3D liquid adhesive was applied and while wet some Dazzling Diamonds was sprinkled on them.

The jar was stamped from the Jar of Love stamp set, with the water being stamped with Balmy Blue. Two floral sprigs were stamped on either side of the jar, and the three flowers added on the top of the jar, with the three leaves added as shown.

A bow of 1/8" white organza ribbon tied into a bow was adhered to the jar top.

The art piece was matted with Calypso coral, and this unit was added to the Melon Mambo card base matted with Whisper White.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Pop of Petal, Jar of Love

Inks:  Black Memento, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral

Papers:  Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral, Whisper White

Accessories:  4 Petal Punch, 3D Liquid adhesive, Dazzling Diamonds, 1/8" white organza ribbon

Catalogue Launch Open House - more posters

Yesterday I posted a picture of the poster I made for Open House. As I mentioned, the rest of the team also made posters.

People who came to the Open House really enjoyed these posters as it provided them with the opportunity to see the versatility of each stamp set.

Here's one done by Gail.  She chose the Jar of Love set with its coordinating framelits.

And one done by Marci, who used "Sitting Pretty"

Didn't they do a great job?

Oh So Eclectic Thank You

Finally I got a chance to play with one of my new stamps - Oh So Eclectic, using one on the glossy backgrounds I made earlier in the week.

You can just see the background along the sides and behind the die cut.

Here's a larger picture, made using the following reinkers and a water spritzer on glossy cardstock- Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party, and Perfect Plum. Some clear Wink of Stella was also added.

The larger flowers were stamped with Perfect Plum, with the outline stamp in Elegant Eggplant.  Some shading was added using the blender pen and Elegant Eggplant.  Although the centers were stamped and die cut separately, I coloured the centers of these flowers with Daffodil Delight anyway.

The smaller flowers were stamped with Black Memento and coloured with Pool Party and a blender pen. The stems were colored with Lemon lime Twist and Old Olive.

Clear Wink of Stella was added to all the flowers.

Three sets of leaves were first stamped with Lemon Lime twist and stamped over with Old Olive.

After die cutting all the elements using the Eclectic layers Thinlet Dies they were added to the card front with dimensionals.  Before doing this, I added some 3/8" Powder Pink shimmer ribbon along the left side.  A bow made from the ribbon was added to the lower left.

The sentiment, from the "Jar of Love" was white embossed on a piece of  Always Artichoke.

To finish off the card, I added 3 different sizes of glimmer enamel dots.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Oh So Eclectic, Jar of Love
Inks:  Versa Mark, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Lemon Lime Twist, Old Olive
Papers:  Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, glossy background paper
Accessories:  Eclectic Layers Thinlet Dies, 3/8" shimmer Powder Pink ribbon, Wink of Stella, White embossing powder, Dimensionals, Glimmer Enamel Dots

Climbing Orchid - Hand Stamped Sentiments #267

I made this orchid card for the color challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments
This is a stamp set I have wanted to play with ever since the new catalogue came out, but life happened.
When I saw the color challenge:  Lemon Lime twist, Rich Razzelberry, and Dapper Denim I knew I had my chance.  One of my down line told me today that her orchid is blooming today and in exactly these colors.

 

The orchids were first stamped with Rich Razzelberry and lightly colored in  the center and edges with a Lemon Lime Twist marker.  The center part of the flower was stamped with Lemon Lime Twist with the stamens stamped in Rich Razzelberry.  These  flower parts were die cut using the Orchid Builder Framelits. I also stamped and die cut two buds.

The center was added to each flower with a dimensional and Wink of Stella applied

To make a stem for the orchids, I die cut a branch from Layering Seasons Framelits in Dapper Denim and inserted it in a jar stamped with "Jar of Love framelits" and die cut with the "Everyday Jar Framelits".  Using a blender pen I colored with jar edges while the ink was still wet.  I also stamped in some water for the jar bottom , added some dot stamps from Timeless Texture and applied some Wink of Stella.

Before adding the branch in the jar, I stamped two floral images (not the stems) from the Jar of Love stamp set in Lemon Lime Twist. Then I added the flowers to the branch with dimensionals.

The buds were adhered to the top of the branch of the stem.

Finally, I stamped, die cut, and adhered a Dapper Denim bow at the neck of the jar.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Climbing Orchid, Jar of Love, Timeless Texture

Inks:  Lemon Lime Twist, Dapper Denim, Rich Razzelberry

Papers:  Dapper Denim, Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White

Accessories:  Orchid Builder Framelits, Everyday Jar Framelits, Layering Seasonal Framelits, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella (clear)

Bugs & Beetles Get Well Card

I am not particularly fond of bugs, beetles, or anything that flies and buzzes around - with the exception of butterflies.  I was not a child who collected bugs in a jar, instead aggressively removing them from my house whenever I saw them. And some bugs, like the Ash bore beetle needs to be totally exterminated, having done some incredible damage to our Ash trees!

So why would I get a bug stamp set?

Not collecting them does not mean I am not fascinated by them.  In their own environment they are a wonderful. Talk about colour schemes, shapes, etc!! These are not only a means of identification, but also,more important to us, these colours and shapes or more, can be a source in inspiration. In addition I do craft shows and I have customers who would love this subject on cards.

I found the idea for this get well card  on Pinterest .

Confining the bug in a jar appeals to me tremendously, so the Everyday Jars Framelits were a god send. After putting the bug in the jar I immediately put a lid on it. Then it was coloured with markers. The die cut jar was adhered to a stitched Crumb Cake circle with dimensionals and matted with a Soft Suede scalloped circle. This art piece was adhered to the card front.

The sentiment (non SU) was stamped on Whisper White.  It was perfectly paired with the topic for this card.  A couple of flying bugs were stamped below the sentiment. After die cutting and matting the sentiment it was adhered to the card front.

The Soft Suede card base is layered with the striped pattern of the Soft Suede DSP, with a 1" strip of the dot pattern along the left side. A 1/8" stitched Bermuda Bay ribbon was placed over the seam.  This brought a pop of colour to the otherwise monochromatic card.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Jar of Love, Sentiment (Class Act Stamps) non SU, Bugs & Beetles
Inks: Black Memento, Basic Gray, SU markers (Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Pool Party)
Papers: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Soft Suede DSP
Accessories: Shape Stitched framelits, Layering Oval framelits, Everyday Jars Framelits, 1/8" stitched Bermuda Bay ribbon, dimensionals, Layering circle framelits.

Hey, Chick Meets Jar of Love

I just love these chickens from the SAB stamp "Hey Chick".  They have so much character!!
Today I paired two of these chicks with the Jar of Love stamp set.

The images of the chickens were stamped on a piece of Whisper White card stock and coloured with water colour markers and a blender pen.  They were cut out to be adhered to the card at a later time.

The jar was a die cut that was left over from a previous project.  The bees and flowers were stamped inside the jar and a few on the outside. A lid was placed over the jar, and a ribbon stamped, cut out, and adhered around the neck of the jar. To give the jar more of a glass look, it was embossed with clear embossing powder.

The jar was adhered to the lower right side of the art piece.  Some flowers and stems of yellow vegetation were stamped around the base.

Before adhering the chickens, the Timeless Texture stamp was used to stamp some background and the edges sponged with Basic Gray ink.  The sentiment was stamped in the middle of the art piece.

The chickens were added using dimensionals.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Hey, Chick,(SAB) Jar of Love, Timeless Texture
Inks: Black Memento, Watercolor pencils, Markers (Crushed Curry, Basic Black, Soft Sky, Wisteria Wonder), Basic Gray, Rose Red, Versa Mark
Papers: Delightful Dijon, Delightful Dijon DSP, Whisper White, Basic Gray, clear embossing powder.
Accessories: Everyday Jar framelits, dimensionals

Pop and Twist Birthday Card Using Jar of Love

I'm not quite finished with Christmas yet.  A customer of mine wants me to teach her the Pop & Twist Technique so I thought I would brush up on the technique.  So, I made a birthday card using the Jar of Love stamp set.

I used the video tutorial here although there is a super easy version here

I'm going to use the original version

Stamps: Timeless Texture, Jar of Love, Remembering Your Birthday, Amazing Birthday
Inks: Basic Gray, Sweet Sugarplum, Pear Pizzazz, Black Memento
Papers: Peach Parfait, Whisper White, Sweet Sugarplum, Fruit Stand Designer Paper
Accessories: Everyday Jars Framelits, Layering Circles framelits, Velcro (non SU), dazzling diamonds

 Here the card is opened to show the various decorated panels, again using the Jar of Love stamp set. Close ups of the panels are below.

Jar of Love Meets Bunch of Blossoms

I finally broke down and bought a new Laptop computer, which has Windows 10 on it. You know what's coming don't you.
 Last night I was setting it up and wherever I went there were passwords, including the most important one - the one to let me access my computer.  I thought I had entered it correctly and had written it down, but when I went to access my computer this morning the password wouldn't work.  Ugh!!!  To reset it, a special flashdrive is needed!  Awww!!! This is a steep learning curve!  So, I went back to my old computer to do this post.

The card I made last night is one inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.
It combines 3 stamp sets - Jar of Love, Bunch of blossoms and Time of Texture.

Focal Image:
The 3 floral petals were triple stamped using Sweet Sugarplum Ink, the first stamping I stamped off once before stamping; the second and third layers full strength.  The three small leaves were stamped first with Pear Pizzazz and then with Old Olive ink,  They were punched out using the coordinating punch set and set aside.
The jar was then stamped and die cut. Water (Pool Party) was stamped to the bottom of the jar.

Background: 
The Timeless Texture stamp set was used here.  I started out by using one of the stamps inked with Basic Gray ink  and moved it  slowly around the perimeter of the Whisper White  piece.  Then,  3 layers of the "dot" stamp were stamped along the left lower side.
To finish the background, the floral image was stamped in the upper left and lower right corners in Sweet Sugarplum ink

Creating the Card:
The die cut jar was now adhered to the card front with a temporary adhesive.  The image of the delicate flowers were stamped twice with the stems extending well into the jar.  An extra stem was stamped into the jar and extending over the top.
The jar was removed, the ribbon and bow attached to the jar neck, and the flower petals were  built up at the top of the 3rd stem.  One was adhered directly to the card front: the econd and third with dimensionals.
The jar was now added to the front with dimensionals, matching all stems.  The leaves for the flower were now added, as well as the bow.

The stamped sentiment was die cut using the Layering Circles Franmelit and matted with a Sweet Sugarplum circle.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Jar of Love, Timeless Texture,   Bunch of Blossoms
Inks: Black Memento, Pool Party, Sweet Sugarplum, Old Olive Basic Gray, Pear Pizzazz
Papers:  Sweet Sugarplum, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories: Blossom Builder Punch, Layering Circles Framelits, Everyday Jar Framelits, Dimensionals                        

Jar of Love Christmas Card - Pal Paper Arts # 310

I'm rather tired today because I spent the night in the sleep lab.  You're supposed to sleep there, but I don't think I slept well and was awake for good at 4 a.m.  So the technician unwired me and I was home by 6 a.m.

Now I wanted to stay up to watch a video on the SU website related to the unveiling of the new Christmas catalogue, but I didn't realize that 8 am. Mountain Time was 10 a.m. Toronto time, so I gave up and went to bed.  I watched the video when I got up.

Feeling a little more awake, I came down to the craft room and made another Christmas card, this time for the sketch challenge with Pal PaperArts 
I've been itching to use the Jar of Love stamp set and coordinating framelits, so I used this as my opportunity to do so.

I played around with the sketch a little bit as the focal image is not the round circle but in the shape of a jar instead.

The jar is from the stamp set "Jar of Love", which I just love.  It was stamped with Black Memento and die cut using the coordinating "Everyday Jars Framelits".

Since this is a Christmas card, I wanted to put some Ivy in the jar.  So, I went to the stamp set "Embellished Ornaments" and stamped 2 Ivy images.  I coloured them with a blender pen and ink pads and then cut them out by hand - a bit fussy!!  I put them aside as I prepared the jar.  First I die cut a band that went around the jar from the Christmas DSP, stamped water (Pool Party) in the bottom of the jar, and 2 stems (Old Olive). 

The base card is Cherry Cobbler, layered with a piece of Whisper White embossed with the Boughs & Berrys embossing folder.

Before adhering the Ivy and jar some dots were stamped randomly in the center of the embossed piece with stamped off Cherry Cobbler.

The jar was adhered to the front of the card using dimensionals.  The stems of both Ivy sprigs were lined up with the stems in the jar and adhered directly to the card front.  Then a bow made with 1/8" gold taffeta ribbon was attached to the jar with a glue dot.  Some Cherry Cobbler dazzling details were applied to the Holly.

The sentiment is from the stamp set "Holly Jolly Greetings", and die cut using the Layering circle framelits, and matted with Cherry Cobbler.  It was adhered to the lower left jar with dimensionals.  Three gold metallic enamel stars were placed on the sentiment.

Below the sentiment I placed a retired wooden snowflake.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:   Love Jar, Embellished Ornaments, Holly Jolly Greetings

Inks:Black Memento, Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Always Artichoke.

Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, This Christmas Specialty DSP

Accessories: Everyday Jar Framelits, Layering Circles Framelits, Boughs & Berry embossing folder, Cherry Cobbler dazzling details, 1/8" gold taffeta ribbon, dimensionals, glue dots, Gold metallic enamel shapes, wooden snowflakes (retired)