With all the men in my family I'm so glad we have a set of tools in our Stampin' Up! arsenal!
Friday, December 30, 2016
Nailed It
From the new Occasions catalog which will be available beginning January 4th.
With all the men in my family I'm so glad we have a set of tools in our Stampin' Up! arsenal!
With all the men in my family I'm so glad we have a set of tools in our Stampin' Up! arsenal!
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Vertical Garden Project Kit
From the new Occasions catalog which will be available beginning January 4th
Monday, December 26, 2016
Watercolor Pencils
The watercolor pencils in SU colors will be available on January 4, 2017.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Occasions Catalog Sneak Peek
This stamp set is one of my favs and is perfect for our new watercolor pencils! It's called Mediterranean Moments. There's another stamp set with world landmarks that I realize I need to have. It would have been the perfect background. I used the retired World Map on this one.
The watercolor pencils in SU colors and the stamps set will be available on January 4, 2017.
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Saturday, December 17, 2016
Spring Catalog, Sneak Peek
I've always been fascinated with dragonflies. I think they are so graceful and pretty. I love watching them dance around ponds and flowers. So naturally when I saw this stamp set in the new spring catalog, it was first on my list to purchase! I've enjoyed playing around with watercolor techniques with our reinkers and aqua brush. I think it's the perfect medium to use when trying to capture the ethereal nature of a dragonfly. First, I used some painter's tape to block off a square section on the watercolor paper. Then I spritzed it with a good amount of water: enough so that it pools up a bit on the surface of the paper. Using the Aqua Painter, I dropped color from the inside of my ink pads. This gave a nice subtle color effect, but I wanted a bit more saturation of color, so I dropped ink from the bottle on top of my paper in a few places to give another dimension or depth. I let it dry then stamped the dragonfly in Stazon and added color in the same manor. For the vellum layer, I brushed clear Wink of Stella over top, then dusted lightly with Dazzling Diamonds. The stamp set is called Dragonfly Dreams and the coordinating Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies will be available beginning January 4.
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Friday, December 16, 2016
Early Christmas Presents
Tesla is our 6 month old Australian Shepherd. Yesterday, Tesla came in from outside and I tried to give her a treat, but she
wouldn't take it. "That's weird" I thought, then I noticed there was
something in her mouth. Well she is always carrying around a ball, stick, pinecone, or a leaf, so I told her to give it to me - and I stuck out my hand...
She deposited this in my hand, then proceeded to eat her snack!
I went to two Christmas parties this week, one with my Church Circle and the other with my Bible Study. What a delight to get together with friends! Our Bible Study always does a Chinese Gift Exchange. In the past we've done ornaments, but this year we did dish towels. What a hit! We had a blast and got something that you can always use more of!
The last of my Christmas Cards are made and now I can get busy making them out to mail. How about you? Have you mailed your Christmas Cards yet?
These are the cards we made in class today. Great group of ladies and lots of fun in a new room :)
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| She who happily brings Mama ALL her toys, even those that are alive... er once alive. |
The last of my Christmas Cards are made and now I can get busy making them out to mail. How about you? Have you mailed your Christmas Cards yet?
These are the cards we made in class today. Great group of ladies and lots of fun in a new room :)
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Stamps
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Merriest Wishes
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Card Stock & Papers
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Smoky Slate: card base- cut
5 ½ x 8 ½, score at 4 ¼
greeting - 5/8
x 4
Whisper White: 4 x 5 ¼
inside
2 ¼ x 2 ¾
Dapper Denim: 4 x 5 ¼ embossed layer
¾ x 4 under greeting layer
two: 2 ½ x 3 under snow layer and ornament
Silver Foil: ornament die
cut 2 ¼ x 2 ½
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Ink
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Dapper Denim, Encore
Metallic Silver
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Accessories
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Dapper Denim Ruched Ribbon,
Rhinestone Basic Jewel
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Tools
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Merry Tags Framelits, Cable
Knit Embossing Folder, 2” Circle Punch
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Christmas Pines
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Card Stock & Papers
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Cherry Cobbler: card base-
cut 5 ½ x 8 ½, score at 4 ¼
punch flowers
This Christmas DSP: 4 x 5 ¼
Very Vanilla: 3 x 4 ¼ stamped
layer
1 ¾ x
4 pine cone die
4 x 5 ¼ inside
Garden Green: pine &
holly die cuts
Old Olive: holly & pine
die cuts
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Ink
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Garden Green, Tip Top Taupe
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Accessories
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Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Baker’s
Twine gold and red
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Tools
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Pretty Pines Thinlits
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Project Details
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Stamps
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Joyful Nativity, Christmas
Pines
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Card Stock & Papers
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Thick Whisper White: card
base- cut 5 ½ x 8 ½, score at 4 ¼
Night of Navy: 4 x 5 ¼
Whisper White: 3 ¾ x 5
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Ink
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Night of Navy, Smoky Slate
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Accessories
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Rhinestone Basic Jewel
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Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Christmas Z
I like pop up cards don't you? This version of a Z Fold, uses the Labels Framelits. I learned how to make it from Bronwyn Eastley, an Australian Demo.
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