Technique Tuesday

Hello Stampers! I found this awesome video from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts on the shattered glass technique and decided to give it a try. I am always up for the challenge of a new technique especially if I can turn around and teach it at my next club/camp and look like a genius! Naw, my girls know that I CASE about 80% of my work, lol!! Give this one a try, it's alot easier than it looks! The only thing that I did that I didn't see in the video was wipe the old olive with a paper towel to remove excess ink. Enjoy!

The details:
Stamps: simple friendship
CS: regal rose, old olive GLOSSY cardstock
Ink: black stazon, old olive, regal rose
Other: masking tape, rhinestone brad, sponge daubers

Card of the Day

Hello Stampers and very happy Tuesday to you! This is the last of my camp projects I have to post. A couple of the others had been posted previously last month. This card uses the Stampin Up Pastels, which is one thing I hardly ever use. I was really happy with how this turned out so I may try to use them more. I am positive I CASE'd this card from somewhere but for the life of me, I can't remember where! I hope you all have a wonderful week. Enjoy!

The details:
Stamps: Always, canvas
CS: close to cocoa, choc chip, w white, ballet blue
Ink: versamark, close to cocoa, choc chip
Other: paper piercing tools, vintage brads, pastels
Technique: poppin pastels

Card of the Day

Hello Stampers! I have been trying to teach myself some new techniques/projects lately. I ran across this one on SCS and decided to give it a try. I think I tried it a long time ago and it didn't work out as well as planned! You all know how I lose my patience easily! It is called a Swing Card or Flip-Flop Card. You can find the tutorial here.

Have fun with this one! Enjoy!

The Details:
Stamps: priceless, holidays & wishes
CS: not quite navy, garden green, vanilla
Ink: summer sun, not quite navy, garden green, vanilla craft
Other: grosgrain ribbon, large oval punch, paper cutter w/scoring blade

Card of the Day

Hello Stampers! I hope you had a fantastic Monday! I was off work today but it was a yucky, rainy day to be at home! I did manage a little spring cleaning and a little stamping!

I totally CASE'd this from Beate's last tutorial on the chalkboard technique. It can be found here. I used the distressing tool from the cutter kit to distress the edges. I also used my new oval nestabilities to cut the scalloped oval with my cuttlebug and used a paper piercer to make the little holes in the scallops. The base is dry embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder. I may do a card with this technique at my next stamp camp, it was very easy to do with a beautiful result! Enjoy!

The details:
Stamps: Close as a memory, weathered BG
CS: close to cocoa, choc chip, real red, pumpkin pie, vanilla
Ink: white craft, choc chip, real red, pumpkin pie, versamark
Other: nestabilities scalloped oval die, cuttlebug, SU pastes chalks, cutter kit, sponge daubers, paper piercer

Another Camp Project

Hello Stampers! I am so glad the weather is cooperating and I am having camp tonight. I hate it when I am all prepared for camp and then it doesn't work out, I miss my stampin' buddies!!

Here is another one of the projects that we are going to do tonight. It is CASE'd from here on Andrea Warford's blog. I thought it was very girly and uses one of the new hostess sets! I used the faux silk technique that was recently a tutorial on splitcoast. Enjoy!

The details:
Stamps: baroque motifs, time well spent, sincere salutations
CS: regal rose, certainly celery, w white
Ink: certainly celery, black
Other: SU markers, heat & stick powder, dazzling diamonds, dimensionals, ticket corner punch, tissue paper

Gift Box

I found this tutorial laying out on my crafting table and decided to give it a try. This will make a perfect hostess gift for Monday's workshop. It is packed with a little surprise inside! Go to Nichole Heady's site to find the tutorial for this cute little box. Enjoy.

The details:
CS: choc chip, choc chip designer series
Stamps: riveting
Ink: choc chip
Other: misc organdy, choc grosgrain, scallop punch, 1 3/8 and 1 1/4 circle punches

Advice for Cricut Owners

Hey gals! Hope you all have had a great weekend. I haven't been out of the house since Friday! It is so cold and gloomy outside, I just want to stay in the house! Anyway, the reason for my post is: Those of you that know me, know that I have never really bonded with my Cricut! One reason was the mat is not sticky enough for me. It was really sticky the first 2 or 3 times I used it, but not since then. I was thinking about what I could do to make it sticky again to get me through 'til I get a new mat and I remembered one of my old banking tricks (We used this technique on the belts of the ATM machines to give them more grip), I put alcohol on a soft cloth and wiped the mat down. VOILA! My mat is sticky again!!!!! I guess the alcohol removes the grime and teeny tiny paper particles. Maybe someone has thought of this before, but I didn't know about this trick. At least I will get more use out of my mat and can spend that money on more stampin stuff!! Enjoy.

Card of the Day

I hope everyone had a great Monday. For those of you that do not know me, I am an xray tech during the day and Mondays are always a little hectic. At least I didn't have any crazy people today or convicts (they bring them from the jail sometimes), there was just one old lady who chose to strip down naked without shutting the door on her dressing room or pulling the curtain to the room that goes to the dressing rooms! That was interesting, especially considering that the man that picks up the biohazard stuff was about 3 feet away! Enough about that.

I did manage to get one card done tonight. It is a double challenge card using TLC149 & SC154, these random letters and numbers make sense to us that do the challenges on splitcoast! I combined a technique lovers challenge with a sketch challenge to get this cute little card. The technique is called "split negative" and you can find a tutorial here. It is much easier than it looks.

I challenge you to give this technique a try this week. Enjoy.

The Details:
Stamps: Garden Whimsy, Eat Cake
CS: Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, Choc Chip, Choc Chip Print
Ink: versamark, choc chip, vanilla craft
Other: Large oval punch, organdy ribbon, cuttlebug, clear EP
Technique: split negative & embossing

I love this new set!

I made a hostess gift for a workshop I am doing this week with my new set, Baroque Motifs. I just love it. It looks so elegant and there is so much you can do with it. We will be making a card at stamp camp using this same color combo and stamp set. If you haven't already signed up, email me soon, space is limited.

Candle details:
Stamps: Baroque Motifs
CS: none
Ink: Blue Bayou (new in color), Bravo Burgandy, Blue Sky (new in color)
Other: organdy ribbon, silver cord, cello bag

Metallic Metal Blossoms

I saw a tutorial for this on Stampin Inspirations by Maria and had to try it. Click here to view her tutorial. It is very different from anything I have ever done, very elegant. Give it a try and let me know how it turns out!

Card Details:
Stamps: Doodle This, Warmest Regards
CS: Blush Blossom, Close to Cocoa, vellum
Ink: Versamark, Close to Cocoa
Other: Copper embossing powder, wire, brads