I'm Here For You

Hi there, Stampin' Friends!  I have a make and take to share with you today.  It's a fun little card of encouragement.

The combination of the hostess set Love You Lots and the Weather Together bundle were used.  The rain was created using a stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge set. Wink of Stella was applied to the umbrella handle.

  I've created a video to show how I created this card.

Thanks for looking!  If you have questions, please ask.

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Love You Lots, Weather Together, Gorgeous Grunge
Card Stock: Shimmery White, Soft Sky
Ink: Archival Black, Real Red; Real Red marker; Basic Gray watercolor pencil
Other: Big Shot, Umbrella Weather framelits, embossing mat, stylus, aqua painter, Clear Wink of Stella, dimensionals

Fear Not Easel

Hi there, Stampin' Friends! Today's card was inspired by Carolyn's card on Pinterest.  You may view it here.  I loved her color combination of Tip Top Taupe and Red.
This is what I came up with:

I chose to make mine into an easel card.  I really struggled with the layer inside that would hold the card open.  I was fairly happy with this...

I intentionally stamped the "You are loved" in the upper portion so a signature could be added below.


Here are the roses close up:

Here is the card standing open.

Thanks for looking and please feel free to ask questions, if you have any.

Blessings~
RaeDeen

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Rose Wonder, Timeless Textures, Grateful Bunch, Gorgeous Grunge
Card Stock: Tip Top Taupe, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
Ink: Tip Top Taupe, Cherry Cobbler
Other: Big Shot, Botanical Builder Framelits, Rose Garden Thinlits, dimensionals, Tombow liquid glue, hot glue, Tea Lace Paper Doilies,  Metal Rimmed Pearls, Wink of Stella clear, Gold Metallic Thread

Tissue Paper Poppies

Hi there, Stampin' Friends!  I have been creating again with one of my favorite techniques.  I really enjoy stamping on tissue paper! I like the natural texture that appears after you have stamped, colored the image, wadded up your tissue paper, straightened the image back out and then glued it to card stock.  To top it off, Poppies are one of my favorite flowers in my garden. It's a double joy...favorite technique, favorite flower!  The tutorial for this technique is Faux Silk.

 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Blessings ~

RaeDeen

Supply List:

Stamp Sets: Pleasant Poppies, Gorgeous Grunge, Good Greetings 

Card Stock: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Early Espresso

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Early Espresso, Blendabilites

Other: Tissue Paper, Stampin' Glue Stick, Coastal Cabana Baker's Twine, Linen Thread

Glue Dots, Tombow Liquid Glue, Jewelry Tag Punch (retired), sponge 

Vintage Beauty

Hi there, Stampin' Friends!  I am loving the new stamp set, Beauty of the Season!  The cardinal is so much fun to color with the Blendabilites.  The marker sets make it easy to blend the colors to create beautiful shading.
Here I have used the Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, and Pumpkin Pie sets as well as the Mocha from the Skin Tone assortment.  Some 'grunge', distressing, sponging, and direct to paper inking converts a plain ol' piece of card stock into a vintage beauty.

 Please feel free to leave a comment and if you have questions, please ask!  Thank you for looking

and have a great day!

Blessings ~

RaeDeen 

Supply List:

Stamp Set: Beauty of the Season, Gorgeous Grunge

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede

Ink: Memento, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede

Other: Blendabilites: Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Skin Tones

Distressing tool, pearls, white gel pen,  Tombow liquid multi purpose glue

Sepia Poppies

Hi there, Stampin' Friends!  While I still had all my 'sepia' supplies out on my desk, I decided to create another sepia card.  I love the soft monochromatic look.

 

 I stamped the Pleasant Poppies onto Whisper White card stock with Jet Black Stazon ink.  Using my aqua painter and Baked Brown Sugar reinker, I colored in the poppies. The centers were done with Soft Suede.  The focal image is sponged with Baked Brown Sugar and 'speckled' with a stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.  I dyed the Very Vanilla seam binding with Basic Black refill.  The sentiment was stamped using the Stamp a ma jig.  I adhered this piece to Whisper White card stock using Tombow liquid glue.

I'd love to hear what you think about this card so feel free to leave a comment.  If you have questions, please ask. 

Blessings~
RaeDeen

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Pleasant Poppies, Gorgeous Grunge, Good Greetings (a soon to be released Hostess set)
Card Stock: Whisper White
Ink: Black Stazon, Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Suede, Basic Black
Other: Vanilla Seam binding, Tombow multi purpose liquid ink, Stamp a ma jig

Best Dad Map

Hi there, Stampin' Friends!  I have a Father's Day card to share with you today.  I created it especially for my Dad.  In my opinion, he is the Best Dad in the Whole World!  I am grateful for his unconditional love, his teaching by example, and the abundance of fond childhood memories created with my Dad!

I stamped the World Map stamp on vanilla card stock, colored it and then folded it up like you would fold a map to put in your glove box  (yes, I still use a paper map!), inked the edges and unfolded it.  It is distressed, sponged, adhered to a Marina Mist layer, and then adhered to a Early Espresso card base.  The sentiment is hand written and sponged. 

Supplies:
Stamp Sets: World Map, The Open Sea, Gorgeous Grunge
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Marina Mist, Early Espresso
Ink: Black Stazon, Marina Mist, Old Olive, Summer Starfruit, Early Espresso, Soft Suede
Extras: circle punches, mini brad, aqua painter, sponge, distressing tool, tombow liquid glue

Blessings ~ RaeDeen

Truly Grateful!

Hi there, Stampin' Friends!  Happy Thanksgiving to each one of you!  I would encourage you to take some quiet moments away from the feasting, football, and family to give thanks for all your blessings.  Blessings come in many different shapes and sizes.  Some days we really have to search to find something we count as a blessing.  We don't have to look far to find something to be truly grateful for even if it is a sunrise, a bird's song, a warm shower...the list goes on and on and on.  If you are feeling alone today, please know that you are not! Jesus promises never to leave us or forsake us and He who promises is faithful!  He can be your most precious Companion! If you seek Him, you shall find Him.  If you already know Him, embrace Him!

I truly am grateful for too many things to list.  Stampin' Up! is one of those gifts I am truly grateful for.  I can't begin to list all the blessings I have received through this adventure.  Today's card is for my family...my immediate family, my community that I consider family, my brothers and sisters in Christ and my Stampin' Up! family. Each one of you is a blessing and I am truly grateful for YOU!

A fun shaped card created with the Circle framelits!  If you move your framelit down just a little from your score line you can make a shaped card.  I used the 'wood' type background stamp from the set Truly Grateful behind the wheat. The seam binding is dyed with the ink refill. The woodgrain folder adds some texture.

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Truly Grateful, Gorgeous Grunge
Card Stock: Early Espresso, Natural's Ivory
Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Crushed Curry, Pool Party
Circle Framelits, Woodgrain embossing folder, Lots of Tags sizzlits (retired), seam binding, linen thread

Please feel free to leave a comment and if you have questions, please ask! 

Happy Thanksgiving Blessings~
RaeDeen

Camouflage Grunge

Hi there, Stampin' Friends.  I have a 'camouflage' birthday card to share with you today.  In my attempt to create a masculine card without any camouflage stamps, Gorgeous Grunge fit the bill.  I used several different colors of ink and stamped them onto Crumb Cake card stock. The sentiment from You're Amazing was stamped onto Crumb Cake and cut out with the Apothecary Accents Framelits. I used my piercing tool and pierced two holes and threaded Linen Thread through them and mounted the layer onto a Soft Suede card base.

We had made a birthday cake to go with the card.  It was frosted with white frosting and decorated with blue frosting.  It was only fitting the 'icing on the cake' on the inside of the card should be the same as the frosting on the real cake. I stamped the cake from the Sketched Birthday stamp set onto a scrap of Whisper White with Black Stazon, colored it in with Marina Mist, Crushed Curry, and Smokey Slate, added Crystal Effects to the flame and edge of the plate. I cut the image out using the Apothecary Accent framelits; left the white card stock in the framelit, placed it on a scrap of Crumb Cake, traced around it, removed the framelit, cut the base layer out and adhered the two layer together. The added sentiments were stamped with Soft Suede ink.
           Here's the inside:

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Gorgeous Grunge, You're Amazing, Sketched Birthday
Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Ink: Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Marina Mist, Smokey Slate, Soft Suede marker for the hand written words

Big Shot, Magnetic Plate, Apothecary Accents framelits, linen thread, crystal effects, Tombow Liquid glue

Please feel free to leave a comment and if you have questions, please ask.

Blessings ~ RaeDeen

Santa Ornament

Hi there, Stampin' Friends. I recently saw a beautiful card posted on Stampin' Connection ( a site for demos only) using the Festive Flurry Framelits Bundle (found on pg. 30 of the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog) to create a card with a removable ornament.  I thought it was not only a gorgeous card but a brilliant idea to create an ornament as a little gift. My version is much more 'vintagey' and I did not use the matching stamp set that comes with the bundle.  Here is where my creativity took me...

The background was created using the Northern Flurry embossing folder and Gold Metallic Encore ink. I opened the folder, inked up the smooth side of the folder with the gold ink, placed my Very Vanilla card stock in it, closed the folder and ran it through the Big Shot. I had to add a little more ink with a sponge to even it out and I also stamped the dots from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set. The saying was stamped in Versa Mark, covered with Gold embossing powder, and heat set.

                                              Here is a close up of the removable ornament:

The ornament was created by cutting the largest snowflake from the Festive Flurry Framelits out of Very Vanilla card stock.  I used my Stamp a ma jig to position the Santa in the center of the snowflake and stamped him in Black Stazon. I used ink (listed below) and an aqua painter (without water) to color the image. I added crystal effects to his glasses. After the crystal effects was dry, I created a 'mask' by stamping the Santa stamp on a scrap of printer paper and then cut it out. I placed the mask over the colored image and sponged Baked Brown Sugar ink over the snowflake. Remove the mask. I cut an additional snowflake out of Baked Brown Sugar and adhered it to the back of my Santa Snowflake, pierced a hole, added the gold cording, put two glue dots on the back of the Snowflake and placed it on my card. Three small pearls in  the center of the Northern Flurry snowflakes finish it off.

Supply List:
Stamp Set: Santa's List, Gorgeous Grunge
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar
Ink: Black Stazon, Baked Brown Sugar, reinkers of  Blush Blossom, Blushing Bride, Soft Sky, Smokey Slate, Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler, aqua painter, Gold Metallic Encore Pad, Versa Mark, Gold Embossing Powder

Festive Flurry Framelits, Northern Flurry embossing folder, Stamp a ma jig, pearls, crystal effects, sponge, paper piercer, gold cording (from my stash), heat tool, glue dots

Please feel free to leave a comment and if you have any questions, please ask!

Blessings ~ RaeDeen

Peace on Earth

Hi there, Stampin' Friends! Oh, what fun I had creating this one!! This card was inspired by Claudia Manderla.  She posted a photo on Stampin' Connection (A Stampin' Up! Demo only site...one of the many benefits of being a demonstrator) and I thought it was adorable. You may view her blog here.  Her Aug. 6th post entitled "Shabby Chic" was the beginning of my card.  I changed up the stamp sets, size of my pages, color combo and embellishments and came up with this....

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't capture the dimension in this card. It is so different in real life.  Here are a few close ups...

                                                                   The Left Side:
 The 'globe ornament' is rounded: attached only along the outer edge with Tombow liquid glue and a dimensional in the middle of the ornament.

                                                         
                                                              The Right Side:

 

The pages are stamped, distressed, sponged, and connected in the middle with linen thread and they open up on both sides.

And last but not least here is a photo of the inside all decorated up too!  The Postage Stamp was created using the stamp a ma jig and the stamp "Sharing with you the Glory, Wonder, and Miracle of this Holy Season" and the Midnight Muse marker.

Supply List: 
Stamp Sets: Postcard, The Open Sea, Gorgeous Grunge, Calm Christmas, More Merry Messages
Card Stock: Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla
Ink: Midnight Muse, Baked Brown Sugar, Crumb Cake, Versa Mark

Framed Tulip embossing folder, Paper Piercer, Linen Thread, Candy Dots, Postage Stamp Punch, Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, Holiday Ornaments Framelits, Circle punch, Gold embossing powder, distressing tool, sponge, dimensionals, Tombow liquid glue, Stamp a ma jig

Feel free to leave a comment and if you have questions, please ask!

Blessings ~ RaeDeen

Walk in the Wild Postcard

 Hi there, Stampin' Friends.  That Postcard stamp stays close to my desk...just in case I need it and here it has found its way to card stock again. I have created a masculine card with a few layers and no bling.  The linen thread adds a nice masculine touch as does the Woodgrain embossing folder on the core'dinations card stock.

I ended up using a retired label for the "Thinking of You" because....I used my Stamp a ma jig and stamped the sentiment "perfectly crooked" and had to cover it up.  I like it this way though...it adds a little dimension.

Here are a couple of close ups:

 and...

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Postcard, Walk in the Wild, Gorgeous Grunge, Amazing Family, Postage Due
Card Stock: Naturals Ivory, Early Espresso Core'dinations
Ink: Soft Suede, Gumball Green

Woodgrain embossing folder, sanding block, Lots of Tags sizzlit (retired), sponge, and dimensionals, spritzing tool (retired), linen thread, aqua painter

Feel free to leave a comments and if you have any questions, please ask!

Blessings ~ RaeDeen

Joyful Postcard

Hi there Stampin' Friends.  Today I want to share a card I created using a new stamp set in the Holiday catalog, Joyful Christmas.  Gold embossing powder and Very Vanilla card stock combine to make an elegant pair. 

 Here is a close up of the poinsettia:

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Joyful Christmas, Postcard, Gorgeous Grunge, Postage Due
Card Stock: Very Vanilla
Ink: Versa Mark, Primrose Petals, Gumball Green
Gold Embossing Powder, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Lattice Embossing Folder, Postage Stamp Punch, dimensionals, embossing buddy, liquid Tombow glue

Thanks for looking. Feel free to leave a comment and if you have questions, please ask.

Blessings ~
RaeDeen

File Folder Friend

Hi there Stamping Friends!  Today's sample includes the use of a file folder...well, a piece of it anyway.  I love the 'vintage color' of the file folder.  Sometimes it's fun to step 'out of the box' and use something you normally wouldn't use when creating a card.  I started with the file folder layer...stamped the Very Vintage wheel lightly over the entire piece and built on that.  I really struggled deciding what elements to use and how to put them together.  It sat on my desk for a few days and then it came together to look like this...

                       
                                     and here is a close up to show some of the dimension

Thank you for looking.  Please feel free to leave a comment and if you have any questions...ask!

Supply List 
Stamp Sets: Chalk Talk, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Amazing Family, Take a Ticket wheel, Very Vintage wheel, Gorgeous Grunge
Card Stock: File Folder, Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar, Always Artichoke
Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Suede, Always Artichoke
Punches: Elegant Butterfly, Ticket, Bird Builder, Blossom builder
Seam Binding, Burlap Ribbon, Linen Thread, Pearls, 5 Handmade rolled roses,distressing tool,  liquid Tombow glue, hot glue