Wedding Words

This is a card designed for my Weekly Card Buffet.

Stamps: Wedding Words and Loving Thoughts
Paper: Whisper White CS, Smoky Slate CS, Strawberry Slush CS, Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzazz CS. CS On Its Way Simply Sent
Ink: Versa Mark, Smoky Slate
Accessories: Tea Lace Doilies, Bird Punch, Small Scallop Circle Punch, Itty Bitty Punch, White Embossing Powder, Banner Framelit.

Stampin' Up! Demostrators present "The Wacky Watercooler New Catalog(ue) Blog Hop"

Welcome to our first ever Wacky Watercooler Blog Hop! We hope to make this a fairly regular happening. If you come across a broken link you can find the participating blogs on our home blog site.

You may have hopped over from Kathe's Blog, I have hopped with her on our Llama Ladies Blog Hops. I enjoy visiting her blog and was lucky enough to meet her last week and will share her swap at a later date.  So I thought I would share the swaps I made as well as one additional project.

This is my favorite swap I made! Hopefully the ladies I swapped with liked it too.

Faux Watercoloring

Mist Watercolor paper with water. Ink stamp and stamp on moist paper. Dry paper, re-ink stamp and stamp again.

Stamps: Too Kind, Lots of Thoughts

Ink: Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Raspberry Ripple

Paper: Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Very Vanila, Watercolor, DSP Stack

Misc: Chalk Talk Framelit, Mosaic Punch, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

My second swap uses a stamp from the annual cataloge as well as a sneek peek of Washi tape from the upcoming holiday catalog (ask your demonstrator how you can get it before the catalog is released)

Stamps: Seasonal Sayings

Ink: Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie Markers

Paper:Very Vanilla

Misc: Witches Brew Washi Tape and Dimensionals

My last project isn't a swap it is a gift I made for a Bridal Shower I used both current and retired product on this project along with a couple of non SU items. I have several pictures so bear with me.

I made the cover of the scrapbook by cutting the very heavy (almost chipboard) cardboard that comes with the Specialty DSP in three pieces to make the spine and front and back covers. I covered the boards with DSP adding Cherry Cobbler Co'ordination CS as a wrap around the spine. I heat embossed in Gold "Forever and Always" from Loving Thoughts on the cover and decorated the front with Basic Pearls.

Here is the Spine.

 I tied the retired Cherry Cobbler Tulle and some gold non SU wired ribbon around the spine, hanging from the ribbon are three Cherry Cobbler tags gold embossed with words from Loving Thoughts as well as a lock and key.

I'll Show you a few of the pages.

The pages are made from envelopes(left over from my daughter wedding invitations) they are cut so each envelope is a tube and covered with DSP and then Decorated with current and retired elements. I used many different Framelits to create mats for photos or journaling in each pages tube the are two pull out pages.

 Pull out page with a copy of their wedding announcement already added, the rest of the pages are for her to fill.  Here are a few more pages.

There are more pages but that gives you an idea of my project. 

I used the following Framelits:

Window Frames Collection, Labels Collection, Ovals Collection, Circles Collection, Chalk Talk, Apothecary Accents and  Hearts Collection.

Edgelits Used:

Adorning Accents, Finishing Touches and Large Scallop.

One of my customers saw it and has asked if I will be offering a class so I am working on that idea.

So now it is time to hop on over to Bev's Blog.

CASEing Pinterest Again

I saw another card on Pinterest and decided to CASE it but using Stampin' UP! products.

• The card base is Whisper White layered with Always Artichoke.
• I stamped the stem from Field Flowers(left off one stem) onto a Canvas Sheet in ALways Artichoke.
• I stamped the phrase from Loving Thoughts in Stazon over the bottom of the stem.
• I ran a couple of scraps of Canvas Sheet through the Big Shot using the Blossom Party Die. I folded the daisy in half and attached it at the top of the stamped stem.
• For the center of the flower O punched a 3/4" Circle of Daffodil Delight, repunching it with the Small Oval punch, I heat embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder a couple times and added it to the flower.

I think it makes a pretty card.

Pear Pizzazz

Have you heard they are bringing back Pear Pizzazz with the new catalog!

And who doesn't like Pear Pizzazz with Soft Suede?

• The card base is Whisper White layered with Pear Pizzazz then Soft Suede ant then Whisper White.
• On the Whisper White front I stamped the phrase from Loving Thoughts in Soft Suede.
• On a scrap of Whisper White I stamped En Francais in Soft Suede that had been stamped off once. Over that I stamped the flower from Love & Sympathy in VersaMark and embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder. I sponged Pear Pizzazz over the image then ran it through the Big Shot with the Ovals Collection Framelits.
• Last of all I popped the image up on the front with Dimensionals. 

So are you happy that Pear Pizzazz is coming back? 

Swaps

My Friend Stephanie made this interlocking heart card.

Stamps:Take it to Heart  & Loving Thoughts
Ink: Baja Breeze & Riding Hood Red
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Whisper White & Blushing Bride CS, Red Glimmer Paper, Twitterpatted DSP
Other: Big Shot & Hearts Framelits, Small Heart punch, Dimensionals.

Buffy made this card and it is her fault that I bought the stamp set :).

Stamps: Bordering on Romance & Petite Pairs
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo & Crushed Concord
Paper: Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Crushed Concord, Melon Mambo & Whisper White CS, Cheerful Treat DSP
Other: Big Shot & Labels Framelits, Corner Rounder & Small Oval punches

Apothecary Art

Somethings you might want to know:

1. Sale-a-bration starts tomorrow! For every $50 you spend you can choose some free product.
2. The catalog year at Stampin' UP! is changing the new catalog will begin on JUNE 1 not on July 1, what does that mean to you? If you love the  in colors that came out the summer of 2010(Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait and Poppy Parade) they will be gone in the catalog that begins June1, so now is the time to stock up.
3. There will only be two mini catalogs a year they will be larger in size and have more pages and each will last 5 month.
4. Decor Elements and the Simply Adorned will not be carried in the new catalog, those lines will be discontinued. 

So on to a card. . .

This card uses Framelits and Edgelits and two stamp sets from the Occasions Mini!

• The card base is Whisper White with the front edge cut with an Edgelit. I strip of Pink Pirouette was also cut to match and adhered to the inside of the card. 
• Using the Label Framelits I cut Marina Mist CS and with a nesting size cut a Pink Pirouette Label, the Marina Mist Label was run through the Big Shot with the Starburst Embossing Folder.
• I stamped the image from Apothecary Art with Versamark onto Whisper White CS and heat embossed it with Black Embossing powder. I then colored the flowers lightly with a Blender Pen and Marina Mist Ink. I then hand cut it out close the the line so that it would leave a small line of Pink Pirouette showing under it.
• The phrase is from Loving Thoughts and was stamped in Marina Mist.

I hope that you have a wonderful day.