SSC340 Countryside Wishes

Hello All!  Welcome to the next Sunday Stamps sketch challenge.  In April we had a Sales Challenge to better our last year's sales numbers, and achievers received a free pack of exclusive Countryside Rose DSP and online card party.

For my card, I combined an idea from the party with this week's sketch.

Here's the peek at the exclusive Countryside Rose DSP.

Here is this week's sketch; hope you'll join us!

Stamps: Thoughtful Wishes; Paper: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Countryside Rose DSP; Ink: Petal Pink, Melon Mambo; Accessories: Rhinestone Jewels, Rococo Rose Gathered Ribbon, Adhesive Sheets, Tailored Tag Punch, Thoughtful Wishes Dies, Die-Cutting Machine, Dimensionals.

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The Stamp Review Crew: Layers of Beauty

Welcome to another Stamp Crew Review Blog Hop!  We share our take on a selected stamp set every first and third Monday of the month.  This week, we are focusing on the 'beautiful' Layers of Beauty bundle, which includes stamps, dies, and coordinating masks.  If you are following the hop in order, you have just arrived from the blog of the very talented Ellen Woodbridge.

Using a TGIF Challenges graphic as inspiration, I created this stenciled and die-cut card.  I didn't have the dies for this set until recently, and oh how much easier they make life!  I decided to skip using the outline stamp image to give the blossoms a softer look.

Here's the color combination used for this card.

Stamps: Wonderful Thoughts; Paper: Basic Gray, Basic Black, Whisper White, Country Woods DSP, Watercolor Paper; Ink: Bubble Bath, Pretty in Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Shaded Spruce, Pretty Peacock, Versamark; Accessories: Earth Tones Shimmer Gems, White Baker's Twine, White Embossing Powder, Layers of Beauty Masks, Blending Brushes, Layers of Beauty Dies, Wonderful Thoughts Dies, Die-Cutting Machine, Dimensionals.

I can't tell you how much I enjoy coloring with the masks in this set!  I've used this bundle quite a bit.  So ICYMI, here are some past samples with Layers of Beauty.

Hop on over to Cindy Elam's blog to see what amazing creations she has put together with this week's set.

 

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SSC339 Citrus Blooms

Hi All!  Welcome to another Sunday Stamps color challenge.  With this challenge, I wanted to focus on the vibrant color opposites of Pumpkin Pie & Night of Navy.

I used masking & paper piecing techniques, and followed up with a little watercolor pencil coloring to highlight the images further.  To increase the focal image contrast against the background a bit, I sponge brayered the background with Balmy Blue ink.
I used a sketch from pg. 22 of the Annual Catalog.  Can you guess which one?

Here are this week's colors.  Hope you'll join us!

Stamps: Citrus Blooms; Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Mediterranean Blooms DSP; Ink: Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Balmy Blue, Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Watercolor Pencils; Accessories: Natural Tones Linen Thread, White Embossing Powder, Blending Brushes, Sponge Brayer, Rectangle Stitched Dies, Die-Cutting Machine, Dimensionals.

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Creativity Now 2024

Hello All!  Recently Stampin' Up! demonstrators had the opportunity to attend Creativity Now event from home featuring Nests of Winter suite, coming in the Sep-Dec Mini Catalog.  In addition to the previous card I posted for my Creativity Now swap, I have a bunch of cards to share.

Here was our warm up card, coloring with Stampin' Blends.

Here's a fun card using the die-cut frame and Watercolor Pencils.

This was a popular sample, that used the die-cut frame as a mask to sponge the background.  Very fun!

The last sample was a little gift box.  I took the idea and created a card instead.

And finally a couple of bonus cards.

SSC338 Winterly Tree Tops

Hello All!  Welcome to another Sunday Stamps sketch challenge.  This past weekend demonstrators attended Creativity Now online event, which included an early release of a new Nests of Winter suite, available in the upcoming Sept - Dec Mini Catalog.  My downline and I always create a swap with the new event bundle, so this was a good occasion to combine my swap with this week's sketch.

It's so nice to have a large collection of coordinating product to create with.  The projects literally creates themselves.  The birds were die-cut straight from the DSP, and I usually back them with an additional card stock die-cut to give them more stiffness.

Here's this week's sketch by Amy.

Stamps: Winterly Tree Tops; Paper: Gray Granite, Basic Black, Whisper White, Nests of Winter DSP; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Stampin' Blends; Accessories: Earth Tones Shimmer Gems, Natural Tones Linen Thread, White Embossing Powder, Birch Wood Embossing Folder, Winterly Tree Tops Dies, Die-Cutting Machine, Dimensionals.

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SSC337 Country Flowers

Hello All!  Today I'm sharing the project for our Annual Catalog downline shoebox swap, inspired by Global Design Project #445's color combination.  Flowers with these colors remind me of vintage cottage or country colors.  And what says country more than gingham?

Stamps: Layers of Beauty; Paper: Petal Pink, Pretty Peacock, Whisper White, Country Gingham DSP; Ink: Petal Pink, Pretty Peacock, Moody Mauve, Versamark; Accessories: Loose Frosted Dots, White Baker's Twine, White Embossing Powder, Blending Brushes, Dimensionals.

I repeated the layout for this week's Sunday Stamps color challenge, a nod to the 2024-26 In Colors.  Both cards were inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #634.

Here's this week's Sunday Stamps color combination.

Stamps: Layers of Beauty, Cornish Heritage Farms Perfect Plaid BG; Paper: Bubble Bath Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Delightful Floral DSP; Ink: Bubble Bath, Petunia Pop, Rich Razzleberry, Peach Pie, Summer Splash, Versamark; Accessories: Loose Frosted Dots, White Baker's Twine, White Embossing Powder, Blending Brushes, Dimensionals.

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The Stamp Review Crew: Latte Love

Welcome to another Stamp Crew Review Blog Hop!  We share our take on a selected stamp set every first and third Monday of the month.  This week we are focusing on the Latte Love online exclusive bundle with one of my favorite subject matters, coffee!  If you are following the hop in order, you have just arrived from the blog of the very talented Holly Krautkremer.

I still love spanner cards, so I thought I'd give another one a shot.  Such a fun way to add a fancy fold without using any extra card stock base.

Stamps: Latte Love; Paper: Petal Pink, Moody Mauve, Pecan Pie, Very Vanilla, A Little Latte DSP; Ink: Petal Pink, Moody Mauve, Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Versamark; Accessories: Loose Frosted Dots, Linen Thread, Window Sheet, White & Clear Embossing Powder, Hooray It's Your Day Kit (mask), Blender Brush, Latte Love Dies, Die-Cutting Machine, Dimensionals.

At the recent Ilion shoebox swap, I created this shoebox project using this week's Sunday Stamps sketch.

Rather than using the gingham patterned paper, I had to use a background stamp, since there were 21 of us.  The mugs were cut out of the patterned paper with the coordinating dies.

Stamps: Latte Love, Cornish Heritage Farms Perfect Plaid BG; Paper: Lemon Lolly, Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Whisper White, A Little Latte DSP; Ink: Lemon Lolly, Lost Lagoon, Versamark; Accessories: Linen Thread, White Embossing Powder, Foam Brayer, Latte Love Dies, Rectangle Stitched Dies, Die-Cutting Machine, Dimensionals.

ICYMI, here are a couple past projects I created with Latte Love.

Hop on over to Jay Soriano's blog to see what amazing creations he has put together with this week's set.

 

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