The Stamp Review Crew: Mixed Bunch

Welcome to another Stamp Crew Review Blog Hop!  We share our take on a selected stamp set every first and third Monday.  This time we are hopping along with the fun flower set, Mixed Bunch, which also has a matching punch.  If you are hopping around in a circle, you have just come from Adriana Benitez's blog.  She creates such beautiful, clean projects!

I have to admit I haven't used this set as much as I should, so this is a good opportunity to pull it out again.  I was thinking Christmas, poinsettia with this one, so imagine if you will a Christmas sentiment on it.

I was just giving a flower a try.  I added a few details, such as score lines, leaves, Crystal Effects, and voila, a card is born.

Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Four You; Paper: Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Hello Honey, Whisper White, Trim the Tree DSP; Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Hello Honey; Accessories: White baker's twine, Crystal Effects, Blossom punch, Stylus, Stylish Stripes EF, Flower Frenzy die, Big Shot, Dimensionals.

I've had snowflakes on the brain for this set, but I always like to check out some Splitcoaststampers challenges to see if I can somehow work one of them in.  I came across the Ways to Use It Challenge #495, Autumn Leaves.  This one spoke to me.  Our early season Thanksgiving snow has melted, and I got another chance to go on a frosty, leafy mountain bike ride in the woods.  The temperature was in the 30's, but felt like 20's, and my water bottle was quite slushy.  I stopped to take pictures of the frost heaves on the ground.

Cool, eh?  From this came my frosty leaves card.

I sponged and stamped through the Autumn Accents die-cut, using PPA sketch #229.

Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Walk in the Park II (MDS); Paper: Island Indigo, Whisper White, All is Calm DSP, Silver Glimmer; Ink: Pool Party, Island Indigo; Accessories: In Color sequins, Frosted Sequins, Sponge, Autumn Accents die, Big Shot, e-cutter, Dimensionals.

I didn't feel I was done with this line of thought, so I tried another card.

I'm sorry; one retired item, shimmer paint, snuck in there.  Still, I could resist sharing the card.  Feels like a Frozen card.

Stamps: Mixed Bunch, A Dozen Thoughts; Paper: Soft Sky, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White; Ink: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Night of Navy, Island Indigo marker; Accessories: White baker's twine, All is Calm washi tape, White Frost Shimmer Paint, Stylus, Aquapainter, Sponges, Autumn Accents die, Big Shot.

Now make sure you check out the next stop to see what projects Kerry Willard Bray has put together with Mixed Bunch. 

 

FM189 Winter Deer

This week's Friday Mashup, Cindy is challenging us to gray and silver.

I originally thought I would go with a pencil-shaded image, but then I grabbed the Blendabilities to color my little deer image.  That worked quickly and easily.  To soften up the background, I applied a layer of gesso.  Love me a nice tone-on-tone card!

This week's Mashup Challenge is:

• Create a project using "Basic Grey or Smoky Slate & Silver". 
• Create a project using "Dry or Heat Embossing". 
• or Mash it Up! and create a project "using the colors Silver & Grey with some Embossing".

Stamps: White Christmas, And Many More; Paper: Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Whisper White, All is Calm DSP; Ink: Basic Gray, Smoky Slate Blendabilities, Color Lifter; Accessories: Frosted Sequins, Silver 1/8" ribbon, Silver EP, Gesso.

Weekly Scuttlebutt

There's a new photopolymer stamp set out this week, Snuggles and Smooches.

Oooh, I love those background stamps!

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MDSM93 Eat Me!

This week Tami is bringing us the MDS Monday sketch.  The focus is on a special photo, or in my case, two.

We were having fun with some mushrooms in the yard in Canada.

MDS Elements: Wonderland Party, Hip and Handsome Overlays; Font: The Skinny, Freehand591 BT.

FM188 Jar of Holiday Cheer

Lynda brings us this week's Friday Mashup challenge, Christmas with silver or gold.  Why not both?

I was playing around with Mix-Ability Challenge #83, Naturally Elements.  In this case, my project follows the soft and calm water color scheme (aquas, grays, silver).  Also Ways to Use It #487, Tantalizing Texture, where three or more textures are required.  I used embossing paste for background texture, gesso on the framed square to lighten followed by background text stamping, and glimmer paper for glittery balls.  This challenge uses Retro Sketches #142.

Stamps: Perfectly Preserved, Good Greetings, Dictionary BG; Paper: Lost Lagoon, Very Vanilla, Typeset DSP, All is Calm DSP, Silver Glimmer paper, Champagne Glimmer paper, Silver Foil sheet; Ink: Lost Lagoon, Baked Brown Sugar, Smoky Slate, Silver Encore, Gold Encore; Accessories: Gold Sequin trim, Silver baker's twine, Sponge daubers, Embossing paste, Gesso, Build A Banner Simply Created Kit, Circle punches, Cannery framelits, Squares Collection framelits, Big Shot.

This week's Mashup Challenge is:

• Create a project using "Silver or Gold". 
• Create a "Christmas Project". 
• or Mash it Up! and create a "Christmas-themed Project with Silver or Gold".

The Clearance Rack has been updated with Year-End Closeout items.  Up to 80% off on fabulous products, including Christmas items!  Check out the Year-End Closeouts to see what's on sale!

Details:

• Promotion Dates: 5 December 2014 - 5 January 2014.
• No minimum purchase required.
• No refunds or exchanges on Year-End Closeout items.
• Items offered during the Year-End Closeouts are while supplies last.
• Orders must be placed online or as demonstrator orders.
• Deadlines:
  • Phone orders: January 5, 2015 6:50 pm (MT)
  • OEX/Online orders: January 5, 2015; 11:50 PM (MT)

Stampin' Up! Ornamental Pine

It was time for our annual Christmas Stamp-a-Stack, our seventh one!  Here we create quick and easy, yet elegant, designs.  For me, Ornamental Pine fit the bill.

Using Freshly Made Sketches #164 as a starting point, I used the double-time stamping technique to create this quick card.  This is a really beautiful, realistic set.

Stamps: Ornamental Pine; Paper: Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla; Ink: Mossy Meadow, Baked Brown Sugar; Accessories: Gold baker's twine.

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MDSM92 Summer Fun & More

This week's MDS Monday sketch is a double-page layout by Cindy.  For my part, I created two separate pages, in an effort to get my yearly photobooks done.

MDS Elements: Outdoor Exploration, Decorative Overlays, A Split Second, Delightful Digital Tape; Font: The Skinny.

MDS Elements: Great Sport - soccer ball, Game Day - net, Natural Composition Overlays, Hexagon punch; Font: The Skinny.

Here is this week's double layout -

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