The Stamp Review Crew: Six-Sided Sampler

Welcome to another Stamp Crew Review Blog Hop!  We share our take on a selected stamp set every first and third Monday.  Today will investigate the versatility of the fun stamp set Six-Sided Sampler, which coordinates with the hexagon punch.  These hops result in such a variety of ideas; don't you love them?

If you are hopping around in a circle, you have just come from Dawn's blog.  Dawn has such a fun paper crafting style!   To get myself warmed up with Six-Sided Sampler, I started with a clean & simple card for Easter.

I cut the egg shapes on my e-cutter using the egg punch from the Everything Easter download.  I then stamped the patterns from the hexagon stamps to create fun and colorful decorated eggs using last week's Friday Mashup color combination.  This card was a great excuse to pull out my Fringe Scissors again.

It is a little late to begin Easter cards, although maybe there is some of you out there?  You can try this technique of stamping patterns on any e-cut/die-cut/punched shape you can imagine, as you will see in the next card as well.

Stamps: Six-Sided Sampler, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper: Pool Party, Wild Wasabi, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Whisper White; Ink: Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz, Wisteria Wonder, Soft Suede; Accessories: Everything Easter MDS download, Fringe Scissors, Cupcake builder punch, Perfect Polka Dots EF, Square Collection framelits, Big Shot, e-cutter, Dimensionals.

I love making shaped cards, so I thought this would be a perfect opportunity for a hexagon card.

Using the Hexagon punch from My Digital Studio and an e-cutter, I designed and cut the Early Espresso card base and Crushed Curry card front.  I ran the card front and stamped Six-Sided Sampler images through the Hexagon Hive thinlit to create the hive die-cuts.  The sentiment came from the Six-Sided Sampler download with a small offset around the word for ease of cutting.

Stamps: Six-Sided Sampler, Field Flowers, Six-Sided Sampler MDS download, Flores Suaves MDS download; Paper: Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla; Ink: Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Sahara Sand; Accessories: Hexagon punch MDS download, Aquapainter, Hexagon Hive thinlit, Big Shot.

Make sure you check out the next stop to see what creative and fun goodies Kerry at Peonies and Paper Chains put together with the set.

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FM156 Sketchy Ombre

Ombre or hombre?  How do you pronounce "ombre"?  There was a discussion thread on this topic on Splitcoaststampers recently, which was quite amusing.  This week's Friday Mashup challenge is using the ombre technique.

Sketch by: Lynda

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project using the "Sketch".
2. Create a project with the "Ombre' Background Technique".
3. Or Mash it up and create a project an "Ombre' Background & The Sketch"

• The stamp image comes from the 2012 Stampin' Up! Convention stamp set I Am..., and I used the Chalkboard technique to create the main panel.
• I was going for a black & yellow color scheme, and used a Chocolate Chip frame to simulate woodgrain.  I also added coordinating, subtle woodgrain texture to the background.
• To satisfy the ombre requirement, I brayered a background panel with three different yellows. 
• I grabbed some script from the Walk in the Park II download, added a 0.2" offset, and cut it out with an e-cutter.  

Stamps: I Am...; Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Patio Party DSP; Ink: Daffodil Delight, Summer Starfruit, Crushed Curry, Whisper White Craft, Versamark; Accessories: Summer Starfruit twine, Chalk marker, White embossing powder, 2-3/8" Scallop Circle punch, Brayer, Sponge, Woodgrain EF, On Film framelits, Big Shot, e-cutter; MDS Elements: Walk in the Park II.

Happy Birthday, Janneke!

Last week Little Missy had a small play date to celebrate her birthday before enjoying Spring Break this week.  Originally we had planned on going to Hawaii for her birthday, and since that plan was changed, she had asked for a Hawaiian party.  I'll share a couple of the crafty items we included in the party.

The invitations -

Of course I was playing along with Mix-Ability #49, Happy Little Clouds. Janneke did all the stamping and coloring, and I made clouds for her with acrylic paint.

Stamps: Do the Hulu; Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White; Ink: Marina Mist, Basic Black, Soft Sky reinker; Accessories: Sponge, White acrylic paint, Colored pencils.

There were Hawaiian decorations and music, leis, pineapple and coconut drinking cups (with Hawaiian punch), drink umbrellas, and Hawaiian-themed fruit.  We played Pin the Tail on the Pig (in honor of the Hawaiian pig roast).

We also made this Easter bunny craft.

We sent our friends home with thank you bags filled with Hawaiian-themed goodies.

Stamps: Tropical Party MDS download, Oh, Hello MDS download; Paper: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Island Oasis II MDS download; Accessories: Daffodil Delight taffeta ribbon.

And the thank you cards.  I was advisor, and Janneke did most of the work.

Stamps: Tropical Party, Thanks & Hello; Paper: Whisper White, Island Oasis DSP; Ink: Old Olive, Gumball Green, Early Espresso; Accessories: Colored pencils, Dimensionals.

Project Life & Weekly Deals

Hot off the presses, Stampin' Up! just announced they are partnering with Becky Higgins to bring Project Life to Stampin' Up!, with all the wonderful designs and coordination SU offers!

Starting May 1, a selection of products will be available for purchase (below), with even more items in the main catalog on June 2.

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And don't forget about this week's Weekly Deals, available through Monday, April 21.

Adorning Accents Edgelits Die Price: $9.95 $7.46 Anywhere Glue Sticks Price: $3.95 $2.96 Floral District Photobook Template - Digital Download Price: $17.95 $10.77 Natural 5/8" Chevron Ribbon Price: $6.95 $5.21 Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions Embossing Folders Price: $7.95 $5.96 Night Of Navy 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon Price: $4.95 $3.71 Outer Space Stampin' Around Jumbo Wheel Price: $8.50 $6.38 Venetian Romance Designer Series Paper Price: $10.95 $8.21

MDSM62 Blossom Builders Slightly Askew

This week's MDS Monday sketch by Cindy is a fun angled sketch plus the color matching tool.

I started with the Blossom Builders download and built the colors from there. Instead of just angled words, I was reminded of another card by Amy O'Neill, which I CASE'd, with angled washi tape. Fun!

MDS Elements: Tape It, Hello There; Paper: Twitterpated DSP; Accessories: Blossom Builders kit, Buttons Pack Brights, White baker's twine, Whisper White stitching.

FM155 You're Sweet Jelly Bean Jar

Avery had a fun challenge for this week's Friday Mashup, with fun Easter colors.

Photo Source 

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project using the Colors " Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder & Wild Wasabi".
2. Create a " Shaped card".
3. Or Mash it up and create a "Shaped Card using the above Colors".

To start the shaped card, I imported the Perfectly Preserved jar shape into my e-cutter, traced, and cut. 

For the My Digital Studio card front design, the jelly bean shape was created by editing a circle punch shape, similar to the process in this post.  I added the crescent-shaped reflection I had on file from this post.  The card front was then exported to the e-cutter for a print-and-cut process.  I ended up hand-cutting the jar lid.  There is also a Window Sheet layer, cut with the e-cutter, on top of the jar to simulate glass.

Stamps: Perfectly Preserved MDS download, You're Cherished; Paper: Whisper White, Window Sheet; Ink: Early Espresso; Accessories: Wisteria Wonder baker's twine, Crystal Effects, Dimensionals.

Stampin' Up! Big Wish

I am so excited to show you a new trick today.  A past Card Concept challenge got me thinking about cake pops.  How fun is this inspiration photo?  The Occasions catalog has the Big Wish stamp set with cake pops, but they are solid rather than line images.  In order to play along with the Mix-Ability challenge #50, Color It Twice, once with alcohol markers and again with colored pencils, I needed line images. 

I was poking around my Silhouette Cameo e-cutter software, and I figured out a way to trace an image from My Digital Studio.  But rather than cut it out, I changed the trace line to a print line so I could print a line image for coloring.  Cool, huh?

Here's what the stamp images look like -

And here's what I did with it -

I used a little bit of marker contraband here, but here's some good news... Stampin' Up's Blendabilities alcohol markers will be in the upcoming 2014-2015 catalog.  I can't wait!  After coloring with markers, I did a bit of shading with colored pencils.  This card uses Splitcoaststampers sketch SC449.

MDS Download: Big Wish; Paper: Early Espresso, Whisper White, Sunshine & Sprinkles DSP; Ink: Basic Black marker, Copic markers; Accessories: Colored pencils, Banner punch, Decorative Dots EF, Big Shot, Sewing machine, Thread, Dimenisonals.

Check out this video to see how I did it -