Technique Tuesday 3-24-09

birthday-flowers-heat-stickThis is the swap that Brandi made for her meeting.  I really love how she used heat and stick powder to make the flowers sparkle.

Heat and stick powder is really quite easy to use.  If you have ever heat embossed than you know how to use heat and stick powder you just need to add two more steps.

First you need to stamp your image.  If you are using the dazzling diamonds heat and stick like on this card then you would want to stamp with a craft ink pad so that it stays sticky.

Next you need to pour on the heat and stick powder just like you would embossing powder.  Be sure to use the powder pals for easy clean up and to be able to put your left overs back in the bottle.  Once you’ve covered your project shake off the excess and tap the back to make sure you have removed all the extra powder.

Now you are ready to heat the powder.  Just heat it up with your heat gun.  You will see it start to melt just like you do with the embossing powder.

Once you have melted the heat and stick powder you are ready for your glitter.  Simply sprinkle the glitter over the heat and stick powder.  Use a another powder pal for this.

After you have applied the glitter re-heat the image for a few seconds just to set the heat and stick powered.

That’s it your done.  You’ve added a fun sparkle to your stamped image.  I encourage you to give it a try today.

Product Used:
113716 Garden Greetings $21.95
114316 Pig Tails Ribbon Originals $13.95
102197 Powder Pals® $19.95
100005 Heat Tool $29.95
102023 Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter $4.50
114343 Summer Sun Corduroy Buttons $9.95
103579 Paper Snips $9.95

Colors- Summer Sun, Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin Pie, Bordering Blue, Whisper White

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Stampin’ Sunday 3-22-09

Our small group decided that we wanted to do a wow card swap in Hawaii.  Of course I didn’t figure out my card until two-o-clock in the morning the night before I was leaving, but hey at least I figured it out.  I actually finished making them on the plane ride from Maui to the Big Island.

birthday-pop-up-cardBecause it was a wow card I really wanted to use something fun.  We have two new die that are available April 1st.  They are pop up dies.  The Cake Pop-up Die and the Ball Pop-Up Die.  I pre-ordered the cake so I just had to try it out.  It’s really fun beacuse it pops up out of the card when you open it.  It is thick so you really need something to hold it closed.  I decided to put a ribbon around it that slides off. 

birthday-pop-up-card-insideHere is the inside of the card.  I should have decorated the cake a bit more.  I think I’m going to add some pretty in pink 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon to the middle layer.

I will add a better picture with the ribbon around it.

 

 

 

 

Product Used:
*113262 Wagon Full of Fun $34.95
114486 Birthday Wish $6.95
114512 Stampin’ Up!® Backgrounds 1 Texturz plates $11.95
113439 Big Shot Die-Cut Machine $99.95
114614 Texturz Impression Pad $5.95
114615 Texturz Silicone Rubber $5.95
113478 Extended Cutting Pads $19.95
116760 Three Tier Cake Pop-up Bigz XL die $39.95
112004 1-3/4″ Circle Punch $15.95
111849 Chocolate Chip 1″ Double-Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon $8.95
102023 Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter $4.50
100425 2-Way Glue Pen $3.50
103579 Paper Snips $9.95

Colors- Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Kraft

*indicates product from the Occasions Mini Catalog.

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Freewheeling Friday 3-13-09

birthday-wishes-cardThis was a fun card that I made for swaps last year.  This card used all the fun in-colors from last year.  I believe they were Purely Pomegranate, Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi,  and Soft Sky.  This is a fun masking technique.  I also used watercolor for the presents.  The tag was done using glossy white paper.  I stamped in VersaMark® and then embossed it.  Then I used the brayer to roll color over the top of it.  The back ground was just using a simple roller.  I love using rollers for backgrounds because they are fast and easy.

Products Used:
107559 Spot On JW $8.50
114986 Hugs & Wishes $18.95

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Marvelous Monday 2-23-09

birthday-wishes-flowersThis gorgeous card is another beautiful project created by my talented up-line Mindy.  This was one of the cards from our shoebox swap a couple of weeks ago.

I love how she used the glitter to make the flowers really stand out.  One of my other favorite about this card is kind of hard to see, but down at the bottom we used the new Eyelet Border Punch just once and then put paper behind it.  I really loved this look.

Products used:
113692 Eyelet Border Punch $15.95
104310 Crafter’s Tool Kit $39.95
106957 Bold Brights Brads $8.95
111371 tangerine Tango 5/8 Striped Grosgrain Ribbon $9.95
104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals® (300) $3.95
113716 Garden Greetings $21.95
100425 2-Way Glue Pen $3.50
102023 dazzling Diamonds Glitter $4.50

Colors- Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red

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New Classes & Camps

sab-congrats1I’ve updated my Events page with some fun new classes and Stamp camps.  Be sure to check them out.  Here are just a few that are coming up:

Sale-a-Bration Stamp Camp, Jar of Cards, Cookbooks and Discover the Green.  Click here to see more information.

Stampin’ Sunday 2-15-09

Today I decided to share the projects that we did at club this month.  They were all centered around the wonderful Sale-A-Brations Sets.  We also used the technique that I showed on Technique Tuesday February 3rd.  You can check out all the details there.

The Scrapbookers got to make this cute 12 x 12 double page layout.  I got the idea form page 4 of the sale-a-bration catalog.  I love that the paper, Polka Dot Punches stamp set and the ribbon all work together.

feb-smile1Products Used:
114674 Delicate Dots DSP- Sale-A-Bration
113788 Polka Dot Puncher Sale-A-Bration
114618 Ribbon Bundle Sale-A-Bration
109144 Pretties Kit $29.95
113692 Eyelet Border Punch $15.95
109041 5-Petal Flower Punch $15.95
109043 Scallop Circle Punch $15.95
104401 1-3/8″ Circle Punch $15.95
109046 1 ” Circle Punch $10.95
104390 1/2″ Circle Punch $5.95
104310 Crafters’ Tool Kit $39.95
101049 Stamp-a-ma-jig® $11.95
112534 5/16″ Neutrals Jumbo Brads $7.95
101930 Iridescent Ice $4.75
100005 Heat Tool $29.95
104183 Pop-Up Glue Dots (75) $3.95
104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals®  (300)$3.95
102197 Powder Pals® $19.95
114998 Jumbo Outline Alphabet $42.95

Colors- Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Kraft, Whisper White

feb-09-happy-birthdayMy card club members get to make 2 cards 2 of each.  Their cards also focused on the Sale-A-Bration Sets.  In fact one of the cards I just copied form page 4 of the Sale-A-Bration catalog.  I just changed the ribbon to the Certainly Celery poly-twill from the Sale-A-Bration Ribbon Bundle.

Additional products used:
104403 1-1/4″ Circle Punch $15.95
112530 Circle Scissor Plus $29.95
112531 Glass Mat $19.95
114968 Fundamental Phrases $37.95

feb-09-wonderful-friend

The second card used the flower like the scrapbook page.  My inspiration was actually the scrapbook page. 

Additional products used:
No Crafter’s tool kit
115114 Wonderful Favorites $40.95
101102 Brocade Blue Classic Stamp Pad® $5.95

feb-smile-flower-close-upHere is a close up on the flower.  I think it is so pretty.

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