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Monday, October 7, 2019

Faux Watercolor with Abstract Impressions

Today, I am playing along for the first time with Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlights contest, with Stampin' Up! Demonstrators all over the world. (I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the US) This month's theme is Encouragement...it's all about sharing love and building up others. You can help me participate in a Winners blog hop by VOTING for my card! The Top Ten winners will be doing a blog hop together later in the month, hosted by Kylie (who lives in Australia).{Links to purchase product in the US are included near the bottom of the post.}

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I love the look of Watercolor, but I will readily admit that I don't feel comfortable enough with my skills to do what I would call "real" watercoloring. Stampin' Up! does carry some *gorgeous* abstract "painted" Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper at the moment, but I wanted to create something using the colors that were in my head. So, I grabbed the Abstract Impressions Photopolymer Stamp Set, and decided to experiment!

I used Shimmery White Cardstock and just started stamping images from the set in a bunch of different ink colors. For the grass, I used Soft Seafoam, Granny Apple Green, and Call Me Clover. The big flowers were a mixture of Blueberry Bushel, Bermuda Bay, and Pacific Point. I used Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape for the daisy-looking flowers, and then layered Daffodil Delight and Mango Melody for the little round flowers.

It really looked pretty harsh and stiff when I was done stamping, but I was on a mission. I took that stamped piece into the bathroom and set it in the sink, and sprayed water on it with a Stampin' Spritzer. That's when the magic happened!!! I had some paper toweling ready, in case I got a little over-zealous. And I put it to use when the card stock started arching up, and a bunch of the blue ink started dripping down into the green of the grass. I dabbed off the extra drips - you'll wanna make sure you are always using a clean part of your toweling for that - and then actually spritzed the blue drips back in the direction I wanted to keep them, and dabbed off again. It was super cool.

Once I had all the colors in the areas I wanted, I dabbed the piece as dry as I could get it, and then dried it further with my Heat Tool. Because I got it so wet, it was still a bit crinkly after it dried. So, to adhere it evenly to the Blueberry Bushel Cardstock base, I used Foam Adhesive Strips in several rows all across the back, and then a few more strips up each side.

All that was left at that point was to stamp the greeting with the Blueberry Bushel Ink Pad, onto a scrap piece of Shimmery White Cardstock, and punch it out with the Everyday Label Punch. I wanted the greeting to stand out just a little bit from the background, so I added some edging around the punched piece using Stampin' Sponges and the Blueberry Bushel Ink Pad. Then, I grabbed some more of those Foam Adhesive Strips that I already had sitting out on my desk, and popped the punched piece up just a bit. The final touch is some simple Linen Thread wrapped around the bottom of the focal layer a few times, and tied in a bow.

This was my first experiment with this type of Faux Watercolor, and I think it turned out marvelously, even if I do say so myself! If you love the soft look of watercolor, but don't feel skilled enough to take brushes to canvas...then grab some Shimmery White Cardstock and a Stampin' Spritzer and run some experiments of your own. You may be pleasantly surprised with the results!

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Abstract Impressions Photopolymer Stamp Set	Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad
Call Me Clover Stampin' Pad	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad
Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad	Stampin' Spritzer	Heat Tool (Us And Canada)	Foam Adhesive Strips
Everyday Label Punch	Linen Thread	Stamping Sponges	Grid Paper

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Friday, October 4, 2019

Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop - Treat Holders

Welcome to the October 2019 Edition of the Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop! You'll see projects from around the world--but I'm in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Note: I can only sell to customers in the US, so any prices are in USD)

We generally hop the first Friday of each month, and our theme for today is Treat Holders! My project today features products from the Monster Bash Suite Bundle in the 2019 Holiday Catalog. You can check out the video below for a quick peek at the Suite! {you'll find all Product Purchase Links below the Blog Roll near the bottom of the post!}

I totally pressed the Easy Button again with my project, by using the Coffin Boxes for my Treat Holders. They are already cut and scored for you, and they come in a package of 12, so all you need is a little glue and some time for assembly. I like using the Tombow Liquid Glue to put these together.

The Coffin Boxes are designed as a box with a lid, so when I put these together, I pull out one box piece and one lid piece. Then I fold all the score lines on both pieces, including all the tabs. Then, I put adhesive on just one piece to start. I use a very small amount of adhesive, and I live in Colorado where it is dry, so I want to only work with one piece at a time to ensure the glue stays tacky. And then, at the bottom of the lid, I actually snipped up two score lines and used that as a flap to attach the lid to the box. I just put glue on the underside of that little flap, put the lid back on the box, and pressed the flap to adhere it to the box. I couldn't get the pictures to come out, so I just made a quick video to walk you through the assembly.

Now, once you play with these, you may find that some of your decorating may need to be done PRIOR to assembling, especially if you'd like to use the NEW Stylish Scroll Embossing Folder on the lid. I added everything to the lid after assembly, but I did tweak the lid just a bit. For starters, I put some ribbon at the top, so the lid could be pulled off easily. I stapled the ribbon, then covered the staples with little bats from one of the papers.

In case you skipped the video, here's one of my treats from the other day's POST, inside the coffin!

This might seem like a weird way to close this Treat Holder, but there is a method to my madness! This Treat Holder is actually one small part of another bigger project...I'll show you that one tomorrow. If you love Halloween, you're gonna DIE for this project! Hahahaaa...

Stampin' Supplies: Coffin Boxes, Monster Bash Designer Series Paper, Basic Black 3/8" Scalloped Edge Ribbon, Tombow Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Grid Paper. (optional: stapler)
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2019 OCTOBER TREAT HOLDERS BLOG ROLL

1. Jenn Curtis Charles
2. Rachel Macleod
3. Amanda Farlinger
4. Libby Dyson
5. June Olsen
6. Jan Musselman
7. Tricia Butts
8. Kimberley Anne Morris YOU ARE HERE!
9. Angélique Stempelkeuken
10. Marieke Bart

Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links:

Coffin Boxes	Monster Bash Designer Series Paper	Basic Black 3/8" (1 Cm) Scalloped Edge Ribbon	Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals	Paper Snips	Grid Paper

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

We Create Orange You Spooky Blog Hop

Welcome to the October 2019 Orange You Spooky Blog Hop!!! We generally hop on the first of every month, and this month we are creating projects using some of the many "orange" colors from Stampin' Up! My projects feature products from the Monster Bash Suite in the recently debuted 2019 Holiday Catalog. {scroll to the bottom of this post for ALL product purchase links}

I took a few different kinds of Fun Size and Bite Size candy bars, wrapped them in the Monster Bash Designer Series Paper, and decorated them with 'creepy' and 'spooky' greetings from the Spooktacular Bash stamp set. I also used the coordinating Ornate Frames Dies for some fun frames and scrolly embellishment.

In the pictures above and below, you can see how I used the Timeless Label Punch (with Basic Black Cardstock) behind the greeting, to look like a tombstone! I actually cut each punched piece in half and was able to make two two tombstones from one punch. The greetings were cut out with little tags from the coordinating Ornate Frames Dies.

As I mentioned, all the candy bars are wrapped in Monster Bash Designer Series Paper. There are 6 different double-sided designs in each package - I've only shown two of the designs on my candy bars. TIP: if you glue the DSP to itself instead of to the candy bar wrapper, you can just slide the candy bar out of the sleeve to eat it. This is actually kind of a dangerous tip...because you can replace the candy bars so easily. 😳 Just don't make these while you're snacky!

In the pictures above and below, you can see the detail of the scrolly frames peeking out from under the monster "pictures" that I cut from one of the sheets of the Monster Bash Designer Series Paper. This preprinted paper is so cute - and everyone who sees it just loves it, so do yourself a favor and STOCK UP on this paper while supplies last!!!

Stampin' Supplies: Spooktacular Bash BUNDLE (Stamp Set + Dies), Monster Bash Designer Series Paper, Basic Black Cardstock, Calypso Coral ("orange") Cardstock, Crumb Cake Cardstock, StazOn Jet Black Ink Pad, Timeless Label Punch, Tombow Liquid Glue, SNAIL Adhesive, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Simply Shammy (to clean stamps), Grid Paper.

Click the image below to hop to Libby's spooky creations...

Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links:

Spooktacular Bash Bundle	Monster Bash Designer Series Paper	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad	Timeless Label Punch	Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Snail Adhesive	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals	Simply Shammy	Grid Paper

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