At Stamp Club this month we had a chance to try out some NEW products from the Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogs. Plus we visited, enjoyed some snacks, and had lots of fun!
*=Occasions catalog
**=Sale-A-Bration catalog
Colleen, our hostess, wanted a graduation card. I demonstrated this card, and all of the Stamp Club members got a how-to sheet that explains the steps to make the graduation cap. Doesn't it look like confetti coming down?!
stamps:
Teeny Tiny Wishes
Gorgeous Grunge
paper:
Basic Black (5 ½x 8½” and 1”
and 1 5/8”)
Gold Foil Sheet (3 ¾” x 5”)
Whisper White (3 ½” x 4
¾”)
vellum card stock (2 ¼” x 3
½”)
Gold Glimmer Paper (1/2” x
4”)
ink:
Crumb Cake
StazOn jet black
accessories:
medium
envelope- Whisper White
punch- Classic Label
punch- Best Badge
Metallic Enamel Shapes
Stampin’ Trimmer
paper snips
Fast Fuse
TIP:
-Use
the paper snips to make a banner at the end of the glimmer paper.
Here is another card idea with the same graduation cap!
Colleen also wanted a sympathy card. I don't have any current sympathy stamps so I used a stamp from the retired set Close as a Memory. I always try to have some sympathy cards around.
We used the new Watercolor Pencils for the background. They are so fun to work with! I really like that they have the Stamping' Up! color name on the side of the pencil.
stamps:
Close
as a Memory (retired)
paper:
Early
Espresso (4 ¼” x 11”)
Watercolor
Paper (4” x 5 ¼”)
ink:
StazOn
jet black
accessories:
medium
envelope- Very Vanilla
Gold
Metallic Thread
*Watercolor
Pencils
AquaPainters
Wink
of Stella Gold
mini glue
dots
Big
Shot
*Detailed
Dragonfly Thinlits
TIPS:
-Color
on Watercolor Paper with the pencils.
Use the AquaPainter to blend the colors.
Let dry.
-Flick
the Wink of Stella pen with your finger to make the gold splatters. Wait until the watercolor paper is dry or the Wink of Stella will run.
-You
can add a glue dot to the paper, and then add the metallic thread. I do that because making the swirl of thread behind an image is on my looks-easy-but-I-can't-get-the-hang-of-it list!
Here is the same design, but with the leaf image stamped rather than a die-cut image.
You can also make fun, bright cards with the Watercolor Pencils!
We did a different watercoloring technique on this flower card. The Watercolor Paper makes blending the colors a snap!
stamps:
**Avant-Garden
Timeless
Textures
paper:
Very
Vanilla (4 ¼” x 11” and 2 ¼” x 4 ¼”)
Soft
Suede (4” x 5 ¼” and 2 ¼” x 4 ¼”)
Watercolor
Paper (2 ¼” x 3 ¾”)
ink:
Sahara
Sand
Smoky Slate
Soft
Suede
accessories:
medium
envelope- Very Vanilla
*Lace
Doilies
*Very
Vanilla Satin Ribbon
TIPS:
-Scrunch
up a baby wipe and dab directly on ink pad, and then on Watercolor Paper. Continue with other colors. Use a new baby wipe to blend colors. Use texture stamps to add dimension. I started with the lightest color on top and dabbed it on the entire piece of Watercolor Paper. Then I did the medium color just on the middle and bottom, and the darkest color on the bottom only. I only stamped in the middle.
-This
technique is called Baby Wipe Watercolor.
This card uses the same colors, but make a completely different look when you add Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, and Basic Black!
The same technique with bright and fun colors. Perfect for a birthday card!
We used a marker to ink up the words "so in love". Then we had to pick the squares from the Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack. There are a lot of fun designs in that stack! We also stamped the inside. We are all ready for Valentine's Day!
stamps:
*So in
Love
Teeny
Tiny Wishes
paper:
Real Red (4 ¼” x 11” and 3 ¾” x 3
¾” and 3 ¼” x 3
¼” and 1 ¾” x 2
½” inside)
Whisper White (4” x 5 ¼” and 3 ½” x 3 ½” and 1 ½” x 2
¼” inside)
*Sending Love Designer Series
Paper Stack (1” x 1” squares)
ink:
Real Red
marker- Real Red
Basic Black
accessories:
medium envelope- Whisper White
punch- Sweetheart
*ribbon- Sending Love combo
pack
stamping sponge
dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by!
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Happy Stamping!
Patrice
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