Posted in Cardmaking, Technique focus on 02/08/2010 01:19 am by admin
Valentine’s Day isn’t far away- so I’ve been practising my ‘kissing tecnhnique’- No not the kind that involves your lips (I’m pretty good at that already) I mean the stamping technique known as the ‘kissing technique’ It is quite simple really….
You need two stamps-
Generally a stamp with a flat/plain image (in this case I used one of the frames from “Framed with love”)
PLUS a high patterned stamp (I used the flourish from “Baroque Motifs”)
I inked up the frame in Going Grey ink and the flourish in Real Red. I simply ‘kissed’ the stamps together. I then stamped the frame stamp onto the cardstock. What do you think?
This card has lots of fun elements including a Basic grey frame that has been pierced using a paper piercer and mat pack, a watercoloured skunk (from “Pun Fun”) as well as cute hearts stamped and punched from “I {heart} hearts” and the Heart to Heart Punch. Those who know their Stampin’ Up Circle punches well would notice that I’ve used the largest circle punch (New in the summer mini) It is too large for the scallop circle punch to be visible around the edges of the circle. I created my own scallop edge using the scallop edge border. (Contact me if you would like to know the ’secret’ for doing this!)
For a bit of added fun…. On the inside I included the ultra cute “Like-o-meter” stamp from the Summer Mini Catalogue. I haven’t coloured it in yet- I might just have to see how I am feeling on the day! Just Kidding!
As you can see I used more heart shapes from I {heart} hearts on the inside.
Are you wondering what the piece is at the bottom? I used a stamp from “Framed with love” so that I can include a token on the bottom. It means that my Valentine can tear the token off the bottom of the card when he would like to redeem the offer. Hmm- I’m not quite sure what I am going to offer on the token just yet!
Posted in Christmas, Family, Scrapbooking, Specials/ Promotions, Technique focus on 01/04/2010 01:00 am by admin
As many of my blog readers know- I am a member of the Stampamemory Design Team- a website dedicated to scrapbooking using Stampin’ Up! products. Today marks the launch of our bi-monthly challenge- This month I am very excited to be sponsoring the challenges and will have the honour of selecting the winner and awarding the prizes!
So what do you need to do to take part? For full details please go to http://www.stampamemory.com Basically you need to complete a layout that meets the challenge requirements. The layout needs to be uploaded to your blog OR an online gallery (if you don’t have a blog) and then linked to the STAMPAMEMORY WEBSITE.
You will have until Friday 15th January, midnight to get your entries in and I will be thrilled to announce the winner on Sunday 17th January
SAM CREATIVE CHALLENGE # 1
“Scrapbook a Christmas Photo. I have such a stockpile of photos from Christmases past and know that there are many other scrapbookers who can relate to this. Complete a scrapbook page from Christmas 2009 while the memories are still fresh in your mind OR pull out one of those Christmas photos that have been sitting waiting to be scrapped.”
For my layout- I am actually using photos from 2006- Photos that have been sitting waiting to be scrapped for 3 years…..better late than never!!!! (……..and one day I will find the time to go back and do their FIRST Christmas LOL!) On a more serious note that is one of the things I try to keep in mind when scrapbooking. I try not to be too concerned about “catching up” but rather enjoying the process and scrapbooking what inspires me at the time.
Anyway- enough of my rambling… Here is the layout…. My oldest son, Jared with Santa (He was 4 years old at the time)
…………and my reluctant 2.5 year old (at the time) Don’t get me wrong…He was thrilled to see Santa…..just not quite as thrilled about staying still for a photo
You might think you’re seeing double….and in some ways you are. Yes- I used the same general layout, colours and elements I simply used different photos and each layout will go into their separate albums. (Why re-invent the wheel?)
Here is a close up of the title. The cardstock, patterned paper and cardstock stickers all come from the “I Wish” Simply Scrappin’ Kit. I have simply added some styled silver Hodgepodge Hardware (on special this month), some polka dot ribbon (from the Summer Mini) and a rhinestone brad. On the background I also used the “Snow Swirled” Stamp set which is designed to work beautifully with the “I wish” Simply Scrappin Kit and also the flourish from “Baroque Motifs” (a personal favourite) The year has been stamped using “Calendar Alphabet & Numbers”
Here is a close up of the baubles. I was hoping it would look as though the baubles have been suspended by the thread. I have simply poked two holes in the cardstock base- one at the top of the ribbon and the other right on top of the baubles. This gives me two points so that I can feed the thread through from the front of the cardstock to the back of the cardstock and then back through the second hole to the front again . I have tied the thread at the front and made a little bow.
Please be sure to head on over to http://www.stampamemory.com to see more inspirational layouts from the design team! I can’t wait to see what YOU create!
