I had so many nice comments last week when I showed my Dahlia card during the Glitter Queens blog hop that I decided to make one more. They are actually quite addictive so I can guarantee that you’ll see more in the near future.
I used another sheet from the Painted Blooms DSP pack. One of the things that I love about Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper is that you’ll always know what colors coordinate with it. In the catalog, below the description, it lists all the color that will work beautifully. The colors can also be found on the back of the paper pack. I use this as a reference, all the time. In this particular pack it states that Daffodil Delight is one of the coordinating colors. I did try that for my card base but I wasn’t happy with it so instead opted to use Crushed Curry. I think both colors would work just fine though.
My cute sentiment cannot be purchased as it came in my Paper Pumpkin kit this month. I love getting new sentiments in my kit each month!
If you’d like to try your hand at making one of these flowers, I made a picture tutorial in a previous post that you can access here! If you make one, please feel free to email me with your creation. I would love that!
Thank you for stopping by my blog today!
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Thank you so much to everyone who left a comment on my blog during the blog hop. I can’t begin to tell you how much I appreciate every comment that I receive. Thank you!
And now on to the winner of the stamp set Best Day Ever and the Lucky Stars embossing folder. I put all your names into a bag and had my husband pull out the lucky name: The winner is:
Lynn Gauthier
Lynn said, “All your projects and cards are awesome. I really enjoyed learning the dahlia fold. I love flowers and I am going to try this technique this weekend. Your post it notes are awesome too!
Thanks so much for sharing with us!!!!”
Lynn, please email me (tracy@stampingwithtracy.com) your mailing address and I’ll mail your goodies off on Monday. Lynn will also receive the Dahlia card I posted!
Have a wonderful weekend! I hope you’ll stop by on Monday!
The other day I saw a pretty card by Mary Fish using the Butterfly Framelits so I decided to try my own version! The paper underneath my butterfly is the Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper which is free with a $50 purchase! This paper comes with a glossy white pattern that is revealed when you apply color to it! I sponged Soft Sky ink over the leafy pattern. (You can watch the video below to see the different ways to color the paper).
Using my Big Shot and Butterfly Thinlit, I cut my butterfly out of Whisper White cardstock. I used that same piece to place over my Irresistibly Yours paper once I sponged color on it. I could have left it plain but I wanted to emboss it. I added Stampin’ Dimensionals down the center of my butterfly to adhere it the open space. It really was a very easy card to make!
Irresistibly Yours is free with a $50 purchase!
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I received My Paper Pumpkin in the mail yesterday! Again, I wasn’t disappointed by the contents!! Watch the video below to see what’s in the kit and what you can create!
If you would like to sign up for Paper Pumpkin, Stampin’ Up! is offering $5.00 off on the prepaid 3 month subscription and you would be eligible to receive a Sale-a-bration free gift! Of course, you can always go month to month. Click hereto see the details on my Stampin’ Up! online store.
There are some great Weekly Deals this week!! These prices are good until Monday, February 23rd or while supplies last. Click on the pictures below to be taken to my online store!
Welcome to the last day of the Glitter Queens Blog Hop! We’re so glad that you are joining us today! If you happened to visit my blog yesterday, you might have been unable to access it. I apologize for that. I had a few problems with my server but all is well now!
On to my project – a paper covered notepad. I found these 3 x 5 notepads on Amazon and thought they would be so cute covered with Stampin’ Up! cardstock and DSP! Who wouldn’t enjoy receiving one of these??
The cover of the notepad is a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock that extends up and over the notepad to about 1-1/2″ on the back. My sentiment is from the Sale-a-bration stamp set, You Brighten My Day. Did you know that with a $50 purchase (before shipping/tax), you can receive this set absolutely FREE? Sale-a-bration is still in full swing and with every $50 purchase, you can pick a free product. Place a $100 order and you choose 2 products. Click HERE to see the Sale-a-bration catalog.
I used the Note Tag punch for the sentiment and the Glimmer paper. I finished it up with flowers using the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack and a pearl in the center of each one.
Here’s one more! So quick and easy! The paper is so beautiful all by itself that you don’t need to add much by way of embellishments! All of the products I used for both notepads can be found at the end of the post.
Blog Candy!!!
I haven’t participated in a blog hop in quite some time so I would like to celebrate! Leave a comment telling me which of my projects over the last three days was your favorite and your name will be entered to win the Sale-a-bration stamp set Best Day Ever and the Lucky Stars embossing folder (click on the picture to enlarge it). I will also send the winner the project that was their favorite! You have until Friday, February 20th at noon Pacific Time to leave a comment. I will announce the winner on Saturday! The winner will have 24 hours to email me their address. Good luck!
Thanks again for joining all of us! It is time to move on so please click HEREto continue to Kris Miller’s blog or click the Next button below.
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Welcome back to Day 2 of the Glitter Queens Blog Hop! We are so glad you are joining us!
Today I have a card using the Dahlia Fold Technique. When I love paper, such as the sheets in the Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper Pack, I am always itching to make flowers with the Dahlia Fold.
Here’s a picture tutorial showing you how to assemble the flower. Once you make each fold, use your bone folder. It will be much easier to put your flower together if you have nice creases.
Step 1: Punch eight circles of DSP using your 1-3/4″ Circle punch and one circle of cardstock with the 2-1/2 inch punch for the base (use a color that matches your paper). You can use smaller circles but for me, if they are any smaller, I have difficulties folding.
Step 2: Fold each DSP circle into fourths. I am using cardstock so you can see this step easier but this would be the printed paper you are using.
Step 3: I drew lines on the paper so you can see exactly how I folded the paper.
Step 4: Turn your paper OVER and bring the entire piece to your center line. It may be hard to understand this but once you are actually doing it, it will be clear.
Step 5: Do the same thing to the opposite side. This is what it will look like when finished. You’ve just made your first petal! Do the same thing 7 more times. When you assemble your flower, all of the pieces will be glued right next to each other.
Step 6: Once you have all of your pieces made, mark the center on your 2-1/2 inch circle with a pencil (I folded my paper into fourths so I could easily see where the center was). I used Tombow multipurpose liquid glue on my circle. I like the option of being able to move my petals around to exactly the right spot which you can do with this glue as opposed to Snail or Sticky Strip. Put each petal point on the pencil mark you made in the center and butt each petal right up to the next one.
To finish the flower off, I used glue dots to adhere a Pacific Point button in the middle of my flower. Then, using glue dots again, I attached one of the Something Borrowed Embellishments (found in the Occasions Catalog) to the button. I used both the button and embellishment because I felt that it needed a pop of color in the middle. My sentiment comes from the set Cheerful Critters, which is also in the Occasions catalog. You’ll find a list of all the products I used at the end of the post.
If you haven’t tried this paper folding technique before, I hope you feel inspired to give it a try! See you tomorrow! I just might have some Blog candy for the last day of the blog hop!
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Welcome to Day 1 of the Glitter Queens Blog Hop! Thanks for joining us today! Either you’ve come from Sue Novick’s blog or this is your first stop. Be sure to continue through by clicking the button at the end of the post. Our hop with continue until Wednesday so please be sure to come back each day!
Have you ever wished for an embossing folder that just doesn’t exist? You can create the look of an embossed background with the Faux Embossing Technique!
To make my card I used our Transfer Adhesive Sheets which have a protective coating over very sticky, strong adhesive. Before running it through the Big Shot, I peeled the paper off of the Transfer Sheet and placed the sticky transfer sheet onto my Whisper White cardstock. You’ll run it through the Big Shot using this “sandwich”:
1. Magnetic Platform
2. Cutting Plate
3. Adhesive Sheet/Whisper White cardstock with cardstock facing up
4. A piece of waxed paper (this helps to remove the Thinlet)
5. “Hello” Thinlit
6. Cutting Plate
The word Hello easily peels off of the transfer sheet with a nice layer of adhesive on the back. Another option would be to cut out the word using your Whisper White cardstock and then adding your own adhesive such as Tombow or the 2-way Glue pen. For me, the adhesive sheet made it so easy to place the words down on my paper!
I started in the middle of my cardstock with the first hello. I cut off the pieces that hung over the paper and was able to place some of the scraps onto my finished piece so don’t throw away those pieces until you are completely finished! When you’re done, it looks as though you used an embossing folder!
I punched a few flowers using the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, sponged Coastal Cabana ink around the edges, added a candy dot and adhered them around my words!
Here’s one more!
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Just a quick reminder that tomorrow I will be participating in a blog hop so please stop by!
I hope you had an enjoyable Valentine’s Day! My husband and I went out to dinner earlier in the week to celebrate because we both hate the crowds. We had a nice day yesterday babysitting our granddaughter, Audrey. We were with her all day and then her daddy picked her up and took her out to dinner (our daughter, Erin, had to work). We took a picture of the two of them as they headed out to eat.
Wondering what Audrey has around her neck? She is obsessed with wearing her rabbit ears. She also has black cat ears and she wears both at the same time, usually. She goes to bed wearing them. When she sleeps at our house, I go back in later and take them off. In the morning she finds them in the crib and puts them right back on. So sweet.
Have a wonderful Sunday! Hope to see you tomorrow!
This post was intended for yesterday but by the time I finished writing it, amid countless interruptions, it was early evening! Ever have one of those days??
Several days ago I shared two cards that I made after cutting a piece of Painted Blooms DSP into six pieces. You can see that post here. Today I have another card from that same piece of paper. This time there’s quite a bit more white space so I added a butterfly along with the sentiment. I stamped the butterfly from the set Butterfly Basics in Blackberry Bliss. It is a bit hard to see on the card but it has a lacy look to it. I cut another butterfly out of vellum with the Butterfly Thinlits and adhered it with glue dots. The pearls I added hide the glue dots.
My sentiment comes from one of my Paper Pumpkin kits. When you subscribe, you receive an exclusive stamp set each month, along with ink, and paper to create fun projects! If you want to learn more about Paper Pumpkin, click HERE! There’s currently a sale on 3 month prepaid subscriptions. Not only do you receive $5 off but you are immediately eligible for a Sale-a-bration product! Click here to see and/or order the special!
Next week I will be particpating in a Glitter Queens Blog Hop. It will start on Monday and end on Wednesday. Be sure to stop by right here on Monday morning!
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Happy Monday! I haven’t been able to post to my blog (or create in my stamp room) in the last few days as I’ve been babysitting my granddaughter. There just aren’t enough hours in the day, or energy, to get everything done. But, this morning I was able to sit at my craft table for a few minutes. I needed a few cards to send out today and these were very quick and easy to create.
As I have mentioned before, I love the gorgeous Painted Blooms Designer Series paper. It is so pretty that I’ve been hesitant to cut it up, which is somewhat silly. Fellow demo, Patty Bennett, suggested cutting it up to make six individual cards. What a great idea!
Here are two cards I made this morning!
After cutting the DSP and adhering it to my Blackberry Bliss cardstock, I just needed to add a sentiment. E-a-s-y! Once I punched out my sentiment I did sponge some color around it for some dimension.
I will be back tomorrow with the Weekly Deals and hopefully later this week with more cards from this one sheet of paper!
Have a great day!
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With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I definitely have candy on the brain! Really, who am I kidding? I always think about candy. 🙂 I bought little packs of Gummi Bears and once my boxes were made I hoped the bags would fit inside. I was happy when I was able to fit four in comfortably. I bought them at Amazon and I will provide the link below if you are interested in getting some.
I used the Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper Pack for the top of my box and coordinating cardstock for the bottom. Here’s another one using paper from the same pack. I used Whisper White for the base.
Both the top and base of the box use paper that measures 5- 1/2 x 4 -1/2. The difference is where you score them so that the top will fit on the box. The DSP (top) is scored at 15/16th on all four sides and the cardstock (bottom) is scored at 1″ on all four sides.
If you are interested in the Gummi Bears in bulk on Amazon, then click here.
Below are the supplies I used for both boxes. Click on any of the pictures and you’ll be taken to my Stampin’ Up! online store. The Sweetheart Punch is on sale until Monday, February 9th (you’ll see the sale price when you click on it) and the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper is also on sale. I used silver on my project but they are very similar.
