Stampin With Frances

More card shares

Once again the cards that I am sharing with you today were actually created and stamped by sidelines and only have my designed by insignia for copyright purposes.

This first card was stamped by Ginny Smith. She uses the new stamp set Cirlce Circus and our new In-color Rich Razzleberry. I really like the combination of colors that she used on the Whisper White. Great card!!

  

This next card was stamped by Tina and she uses the stamp set Choo Choo to create a darling children's birthday card. The colors are cheerful - perfect for a child -  and I love the little elements she included, such as the slice of cake riding along on the train car, the railroad tracks beneath the train and the circles of smoke from the smoke stack.

 

The last card for today is another card by Tina, only this is a trading card. She uses the stamp set Cheep Talk. I really like what she did with the nest - from our wonderful punches. super idea.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the cards that I have shared for today. I will post a few more tomorrow and then I will draw a name from the comments that I have collected. I will be mailing BLING to the lucky winners.

Stop back by soon and have a great day!

Card Shares

 Although the following cards have my "created by" attached for copyright purposes, they were not stamped by me. But I thought they were great and wanted to share with you.

 

This card was created by my upline Becky Fredericks and she cased this card from Sandi MacIver. I just love it!! I love the way they accented the Asian Artistry grass in the foreground and the flowers with gold embossing. I also like the way they use Pocket Silhouettes to frame the view to the mountain scene beyond. Becky's mountains sure look a lot better than my pitiful attempt at this technique. You really get the feeling that you are looking through a gap in the trees.

 

This is a trading card that Becky created. Can you tell she is a cat lover? She uses the Pocket Silhouettes once again behind her cat which is from the stamp set C is For Cat and she embossed the cat to give great dimension to this card.

 

This card was created by my second level upline, Kathy Wayson. She always puts a lot of detail into her cards and she specializes in cards that are NOT 4 1/4 X 5 1/2. She uses some new desigener paper and the wonderful new stamp set Autumn Days with her stamping. I can see why everyone loves this Pheasant!! Love the Hodgepodge Hardware and the punching in the corners.

 

This trading card created by Kathy would be a perfect substitution for the front of her square card. I love the way she emphasized the spray of leaves from the stamp set Paradise by cutting one image out and then poppinng it above the one below - just slightly canted. Great job!!

I hope you have enjoyed the cards I have shared with you today. Be sure to leave your comments so I can enter you into my BLING giveaway that will take place on Friday - just 2 days away. Check back tomorrow for some more awesome stamping.

Have a great day and happy stamping.

Thanks for taking the tour

Thanks to the nearly 30,000 people who visited our home page, and the many who left wonderful comments here on my blog. It was a wonderful ride, and those who were behind the scenes are going to take a collective breath and rest a bit before the next tour. And I'm sure you're all wondering who won my blog candy!

BLOG CANDY WINNER: KARN MOYER

I will be shipping Karen's stamps and other goodies by the end of this week! Congratulations Karen!

 

Stamp sets are copyright of Stampin'Up!. She also receives some of my BLING!!

 

For the rest of you who were so kind to take a moment and comment, I will do another random drawing for some of my BLING which was my previous post to the Royal Blog Tour. I had so many comments on the BLING that I thought I would share.

 

Also, keep checking back and leaving comments as I will do another drawing for 2 more sets of BLING each day: July 31st, August 15th, and August 31st. You will want to leave your comments as often as possible between now and then (once per project please) so that you have more chances to win. Your name will go into the pot at the end of each day and then I will draw a name from the collection on the given dates.

BLING WINNER: ROSE ANN 

 

Thanks to all of you who participated in my Blog Candy Drawing.

Later today I will share some wonderful cards that I received recently at a downline meeting so be sure to check back and leave a comment so you can win some BLING.

 

Have a great day and happy stamping!

The Royal Blog Tour

The stamp set that I will be sharing with you today is FALLING LEAVES. Fall is one of my favorite times of year and this stamp set puts me in the mood for countryside rides to see all the leaves turning from green to various shades of reds, yellows, oranges and etc. You get the picture!

My first card features the technique of ROCK AND ROLL. It is a bit tricky to do this technique with such small images, but I liked the way they turned out.  I have used the new In-color Dusty Durango, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry and Soft Suede colors for most of my cards today. Have to play with the new colors! The base of the card is Soft Suede. I stamped the images on Very Vanilla and used a variety of the colors with the rock and roll technique. I popped the Happy Thanksgiving greeting with dimensionals to give a bit of depth and I also cut out several leaves and popped them as well for more dimension. I added a bit of linen thread to the circle punches and used the new polka dot grosgrain ribbon in Crushed Curry to finish this card.

My second card uses the technique SERIGRAPH. It has been a long time since I used this technique but it has always been a favorite of mine. The small shapes and fairly solid images of this stamp set lend themselves to this technique. I have chosen a combination of 4 colors, So Saffron, Orchid Opulence (my lighter color selections) and Rich Razzleberry and Crushed Curry as my darker colors. Once I brayered the 2 lighter colors, I stamped the various leaves with Versamark and then embossed with White embossing powder. Then the darker colors were brayered over the the cardstock. Remember to  wipe the cardstock when you finish this technique to remove any excess ink which has been brayered over top of the embossed images. To finish the technique, I stamped a few leaves in Rich Razzleberry. I made this card into a gatefold card. My "Grateful" greeting was stamped, punched with the scallop oval punch and and then layered on a large oval punch and popped. A bit of Rich Razzleberry polka dot ribbon finshes the card.

My final card uses punches to highlight the stamped images. I began with a cardfront of Always Artichoke that had been run through the bigshot with our new embossing templates and layered it on a base of Crushed Curry with Dusty Durango sandwiched in between.Very Vanilla squares were punched with the small square punch and mounted on Dusty Durango squares punched with the large square punch. These finished squares were arranged on the card front in a diamond pattern that emulates the lovely diamond pattern on the embossing. I added a few windings of linen thread and a verse for a finishing touch.

I hope that you have enjoyed visiting me today. Remember to leave comments to be entered into my drawing for blog candy!! My blog candy will include some "Bling", 2 stamp sets "Itty Bitty Buds" & "Darling Dots" and finally Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Buttons. Make sure to leave your contact information - Name and address, e-mail - something so you can be reached if you are drawn as my blog candy winner. If you do not leave contact information, you will be ineligible. Stop by soon for some more stamping ideas.

The links for the Royal Blog Tour have been removed. Thank you for stopping by. I will post my blog candy winner later today along with new card shares!! See you later.

Happy stamping,

Do you like Bling??

Oh my, then you are going to love the items I am going to share with you today. This stamp set is PLAYFUL PETALS. I stamped the images on Rose Red or Certainly Celery using White Craft Ink. Then I embossed them with Detail Gold embossing powder. I used a fine point tip to apply glue to the images - be sure to not fill each area completely. Then I used the fine glitter series. Once dried, I cut out each image and then used Dimensionals to put the layers together.

 

Don't they look gorgeous. I made the medium sized  flower with three layers into some pins. They look great!! They catch the light just right when you wear them. I think I will be making some of these to swap at convention. This is actually a set of card candy that I will be swapping at a pre-set swap at convention. I sure hope everyone loves glitter like I do!!

This next little guy is ready to usher in Fall. He is not my design, but I have updated him using the Big Shot. I ran the straw hat through the Big Shot after using the template that looks like tree bark. I used the brayer to roll Creamy Caramel ink on the embossing template and then ran the More Mustard card stock through the Big Shot. Since we no longer carry the 1/8 inch circle punch, I used the larger hole on the Crop-O-Dile to punch the eyes. First I punched the pupil with the 1/16" hand held hole punch and then lined up the Crop-O-Dile to punch each eyeball. A black marker gives him some nostrils. Run Natural Hemp Twine through Black Craft Ink and let it dry. You can then give him some long legs and his feet are one of the flowers on the Boho Blossoms flower punch. I used Itty Bitty backgrounds stamps to give him some spots using Versamark and Clear Embossing Powder. Isn't he just the cutest thing?

Enjoy playing with glitter and glue and lots of punches. It is so much fun and I just love the BLING that you get from glitter. Stop back by later today and see some cards that I will share from a swap that I participated in recently showing lots of new products and great cards.

I hope you enjoyed my shares for tonight and that now you want to go get those punches and stamps out right away to go play!! Enjoy and see you again soon.

Don't miss out on this great deal!!

SUMMER FUN DEAL OF THE WEEK #3 July 13-20

Now here's a weekly deal I can really get into........Rhinestone Brads! Add a little bling to your cards and pages with Square Fire Rhinestone Brads.

These fiesty, firey brads will be available for $6.99 (rather the the normal $10.95) from July 13, 2009 at 10 a.m. until July 20th at 9.50 a.m. (Mountain Time).  You can find them on page 179 of the 2009-10 Idea Book & Catalog, #109112.  It's a great time to stock up on a few extra packages.

Email me with your order or click in to my Stampin'Up! store and order them for yourself.

Have a great stamping time,

Now here's a weekly deal I can really get into........Rhinestone Brads! Add a little bling to your cards and pages with Square Fire Rhinestone Brads.

These fiesty, firey brads will be available for $6.99 (rather the the normal $10.95) from July 13, 2009 at 10 a.m. until July 20th at 9.50 a.m. (Mountain Time).  You can find them on page 179 of the 2009-10 Idea Book & Catalog, #109112.  It's a great time to stock up on a few extra packages.

Email me with your order or click in to my Stampin'Up! store and order them for yourself.

Have a great stamping time,

Oldie but Goodies with a new color twist

The cards that I am going to share with you today use some tried and true stamp sets, but they also use some of our gorgeous new colors. I decided to use a MoJo Monday sketch for my cards today. I always get inspiration working from a sketch! 

This first card uses the stamp set EASTERN BLOOMS and CURVY VERSES. My card colors match the DSP RAZZLEBERRY LEMONADE. This DSP uses a great combination of color that I could pull from for my main and secondary layers. My main image was stamped on the Rich Razzleberry while my greeting was stamped in Dusty Durango. The swatches of cardstock complement the colors I stamped with. Simple and striaghtforward stamping for a quick card.

My second card uses the stamp set PARTY HEARTY. I used the new DSP THROUGHLY MODERN and once again I concentrated on several of the colors used in this selection of paper. BERMUDAY BAY and ROSE RED are the main colors with a small punched strip of SAHARA SAND used in place of ribbon. I used brads on both cards as a simple accent.

 

I'm happy with my take on this Mojo Monday sketch. I hope you enjoyed them. Please remember to leave comments for me! Have a great day and I'll see you next time.

The new Stampin'Up! catalog

The new catalog is out and it is great. If you don't have one in your hands by now, then you NEED to click on my catalog link and check it out. The new In-colors are great and the additions to our Big Shot line will have you drooling. All that and new stamp sets, ribbons, wheels, do I need to say more???

Grab some coffee or tea, pull up a comfy chair and enjoy your browsing. But first check out the cards I have posted for today.

This is a sketch challenge from the Stampers 411 group. I kept my cards simple (didn't even add a greeting) - which for me is a hard thing to do. But I wanted to do some quick playing with some new goodies. One card features some of our new colors and papers. The other one is an attempt at a masculine birthday card.

This first card uses the new Razzleberry Lemonade DSP. I used our new In-Color Rich Razzleberry cardstock for the card base and then used a second color from the DSP as an accent - Crushed Curry. I love how the colors mix because of the DSP. I don't know that I would put these colors together ordinarily. But that is one of the things I love about our Designer Series Papers. My stamping used the stamp set Eastern Blooms with the Razzleberry Classic Ink. The Crushed Curry accent strip was punched with the Eyelet Border Punch. Such a simple card and it can be used for a variety of purposes. I added some Lilac Square Ice brads to the center of my flowers as a finishing touch and each element was placed with a Dimensional to give the images an extra pop. I am so excited to see that we are carrying Markers in the In-Color series. Stampin'Up! listens to our requests!!

 

My second card uses the DSP To the Nines. I concentrated on a DSP with just two colors. Then I paired it with Chocolate Chip to get a masculine feel. I decided to make this a masculine birthday card so I used the cupcake from the stamp set Party Hearty for my three elements along the front. The scupcakes were stamped with Crushed Curry and were then cut out. Then I used Two-way glue to adhere Chocolate Fine Supernova Glitter to the "frosting" of each of the cupcakes. They look yummy enough to eat. I love the way they look when mounted on each rectangle of Crushed Curry. A row of Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon separates the card base from the DSP. Once again, a quick simple card to put together and it speaks "Happy Birthday" even without a greeting.

You do have space on each card to add a greeting, but I was sticking closely to the sketch. I will be posting one more card later today using this same sketch. Be sure to check back and remember to leave comments so I know what you think of my work. If you have time be sure and check out the Stamping 411 Blog and play along with the Challenge this week.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by,