What is it Wednesday-Paper Pumpkin Meets Gilded Leafing

This week is Paper Pumpkin week. I love this week.  I make one card for each design and then let my imagination go wild.  

These first cards are alternates of the Adventure Begins kit.  The card on the left is made from the front of the envelope.  Yes, I like to cut apart the envelopes and this one has lots of possibilities. The card on the right uses the inside layer of the card on a standard card base.

When I was making the cards I remembered the kit from last July called Summer Nights.  What I remembered most was the lanterns and the fireflies and how cute they were. I had lots of extra supplies so I used them on these cards.

 The last few cards I am featuring use the Gilded Leafing along with The Adventure begins kit.  For the card with traailer, I outlined the trailer with Tombow glue and set it aside until the glye dried.  It will dry tacky which is what I wanted. Once it was dry and tacky I rubbed gilded leafing on the glue and the leafing stuck.  I love the results on the card on the top left.  Notice the golden fireflies on the tree.

The card on the top right used glue for the fireflies bodies and on the bottom of that smae card I placed strip of tear and tape strips.  Once I pulled the top layer off I could press the leafing onto the sticky strip and get a really great effect.

The final card was created using different sized glue dots that come in the paper pumpkin kits.  I made the dots and when they were dry staamped the image of the firefly on top.

I am not finished and may share the rest of my creations on Tuesday when I show cards I have received during the week.

Product List

Gilded Leafing Embellishment [154560] $9.00

Heat & Stick Powder [156110] $6.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $7.00

Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.25

What do you think?  Are you ready to try using Gilded Leafing?  Are you ready to sign up For Paper Pumpkin?  The August kit has been designed by Shelli Gardner, the creator of Stampin'Up!/

Check out this video that explains her ideas behind the kit. Click on the word video to get the link for her video.

Tomorrow, I will be stepping up cards based on the template of the week. And guess what.......I will be using the current paper pumpkin kit called The Adventure Begins.

Till then,

Happy Stamping,

Sushi

What is it Wednesday-8 techniques to use on designer paper

I had such fun using all the designer papers that are on sale in the month of July till August 2 and featuring 8 different techniques you can use on designer paper.  

1. Place the Hand Penned DSP inside an embossing folder.

 

2. Place Beauty of the Earth DSP inside an embossing folder.  Then take a sanding block or sand paper and lightly sand the embossed area.  The white core will show as a contrast.

3. Place the In Good Taste DSP inside an embossing folder. Then take a blending brush, sponge or dauber and lightly ink the raised area.

4. Create the front of your card using scraps of Tidings of Christmas DSP.  Make sure each piece is glued securely, then emboss the entire front.  I should look as though the pieces of DSP are acutally part of a piece of paper.

5. Take a stencil and layer it over a piece of DSP and using a blending brush add a layer of ink over the DSP.  This card uses Pansy Petals.

This next card usies the Sweet Symmetry DSP and a different stencil for a total different look.

6.  Use a stencil and embossing paste on You're a Peach DSP. You don't have to stencil the entire piece of DSP. Partially embossed looks great.

7. Spot light an area of your Pansy Petal DSP, cut it out, punch a larger shape out of cardstock and attach them both to the spot you are highlighting.  This is a stamping technique that can also  be used with deisgner paper.

 8.  Find an intricate die, like this one from the Artistically Inked bundle and cut it out of Bloom Where You're Planted DSP.  I gives the cut out image a little more texture.

I had such fun researching these different techniques and making my samples from our wonderful designer papers. Find your favorites and order them during out wonderful sale.  Use this hostess code if ordering from me.

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Product List

Beauty Of The Earth 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155841] $11.50	Bloom Where You're Planted 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155696] $11.50	Hand Penned 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155499] $11.50	In Good Taste Designer Series Paper [152494] $21.00	In The Wild 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155817] $11.50	Pansy Petals 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155807] $11.50
Sweet Symmetry 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155605] $11.50	Tidings Of Christmas 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155718] $11.50	You're A Peach 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155686] $11.50	Create With Friends Photopolymer Stamp Set [156058] $17.00	Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052] $17.00	For Unto Us Cling Stamp Set [153335] $21.00
Basic Pattern Decorative Masks [150697] $8.00	Shimmery White Embossing Paste [145645] $9.00

Which one of these techniques would you want to try first?  Let me know I will send you a card using that technique.  

Be sure and come back tomorrow when I will share the template for the week, and make 3 cards that are stepped up each time.

Till then,

Happy Stamping,

Sushi

What is it Wednesday-Batter Up paper pumpkin week

What is it Wednesday?  Exploring the May paper pumpkin kit, Batter Up.

These first 3 cards were made exactly like the instructions showed me how to make them.

Once I made those 3 cards, then I had to get my creative juices flowing.  This next card was made using the template of the week.

I cut up some of the card fronts and the envelope flap to make this card.

When I first opened up my kit and saw the baseball bats, I immediately saw the work HI. Thus this card is the result.

For this next card I used last week's card of the week,the Lattice card.

For my final card so far, I recreated the club card of the week.  It is called the Double Z card.  It was fun to make.  Lots of steps, but easy to do if you take your time.

This is the cover after the card is tied up.  It will fit into a standard envelope.

The right side of the card looks like this and read 

YOU ARE THE GREATEST FRIEND OF ALL TIME

The left side reads

ALL STAR FRIEND YOU'RE IN A LEAGUE OF YOUR OWN

And this is what the entire card looks like spread out.  I plan to send it to a special friend who happens to like baseball,

I still have more parts and cards  to use for more card ideas.  

Check out this video where I show you what the new directions look like and make the 3 simple cards using the new directions.  Let me know what you think of them.  

 

If you decide to join or rejoin paper pumpkin, be sure and  list my name as your demonstrator if you do not already have one.

Tomorrow is Step it Up Thursday, so come back to see how I step up my two samples from Monday.

Till then,

Happy Stamping,

Sushi

What is it Wednesday-Blending Brushes meets Flowering Cactus

What is it Wednesday?  Let's explore the stamp set and dies from the Flowering Cactus medley.

The stamp  set has some great stamps to create colorful cacti, and the dies match and can cut them out. In addition there are 3 dies in the die set that add extras to your cards.

These are the great colors that are included in the designer paper that is a part of the medley.

  Mossy Meadow, Highland Heather, Mint Macaron, Calypso Coral, and Pear Pizzazz.

I'm not done, there are 4 sheets of felt flowers with white stitching (this picture is just of 2 sheets) and 2 colors of twine.

One of the sheets of designer paper has pictures of a variety of cacti, which can be cut out using the matching dies.

                                         

                                          

Finally, the stamps.  Top row first.  I used the rock and roll method and found it to be too defined so I stamped, rocked and rolled and took a blending brush and blended the ink before stamping.  I liked that a lot better.

Second row, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll and then blended before stamping, stamped image then second color added with the blending brush afterwards.

I had lots of fun making these.  Watch the video and you will see me in action.

Product List

Flowering Cactus Product Medley (English) [154559] $70.00

Blending Brushes [153611] $12.00

I hope you will try the rock and Roll techniques with your blending brushes.

Come back tomorrow to see how I step up a simple card using the template of the week.

Till then,

Happy Stamping 

Sushi

What is it Wednesday-Vellum

Have you ever use Vellum card stock? Today I will share several different ways it can be used on your cards.

1. Use vellum on top of your background to soften the look.

2. Cut out your vellum to cover an accent piece (the flower), and punch out extras out of vellum (the leaves)

3. Place a piece of vellum in an embossing folder.  The impressions will be white.

4. Use a die to cut out images from vellum.  They will be a subtle accent.

5. Emboss one side of your vellum with embossing powder.  Flip the vellum over and color in the areas that have not been embosses.  This is sometimes called the stained glass technique.

 6. Emboss again in a dark color, black works really well.  Turn this over and take an embossing tool and rub in the areas that have not been embossed.  These areas will be white when you turn the card over.

If you watch this video you will be able to watch me made a card using each one of the above samples.

Come back tomorrow to see how I stepped up the card from Monday.

Till then,

Happy Stamping,

Sushi