Artisan Un-Award Winning Project #3

This is the third card that I made for the Artisan Award contest, and is one of my favorites!  I thought that this card would put me over the edge for the contest....

Each block or panel of the card is a different scene, each with a stamp from "Fox & Friends" as the focal point. (By the way, I'm super excited to know that Fox & Friends made it into the new catty).  I used various packs of designer papers - all based on the color pallette that I wanted to use - Bashful Blue (from the Sweet Pea pack), Crushed Curry (from the Sale-a-Bration pack), Sahara Sand (which is close to kraft, also from the Sweet Pea pack) and Night of Navy (from the Hostess pack). 

The base of the card is kraft, and the card measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" square.  It's hard to see in the picture but each of the letters was run through the Polka Dots textured impressions embossing folder and also sponged.  They are all popped up on the panels with dimensionals.  A few other details - the tree trunk in the "Y" panel was made using the Modern Label punch and run through the impressions folder to give it a wood grain look...it has a lot more texture in real life.

Ingredients (All Stampin' Up! unless noted):

Stamps: Fox & Friends
Paper: Krat, Bashful Blue, Sweet Pea, Hostess Patterns Pack III, Good Neighbor
Ink: Bordering Blue, Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Sahara Sand (for sponging), Crushed Curry
Accessories: 3/4" circle punch, Extra-Large Two-Step Bird punch, 3/16" corner rounder, Modern Label punch, Heart punch, textured impressions embossing folder, dimensionals, kraft corduroy button

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 73

I recently got my 2010/2011 Idea Book & Catalog pre-order goodies and thought that this sketch challenge would be a great place to start.

The new Greenhouse Gala designer paper is very bright, so I wanted to tone down the panels a bit by backing the paper on kraft Crumb Cake.  The new 2 3/8" Extra-Large Scallop Circle punch was just big enough for the focal image, which was stamped in Certainly Celery ink onto Whisper White cardstock and then punched out with the 1 3/4" Circle punch.

One of the sentiments from the new hostess set "Because I Care" was stamped in Pumpkin Pie ink onto Crumb Cake cardstock and punched out with the Large Oval punch.  The butterfly is from the embosslit "BeautifulWings" which is new to me and is just getting used!  It makes beautiful, intricate butterflies with embossing on them, and they add a nice touch to the card.  I finished it off using one of the rub-ons from the easter egg decorating kit (can't remember the name) and also tying a strip of 1/8" taffeta ribbon in Daffodil Delight, which is becoming one of my favorite new colors.  Enjoy!

Artisan Un-Award Winning Project #2

Here's the second card that I made for the contest.  I got the color combination from a Stampin' Success magazine (the monthly magazine that SU demos get for inspiration and guidance).  The colors were Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, Old Olive and Pretty in Pink.  The card in the magazine used the butterfly punch (which I don't own - wonder why?) so I used the bird punch instead.  I was happy with how the card turned out, and ended up using this as the template for my mother's day cards.

Ingredients: (All Stampin' Up! unless noted)

Stamps: Well Scripted

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Old Olive DSP, Thoroughly Modern DSP, Sweet Pea DSP, Very Vanilla

Ink: Pretty in Pink (sponging), Old Olive (sponging), Soft Suede (sponging), Bermuda Bay

Accessories: Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, Perfect Polka Dot Textured Impressions embossing folder, Very Vanilla satin ribbon, half back pearls (Pretties Kit), Two-Step Extra Large Bird punch, dimensionals, 3/16" corner rounder punch

Artisan Un-Award Winning Project #1

Well, it's official - I did not win the Artisan Award for the second year in a row.  So, I'm going to show the projects that I made for the contest.  To enter, demonstrators must make 5 cards, 3 scrapbook pages and 2 3-D items using current Stampin' Up! product.

This is the first card I made...the idea came to me right off, and I had a vision in my head and this card turned out exactly like that vision.

I "paper pieced" the squirrel and racoon image by stamping them on sahara sand designer paper (from the hostess pad - one of the sheets has no pattern) in black craft ink, then I embossed with clear embossing powder.  The heart that the racoon is holding was paper pieced with a scrap of regal rose paper from the "Love Sparkles" scrapping kit. 


I played for a very long time placing all of the hearts that I punched out with the heart punch, trying to get the right balance between Bermuda Bay, Sahara Sand, Rose Red and Regal Rose designer paper.  It was a great way to use scraps.  I finished up by stitching around the edge of the main panel.

I stamped the tree image in Versamark ink on the inside, and used my stamp-a-ma-jig to place the racoon and squirrel on either side.  I then stamped the "Love You Much" in Bermuda Bay over top.  The bottom of the card is finished off with a strip of Bermuda Bay cardstock, the scallop edge punch and another strip of Regal Rose cardstock from the "Love Sparkles" scrapping kit.

More un-award winning projects to come!



Ingredients (All Stampin' Up!):


Paper: Kraft, Regal Rose, Rose Red, Bermuda Bay, Love Sparkles Scrapping kit, Thoroughly Modern Designer Paper, Patterns Pack III,

Ink: Basic Black craft ink, Versamark, Bermuda Bay, Regal Rose, Rose Red

Stamps: Love Bandit

Accessories: Scallop Edge punch, rose red 1/4" grosgrain, heart punch, 1" circle punch, clear embossing powder