Thursday, November 26, 2020
Creative Cardiology Team Blog Hop - Curvy Celebrations
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Creative Card-iology Team Blog Hop - 3D Project
My project today is for the Creative Card-iology team’s
monthly blog hop. This month’s theme is
a 3D project. After you check out the
project I made, I hope you visit my teammates’ blogs by clicking on the links
toward the bottom of this post! I can’t
wait to see what they’ve come up with!
I’ve been wanting to use the Mountain Air bundle to create a
project that will remind me of the fun times and beautiful scenery from my recent
trip to Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and the 3D project them was the perfect
opportunity!
We stayed in a vacation rental unit situated along a lake with a beautiful view of the mountain off in the distance. I was out every morning on the back deck or down the road taking photographs as the sun rose up from behind the mountains. One morning I surprise some foxes – or rather, they surprised me as they scooted out from the bushes and across the road near where I was kneeling to get the perfect shot!
To make my shadow box frame, I cut 3 pieces of Seaside Spray cardstock measuring 5.5” x 4.25” and ran them through my Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine (at the same time) with a die from the Celebration Labels collection of dies. By running the 3 pieces through at the same time, I ended up with a window cut in 2 of the pieces and an embossed shape on the third piece that were all in perfect alignment. This gave me an outline to start creating my 3-dimensional picture. It actually happened by accident, as I only intended to send 2 pieces through the machine, but it worked out well for me. Don’t you just love those kind of happy accidents?!
I stamped the mountain range image in Misty Moonlight ink onto a piece of Seaside Spray cardstock and die cut that image and another mountain range from a piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock. I also stamped some pine tree images in Mossy Meadow ink onto Whisper White cardstock. I inked up the sun stamp with Crushed Curry ink and then sponged some Calypso Coral and Rococo Rose Ink onto the stamp before stamping the image on Whisper White cardstock. Then I sponged a little of the Rococo Rose ink onto the embossed piece of Seaside Spray cardstock where I planned to adhere my sun to give a little morning glow to the sky. And finally, I stamped the girl image from the Beautiful Moments stamp set and the fox image from the Nature’s Beauty stamp set in Memento ink onto Whisper White as well.
I punched out the sun image with the 1” circle punch and die
cut the pine tree images with the appropriate dies from the Majestic Mountain
dies. I also die cut a larger pine tree
from Mossy Meadow cardstock using one of the dies from that set as well. Using one of the Curvy Dies, an early release
set of dies available for customer purchase beginning November 3), I die cut a
curve lengthwise through a piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock measuring
approximately 3” x 4.25”.
Next, I colored my girl and fox images with Stampin’ Blends,
and I was then ready to assemble my 3D picture!
On the embossed piece of Seaside Spray that would form the back of my shadow box picture, I adhered my stamped sun image with Stampin’ Seal”, and then added my two mountain range pieces, trimming as needed. The Misty Moonlight range piece was first adhered with mini glue dots, and then the stamped Seaside Spray piece was adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals on top of that, offsetting the ranges a bit.
To the bottom of my middle frame piece, I glued a piece of
woodgrain Seaside Spray Designer Series Paper (DSP) that had been trimmed to 2”
by 5.5”. I then adhere the longer pine
tree stamped image piece to the top of that patterned paper, trimming the DSP
as needed. The larger Mossy Meadow pine
tree was adhered to the right side of the piece, and my fox was adhered with a double
layer of Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I trimmed the straight edges of my curvy Misty Moonlight pieces as needed to allow for the pieces behind to show through, and then placed the one with the design edge on the top of my front window frame. I fastened a length of Bumble Bee ribbon along the bottom of the other curvy piece and adhered that piece to the bottom edge of the frame.
I cut 4 pieces of Seaside Spray cardstock to 2” x 4.25” and made 3 scores at ½” intervals down the long side of each of the 4 pieces. I folded these pieces along the scores, back and forth, to make “hinges” to fasten my frame pieces together. Using Tear n’ Tape double-side adhesive, I fastened each edge to my frames.
Once I had my shadow box picture assembled, I adhered my girl image with mini glue dots to the lower left corner of the front, and then used another piece of Bumble Bee ribbon to tie a knot and form a bow.
Finally, I stamped the sentiment “Adventures Awaits” from the
Beautiful World stamp set onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and die cut
the sentiment using an oval die from the Stitched Shapes collection. A coordinating scalloped oval was cut from a
piece of Bumble Bee cardstock and adhered to the back of the sentiment oval. I then fastened them to the top right corner
of my project with mini glue dots. Two
of the Bumble Bee In Color Dots were then adhered to this sentiment, and my
project was complete!
I love how my shadow box picture came out, and it will definitely bring back some great memories of a fun trip!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Don’t forget to leave any comments you’d like
to share, and then hop on over to my teammates’ blogs!
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Creative Card-iology Team Blog Hop - Blossoms In Bloom
This month’s blog hop is a color challenge based on the colors of a shirt which you’ll see pictured above. You can check out my teammates’ blogs by clicking on the links toward the bottom of my post.
Finding inspiration for cards or other projects can sometimes be a bit intimidating. But I have been learning to look around me for inspiration – I may find it in a scenic view at home or in the mountains of Colorado or a combination of colors in a piece of clothing or other fabric pattern!
One of the things I love best about being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is the inspiration shared so willingly in the creative community of demonstrators and stampers. I drew inspiration for my card project today from Bruno Bertucci’s video featuring the Joseph’s Coat technique.

I used sponge daubers to lightly daub splotches of ink on a 5.25” x 4” piece of Whisper White cardstock in Petal Pink, Terracotta Tile, Cajun Craze, Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight, and Mossy Meadow, leaving a few small spaces of the Whisper White showing.
I stamped the floral image from the Blossoms in Bloom stamp set onto the inked cardstock using Versamark Ink and then poured clear embossing powder over the stamped image. After shaking off the excess powder, I heated up the remaining powder that adhered to the stamped image with the heat gun. I then inked up a sponge brayer with Night of Navy ink and rolled it over the whole piece of cardstock. The embossed image resisted the Night of Navy ink, leaving the colored cardstock showing through. I rubbed a tissue over the embossed image, which made the colored and embossed image pop.
I cut out the image with Paper Snips and adhered it to the textured Cajun Craze layer with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I stamped the Thank You sentiment onto a strip of Whisper White, adhered it to the bottom of the textured layer, and added a couple of blue rhinestones from the Holiday Basic Jewels.
Using the Joseph’s Coat technique for the color challenge allowed me to use multiple colors in one layer. I hope you try this technique and that you share your projects when you do!
I love being part of a creative
community that inspires me in so many ways, and I would love to have you join
my team if you’d like to be a part of a great community of stampers and
crafters! Stampin’ Up! has a Get
& Go Starter Kit promotion going on through the end of September. If you take advantage of this awesome promotion,
in addition to the already great value you receive with the normal Starter Kit you will receive enough cardstock pieces to make 16 cards, a pack of
Rhinestone Basic Jewels and the So Much Love and Queen Anne’s Lace stamp sets. Click here for more info
Thanks for hopping with us
today! Don’t forget to follow the links
below to check out the other projects!
Products used:
Blossoms in Bloom Stamp Set #152684
Subtle 3D Embossing Folder #151775
Night
of Navy Cardstock #100867
Cajun
Craze Cardstock #119684
Whisper
White Cardstock #100730
Sponge
Daubers #133773
Sponge
Brayer #141714
Petal
Pink Ink Pad #147108
Cajun Craze Ink Pad #147085
Terracotta
Tile Ink Pad #150086
Balmy
Blue Ink Pad #147105
Misty
Moonlight Ink Pad #153118
Mossy
Meadow Ink Pad #147111
Night
of Navy Ink Pad #147110
VersaMark
Pad #102283
Stampin’
Emboss Powder Clear #109130
Heat
Tool #129053
Paper
Snips #103579
Holiday
Rhinestone Basic Jewels #150457
Stampin’
Seal #152813
Stampin’
Dimensionals #104430
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Creative Card-iology Team Blog Hop - You're Someone's Blessing Fun Fold
Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I am
participating in a blog hop with a few of my friends from the Creative
Card-iology Team, so once you've checked out my blog post you can hop on over
to their blogs by clicking on the links toward the bottom of the post!
This month we were challenged to make “fun fold” cards. I haven’t made a lot of folded cards, so this was stepping a little out of my normal routine! I decided to try a layered accordion fold for my card project, using several of my favorite stamp sets and papers.
One of the things that has really hit home to me over the last few months is how much we all need to be encouraged right now. The words we write or speak have the ability to lift up or tear down, and it is so important to speak kind and graceful words to others and to ourselves.
I love being able to make and send cards that help me convey encouraging messages to others. My card today is going to be sent to someone who has recently been an encouragement and blessing to me.
I love all of the new 2020-2022 In Colors, but I think Misty Moonlight is my favorite! I cut a piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock to 5 ½” x 11” and scored it along the 11” side at 4 ¼”, 6 5/8”, 9”, and 10”. I used coordinating patterned papers from the In Good Taste, Flowers for Every Season, and 2020-2022 In Color 6x6 Designer Series Paper collections for my matted layers.
I stamped the lighthouse image from the Sailing Home stamp set onto the blue canvas patterned paper from the In Good Taste DSP collection with Misty Moonlight ink and colored the lighthouse with Stampin’ Blends from the Seaside Spray and Balmy Blue Combo packs. The stamped sentiment on that layer is from the High Tide stamp set.
I finished off my card with a 1” wide band to hold it closed when mailing and layered another punched sentiment on the band.
Here are the products I used for today's card:
Misty Moonlight Cardstock #153081
Whisper White Cardstock #100730
In Good Taste DSP #152494
Flowers for Every Season DSP #152486
2020-2022 In Color 6x6 DSP #153070
Misty Moonlight Ink Pad #153118
Beautiful Moments Stamp Set #151677
Sailing Home Stamp Set #149457
High Tide Stamp Set #143006
Seaside Spray Stampin’ Blends #154901
Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends #154830
Night of Navy Stampin’ Blends #154891
(or Misty Moonlight #153108)
Layering Ovals Dies #151771
Lovely Labels Pick a Punch #152883
Paper Trimmer #152392
Stampin’ Seal #152813Diana's Blog
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Creative Cardiology Team Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge

Thursday, June 25, 2020
Let's Talk Masking!
Monday, June 8, 2020
Who doesn't love sunflowers?
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