Stained Glass Technique

Hello Weekend! 😁

Today I get to meet with my stampin' sisters, the Stray Ducklings. I just love my time with these women. They are inspirational, caring, supportive and of course they share my love of paper crafting!

Speaking of which, I have two cards today compliments of those gals. Both cards use the same technique - Stained Glass. 

The first card was made by me but designed by Mary Heinzman ( http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marycarolscards/ ) Mary used the Playful Backgrounds stamp set. She stamped them on Vellum using Versamark Ink then heat embossed them with our Silver Embossing Powder. She used her Regals Stampin' Write Markers to color in the backside of her embossed image. Viola! Stained Glass! I just love this card! It's so bright & cheery! 

The second card was made by me but designed by Bonnie Alexander ( http://aliveandstamping.blogspot.com/ ). Bonnie used the recently retired and sold-out Stylish Stems thinlets die and the Petal Burst embossing folder for her card. We attached a piece of Vellum on the back of the cutout and sponged Sweet Sugarplum on it to get this effect. Soft, subtle and elegant all at the same time!

The finishing touches are the sentiment from the Special Reason stamp set & the Sweet Sugarplum ribbon (Hurry! They're on sale, while supplies last!) 

I hope you get to enjoy the rest of your weekend being creative. 

Happy Stamping!

Bokeh Technique

Someone call the doctor! I'm seeing spots!

Good morning my crafty friends! We had a great day of stamping in class yesterday. There will be pics to follow, but today I'd like to show you another card from our technique shoebox swap. I made this card but it was designed by Debbie Kramer ( http://debbiekramer.blogspot.com/ ) 

This is the Bokeh technique. It was done by punching 3 different sized circles out of a piece of Vellum Cardstock and blotting White Craft Ink through the vellum mask randomly on a piece of Whisper White cardstock that we had sponged. Isn't it cool?! 

The sentiment is from the Love Sparkles Stamp Set. Rhinestones were added for extra sparkle. I just love this technique. It's fun to do. There's no right or wrong way to do it, you just sponge away with your sponge daubers. 

Won't you try it today?

Stay tuned for tomorrow. I'm having a Throwback Thursday. 

Happy Stamping!

New Stitched Framelits/Mojo Monday

Stampin' Up! released their new Stitched Framelits - just for November. After November 30th you won't be able to order them again until June of 2017.

I used them on this Mojo Monday card and can I just tell you, I LOVE THEM!!!  I'm so happy that I purchased them on release day!

We have a friend who had a hip replacement yesterday and I wanted to make him the perfect card. After seeing the Mojo Monday 474 sketch come up in my email, I decided to kill 3 birds with one stone - Make our friend a personalized card, be able to link it to the Mojo Monday 474 sketch AND use our beautiful new framelits.

 That's what I call a Win! Win! Win! :) And what's better than one card? Why, two of course! ;)

The cone-headed dog is CASEd from Tami White. I punched him out with the Fox Builder punch in Soft Suede and Chocolate Chip.  The card bases are in Emerald Envy and Dapper Denim. The DSP is Moroccan - isn't it awesome?! The sentiment is from the Here For You stamp set. The ruched ribbon is in Emerald Envy and Dapper Denim. The dog collar is vellum punched out with the 1 3/4" circle punch.

Here's the Mojo Monday sketch I used: 

I hope you enjoyed today's card. That little dog just makes me giggle :) See ya tomorrow with the second card from last week's card class.

Till then, Happy Stamping!

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