Thursday, March 29, 2018

A Perfect Marriage: Waterfront + Glamper Greetings

Hey Crafty Friends,

Do you have friends and family who love the great outdoors?  This card will delight anyone who enjoys getting away from it all!


 How cute is that?  I'm a beach girl, so I love creating these scenes of sand, water and palm trees.  What an idyllic campsite this would be!


 The camper is part of the Glamper Greetings stamp set, stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it with Stampin' Blends.  For each card, I fussy-cut the camper and adhered it with Stampin' Dimensionals.  I made 3 of these cards and experimented with different colors on each one.  This camper is colored with Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral & Bermuda Bay.


This one is colored in Calypso Coral, Bermuda Bay & Pool Party.  The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock and the mat is cut from Bermuda Bay.

Each of the background elements on this card was stamped using the Waterfront stamp set from the Occasions catalog.  I love stamp sets that give you a lot of "bang for the buck" and Waterfront does just that.  There are 10 images that can be combined in dozens of different ways.  It also includes 6 sentiments!


It doesn't show in my photos, but I brushed the sand with Clear Wink of Stella so it shimmers.

Sale-a-Bration ends at midnight on Saturday, March 31.  I hope you've taken advantage of this sale and earned some great free products!  If not, there's still a little time - hop on over to my online store and get shopping!

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Creatively,
Pat

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Bold & Cheerful Thanks!

Hello Friends,

I hope you're having a wonderful week!  It's been a busy one for me.  I had a whole list of errands to accomplish and crossed off every one of them.  What a great feeling!  As I was driving across town on my way to the drug store, I passed the entrance to a golf community that was landscaped with the most gorgeous orange & magenta impatiens I've ever seen.  The colors were so stunning & vibrant, I was inspired to create a card with the same colors.  Here's what I came up with:


I'm loving the combination of Melon Mambo & Tangerine Tango here.  These beautiful flowers are from the stamp set "Oh So Eclectic".  The leaves are stamped in Old Olive.  Even though "Oh So Eclectic" has leaves in the stamp set, I wanted some smaller ones that wouldn't overwhelm these gorgeous flowers, so I chose the smaller leaves that are part of the "Swirly Bird" stamp set.

The centers of the flowers are stamped in Archival Basic Black for bold contrast, as is the bold sentiment from "One Big Meaning".


I liked this design so much that I made a dozen of these to have on hand.  Some of them are matted on Basic Black cardstock and some on Melon Mambo with a Whisper White card base.  Others are matted on Basic Black with a Melon Mambo card base.  I can't decide which is my favorite - I love them all!


I experimented with adding Rhinestone Jewels on some of them.  With the jewels or without, this card is a show-stopper and so easy to make!  I stamped a dozen of these in about 30 minutes.  That's my kind of card - clean & simple and QUICK!


Purchase any of the products used on this card by clicking the links below to visit my online store.  Don't forget about Sale-a-Bration - it's Stampin' Up's biggest sale of the year!  Until March 31, you get a free product of your choice with each $50 purchase!  

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Happy stamping!
Pat