distINKtive STAMPING designs : Stampin' Up!.

Saturday, 29 August 2020

Coming Home Card

Hello again Stampin' friends.

Today I have a card using the Coming Home stamps by Stampin' Up! and the Home Together coordinating dies.

There is a little story behind this card - recently we bought a beach house for family holidays - something I've wanted to do for many years. I found just the right one for us and fortunately, with the help of a lovely real estate agent, negotiations were completed to our satisfaction. I loved the Coming Home stamp set when I first saw it, and I thought it would be appropriate for a card.

Our beach house is on a cliff front overlooking the ocean, and I wanted the card to reflect that, so I added some waves using a retired Stampin' Up! embossing folder.

I stamped all the images with Memento ink and coloured them with Stampin' Blends. The images were then die cut with the coordinating Home Together dies.

It is fun to "build" a little village using the houses and trees and I added layers by overlapping and raising the images with Dimensionals.

The front of the card is cut so the back-ground Designer Series Paper shows through. That means if you layer the houses above the horizon line, you will need to use some sort of method to cover them on the inside of the card.

I decided to simply stamp and colour some more houses and trees.

It was so much fun creating this card and it shows how you can use this stamp set for more than just Christmas cards.

All the products are listed below, so if you would like to purchase any of them, and you live in Australia, you are welcome to select the image and it will take you directly to my On-Line shop. If your order is less than $250, please use the Host Code in the side bar and you will be eligible for some extra goodies.

Product List

Coming Home Bundle

[155144]

$81.00

Coming Home Photopolymer Stamp Set

[153500]

$31.00

Home Together Dies

[153515]

$59.00

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

$14.25

Trimming The Town Designer Series Paper

[153491]

$20.00

Ornate Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[149471]

$31.00

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144597]

$15.50

Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

[147938]

$15.50

Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147275]

$15.50

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$15.50

Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[148544]

$15.50

Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[153108]

$15.50

Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154906]

$15.50

Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[148059]

$15.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$7.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$6.00

Thursday, 22 February 2018

Watercolour Birthday Boy Epic Celebrations

I don't know about you but I find making cards for the boys in my family much harder than for the girls. This stamp set from Stampin' Up! - Epic Celebrations - is just perfect for teenagers or even "want to be" teenagers, so it was the obvious choice for my grandson who will turn 10 this week.

I enjoyed water colouring the sneakers using my Stampin' Up! water color pencils and an Aqua Painter.

HOW TO USE WATER COLOR PENCILS

This is such a quick and easy way to colour:

I have used 2 methods on the shoes.

*The first is colouring with the pencil, directly onto the paper and just along one edge of the area to be coloured. Then use a clean Aqua Painter to blend the colour away from the edges and form some contours of the shoe. Add more colour as needed.

* the second is using the pencil as a palette. Touch the tip of the Aqua Painter directly onto the colour on the tip of the pencil and paint onto the desired area. The soft pigment in the pencil will transfer to the brush. This method is great for adding more depth to the areas already painted.

* Create shadow with a little grey and blue.

I combined the stamped image with some of the elements from the True Gentleman Suite. The colours in this suite are really awesome and the accessories like the Night of Navy Corduroy Ribbon, add the finishing touch to the card. The background paper is from the True Gentleman Designer Series Paper pack. This has an abundance of beautiful masculine patterns that help create quick backgrounds for your stamping.

And here is another card using some of the other images in Epic Celebrations.

Epic Celebrations is a Sale -A-Bration stamp set from Stampin' Up! that you can earn for free, simply by placing a $90+ order. If you would like to own this set you may shop Stampin' Up! products via my On-Line Store, then simply select your choice of Free Sale-A-Bration products to the value earned.

I will finish this post with offering each of you a fabulous opportunity to join Stampin' Up! during Sale-A-Bration. You get all the benefits of being a member of the SU family, including a terrific discount, training, flexible work hours etc,.During SAB you create your own Kit to the value of $235 and then ADD 2 additional free stamp sets of your choice. Depending on your choice this can be well over $100 of stamps for free and that is in addition to all the heavily discounted items you choose for your Starter Kit. That means potentially over $400 worth for just $169. You also get a set of current catalogues, some order forms and other business stationary all for the low price of:

$169

Contact me if you'd like further information