November 30, 2016

Double Shaker Christmas Card

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I have been so very absent since the As You see It Challenge site went down. The weekly challenges were what kept me sharing with you and it’s been so difficult to keep up with my blogging without that regular incentive. Life is … life. I catch myself talking about how busy I am all the time, but I’ve realized that we’re ALL busy. ALL the time.

It’s not a new thing. It’s just what life is.

So, time keeps passing me by and I have false starts at sharing my stamping projects with you here on my blog. I’m not sure what my game plan is, but I know that I want to blog. I enjoy sharing with you. More than that, I enjoy hearing from you. Your comments spur me on and make me want to have more to offer.

I’ve been getting a lot of responses for a Christmas card that I shared with you last year. I’m loving the interest and the encouragement! It’s those comments that make me want to get back into sharing cards with you. So keep commenting, my crafty friends! If you like anything that I do on inkingonthefly.com, then take the time to say hi. It’s nice to know that I’m not just talking to myself!!

I have a project to share with you today. It’s a card that I made with my technique class that uses a double shaker design with … wait for it … SALT!! BAH! I’m so crazy sometimes!!

Can you see it? There are two different mediums in the shaker because there are two layers! How fun is THAT!! And, I decided to use salt for the snow. Table salt for the distant snow and course pickling salt for the snow in front of the house. I have no idea how salt will effect the paper over time, but if it’s kept dry (which paper should really be), I imagine it would take a very long time for the salt to degrade the paper, if it even would at all. I’ll take my chances.

If you’ve ever made any kind of shaker card before, all you need to do is add a second layer! Because the Foam Adhesive Strips are thicker than Stampin’ Dimensionals, this card with two layers of foam strips will be a tight fit in an envelope. You can either make a larger envelope to give your card more room by using the Envelope Punch Board, or you can use a little finagling to wiggle this card into one of Stampin’ Up’s medium sized envelopes. It can be done!

Supplies used include:

Stampin’ Up Foam Adhesive Strips
Crumb Cake cardstock
Real Red Cardstock
Early Espresso Cardstock
Whisper White Cardstock
Stampin’ Up Window Sheets
Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper
Layering Circle Framelits
Big Shot
Woodland Embossing Folder
Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (I added just a smidge to the table salt)
Table salt and pickling salt
Tombo Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Christmas Pines Stamp Set
Early Espresso Ink
Linen Thread
Mini Jingle Bells
Banner Triple Punch (for those perfect flagged ends on my paper strips)
Warmth and Cheer Designer Series Paper Stack

We also got a dog in May. He’s 8 months old now and likes to chew on our baseboards, door frames, and the underground sprinkler system in the backyard. We love ‘im though!!

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November 16, 2016

Now Available: Premium Tutorial Pack

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I am so excited to join a group of very talented Stampin’ up Demonstrators from around the world to bring you a very special package of tutorials. Every month we will offer a collection of 12 high-quality tutorials to guide you in your crafting using all of the most current and on trend Stampin’ Up products.

In November, our creative team chose to highlight project ideas using the stamp sets from the current 25% off Sale as well as ideas with the new Stitched Shapes Framelits!

You’re now probably asking yourself, “Self, how do I get my hands on one of these amazing tutorial packs?”

Here’s how:

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And if you have already placed a qualifying order with me this month or are a member of my team of Stampin’ Up demonstrators – then your copy will be sent to you!

Happy stamping!

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July 15, 2016

Gold and Blushing Wedding Card

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I thought it was time to give my Floral Phrases Bundle a test ride!

Of course, I started with a challenge from the As You See It Challenge Blog. I design a sample card for this challenge blog once every two weeks, so that crafty stampin’ folks like yourselves can see some different ways to work with the challenge. Our hope is that you will want to try the challenge and share what you made with us by linking it to the challenge blog site. It’s fun! And it gets your creative mojo going!

Here’s the challenge sketch:

Here’s my take on the challenge:

I used Crumb Cake Cardstock for the card base, then a thin layer of Blushing Bride cardstock under the Gold Foil layer. The die cut Crumb Cake layer was cut using the Detailed Floral Thinlit Die with the Big Shot. I used my Precision Plate with this thinlit to ensure that all of the beautiful detailing would be easy to remove. The Big Shot Die Brush with the foam pad are extremely handy for getting all of the little bits out of the thinlit after running it and the paper through the Big Shot. I think I’d go quite nutty without it!!

I stamped my smaller piece of Blushing Bride Cardstock with images from the Floral Phrases stamp set with Versamark Ink (after using my handy Embossing Buddy on the paper first, of course), then applied and heated the Gold Embossing Powder. The Project Life Corner Rounder Punch finished a couple corners on that same layer before I adhered it to my card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I used Crumb Cake ink with the sentiment from the Floral Phrases stamp set on the Very Vanilla cardstock, wrapped some Gold Metallic Thread around the cardstock, tied a bow (easier said than done, with this thin thread! yikes!) and adhered it all to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Because this is intended to be a wedding card, I added a few touches to the inside as well.

A thin matting layer of Blushing Bride cardstock frames the Very Vanilla layer where the sentiment and decoration is stamped. The sentiment is stamped with Crumb Cake ink, while the linear decorative stamp is stamped in Versamark ink, then embossed with Gold Embossing Powder.

The lovely flourish at the top inside of the card is cut from Gold Foil paper using the Detailed Floral Thinlit and the Big Shot.

I used Tombo Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the detailed die cuts to this card, but the Fine-Tip Glue Pen would be a much better choice to ensure that you don’t end up with any accidental sticky residue. The trick with either of these adhesives is to use as little as possible to avoid having it ooze out from under the paper, making an unsightly mess.

You can order any of these supplies online from me be clicking on the SHOP button on this website. Stampin’ Up has a great promotion this month to earn bonus dollars toward purchases in August. Make sure you take advantage of this opportunity to get FREE STUFF!!!

“I HATE FREE STUFF!!” (said no respectable person, ever!!)

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