Acrylic Block Leaves

 

I tried the acrylic block technique and didn't like the image on the paper so I decided to diecut the leaves out of it and add some color spritzing and brayering to them.

I stamped pumpkin pie and cajun craze on my acrylic block, sprayed with water, then stamped on whisper white. I then diecut all of the leaves; used SU's color spritzer tool and added cherry cobbler, more mustard and crumb cake. Brayered edges with soft suede on some leaves and cajun craze on the others. Background panels are embossed with wood grain folder. Cardstock: espresso, so saffron, whisper white. Happy Thanksgiving from TEENY TINY WISHES set. Leaves are spellbinders nested maple leaves. Ribbon is daffodil delight. I used popup dots on a few of the leaves.

Simple Things

This card is a CASE originally posted by Joni Seith on stampin connection. The gals and gent at my card class this morning loved making this card!

The white cardstock is embossed with the framed tulips EF. The leaves are the shapeabilities nested maple leaves. Sentiment from an old SU set .

Wellness Wishes

SUPPLIES:

• cardstock - bashful blue, real red, kraft
• ink - black, markers, blender
• stamps - wonderful winterland, teeny tiny wishes
• accessories - bitty banners framelits, scallop punch, wood grain EF, word window punch, midnight muse ribbon

NOTE: Cut bashful blue cardstock, cut out scallop circle (I used nestabilities diecut for this), then emboss with woodgrain EF. Mat on top of red cardstock and adhere your stamped image to the center of the red background panel.

Warm Well Wishes

This is another card for a class I am teaching at Wildcat Pizza in Hayden.

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - wonderful winterland, teeny tiny wishes
• cardstock - soft suede, watercolor paper, black, misc. color
• accessories - square lattice and wood grain EFs, circle and scallop nestabilities, 1/2" circle punch, itty bitty banners framelit, decorative brads and ribbon
• ink - black, misc markers and blender pen

Funny Face

Another simple and fun card for the halloween card class at Wildcat Pizza in Hayden, ID. The funny face and monster stamps are from the Michaels bin for .60 cents each :) Background EFs are fancy fan and square lattice.

Batty Halloween

I made this simple and fun halloween card for a class I am teaching at Wildcat Pizza tomorrow night in Hayden, ID. I got the dracula and bat stamp at Michaels for .60 cents each :) Background EF is chevron and the happy halloween is from TEENY TINY WISHES set.

Another Simple Reason to Smile

This is the same card for the Hayden library workshop, but with a different flower and a few of the itty bitty punches added for character. Sometimes if the class has over 5 or 6 people, I use a different stamp so more than one person can work at a time. So this is just a slightly different version than the last post.

Simple Reason to Smile

This card is for another workshop I am teaching at the Hayden library. Trying to keep it simple but still cute. This flower is from the reason to smile set. I also used the petals a plenty EF, the word window punch, and the itty bitty punches. I stamped the flowers in real red, calypso coral and pretty in pink.

2012 - 2013 Holiday Catalog

The new 2012-2013 Holiday catalog is available to order now! I'm loving the new bundles they have; I'll have to learn to pace myself : ) Check out the Ornament Keepsakes bundle and the Perfectly Preserved bundle. Too many fun goodies!!!!

To view the catalog click on this link: http://204.228.150.61/catalogs/20120601/20120601_Holiday_en-US.pdf

to place an order 24/7: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stampingtracy/

Mushy Thanks

I made this card using happy you hostess set, dot dot dot background stamp, and fresh vintage SAB set. I stamped the dot dot dot pattern in sahara sand ink on whisper white cardstock and matted with pool party and early espresso cardstocks. I stamped the background patterns from the fresh vintage set on pool party cardstock in sahara sand ink and matted both with early espresso; adhered to card and tied crumb cake seam binding ribbon. Stamped the mushroom in early espresso, colored with blender pen and inks then matted with scallop circle in early espresso. Punched 1/2" circle in crumb cake, and itty bitty flower in pool party. Added brown rhinestone.

 SUPPLIES:

cardstock - early espresso, pool party, whisper white

ink - early espresso, sahara sand, river rock, baja breeze, crumb cake

stamps - dot dot dot, fresh vintage SAB, happy you (hostess)

misc - 2 3/8" scallop circle, 1 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, itty bitty shapes punches; seam binding ribbon, brown pearl rhinestones 

Bright Flower Thanks

These flowers are from the Best of Everything set. I have a lot of thank you cards to make and haven't played much with this set. It is fun and colorful : ) When inking the flower stamps, I inked only the top portion of the flower in the color, and then colored the stem and leaves with a lucky limeade marker.

SUPPLIES:
cardstock - pretty in pink, melon mambo, whisper white
ink - calypso coral, real red, pretty in pink, lucky limeade
stamps - best of everything, thank you kindly
misc - itty bitty punch, word window punch, petals a plenty EF, scallop trim border punch, 1/2" circle punch, pearl rhinestones, ribbon

Happy You Gift Tags

The picture may be hard to see. I made these gift tags at a workshop at the Hayden Library using the happy you hostess set and an old dot dot dot background stamp.

SUPPLIES:

• cardstock - crumbcake, very vanilla, pink and brown (not SU)
• ink - black stazon
• stamps - happy you, dot dot dot
• misc - ribbon, twine, scallop circle, circle 1 3/8" & 1/2", and itty bitty shapes punches

Simply Soft Thanks

SUPPLIES:

cardstock - whisper white, lucky limeade, calypso coral
stamps - simply soft hostess, itty bitty banners
misc - vintage wallpaper EF, itty bitty punch, floral frames framelits, bitty banners framelits, flower punch, ribbon (not SU)
ink - basic black, calypso coral

Floral Pattern Congrats

This card was for a demo it at a workshop. I wanted it to be fun and colorful, but not too complicated.

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - everything eleanor, itty bitty banners
• ink - cherry cobbler, lucky limeade, always artichoke
• paper - basic black, lucky limeade, very vanilla, watercolor
• misc - square lattice EF, labels framelits, bitty banners framelits, blender pens

Pleasantly Poppied

I made this card for a stamping workshop I am holding at the local library. I tried to keep it simple, yet vibrant.

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - pleasant poppies, itty bitty banners
• cardstock - daffodil delight, baja breeze, whisper white
• ink - not quite navy
• misc - bitty banners framelits, petals a plenty EF, labels framelits, scallop border punch, daffodil delight ribbon

Birthday Poppies

Having fun playing with my new stuff. This is the first time I've had the seam binding ribbon and I love working with it. It is so easy - especially for a lackluster bowtier like me! The window frames framelits are new too!
I stamped the poppies on watercolor paper, colored with blender pen and ink, cut with window frame framelit, then pierced. Added labels framelit in black with distressed edges. The background paper is from DCWV mat stack; embossed with vintage wallpaper EF then distressed edges and matted with black, also distressed edges.





SUPPLIES:

• cardstock - black, watercolor, very vanilla, rose (not SU)
• stamps - pleasant poppies, take it to heart (birthday banner), happiest birthday wishes
• ink - real red, calypso coral, pretty in pink, black stazon, always artichoke
• misc - blender pen, itty bitty punches, paper piercing, vanilla seam binding ribbon, pearl rhinestones, vintage wallpaper EF, edge distresser, window frame and labels framelits

Brayered Poppies

To make this card I first stamped the poppy image in rich razzleberry on whisper white cardstock, heat embossed to set ink, then colored image with versamark pen and heat embossed with clear EP. Brayered pink pirouhette, cajun craze, rich razzleberry, not quite covering the previous color as I brayered the next; embossed the image with perfect polka dot EF and cut with labels framelits and sponged rich razzleberry around the edges.

Soft Flower Thank You

This is a simple and elegant thank you card using the flower from an old hostess set called simply soft. I love how the 2 step stamping works on this flower to give it a watercolor look.

SUPPLIES:

• stamps: itty bitty banners, papillon potpourri (butterfly), simply soft (flower)
• ink: calypso coral, lucky limeade, black stazon, early espresso
• paper: calypso coral, wild wasabi, early espresso, whisper white, floral district DSP
• misc: butterfly punch, bitty banners framelits, perfect polka dots EF, ribbon (not SU)

OLD TRUCK Mancard

The idea of this card was a love you or valentine MANCARD. This truck is from the countryside stamp set. The background paper is cajun craze, baja breeze, soft suede, black and floral districut DSP. The truck was stamped in stazon brown on watercolor paper, then colored with markers and blender pen. I stamped LOVE on baja breeze and added to tailgate of truck. I had to piece together the "all i want is you" phrase and "love" from different stamp sets. After I cut the truck image with the labels framelits, I also used the labels framelits on soft suede, then trimmed off the bottom portion and adhered to the truck image. Then added a small strip of black.

SUPPLIES:

• baja breeze, cajun craze, soft suede, watercolor, black cardstock; floral district designer series paper
•  countryside, pennant parade (love), best of everything (all i want is), tiny tags (you)
• timber brown stazon ink
• word window, tiny tag punches; labels framelits; argyle embossing folder

Love You Pattern

Itty bitty shapes pattern card. I used the itty bitty shapes punches with the itty bitty buttons. Background is perfect polka dots, and petals a plenty EF's; sentiment is from itty bitty banners stamp set, and is cut with the bitty banners framelits. Simple, yet elegant : )