Artistically Inked

Artistically Inked made quite the splash when it was introduced. It had coordinating designer series paper that was absolutely beautiful in awesome bright colors. The dies and stamps were easy to create with and could make cards for anything that you needed. Now this set has been scheduled for its retirement but there is still time for a last hurrah!

Cajun Craze is not a color that I tend to gravitate towards. In fact, I have to force myself to use it once in a while. It is a beautiful color for fall but I struggle outside of the leaves. I stamped the larger background across the Crumb Cake layer with Cajun Craze ink. The die cut leaves add the perfect finishing touch.

Lighting the Way

Fireflies have such great memories for me. I remember catching them and collecting them in jars as a child. Then my own children did that too. We always let them go at the end of the night but it was fun to watch them light up and chase them around the yard. I was thinking about this when I created this first card. Isn't it so sweet?

Hope & Prayer

I love when Stampin' Up! has religious stamp sets. They really speak to my heart and I always have to buy them. I will admit to buying a few sets that I didn't love but they had something that I liked.

Hope & Prayer will be retiring at the end of the month so I had to play a little with it. I started this one with thick Basic White cardstock and added a few deckled edged rectangles for layers. The plaid layer is stamped with Sketched Plaid and then I added lines with my Gorgeous Grape marker and a ruler.

Share a Milkshake Scrapbook Pages

Share a Milkshake is such a cute set but I love ice cream and anything to do with ice cream so I might be bias. I started these pages with Berry Burst as the background.

I used one sheet of designer series paper from the Masterfully Made pack. I cut it so that I had one strip to run along the bottom of the left page and then to fill in the center of the 12 x 24 layout. 

I then accented the pages with some stamped and die cut images, including the greeting with the hexagon punch. The coordinating dies for this set have the dies for the images as well as the spoon and a waffle pattern for a background.

When I am creating scrapbook pages, I like to start with the stamp set I want to use. I then pick out a sketch that I feel I can incorporate that set into easily. Sometimes I then pull out designer series paper or make my own. This helps determine the colors that the layout will take on. Then it's time to get creative. 

You can see what stamps Stampin' Up! has to offer by clicking on the pictures below. You will then be in my online store. Have fun and get creative!

Happy Stampin'!

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Share A Milkshake Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[160394]

Brights 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock

[147001]

Masterfully Made 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161192]

Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[155613]

Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[150880]

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

[147143]

Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad

[161664]

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

Share A Milkshake Dies

[160395]

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

Heartfelt Hexagon Punch

[162888]

Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels

[158130]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

He's All That

He's All That is a masculine set with several images and dies that work well for many men in your life. You may want to take a look at this set before it retires to see if it will work for you and the men in your life. 

I started with Soft Sea Foam for a card base. I added a layer of Night of Navy and Crumb Cake. The Crumb Cake was embossed with the cross hatch embossing folder from the Basic 3 D embossing folders that are an online exclusive. I ran the Crumb Cake ink pad over the top of the embossing to highlight the embossing. The flags behind the main image are part of the coordinating dies for this set. I did cut 6 of the flags out.

In the Moment

I am going to try to share all the cards that I have made with stamps that are retiring soon. This set, In the Moment, is on the retiring list. I did get this set free for attending a conference that Stampin' Up! put on but I can't say that I feel in love with it. Don't get me wrong, I like the images but I wasn't sure it was really something I loved. Therefore, it took me a while to ink this set up. Once I did, I have enjoyed coloring these images.

This card was colored with blends. I have learned to color the edges with the dark color, go over with the lighter color, and then add some details with the dark color again. This really gives me the different shading in my images.

Darling Details

Darling Details is as bundle that I used for a Class at Home class a few months ago. I really like this set and had fun playing with beyond the class that I offered. I liked creating with this set and was surprised to see it on the retiring list. The dies are so much fun too. Oh well. Stampin' Up! has a plan that I don't know. That's OK. 

I stamped the flowers with Moody Mauve and the out line with Blackberry Bliss. The leaves, stem, and ground are Pretty Peacock. Pretty Peacock is quite blue in my opinion but it works as a "green" here. The ground was crumbled up and the smoothed out before adhering to the card.