Watercolor Melon

Well, I fell off the posting wagon again. Sigh...I will keep trying but life just seems to happen and I don't always get to post. Since I last posted, Stampin' Up! has released the retiring lists. Watercolor Melon we knew would not return after Sale-a-bration but I have learned that Biggest Wish and Charming Sentiments are retiring at the end of April. Take a look and see if they are something you want to add to your stamping supplies.

Watercolor Melon was one of the choice you had during Sale-a-bration. My youngest daughter, Belle, love watermelon. I knew I would need this set for her to have and play with. She hasn't had any time to spend with me in my stamping room as of late but maybe this summer she can arrange a few hours to have fun stamping. 

I used Flirty Flamingo and Granny Apple Green for these cards. I started this one by using a blending brush to add some Granny Apple to the background. The slices of watermelon are fussy cut after they were stamped.

Bird's Eye View

Aren't these birds adorable? I think they are so stinking cute and I had a ton of fun creating with them. I do wish there was a coordinating set of dies but you may remember that I don't mind fussy cutting items either. 

I inked up my acrylic block with Pumpkin Pie ink and then spritzed it with some water before "stamping" with it to create the background. The bird, branch, and leaves are all fussy cut and then adhered to the card with dimensionals. 

Watercolor World

Watercolor World is a large stamp that can be a bit unyielding but it really is a beautiful image. I stamped it here in Crumb Cake and stamped the greeting with Early Espresso. I tied a Real Red ribbon around the bottom of the cardstock and adhered it to a piece of Real Red and then to the Early Espresso card base. I added a couple of gold pearls for a finishing touch. Simple!

Uniquely Artistic

Uniquely Artistic was a freebie for attending a Stampin' Up! event. I have to admit that it was not my favorite and I kept pushing it away. Now that I have gotten it inky, I have enjoyed it more. This set is on the retiring list so if it speaks to you and you have to have it, get it now!

I used Flirty Flamingo for the card base. The flowers are stamped with Flirty Flamingo and the the lines with Polished Pink. The leaves are Garden Green. Nothing fancy on this card, just some stamping and the embossed texture.

Paradise Palms Scrapbook Pages

I really enjoy the challenge of creating scrapbook pages with my Stampin' Up! supplies. Many would say that Stampin' Up! doesn't have much for scrapbooking and I understand where they are coming from but strongly disagree! You can scrap with just about anything!

Here you can see some designer series paper, a few die cuts, some cardstock, stamps, and ink. I know, it sounds like a lot but it was all stuff I already have in my stash. I'm sure you do too!

Daisy Garden

This large background stamp is so much fun to create with. You don't have to use the whole image which is easy to forget for any stamp but especially these large stamps.

I stamped the daisies on a piece of Basic White with Memento ink and colored this in with watercolor pencils. I did add a bit of Wink of Stella to the center of the daisies. 

Daffodil Afternoon

Did you get some of this great paper during Sale-a-bration? Pull it out and get creating with it! There are so many ways to create cards fast. You need to let the designer series paper sing! 

The Daffodil Afternoon designer series paper needed to get cut at my house. I know I struggled to use this paper at first because it is fairly dark and spring shouldn't be dark colors in my mind. Once I started cutting it up, though, I was able to get several cards made. 

Sunshine & Rainbows

Another class that I'm hosting very soon is the Sunshine & Rainbows class. At this class you will be getting a half of a pack of the Sunshine & Rainbows designer series paper to make these cards and then the rest of the half pack is yours to take home with you!

Awesome Otters

I didn't get to play with this set much while it was available, so I had to play a bit more before I put it away. I used the color palette of Pacific Point, Balmy Blue and Real Red. Here we go!

The Basic White layer was embossed with the Bark embossing folder that I used a blending brush and added some Pacific Point over the top lightly. It sure does feel like water! I colored the otter with blends.

Biggest Wish

Biggest Wishes has got to be everyone's favorite greeting set! It comes with both block letter words and scripted words. They work great together.

I started with a base of Night of Navy. The designer series paper is from the hostess pack of papers called Pattern Party. I died cut two tags and stamped the greeting on one of them. I adhered the tags together and added some denim ribbon at the top. The tags were added to the front of the card with dimensionals.

Daisy Lane

Daisies are my favorite flower, which I'm sure I have shared with all of you before. They remind me of summer and sunshine and simplicity. 

I started this card with Merry Merlot cardstock and added a layer of Flirty Flamingo. I stamped the ferns with Garden Green on the Basic White layer. The greeting layer was punched twice, once from Merry Merlot and once from Basic white. I stamped the daisies and the greeting with Flirty Flamingo and Merry Merlot. The daisies were punched and layered. The greeting was layered with the Merry Merlot die cut in half and added to the top and bottom of the greeting.

Delicate Dahlias

Yep, this proves how far behind I am! While looking at the pictures I have set up on my blog that are awaiting me to write up the post for them, look what I found! Delicate Dahlias! Yes, this was a Sale-a-bration set from this summer and not available any longer but it's the perfect time for me to chat with you about the current Sale-a-bration and give you some inspiration for a set that may be collecting dust on your shelf!

This card is made with Daffodil Delight as it's base. I stamped the outline of the dahlias with Memento ink and then used the other dahlia stamp to "color" in the images. I added a few of the speckle images from Biggest Wish to fill in some of the white space. This checked ribbon is some of my all time favorite! This card just had to have some.

Evening Evergreen

Boy, I really am behind! Thank you for hanging with me while I catch up on so many things that I have made over the last several months and haven't found the time to write a blog post about. Anyone want to be my accountability partner? I think I could really use one! I am working on being better though~

I did these cards for my In Color Club where you get ink pad, cardstock, markers, blends, ribbon and other goodies each month for one of the new In Colors. Evening Evergreen was the last of the 5 colors this time around and here are 3 cards that I made with this color as the focus. 

This one starts with Evening Evergreen as the base color. I then paired it with some Soft Succulent and Sahara Sand for a simple and striking Christmas card.

Tailor Tag Punch

I had some more fabulous fun with the tailor tag punch! I'm telling you, if you don't own this punch, get it! It's so fantastic! I can't believe how long I waited to get it and how many different things I have been able to create with this punch.

I punched a piece of vellum with the punch. I used vellum because I wanted to be able to see where I was lining up the shapes. I then laid the vellum on my cardstock and used the water color pencils to trace around the image to create the beginnings of the background. I then used my water painter to pull the color from the tracing into the image. I did have to add some color as I didn't have enough on the edge.

I love the way this one turned out. I cut the tailor tag punch in half and adhered them to a piece of cardstock so that they would create a circle looking shape. I then die cut them so that they did make a circle. There is a space in the center that doesn't have anything. I covered that with the greeting that I die cut too.

This card was also created with halves of the tailor tag punch. I punched them and then cut them in half. I alternated between the wider part being up and down as well as the patterns on the paper. I adhered these pieces to a strip of Night of Navy.

I've said it before, YOU NEED THIS PUNCH! It's amazing what can be done. I have more ideas that I haven't had time to put together. Maybe soon I can do that but time is not something I have a lot of extra of, neither do you, I'm sure!

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Happy Stampin'!

Supplies:

Card 1:

Print Recipe

Product List

Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[155052]

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

Tailored Tag Punch

[145667]

Water Painters

[151298]

Black & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Gingham Ribbon

[156485]

Matte Black Dots

[154284]

Card 2:

Print Recipe

Product List

Best Year Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152568]

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141416]

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

Pattern Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper

[155426]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Tailored Tag Punch

[145667]

Banners Pick A Punch

[153608]

Layering Circles Dies

[151770]

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

Black 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Glittered Organdy Ribbon

[147897]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

Card 3:

Print Recipe

Product List

Handsomely Suited Cling Stamp Set

[154444]

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100867]

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

In Good Taste Designer Series Paper

[152494]

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

Tailored Tag Punch

[145667]

Stitched Rectangles Dies

[151820]

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]