Miss Mad Stamper: Forever Blooms

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Birds & Branches

God's creation is so beautiful and I believe most people take that beauty for granted. We just expect it to always be there for us to enjoy or even annoy us at times. I know that I fall into that too. I'm a born and raised WI girl and I don't like the cold! I complain about it. That doesn't help me enjoy the beauty in the naked trees or the glistening snow that is winter. The cold can be refreshing too. I have been trying to make an effort to find the good in everything.

Spring is only 68 days away! 😂I am looking forward to the birds coming back with their songs and the owls that live near us talking to each other again. So I pulled Birds & Branches off the shelf to get it's first inking!

I started with Flirty Flamingo for the card base. I stamped the flower on Misty Moonlight (I'm sad this color will be leaving us soon). The Crumb Cake was embossed with the Timber embossing folder. The flowers do have Wink of Stella on them. Ooo, so pretty! (The bird and flowers were die cut with Birds & More dies. I forgot to add them to the list of supplies.)

Cinnamon Cider

The October color of the month for my In Color Club was Cinnamon Cider. I'm not sure if I like this color or not. It is very different than anything else that we currently have in our color line up. That normally is a great thing but I'm struggling with this color. I'm just not sure what to pair it up with. I haven't really liked any other color than black and white with it.

I pulled out Forever Blossoms to create this first card. You can see that I only used Cinnamon Cider and Whisper White for my color combination. The flowers have Wink of Stella on them. That pulled a little of the ink off the image and into the image. It's really stunning in person.

Just Cinnamon Cider, Whisper White and Basic Black here. I did stamp the grasses and the rabbit on Cinnamon Cider and colored the bunny tail with our Stampin' Chalk Marker. Don't you just love the soft look to that tail? The Whisper White was embossed with Woodland embossing folder. It's kind of hard to see that in this picture. The greeting came from the set Winter Woods. I used my marker to color the words from a larger stamp so that I just had the Thinking of You.

The last card that I used Whiskey Business. I did heat emboss the greeting but I forgot to use my Embossing Buddy before I stamped and poured the embossing powder on so you can see that some of the powder stuck to places it wasn't suppose to. I don't think I mind it on this card but definitely not something I want on other cards. I used my Cinnamon Cider and Mango Melody Blends to get that amber look.

I need to play with this color a bit more. I know that I am struggling with it. That is the perfect reason to get my butt back to the stamp room and get this color out! Anyone want to come play with me? I love company!

Happy Stampin'!

Supplies:

Card 1:

Print Recipe

Product List

Forever Blossoms Cling Stamp Set (English)

[151457]

$23.00

Cinnamon Cider 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[153078]

$8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$9.75

2020–2022 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[153070]

$11.50

Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad

[153114]

$7.50

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$8.00

Cinnamon Cider Ribbon

[152482]

$6.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Card 2:

Print Recipe

Product List

Nature's Beauty Cling Stamp Set

[150528]

$21.00

Winter Woods Cling-Mount Stamp Set

[151359]

$23.00

Cinnamon Cider 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[153078]

$8.75

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

[121045]

$8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$9.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

2020–2022 In Color Stampin' Write Marker Assortment

[153125]

$15.00

White Stampin' Chalk Marker

[132133]

$3.50

Woodland Embossing Folder

[152881]

$8.50

Layering Circles Dies

[151770]

$35.00

Tasteful Labels Dies

[152886]

$31.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$120.00

Cinnamon Cider Ribbon

[152482]

$6.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Card 3:

Print Recipe

Product List

Whiskey Business Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152550]

$19.00

Cinnamon Cider 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[153078]

$8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$9.75

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

[121045]

$8.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$6.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$30.00

Cinnamon Cider Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[153105]

$9.00

Mango Melody Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

[147945]

$9.00

Lovely Labels Pick A Punch

[152883]

$23.00

Cinnamon Cider Ribbon

[152482]

$6.00

2020–2022 In Color Enamel Dots

[152480]

$8.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Friday, June 12, 2020

Forever Blooms

I was so happy to see that Forever Blooms was staying in the Stampin' Up! lineup for a bit longer! This is a beautiful set of stamps with cherry blossoms as the center. I got this set for free from another demonstrator who is gracious enough to let me be on her Facebook page for her down line. When I got it, I wasn't so sure about it. Then when I was able to spend some time playing with it, I found that I really enjoyed it.

I stamped the cherry blossoms with Stazon and then water colored them. The Happy Birthday sentiment just retired but you could use another sentiment.

I stamped this brand with Smoky Slate and used my Blends to color. Because my base ink is so light, you don't see many of the details of the image. I like this look for a change! I used my Rich Razzleberry Blend markers to color the rhinestones on this card.

I think this is my favorite card I made with this set, so far. The image was stamped in Smoky Slate again. This time I water colored the image. The ribbon is the silver edged ribbon that I used my Rich Razzleberry Blend on to color.