Happy Little Stampers: CAS

It's time for a new Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge! This month we are asking you to create an off the edge design. Mine doesn't fall too far off the edges, but enough to count! 

Is this not a showstopper of a rose stamp by Concord & 9th? Best part - the stamps do all the work for you! I stamped and embossed the outline in black onto my card panel. The layering stamps give it such an artsy look. It was just by chance that the top "splash" also went of the edge, but I really like that it did. From there, it was a simple matter to emboss the sentiment with some gold accent embossing powder, and pop up the main panel on some fun foam. 

This rose is seeing ink for the first time, so off it goes to the August NBUS challenge. 

Beautiful and varied "off the edge" cards by my talented teammates can be seen on the HLS blog! Why not play along? 

Supplies: Neenah white cardstock, Concord & 9th Painted Rose stamps, Versafine onyx black & Catherine Pooler Do-Si-Do, Polished, Mint to Be & Bay Breeze ink, Wow clear gloss & clear gold highlights embossing powder, MFT blueprints 24 stitched rectangle die, fun foam

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Ellen Hutson Summer of Stamping: New Release!

Ellen Hutson has a brand new release available NOW! It's the final release for the Essentials by Ellen Summer of Stamping, and it features new designs by Julie Ebersole! I am thrilled to be playing along today with stamps and dies from Julie's new set, Stay Cool. It's full of fun graphic images. Here's my first card: 

Popsicles! A perfect summer treat. The edible parts of the popsicles are stamped as intended, but to add a little texture to the sticks, after I inked each one, I "kissed" it with the wavy stamp in the set - this added a bit of woodgrain to them. I did add an embossed white highlight to each treat. To ground them, I stamped the dotted stamp repeatedly in my lightest yellow ink for a subtle background. I used the same ink to add the embellishments on either side of the sentiment, adding some shimmer with a glitter pen. 

While I was stamping my popsicles, I was reminded of a sentiment in an older set by Julie, and thus my second card was born: 

Put the semi-circle and the triangle stamps from the set together, and you get an ice cream cone! Although chocolate would be my favourite, brown might not have looked as fun as strawberry does. ;) A fancy edge, some patterned paper, and a sprinkling of sequins add interest to this CAS card. 

The Ellen Hutson brand ambassadors are showing off all the new release products with an Instagram hop... I do believe there may be prizes, not to mention all kinds of beautiful inspiration using the new release! Be sure to check it out, and thanks for stopping by! 

Supplies: 

Stay Cool by Julie Ebersole, Summer of Stamping Clear Stamps

Stay Cool by Julie Ebersole, Summer of Stamping Designer Dies

Solar White - 25 pk, Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock

Solar White Heavyweight 110 lb - 25 pk, Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock

Everyday Punnies by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps

Black & White Stripes, My Favorite Things Paper Pack

VersaMark Ink Pad

VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black

Do-Si-Do, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

Sweet Sixteen, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad

Lemon Chiffon, My Favorite Things Premium Dye Ink Cube

Memento Dew Drop Ink Pad, Angel Pink

Memento Dew Drop Ink Pad, Rose Bud

WOW Embossing Powder, Super Fine - Clear Gloss

WOW Embossing Powder, Super Fine - Opaque Bright White

Wonky Stitched Rectangle STAX, My Favorite Things Die-namics

Slimline Basics Borders, Sunny Studio Dies

Sparkle Pens Clear Overlay, Crafter's Companion Spectrum Noir

4mm Cupped, Sparkling Clear, Pretty Pink Posh Sequins

Tonic Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

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Color Hues: Yellow and Pink

And just like that, it's August! The first of the month means it is time for a new challenge at Color Hues. Teammate Hannelie has chosen our hues this time around and they are YELLOW and PINK!  Initially, I wasn't going to make a floral card, as they can be tricky without the option of green for the foliage, but in the end, I did:

I started with a summery gingham panel with a background stamp and my lightest yellow ink. Next I smooshed two watercolour panels, one in the same yellow, and another in a trio of pink distress inks. The flowers were die cut from the pink, obviously, and the flower centres and accents from the yellow. To keep things light, I stamped the sentiment in grey rather than black ink before embossing in clear. After arranging the flowers, they still needed a little something, so I added some liquid glue to the centres and adhered some chunky glitter. 

Beautiful inspiration cards from my teammates and our current guest designer, Conil! I hope these pretty colours and the teams' projects will inspire you to join us. 

Supplies: Neenah white and Papertrey Ink soft stone cardstock, Canson watercolour paper, Concord & 9th Gingham Background & Filled In Florals stamps, Versafine smoky grey, MFT lemon chiffon & spun sugar, kitsch flamingo & picked raspberry distress inks, Wow clear gloss embossing powder, Concord & 9th Everyday Bouquet dies, Studio Katia frost glitter

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Christmas and the Outdoors at Scrap 'n Stamp!

It is my turn on the Scrap 'n Stamp blog today, for today's Random Acts of Cardness challenge prompt: OUTDOORS. I also couldn't resist adding another Christmas in July card to my stash. I hope you will visit  the SnS blog to see the full card! 

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The Sisterhood of Colourful Stampers

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is here to wish you a very COLOURFUL Saturday with our latest challenge! I am thrilled that Lee, in making our graphic, gave a nod to her Canadian teammates with the badge spelling. Here is my rainbow take on our new theme: 

Apologies for this first photo - it was taken on a thunderstormy day! You'll see a better representation of the colours in my close-up below. (Sad to say, I didn't realize how bad this one was until I went to write the post.) Anyway - this is my first time using this fun alphabet die set from Concord & 9th! The funky font is fun, and as you can see, can easily use up the majority of a card front. I made sure I left room for a bit of snark with the secondary sentiment. Since it comes from an older Hero Arts set, I'm adding this to the Wednesday Simon Says Stamp challenge, Out With the Old and In With the New. 

So much colourful inspiration from my sisters in snark and our latest guest designer, Queen Stef! Hope you're feeling colourful and will join us! 

Supplies: Neenah white, Memory box blue & assorted scraps of cardstock, Hero Arts Irreverent Birthday stamp, Versafine onyx black ink, Wow clear gloss embossing powder, Concord & 9th Tall Type & Winnie & Walter Katharine cutaways pierced rectangle die

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Inkspirational: Spots/Dots

It's time for a new Inkspirational challenge, and my sweet friend and teammate Carol has chosen SPOTS/DOTS! In an unusual move for me, I went very... pink with my card: 

I have a bunch of this pink polka dot paper, so of course it came immediately to mind when I saw our theme. To let the dots shine, I stamped just this big birthday sentiment in black with black sparkle embossing powder. For the secondary sentiment, I used the reverse side of the paper - a lighter pink with blocks of text. I found a text-free space that was just the right size for the fishtail banner sentiment. I have also discovered the joy of using polka dot paper to help "randomize" the placement of sequins! 

You'll be seeing spots over at the Inkspirational blog, with lots of ideas to get you started on your own dotty card! ;)

Supplies: American Crafts pink textured & Concord & 9th graphite glitter cardstock, Dear Lizzy Lucky You patterned paper, Studio Katia It's Your Birthday stamps, Versafine onyx black ink, Ranger black sparkle embossing powder, Pretty Pink Posh sparkling clear sequins

 

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