Stamping Art With Heart

Okay, here's another one... I was playing around looking for something to swap at Convention, and I liked this... but I think I will do it again using the Carte Postale Stamp Set... I just have a feeling there will be a lot of Baroque Motifs going around (which I am thrilled about!) but I want to throw in some variety... When I get it done I will surely show you how it comes out!  In the meantime, what do you think of this one?

 

This is a trifold card, made from a 4" x 12" piece of cardstock, scored at 4" and 8".  Then each of the outer parts are scored on the diagonal... then just add embellishments!  Simple as can be!

I do think Baroque Motifs has to be my favorite new stamp set in the Fall Winter Collection.  You can find it on page 126 in the catalog.  It goes beautifully with the Brocade Background Double Sided Designer Paper on page 170 as well as the Simply Scrappin' Kit Secret Garden on page 177.  It is so versatile, so elegant, and that big swirl is SO playful!  This card uses a cool technique that gives a metal look, almost like a piece of hardware.  I poured out a bit of copper embossing powder onto a piece of cardstock, about a half dollar size and flattened the top a bit to make it level.  Then, using the heat tool I heated it from under the card stock to melt the powder, creating a pool of "moulten copper."  Using my stamp, uninked, I stamped into the liquid.  After about a minute to cool a bit, I carefully lifted the stamp up.  After waiting a few minutes to be sure that the embossing powder had cooled and hardened totally, I trimmed around the edge of the image.  Now the really cool part comes when you take your hole punch and punch around the disk in the curves of the scallops.  This gives a great look, don't you think?

I stamped the large swirl with Bashful Blue Classic Ink, then followed by adjusting my stamp a little and stamping again with Creamy Caramel Classic Ink.  That gives the shadow effect.  It may look blurry to you, but it's actually stamped that way!  So what do you think of Baroque Motifs?

This little project was in fact created as a Fathers' Day momento... unfortunately my dear husband took the one that we made for him to the office and now I can't photograph it!  These Sam Adams coasters were collected at a restaurant, I simple asked for a few and the waitress brought me over a stack of 200!  Needless to say I've had fun playing with them.  I covered the coasters with Stampin' Up!'s designer paper, using the liquid glue (which I LOVE for this purpose).  Then I accordion folded cardstock, decorated with other paper and stamping.  I actually left off the embellishments to apply after the photographs and journaling were in place so that they wouldn't dictate the amount of available space.  I hope you like it!

I hope you missed me, it's always nice to be missed!  Summer vacation was great for me, but now back to the one of the best parts of normal life at home, stamping!  Here is a recent project...

 

My Stamp Club participants loved this Wild Rose stamp set project.  It is really so elegant, I am not sure if that can be captured in a photograph.  The Wild Rose stamp set is from page 98 in the Fall Winter Collection.  Ordering this set from me qualifies you to receive free shipping anywhere in the US!  Email me to place your order, all forms of payment are accepted.  We used Stampin' Dimensionals to pop up a few of the leaves and the bud support.  Then added a little Crystal Effects on the buds themselves, so that they appear to be kissed with dew...

This month I wanted to show my clubbers a great little box that opens and stores flat, along with a great card.  Have a look!

This card uses two retiring stamp sets, Sew Seasonal from page 127 and Sampler Sayings on page 187 in the Idea Book & Catalog.  I loved the way that the flowers resembled blackeyed susans, my grandmother's favorite flower.  I used to pick them for her when I was a little girl!  Here we used different bits of our On Board pieces to make frames for the word "Friendship" and colored them with Old Olive Craft ink.  The Aida Background stamp suits the theme of this card too.  What do you think?

This box uses the Watercolor Vine Jumbo Stampin' Around wheel with Mellow Moss ink on Mellow Moss card stock. Then we layered some of the Recollections paper (p 208) before tying up with ribbons.  We also stamped with Watercolor Minis (p118) which is also retiring on June 30th.  This set will be sorely missed!