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Artisan Wednesday Wow - Stained "Glass" Gift Box - Blended Bloom and Blendabilities

Hi there!!! Welcome back!!!

So every once in a while (okay, so OFTEN) I get some kind of crazy ideas. I think that this little box counts as one. When I first received my Blendabilities markers, I went a little crazy coloring everything I could think of. It was close to me, I tried the markers on it. Almost every type of embellishment that Stampin’ Up! carries was subjected to my whim! Buttons, clips, rhinestones, pearls, you name it. Then I saw this lonely little box, and it looked so plain… it wanted to be fancy. Like super fancy, I had to help it out a bit…. What do you think?

 I stamped the Blended Blooms flower on the outside of the box wrap in StazOn ink and colored – ON THE INSIDE!!! Yup – nuts! I love how pretty it looks. The ink kind of has a mind of it’s own on the plastic, but once I embraced the fun and almost impressionistic look, I fell in love. I hope you do too.

I love how different it looks with the shadows and the light. I can't wait to see what else I can color and the looks I can acheive with the Blendabilities!

 

 

 Head on over to Jennifer's blog. I love some of the beautiful and clean ideas she comes up with and I know you will too.

 

 

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Artisan Wednesday Wow - Project Life® by Stampin' Up!®

Hi there!!! Welcome back!!!

 Have you heard of Project Life®? Well if you have, you probably already LOVE it, if you haven't heard of it, let us introduce you this week. It is a GAME-CHANGER when it comes to scrapbooking. Wait - not really Scrapbooking in the sense you are used to - more like MEMORY KEEPING. Focusing on the MOMENTS and the MEMORIES.

 It a fun, easy, organized system and I am in love! I have 2 pages and a card to share with you this week that were all created using Project Life® by Stampin' Up!® First the pages, being as that is what it really is all about. You see, there is this awesome box, full of preprinted cards that fit into these great pocket pages. You slip in a few to do your journaling, you slip in some photos - Voila! DONE! Of course you can embellish a little if you'd like, and there are great coordinating goodies for that.

 I chose to higlight just a FEW of some of the AMAZING friends I have made on my Stampin' Up! journey. I think I could do a whole album featuring the beautiful women who have been on this journey with me. Be it other Demonstrators, my darling upline Linda, or the many friends I have made at my classes and parties. My life would not be the same without any of them!

 I also decided to make a fun card featuring one of the stamp sets - Day to Day, and the new Framelits AND Corner Rounder! You can check out ALL the Project Life® by Stampin' Up!® items in my store HERE

 I love the color combo of Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe and Coastal Cabana - so fresh and FUN!

I invite you to give Project Life® by Stampin' Up!® a try, it's easy and fun. You can also find more project ideas by searcing #PLxSU on social media and idea forums.

 

 Head on over to Jennifer's blog. I love some of the beautiful and clean ideas she comes up with and I know you will too.

 

 

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Artisan Wednesday Wow - Burlap and Blooms Home Decor - and a GIVEAWAY FOR YOU!

 

Are you excited?!?!?! I am  - this is the first time that the Artisan Design Team has been able to bring you this great opportunity. TO WIN some of the products that we used for our projects this month!

Do you have a hard time thinking outside of the box? I kind of did for a while when Stampin’ Up! asked me to create a project with the Burlap and Blooms Simply Created Wreath Kit that was NOT a wreath, it took me a while to think of what I wanted to create. Finally I decided on a simple home décor addition that anyone could do with this kit, candle wraps.

 I used the awesome Burlap Ribbon to wrap around the candles and used a Hardware Clips Essentials to secure it in the back of the candle being as no one will see it anyhow and then I can change them for the season. Then I PLAYED with the flower pieces and created little bouquets to add to the fronts! (Of course if you put these on real candles and choose to light them, you would want to remove them first. You could be safe and use the flameless candles and then leave them on)

I hope this inspires you to try something fun and new with your supplies or kits. Make sure you check out how you can enter to win below!!!

Hope you enjoy all of the AMAZING projects that the rest of the team has for you today. These are some special projects, so please let the team know what you think! Now go head on over to see the FABULOUS Jennifer Timko - she is seriously SO SUPER awesome and she has another idea for you using the wreath kit! Love her.

 

 

 

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All Out Eggstra Spectacular Easter

If you haven't been able to tell, I've been having a blast creating for Easter this year. One of the projects that came in my Artisan box of supplies from Stampin' Up! this month was the adorable set, Eggstra Spectacular. I realized that if I didn't share this with you soon, it would be too late, so without further ado....

What do you think? I LOVE it! Want to see some close ups?

First up is this sweet little card. I'm not one that usually spends a lot of time making and sending out Easter cards, but sometimes I want to send or hand out a little something, so an easy 3"x3" card like this is perfect! The base is Island Indigo and the Designer Series Paper is the Quatrefancy Specialty paper. It's embellished with a sweet little Daffodil Delight Stitched Grosgrain bow and Pumpkin Pie Button. Oh - and do you see that sweet little fluffy tail? Just a fun little detail.

This cute little "basket" might be the perfect little gift to go with that card! I used a 4 oz disposable "coffee cup" and wrapped it with more Quatrefancy Paper. The little "ewe" is embossed with black embossing powder and colored in with the coordinating colors from the paper. I was able to punch him out with the Extra Large Oval punch, but I needed a little something behind that, so I punched out 3 Scallop Ovals and cut them apart to create a mat that would fit. To create the handle, I sandwiched some lovely Strawberry Slush Ruffle Trim between 2 pieces of Pool Party cardstock to create the handle.

As soon as I saw the stamp with the cute row of eggs, I knew I wanted to create these fun little egg holders. Do you love the eggs? I dyed them with Pool Party, Island Indigo and Daffodil Delight reinkers! FUN! To add a little bit of fun, I trimmed the edges of the Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie cardstock with the Small Scallop Rotary Trimmer Blade.

 I admit, this one gave me a few fits, but I love how this centerpiece turned out! I used a little metal planter box I had on hand and created a little grassy garden of Old Olive cardstock cut with our awesome FRINGE scissors!!! In case you are wondering, I used like 15 strips....

  I LOVE how adding the trim, ribbon and button really dressed up the trim

 Let me show you some detail on those adorable little eggs -

I embossed the egg image 2 times on each color of cardstock. Then I cut them all apart to make COLORFUL eggs!!!

 All together, I think it will really add to the Easter Decor around here - I know the boys will LOVE it!

Hope you enjoy all of the AMAZING projects that the rest of the team has for you today. These are some special projects, so please let the team know what you think! Now go head on over to see the FABULOUS Jennifer Timko - she is seriously SO SUPER awesome! Love her

 

 

Hope you have a great day!!!

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 SUPPLIES I USED TODAY

Eggstra Spectacular

$11.95

Quatrefancy Specialty Designer Series Paper

$12.95

Brights Designer Buttons

$7.95

Daffodil Delight 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon

$4.95

Fringe Scissors

$9.95

Strawberry Slush 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim

$8.95

 

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Artisan Wednesday Wow - More Birthday Cards - for the MEN

 

Hi friends!

Ok, so I warned you last week that there was going to be a LOT of Birthday cards this month, right?  It worked out well for me - I got to play with Big Wish and Life in the Forrest this week to make cards for my Father in Law and my Hubby!!! That means TWO cards for you!

 

 First I'll show you the one I made for my Father In Law. Kind of a different color combo for me, but I wanted bright and cheery and this came straight from the Color Coach!

Adding the Pool Party Core'dinations Cardstock embossed with the Arrows Textured Embossing folder gave this card just that little something that it needed so that area in the top right didn't look empty.

 

TIP - To make the images POP, I actually embossed all of the Smokey Slate and Pool Party images with Embossing Powder. On the Tag I stamped and embossed the "little cake Big wish" in Smokey Slate and then I did the same thing on a scrap with Pool Party Embossing Powder and cut out the letters.

 

See that fun little silver accent? I just pulled the silver out of the Silver Baker's Twine and tied it around the cute little cake plate.

This is the card that went to my Hubby! I know it might seem a little juvenille, but we both love the outdoors so I thought that this would be a fun set to play with for his card, besides, maybe it helped him not think about growing older!

For fun and to give it a little bit different look, I actually embossed all the stamped images in Gold Embossing Powder (once again, I might need an intervention)

Then I watercolored the images on our AWESOME Watercolor Paper - it is seriously the BEST.

 

I didn't want to just shove it in any old envelope, so I decided to dress up one of our Tag a Bag Gift Bags.... what do you think?

 

 

 

 

 

The good news is that they both seemed to love their card. Guy cards can be so tricky.

 Hope you enjoy all of the AMAZING projects that the rest of the team has for you today. These are some special projects, so please let the team know what you think! Now go head on over to see the FABULOUS Jennifer Timko - she is seriously SO SUPER awesome! Love her

 

 

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Artisan Wednesday Wow - You Make Me Happy

 

Hi friends!

Did y'all know that YOU make me happy? Seriously - you do! I am constantly amazed by the sweet comments and emails, week after week. It's true - YOU make me HAPPY! (*sing along* Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof - because I'm happy!!!!)

 

So - here is a card for YOU...

The Hardwood background stamp was embossed with Early Espresso powder on Crumb Cake cardstock, and the sentiment in Gold Embossing Powder on Vellum cardstock. I have been embossing a LOT lately!

Yes, I really cut out that flower stem from Happy Watercolor 3 times. It seemed like a good idea when I started. I stamped it on Watercolor paper so that the colors from the markers would be nice and intense. Three indivual gold sequins were added for that little extra touch. (They are also a great way to hide your adhesive when you use vellum)

 

I also made a little bonus project this week. I decided to use this month's featured MDS downloads to create a page for the MDS Monday Challenge #58! I used their sketch as a starting point, and followed their challenge of changing the colors of a Designer Series Paper. Take a look.

Sometimes I overlook a pattern because of the colors. The colors of the Kaleidescope DSP are very bright and bold, but I wanted to pull colors from my photo and being able to recolor the papers and embellishments in MDS are a HUGE benefit to using the program!

 

Hope you enjoy all of the AMAZING projects that the rest of the team has for you today. These are some special projects, so please let the team know what you think! Now go head on over to see the FABULOUS Jennifer Timko - she is seriously SO SUPER awesome! Love her

 

 

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Artisan Wednesday Wow - Ombre Love

 

 Some of you might have seen this project on Stampin' Up!s Facebook Page, some of you haven't - either way - WELCOME! 

A labor of love, this beautiful gift bag grew in my heart as it grew on my table. I LOVE the new Spiral Flower Die from Stampin’ Up! One of my favorite things is that every flower seems to grow as it would in the garden--unique, with its own personality. Some are smaller, some are larger, some flatter, some taller . . . just as in nature.
I LOVE the ombre trend and wanted to bring it to a special project in a special way. This month’s Paper Pumpkin kit was sitting on my desk. I loved the fun bags included in this month and knew that this would be the perfect project.

While I think it might be reallllly hard to hand this over, my mom has kindly reminded me that her birthday is in June! Aren't moms great?

Hope you enjoy all of the AMAZING projects that the rest of the team has for you today. These are some special projects, so please let the team know what you think! Now go head on over to see the FABULOUS Jennifer Timko - she is seriously SO SUPER awesome! Love her

 

 

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Artisan Wednesday Wow - Sweet Simple Stems and a FUN bonus Easter project

   Are YOU a "Flower Girl" ? I do not consider myself a "Flower Girl". Connie Collins - that lady rocks flowers like no ones business, but ME? No, not really one that is drawn to flowers. There have been a few flower sets that I have LOVED (can you say, Roses in Winter and Heartfelt Thanks? Do you remember those?) That being said, this set could go on my favorites list.

 It was easy to fall in love with this set, Simple Stems. Beautiful images that are easy coordinate and layer for that special touch, I knew that it would look great with this awesome Countless Sayings 2 set. To make it ME, I just HAD to add some Gold Embossing Powder.

I've been BIG on this ombre trend lately, and using my Blender Pens with the Crisp Cantaloupe ink, I was easily able to acheive the look.

TIPS: One of the things I love about the Photopolymer sets is the fact that it SO easy to lay things out and see what they will look like on my cards. I placed my stamps down on my card like this.....

Then I just lined the clear block up with the lower right corner of the card and set it on the stamps. They stick SO well!!! I actually did this so I could make a simpler version for a swap :)

 

Ok, ready for an EXTRA? I saw this fun Peep bunny at the store and had this idea "HOP" into my head :)

I wrapped him in a Cello bag and tied it up with a little Silver Ribbon. Then I created this little magician's top hat out of Basic Black cardstock and the Circle Thinlits. I used the Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper to make the band, eggs and tag. "Enjoy" from Simply Celebrate was the perfect start for me to handwrite the rest of the tag, which was created with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch.

 What do you think? Isn't it CA-YUUUUTE? I think I will make them for all my boys this year! Who would you make one for?

 

Hope you enjoy all of the AMAZING projects that the rest of the team has for you today. These are some special projects, so please let the team know what you think! Now go head on over to see the FABULOUS Jennifer Timko - she is seriously SO SUPER awesome! Love her

 

 

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Artisan Wednesday Wow - Quite the Pair and some Geometrical

 

 HI!!!!!

  How are you doing? Are you missing me yet? I am sooooo sorry, but my blogging this week might be a little sporadic - I have a BIRTHDAY PARTY to get ready for on Saturday! I am TRYING to stay caught up but - well.....

  ANYHOW - I have TWO projects for you this week! YUPPERS - TWO.... the first one is the Valentine card I made for my hubbers and the second one well - was just FUN! Want to check them out?

For the Valentine I just used some Brushed Gold Cardstock and embossed the little pear from Quite the Pair in Gold Embossing Powder. I chose to cut the pear apart from the words to accomplish this. I did not use a Stamp-a-ma-jig, I kind of just eyeballed it. It is rather stunning in person and looks a lot like a card you would find in a fancy boutique somewhere.

Now for the "fun" extra

 

I found these cute little pillow boxes in a dollar section at a store and loved the silver polka dots, so I grabbed them - knowing I would do SOMETHING with them. (you NEVER do that, do ya? LOL). I made a simple little belly band and tag for it using the Geometrical stamp set and Kaeidescope Designer Series Paper and I think they would be a FUN way to give a little treat or for a favor at a party.... What do you think?

 

TIPS: I am still loving the GOLD trend and Gold on Gold is even BETTER. Try embossing on gold cardstock with gold embossing powder yourself - it makes a stunning impact

* I added an extra layer of Brushed Gold cardstock and a Very Vanilla layer to the inside of the card to really make it have that super special touch

*The new tag punches are a great way to create fun and quick tags. Take a look around for your scraps and you have an instant recipe for success.

Hope you enjoy all of the AMAZING projects that the rest of the team has for you today. These are some special projects, so please let the team know what you think! Now go head on over to see the FABULOUS Jennifer Timko - she is seriously SO SUPER awesome! Love her

 

 

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Artisan Wednesday Wow - Love you to the Moon Pie and Back

 

Do you love it when an idea just comes to you? When you see a stamp and you instantly know what you want to make? That’s what it was like for me when I saw the Love You to the Moon Stamp Set. I LOVE being able to give a gift that makes someone smile, and I think that is what will happen when that special person I love opens this card and gift box. Especially when they find that little piece of classic Americana hidden inside!

For the box I stuck with the basics: the stamp set, some markers, some ribbons, and a little embossing. Thanks to the Circle Collection Framelits and the Decorative Dots embossing folder, making the moon was pretty easy. For the card I wanted to showcase some “higher than the sky” thinking by combining stamping and digital. I think the end result is truly out of this world!

 

 

TIPS: I used the Circle Framelits to start my box for the Moon Pie. Then I just added a strip of cardstock long enough to wrap around and tall enought to fit the Moon Pie.

* The "underside" of the Decorative Dots folder made a fun little crater texture for the moon.

*To create the rocket, I imported the Love You to the Moon and Back digital download into my e-cutter program. SO CUTE!

Hope you enjoy all of the AMAZING projects that the rest of the team has for you today. These are some special projects, so please let the team know what you think! Now go head on over to see the FABULOUS Jennifer Timko - she is seriously SO SUPER awesome! Love her

 

 

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