Lovely Lace

I always look forward to the new embossing folders coming out. The new catalogue didn't disappoint with this Lovely Lace folder. This first attempt involved inking up the inside of the front of the folder ( the front is the side with the SU logo) and then running it through the Bigshot. I used Whisper White cardstock and Crisp Canteloupe ink and I like the soft variegated look. I matted it in Crisp Canteloupe. The stamp is the new Celebrate Baby stamp and the twine is Craip Canteloupe thick Bakers twine.

I am not sure how I got this different effect. Maybe I inked up the other side of the folder? The card base is Crumb Cake. Embossed

In this one I embossed it first and then carefully brayered over the design in White craft ink. Looks good on the Crumb Cake. THe ribbon is e new Very Vanilla sating ribbon. It's so soft.

Rose red was embossed this time and the folder was inked up with Rose Red ink. Doing tone on tone gives you a more even coverage than when you you apply a colour to the white cardstock. You still get a great contrast between the inked parts of the Rose red and the plain.

Wouldn't this make a lovely wedding card? I did this in Very Vanilla and I think it is very elegant. This embossing folder makes a very deep, clear impression. The sentiment is from an old set which I really like and still use. I used the Window Framelits for the sentiment. I used the Vanilla satin ribbon again. I only embossed the top section of the front as I wanted the contrast of smooth card down the bottom.

A similar technique and style

Don't you just lovE the Lost Lagoon ribbon. It is so classy. This card was done by Mary Fish. Love her work!
Yes I think this stamp set will become another favourite!

Blendabilities Rock!

These would have to be the most exciting new item in the catalogue I think! I have tried many different methods to add colour to outline stamps but I could never get it to blend successfully. The aqua painter and blender pen worked fine on small designs but you really needed watercolour paper for anything else as the Whisper White cardstock seem to rub up if you applied the amount of water needed to blend the inks.

So when I tried out Stampin' Up's new Blendabilities I was excited! I watched one of the many video clips on the web and it seemed rather impossible to stuff up. And this is exactly what I found.

This is a video I found particularly helpful as it explains not only just how to use them but also how to look after them. http://youtu.be/3TjQ9uJOnuw

All he se first few use the Secret Garden stamp set. I am sorry this wasn't continued in the new catalogue as it is so versatile and great to use with Blendabilities. I embossed the design in white on Crumb Cake as well as the daisy down in the corner. I used Coastal Cabana, Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight Blendabilities. I layered the yellow flower ( to hide an 'oops moment') and the centres of the other two. I experimented with different amounts of 'fill'. I outlined the flowers in Smokey Slate.

 

This one uses Very Vanilla for the card base. I stamped the images, coloured them with the Blendabilities and then laid 2 of the Labels collection dies over the design and ran it through the bigshot

Rich Razzleberry again with Old Olive Blendabilities for the leaves.

Pleasant Poppies are another great set to colour with blendabilities. They seen to work quite well on coloured card as well as Whisper White. I used Bermuda Bay for the card base and Coastal Cabana Blendabilities and Matt

 

 

 

This is the Cherry Cobbler and the Pleasant Poppies background stamp again.

 

 

You can use the Pleasant Poppies in so many ways. It looks great just using a portion of it. This time I used the new in colours of Hello Honey and Mossy Meadow for the cardstock and the Daffodil Blendabilities for the image.

 

 

Another new in colour for the card base- Lost Lagoon. The Rich Razzleberry

Blendabilities were used on the big flower.

Love them!! More about these later! I am sure.

 

Blendabilities Rock!

These would have to be the most exciting new item in the catalogue I think! I have tried many different methods to add colour to outline stamps but I could never get it to blend successfully. The aqua painter and blender pen worked fine on small designs but you really needed watercolour paper for anything else as the Whisper White cardstock seem to rub up if you applied the amount of water needed to blend the inks.

So when I tried out Stampin' Up's new Blendabilities I was excited! I watched one of the many video clips on the web and it seemed rather impossible to stuff up. And this is exactly what I found.

This is a video I found particularly helpful as it explains not only just how to use them but also how to look after them. http://youtu.be/3TjQ9uJOnuw

All he se first few use the Secret Garden stamp set. I am sorry this wasn't continued in the new catalogue as it is so versatile and great to use with Blendabilities. I embossed the design in white on Crumb Cake as well as the daisy down in the corner. I used Coastal Cabana, Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight Blendabilities. I layered the yellow flower ( to hide an 'oops moment') and the centres of the other two. I experimented with different amounts of 'fill'. I outlined the flowers in Smokey Slate.

 

This one uses Very Vanilla for the card base. I stamped the images, coloured them with the Blendabilities and then laid 2 of the Labels collection dies over the design and ran it through the bigshot

Rich Razzleberry again with Old Olive Blendabilities for the leaves.

Pleasant Poppies are another great set to colour with blendabilities. They seen to work quite well on coloured card as well as Whisper White. I used Bermuda Bay for the card base and Coastal Cabana Blendabilities and Matt

 

 

 

This is the Cherry Cobbler and the Pleasant Poppies background stamp again.

 

 

You can use the Pleasant Poppies in so many ways. It looks great just using a portion of it. This time I used the new in colours of Hello Honey and Mossy Meadow for the cardstock and the Daffodil Blendabilities for the image.

 

 

Another new in colour for the card base- Lost Lagoon. The Rich Razzleberry

Blendabilities were used on the big flower.

Love them!! More about these later! I am sure.

 

Traveler

I wasn't that fussed on the Traveler stamp set in the new catalogue but when I saw it stamped I was impressed with the sharpness of the lines and I think it will be a great stamp for monochrome cards. It is especially useful for male cards I think.

The card base in this first one is Very Vanilla. I stamped the images in Early Expresso ink and trimmed them to 4.5cm square and matted each in Early Expresso. The matts need to be quite narrow to fit across a standard size card front. The bottom section is Very Vanilla cardstock run through the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and brayered in Early Expresso on the wrong side ( de bossed side). Bakers twine and a sentiment cut with the narrow oval punch completes the card.

I used the digital version of the Little Moments project life cards for the star background DSP. The ship image was inked in Baked Brown Sugar. The frame was made in the same colour using the Squares Collection framelits. ( you cut 2 sizes of the dies one inside the other) the new thick Baked Brown Sugar Bakers Twine completes the card.

Very simple but effective. Again Early Expresso is the colour of choice. The dotted strip is Very Vanilla cardstock embossed with Perfect Polka Dots and brayered in ink on the reverse de-bossed side. The orange is the new Tangelo Twist.

This card was cased from Pat Meyer
http://patstamper.typepad.com/my_weblog/2014/06/new-stamp-set-traveler.htmlhttp://patstamper.typepad.com/my_weblog/2014/06/new-stamp-set-traveler.html
It is another technique that could be used on any similar lined stamp. You simply stamp the image then using the BigShot and die 1,3 and 5 of the Squares collection framelits you cut the image into 3 squares. Then you sponge around each using Smokey Slate and assemble on the Smokey Slate card base. The strip at the bottom was cut using the Dotted Scallop border punch and the sentiment was printed digitally with My Digital Studio. Check out the how to video at Pat's webpage.

Love how this background DSP looks. I printed it from the Everyday Adventure Project life cards on My Digital Studio. Before printing it I added the sentiment. The train was stamped in Early Expresso and cut out with the 2.5 inch round punch and the Matt was cut using a Circles Collection Framelit. I cut a narrow contrast strip to balance the bottom of the card.

The Traveler stamp set is perfect for retirement cards. I simply stamped the images in the new black Memento permament ink and then using the Square punch cut them out and matted them all on the one piece of blac card. The card base is the new Hello Honey. This colour teams very well with black.

Hello Honey cardstock again this time teamed with Early Expresso ink. The background to the ship is the ledger stamp from Open Sea. I stamped it in Crumb Cake which had been stamped off once. ( stamp it first on a scrap piece of paper to lighten the colour)

Lost Lagoon, another new colour was used for this card. The Matt is the same colour embossed with Stylish Stripes and then brayered with the same colour on the back. Love this technique and it saves on buying DSP!
The technique is a variation on the Pat Meyers card. I matted each part in Smokey Slate. ( ok, the truth is I misread her instructions the first time around and didn't want to waste it!)

After my less than enthusiastic start with this set I am now able to think of all sorts of ways this can be used. It could be coloured with the new pens, it could be embossed over a brayered sunset background.........
Must stop and play with something else. Only 4 weeks until my next workshop and I want to have lost of samples done of the new things I have bought.

Traveler

I wasn't that fussed on the Traveler stamp set in the new catalogue but when I saw it stamped I was impressed with the sharpness of the lines and I think it will be a great stamp for monochrome cards. It is especially useful for male cards I think.

The card base in this first one is Very Vanilla. I stamped the images in Early Expresso ink and trimmed them to 4.5cm square and matted each in Early Expresso. The matts need to be quite narrow to fit across a standard size card front. The bottom section is Very Vanilla cardstock run through the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and brayered in Early Expresso on the wrong side ( de bossed side). Bakers twine and a sentiment cut with the narrow oval punch completes the card.

I used the digital version of the Little Moments project life cards for the star background DSP. The ship image was inked in Baked Brown Sugar. The frame was made in the same colour using the Squares Collection framelits. ( you cut 2 sizes of the dies one inside the other) the new thick Baked Brown Sugar Bakers Twine completes the card.

Very simple but effective. Again Early Expresso is the colour of choice. The dotted strip is Very Vanilla cardstock embossed with Perfect Polka Dots and brayered in ink on the reverse de-bossed side. The orange is the new Tangelo Twist.

This card was cased from Pat Meyer
http://patstamper.typepad.com/my_weblog/2014/06/new-stamp-set-traveler.htmlhttp://patstamper.typepad.com/my_weblog/2014/06/new-stamp-set-traveler.html
It is another technique that could be used on any similar lined stamp. You simply stamp the image then using the BigShot and die 1,3 and 5 of the Squares collection framelits you cut the image into 3 squares. Then you sponge around each using Smokey Slate and assemble on the Smokey Slate card base. The strip at the bottom was cut using the Dotted Scallop border punch and the sentiment was printed digitally with My Digital Studio. Check out the how to video at Pat's webpage.

Love how this background DSP looks. I printed it from the Everyday Adventure Project life cards on My Digital Studio. Before printing it I added the sentiment. The train was stamped in Early Expresso and cut out with the 2.5 inch round punch and the Matt was cut using a Circles Collection Framelit. I cut a narrow contrast strip to balance the bottom of the card.

The Traveler stamp set is perfect for retirement cards. I simply stamped the images in the new black Memento permament ink and then using the Square punch cut them out and matted them all on the one piece of blac card. The card base is the new Hello Honey. This colour teams very well with black.

Hello Honey cardstock again this time teamed with Early Expresso ink. The background to the ship is the ledger stamp from Open Sea. I stamped it in Crumb Cake which had been stamped off once. ( stamp it first on a scrap piece of paper to lighten the colour)

Lost Lagoon, another new colour was used for this card. The Matt is the same colour embossed with Stylish Stripes and then brayered with the same colour on the back. Love this technique and it saves on buying DSP!
The technique is a variation on the Pat Meyers card. I matted each part in Smokey Slate. ( ok, the truth is I misread her instructions the first time around and didn't want to waste it!)

After my less than enthusiastic start with this set I am now able to think of all sorts of ways this can be used. It could be coloured with the new pens, it could be embossed over a brayered sunset background.........
Must stop and play with something else. Only 4 weeks until my next workshop and I want to have lost of samples done of the new things I have bought.