My May Clubs have come and gone and I am now getting ready for June. June means the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog, woohoo! Here are the two cards everyone created at club: For the first card, we used the Climbing Orchids stamp set along with the Orchid Builder Dies: The background uses Embossing Paste […]
Stencils
Merry Monday Challenge 277!
Love, Love, Love this week’s challenge at Merry Monday Challenge. Deanne is our hostess and her challenge is to use a stencil on our cards. Here’s mine: I ended up sponging two ink colors with my stencil and Sponge Daubers. I tried to keep it Christmasy but non-traditional at the same time. With the focus […]
Positive & Negative Sponging Technique & New Video!
Good Morning! Today I am showing you how to turn one stencil shape into two cards. How exciting is that? I love it when we can stretch our products and use them in more than one manner, don’t you? So take these two cards for example, notice the similarities yet the differences at the same […]
Stenciled Dots!
Here’s a card from my stash that I made a few months ago and hadn’t posted yet. Did you know Stampin’ Up! has Decorative Masks in the Annual Catalog? You can use these stencils to add color to your projects, wipe them off and use them again and again! I started out sponging Cajun Craze […]
Decorative Masks!
Hi Stampers! I just adore our new stencils and thought today would be a good day to show you one of them. These are called “Decorative Masks”. You can spritz them, sponge them, trace them and emboss with them. Today I have the hearts from the “Hearts & Stars” set: All I did was position […]
Stenciled card for OWH!
A group I belong to called “Stampers for Others” participates in monthly swaps. We always include one “extra” card to be donated to an organization chosen for that month. This month, our “extra” card is going to Operation Write Home. We were instructed to create our swap cards with one layer only: Do you know […]
January Stamp Camp
This month’s Stamp Camp focuses on Stenciling and Background Stamps. Stampin’ Up! offers the most elegant and easy to use stencils. You can use them on your cards, your scrapbooking and even in home decor. The girls will be making these 4 cards at my Stamp Camp this afternoon: This is the first one: Supplies: […]
January Scraps Class
Tonight I am having my monthly class at our local “Scraps” store. I have 11 girls signed up even though I normally only take 8. Did you know Stampin’ Up! has a line of stencils in their Definately Decorative Catalog? Our Decor Stencils offer you a variety of designs from simple to ornate. Transform your […]