Mar 8, 2016 | 2016, Occasions Catalog |
Thought you might like some details on the cards I did for the Creative Circle design team blog hop a few days ago. Here’s a close up of the first one. (the image will expand by clicking on it…)
This is a tent fold card that began with an 11 x 4 1/4″ base of Basic Black folded in half. The first layer is from the Botanical Gardens DSP pack and it is 5 1/4″ x 4. The banner is a 2″ wide strip of the same DSP, just flipped over and punched with the Banner Punch. Gotta love how easily this stuff coordinates!! The 3″ x 3 1/2″ Whisper White panel was stamped in Mint Macaron with a greeting from Birthday Blooms and layered onto a 3 1/8′ x 3 5/8″ piece of Basic Black cardstock; that panel was adhered to the card front with dimensionals. The flowers and leaves were die cut with the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies, and I sponged a little Hello Honey ink in the centers. Rhinestones were used for the flower centers and to underline the greeting – gotta have a little bling going on!
My daughter needed a last-minute card for a wedding, so I pulled out my Botanicals For You Sale-a-Bration set and added the phrase “…on your special day” to the inside and stamped a few of the flowers from that set in Hello Honey. Quite non-traditional for a wedding card, but the bride loved it!
Speaking of Sale-a-Bration, did you know that ordering the Botanicals bundle (Stamp set, coordinating framelits set, and DSP pack) from the Occasions catalog qualifies you for a free stamp set? Did you also know that the Botanicals For You stamp set was specifically designed to coordinate with the Botanicals bundle – and that you can get it for FREE?! But you gotta hurry – Sale-a-Bration ends this month. Get your list together and collect those freebies!
I’m off to enjoy our first 70 degree day of the year. How wonderful that I can have all the doors and windows open – I even heard Mr. Brown pull up with a box of new Stampin’ goodies!
Mar 5, 2016 | 2016, Blog Hops, Creative Circle, Live Event, Occasions Catalog, Sale-A-Bration |
Welcome to the Creative Circle March Blog Hop. This month we are giving you a preview of The Garden – one of Liz’ most recent projects. If you’ve just come from her blog, you got a chance to see her lovely interpretation of the design. Because it’s so easy to resize cut files on my Silhouette, I decided to miniaturize it a bit and make a card-in-a-box! 
My garden was primarily constructed with cardstock with a few bits of Botanical Gardens DSP used on the outside of the box (visible with flaps up) and the trellis. All the flowers were cut using the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies and cardstock (Basic Black, Hello Honey, Whisper White, Old Olive, and Mossy Meadow) the Happy Birthday greeting on the front was done with Teeny Tiny Wishes and the Word Window punch.
I made a couple of companion cards to go with the set – take a look:
Again, I relied heavily on cardstock for my basic color scheme and accented with die cut flowers and bits of Botanical Gardens DSP. The greetings used were from Birthday Blooms and Botanicals For You – a Sale-a-Bration set designed to coordinate with the Botanicals suite!
If you will be in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 13th, consider joining us for our live event at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center. You’ll get a pre-cut kit for The Garden 3D cardholder as well as 3 coordinating cards. You’ll also receive a download code for all the cut files, a video tutorial on it’s assembly, as well as unwatermarked, unrestricted, written tutorials for the cards we make at the event as well as 9 additional coordinating cards. To further entice you, here are a few teaser photos:
Thanks for hopping along with us – next up is Fran! Hope we get a chance to meet you in April…
The stops on the hop are:
Liz http://www.lizhollowaydesign.blogspot.com
Barb http://www.beelinestamping.com (you are here)
Fran http://www.fransabad.com
Sandy http://www.thescrapnstampshop.blogspot.com
Mar 1, 2016 | 2016, Blog Hops, Occasions Catalog |
Thanks for hopping over from Di’s blog – this month we are ‘CASEing’ the Catty. CASE is an acronym for Copy And Share Everything, and I chose the Number of Years sample at the bottom of page 10 of the Occasions Mini catalog as my inspiration.
Actually, we worked with this set in my monthly Technique class this past week when we were studying dry-embossed ribbon. Here’s my favorite card from the class:
We started with an 11 x 4 1/4″ card base of Whisper White thick cardstock and layered it with the pink striped DSP from the Birthday Bouquet pack. The top layer is regular Whisper White that measures 3 5/8 x 4″. Using the Number of Years Photopolymer set, we stamped the leaves twice in Old Olive and accented them with Blushing Bride, Rose Red, So Saffron and Pool Party flowers from the same set. The ‘Happy’, ‘th’, and {again} were all stamped in Pool Party, and the 29 was stamped in Crumb Cake on Whisper White cardstock. The banners and numbers were die cut using the coordinating Large Numbers Framelits die set. The numbers and banners were popped up with Dimensionals, and the card was accented with some (retired) Old Olive satin ribbon, Blushing Bride flowers punched with the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, a bit of a Paper Doily, and some Pearls.
I love that the Number of Years set is so versatile and can be used for birthdays, anniversaries, milestones in school years to name a few. I’m also crazy about the font used in the set – so sweet! The stamp set and coordinating Large Numbers Framelit dies come as a bundle as well and will bring you to within 75 cents of a Sale-A-Bration award! Doesn’t get much better than that…
Thank you so much for stopping by today – now it’s time to send you off to see what Kathya has worked with.
Our hoppers this month are:
Di http://www.stampingwithdi.com
Barb http://www.beelinestamping.com (You are here)
Kathya http://www.stampwithkathya.com
Crystal http://www.stampinonroodfarm.blogspot.com
Mary http://www.doggandponyshow.blogspot.com
Connie http://www.texasschoolmarm.com
Feb 21, 2016 | 2016, Creative Circle, Live Event |
Are you going to Stampin’ Up Convention in April? We’d love to have you join us at Make The Rounds – a Creative Circle Live Event! Two sessions (10:00 am and 2:00 pm) will be held at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center on Wednesday, April 13th. Your registration fee includes all pre-cut materials for the 3D card holder, three coordinating cards, as well as your download link to e-cutter files for the 3D holder, written un-watermarked tutorials you can use in your classes or on your blog for the holder, the three cards we make at the event, as well as nine additional cards!
Can’t join us for the live event? Take advantage of our Kit To Go option and you’ll receive all of the materials listed above sent directly to you to work on at home! Kit fee includes postage and handling.
Head over to the Registration Page to reserve your spot or order your Kit to Go! Hope we see you!
Feb 5, 2016 | 2016, Blog Hops, Occasions Catalog, Valentines |
Welcome to the Creative Circle Valentine’s Day blog hop! Did you see what Sandy had to show you – great stuff, eh?
I love making girly girl cards, and the Bloomin’ Love stamp set with matching Bloomin’ Heart Thinlits dies let me frill out to my heart’s content, and they are available as a discounted bundle! Here’s one of the cards we made in a recent class:
The Crumb Cake base was layered with a sheet from the Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack. A Whisper White heart die cut was inlaid into the negative space of the top Blushing Bride layer. The greeting was stamped in Blushing Bride classic ink, punched out with the 2″ circle punch, and popped up with dimensionals. The flowers were cut with the thinlit set out of Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper and accented with pearls. The final accents at the bottom are a strip of the Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper and a ribbon/bow of Whisper White seam binding. Hearts and florals work together so well to make a lovely Valentine!
Wouldn’t this make a great card to add to the Mailbox from last month’s hop? Here’s the one I made:
The pattern is available from Liz Holloway’s online store – you can get it here!
Thanks so much for stopping by today – next up is Liz and I know you’re going to love her project! If at any time you get lost, just click on one of these links to pick up where you left off.
1. Sandy Mott – http://thescrapnstampshop.blogspot.com/
2, Barb Stencel – https://beelinestamping.com/ (You’re here)
3. Liz Holloway – http://lizhollowaydesign.blogspot.ca
4. Fran Cassidy Sabad – http://fransabad.com/
Feb 1, 2016 | 2016, Blog Hops, Sale-A-Bration, Valentines |
Welcome to our February issue of Di’s Country INKers blog hop! Did you enjoy what Diana had to show you?
It’s Sale-a-Bration time and I’ve been playing with some of my new FREE stamps! As soon as I saw the heart-shaped vapor trail in the Sky is the Limit stamp set, I knew what the first card I made with it would be – a Valentine! Take a look:
I started with a base of Basic Grey and layered it with Real Red and a Basic Grey striped panel from the Neutrals DSP stack. On the 5″ x 3″ main panel, I stamped the airplane and greeting in Basic Grey, and the vapor trail was stamped in Smoky Slate. I used a blender pen and Real Red classic ink to color in the body of the airplane. The ‘Valentine’ stamp is from a retired set called Something to Celebrate. I stamped it in Real Red on a banner of Whisper White, and layered that over a slightly larger Real Red banner. I shaped it with my bone folder and wrapped a little silver cording around the left edge. I like how it looks as if it’s fluttering in the wind! The final touch was to add a little Wink of Stella glimmer to the heart in the vapor trail. Here’s a closer look at the pretty shimmer:
As if there aren’t already some wonderful items in the Sale-a-Bration catalog that you can get for free, on February 15th there will be a few new items added! With every $50 in product ordered (before tax/shipping) you get to choose one award – doesn’t get much better than free!
Ok, now off you go to see what Kathya has in store for you. Something delightful, I’m certain!! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop.
Just in case you get off track, here are the stops on this month’s hop:
Di http://www.stampingwithdi.com
Barb http://www.beelinestamping.com (You’re here)
Kathya http://www.stampwithkathya.com
Crystal http://www.stampinonroodfarm.blogspot.com
Mary http://www.doggandponyshow.blogspot.com
Thought you might like some details on the cards I did for the Creative Circle design team blog hop a few days ago. Here’s a close up of the first one. (the image will expand by clicking on it…)
