A Peek Into My Stamping Room

{Heart} U! Flower Soft Challenge!

This week, the Flower Soft design team was challenged to make a card with a heart on it and incorporate Poppy Red Flower Soft into the project!  Easy....peasy!!    LOL

I used stamps from the January Kit of the Month from Unity Stamps to make this 5 1/4" square card.  The base is made from Posh True Black Linen Cardstock 80#.  This is a really sturdy cardstock so I used my Scor-pal to score it and then folded it.  I cut a piece of Kraft Smooth Cardstock 80# to layer the panel of Simply Smooth White on.  I stamped all the images on a scrap piece of white cardstock using Tuxedo Black memento ink and cut them out.  I did that for the playing cards, too.  I used Really Red Classic Ink pad.  Before adhere the tickets into place, I added the Poppy Red Flower Soft using Flower Soft glue.

You can see what all the other Flower Soft Design Team members did with this challenge on the Flower Soft blog!!

FSC44 True Blue!

This week's Flower Soft challenge is to make something with the color blue and include some Flower Soft products.  It's an easy challenge!   Be sure to check out the Flower Soft Blog for all the details on how to participate in this challenge.   Here are my cards for this week!

For these two pop-up cards, I used the Mabel Lucie Atwell Card-Making kit.  Everything but the sentiments (which I printed out on the computer) and the twine came in the kit.  The kit includes pop-up foam squares and the envelopes!  Its a great kit full of the cutest images!  I love that smiling, dancing little girl!  So cute!

Be sure and check out what the rest of the team did this week....

• Jennifer Buck
• Cibele Glazer
• Dawn Lusk
• Deb Felts
• Debbie Seyer
• Jeanne Streiff
• Krista Riley
• Linda Beeson
• Lisa Murphy
• Stephanie Lee

Have a great time checking out the great projects!  Hope you have a great day!

Flower Soft Wire Works!

This week's Flower Soft challenge was to use Flower Soft Wires & Fuschia Mixed Color on any project.  Well, as you know I have a college student who needs to decorate her college dorm room for Valentine's Day.  So here is what I came up with!

I cut/embossed some old hymnal paper using the Classic Heart Nestabilities® from Spellbinders™ Paper Arts.  I inked the edges using Tattered Rose distress ink.  Using my Scor-tape, I added some vintage lace around the edge of the hearts. I made some Flower Soft Stems using wires, Flower Soft Glue & Fuschia.  I bundled 3 of the stems along with a pearl hat pin and some ribbon tulle and tied it all together using some twine.  Here is a close-up....

I added a lock charm to the twine and seam binding ribbon to complete the bundle and then using my hot glue gun, adhered this into place onto my heart.  I had already added the large brads to make this a wall hanging.  I printed the names onto Simply Smooth White cardstock and punched them out using a label punch.  I inked up the edges with the distress ink and glued this into place using 3d foam squares. 

You can particpate in this challenge and check out what the other Flower Soft Design Team Members have made for this challenge on the Flower Soft Blog!

Step It Up! Flower Soft Challenge

Today its time for another Flower Soft project!  I have a little bit of a different style of project to share with you.  We were to use the new Mabel Lucie Atwell kits from Flower Soft and the challenge was called Step-It-Up!  So I thought a great way to step up a Flower Soft project was to make something other than a card.  Here is a shaped tag I made using the Mabel Lucie Atwell Kit #8 and some Diamond Range Gold Flower Soft.

 

Don't you just love those kids?  They are so cute.  I started this tag by cutting some chipboard into a house shape.  I totally eyeballed this so I don't really have any special instructions.  I covered all the chipboard with scraps of patterned paper from The Girls Paperie.  Right above the scalloped edge of the paper I added a strip of Scor-Tape and on the Scor-Tape I sprinkled some Diamond Range Gold Flower Soft.  For this look, its best to press the Gold into the Scor-Tape so it will stick really well.  I added the vintage lace from my stash using Scor-Tape, too.  I printed out the Love Is....on my computer.  I fussy cut the kids out of the Flower Soft kit and glued them into place.  This was such a fun project for me!

You can see what the other Flower Soft Design team members made for this challenge on the Flower Soft Blog.  Check it out and have a great day!!

Flower Soft Wednesday!

Well, its the first Flower Soft Wednesday of 2012.  The Flower Soft team has added some new members and I would like to welcome them to the team!  Be sure to check out the Flower Soft Blog to meet all the new members of our very talented team.

Here is a cute project I made using Flower Soft Fuschia Mixed Color in a little different way.

To make this frame, I first die cut some Grunge Paper (yes, it cuts GREAT in the Grand Calibur) using the S4-310 Labels Eighteen.  I used die numbers #3 & 4 to cut the grunge paper frame.  Then I coated the grunge paper with Flower Soft glue and sprinkled the Fuschia Flower Soft all over.  I lightly pressed the sprinkles into the glue since I wanted everything covered really well.  Then after it dried, I finished my card!  I used some more old hymnal papers and the sentiment was printed out using my computer.  The font is called Mom's Typewriter from www.dafont.com.  I have been using it alot lately!  I cut/embossed the sentiment out using S4-324 Ribbon Banners.  Then I used some Antique Linen Distress Ink to sponge around the edges.   The base of the card is Orchid Cardstock #67 from www.discountcardstock.com

This was a really fun card to make!  Thanks for all the nice comments and emails about my first video.  Be sure to let me know if you want to see a specific technique in my next video......yes, I am excited to do a second!  Have a great Wednesday.

Penny Black/Flower Soft Blog Hop!

We're kicking off 2012 in style with a great combo for a Blog Hop featuring artwork using Penny Black stamps and Flower Soft. I hope you'll be inspired by all the great projects that the designers' have created as you hop along to their blogs. Join us for a weekend-long celebration! 

Here is my project using Penny Black "T for Transparent" set called Flowers & Wishes".  I used some Ultra Fine Black Flower Soft to highlight the center of the flower.  I kept my card simple and made 12 of them.  I am going to give these cards as a gift to a special friend for her birthday.  I varied the sentiments so she can use them for different occasions.

Here is a close-up of the Ultra Fine Black I used as an accent for the center of my flower.

 

PRIZES

3 random comment authors will be chosen to receive brand new 2012 Penny Black Valentine stamps.  Just leave a comment on this post to be in the running. 

 

GRAND PRIZE

Use one of the Penny Black Designer’s Blog Hop projects as inspiration and create a new Penny Black stamped project.  Upload it into the Penny Black Gallery by the end of the Hop with the tag “pennyblackbloghop”.  Be sure to let us know which project inspired you!  A winner will be chosen to GUEST DESIGN at the Penny Black Blog!

 

WINNERS

Winners will be announced on Wednesday, January 4^th here at the Penny Black Blog.

 

Happy New Year!  Here’s your blog hop order, off you go!

Penny Black

http://pennyblackinc.wordpress.com/

 

Jen Buck, Flower Soft

 http://www.thebuckstampshere.blogspot.com  

 

Jenyfur Pohl, Penny Black
http://torn-paper.blogspot.com/

 

Lisa Murphy, Flower Soft

http://www.atimetodesign.blogspot.com/

 

Kathy Racoosin, Penny Black
http://thedailymarker.blogspot.com/

 

Jeanne Streiff, Flower Soft

http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

 

Elizabeth Allan, Penny Black
http://elizabethallan-blog.blogspot.com/

 

Gini Cagle, Flower Soft

http://ginicagle.blogspot.com/

 

Jill Foster, Penny Black
http://stampinginspiredby.blogspot.com/

 

Linda Beeson, Flower Soft

http://pkod.blogspot.com/

 

Kelley Eubanks, Penny Black
http://myfrontporch-kelley.blogspot.com/

 

Debbie Seyer, Flower Soft - You Are Here!!

http://www.debbieseyer.com/

 

Cathy Andronicou, Penny Black
http://candronicoucardcraft.blogspot.com/

 

Dina Kowal, Flower Soft

http://mamadinis.blogspot.com/

 

Peet Roeven, Penny Black
http://scrapalbum.blogspot.com/

 

Cibele Glazer, Flower Soft

http://flowerfoot.blogspot.com/

 

Flower Soft

http://www.flower-softinc.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

Merry Christmas! FSC43

Hello!  Hope you have all your Christmas shopping done and will have plenty of relaxing time before the big day.  Yeah, right!  Not me, either!!  LOL  But I did take time out to participate in this week's Flower Soft Challenge.  This weeks challenge is to make a project geared around the holidays.

For my card today, I used a digi image that I printed here at home.......I got the image from one of my local stamp stores - Red Lead Paperworks.  Its a great vintage image that I thought would really look great highlighted with some Polar White Flower Soft.

I gave my paper distresser a work out on this card!  LOL  I used a page from an old hymnal for the backgroun.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts and is stamped onto a circle cut from Standard Circle Nestabilities Sm.  Around the outside of the circle I added the tinsel ribbon.  Here is a close-up.....

I think the Flower Soft Polar White added just the right touch!  I also used some Silver Peel Offs in the corners for some added detail.

Hope you will take the time to play along with this challenge.  Check out the Flower Soft Blog for all the details of how to participate in this challenge.  This week we are playing for a pot of Polar White Flower Soft and a package of Display Globes.   A winner will be chosen next Wednesday so be on the lookout for an email announcing if it's you! If you are uploading your creations to SCS please use the keyword FSC43.

Check out the rest of the DT to see what they have created....

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• Cibele Glazer
• Jennifer Buck
• Deb Felts
• Debbie Seyer
• Jeanne Streiff
• Linda Beeson
• Lisa Murphy
• Vicki Garrett

Winter Blues Challenge!

It's time for another Flower Soft challenge.  This challenge is called Winter Blues.  You are to use the color blue in any way on a card/project.  You have until November 30 to make the card and link it to the Flower Soft Blog.  You could win a pot of Polar White & Delphinium Blue Flower Soft plus some Flower Soft glue!  So get busy and give this challenge a try!  Be sure to check out the Flower Soft blog for links to all the design team's projects!

Here is my project.....

Under my cute little ice skating polar bear, I used some Ultra Fine Flower Soft White.  Since the Flower Soft glue dries clear, you can still see the little bit of copic marker I used to highlight the "ice".

Supplies Used:

• Stamps - polar bear (Rubber Soul), sentiment (Echo Park)
• Cardstock - Neenah Solar Crest White #110, Blue Cardstock #67 - Discount Cardstock
• Accessories - Ultra Fine White Flower Soft, Flower Soft Glue;  Beaded Circles die, Snowflakes Edgeabilities die (Spellbinders), wrinkle ribbon & gems (Stampin' Up!), Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Flower Soft All That Glitters Blog Hop!

Today the Flower Soft Design Team has teamed up to showcase the new Diamond Range colors - Emerald, Ruby and Amethyst.  I love the beautiful new colors and think they are perfect for making unique Christmas projects. Be sure to comment on everyone's blog as you hop because Flower Soft is giving away a pot of Ruby, Emerald and Silver Diamond Range to a randomly selected commenter!  To get started on this hop, go over to the  Flower Soft Blog.  You don't want to miss a single project!

Here are my projects for today's hop.

For this project, I used Flower Soft Diamond Range Silver for the middles of my poinsettia flowers. 

Here is a close-up of the Poinsettia flowers.

Supplies Used:

• Stamps - sentiment from Hero Arts
• Cardstock - Neenah Solar White #110, Silver Ore Metallic, Mountain Rose Metallic cardstock (Discount Cardstock)
• Dies - Layered Poinsettia, Orchard Harvest Tags & Accents (Spellbinders Paper Arts)
• Flower Soft - Diamond Range Silver, Flower Soft Glue

Here is my second card.  It's very simple and should be easy to mail!

Here is a close-up of the little Christmas tree that I used Diamond Range Ruby, Gold & Amethyst.

Supplies Used:

• Stamps- sentiment from Hero Arts
• Flower Soft -Flower Soft Glue, Diamond Range Gold, Ruby and Amethyst
  
• Dies - Standard Ovals & Big Scalloped Ovals - Spellbinders
• Cardstock - Neenah Solar White Cardstock #110 - Discount Cardstock

 

Your next stop on this fun blog hop is the beautiful Dina Kowal.  I know you will love everyone's projects, so have fun and don't forget to comment to WIN!!  You until October 29 to comment and the winner will be picked October 31.  Good luck and enjoy!

Here is the hop list in case you get lost along the way!

• Jennifer Buck
• Cibele Glazer
• Deb Felts
• Debbie Seyer
• Dina Kowal
• Gini Cagle
• Jeanne Streiff
• Linda Beeson
• Lisa Murphy
• Vicki Garrett

Flower Soft Orange & Black Challenge!

Hello!  Today I have a Flower Soft project for you.  Our challenge this week was to use Orange and Black in our project.   To see what the other Flower Soft Design Team members made for this challenge, just check out the Flower Soft Blog.  

This challenge worked out pretty well for me because my daughter (who is in college) called and asked me to make her some Halloween decorations for her dorm room.  I think this wall hanging will work, don't you?

For the base of my wall hanging, I used the largest die in the Creative Book Pages die set from Spellbinders Paper Arts™.   I cut out 2 piece of lightweight chipboard (cereal boxes, LOL) and glued them together.  Then I covered them with Posh Black Linen Cardstock.  I added layers of Posh White Linen cardstock and patterned paper (Haunted Hallows from Teresa Collins) all cut/embossed from the Creative Book Pages set.  The graduated sizes in that die set really work for this wall hanging.

To make the Jack-O-Lantern, I cut/embossed  the largest pumpkin in the Nested Pumpkin set from Spellbinders™.  Using Flower Soft glue, I drew the eyes/nose/mouth and added Flower Soft Ultra Fine Black.  I think it turned out really cute.  Here is a close-up of the Jack-O-Lantern.

I actually used Flower Soft glue for this whole project.  Liquid Adhesive works great for projects like this.  Plus I know that this particular project will be put thru alot and I want it to stay together!

Here are a few more close-ups!

Here you can see the Nested Lacey Pennants I used for my letters.  I also used the Lacey Circles to create rosettes out of white cardstock.  The letters are stickers that I added some black ink to the edges using a sponge.

That's all for today!  Hope you have a great day and rest of the week is good, too.  I was excited to get my designer copy of the November CardMaker magazine in the mail last week.  I have a Christmas project in the issue.  Talk to you soon!