A Peek Into My Stamping Room

Featured Tutorial And Other News

Hello friends!  I was excited to see that on the Spellbinders website my featured tutorial using S5-182 A2 Scalloped Borders One is up for your viewing pleasure!  I just love these projects I created using these beautiful border dies.  Here is the LINK to the tutorials.  Here is my favorite project of the group.....

You will find all the instructions and products used in this project plus two other projects on the Spellbinders website.  

If you haven't heard already, I will not be continuing with Spellbinders.  My design team contract will be up on July 31.  While this is a bit bittersweet, I really feel that my path is going in a different way.  I have decided its time for me to finish my college degree and have signed up for classes starting in August.  As for my blog and other dt work, I plan to continue just as I have been since 2006 (can you believe I have been blogging that long?  I can't!)  I will be taking classes toward a degree in Fine Arts, so I have no idea where that will take me but I am looking forward to the journey.  You know, when I try out for a Design Team, I always pray and ask God to show me the way I should go.  Well, I love it when I feel happy and ready for the next phase thanks to that belief and trust in God.   So definitely no sadness but a sense of adventure and joy for the journey to come!  I hope you will continue to join me here on the blog so you can come along on this journey!

Calla Lily Note Card

Hello Friends!  Sorry its been awhile since I posted.  Real life does tend to get in the way of creative time.  Our house has been in kind of an uproar but now seems to be settling down into "normal" - whatever that is!  LOL  

Today I would like to share with you a card I made using The Rubber Cafe' stamps.  Here is my card.

For this A-2 card, I chose Kraft cardstock as my base.  I cut/embossed the green cardstock using A2 Matting Basics A #7 (remember that #1 is the smallest in the set).  I stamped this panel with the Words of Inspiration background stamp and Versamark ink.  

I stamped the Calla Lily Collage stamp onto green cardstock using white ink and dusted it with white embossing powder then heat set.  Using my scissors, I fussy cut it out and layered it onto S5-158 Timeless Rectangles #2 & 3.

The sentiment is from Fabulous Phrases which I stamped onto a tag from S4-367 Back to Basics using Rich Cocoa Memento Ink.  

I think this turned out just beautiful and can't wait to send it to my friend.  I think the Calla Lily Collage image would look pretty neat on black cardstock, too.  What do you think?  

I have a couple more projects to show you this week so please check back!  Hope you have a great day!

 

Supplies Used:

• The Rubber Cafe' - Fabulous Phrases, Calla Lily Collage, Words of Inspiration stamps
• Ink - Versamark, Rich Cocoa Memento Ink - Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts
• Dies - S4-367 Back to Basics, S5-158 Timeless Rectangles, S5-131 A2 Matting Basics A
• Cardstock - Kraft, Whipped Cream Pop Tones 100#, Sour Apple Pop Tones 100#, Blue #67 - Discount Cardstock
• Accessories - seam binding, white linen thread, 3d foa

 

Spellbinders Layout to Share!

I was so excited to see this layout in the Spellbinders® Paper Arts Idea Gallery!  It's one of my favorite pictures of my oldest daughter plus I just love how this turned out!

The base of this scrapbook page is 12 x 12 Kraft cardstock.  I have a confession.....Kraft is my favorite cardstock.  I use it so much it's kinda embarrassing.  LOL  I used Melissa Frances patterned paper and distressed all the edgeds.  I also used the Parisian Motifs to peek out and I hope they look like lace!  The the Lily of the Valley is a new Die D-Lites™.  I cut/embossed them from Kraft cardstock and using my fingers, I applied some white gesso.  The picture is cut/embossed using  S4-190 Labels Four.  I layered this onto  a S5-159 Gold Labels Four.  The chipboard words are from Want2Scrap and I used some gesso on that, too!  For my journalling, I stamped the Journaling Lines Rubber Stamp (The Rubber Cafe') onto ivory cardstock with Rich Cocoa Memento Ink.  To finish, I added the cute little bird to my bird cage.  Plus I used some flourishes from Want2Scrap.

Scrapbooking isn't always an easy process for me.  I think this layout took me about 2 days to finish but I am so happy with the results!  Here are the supplies I used with links!

Spellbinders® Supplies:

• S2-029 Bird Cage One
• S3-207 Blue Bells and Lily of the Valley
• S4-190 Labels Four
• S5-035 Parisian Motifs
• S5-159 Gold Labels Four
• MD2-011 Media Mixáge Birds One
• Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Preferred Partner Products:

• The Rubber Café™, Journaling Lines Rubber Stamp

Cross Promotional Partner Products:

• Melissa Frances, Hope Chest, Wreaths of Glory and Green Honeycomb Pattered Papers
• Bazzill Basics Paper®, Simply Smooth Ivory and Kraft Cardstock
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko™, Memento Rich Cocoa Ink
• Want2Scrap©, White Pearl Flourish and "Daughter" Laser Chipboard

Other Supplies:

White Gesso, Gold Metallic Rub-On Paste; Label Maker; Distressing Tool