Celebrate

This card uses a technique for curving and stamping poly stamps, inspired by a tutorial written by Sandi McIver found in the member's section of Stamping and Blogging.  I used the pretty Just Rite Edges One stampset, colored with Tim Holtz distress markers.  These can be purchased at Joan's Gardens  I used holographic line trim available at pop-ups etc  The little flowers have 3D gloss crystal glazed edges, and  are punched from a couple of Recollections flower punches. The Celebrate Today sentiment is from the SU stampset Perfectly Penned. The cardfront is embossed with SU's chevron embossing folder.   Next time I will heat emboss the Edges stamp.

Woodgrain Birthday

This card was created with SU's Woodgrain stamp. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the SU's Itty Bitty Banners stamp and die set.  The ribbon is SU's Victoria 5/8" Crochet Trim. My SU demonstrator is Kathy Legan.   
I created the inlaid wood look by cutting "across" the stamped grain.  I created the pattern on the back, cut out the pieces, inked the edge of each piece and adhered them with just a little space between the planks.  The flower was created with Punch Bunch blossom punch (and flower making toolset) and with the Martha Stewart little leaves punch, inked with Tim Holtz distressed inks.  Those products are available at Joan's Gardens.  Brads and gold rhinestones complete this card.

SU Demonstrators teach us how to play

Stampin Up demonstrators Kathy Legan and Debbie Russo, conducted two workshops today introducing the new SU colors, stamps, and sneek peeking the Christmas and Holiday goodies for us that we can order on August 28th. Below are photos of the three cards we made today, some of the ladies who came to the morning workshop, and some cards inspired by SU convention that Kathy and Debbie attended in July in Salt Lake City.  Ideas galore as we were inspired by the demonstrators talent and fun projects they planned for us.

Happy New School Year--Rattlers

We have a have a DGD at Rancho Mirage High School this year. The new High School's mascot is the "Rattlers"  and this is a card wishing her well as she starts her new school year.  The little rattle snakes were designed by Kim Hecker of Oak Pond Creations.  I used a Good Luck sticker, holographic border and four leaf clover stickers. They are from Pop-Ups Etc.   Other materials are all from Stampin Up.

The inside sentiment reads:

Wishing you a fantastic and very happy Sophomore year at Rancho Mirage High Schoo. Don't forget that the quality of your life is in direct proportion to your own commitment to excellence.  Do your very best each day and you will Excel.  Happy New School Year!

Butterfly Chevrons Hello

This quick and easy and elegantly simple card was inspired by Sandi MacIver from her Stampingandblogging.com tutorial for members posted today.  For this card I used the chevron EF by SU, a butterfly from the Spellbinders S4395 Les Papillions 2 die set, stamped butterflies from the Botanical Tea cling stamps, set #1.  I used SU Basic Gray and Smoky Slate inks and paper.   The "Hello Friend" sentiment is from Graphic 45 Botanical Tea cling stampset #3.  That gorgeous butterfly die set can is available at Joan's Gardens.

Magic Snowflake

This card was inspired by a tutorial written by Vickie Maduzia at Splitcoast Stampers using re-heated embossed stamps and ink-resist techniques.   I used SU Window Framelits, Tim Holtz Snow Flurries EF, the   Tim Holtz snowflakes from the Reindeer Flight stampset (CMS052) and Night of Navy and Island Indigo inks by SU.  Rhinestnes, Stickles and ribbon complete the card.  The embossed Peace sentiment is from a clearstamp set, manufactuer not known.

Music

"Music washes away from the Soul the dust of Everyday Life" says the Just Rite Musical Notes stamps (Cl02215). These match Spellbinders Labels 20 (S5-026), the die used for the focal stencil and the layers of the sentiment stamp. This wonderful JustRite stampset came from Joan's Gardens a while ago.  The stencil,  by Dream Weaver (LL589),  was my gift from Joan's Gardens for my lucky number draw in Challenge #10 (April 22nd) at Joan's Touch.  Thank you so much, Terri. This stencil was used with Pearl Viva Modeling Cream. The depth and shine of the beautiful lyre, violin and trumpets on this Christmassy stencil is so rich and pretty but it did not photograph well at all.
This card was created exclusively for the Joan's Touch Challenge #19 where we were to use a stencil, texturing and several colors of inks.  I did use several colors of inks, including the ink in a jellyroll Gel pen and some blended dark blue inks in an embossing folder letter-press type mat. The notes and scores are Sizzix 657139 Sheet Music #2 EF.  The notes, part of the Just Rite group,  are touched with Ranger's Diamond Stickles (as are the notes on the sheet music.)  I was afraid to try to ink the Modeling  Creme, and wonder if that works or not.  All of these products are available at Joan's  Gardens.

Now I'll be away most of the summer, and then will (probably) have shoulder surgery in September that will limit my crafting for a while.  Have a great summer and thanks for peeking at Priss Projects today. Follow my adventures on my photography blog:  

Happy New Home, K and R!

This card was created for the Joan's Touch Challenge #19 where we were to use stencils, lots of colors of inks, dies, texturing and layering.  I used Spellbinders S5031 Labels which I threaded with blue grosgrain ribbon (Offray) and mounted on white Distress Inked cardstock.  I had used the design of the label die to also stencil that mat, then ever so slightly offset the popped up blue diecut.  The multi colored inked stencil on the embossed side was created with Spellbinders Impressabilities (Butterfly 12-1002).  The ink was brayered on and was Kaleidascope "Calypso" spritzed before drying with Sparkle Shimmer.The sentiment medallion is edged with Liquid pearls (platinum) over sponged Distress Ink (Peacock Feathers).  The sticker sentiment is Starform, and the butterfly is a sticker (by Dazzles) that has been stuck onto vellum, inked with Tim Holtz Distress markers, and fussy cut.  The dies, stickers, Tim Tim Holtz (Ranger) products, inks E-bosser, stencils and other card making supplies are all available at Joan's Gardens.

Stencils and Color

Challenge 19 at Joan's Touch this week calls for lots of different colors of ink, lots of textures, and the use of a stencil (or die). This card is created exclusively for this challenge.  
 I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder of flourishes (that I flattened and did not color) on the yellow mat, trimmed a black mat with Starform Black Outline Stickers (1001). Then had an amazing first try with a Spellbinders Impressabilities stencil that I had never used at all until today. (Butterfly 12-1002)  This I used the DEBOSSED side of, and inked that detail with Calypso Kaleidacolor ink that I brayered on.  (My next card will show the same technique on the embossed side!---really pretty).  I spritzed that inking while it was still moist so that the colors would merge and intensify, and then spritzed again with Shimmer Sparkle.  The sentiment is a sticker called Just for you that I got at pop-ups etc. (121001/9321).   This debossed inked center is die cut from Spellbinders Labels 18 (S4-310) Next I die cut Fantastic Flourish One (Spellbinders S2-010) and edged parts of that beautiful flourish with  Black Glaze pen by Sakura and black and gray rhinestones.
The tiny butterflies, touched up with 3D Galaxy Gloss glaze are Beautiful Wings Embosslits by SU.  Spellbinders products, glazes, inks, papers and spritzers are all available at Joan's Gardens.  The Fantastic Flourish was one of the first dies I ever got from Joan's Gardens, and it was fun to follow the challenge with a flowery flourish that almost exactly matched the lines and detail of the Impressabilities metal stencil.

A Carding Sort of Day

Today was just a fun play day, playing with some new stamps, trying out some different techniques and just letting some cards happen.  The top two cards were inspired by Sandi MacIver's  blog tutorial for using the Work of Art stampset.  These are just gorgeous, and go together very easily (butterfly and large daisy are Recollections embellies). The flourishes are from my stash--a clear stamp set (manufacturer unknown).  The sentiments are gold stickers from Pop-Ups Etc  Both of those top cards are "reverse" embossed so that when you open the card you see either Happy  Birthday or Thank You embossed beside the greeting area.  (Those are Cuttlebug EF's).  

The bottom card uses  SU's Woodgrain stamp and punched Petite Petals, some larger punched flowers  and the Little Leaf Sizzlit by SU.  Thinking of you sentiment on that card is from the Just  Rite Stampset Large Fancy  Sentiments and it is shaped with a tag-punch by Uchida.   Edges are inked with  Tim Holtz  Distress inks and the purple ink is just a Walmart Studio G purple inkpad.   Rhinestones and little holographic hearts are Recollections (Michaels).