August International Blog Highlights

 

Hello Stampin' friends! Today I am participating in Kylie Buertucci's Monthly International Blog Highlights. Each month Kylie offers Stampin' Up! Demonstrators the opportunity to join and share our projects. This month I am sharing a Hand-Penned inspired card created for an online challenge from The Crafty Carrot Co. for this week.

My card uses the Hand-Penned stamp and die bundle, and to change it up a bit, I chose the You're A Peach designer series paper. I love the colors in the fun stripe paper and the pretty blue dot. I also love the contrast with combining these two colors.

In addition to the white base card, Petal Pink is the other cardstock used. I used the Hand-Penned dies to cut out the **GORGEOUS** white floral bouquet and the single white flower. The bouquet background was cut in vellum with another die from Hand-Penned. I hand cut a vellum background for the single flower because there was not a die for that. I felt that for continuity I needed a vellum background there also.

One of my favorite elements on this card is the double scalloped embellishment. I love the way the blue pops against all of the light pink. I also really like the fun angled cut sentiment tag.

If you would like to vote for my card please visit Kylie's blog and choose my card.

Product List

Hand Penned Petals Bundle (English)

[155492]

$46.75

You're A Peach 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[155686]

$11.50

Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146985]

$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$8.25

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101856]

$10.00

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

[147101]

$7.50

Elegant Faceted Gems

[152464]

$7.50

Blushing Bride 3/8'' (1 Cm) Frayed Grosgrain Ribbon

[156341]

$8.00

Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

[155475]

$11.00

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Monthly International Blog Highlight Post

Hello Stampin' Friends.  Today I am participating in Kyllie Bertucci's Monthly International Blog Highlights. If you arrived here from Kylie's blog, I am Susan Edwards from the US. Welcome.

Today's card features Stampin' Up!'s Hand-Penned suite, one of my favorites! I am totally crushing on the floral designer series paper and the fabulous color array included in the paper pack. I also adore the stamps and dies included in the bundle.  They are just so pretty. For today's card, I picked up on the blue hues and the pale papaya. 

I started with a base card from the Hand-Penned Memories & More Cards & Envelopes (#155501). I trimmed the base card down to 6" x 4.24". Next, I created the yellow frame cutting the dsp to 2.5" x 4" and cutting a slit in the right hand side through which to slide the floral print. Using the scalloped edge die I cut a pretty edge on the left side a floral print rectangle. After die cutting I cut the floral print to 5.5" x 4".  I inserted the left side of the floral through the slit in the yellow piece and adhered the two pieces together. 

Using the scalloped dies from the Color & Contour bundle, I cut the blue Misty Moonlight matting and the green and white strip matting. I adhered the layers together with a layer of white in between. 

For the gorgeous flower on the front of the card, using Memento black ink I stamped the flower onto white cardstock. I then stamped again without reinking to create the back layer of the flower. I used Stampin' Blend markers (Pale Papaya combo, Misty Moonlight combo, and Soft Succulent combo) to color the flower parts. After die cutting the flowers with the Hand-Penned dies, I used Stampin' Dimensional dots to add dimension to the flowers and affixed them onto the blue frame-like mattings.

For finishing details I tied a Pale Papaya ribbon around the flower stems. I cut a layered circle using the same yellow as the frame and a layer of vellum. I stamped the sentiment onto the vellum and adhered it to the yellow circle. For a final touch I added a splattering Pale Papaya gems.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. If you like my card, please click the link and vote for my card in the monthly highlight gallery.

 

Product List

Hand Penned Petals Bundle (English)

[155492]

$46.75

Hand Penned 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[155499]

$11.50

Scalloped Contours Dies

[155560]

$35.00

Hand Penned Memories & More Cards & Envelopes

[155501]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Pale Papaya Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[155519]

$9.00

Soft Succulent Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[155521]

$9.00

Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[153108]

$9.00

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101856]

$10.00

Pale Papaya 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon

[155672]

$7.00

2021–2023 In Color Jewels

[155571]

$7.00

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Hand-Penned Watercolor Card

Hello Stampin' Friends. We are coming off a long weekend here in the US, so I may seem a day late on this post. Today I am back with a "technique card." I wanted to show you a different way to use your Stampin' Up! ink pads. 

For this card I stamped a floral image from the Hand-Penned stamp set onto white cardstock using StazOn Jet Black Ink. Quick lesson - When planning to use watercolor on am image, stamp with StazOn ink. When planning to use out Stampin' Blend Alcohol Markers, always use Memento Ink. Each ink has different properties that allow them to serve different functions.

Anyway, I stamped the image and then I took an empty stamp block and stamped it in the Polish Pink ink (far left side of the image below) to use as a watercolor wash for the two larger flowers. I used our AquaPainter brushes and applied a bit of water to the ink, then brushed the ink on to the stamped image.

I continued this process with different colors, washing the brush tip in between until the image was all water colored. I then used the coordinating Hand-Penned die and cut out the bouquet.

I chose thick white cardstock as my base card and Hand Penned DSP for the background. I also wanted to use out Basic Border Dies, so I added a layer of vellum. I used one of the border dies to cut the print background and the vellum before affixing the layers to the card.

I cut the smallest tag from our Tailor Made Tags and stamped the Thanks sentiment. I finished the card with 1/4-inch white seam binding ribbon and opal round gems. 

For more details on products I used, click on any of the links below.

Product List

Hand Penned Petals Bundle (English)

[155492]

$46.75

Hand Penned 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[155499]

$11.50

Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[155712]

$7.50

Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad

[155670]

$7.50

Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad

[155778]

$7.50

Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

[101406]

$10.00

Basic Borders Dies

[155558]

$29.00

Tailor Made Tags Dies

[155563]

$22.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$8.25

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101856]

$10.00

Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon

[151326]

$7.50

Opal Rounds

[154289]

$7.50

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In-Colors for Quick and Pretty Cards

Hello Stampin' Friends. Today I am sharing a quick and easy card created with the NEW Hand-Penned stamp and die bundle and one of our new In-Colors - Pale Papaya. The Hand-Penned bundle includes a 15-piece stamp set and a 14-piece coordinating die set. There is also GORGEOUS designer series paper and embellishments to match, but for today's card we will be looking at the stamps and dies.

For this card, I stamped the floral outline image in black ink. I then used the second step flower filler stamp and stamped the flower petals in Pale Papaya. I took the largest single flower die and cut it in Pale Papaya cardstock. Before adding that to the card, I cut the scalloped border die (included in the die set) in black. I stamped the word Thanks (from the stamp set) and cut it out by hand. I layered the card elements together on a 4 x 5.25 - inch piece of white cardstock. The cardstock was then affixed to the white card base using stampin' dimensional dots.

Would you like to see this same card in Fresh Freesia? I can show you that!

I am fairly sure I made this same card in Polished Pink, but I must have missed it when I was photographing cards for the blog.

Thanks for stopping by today.