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Frame Masking Technique

January 16, 2021 in , , ,

Each month my friend and upline hosts an online Zoom meeting with ladies joining us from near and far! It's great to see everyone's face and hang out even though we can't do so in person right now. There are 3 of us that share projects. Before each meeting we provide a list of items needed to create the project each of us is showing. Each participant chooses either to gather the items and stamp along with us or watch and be inspired. 

This month I shared today's card. I'm calling it the Frame Masking technique. Use a 3" x 1.5" sticky note to mask the center of the white cardstock before stamping. After stamping the flowers and leaves the sticky note is removed and the sentiment stamped in the center. This technique is also great for one-layer cards. 

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Product List
Always In My Heart Photopolymer Stamp Set
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True Love Designer Series Paper
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Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
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Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad
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Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad
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Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad
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Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
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Matte Black Dots
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Stampin' Dimensionals
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Paper Trimmer
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Thank you for stopping by! ~ Amanda 
Join us on Jan 20th for our next Crop Kingston Virtual Crop using the True Love designer series paper! Choose from our Card To Go Kit, Scrapbook To Go Kit or Virtual Crop Access Pass! Each option includes a PDF of the card & scrapbook projects along with access to our exclusive Facebook group where we will share live videos, additional ideas using the products and more! The Card and Scrapbook Kits To Go include cardstock, embellishments and product needed to create the projects. Registration closes January 17th. See more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2801979933453896
Let's have a virtual winter picnic together! Stampin' Up!'s Sweet Strawberry and Berry Blessings stamp sets have me thinking of summer and picnics. Join me while we enjoy a winter picnic together! Join the group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/266053647891781/



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Watercolour Technique Blog Hop

January 05, 2021 in , , ,


Hello and welcome to January's Technique Tuesday blog hop! Today we are sharing projects featuring the watercolouring technique.
 
I love the look of strawberries but did you know I'm allergic? It's sad but true! In the new Jan-Jun Mini Catalogue, just released today, there is the new Sweet Strawberry bundle. This bundle includes the Sweet Strawberry photopolymer stamp set and the Strawberry builder punch. The leaves were cut out using that punch. Sale-A-Bration also starts today and there is a matching stamp & designer series paper bundle called the Berry Blessings bundle. The designer series paper on this card comes from that bundle.
To create the background start with a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolour paper. Squeeze a few drops of Real Red ink onto a clear block, then using the Water Painters squeeze a few drops of water on top of the ink. Add extra water for a more subtle look and less water for a darker blob. Gather the ink & water mixture up using the medium sized water painter and make the blob at the bottom half of the watercolour paper about the size needed for 2 berries. For the top greens use a mixture of Garden Green and Granny Apple Green ink refills and water. Make sure to put the lighter colour down first, then carefully added the darker colour but try to not use a lot of water. In the above picture I used the stamp set to help me see where the leaves would end up so I could add the Garden Green accent to that part of the blob. Make sure to let your watercolour paper dry completely before stamping. 

Stop by and say hello to the other blog hop participants listed below:
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Snowflakes in Shimmer Paste

November 02, 2020 in , , , , ,
Welcome to my blog! I'm excited to participate in Kylie's Monthly International blog highlights this month. You'll find the button a little further in my blog post that will take you to Kylie's blog where you can vote for your top 5 favourites.

The Snowflake Wishes stamp set has some wonderful sayings and I'm grateful that one of them is a thank you sentiment with a twist! The sentiment is stamped with Pretty Peacock ink onto a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock die cut with one of the smaller Stitched Nested Label dies. 
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Pretty Cards and Paper Blog Hop - Plaid Tidings

September 18, 2020 in , , , , ,
Welcome to September's Pretty Cards & Paper blog hop! This month we are using either Plaid Tidings designer series paper or the Gilded Autumn specialty designer series paper. My card features the Plaid Tidings DSP.
This past Sunday I showed how to do No Line Water Colouring at the team Zoom meeting. For this card I've used the pumpkin stamps from Gather Together stamp set. If you haven't tried No Line Water Colouring before it's best to start with a smaller image like the pumpkins before moving onto a larger image. To colour in the pumpkins I've used So Saffron, Mango Melody & Pumpkin Pie refills with the Water Painters. Make sure to stamp the image using a light coloured ink (stamped off once is better) onto a piece of Fluid 100 Water Colour paper. Below is a picture of most of the items I used to create my card. Not shown is a clear block, So Saffron refill, Memento Black ink and Soft Suede Stampin' Write Marker.
Use the links below to visit everyone's blogs to see their creations:

Supplies (click here to view all items)

Please contact me if you would like to learn how to create your own No Line Water Colour images. Thank you for stopping by! ~ Amanda  
Join us for our upcoming Plaid Virtual Crop with Crop Kingston on Saturday October 3rd! Choose from our Card To Go Kit, Scrapbook To Go Kit or Virtual Crop Access Pass! Each option includes a PDF of the card & scrapbook projects along with access to our exclusive Facebook group where we will share live videos, additional ideas using the products and more! The Card and Scrapbook Kits To Go include cardstock, embellishments and product needed to create the projects. Registration closes September 20th. See more: https://www.facebook.com/events/2707633322782753/
Join me for a free Online Workshop on Tue Sep 22nd starting at 7:30pm! Creating and sharing projects using the Plaid Tidings designer series paper. Join me over on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/266053647891781
The Joy to the World Paper Pumpkin Kit is an exclusive global holiday kit that provides a specially-designed box & enough supplies to create eight elegant cards. This kit includes die-cut pieces in English, French, and German. Sign up by Oct 10th: https://www.paperpumpkin.com/en-ca/sign-up/?demoid=2157916
Until Sep 30 you will receive enough cardstock pieces to make 16 cards, a pack of Rhinestone Basic Jewels, the So Much Love stamp set, and the Queen Anne’s Lace stamp set with your customizable starter kit! Join here: https://ida.stampinup.com/en-ca/?demoid=2157916
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Seaside Floating Frame Card

April 09, 2019 in , ,
There has been a buzz the last while online about the Floating Frame technique and I thought it would be neat to try it for a swap card that I needed for the team meeting this past Sunday. The technique calls for Press and Seal wrap but someone had mentioned on the Demonstrator Facebook page her idea of doing the technique without the wrap. First I cut out the frame with the Stitched Rectangle dies and then embossed it using the Seaside Embossing Folder. Ahead of time I stamped and die cut the images. Once the frame was ready I placed the image on the frame, then used my scissors to trim the pieces that hung past the edges. The images then are popped up on the Mini Stampin' Dimensionals and placed on the frame. To finish the card adhere the frame to the card base and stamp the greeting in the middle.

Supplies
Stamps: Sea of Textures, Humming Along (sentiment)
Colours: Soft Sea Foam, Blackberry Bliss, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Accessories: Seaside Embossing Folder, Under the Sea Framelits, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda
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Masking with Rock 'n Roll

May 26, 2011 in , ,
A few techniques rolled into this one! Masking and Rock 'n Roll! The thanks was masked with a piece of sticky post-it-note punched out with the Wide Oval Punch.Then the leaves were stamped over it. After stamping the mask is pulled off and ta-da complete! The leaf stamps were first inked with More Mustard but immediately rolled around on the Cherry Cobbler ink pad - this creates the Rock 'n Roll look - before stamping onto the Very Vanilla strip of card stock..

Supplies
Stamps: Autumn Splendor, Thank You Kindly
Ink: More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler
Paper: More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Impressions Folder

~ Amanda
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Emerging colour!

April 29, 2011 in
Today's card is very similar to the card I posted on Thursday, except I used 2 other techniques. Rock 'n Roll and Emerging Colour techniques. I think Emerging Colour technique is my favourite!

Supplies
Stamps: Medallion, Vintage Vogue, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Accessories: Bashful Blue Grosgrain Ribbon, Sticky Strip, Word Window Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, Brayer

~ Amanda
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Kissing!

April 28, 2011 in

This is such a neat technique! I took the Medallion background stamp and inked it with Bashful Blue Ink. Then with my choice of either a wheel (see the card above) or a flower stamp (see card sample below) stamped onto the Medallion background stamp then stamped onto the Whisper White Card stock.


Supplies
Stamps: Medallion, Vintage Vogue, Sincere Salutations, Very Vintage Wheel
Ink: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black
Paper: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Accessories: Bashful Blue Grosgrain Ribbon, Sticky Strip

~ Amanda
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Have a Seat!

February 22, 2011 in , , , ,
My mother bought the Have a Seat stamp set and then asked me for inspiration! This set was kinda hard to get an idea for. As usual I searched the Internet for inspiration, checked out what other Demonstrators had posted on Stampin' Connection and then hid in my stamp room for awhile trying out different colours and layouts. And this is what I came up with. There are 3 other chair images in this set that did not get inked yet so I might have to revisit this one again.

Supplies
Stamps: Have a Seat, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Green House Gala designer series paper
Accessories: Word window punch, Basic Black embossing powder, Early Espresso 1/8" taffeta ribbon, pearls, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Impressions folder

~ Amanda
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O Christmas Tree!

December 03, 2010 in , ,
O Christmas Tree how beautiful your branches! This tree is embossed with Iridescent Ice to create a little sparkle! I used Versamark and Classic Inks (see my tutorial here for how to do this). And I love those Rhinestones, they have an adhesive on the back so they pop onto a card really easily!

Supplies
Stamps: Snow Swirled
Ink: Crumb Cake, Versamark, Stampin' Write marker: Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Very Vanilla 5/8" satin ribbon, sticky strip, Iridescent Ice embossing powder, stampin' dimensionals, rhinestones

Merry Christmas!
~Amanda
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Multi-coloured Embossing

November 04, 2010 in , , ,
So the other day I came across this thread on Splitcoaststampers or Stampin' Connection about embossing with different colours. And I thought it looked too cool not to try! Although next time I think I will omit the White embossing powder, in real life it takes away from the other colours, next time just add more Silver!
This technique is a little more time consuming than regular embossing just because you have to sprinkle each colour on one at a time before shaking off the excess powder. You also end up using a lot more embossing powder too because once you shake it all off together you get a weird combo of powders! This technique definitely merits some experimentation!

For inspiration for the rest of the card I used some challenges from Splitcoaststampers: Ways to Use it WT295 challenge was to add green to our project and a Demonstrator Challenge called Workshop Wow WW180 inspired to use buttons. And for my own personal challenge to use a piece of Woodland Walk designer series paper so that I can diminish my stash of paper! 

Supplies
Stamps: Autumn Splendor
Ink: Garden Green, Versamark, Crumb Cake
Paper: Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Crumb Cake, Woodland Walk Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Garden Green Designer Button, Basic Black brads, embossing powders: White, Black, Silver, Gold, embossing buddy, glue dots, word window punch, Very Vanilla Seam binding

~Amanda
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Happy November!

November 01, 2010 in , ,
I feel like Christmas is just around the corner! We've had cool days, received some snow on Halloween and the house has been cold enough for the furnace to be on. I feel like decorating for Christmas! For now I will just have to use my creativity to create some Christmas projects like today's card.

Supplies
Stamps: A Cardinal Christmas
Ink: Basic Black, Stampin' Write Markers: Real Red, Certainly Celery, Early Espresso
Paper: Real Red, Whisper White
Accessories: Certainly Celery Watercolour Wonder crayon, blender pen, 1/4" Real Red grosgrain ribbon, Big Shot, Top Note die, Petals A Plenty Impressions Folder

~Amanda
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