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Thank you with a Bunch of Blossoms Flower

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Genevieve Valdes

The thank you card I created is based on Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch challenge.  I used the colors of Melon Mambo, Basic Black and Emerald Envy.  I created the flower using the new Bunch of Blossoms Bundle.  The petals and leaves were created with 3 step stamping to create shading and depth then die cut with the Blossom Builder Punch.  The sentiment was created with the Thoughtful Banners Bundle.  This bundle comes with a great stamp set with many sentiments and banner images and the Duet Banner punch.  Together you can create banners with many sentiments.

Stampin up Black and pink Bunch of Blossoms Thank you card

I used Pop of Pink Washi tape to embellish the bottom of the card.  This card came together quickly.  I hope you’re inspired by the sketch challenge and share your project on join Hand Stamped Sentiments.

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Thank You with a Bunch of Blossoms card

Card Size:  5.50″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets:  Bunch of Blossoms Photopolymer, Thoughtful Banners Photopolymer

Paper:  Card stock:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo

Ink:  Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo, Emerald Envy, Momento Black

Accessories: Basic Rhinestones, Pop of Pink Washi Tape, 2-1/2″ Circle Punch, Circle Framelits, Blossom Builder Punch , Duet Banner Punch

 

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It’s a Birthday Fiesta!

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Genevieve Valdes

I recently purchased the Birthday Fiesta Photopolymer Bundle and so excited to use it for a friends birthday card.  The bundle includes the Birthday Fiesta stamp set and Fiesta Time Framelit dies.  Together you can create fun projects with a fiesta theme.  I created a birthday card using the colors of Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge of Flirty Flamingo, Emerald Envy and Watermelon Wonder.  These bright colors were perfect for the fiesta card I had in mind.

Stampin Up Birthday Fiesta card

Go to Hand Stamped Sentiments to see more cards created with these fun colors.

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Birthday Fiesta card

Card Size:  5.50″ H x 4.25″ W

Stamp Sets:   Birthday Fiesta

Paper:  Card stock:  Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo, Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink:  Watermelon Wonder, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo, Momento Black

Accessories: Basic Rhinestones, Fiesta Time Framelit Dies, Silver Sequins, Emerald Envy 3/8″ (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon, retired Watermelon Wonder Lace Ribbon

 

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‘Tis The Season with Christmas Pretty Pines

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Genevieve Valdes

This week’s card is inspired by Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge of Elegant Eggplant, Bermuda Bay and Pear Pizzazz.  I used the Christmas Pines Bundle to create this Christmas card in these unconventional colors.

The card base is Very Vanilla, followed by the gold foil layer.  The Elegant Eggplant layer I stamped with the star background with Encore Gold ink.  The pine leaves were die cut with the thinlit dies and adhered behind the sentiment layer which I heat embossed with gold then  fussy cut and embellished with basic pearls.

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‘Tis The Season with Christmas Pretty Pines

Card Size:  4.25″ H x 5.50″ W

Stamp Sets:   Christmas Pines

Paper:  Card stock:  Very Vanilla, Elegant Eggplant, Bermuda Bay, Pear Pizzazz, Gold Foil paper

Ink:  Gold Encore, Bermuda Bay, Versamark

Accessories: Pretty Pines Thinlit dies, Basic Pearls, Gold 5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals

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Lovely as a Tree for Christmas

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Genevieve Valdes

My card is based on this week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments which is an inspiration challenge. The challenge inspired me to use the Lovely as a Tree stamp set and the Woodlands Embossing folder to create a white Christmas card.

After embossing the white layer with the Woodland Embossing folder I colored the tree trunks with Gold Wink of Stella Glitter pen.  On another layer I stamped the trees with Chocolate Chip ink then traced the branches of the trees with the Gold Wink of Stella Glitter pen to make them sparkle then embellished with the Cherry Cobbler ribbon.

The inside of the card I stamped with silver Encore ink with stamps from the Christmas Pines set.

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Lovely as a Tree for Christmas

Card Size:  4.25″ H x 5.50″ W

Stamp Sets:  Lovely as a Tree, Christmas Pines

Paper:  Card stock:  Whisper White

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Encore Silver

Accessories: Woodland Textured Embossing folder, 3/8″ (1 Cm) Ribbon Silky Taffeta Cherry Cobbler from the combo pack, Dimensionals

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Festive Poinsettia Flower is Joy of the Season

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Genevieve Valdes

This week’s Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch challenge inspired my Christmas poinsettia card this week.  My card base is Whisper White.  The diagonal stripe DSP is from the Candy Cane Lane paper assortment.  Love this paper!  The Garden Green layer was embossed with the Softly Falling embossing folder.  I used a strip of Gold Satin ribbon.  After stamping the leaves and the petals of the poinsettia I traced the veins with clear Wink of Stella glitter pen.   After assembling the flower I put a gold doily behind it and used dimensionals to adhere to the Garden Green layer.  I embellished the Gold Satin Ribbon with small pearls.  I also used gold sequins and pearls to embellish the card.  I gold embossed the sentiment from the Christmas Pines stamp set on the Whisper White banner.

Stampin Up Festive Flower Poinsettia Christmas card

The inside of the card I stamped allover with the star background with Gold Encore ink then stamped in Real Red the sentiment from the Christmas Pines stamp setStampin Up Festive Flower Poinsettia Christmas card

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Festive Poinsettia Flower is Joy of the Season

Card Size:  4.25″ w x 5.50″ h

Stamp Sets:  Christmas Pines, Reason for the Season

Paper:  Card stock:  Whisper White, Garden Green, Real Red, Candy Cane Lane DSP

Ink:  Real Red, Garden Green, Gold Encore, Versamark

Accessories: Festive Flower Builder punch, Gold 5/8″ satin ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, Pearls, Gold doily, Gold sequins, Dimensionals, Sofly Falling Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Heat Tool, Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, glue dots, Tombow glue

 

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Home Sweet Home

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Genevieve Valdes

As promised here’s another little house I created with the Sweet Home Bundle.  The bundle consists of the Sweet Home stamp set and Home Sweet Home Thinlits Dies.  This house was inspired by the Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge of Mint Macaron, Emerald Envy and Dapper Denim.

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I created this little house to look like it was made of mint candies.  These are a bit tricky at first but Stampin’ Up! has a video on how to cut and assemble.  Click here for the video.

I hope you’re inspired to join us at Hand Stamped Sentiments and show us your creation.

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Home Sweet Home House

Stamp Sets:  Sweet Home

Paper:  Card stock:  Silver Glimmer, Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Emerald Envy, Dapper Denim

Ink:  Dapper Denim

Accessories: Home Sweet Home Thinlit Dies, 1/2″ circle punch, glue dots, Tombow glue

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Jar of Haunts Happy Halloween

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Genevieve Valdes

I love Halloween!  Growing up my family every year we a had Halloween party to celebrate my father’s birthday.  My father passed away last year but I still make a card for him in his memory.  My card this week is based on the sketch at Hand Stamped Sentiments and the Great Pumpkin from Charlie Brown.

I  created my own background paper by stamping the eyes with Versamark then heat embossing with white and iridescent embossing powders.  The iridescent embossing powder is retired but I still have some and I use it when I want to add a little sparkle.

The cute jack-0-lantern is stamped with Tangerine Tango on Pumpkin Pie from the Jar of Haunts stamp set which can be ordered from the 2016 Holiday catalog.  The leaf and stalk I stamped with Early Espresso, fussy cut and outlined the leaf and veins with Early Espresso and colored with  Soft Suede and Pumpkin Pie.

The jar is stamped on White Shimmer with black ink then die cut using the jar framelit from the Everyday Jars Framelits set.  I adhered the Silver Satin Ribbon then adhered the jar.  The banners Silver and Black Glimmer paper die cut using the Banner Triple punch.  For an extra punch of bling I used basic rhinestones on the eyes and all over the black layer.

Stampin Up Jar of Haunts Halloween card

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Jar of Haunts Happy Halloween card

Size:  4.25″ h x 5.50″ w

Stamp Sets:  Jar of Haunts

Paper:  Card stock:  Shimmer White, Basic Gray, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie

Ink:  Momento Black, Tangerine Tango, Early Epresso, Versamark

Accessories: Basic Rhinestones, White embossing powder, Iridescent embossing powder, Triple Banner punch, Everyday Jars Framelits set, Silver Satin ribbon, Dimensionals and Glue dots

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Christmas Pines are Pretty Pines

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Genevieve Valdes

This week my card was inspired by Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge of  Real Red, Bermuda Bay and Pool Party.  I used the new stamp set Christmas Pines and Pretty Pines Thinlits dies bundle along with the Pine Bough Textured Embossing Folder.  I love the pine bough thinlets.  There are three different sizes which create such pretty foliage.  I also used the bow dies to create the Real Red and Bermuda Bay bows.  The Pine Bough textured embossing folder created a beautiful background on the Natural Ivory card stock.  After stamping the sentiment I used the 2-1/2″ circle punch to die cut it.   I love this bundle.  There are so many possibilities!

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Hop on over to HSS and be inspired by their design team!

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Christmas Pines are Pretty Pines card

Size:  4.25″ h x 5.50″ w

Stamp Sets:  Christmas Pines

Paper:  Card stock:  Natural Ivory, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Real Red

Ink:  Real Red

Accessories: gold sequins, basic rhinestones, dimensionals, glue dots, Pine Boughs textured embossing folder, Pretty Pines thinlits dies, gold metallic thread

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Vintagle Leaves Sympathy card

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Genevieve Valdes

My card this week is inspired by the sketch over at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  I used the sketch portrait style instead of landscape to create my card.  I’m looking forward to fall and the beautiful colors of the leaves so I  used the Vintage leaves stamp set and framelits.  I made the leaves using Christi Becks video for how to color the leaves and the Acorn Builder Punch for the acorn. I embossed a Very Vanilla layer with the Woodland Textured Embossing folder for a background for the leaves.  I love how my card turned out.

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Vintage Leaves Sympathy card

Size:  5.50″ h x 4.25″ w

Stamp Sets:  Vintage Leaves, Acorny  Thank You, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper:  Card stock:  Very Vanilla,Cajun Craze

Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Versamark

Accessories: Sponge dauber, Gold metallic thread, basic pearls, Gold embossing powder, Woodland Textured Embossing Folder, Acorn Builder Punch, retired Word Window Punch, Leaflets Framelits Dies

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Thank you with Botanical Blooms

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Genevieve Valdes

This week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments is a color challenge of Sweet Sugarplum, Flirty Flamingo and Dapper Denim.  These are the new In Colors from Stampin’ Up!

I recently had a birthday and and needed to send a thank you card to my friend.  I created this card with the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies and the sentiment is from the Sunburst Sayings stamp set. The layer with the die cut leaf edge I first applied ink to the uncut layer with a brayer.  I inked it up then rolled it off a few times before rolling onto the layer because I wanted a lighter shade of the Dapper Denim to provide contrast to the flowers.  After drying I die cut the leaf edge then adhered to a layer of Dapper Denim.

I used the Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum and Whisper White card stock to created the flowers. The leaves are Dapper Denim.  The Whisper White was a bit stark so I used the dotted stamp from the Timeless Textures set.  I stamped some of the ink off before stamping on some of the dots so the color is of different intensity.

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark first then Dapper Denim and heat embossed with retired Iridescent embossing powder to make it sparkle.

I hope my card inspires you to play with these colors!

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Botanical Blooms Thank you card

Size:  5.50″ h x 4.25″ w

Stamp Sets: Botanical Blooms, Sunburst Sayings, Timeless Textures

Paper:  Cardstock:  Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, Dapper Denim, Sweet Sugarplum

Ink:  Dapper Denim

Accessories: Sponge, Botanical Builder Framelits Dies, Basic Rhinestones, dimensionals, heat tool, retired Iridescent Ice Embossing powder

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