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Hand Stamped Sentiments – Father’s Day Theme Challenge

With Father’s day around the corner, the challenge for this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments is Father’s Day.  Hop on over and take the challenge.  I would love to see your creation.  For my card below I used My Digital Studio to create the backgrounds, printed them on Whisper White CS and cut them out to create a collage.  I also used My Digital Studio to print out the sentiment from the ‘All Holidays’ digital stamp set .  I used Kraft CS for the card base and I also ran a piece of Kraft through the Big Shot with my Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder.  I used this piece behind my sentiment.

I used one of the silver frames from HodgePodge Hardware set.  I cut the frame in half with my Craft & Rubber scissors and adhered it to the back of my sentiment with dimensionals.  I adhered the sentiment to the embossed Kraft with dimensionals then adhered with SNAIL to the blue striped layer.  I put hemp twine through the holes in the silver frame.  I used SNAIL to adhere larger brown pieces and dimensionals for the blue squares then adhered the blue striped and sentiment layer group with dimensionals.  So easy!  I really like the way it turned out.

Father's Day collage card

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Project Info:

Father’s Day collage card

Finished size:  5-1/4′ x 5-1/4″

Hybrid My Digital Studio Project

Layer dimensions:

More Mustard Grid layer – 2-7/8″w x 3-5/8″h

Night of Navy Stripe layer – 2-7/8″w x 3-5/8″h

Chocolate Chip Small Polka dot layer-  – 2-7/8″w x 3-5/8″h

Night of Navy Dotted Stripe layer- 2-1/8″wx 2-1/8″h

Night of Navy Textile layer – 2-1/8″wx 2-1/8″h

Kraft Perfect Polka Dots textured layer – 2-3/4″w x 2-1/2″ h

Sentiment layer – 2-1/4″w  x 2-1/2″h

Digital Stamp Sets: All Holidays, included with initial purchase of My Digital Studio

Paper: Printed DSP backgrounds from My Digital Studio on to Whisper White CS.  Kraft CS was used for the card base and embossed layer.

Ink: Inkjet Printer

Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder,  Hemp Twine, silver frame from HodgePodge Hardware kit cut in half, dimensionals, SNAIL

Techniques: Digital and paper crafting

Hand Stamped Sentiments – Color Splash Challenge

This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments a sophisticated color splash challenge – black, white, gold or silver.  With weddings and graduations around the corner these colors are perfect.  Hop on over and take the challenge.  I would love to see your creation.

My nephew is graduating this month and I decided to make a card and a gift box.  I created the card and box on My Digital Studio.  The box is perfect for the perfect gift – a check.  I used the Go Graduate Plus stamp brush digital set.  It’s perfect for all your graduation projects.  I also used the box templates you can purchase for My Digital Studio at $1.95!   You get two different box templates and two background Designer Series Papers.  I printed the black and white houndstooth check from the digital Night and Day Designer Series Papers.  You get ten beautiful black and white background papers for $4.95.  See below for more information.  I love creating hybrid projects with My Digital Studio.

Stampin Up Graduation card & box

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Mini Project Box templates and DSP $1.95 – item #120171

Night And Day Designer Series Paper – Digital Download – $4.95 – item #118115

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All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Project info:

Hybrid Graduation card and box

Finished card size: 5.25″ x 5.25″

Finished box size: 2-3/8″ x 2-3/8″ x 203/8″ square box

Box Template: Mini Project Box templates and DSP

Digital Stamp Sets: Go Graduate Plus stamp brush digital set, Miscellaneous sentiments printed from MDS

Paper: Printed DSP backgrounds from My Digital Studio on to Whisper White CS.  Whisper White CS was used for the card base.  Also used Basic Black CS, Brushed Silver CS and Vellum for the stars

Ink: Inkjet Printer

Accessories: Big Shot, Stars die,  Whisper White Satin ribbon, Black Satin ribbon, Star brad from the silver HodgePodge collection, dimensionals, digital Curly Label punch, digital Photo Corners punch – both these digital punches are included with initial purchase of My Digital Studio, non-SU black grommet,

Techniques: Digital and paper crafting

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Hand Stamped Sentiments – Anything but a Card Challenge 17

This week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments is Anything but a Card.   I am extending an invitation for you to come join us at HSS and post your creation.  Thanks for visiting!

I have been wanting to use the Daisy die so I created this cute gift box.  The template for this box is here.  I used my Big Shot to die cut the daisies and emboss the box.  I traced the leaves freehand and scored them in the middle.

Daisy box

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Project info:

Box template – click here

Finished size: 3.5″ (at the widest part) x 8.5″ H

Stamp Sets: A Flower For All Seasons, Vintage Labels (retired Sale-a-bration)

Paper: Card stock:  So Saffron, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, DSP small polka  dot printed from My Digital Studio

Ink: Chocolate Chip classic ink pad, Water Color pencils

Accessories: Big Shot, Stars Daisy #2, Perfect Details Texturz plate, Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, hemp twine, sticky tape, Tag corner punch, 1/16″ circle punch, Corner rounder punch

Techniques: Digital and paper crafting

Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge #16

This week’s Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge is a sketch challenge from the Success May issue.  This magazine is free when you become a demonstrator.  It offers tips and advice on how to run your Stampin’ Up! business and shows wonderful project ideas.  Here is the sketch and my project for this week’s challenge.  I used my Embosslits Die Beautiful Wings, item#118138.  It’s a carryover from the Spring mini catalog.  This die is wonderful because it die cuts and embosses at the same time.  I also used the Scallop Trim corner and border punches.  There’s a very informative video from Stampmonkey and her blog also gives measurements for creating squares and rectangles with these two punches.

Stampin' Up! Embosslits Die - Beautiful Wings

HSS sketch challenge 16 card

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Project info:

Stamp Sets: Four Square

Paper: Bashful Blue CS, So Saffron CS, Chocolate Chip CS, Whisper White CS

Ink: Sponged edges of scallop trim rectangle with Bashful Blue classic ink, used Chocolate Chip classic ink for ‘THANKS’ sentiment

Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslits die, dimensionals, Scallop trim corner and border punches, Scallop Square punch

Techniques: paper crafting

Hand Stamped Sentiments – Graduation Theme Challenge

Since this is graduation season we decided over at HSS to have a graduation theme challenge. Projects can be anything graduation-related; cards, invitations, party favors, money holder cards, gift boxes, etc. So for this challenge I used My Digital Studio software to create a card. I know you’ve heard me say – I love this software but I do! You can create cards, albums, scrapbook pages, favor boxes, invitations, etc.  I created a hybrid card which means I printed the main layer image on My Digital Studio and I embellished with an actual brad and ribbon instead of digitally.  So hope on over to HSS and take the challenge.  I can’t wait to see your project.  Here’s mine.

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All products are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Project info:

In My Digital Studio I created a background with the French word for congratulations ‘felicitations’ then layered the medallion over the background along with the sentiment ‘congratulations’. I left room for ribbon and used a silver brad from the silver hodgepodge kit.  Super easy and fast!

My Digital Studio hybrid Graduation card

Digital Stamp Sets: Medallion, Hugs & Wishes

Paper: Whisper White and Basic Black CS

Ink: Inkjet printer

Accessories: Silver embossing brad from the Silver Hodgepodge kit, ¼” Basic Black grosgrain ribbon

Techniques: Digital crafting

Hand Stamped Sentiments Anything but a Card challenge 13

This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments the challenge is Anything but a Card.  With Mother’s Day around the corner I decided to decorate a candle.  I used the stamp set With All My Heart.  This stamp set is available until the end of April.  Please email me if you would like to order or simply click on the ‘Shop Now’ icon on the right to place your order online.  To add some bling I inserted the rhinestone brads while the wax was still warm.  Easy Peasy!  Click here for a tutorial from Splitcoaststampers on how to stamp on candles.

Hop on over to HSS and post your creation for this challenge.

Anything but a card image

With All my Heart candle

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Project info:

With All My Heart candle

Stamp Sets: With All My Heart stamp set from the spring occasion mini page 12
Paper: tissue
Ink: Pretty in Pink classic ink, Rich Razzleberry classic ink
Accessories: rhinestone brads, Pretty in Pink satin ribbon, heat tool
Techniques: stamping

Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge 12

This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments we have a sketch challenge that comes to us from Stampin’ Up!’s May issue of Success magazine for demonstrators.  This magazine is packed with ideas and tips for running your SU business and did I mention it’s free.  The colors featured on the sketch are new colors Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla.  I love the color combination.  I haven’t received my sample of new colors so I used So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla to create my card.  Post your creation at HSS.

Sketch Challenge 12

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Thanks so much Sketch Challenge 12

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All supplies used are Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted.

Project info:

Thanks so much card

Stamps: Enjoy Every Moment, Tiny Tags (sentiment)

Paper: Card stock; So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: 3/4″, 1″ and 1-3/8″ circle punches, Big Shot, Buttons #5 die, Flower Layers #3 die, Flower, Build a Flower die, dimensionals and mini glue dots, non-SU 1/4″ brown satin ribbon, Paper Studio brown and lt. yellow brads, beige floss

Hand Stamped Sentiments Inspiration Challenge 11

This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments we have an inspiration challenge from Pottery Barn – Sea Shells.  There are so many thoughts that come to mind when I see the photo – serenity and peace are two I think of immediately.  My friend’s mother-in-law passed away this past weekend and I needed to make a sympathy card for her so this challenge provided inspiration.  I stamped the shells in Versamark and embossed them with clear embossing powder, used My Digital Studio for the sentiment and printed it on vellum.  I used the White Shimmery paper which you should be able to see when you enlarge the photo.  I love this paper it’s just the right amount of shimmer.  Erin the other designer on our Hand Stamped Sentiments design team gave me a few sheets of this paper and I love it.  I’ll need to purchase some because it will add a touch of elegance to any project.

Pottery Barn sea shell images collage

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Hss Inspiration challenge 11 - Sea shells

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All supplies used are Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted.

Project info:

Shell Sympathy card

Stamps:  retired Stipple Shells – a good substitute would be Nature’s Nest, sentiment created on My Digital Studio and printed in Soft Suede

Paper: Blush Blossom CS, Shimmery White CS, Vellum paper

Ink:  VersaMark

Accessories:  Clear embossing powder, Heat tool, Crop-A-Dile, The Tearing Edge, non SU eyelets

Techniques: Stamping, Embossing, Digital Crafting

Hand Stamped Sentiments – Color Splash Challenge

It’s a color splash challenge.  Basic Black, Real Red and So Saffron are the bold colors we’re playing with this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  I decided for my project this week I would use the Stars #2 Original Die , glitter and My Digital Studio to create a graduation card.  I created the Basic Black grid background and the Real Red grid background with ‘CONGRATS’ on My Digital Studio.  I used the Big Shot and the star die to cut the stars then glittered the Basic Black stars and layered them with the Real Red and So Saffron stars.  A quick and easy card with some bling!  I invite you to post your creation.

Congrats card

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Project info:  All supplies are Stampin’ Up! except were otherwise noted.

Congrats card

Stamps:  none

Paper:  Real Red cs, Basic Black, So Saffron cs  My Digital Studio was used to create the Basic Black and Real Red grid background as well as the sentiment.

Ink:  none

Accessories:  Big Shot, Stars #2 Original Die, Martha Stewart Onyx glitter, medium envelope flap lined with Basic Black grid paper

Hand Stamped Sentiments – Anything but a card challenge

As mentioned in my previous post I purchased this template from Waltzingmouse Stamps.  This is the other basket you get along with the pedestal basket template.  I am also making this basket for our Anything but a card challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  I would love to see your creations posted at our challenge blog.

This basket is very easy to make and will be a great Easter gift.

small fancy baskte

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Project info:

All items are Stampin’ Up! unless noted.

Small basket project

Stamp Sets:  Vintage labels from the Sale-a-bration catalog

Paper:  So Saffron CS, Pale Plum CS

Ink:  Rich Razzelberry Classic Ink

Accessories:  Eyelet border punch, Scallop Circle punch, Pretty in Pink satin ribbon

Techniques: Stamping, Papercrafting