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A Grateful Bunch

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Genevieve Valdes

This week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments is a sketch challenge.  The sketch inspired me to create a card with the Grateful Bunch Stamp set and coordinating punch.  What’s fun about this stamp set is there are so many elements.   The lace stamp is a favorite of this set.  I used it on the side of the card along with the Venetian Crochet trim.  The flowers, leaves and sentiment are also from this set.  The flowers I die cut with the coordinating Blossom Bunch punch.  The dots were created with the stamp from Timeless Treasures which is also a new stamp set from the Occasions catalog.  The set is very versatile which is a must-have for your collection.

Stampin Up Grateful Bunch card with flowers and laceI would love to see how this sketch inspires you.  For more inspiration visit Hand Stamped Sentiments to see what our talented designers have created.

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Grateful Bunch Card

Size:  5.50″ h x 4.25″ w

Stamp Sets: Grateful Bunch, Timeless Treasures

Paper:  Cardstock:  Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, DSP retired Gold Soiree

Ink:  Pear Pizzazz, Calypso Coral, Garden Green, Crumb Cake

Accessories:  Scalloped Oval punch, Blossom Bunch punch, Venetian Crochet Trim, Basic Rhinestones, dimensionals, glue dots and snail

 

 

Filed under: Feminine Thank you cards, Grateful Bunch, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Sketch Challenge, Thank you cards | Tagged: , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Acorny Thank You

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Genevieve Valdes

This week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments is a sketch challenge.  I created my card with the Acorny stamp set and coordinating punch.  I love this stamp set and with the punch it makes it so easy to create cute little acorns.  I wanted for the acorns to stand out so I put them on a layer which I embossed with the Woodgrain Textured Embossing folder.

Stampin up Acorny Thank you card

Join us at Hand Stamped Sentiments and show us how this sketch inspires you.

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Acorny Thank You Card

Size:  5.50″ h x 4.25″ w

Stamp Sets:  Acorny Thank You stamp set

Paper:  Cardstock:  Whisper White, Gold Foil Sheet

Ink:  Mossy Green, Blackberry Bliss, Delightful Dijon, Tangelo Twist, Early Espresso

Accessories:  Acorn Builder Punch, Punch Corner Project Life, Bitty Banners Framelits, Woodgrain Embossing Textured Folder, Gold Cording Trim, Into The Woods Designer Series Paper

Filed under: Acorny Thank You, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Sketch Challenge, Uncategorized | Tagged: , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Say Thanks with Vintage Leaves

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Genevieve Valdes

This week on Hand Stamped Sentiments we have a color challenge of Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango and Pool Party.   For my project I used the Vintage Leaves stamp set with coordinating framelits.   I stamped the leaves in Tangerine Tango on Very Vanilla card stock.  I sponged Daffodil Delight and Pool Party on the leaves.  The background I embossed with the Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  The sentiment was die cut from gold foil paper with the Hello You Thinlit dies.  Creating this card was easy! 

Thank you Vintage Leaves Stampin Up cardGo to Hand Stamped Sentiments to check out how this Color Challenge inspired our design team and I hope you’re inspired to create a project and join us!

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Say Thanks with Vintage Leaves card

Size:  5.50″ w x 4.25″ h

Stamp Sets:  Vintage Leaves

Paper:  Cardstock:  Pool Party, Daffodil Delight Very Vanilla; Gold Foil

Ink:  Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party

Accessories:  Woodland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Hello You Thinlit dies,

Filed under: Color Splash Challenges, Fall projects, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Vintage Leaves | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

Awesomely Artistic and a Work of Art

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Genevieve Valdes

My inspiration for my card this week comes from this week’s HSS Inspiration Challenge and from page 118 of the Stampin’ Up’s! Catalog and Idea book.  I love I can peruse through the catalog and see something different every time!  I used the NEW In-Color Mint Macaron with touches of gold and Bermuda Bay sequins, with black.   The photos of the lake and water made me think of the dragonflies I see in may backyard.

I love the Work of Art Stamp and Gorgeous  Grunge stamp sets because you can create swashes or splatters of color that look like you water colored or painted on ink.   These I used for the background then stamped the dragonfly from the Awesomely Artistic stamp set and heat embossed with gold as well as the ‘you’ in the sentiment.  To make the rest of the sentiment stand out I used some Washi tape.

Awesomely Artistic and a Work of Art Stampin up cardAwesomely Artistic and A Work of Art stampin up cardGo to Hand Stamped Sentiments to check out how the Inspiration Challenge inspired our design team and I hope you’re inspired to create a project and join us!

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Awesomely Artistic and a Work of Art Just For You card

Size:  5.00″ w x 5.00″ h

Stamp Sets:  Awesomely Artistic, Gorgeous Grunge

Paper:  Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink:  Mint Macaron, Momento Black, Versamark

Accessories:  Bermuda Bay sequins, retired black Washi tape, gold embossing powder, heat tool, dimensionals

 

Filed under: 2015-2017 In Colors, A Work of Art, Awesomely Artistic, Friendship, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Inspiration Challenge | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment »

Watercolor Wings and Bold Butterflies

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Genevieve Valdes

This week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments is a color challenge of Bermuda Bay, Watermelon Wonder and Blushing Bride.  I just received the Watercolor Wings Photopolymer bundle and was inspired by this color challenge to create beautiful butterflies.  This stamp set makes it so easy to create beautiful watercolor butterflies.

I used a Whisper White card base to feature the butterflies.  I used the three colors to create each butterfly.  One butterfly is stamped at full strength and for the other I stamped off for a light er color.  For sparkle, I added gold foil butterflies die cut with the Bold Buttefly Framelits and Bermuda Bay sequins.  The sentiment is from the Kinda Eclectic stamp set.  The spots on the background are stamped with the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.

Stampin Up Watercolor Wings cardBe inspired by these colors and join us at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  Go to HSS for more inspiration from our design team.

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Watercolor Wings Kindness card

Size:  4.25″ h x 5.50″ w

Stamp Sets: Watercolor Wings, Kinda Eclectic, Gorgeous Grunge

Paper:  Cardstock:  Whisper White, Gold Foil

Ink:  Watermelon Wonder, Bermuda Bay, Blushing Bride, Momento Black

Accessories:  Bold Butterfly Framelits die, Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim, mini glue dots, Tombow glue

Filed under: Color Splash Challenges, Gorgeous Grunge, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Kinda Eclectic, Stamp Sets, Watercolor Wings | Tagged: , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Birthday Basics -Celebrate with Fringe

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Genevieve Valdes

This week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments is an Inspiration challenge.  The photo is filled with so many great images just in time for celebrating the Fourth of July.

The card I created is for dear friend celebrating her birthday this month.  I wanted to make it festive and fun and what better way than with fringe.  I created the fringe strips with Stampin’ Up’s! fringe scissors.  I cut 2 inch strips in Watermelon Wonder, Very Vanilla and Island Indigo.  The ‘Happy Birthday’ greeting is stamped with Versamark and Watermelon Wonder and for sparkle I heat embossed it with Iridescent Ice.  To see the sparkle click on the image to magnify.  The butterflies are from the Papillon Potpourri set and embellished with basic rhinestones colored with Sharpies.  I tied Metallic Baker’s Twine and stamped the flower in Island Indigo from retired Beautiful Bunch stamp set and embellished with 2015-2017 Watermelon Wonder In Color Blossom accent.

Stampin Up Birthday Basics Fringe Card

Be inspired by the photo and join us at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  I know you’ll find something in the photo to inspire your project.

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Birthday Basics – Celebrate with Fringe Card

Size:  5.25″ h x 5.25″ w

Stamp Sets: Birthday Basics, Papillion Potpourri, retired Beautiful Bunch

Paper:  Cardstock:  Watermelon Wonder, Very Vanilla, Island Indigo

Ink:  Watermelon Wonder, Island Indigo

Accessories:  Elegant Butterfly punch, Bitty Butterfly punch, Petite Petals punch, Fringe Scissors, 2015-2017 Watermelon Wonder In Color Blossom accent, Metallic Baker’s Twine, Rhinestone Basics, Sharpies (red, blue green),  Versamark, Iridescent Ice Emboss Powder

Filed under: 2015-2017 In Colors, Beautiful Bunch, Birthday, Butterfly Basics, Feminine Birthday, Fourth of July, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Inspiration Challenge, Papillon Potpourri, Stamp Sets | Tagged: , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Have a Happy Blooming Birthday in a Flower Patch

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Genevieve Valdes

April showers bring My flowers.  So they say.  However, here it is May and there are flowers but it’s still raining in San Antonio.   San Antonio received almost 7.5 inches of rain in April, making it the seventh-wettest April since 1886, the first year that precipitation levels were recorded for the area. All this rain has made my flowers grow.  Here’s a photo of the flowers in my garden which provided my inspiration for my card.

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I used the Flower Patch Polymer Bundle to create the flowers and leaves.  For the sentiment I stamped the sentiment with Versamark then embossed it with gold embossing powder.  The cloud shape is from the Word Bubbles Framelits set.  For additional texture the second layer is embossed with the Chevron embossing folder.

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Happy Blooming Birthday

Size:  5.50″ h x 4.25″ w

Stamp Sets: Flower Patch

Paper:  Cardstock:  Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Lost Lagoon

Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Lost Lagoon, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry

Accessories:  Flower Fair Framelits, Gold embossing folder, Chevron Textured Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Gold Baker’s Twine

Filed under: Flower Fair Framelits Flowerd, Flower Patch, Stamp Sets | Tagged: , , , , , , | Leave a comment »

Happy New Year

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Genevieve Valdes

This week’s challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments is an inspiration challenge.   I created the card below inspired from the images below.

To create the background for my card I brayered silver Encore ink onto the Fancy Fan Textured Embossing Folder and embossed the black card stock.  I stamped the champagne glasses with silver Encore ink and heat embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder for additional shimmer.  I added basic rhinestones to the glasses for bubbles.  I cut a slit at the fold of the card and threaded the ribbon through.  After embossing the card stock becomes a bit flimsy so I adhered a layer of black card stock on the back side of the card front for stability and to hide the ribbon.  

All in all this card was super easy to make and took not time at all.

Happy New Year toast Stampin Up cardHere is the image from Hand Stamped Sentiments to inspire you.  Hope on over to HSS and join the challenge.

Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year Card

Size:  4.25″ h x 5.50″ w

Stamp Sets:  Embellished Events, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper:  Cardstock:  Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink:  Silver Encore, Basic Black, Versamark

Accessories:   Iridescent Ermbossing Powder, Basic rhinestones, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Gold 5/8″ Satin Ribbon, Heat tool, Dimensionals, Brayer

Filed under: Embellished Events, Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Inspiration Challenge, Teeny Tiny Wishes | Tagged: , , , , , | 4 Comments »

Hearts and Butterflies Wedding card

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Genevieve Valdes

I created this card for Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch challenge.  I recently purchased the Fancy Foild Designer paper which is so pretty.  Just perfect for a wedding card.  I used the vellum paper with silver hearts and silver glimmer paper.  I added a few die cut butterflies and hearts and VOILA! a beautiful wedding card.

Stampin' Up! hearts and butterflies congratulations card

So elegant and so easy!  Join the challenge and show us your creation.  We’d love to see how the sketch inspires you!

Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge #189

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Hearts and Butterflies Wedding Card

Size:  4.25″h x 5.50″ w

Stamp Sets:   Itty Bitty Banners

Paper:  Cardstock:  Whisper White, Fancy Foil Designer Vellum,  Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink:  Encore Metallic Silver pad

Accessories:  Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Bitty Banners Framelits, Beautiful Wings Embosslite, Fashionable Hearts Embosslets, Basic rhinestones, Dimensionals

 

Filed under: Hand Stamped Sentiments Creative Challenge, Itty Bitty Banners, Sketch Challenge, Wedding Cards | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment »

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