Oct 16, 2019 | InKing Royalty Blog Hop, Uncategorized |
Welcome to Spooky!
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s October Blog Hop! This year’s Blog Hop themes are inspired by a single word – and this month our projects are centered around SPOOKY. With Halloween just around the corner, we are excited to share our spooky, fun projects with our neighbors, coworkers and family – and we’re excited to share our creations with you today! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
But First……Color Throwdown #564 Quickly
One of the challenges I really enjoy is the Color Throwdown challenge. It’s even better when I can pair it with a sketch challenge, in this case the Fusion card challenge. Last night I was over the top honored, floored, bewildered, surprised, and awestruck that my card was chosen for this week’s Color Throwdown featured stamper. What?!?!? I earned a place as the guest stamper on the October 23 challenge, and I am so honored. You can see that card here.
Spooky??
I have to admit I didn’t think I would be able to create a card worthy of this blog hop since I didn’t purchase anything specifically for Halloween. Therefore, I had to get very creative with what I already had in my possession.
I’ve used the pumpkin from Harvest Hellos quite a lot for Thanksgiving cards. At least I had a pumpkin, and a Jack-o-Lantern face from that set. While looking for a sentiment, I came across my Everything Festive stamp set.
Here’s my card:
A Spooky Card was Born
I gathered the cardstock and DSP colors I thought I would use and got busy….. having so much fun! The bottom base is Basic Black cardstock, with a layer of the Gorgeous Grape gingham from the Brights DSP pack. SincemI knew this card really wanted to be a collage, I knew I needed to leave some open space. When I started putting pieces together, I decided to use a Stamping Write Basic Black marker to color just the bats from the sentiment. This card really needed something subtle, so I stamped the two bats four or five times before recoloring the stamp. I didn’t want a pattern for the bats, so all my stamping needed to remain random.
The Stamparatus really saved me when I stamped the sentiment. With that stamping done, I cropped both the Whisper White and Gorgeous Grape using the ovals from the Stitched Shapes die set. I also used it for the Jack-o-Lantern face on my colored pumpkin and I am so happy I did that. Because of the coloring with the light and dark Pumpkin Pie blends, I really needed a dark face so it would pop. Using the Stamparatus allowed me to have the face as dark as I wanted and still be perfectly lined up.
The punch from the Harvest Hellos bundle saved me from fussy cutting. I used the Shaded Spruce DSP for the stem and leaf, then outlined each with the black marker.
Let the (Messy) Fun Begin!
When I started dry-fitting all my pieces together, I just knew something was missing. I stamped and cropped two of the pumpkin sets from the Gather Together bundle and placed them behind my cute as a button focal pumpkin. I still wasn’t satisfied, and thought about adding a black mat. This did get me closer to a spooky look, but plain black cardstock didn’t seem right.
Therefore, I used the splatter stamp from Gather Together and some of the silver ink and splattered the whole piece of cardstock. It still didn’t it look cute and spooky, so I went another step further.
Wink of Stella added the sparkle I really wanted. I made sure the brush end had a full load of the glitter ink, and started tapping away to create a really sparkly black base without having to use glitter (which is not really allowed in my blue/craft room). I continued to load the brush and tap/splatter until I had an abundance of sparkle on the black. LOVE!
I really though I moved all of the other card elements out of the way before I started splattering. However, the stray splatters of Wink of Stella all over the other pieces indicated I did not succeed in moving them out of the splatter zone.
Finishing Touches
Once again, I dry-fit all of my pieces,and tied a square knot in the ribbon, then popped up the pumpkin and the sentiment using dimensionals. After I adhered all the pieces down, I decided another little touch needed to be added. I grabbed my dark Basic Black blend and colored three of the smallest epoxy droplets, waited for them to dy, and placed them within the collage so they made sense.
I created a coordinating envelope using a piece of the Gorgeous Grape DSP on the flap and stamped pumkins and bat on the front. With that, I’d completed my spooky card without anything specifically purchased for Halloween. Yeah!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Linda Krueger at the Stamp Coach. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!
Have a Peachy day!
Sue
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Ann Murray at Murray Stamps Ink
- Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
- Kelly Kent at My Papercraft Journey
- Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Sheryl Abernathy at Elegant Sentiments
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Linda Krueger at The Stamp Coach
Oct 12, 2019 | Color Throwdown, FUSION |
Have to Love a Two-fer
As you know, I love being able to combine challenges. In this case, I combined the colors from ctd564 and sketch from Fusion-Dragonfly.
Here are the challenge banners:
Here’s my card:
Another Easy Peasy Card
Since the sketch and colors were pre-determined, this card came together so fast. All I had to do was pick out a stamp set and DSP. Everything else fell into place.
I used the Magnolia Lane DSP for the brown and white background. Just that fast, and I had the first color.
Crushed Curry seemed like a fall-ish yellow color, which seems to work with this color combination. I cropped the circle using the largest Stitched Shapes circle, then colored in the ditch using the Crushed Curry marker. From the start, I knew I wanted this to be a get well card and needed to figure out what to do about a flat Crushed Curry circle just plopped in the middle of the card. I decided to use the splatter stamp from Gather Together and stamped first and second generation stamps in Crushed Curry. The splatter gives the plain circle much needed texture, especially since the sentiment is small. Color two down, one to go.
I chose Real Red for the apple and the base of the card. I colored the apple using the Real Red blends combo. In order to achieve the look of the lighter spots, I simply used the color lifter blend. I popped up the apple using dimensionals. Since I’d already popped up the Crushed Curry circle using dimensionals, the left side of the apple has a double layer of them. I felt that some additions needed to be made to the card, even though I had used the third required color, .
Finishing Touches
After squinting to check for balance (Brian King, I owe you another nickle), I thought the apple and sentiment appeared to be floating on the Crushed Curry circle. Therefore, I went back to the Harvest Hellos stamp set and decided to use the apple seeds to anchor the apple. After stamping the seeds in Early Espresso, I colored them using Soft Suede.
I still thought the card needed some sort of embellishments, so I tied a piece of linen thread around the apple stem. Then I turned my attention to the apple seeds. I couldn’t think of anything 3D to put over them, so I made my own “epoxy” apple seeds using the fine-tip glue pen. Just by carefully applying glue to the seeds, and letting it thoroughly dry, I created my own seeds.
Here’s a close-up of the seeds:
After using the same DSP for the envelope flap, I stamped and colored half an apple and some seeds on the envelope front.
Easy-Peasy – truly easy and quick.
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. A big thanks, in advance, for taking the time to leave a comment.
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
If you don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, I would be honored to work with you. Please contact me or visit my shop to order the supplies for this card.
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Supplies
Magnolia Lane DSP, item # 149484
Harvest Hellos stamp set, item # 150581
Gather Together stamp set, item # 150589
Whisper White cardstock, item # 100730
Real Red cardstock, item # 102482
Crushed Curry cardstock, item # 131199
Soft Suede ink pad, item # 126978
Crushed Curry ink pad, item # 131173
Stitched Shapes die set, item # 145372
Real Red blends combo, item # 147935
Linen Thread, item # 104199
Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad, item # 149617
Dimensionals, item # 104430
Fine-Tip glue pen, item # 138309
Medium Whisper White envelopes, item # 107301132708
Paper Pumpkin Specials
I am super excited about the October and November Paper Pumpkin coordinating kits! One kit is for cards, the other for coordinating gift tags. So excited! In order to recieve the November kit, you will need to sign up by November 10th. Here’s the link for you to sign up for these kits as well: https://www.paperpumpkin.com/en-us/sign-up/?demoid=2155072
Sep 18, 2019 | InKing Royalty Blog Hop, Mojo Monday - Poetic Artistry |
It’s Autumn with Come to Gather DSP and the InKing Royalty September Blog Hop
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s September Blog Hop! This year’s Blog Hop themes are inspired by a single word – and this month our projects are centered around AUTUMN. There is so much to love about the transition from summer to winter, even if we have to wait a few more months to have a Florida Fall. Each of us has created a project which means Autumn and we hope you find inspiration in our Autumn-themed projects! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
The gorgeous colors in the blog hop banner are from the Come to Gather DSP. This is the same DSP pack I used for this blog hop/Mojo Monday challenge. With the completion of this card, I have about half of the 16 Thanksgiving cards I need. Hopefully, I won’t run out of this fabulous paper before I finish what I need.
Whenever I am stuck creatively I start looking for sketch challenges. If I can pair a sketch challenge with a color challenge, I am a very happy stamper!
Here’s the challenge banner from #MojoSketch523:
Here’s the card I created:
Come to Gather DSP and the Harvest Hellos Bundle
I just love these colors for a Florida Fall card! The deep, rich traditional Thanksgiving colors do not appear this far south. Therefore, I am thankful for the vibrant colors of Pretty Peacock, Mint Macaron, and Early Espresso. The very talented Stampin’ Up! designers really created a phenomenonally gorgeous set of patterns and colors.
Since the measurements have already been worked out for the sketch, I used them for the base of my card. I did scale down the two focal circle elements. Once I had the large circle and the two pumpkins, I knew when I added the sentiment banner I would have an even number of elements. I knew I needed a fifth element, but I also wanted it to be subtle, so I decided to use the Mint Macaron twine from the Nature’s Twine set.
Those pumpkins……. how fabulous that the one punch can create an adorable apple or pumpkin? Talk about versatility! Instead of embossing the Mint Macaron pumpkin I used the very subtle script pattern from the Subtles DSP. When I stamped the pupmkin in Pretty Peacock, I did a little happy dance in my chair. It worked! YEAH!
In order to accomodate all the popped up layers, provided by dimensionals, I needed to add a double high layer of them under the two pumpkins. The picture of my card really doesn’t show how much dimension these little adhesive hexagons provide.
As always, I used a piece of DSP for the envelope flap. This time I chose the feather pattern. I stamped pumpkins using coordinating from Gather Together on the front, bottom, left corner.
With that, this card/envelope set was complete!
The Rest of the Blog Hop Awaits!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps.
. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!
Have a Peachy day!
Sue
Thank you for hopping along with us. If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide:
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Linda Krueger at The Stamp Coach
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
- Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
- Sheryl Sharp at Sharp Notes by Sheryl
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
You Know You Want to…….
If you would like to order the bundle, stamp set, and/or punches, and live in the U.S., please use the icon above to be connected to my store. With just a few simple supplies, you, too, can create fabulous cards. For example, check out this all-inclusive kit: Looking Up Card Kit, item # 149651 ($27.00). If you include a Tombow liquid adhesive (item # 110755, $4.00) you will have everything you need since the ink spot and embellishments are included.. One kit, 15 cards, 3 of each of 5 designs. Score! Check it out!
HOST CODE
IF you are placing an order (you know you want to do so) over $150, please contact me so you can earn all the Host Rewards for which you are entitled. If your order is less than $150, please use YYX6FBEC for the host code.
Wednesday was a HUGE day for Stampin’ Up! Not only did the Holiday Catalog go live for customers, the Buy 3, get 1 Free DSP sale from the annual catalog starts! I already have my FOUR sets of DSP picked out! Get yours now!
To shop from the holiday catalog, available now, click on the image below:
Harvest Hellos stamp set, item # 150581
Gather Together stamp set, item # 150589
Come to Gather DSP , item # 150454
6′ x 6′ Subtles DSP, item # 149615
Apple Builder Punch, item # 150663
Nature’s Twine, item # 146342
Pretty Peacock cardstock, item # 150880
Mint Macaron cardstock, item # 138337
Whisper White cardstock, item # 100730
Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Pad, item # 150083
Mint Macaron Stampin’ Pad, item # 147106
Momento Tuxedo Black stamp pad, item # 132708
Stampin’ Dimensionals, item # 104430
Mini-Stampin Dimensionals, item # 144108
Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, item # 110755
Supply List:
