Blendabilities Peaceful Petals with PP196 & MOJO346

Good morning thanks for stopping by!  Today's card is for the fun sketch over at Mojo Monday and the theme of "simple flowers" is with The Paper Players.  I am also super de duper excited to share today's card with you because for the first time yesterday, I sat down and played with Stampin' Up!'s New Blendabilities markers.  These markers are not just your ordinary old markers, no, these puppies are our very own alcohol based markers.  Perfect for coloring and blending together darker and lighter shades.  These things are just AWE-SOME!!!  Ok, well, my first attempt I thought was a total flop, but now the second attempt turned out much better.  Something I am proud of and wanting to share with you.

 

So I started with a card base of crumb cake and chose the same color as my layer.  I love the tone on tone affect.  My border as well as the marker color is rich razzleberry.  I started with stamping in white the leaf stamp from the "peaceful petals" set for my background.  The large flower from this same set is the focal point that I colored.  The one extra special, added thing that I love about these new blendabilities, is that not only can you color gorgeous flowers, but you can also color rhinestones and pearls!  These were just your plain crystal colored rhinestones until I put the marker to the test.  Don't you love how they turned out?

 

For my two banners, I went with champagne glitter paper.  I think it added just the right touch to make this card look fabulous!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ crumb cake, very vanilla, rich razzleberry

Stamp set ~ peaceful petals

Ink ~ whisper white craft ink

Misc. ~ Rich razzleberry blendabilities markers, champagne glitter paper, basic rhinestones

Peaceful Petals with Stylin' Stampin' Squad March Blog Hop

 

Thank you so much for joining us for our March Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop! Temperatures are on the rise and there is just one short week until the official first day of Spring! We are all so ready to put away our snowflakes and break out the flowers in our craft rooms! Stampin' Up! has so many options for Spring-time flowers and we are showing you just a few of those today!

As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number #3 on the Stylin’ Stampin’ Squad blog hop Diana E. of Stampin' Fun with Diana . If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn’t work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

 

Thanks for joining me here at the Blog Hop today.  I am happy to be sharing a card using one my my favorite flower stamp sets.  I made it for my friend Breelin, she was feeling a little under the weather and I thought this might cheer her up!

 

I love this set is because its simple but pretty when colored.  One of the elements I enjoy making for a card is a banner, but like for most people, they can be tricky to make.  trying to get the two points even can well...be a pain in the you know where!?!  I am in "love" with the new banner framelit set.  It makes for a quick and perfect banner cut out.   I used it to cut out the white layer that I stamped with one of my favorite flower sets right now, Peaceful Petals  (which is colored with my blender pen/crisp cantaloupe ink) and the layer in champagne glitter paper.  I also added the same glitter paper as an accent with the sentiment.  I couldn't stop there, with the gold.  I cut a small piece of the new gold sequin trim and tied it on with a piece of the new crisp cantaloupe twine from the Sweet Sorbet accessory pack.  This is part of a special pack that you can earn for FREE when you place a $50 order during Sale-a-Bration, Jan. 28 thru March 31, 2014.

 

Along with the outside, I pulled off a few of the sequins and scattered them around and attached them with glue dots.  I also added two banners to decorate the inside, cut a piece of the crisp cantaloupe ruffled ribbon and Wa-La...my card is complete!

 

Supplies Used:

Stamp Set ~  Peaceful Petals

Cardstock ~  whisper white, crisp cantaloupe, champagne glitter paper

Ink ~  smoky slate, black stazon

DSP ~  I Am Me

Misc.~  gold sequin trim, banner framelit set

Punches ~  scalloped oval, med. oval and decorative label

 

Thanks for hopping by, don't forget to leave some "love" before heading over to stop #5, Erica B. of Stamping Starlette.

 

Blog Hop Participants:

1. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
2. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun
3. Diana E. of Stampin' Fun with Diana
4. Cynthia R. of Ink-A-Doodle Creations   -----you are HERE!
5. Erica B. of Stamping Starlette
6. Anastasia R. of Stampin' Blondie
7. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
8. Bree R. of Craft-Somnia
9. Heidi B. of Stuck on Stampin'
10. Shellie G. of Craft Smashup
11. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
12. Jennifer C. of Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life
13. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
14. Donna S. of Organized Chaos
15. Jamie H. of Unique Ink
16. Darla R. & Nancy K. of Stampin with Darla and Sisters
17. Kathy P. of Katrina P's Creative Corner

Peaceful Petals Occasions Catalog Swap with SSINK

 

This past month, many of the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration designers participated in an Occasions Catalog Card Swap. Instead of keeping all of these beautiful card samples to ourselves, we wanted to share them with you, too! Today's blog hop will spotlight a handful of Stampin' Up's Occasions Catalog products as each of us who participated chose a different stamp set to showcase.

 

As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog...and be sure to pin it, too! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number #6 on the SSINK Occasions Catalog Blog Hop – Heidi B. of Stuck on Stampin' . If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn’t work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below. And, be sure to come visit us at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration where we 'INKspire' you 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year!

 With my SWAP card, I wanted to do a technique I had never tried before but have seen plenty of examples around online.  Not sure of the technical name, but I call it a "3-D Cutout"!  Basically I stamped my flower on whisper white cardstock, then selected the right sized oval framelit I wanted to use.  I layed the oval framelit on top with the flower sticking out.  With a pencil, I lightly drew a couple pencil marks so I would know where to stop with the cutting out of my flower.  I used my snips and cut out the top part of my flower only.  Then when I ran it thru my big shot, that part of the flower got layed on the outside of the framelit so it didn't get cut.  This leaving me with an oval shape but with my top part of the flower popping out.  Boy I hope that all made since.  Maybe next week, I take some pics and put together a quick tutorial of how to do this.

Up close and personal with my 3-d cutout.  I even broke out my blender pen and did some coloring.  Added a few mini pearls to the center, embossed and layered with some banners, added a sentiment and I was done.  Ready to mail and SWAP with my fellow design team friends!

On the inside, I used one of the other flowers from this same set and went to town with the blender pen again.

 

Supplies Used

Stamp Set ~ Peaceful petals

Cardstock ~ crumb cake, whisper white, cajun craze and marina mist

Ink ~ stazon black, marina mist, old olive

Misc. ~ basic pearls, oval framelit set, fancy fan embossing folder, circle card thinlits for the label

 

I hope you have enjoyed my swap card.  Don't forget to leave some "love" before heading to the next stop on our SWAP Tour with Diana E.

 

Blog Hop Participants

1. Darla R. of Stampin with Darla and Sisters
2. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
3. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun 
4. Erica B. of Stamping Starlette
5. Bree R. of Craft-Somnia
6. Heidi B. of Stuck on Stampin'
7. Cynthia R. of Ink-a-Doodle Creations  You are HERE!
8. Diana E. of Stampin' Fun with Diana
9. Donna S. of Organized Chaos
10. Kathy P. of Katrina P's Creative Corner
11. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya