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SNOW FRIENDS CARD SERIES - DAY 3

Welcome to day 3 of a 3 part series featuring these adorable Snow Place / Snow Friends stamps and dies from the Stampin' UP! 2015 Holiday  catalog!

 Since I featured the penguins in my first 2 cards in this series, I couldn't leave out the cute snowman!!!  The Snow Place stamp set and Snow Friends framelit dies  (ON SALE this week!) surely make these cards super quick and easy!!  Just stamp your desired pieces on Whisper White cardstock then die cut them in the Big Shot!  Layer together just like paper dolls :)

 

For info on brayering the custom colored red/white polkadot background, SEE THIS POST.

 

 Here are the 3 cards in this series that I shared with you this week.. you can click the links below if you missed the previous 2 penguin cards.

If you missed it, click to see the other 2 cards in this series:

Day 1, Penguin Happy Holidays card

Day 2, Penguin Merry Christmas card

 

 

 

Snow Friends Framelits Dies - 139664

Price: $27.00

Snow Place Photopolymer Stamp Set - 139738

Price: $26.00

Snow Place Photopolymer Bundle - 140844

Price: $45.00

Big Shot - 113439

Price: $110.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock - 140272

Price: $7.00

Island Indigo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock - 122923

Price: $7.00

Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper - 138439

Price: $13.00

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad - 126949

Price: $6.50

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad - 140931

Price: $7.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad - 126973

Price: $6.50

Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad - 126986

Price: $6.50

Home For Christmas Designer Buttons - 139639

Price: $6.00

Real Red & Garden Green 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Striped Ribbon - 139615

Price: $8.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive - 129026

Price: $10.00

Glue Dots - 103683

Price: $5.25

Stampin' Dimensionals - 104430

Price: $4.00

Brayer - 102395

Price: $12.50

Stampin' Trimmer - 126889

Price: $30.00

Craft Scissors - 108360

Price: $30.00

Whisper White Medium Envelopes - 107301

Price: $6.50

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Happy Holidays Penguin Christmas Card

 

SNOW FRIENDS CARD SERIES - DAY 1

Welcome to day 1 of a 3 part series featuring these adorable Snow Place / Snow Friends stamps and dies from the Stampin' UP! 2015 Holiday  catalog!

I'm crazy for penguins... did you know?  I'll link to some of my penguin posts and my Penguin Pinterest board at the bottom of this post :)   We have a collection of stuffed penguins that come out to play at our house each Christmas.. do you have a favorite collection you bring out during the holidays?

For this sweet square card I used several fun techniques, and custom colored my own "Color me Irresistible" paper to get some fun red and white stripes!

First, I used my Real Red and Island Indigo Stampin' Write Markers to color just the top portion of this stamp from the Six Sayings Hostess set, then stamped it on Whisper White cardstock and cut it with my Stampin' Trimmer:

Red Pom Pom Trim... ok.. how cute is this!  I saw this idea on Pinterest and thought it was so cute for the ear muffs!  eek!! A penguin with cold ears.. now that's just silly!

The Color Me Irresistible paper comes both "white on white" (for you to custom color, or use as white decorative paper) and it also comes with 6 sheets of already colored paper.  Since I wanted Real Red, I made my own. After trying both my brayer and a sponge dauber, I decided I liked the even-ness of the brayer.  What do you think? Watch the Video: See more info about the paper here.

Below I've shown you the supplies I used for this sweet little square card.  Have you tried the thick Whisper White cardstock yet? It's wonderful for card bases!

The fun Snow Place stamp set and the matching Snow friends Framelits are available separately, or, they are sold together at a 15% discount!  You'll find them on pg 33 of the Holiday Catalog.

I Love Penguins...

See some of our Christmas collection here and here

See my Penguin Punch Art tag here

See my Penguin Punch Art card here

See my Penguin gift tags here

Check out my Penguin Pinterest Board here

 

 

Snow Friends Framelits Dies - 139664

Price: $27.00

Snow Place Photopolymer Stamp Set - 139738

Price: $26.00

Snow Place Photopolymer Bundle - 140844

Price: $45.00

Big Shot - 113439

Price: $110.00

2" Circle Punch - 133782

Price: $18.00

Stampin' Trimmer - 126889

Price: $30.00

Craft Scissors - 108360

Price: $30.00

Stampin' Dimensionals - 104430

Price: $4.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock - 140272

Price: $7.00

Island Indigo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock - 122923

Price: $7.00

Color Me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper - 138439

Price: $13.00

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad - 126949

Price: $6.50

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad - 140931

Price: $7.00

Real Red Stampin' Write Marker - 100052

Price: $3.50

Island Indigo Stampin' Write Marker - 131905

Price: $3.50

Real Red Pompom Trim - 139617

Price: $6.00

Real Red & Garden Green 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Striped Ribbon - 139615

Price: $8.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive - 129026

Price: $10.00

Glue Dots - 103683

Price: $5.25

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Brayer - 102395

Price: $12.50

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Wow! Brayer on Black and White for a POP of Color!

 

Let's chat about the  NEW Stampin' Up! 2015-2017 In Colors!!  I found a great way to showcase these 5 vibrant, new colors... I brayered them onto some of my March 2015 My Paper Pumpkin Black and White cards!!!  WOWZA, right!?  This would also look fabulous on the Everyday Chic paper, too!!!  See it here!

Left to Right:

Cucumber Crush, Watermelon Wonder, Delightful Dijon, Tip Top Taupe, Mint Macaron

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I embellished each card with some of the FABULOUS In Color Dotted Lace, and a matching In Color Blossom Accent!

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Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad - 138323

Price: $6.50

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad - 138326

Price: $6.50

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad - 138325

Price: $6.50

Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin' Pad - 138324

Price: $6.50

Delightful Dijion Classic Stampin' Pad - 138327

Price: $6.50

Watermelon Wonder 1" Dotted Lace Trim - 138425

Price: $6.00

Mint Macaron 1" Dotted Lace Trim - 138424

Price: $6.00

Tip Top Taupe 1" Dotted Lace Trim - 138422

Price: $6.00

Cucumber Crush 1" Dotted Lace Trim - 138423

Price: $6.00

Delightful Dijon 1" Dotted Lace Trim - 138426

Price: $6.00

2015-2017 In Color Blossom Accents - 138383

Price: $8.00

Sew You Refill Kit - 139196

Price: $7.95

Brayer - 102395

Price: $12.50

Craft Scissors - 108360

Price: $30.00

Glue Dots - 103683

Price: $5.25

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock - 100730

Price: $8.50

Project Life Journaling Pens - 135304

Price: $5.00

You've Got This Wood-Mount Stamp Set - 139572

Price: $39.00

You've Got This Clear-Mount Stamp Set - 139575

Price: $28.00

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Today I have a quick video for you, so that you can make these fun

Magnificent Maple Embossed Resist cards right along with me!

if you are reading this in an email, please visit PattyStamps.com to view the video

 

I received this lovely card from Saundra and asked her for the instructions, so that I could recreate her card.. I thought it was too pretty to keep to myself, so I made a video tutorial for you!

Thank you, Saundra for this idea!

(ABOVE: Saundra's card is in the front, my versions are behind hers)

Basic Supplies You'll need to create this card:

(you can purchase any of these supplies in my ONLINE STORE)

Magnificent Maple Stamp, pg 18 Holiday catalog, #131868

"hello" from Four You stamp set, pg 22, #130535 / 130538

Very Vanilla cardstock, #101650

Versamark ink pad, #102283

Clear Embossing Powder #109130

Embossing Buddy, #103083

Heat Tool #129053

Any Fall Colored ink pads (I used Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie & Tangerine Tango)

Early Espresso ink pad, #126974

Brayer, #102395

I added a few embellishments to my 2 cards:

7/16" Natural Trim ribbon, pg 173, #129287

Champagne Glimmer Paper, pg 156, #127885

Autumn Accents Big Shot Die, pg 192, #127812

Pretty Prints embossing folder, pg 24 Holiday catalog #132175

Tags 4 You stamp set, pg 37 Holiday catalog #131820 / 131823

Label Bracket Punch, pg 37 Holiday catalog #132153

Embossed Resist instructions for Saundra's card:

1. add sponged color to Very Vanilla Cardstock

2. (I used embossing buddy after the ink was dry)

3. stamp Magificent Maple stamp in Versamark ink over sponged cardstock

4. sprinkle clear embossing powder over cardstock

5. heat emboss

6.  Brayer Early Espresso ink over entire card front

7. wipe off all excess ink with kleenex or paper towel

Thank you again, Saundra!

 

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Christmas Stamp a Stack card #2

Here is another card we made at my Christmas Stamp A Stack class last month... enjoy the quick and fun ideas!  THIS IS A HYBRID MY DIGITAL STUDIO CARD - part MDS and part cardstock/ribbon/big shot.

The focal point in this card was made in My Digital Studio. I printed out the "family with tree" image from the WELCOME CHRISTMAS digital download  (#123962, $3.95) with a kraft script background, and die cut it with the Top Note Die and the Big Shot! The background is done with the Petals a Plenty  Embossing Folder and the brayer technique.

 

For the tree decorations on the card above, I put brads on the tree in MDS.

For the tree below, we added Basic Pearls to the tree.

 

We topped it off with a Basic Rhinestone on top!
 

The greetings were printed in My Digital Studio as well, and punched out with a scallop oval punch.

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Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder - please meet the Brayer!

This is a fun technique I've taught in recent  classes and workshops....

 
After you run your cardstock through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder, then ink up your brayer and roll LIGHTLY over the cardstock ... whoohooo.. what a great pattern!

 

 

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SPOOKY Halloween Tree

Halloween is coming!  Are you ready? Have you decorated and most importantly have you BOUGHT A BUNCH OF CANDY ??  :) 

To get you in the mood.. here is my latest Halloween Creation...

 

I got this idea from Jan Tink - I used a corner of one 12x12 sheet of Designer Paper from the NIGHT OWL package (item 123012, pg 9 Holiday Mini catalog from Stampin' Up!).... and I brayered over the top of the tree!  First, I punched a circle with a post it note, and put it on the white background, then began brayering.. first with Daffodil Delight, then Tangerine Tango then Cajun Craze.  I brayered a bit of Soft Suede at the bottom for the dirt. 

I added some stamped images from the DARK & DREARY stamp set (item 120837 or 121151, pg 7 of the HOliday Mini catalog) and then mounted it on Basic Black and Cajun Craze.

 

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Vintage Ornaments II stencil card

One of the cards we made at Linda's workshop was this one, using the Vintage Ornaments stencils in the Stampin' Up! Definitely Decorative Catalog! 

We sponged Rich Razzleberry using the ornament portion and Platinum Shimmer paint sponged over that using the detail portion of the stencil - (the stencil is on pg 29 of the Definitely Decorative catalog).  CLICK HERE to view the catalog if you don't have one.

The left side of the card is the "Bride" specialty paper brayered with Rich Razzleberry... see THIS POST for directions on how to do that. 
 

Here are some of the ladies at Linda's workshop.. we had a great day!

 

Technique Class sample Oct. 09 - #3

Here is the 3rd sample we made last week in my 6x6 Technique Book Class:

Brayered Specialty Paper

Create custom elegant background papers 

More info in this post.

 

Brayered Specialty Paper

Create custom elegant background papers 

Supplies: 

· Specialty Papers from Stampin’ Up! – Bride paper recommended

· Ink pad

· Brayer

· kleenex

Directions:

1. Cut Bride Specialty paper to desired size
2. Ink brayer WELL in desired color (Bermuda Bay used here)
3. Brayer desired color onto specialty paper
4. Let dry a minute and then buff with Kleenex

Bride Specialty Paper

#115669, $13.95

 

Flower Pot Card - Tutorial

I was making a card for a swap and I had to use the new hostess set called Kind and Caring Thoughts... I got the vision of the stems coming out of a pot... so... I needed a pot... 

Here is the finished card:

 

I used the new Dusty Durango cardstock for the pot and the matching Dusty Durango polkadot ribbon.  I also used the Dusty Durango MARKER (Whooohoooo - In Color Markers!) and an old olive marker to ink the stamp.  The greeting is also from that hostess set, stamped in Soft Suede, and is punched out with the new "Modern Label" punch.  The stems are stamped on Sahara Sand and mounted on Soft Suede.

OK>> Now.. how to make the pot:

 

turn so that the 4" direction goes "side to side":

 

align paper as shown below in your cutter, then cut:

 

cut:

Flip paper over, align as shown and cut other side:

 

Now you have this shape:

 

Scallop the top edge if desired:

 

 

 

Fold scalloped flap down and you have a cute pot!

 

The pot has a neat speckled/stippled finish from the brayering.. makes it look like terra cotta!

After I made all the swaps, I made one stamped on Whisper White and I really like it on white too!

 

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In Color Brayered Roses

Remember those fun Brayered Roses I shared with you in April?  Well, I decided to make more using my new Stampin' Up! IN COLOR ink, cardstock and ribbon!!  I love them!

 

Below:  Crushed Curry ink and ribbon, Dusty Durango ink and cardstock

 

below:  Dusty Durango ribbon, ink and cardstock, Crushed Curry ink

 

Below.. this is for all my friends who love the silvery/purple roses.. this is Rich Razzleberry ink, paper and ribbon, with a little strip of the Razzleberry Lemonade paper.

 

Below:  Melon Mambo ink and cardstock.  Ok.. this is going to have to sink in a little... PINK Melons... ??? hmmmm

 

Branch Out brayered cards

After teaching some brayering techniques at my last downline meeting, I decided to keep going and add some grass and sky to my "Branch Out" cards... enjoy!  (Branch Out is on pg 100).

 

Sky is brayered in Bashful Blue, grass is brayered in Kiwi Kiss.  Boy am I going to miss Kiwi Kiss!

 

I thought these kind of looked like some of the Cherry Blossom trees that bloom here each March:

Luv 2 Stamp Group Meeting Projects

Here are 2 more projects we made at our Luv 2 Stamp Group meeting last Saturday.. they both use the brayer.

 

For this card, tear a scrap piece of paper for your "snowy hill" horizon and then cover the bottom 1/3 of the card.  I brayered with Baja Breeze first, then used Not Quite Navy on the top 2" or so of the card.

After Brayering the top,  I used a sponge to sponge some NQN ink right at the horizon:

 

Then I used the White Gel pen to add snow in the tree and snowfall in the sky:

 

My downline attending the meeting or requesting a long distance packet received the step by step tutorial from me.  I hope the above info is helpful to everyone else.  You can also check out all of the wonderful brayered projects by Michelle HERE. This is where I learned most of the brayering techniques I shared with my team on Saturday.

We also did the "Patty Bennett Original" Brayered Manhattan Die Rose card - Details HERE:

 

Brayered Sunset / Lake card

One of the projects we made using some Brayering Techniques at my Luv 2 Stamp Group downline meeting on Saturday was this card:

 

I masked the bottom portion and then the top 2/3 was brayered first with So Saffron, then More Mustard then Really Rust.  Each color is brayered a little less and less so that the Rust is just on the top 1" or so.  Then, with the mask still at the horizon line, I sponged a little Rust ink right at the horizon.

After brayering (braying?) the top 2/3 with So Saffron, that's when I put the circle mask down (punch a post-it with one of our circle punches).  Then the other 2 colors were brayered.

I tore a mask for the hills, and sponged with Close to Cocoa.

Then I masked the top/sky portion and brayered the bottom with Baja Breeze and then Not Quite Navy.

Last step was to highlight with the White Gel Pen:

 

Imaging the sun coming from the right, I highlighted the right side of the tips of the grass blades (the stamp is Inspired by Nature stamped in Basic Gray).

 

I also added white streaks to the water.

 

My downline attending the meeting or requesting a long distance packet received the 5 page step by step tutorial from me.  I hope the above info is helpful to everyone else.  You can also check out all of the wonderful brayered projects by Michelle HERE. This is where I learned most of the brayering techniques I shared with my team on Saturday.

Brayered Sunset

One of the techniques I'm teaching my downline today in our Luv 2 Stamp Group meeting is how to use the brayer to achieve backgrounds like this:

 

You can click to view it larger.

These were all done by brayering the cardstock first with Barely Banana, then Summer Sun, then More Mustard and then some Really Rust.  Each time you add a color you brayer less and less of the piece of cardstock.  The "sun" was a mask I punched out of a post-it note.  I stamped the "Inspired by Nature" image in Basic Gray after I brayered, but you can stamp first if you wish.

I was inspired by fellow Advisory Board member Tamie Ackerson's card HERE.  She used sponges, and I used a brayer. 

I hope to have a video or a tutorial soon... this is a great technique!