Step it Up: one card, two ways - Fancy Friday Blog Hop

Hello! Today you are joining me for the Fancy Friday blog hop. This month our hop challenge was to create two cards ... one of for a Beginner Stamper and another card, stepped up, for an Avid Stamper.

When I started to design, I started with my stepped up card. I tend to stamp at this level often and I refer to them as an Artisan style card. I add lots of layers, embellishments and there is always some Big Shot work. 

It was difficult to photograph, but I colored in the flowers with Clear Wink of Stella. It gives the blooms a soft shimmer that I love.

Spritz the corner of your cardstock with rubbing alcohol to easily curl and scrunch. 

My Beginner Stamper card ... or a quick and easy card. We all need these sometimes! 

In both of my cards, I stamped the flowers with Smoky Slate Ink and colored in with a Sponge Dauber. It is a no fuss coloring technique!

Next on the Fancy Friday blog hop is my friend Allison Okamitsu.

Click over to her blog and see what she has created for us today!

You can find the Fancy Friday blog hop the last Friday of each month. Be sure to come back and visit!

Have a creative day!,

 

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Last call for Sale-a-bration! (ends march 31)

March 31st at 11:00pm MST, Sale-a-bration will come to an end. There are so many beautiful, limited time, products that will be leaving forever. Do you have your favorite yet?

This Sale-a-bration stamp set is: Reverse Words. You can earn this stamp set free (or any of the dozens items available) with a $60 CAD product purchase from my online store.

Here is a look at the other free items that are available (while supplies last).

Have a creative day!

 

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cheat coloring - GDP080

Hello my global friends! I am dying to share my card with you today!

The minute that I saw the Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!©, I was in love. Back when I was on the Artisan Design Team, I put a suggestion in the suggestion box that we needed a paper like this! Now, I am not sure that I actually had influence with this product, but I like to tell myself that I did. 

INSIDE THE LINES DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
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For my project today, I skipped the coloring and pulled out my Sponge Brayer. It made this card come together with just a few rolls.

After I cut the bumble bee out with the Big Shot, I used Clear Wink of Stella to paint shimmer over the Basic Black Cardstock.

I am stamping today for the Global Design Project Challenge #GDP080. This week we are CASE-ing the talented Louise Sharp. Click over the the GDP to see dozens of project ideas! If you are crafting this week, play along!

I hope you all have a wonderful week. I am wishing for sunshine and warmer temperatures ... we sure could use some spring weather. Have a creative day!

 

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Up, up and away - GDP079

This week, the Global Design Project challenge is amusment park. When I see a hot air balloon, it takes me to downtown Disney in Florida. Have you been? I was there a couple of years ago for a Stampin' Up! conference. At the time, they were renovating Downtown Disney and giving it a new look. If you have been recently, comment below and let me know ... are the renovations complete? Is the balloon still there? 

I cut the detailed hot air balloon with the Up & Away Thinlits Dies from Stampin' Up!. The set comes with 6 intricate pieces that you can layer behind the balloon to add color (see the image below). I was going for a clean, less busy look ... and well, let's be honest, a quicker solution. (The balloon elements can be fussy and I am not always patient with fussy stamping).

I traced the hot air balloon Thinlit on a piece of Whisper White Cardstock with a pencil. Then, I fussy cut it out with Paper Snips, cutting to the inside of the balloon pencil line. You can see that it was a smidge wider than the Very Vanilla detailed hot air balloon shape, but that did not bother me.

Click over to the Global Design Project to see amazing projects from the design team and followers all over the globe. As always, you are invited to play along, it is easy!
1. create
2. take a photograph
3. share on social media using #GDP079 & mention the Global Design Project challenge
4. copy your post link and upload it to the GDP site at the bottom of the post (there are easy prompts and instructions over at the GDP).

Thank-you for visiting! Have a creative day!

 

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Cake Crazy Blog Hop - Crafty Carrot Co.

Hello! Today, the Crafty Carrot Collective is bringing you a quick blog hop. We are in the "purchasing phase" of the April program. This means that if you shop with us in March, you will earn our April tutorials - free! Are you ready to see what stamp set we will be using for our April tutorials?

The Cake Crazy Stamp Set creates the most adorable topsy turvy cakes. I went outside the box and created this adorable greeting!

The "birthday" stamp is actually straight in the set. Because it is photopolymer, I was able to curve it when I was applying it to my Clear Stampin' Block. This way it matched the curve of the " hope you have a" stamp. The lines to each side of the "fantastic" are the birthday candle stamp! Brilliant, right?!

A quick card inside.

We have paired this fun and bold Cake Crazy Stamp Set with Watercolor Pencil Crayons, the Cupcakes & Carousels Embellishment Kit, the Lift Me Up Designer Series Paper and coordinating Affectionately Yours Cardstock Pack. We know that you will be able to create endless birthday cards with all of these lovely products!

Remember that you only need to purchase the Cake Crazy Stamp Set (or product of equal or greater value) to participate. That means you can choose any product that you desire, use the March Crafty Carrot Host Code and you will have access to our tutorials, rewards, prizes and online community in April!

Up next on our Cake Crazy blog hop is my friend Susan Wong from New Zealand. 

Susan has been under the weather this week so give her some love and comment on her blog!

We love you Susan!

Thank-you for visiting! If you have any questions about the Crafty Carrot Collective please visit us here, or comment below! Have a creative day!

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