VIDEO Tutorial: Polished Stone Background Technique

I love getting together with other demonstrators! I always leave meetings and events pumped up, inspired, and ready to try something new. Or in this case, old! A special thanks to Cindy LeBegue, who demonstrated this technique at our meeting in Springfield last week. It had been many years since I tried the Polished Stone technique. Thankfully, it was new to my Stamp Club members and they were thrilled to make this card.

Here's the inside:

 Stampin' Up! Supplies: You Are Loved Stamp Set, Smoky Slate ink & cardstock, Pretty in Pink reinker, Pink Pirouette cardstock, Sahara Sand reinker, Glossy White cardstock, Silver Smooch Spritz, Scallop Square Die (big Shot), Silver Glimmer Paper, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Mini Glue Dots, Rhinestone Jewel Accents [Note: bold = retiring; underline = sneak peek]

Here's the same card with a different color combination: Bashful Blue and Certainly celery.

Check out my video tutorial to learn how to make this unique background yourself. All you need it cotton ball, rubbing alcohol, reinkers, and glossy white cardstock!

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Last Chance Favorites: Three Artistic Etchings Cards

I didn't use this stamp set nearly as much as I should have. Farewell to Artistic Etchings! Click on each image to view the original post and project details.

Faux Tile Card & Tutorial

 

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Last Chance Favorites: Bordering on Romance Diorama Card

It's hard to believe that the new catalog will be live in just two short weeks!! I feel like there is this big collective WAIT and that the next two weeks will be kind of quiet, but I hope that you don't wait too long because there are some great products that are on their way out that I know you'll want to snatch up before they're gone on June 3rd!

Here's a flashback to one of my favorite cards using the Retiring stamp set Bordering on Romance and Twitterpated Designer Paper. Find them in my Online Store here.

   

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Stamp of the Month Club: Clockworks

Last month's featured stamp set was flowery and feminine, so I thought I'd do the opposite this month and do masculine cards, just in time for Father's Day! Here's is the first card in my May Stamp of the Month Club series.

Stamp of the Month Club members get a new Clear Mount stamp set each month and three FINISHED, hand-stamped cards! Click here to learn more. It's not too late to join and get this month's set!

Stampin' Up! Supplies: Clockworks stamp set, Essentials stamp set, Basic Gray ink & cardstock, Island Indigo ink & cardstock, More Mustard ink & cardstock, Gumball Green ink & cardstock, Mini Silver Brads, 1-1/4" Square Punch, 1-3/8" Square Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Bold = Retiring Products, get them before they're gone on June 3rd!

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VIDEO: Whitewash Watercoloring with Secret Garden

This technique has been popular lately and I finally had a chance to try it last month when I designed cards for my Stamp of the Month Club. (Learn more) This is the last of the three cards in the April series featuring the Secret Garden stamp set and coordinating framelits from the Spring Catalog.

 

A special thanks to Nancy Hawthorne for demonstrating this technique at our demonstrator group meeting. I'm happy to share it with you now in a video tutorial. Grab your favorite watercoloring tools and get stamping!

Stampin' Up! Supplies: Secret Garden stamp set, Essentials stamp set, Baja Breeze ink & cardstock, Certainly Celery ink & cardstock, Not Quite Navy ink/marker & cardstock, Whisper White Craft ink & cardstock, Crumb Cake cardstock, Aqua Painter, Secret Garden Framelits, Jumbo Rhinestone Jewel Accents

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Apothecary Accents Framed Birthday Cards

I made these cards with my stamp club recently. The basic concept on the card is the same: use the Apothecary Accents Framelits to die cut a frame in the card front and then pop it up over a piece of designer paper. The "happy birthday" from Perfect Punches is...well, perfect! Make sure to snatch this stamp set up before it retires on June 3rd. Of course, while you're shopping, be sure to grab the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack that coordinates with the framelits so you can punch a border around the edge!

 

Here's a masculine version of the card using This & That Epic Day Designer Paper.

Stampin' Up! Supplies: Perfect Punches, Midnight Muse ink, Basic Gray ink, Baja Breeze cardstock, Pool Party cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, This & That Epic Day Designer Paper, Patio Party Designer Paper, Apothecary Accents Framelits (Big Shot), Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Extra Large Oval Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Rhinestone Jewel Accents, Silver Mini Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

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Last Chance Favorites: Fancy Favor Box

There seem to be quite a few great dies on the retiring list this year. I will be sad to see them go! One of my favorites is the Fancy Favor Box. It's a great shape and easy to assemble. Check out some of the projects I have made with it. Click on each photo to view the original post and project details.

Angry Birds Favor Boxes

Fancy Favor Double-Up Box

Patterned Occasions Party Favor Box

Reason to Smile Favor Box

Shelli Gardner's Christmas Mug Box

 

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