2 Challenges in 1

Purple and yellow is a hot color craze these days and my good friend Kris from Kween Bee Kreations put us up for a challenge. With these colors in mind and the current PPA sketch, by the talented Margaret Moody, this card had a jump start. If you are fumbling for an idea or inspiration, look to the many challenges out in blogland to get those kreative juices flowin'!
After almost 20" of snow yesterday, I needed to feel 'spring'.
* I grabbed A Kind Word set, and inked up the girl on her swing in Black Stazon and stamped onto Watercolor Paper.
* Using my Aquapainter, I colored in her hat and apron in Elegant Eggplant, her dress in Barely Banana, the bird in Summer Sun and the flowers in Orchid Opulence. Her skin colored with Blush Blossom and cheeks a rosy glow with a little Pretty in Pink. The background lightly colored with Almost Amethyst. TIP: Squeeze a closed SU pad and upon opening, you will have a little pool of ink in the lid to dip your aquapainter in. {Wishing the photo didn't wash it out so much, much prettier in person, but you'll just have to use your imagination to see more vivid colors!)
* Using Barely Banana and the new Scallop Trim Border (only available with a $50+ order in the Sale-a-bration brochure), I gave the image panel a decorative edge.
* Each scallop was enhanced a bit with a dollup of Frost Shimmer Paint (use an end of a paint brush or stylus to get a little dot of paint). When back to my image and added a few 'pearls' around her neck. Click on image to enlarge. Cute right?!
* Another piece of Barely Banana layered with a piece of Cottage Wall Designer paper kreates my vertical panel behind my focal point.
* Layered onto my standard card base of Orchid Opulence (once again my photo appears off - looking more pinkish than purple :( Bad lighting day!)
* Inked up the sentiment in Orchid Opulence and stamped onto Barely Banana and popped out with the Modern Label Punch. Popped out another Modern Label in Orchid Opulence and cut it in half to layer underneath. Popped up the sentiment with dimensionals
* A few half back pearls add just enough pizazz to finish off this card.

Hope you'll go find inspiration at Kween Bee Kreations or the PPA and upload your kreation/s to Mr Linky. Happy Stamping!

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A Sweet Girl

My 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 Bermuda Bay card base takes a run through the Big Shot with a Backgrounds Texturz Plate. Used a sanding block to 'scuff' up the resulting embossed image, to give it a 'stronger' appearance. Inked up this adorable girl, from A Kind Word,in Basic Brown. HINT: I omitted the kitty simply by removing the ink from the stamp with my Blender Pen and continually scribbling it off until no sign of ink was left on my Blender or my image. Gave it a slight 'huff' of breath to remoisten and set the stamp on Watercolor Paper.
With a slightly damp Aquapainter, I dipped my bristles into a small pool of ink and colored in my little girl. TIP: A small pool of ink can easily be kreated by simply squeezing your closed SU ink pad together and when opened, the lid will have a pool of ink to work with. I layered Crushed Curry Photo Corners on Melon Mambo and placed my image on top with dimensionals. Slid a Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon under my image and around the card and finished with a small bow. Inked my sentiment from Crazy for Cupcakes in Melon Mambo onto Crushed Curry and popped it out with the Large Oval Punch and then layered on a Melon Mambo Scallop Oval.

I just love these rich fun new In Colors. And tomorrow you'll be able to order them from the new Stampin' Up! Idea Book and Catalog 2009-2010. You'll find ink, cardstock, ribbon, Designer Paper and more in these fun new colors along with many great new stamp sets and products. If you need a catalog, contact me. A downloadable version will be available here sometime after noon MT, when the catalog officially goes live. Online ordering will not be available until sometime after noon MT as well, as SU will be transitioning and updating. Be patient, there are always a few blips before they can work out all the transitional kinks.

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Supplies:
Stamps: A Kind Word (113194), Crazy for Cupcakes (111618)
Paper: Bermuda Bay (avail July 1), Melon Mambo (avail July 1), Crushed Curry (avail July 1), Water Color Paper(105019)
Ink: Crushed Curry (avail July 1), Melon Mambo (avail July 1), Bermuda Bay (avail July 1), Blush Blossom Marker(100037), Regal Rose(105211)
Accessories: Photo Corners (109042), Large Oval Punch (107305), Scallop Oval (114889), Big Shot(113439), Texturz Plates(114512), Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon(109070), Aquapainter(103954), Blender Pen (102845)

You Mean Everything

Were did 5 years go? If I can answer~ It went by way too fast. I remember the day so clearly, amazed that she had finally come. 9 months seemed forever and now 5 years seems like yesterday. She will always be my baby though, no matter how old she is :) Right moms :)






I hear her already 'awwwww mom, this is just so beautiful' - she is my biggest fan, I love it! I seek her every approval :) I had to have this set A Kind Word specifically this image as both my girls love to soar to the clouds on their swings. I stamped her in Stazon ink on Whisper White and used my SU Markers to color her in. A soft dusting of my Pastels Chalk kreates a bluish background. I used an oval stencil to trace the image and cut her out and then accented the edges with Lovely Lilac ink. Used my Eyelet Border Punch on my Regal Rose square to decorate my edge and then randomly stamped the small flower from the Simply Sent set in VersaMark to kreate my own designer paper. My Big Shot helped me kreate my perfect flower accent using the Little Leaves Sizzlit and Simple Flower Embosslit. Half back pearls from the Pretties Kit add a soft girlie touch. You mean everything to us Kayla, Happy 5th Birthday!

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Supplies:
Stamps: A Kind Word, Simply Sent, Always
Paper: So Saffron, Regal Rose, Lovely Lilac, Certainly Celery
Ink: Black Stazon, Lovely Lilac, Versamark, Markers: Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana, Lovely Lilac, Blush Blossom, Creamy Caramel, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue
Accessories: White Signo Gel Pen, Eyelet Border Punch, Big Shot, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Simple Flower Embosslit, Word Window Punch, Pretties Kit, Corner Rounder, Dimensionals

A Kind Word

Candles are such a quick and cute gift idea. I learned the technique a long time ago and its been awhile since I've kreated one and I knew I wanted to use this set. I love how this little girl, from A Kind Word set, turned out. If you've never done this before, it really is quite easy. Ready for how easy this is? Take a piece of tissue paper (in this case white) ink your image/s and stamp however you'd like them to be on your candle - you can measure the circumference of your candle and cut your tissue paper to that length or cut out your image like I did for this candle.
Ok, I cut out a large square around my image stamped in Black Stazon and colored her in with various SU Markers - Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Barely Banana, Blush Blosson, Bashful Blue, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Lavendar Lace, and Certainly Celery and sentiment is in Regal Rose. (Sorry, the colors look a bit distorted from what it looks like in person.) Around the image I used my Bashful Blue chalk from the Pastels kit to give the appearance of a sky. I placed my tissue paper on top of my white candle and placed a piece of wax paper over that. Then using my heat gun, I went over the wax paper and image and could see that my image was 'absorbing'/melting into the candle. Remove the wax paper slowly and voila', instant adorable candle. What's so cool is once the wax melts/absorbs the tissue, you can't even tell there was tissue there. I added a few Filigree Brads and Soft Subtle (Pretty in Pink) Brad to the center to embellish the candle just a bit more. What do you think? Are you going to give it a try? Have fun :)

For now, go kreate
Kim

A Kind Word

New goodies, WaHoooooo! My two little girls were just as excited as mommy to see the Big Brown truck and then to unveil the big box of 'mommies toys'. Future stampers in the making :) When I saw this set, A Kind Word, I had to have it since I have two little girls and its just perfect for watercoloring. I had to play with this set first. I used the SCS sketch challenge 216 to start my inspiration. If you look closely, you can see I used my Big Shot with the new Backgrounds Texturz plates. SO FUN! The Eyelet Border Punch provides a pretty delicate border and the textured Poly Twill Certainly Celery Ribbon hides my seam. Then there is the precious little girl image that I inked in Jet Black Stazon and stamped on Watercolor Paper. I squeezed the lids of various inks to kreate a pool of ink in the lids and then used my Aquapainter to pick up color and bring her to 'life'. Isn't she sweet? Hope you like her :)
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Supplies:
Stamps: A Kind Word
Paper: Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette, Choc Chip, Very Vanilla, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Close to Cocoa, Choc Chip, Blush Blossom, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Bordering Blue
Accessories: Big Shot, Background Texturz Plates, Scallop Circle Bigz Die, Eyelet Border Punch, Aquapainter, Poly Twill Certainly Celery Ribbon (available as a FREE product during the Sale-a-bration promotion), dimensionals


For now, go kreate
Kim