Mambo Number 123

Anyone humming the Lou Bega tune Mambo Number 5? Hehe ;) Mojo Monday 123 provided us with two sketch options this week. Here is a quick card using the Scallop Circle sketch (You can scroll down to the next post to see my other version).

* A 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 piece of Melon Mambo scored in half was run through the Big Shot with the Scallop Circle Die. TIP: Leave a few scallops showing above your fold to keep the card intact after run through with the die.

* With my Circle Scissors Plus I cut out a circle almost 4in from Kaleidoscope DSP and then another with Whisper White

* Inked up my sentiment from Fifth Avenue Floral in Melon Mambo and stamped onto Whisper White and trimmed it down. Using my scoring blade, I scored 2 lines above and below my sentiment.

* Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon is used as my vertical 'element' for the sketch

* Pretty in Pink and the NEW Beautiful Wings Embosslit from the Occasions Mini were run through the Big Shot for the most delicate and beautiful butterflies.

* I enhanced each butterfly a bit more using VersaMark and Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder and set the sparkle with my Heat Tool. Each butterfly made a landing on a glue dot and I gently 'curled' the edges of the wings to give it a more 3D appearance.

Have a wonderful weekend! Happy Stamping!!!

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Supplies:
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral
Paper: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Kaleidoscope DSP
Ink: Melon Mambo, VersaMark and VersaMarker
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circle Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Circle Scissor Plus, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Beautiful Butterflies

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Is anyone else out there lovin' the Cottage Wall DSP? I know more than a few of you are saying me, me, me :) This DSP paired with Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive - its just so darn purdy!!!
* Started with an Old Olive standard size card base
* Added layers of Cottage Wall DSP, Rich Razzleberry and Pale Plum
* Butterflies were popped out of Rich Razzleberry and Pale Plum using the Big Shot and the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die
* The edges of my Pale Plum butterflies wings were lightly dragged over a VersaMark Pad. Sprinkled on some Iridescent Ice and heat set with my heat tool to give these wings some sparkle. The Rich Razzleberry butterfly got the full sparkle treatment and then some. A few non SU rhinestones kreates the body. Bling Bling :) love this butterfly!
* Set this beauty on Old Olive, given a decorative edge with my Paper Piercer and Mat Pack, and gave her a 'flight path' with a sentiment from the Flight of the Butterfly set. TIP: If you don't own the Big Shot (why not?), but you have this stamp set, you could easily replicate the same idea. And if you have the Butterfly Punch (116629), well, a lot quicker than snippin' them out by hand :)
* An Old Olive 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon and tiny bow add the final touch.

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Supplies:
Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly
Paper: Cottage Wall DSP, Pale Plum, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
Ink: Old Olive, VersaMark
Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Old Olive Grosgrain

Late with MOJO 98

A little late with my MOJO98 (a little rhymin' too).

* Started with a Pale Plum card base of 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 scored at the top
* The Scallop Circle #2 Die was run through the Big Shot with Rich Razzleberry
* My Circle Scissors Plus kreates my perfect Old Olive matte to layer with my Rich Razzleberry Scallop circle and then a smaller Whisper White layer for my image. I love how easy it is to kreate the perfect sized circles with this cool tool :)
* The square layers behind were also layered with the beautiful new Cottage Wall DSP
* The floral image from Friends 24-7 was inked up using my Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry markers colored directly on the stamp, huff of breath to remoisten and stamped. Repeated the coloring on my stamp and stamped the image again in my circle. Yup, you read it correctly, my IN COLOR marker - the new in color markers family are available to purchase in this catalog (116329)
* The sentiment was inked in Rich Razzelberry and nestled in next to my buds.
* Each bud was touched with a 2 way glue pen and dazzles with a bit of Dazzling Diamonds sprinkled over top.(click photo to enlarge - you may see the sparkle better - sparkle is never easy to photograph)
* The finishing touch a Rich Razzleberry ribbon and bow. Two different ribbons you think? Nope, that is what is so great about these new In Color ribbons - they are reversible. Polka dots on one side, plain on the other - so versatile!!

Hope you liked this kreation. Leave me a comment and let me know what ya think. Love it when you do :)

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Supplies:
Stamps: Friends 24-7(113218)
Paper: Rich Razzleberry(115316), Old Olive(100702), Cottage Wall DSP(115671)
Ink: Old Olive(100079) and Rich Razzleberry Markers(116329)
Accessories: Big Shot(113439), Scallop Circle #2(113469), Circle Scissor Plus(112530)
Rich Razzleberry Ribbon (115613), Dazzling Diamonds(102023), 2-way glue pen(100425)

Delightful Daisies

Simple, but I'd like to say WOW! I love this Big Shot Daisies Die. Rich Razzleberry kreates my perfectly warm and elegant background for my bold, beautiful daisies. I ran my Daises Die and Whisper White cardstock through the Big Shot twice. On all 6 flowers, I used my Dauber and Crushed Curry ink to lightly 'accent' my petals. Layered them together and used my fingers to slightly curl the edges up and placed a yellow Circle Fire Rhinestone brad in the center. Stamped my sentiment in Versamark and added White Embossing Powder and heated it up for that slightly raised embossed and shiny look. My playful Crushed Curry Polka Dot ribbon finishes it off. Easy, right? Love simple. Leave me a comment and let me know what ya think, I'd love to know :) Have a wonderful weekend! Hope ya have some time for Stampin'

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Supplies:
Stamps: Sincere Salutations (115068)
Paper: Rich Razzleberry (115316), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Crushed Curry(115659), VersaMark(102283)
Accessories: Heat Tool (100005)), White Embossing Powder (109132), Crushed Curry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon(115614), Big Shot(113439), Daisies Bigz Die(114520), Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads(109110), Daubers(102892)

A Razzleberry Flight

Loving the new In Colors and Rich Razzleberry really gives you a taste of pure elegance. Currently my favorite. Don't hold me to it over the course of the year - I do really love them all!
I needed a quick thank you card for my daughters dance teacher. Her last practice is today before her recital Sunday - I can't wait to share some pictures with you. Ok, the card...
* Started with a Whisper White card base of 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
* Rich Razzleberry provides an elegant matte under another piece of Whisper White
* My butterflies from Flight of the Butterfly set were inked in Rich Razzleberry. This set allows for 2-step stampin - the outline was stamped first and then I eyeballed the polka dots and stamped them within the outline. TIP: If you want precise with your placement you will want to use the ultimate precision tool, the Stamp-a-mi-jig - you'll get perfect placement every time!
* You may notice that there are shades of Rich Razzleberry and this was done by not reinking my image before each stamping.
* Dazzling Diamonds outlines my main butterfly and each polka dot of the little butterflies. Easy to apply with just a touch of my 2-way glue pen. (unfortunately I haven't found a way to capture that sparkle with my photos - but very pretty in real life) CLick photo to enlarge and you may see a bit more dazzle
* A few small non SU rhinestones form a flight path with pizazz.
* The lower right corner is given a little extra detail with my Corner Rounder
* And finally that fabulous Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot ribbon finishes it off (FYI: each In Color will have its own polka dot ribbon :) Bonus: The ribbon is reversible - plain grosgrain on the other side - cool right?!)

My virtual Pal Kris from Kween Bee Kreations is doing an awesome 'Parade of Colors' highlighting all the new In
Colors and my monochromatic card was inspired by her parade of cards. Thanks Kris

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Supplies:
Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly (111564)
Paper: Rich Razzleberry (avail July 1), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry (avail July 1)
Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon (avail July 1), Dazzling Diamonds (102023), 2 way glue pen (100425)

In Color Mojo

I'm loving the gorgeous new In Colors. They will be available to order with the release of the new catalog July 1. My card today highlights them all from the Bermuda Bay soft outline, to my Soft Suede wheel barrel, to my Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry flowers down to their Dusty Durango pots. And the most exciting part, all these colors now come in markers too. Easy enough to color your stamped image with your color of choice and get more than one color on your image. The little flower from this soon to be Last Chance stamp set, Blooming with Love, was colored with In Color Markers and Old Olive for the stem and then stamped. I did a lot of masking on my focal point to give a feeling of depth with my pots and flowers. Masking is just a technique of covering up a section to make it appear as though something is in front or behind an image. HINT: Stamping your image onto a sticky note (makes it self adhesive) and snipping it out is the perfect little masking template. For this card I had a wheel barrel mask, a pot mask and even snipped out that little flower.
Here is an example of masking -

Mojo Monday inspired my card layout. After my images were masked and stamped in Basic Brown, I went back and 'colored' in my images using my Blender Pens (gives it a watercolored appearance). Each of my In Color ink pads were squeezed a little to kreate a pool of ink in the lid when opened. Dab your blender pen in the ink and start to color. TIP: When using blender pens, you don't want to continue to go over an area as you will saturate the paper and begin to pill it. Start at your edge/s where you will want it the darkest and let the blender fade to light before you ink it back up. It does take practice with these, but you will love them once you get the hang of it.
Followed the Mojo layout, my image placed on a Scallop Edge Punched Crushed Curry matte onto my Melon Mambo and Dusty Durango card base. Melon Mambo and Dusty Durango were given the ol' fashion embossed look using my Priceless Brass Template, light box and Stylus. A Sanding Block lightly buffed over the embossed image helps it stand out a touch more. Any questions, I'm here for answers :)

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Supplies:
Stamps: Bloomin with Love (Last Chance-114936)
Paper: All new In Colors (available July 1)
Ink: Basic Brown, All new In Colors (available July 1), Signo White Gel Pen (105021), Basic Black Marker (100082)
Accessories: Blender Pens (102845), Scallop Square Punch (112081), Brass Template-Priceless (109541), Stylus (100663), Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon (reverse side plain - avail July 1)

One of a Kind

Does something look different? Are you looking at these gorgeous colors thinking you haven't seen them before? Well you will be seeing them shortly (July 1st marks the release of the new SU Idea Book & Catalog - you'll love it!!) and I'm sure the new In-Colors will be on your must have list. I started this card with a Clean and Simple sketch from Splitcoast. Add a little here a bit there, I think I now have a 'Dirty' card. LOL, but its all about inspiration! Not sure I love it (may try it again in the AM), but I had fun playing with my new colors ... I had to use 2 of the new In-Colors Rich Razzleberry and Crushed Curry (oooooo, ahhhhh - aren't they purdy!) I inked up my sentiment from One of a Kind in Rich Razzleberry and then my Tart N Tangy cherries in Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive Marker for the stems and randomly stamped them on Whisper White around my sentiment. Have you ever had a Rainier Cherry? They are yellow (perfect, Crushed Curry) with a hint of 'pinkish' color and are totally scrumptious - like eating candy!! So I inked up my one of a kind cherry in Crushed Curry and rolled the edges in Rich Razzleberry and stamped on Whisper White and added some Crystal Effects to give them some dimension. Popped it out with a 1-1/4" Circle Punch and layered on Rich Razzleberry 1-3/8" Circle and a Crushed Curry Scallop Circle. Placed a Crushed Curry matte behind my cherries and adhered to my 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" Rich Razzleberry card base. A Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon makes a small debut behind my Scallop Circle. Isn't it cute (if you love polka dots like I do you'll be seeing 'spots' on all the ribbon that matches the In Colors - shhhhh)
I have a few Fathers Day cards and teachers cards to finish up and then...
More sneak peeks to come :)

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Supplies:
Stamps: One of a Kind (113624), Tart N Tangy (111514)
Paper : Sneak peeks - Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry
Ink: Sneak peeks - Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive Marker (100079)
Accessories: Curly Label Punch (112208), 1-1/4"Circle (104403), 1-3/8"Circle (104401), Scallop Circle (109043), Rich Razzleberry 1/2" Polka Dot Ribbon Sneak Peak, Crystal Effects (101055)