Technique Sunday: No Line Watercoloring

Hello Stamping Friends,

Sunday Fun Day is here again. This week we are focusing on a specific technique. Have you ever tried no line coloring?  I love the finished look of it.

The teacher in me loves apples, so I naturally gravitated to this line art set for this technique challenge. The purpose of no line water coloring is to have an image that has soft edges without any definitive lines. Water coloring is not a natural thing for me to do, but I am pleased with the final outcome of this card. I hope it inspires you to try this fun technique.

To begin you need to stamp your image in a very light neutral color. I stamped this card in crumb cake that was actually stamped off first onto scrap paper.  Then you use the water painters to pick up color from the lid of your ink pad and start coloring in your image. Be sure to clean off your brush before moving on to a new color.   I felt the Glorious gingham designer series paper was a perfect touch for an apple card. 

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Birthday Fun

Hello Stamping Friends,

Sunday Fun Day is here. Today the Sisters in Stamping are ready to share some great birthday fun with you. 

Hello Stamping Friends,

Here today with another Sunday Fun Day with the Sisters in Stamping. Today we are celebrating birthdays. Everyone has one, so we always need more birthday cards. 

I used the Hot Air Balloon bundle to make my card. I also used the Lighter Than Air 6x6 Designer series paper as my source for color inspiration as well as using it on the card for a background. I used a combination of plain die cuts on cardstock and stamped die cut images on this card. I think it makes the stamped images stand out even more. 

I love how soft yet bold this card looks because of the colors. I die cut two banners: one in basic white and the other in pool party. The basic white layer is stamped on and then the end "ribbons" were cut off before I layered the two colors to make one banner. 

It's January and that means it's time to make some new birthday cards for the coming year. Hope this card inspired you.

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Time to Sale-a-brate

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There are two levels of items you can choose from, the $50 and the $100. For this card, I used a bundle from the $100 Level 2.  It is called Softly Sophisticated and includes the stamp set and an embossing folder. (You may need to zoom in on my card to see the folder on the cardstock.)  I also used the Flight and Airy designer series paper which is a Level 1 Sale-a-bration item for the background paper.

I also used the postage dies from the mini catalog to stamp my greeting and image on. The designer series paper was cut down to be the next layer on the base and then I cut it in half on a diagonal. 


To jazz up the card a bit, I used some rhinestones on the centers of the flowers to bring a little extra pizzazz to the finished card. 

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Tags, Tags, and More Tags

Hello Stamping Friends,

It's that busy time of year. I hope you are taking a few minutes to relax and take it all in. Remember to enjoy the little moments because they will pass by in a flash.

This week with the Sisters in Stamping on Sunday Fun day we are sharing tag ideas with you. If you have Christmas presents to give, you need tags to attach.

This bundle from the Holiday mini catalog is just perfect to make those tags you need. The stockings, hats, gifts, and gingerbread men are the perfect accents to any present you will be presenting. 

The white layer is stamped using the background stamp to add that plaid look. Then I  punched some circles before attaching the images to the tag. You know I love multi-layer projects and this one is no different.

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Thankful Hearts Stampers Dozen Blog Hop

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Seriously have to ask: Where is time going? I simply can't believe it is the middle of November already. I must be having some serious fun with time flying so fast.  But since it is November 14th, I'll pause to share a thankful heart card with you so you can hop through and see some other great projects. 

I decided to use the saying from the Autumn leaves stamp set because I like the grateful heart part of the saying. We should all have more grateful hearts. 

I also used the wing (aka heart) from the Bee My Valentine set that will be in the upcoming January mini catalog. It is such a cute set. I can see using the bee in a lot of different cards for so many different occasions.

I also used the Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper, which is where I picked my color combo from: Pretty Peacock and Bubble Bath.  This card also is a quick fun fold idea. You don't even need to score if you don't want to. Just fold the card in half like you would for a regular card and then fold the front back to the middle crease. Easy peasy!

You can see the fold a lot clearer in the above photo. I added the hearts using dimensionals. The lighter peacock heart was stamped right after the dark peacock heart without reinking so I could get "2 colors" from one pad. 

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Using Up Those Scraps

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Happy Sunday. You know what that means: Sunday Fun Day with the Sisters in Stamping.

Do you ever get overwhelmed with all those scraps sitting around? Today, we're going to help you by giving you some ideas on how to create beautiful cards using those scraps.

I hate throwing away scraps of pretty designer series paper. This card design definitely helps use up a good amount of scraps while making a great card. I used any 1" strips of paper for this card. As you can see, some spots don't have much more than an inch in length used, so a little can go a long way.

Designing a card like this is very easy because all of Stampin' Up!'s designer series paper coordinates leaving you to do a little work with just finding a small image and greeting to add.

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Halloween Blog Hop - Crafty Colaborations

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Halloween is certainly upon us and will be here rather quickly. Today we are hopping through some great Halloween creations and you surely won't want to miss out on these ideas.

I did some thinking outside the box since I really don't have any current Halloween sets. I used the Year to Celebrate stamp set and Halloween colors to make my card.

Party horns can be used for any type of party, right?  Gorgeous grape, pumpkin pie, and lemon lime twist are great Halloween colors and the stripes and polka dots just add to the festive atmosphere. I just hope these horns don't make noise. LOL

What really makes this card is the layers. By now, you know I love adding layers to my cards. I believe the extra layers just bring the card together and gives a nice, completed

look to your end result.

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