Inspired Thanks

I just love this stamp set Inspired By Nature! It's so simple to use. Makes for a quick and easy card. This Thank You card was made with my Creamy Caramel, Perfect Plum (the color of my living room and dining room), and Old Olive SU markers. I stamped on Naturals White and used the stamping off technique for the grass to appear as a background. The sky was sponged with Bashful Blue. The trick to a light colored sky is to ink your sponge, sponge off on a scrap paper, and then sponge your sky. Works like a charm! The sentiment is from Upsy Daisy, punched out with the Modern Label Punch and matted with the Movers & Shapers Modern Label Die. Two gold brads and a couple of dimensionals to adhere the sentiment and we're done!

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station!

Blessings,
Julie

Easter Projects

Hello! Happy Sunday night to you. I wantedto share with you two Easter ideas. These are projects that we made at yesterday's workshop. The first card is a basket made out of a rounded tab punch and the small and large oval punches for the handle. See those cute little eggs inside? They're small oval halves. The texture on the basket is the texture plate called Weave. A bit of grass and the flowers on the background from Inspired by Nature and you're done! Pretty easy card.
This second card is a CASE from the Idea Book & Catalog. The main cardstock was rolled with the Scatter Sunshine jumbo wheel in Barely Banana. The designer paper is from the Level 1 designer pack. This stamp set is called A Good Egg. The Eyelet Border Punch makes a great edge and a strip of Regal Rose is adhered to the edge of the inside.

Well, that's it for now. Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station once again. I'd love to hear from you...show me what you've been up to.

Blessings,
Julie

Simple Green and Stamping DO Mix!

Today I tried out the Technique Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. After daubing ink or using your brayer to apply ink to your glossy cardstock, you spritz it with Simple Green. Yeah, I know, strange but true. Look at how cool this Speckled Background turned out, though! The upper half is mostly daubed with Lavender Lace, with a bit on Orchid Opulence in some places. The lower half has mostly Mellow Moss with some Always Artichoke in some places. After you spray on the Simple Green, set it aside to dry. I think used my markers on my Inspired by Nature stamp and stamped over it. I really like the effect! Very unusual. As usual, all supplies are from Stampin' Up! So, want to try it? I'd love to see what you make with it! But you definitely want to use glossy cardstock. (Available on my website.)

Supplies:

Stamps: Inspired by Nature, Happy for You

Papers: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Lavender Lace, Glossy, retired SU designer paper

Accessories: Big Shot, Bigz Die, Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon, Retired Pewter Hardware