Class Techies

 Last week I had the privilege of doing a class for some advanced stampers.  This was a benefit from an auction basket for our school.  I threw in a gift certificate with the wonderful things that Stampin' Up! had donated.  (And they were VERY generous!  Thank you SU!)  This first card concentrated on learning the ribbon rose and using a circle for a piercing template.  It was also fun to throw on a bunch of the freebies from SAB.  The layout for this card is from last month's Stampin' Success Magazine.  I like the whimsical feel of it.

This card had a few other techniques that I was teaching.  The first was sponging on the backside of vellum cardstock after texturing it in the Big Shot.  Isn't that color behind the roses lovely?  The rhinestone on the sentiment was colored in with a sharpie, which really isn't a technique as much as a wonderful use of your supplies.  The other technique on this card was the reinker spread.  See that lovely rose from Fifth Avenue Floral on the bottom corner?  It was so fun to see the ladies try the technique.  I think half of them thought that they had completely messed theirs up, but once dried and cut out, they were all beautiful.  And since I'm particularly fond of Shimmer White cardstock, this is one of my favorite techniques.

I think this one was my favorite.  We watercolored inside the champagne glasses with Watercolor Wonder Crayons and then covered the liquid area with Crystal Effects.  Isn't it lovely?  Oh, and then I had to show them the hot, new ruffled ribbon look.  They all thought that it was going to be hard, but were amazed that it didn't have to be perfect to look good.  We finished it off with a bit of Victoria Lace and a Bronze Safety Pin from Vintage Trinkets.  This DP is so easy to use and makes simple cards look wonderful.

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station again.  I'd love to hear from you.

Blessings,
Julie

And the Orange Phase Rolls On.....

I'm really not sure where this color combo came from, but I'm kind of liking it! :-) This is a card that we've made at the last couple of workshops. Simple and quick, but pretty and fun. The layout is from an old Stampin' Success magazine from Stampin' Up! Yep, that's another wonderful perk of being a SU demonstrator...lots of great ideas in the monthly magazine. Though it's hard to see, there's glitter on the flowers. It's really pretty in person...not sure that this picture does any justice to it. So, break out that Fifth Avenue Floral set again and have some fun! I dare ya!

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Blessings,
Julie

Best Wishes

I had the best of intentions to stamp with my new goodies last night, but a fibro crash got the better of me. So sorry about that. In place of that, here is a project that we made at the last two workshops. It's a total CASE of this card. Sometimes you just don't need to recreate the wheel, so you copy it instead. I loved this one so much, that virtually nothing needed to be changed except the length of the panels. You can't see it, but we used the Damask SU! Texturz Plate on the background white. I'm truly going to miss this Raspberry Tart DSP, but I'm sure that I'll fall in love with another DSP from SU! How could I not??? There are so many beautiful papers!
So now that the new Idea Book & Catalogs are out, please let me know if you'd like a copy. I'm having a sale on them during July...buy it for $5. If I need to mail it to you because of distance, It will be an additional $5 for Priority Mail. Email me your request and we'll get that wonderful new catalog out to you! :-D

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings,
Julie

Good Bye Riding Hood Red

It's almost time to say goodbye to our current In Colors. While I love the new colors coming up, I'm going to have a hard time saying goodbye to the old ones. Riding Hood Red has been a wonderful color to work with.

This card is for a friend's birthday coming up. After cutting and folding my standard sized card, I put the fold toward the top of my large Scallop Bigz Die, making sure that some of the scallop was showing above the fold. After running it through the Big Shot, I ran a piece of Candy Lane DSP through with the Scallops #2 Bigz Die. This rose is made with the same technique that I've used previously on these Fifth Avenue Florals. (Reinker Spread Technique). A few sprays of leaves from the Little Leaves Sizzlit, some holes punched with my crop-a-dile and we're done! A fun card and not that hard. That's what I like!

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station once again.

Blessings,
Julie

Fifth Avenue Florals

I just love water- coloring these flowers from Fifth Avenue Floral. They're such gorgeous images and look so great with watercoloring. Of course, you don't HAVE to color them. They look great as an outline image also. This little notebook is something that I've wanted to do for awhile. I had some extra lilies from watercoloring a few days ago. I used my round tab punch to make two sections: color combinations and sketches. The spiral punch allowed me to completely cover the front of the notebook. Isn't that cool??!! This way I can have the notebook along with me, write down ideas and not lose them because they're on a scrap piece of paper. I don't know about you, but looking through magazines while waiting for an appointment is prime time for finding inspiration.
This is a special thank you to a special lady who gives of her time so freely to our school. We love her dearly and want her to know that. This card had to be special to convey that thought, so I used more watercolored flowers and my Damask texture plate. The thank you is from Beautiful Borders, a lovely set.
So, do I have you convinced yet about his technique? Want to hold a workshop so that you can learn this one? Give me a shout out. I still have a spot left in June, which would be taking advantage of the "Last Call" list before a huge number of stamp sets retire. Or July, when the new catalog is out and everyone wants to see it.

Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.

Blessings,
Julie

Hostess Thanks

Here's a card that I made for last week's hostess. I sent this card plus some tags for the bags. I don't usually send the tags, but was really in the mood to do this. I tried my best to make a perfect triangle with the eyelet border punch. I think this came out pretty good for my first attempt. The Fifth Avenue Flowers are stamped in Lavender Lace and Almost Amethyst (I love that combo!) and the thank you has the rose stamped in Amethyst behind the Lavender words. I used a bit of my retired narrow organdy to finish this off. The tags that were inside matched the color and stamp theme. Very fun to make!
Supplies: Fifth Avenue Florals and Beautiful Borders stamp sets. Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, and Lavender Lace cardstocks. Eyelet Border Punch, Oval and Large Oval Punches.
Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.
Blessings,
Julie

Inspiration and Three Amigas Challenges In One

Well, I'm on time for the Inspiration Challenge on SCS, but had to wait until the end of the week to make my Three Amigas Weekly Challenge ...sigh... so here is my submission for both! I was inspired by this card. I chose to just use the colors and the theme of outlines. The Three Amigas Weekly Challenge was to use a non-favorite color. I do have a few. I never use teal, it's a difficult color for me to come up with combinations for. Here's proof that it works to look at photos, magazine pages, and the great outdoors for color combo inspiration! If you'd like to play along on the TAWC, just make a card, post it online and post a comment here with the link. Mark it TAWC2. Or post it on splitcoaststampers and use TAWC2 in the key words.
This is the card that I made with it, using my new Fifth Avenue Floral. I LOVE this stamp set! Look at what a beautiful card it is, and it's super easy to make! No fuss, the kind that you can pump out in 5 minutes. We'll be making this card at Kelly's workshop, coming up this next Saturday.
Supplies: Tangerine Tango, Taken With Teal, Chocolate Chip, and Whisper White cardstock. Tangerine Tango, Taken With Teal, abd Chocolate Chip classic ink, Scallop Circles #2 Bigz Die, Big Shot, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 3/8" Chocolate Grosgrain.
Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station!
Blessings,
Julie

I have a new stamp set!!! :-)

Well, I have a couple of new stamp sets from the new catalog... and can I tell you how much I love them???!!! This stamp set is 5th Avenue Floral, part of Stampin' Up!'s new Manhattan collection. You'll be seeing a few new cards featuring this stamp set. Oh my, I love it! I stamped the flowers in StazOn Black on Naturals White cardstock, then watercolored using the aquapainter and the ink from the lids of my ink pads. The rest of the ingredients are lots of layers of cardstock (doesn't that make it look very finished off?), the color spritzer, glitter (of course!!!), and my Watercolor Vine jumbo wheel. Add a little paper piercing in the corner and you're done! Took me about 20 min. from an idea of colors to completed card - not bad! The colors are the color challenge of the day at SCS. I'll be offering a watercoloring class soon, so for my local customers, stay tuned. :-)
Thanks for stopping by the Stamping Station.
Blessings,
Julie