Embrace Life with Crayon Resist

Today's post is a card done in my stamp clubs in January. I love this color combination so much, you will see it again really soon...

I used Soft Sky card stock and Designer Series Paper along with textured Chocolate Chip and Whisper White. The central image was stamped in Chocolate Chip Craft ink and embossed with clear powder. Then I colored the flowers with a white crayon before sponging the Soft Sky ink over the branch. The crayon causes the ink to resist, leaving me with delicate white flowers I desired. Then I distressed the edges of the white card stock and set it aside. I layered a 3/4" strip of Textured Chocolate Chip to the Soft Sky DS Paper and put a piece of scalloped Whisper White along the lower edge (scalloped with the slit punch punched repeatedly along the edge). Then I tied a piece of Double Stitched Soft Sky ribbon with a Hodgepodge Hardware buckle around the piece and attached it to the Soft Sky card with Dimensionals. The focal piece was then layered on top of everything with Dimensionals.

Happy Stamping & Happy Spring!

Brycia

Pretties with River Rock and Artichoke

This is a simple card that my clubs did back in the fall and I never posted. The card is a 3" x 6" card of River Rock. On that I layered some Designer Series Always Artichoke paper and a small strip from Le Jardin paper. I dyed the silk flower from the Pretties Kit by misting it with water and sponging River Rock ink on it. Then I added a Jumbo Eyelet (love them!!!) and tied the now retired narrow Organdy ribbon through the hole. I stamped the zig-zag from All in a Row along the bottom edge in Always Artichoke and added a saying from the now retired So Many Sayings Hostess set. I really need to get these things posted before the sets retire!

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Friends Page

I've had some people bugging me to post this page I did last month. (You know who you are! LOL!!!) So, here it is...

The base of both card and page are Purely Pomegranate textured card stock. Then I layered Pumpkin Pie Designer Series paper to both. For the page I used some self-adhesive die cuts from a Simply Scrappin kit that was a Hostess set a while back. I added clear Rhinestone brads to the center of several flowers. I covered the chipboard letters with the Pumpkin Pie DS paper and attached them with Mini Glue Dots. The journaling was printed right on the background paper. I added Pomegranate Double Stitched ribbon along the top of the DS paper and paper piercing at the bottom. The die cut flowers were attached with Dimensionals. Oh, and I did layer two of the photos on Chocolate Chip card stock and spiral punched the main photo's layer. I think that is everything.

I actually did a card with these colors first and liked it so much that I made this page. This is the card I made first, which inspired me to do the page:

For this I used the new felt flowers called Flower Fusion (110720 - $14.95). I also stamped the swirl from Baroque Motifs on the card. Again, I used the clear Rhinestone Brads, Double Stitched ribbon, and looking at it now, I should have added the paper piercing as well. I'll have to go do that...

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

So Many Scallops in Pomegranate

This is a little 3" x 3" card that my club will be making tonight. It uses the Sale-a-bration set "So Many Scallops" and the Sale-a-bration Rub-ons "Love & Happiness". The card is textured Purely Pomegranate with some Certainly Celery DS paper punched with the Spiral punch and layered. The flower is stamped on Purely Pomegranate and punched out with Stampin' Up!'s scallop punch. I added a jumbo Pewter Eyelet in the center of the Certainly Celery circle and a bit of Pomegranate Double Stitched ribbon. The "happy day" is from the rub-ons. Oh, and the stitching is Faux stitching with the Paper Piercing tool and the white gel pen.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Rub-ons on Glass and Ribbon

Only one more week for Sale-a-bration!!! It's hard to believe it is nearly over! Don't miss your chance to get some great free sets or rub-ons with your $50 order!

I have been having a great time playing with the free Sale-a-bration rub-ons! Since rub-ons are new to Stampin' Up! and to me as well, I have been experiementing on putting them on more than just card stock - and it works great!

Here I applied some of the black Sale-a-bration rub-ons "Love and Happiness" to a glass jar (Bruchetta from Trader Joe's) and also on the ribbon tied around the neck and one little white flower on the lid. The "Love and Happiness" rub-ons are a great value because you get FOUR sheets - one each of: black, white, Old Olive, and Chocolate Chip!

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Purse Bag with Notecards

There is really no stamping on this "purse", but it shows the construction of a something I gave as a gift to several friends and relatives this past Christmas. The purse box is made from one sheet of 8 1/2" x 10" card stock plus two handles 2" x 11" cut from a second sheet. Score the the 8 1/2" x 10" sheet 1 1/4" in from each side along the 10" side. Then score it 90 degrees, along the 8 1/2" sides, 4 1/4" in from each edge. Cut flaps by making 1 1/4" cuts along the short fold lines in to the intersection of the long fold lines. Fold on all fold lines and assemble with a strong adhesive like sticky strip (Monoadhesive won't hold well enough). Then you add the handles and decorate away! Actually, attach the handles before you assemble the purse bag - it's easier that way! Here I used Stampin' Up!'s five petal punch for the flower, and the rounded tab punch to make the handle reinforcers. This bag is made from Ruby Red and a retired background paper from Stampin' Up!

I filled my bags with coordinating Monogram notecards and envelopes like this one shown below. This card is from a different set, but you get the idea. Using patterned paper, a large alphabet, and a few embellishments makes the cards quick and easy. The card shown below uses the Designer Series papers in Rose Red, the retired Letterpress alphabet, Fire Rhinestone brads, and Twill tape. The base card is Purely Pomegrant stamped with the Linen background stamp.

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

The Noun Belt

I just couldn't pass up taking some photos of my cute little guy this day when he came home from school... with his "Noun Belt".

For this layout I used Blue Bayou texture card stock as the base and layered Wild Wasabi textured card stock on top. All the elements are from the Creative License Simply Scrappin kit offered as a Hostess Reward in the 2007 Fall-Winter Collection catalog. The kit actually came with Soft Sky card stock as well, but that didn't match Andrew's shirt, so I used only pieces without the Soft Sky color and added a bit of Bashful Blue instead to coordinate with the color of his shirt. I used the spiral punch on the Bashful Blue layer behind the central photo, a bit of Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware and Linen thread to add some details. The chipboard letters are colored with Bashful Blue craft ink.

Happy Stamping and Scrapping!

Brycia

Pick A Petal in Soft Sky and Amethyst

Today's card is one I did during the warmer months, as you can see from the green vegetation in the background... (no, I did not move to Florida)

I embossed the same petal from the Pick a Petal set (109445) repeatedly on different sheets of Soft Sky Designer Series paper and cut them out. Then I embossed the center on a scrap of Almost Amethyst, again using white embossing powder and cut the center out. To create the card I used a 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of Soft Sky folded in half, and then stamped the "Thinking of You" from the Three for You Punch Box (109227) along the top and bottom edges in Soft Sky. I adhered a one inch strip of Almost Amethyst card stock to a Soft Sky card and pierced the right edge and created faux stitching with a white gen pen. Then I layered a 3" square of Whisper White and assembled the flower on top of that. I used a purple Rhinestone Brad (109111) in the center of the flower and added a bit of white grosgrain in the lower right hand corner.

This is a fairly quick card and a great use of your small scraps of background paper!

Happy Stamping!

Brycia