My Garden

Well, you may recognize this page if you saw my earlier Friends Page (March 2008). My clubs liked that page so much I decided to reinvent it using current Stampin' Up! products. For this one I used Rose Red card stock instead of Purely Pomegranate (couldn't get enough of just that color in 12 x 12 for my clubs), the same Pumpkin Pie Designer Series papers, and the Pumpkin Pie Die Cut Blooms. I sponged the die cuts and layered them with Rose Red and Chocolate Chip punched flowers and circles to create my various flowers.

I thought it would be fun to document my garden in the back each year, so hopefully this is the first of many annual garden pages!

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Décor Elements Unveiled

Décor Elements, Stampin' Up!'s new product line of adhesive wall vinyl images, are now available to order!!! Check out the intital offering: http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/decorelements_web.pdf

Touch of Nature Split Negative

This is another Split Negative Technique sample I created for my class in May. I used the flower from Touch of Nature and the "simple" definition from the Define Your Life set. Black and white card stock, white embossing powder and black ink make this card simple yet striking. A bit of tafeta ribbon softens the look and paper pierced corners add a bit of detail.

Touch of Nature is a great set... I hate to see it retire! Get yours while you still can!

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Warhol Technique with Touch of Nature

This is the second card for my most recent Techniques Classes. Inspired by many of the works of the late Andy Warhol, this technique simply repeats an image multiple times on different colors of card stock arranged in a grid. It is easiest if your image fits in a square punch (I used Stampin' Up! 1 3/8" square punch here), but the images can be cut into rectangles or larger squares by hand if this works better for your design. For this one I used (upper left to lower right) Pink Passion, Old Olive, Purely Pomegrante, Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie, and Tempting Turquoise. Those squares are matted on a rectangle of Textured Basic Black, and then mounted with dimensionals on a Whisper White card. I stamped "happiness" from the Warm Words set in the lower right hand corner before, though.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Friendly Flowers Split Negative

This is one of the two cards my latest Techniques Class is doing. The Split Negative technique yields dramatic results without much difficulty. For this one I used the Friendly Flowers set and black and white, but any two colors work well as long as you have matching ink and card stock to reverse the colors of the image. Stamps with a strong line of symmetry work best, but nearly any image will do.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Summer Fun Page

This is the page my scrapbooking clubs did in March. The colors are based on the Summer Picnic Designer Series Papers and are Old Olive, Real Red and Bashful Blue. I used the Friendly Flowers set for the centers of the Die Cut Blooms and some are mounted on chipboard circles.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Celebrate 8

Hi Everyone! Sorry it has been so long since I've posted... I've been busy doing non-stamping things like painting, wrangling with a new computer, and darned if I know what else. The time just flies when you're having fun they say... so I guess I must have been having lots of fun!!! LOL! Anyway...

This month is National Scrapbooking month, so to start the month off, I thought I'd post my most recent scrapbook page. This page uses the direct to paper technique and chipboard (which is all 25% off from Stampin' Up! this month). I started with Ballet Blue card stock, smeared Whisper White Craft in over top in both horizontal and vertical directions, and spread the ink a bit with a sponge where I got it too thick. While that was drying, I cropped my photos and layered all of them on Real Red card stock. After the white ink dried, I stamped the star from Nursery Necessities along and underneath where I planned to place two of my photos, and stamped "Celebrate" at the top. I added a On-Board Chipboard star, heart, and tag covered with Certainly Celery Designer Series Paper. The "8" is inked with Real Red craft ink and that and a red button were attached to the chipboard with mini glue dots. After I was all finished I added a few swipes of dots with the Lots of Dots Jumbo wheel. Both the dots, stars, and celebrate where stamped in Ballet Blue Classic ink.

Happy Stamping!

Brycia