Give Thanks for Sunday Stamps

Happy Sunday! I hope you are having a fabulous weekend! Mine has been super-exciting as I got my first peek of the upcoming Occasions Catalogue and Sale-a-bration brochure. Both are absolutely AWESOME! Stay tuned for sneak peek projects in the coming weeks...so many amazing new products to showcase!

Now, today marks the start of a new colour challenge over at Sunday Stamps. Check out this fall-inspired pallette:

Now, you know how much I love fall, so this challenge was right up my alley. Here is my project for the design team...

I used the Frosted Medallions stamp set from the Holiday catalogue, along with a sentiment from Suite Seasons, with the Joseph's Coat/Emerging Colours technique. This is, by far, one of my favourite techniques because it is different every time I use it. Here I began with a piece of Whisper White card stock and sponged Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze and Rich Razzleberry inks in patches all over it. Then I heat embossed the medallion image with clear embossing powder, after which I sponged the entire panel with a generous layer of Early Espresso ink. The embossed images resist the final layer of ink and just pop off the page with the vibrant colours.

The sentiment is heat embossed in copper on Very Vanilla card stock, die cut using the Layering Ovals Framelits and then layered on a scalloped oval cut from copper foil sheets. I added some ribbon from the 3/8" Trio pack in Rich Razzleberry and Delighful Dijon, as well as some Mini Pinecone embellishments and a bit of linen thread. I also added a die-cut copper foil element, which was done with the Paisley framelits. The entire card is built on a base of Rich Razzleberry card stock.

On the inside I added a Very Vanilla panel on which I stamped the medallion image in Early Espresso ink.

I so love the way this one turned out...those Frosted Medallions are for far more than Christmas and/or New Year's cards!

Give this fabulous fall colour challenge a try and share with us over at Sunday Stamps. We'd love to see your creation!

Have a super Sunday!


Product List

Frosted Medallions Clear-Mount Stamp Set [142189] $27.00	Suite Seasons Clear-Mount Stamp Set [142209] $27.00	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [131173] $8.50	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [126965] $8.50
Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad [126950] $8.50	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974] $8.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $11.25	Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.00
Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130] $6.75	Heat Tool [129053] $40.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $11.25
Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115316] $10.00	Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $5.25	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $46.00
Paisley Framelits Dies [141849] $39.00	Ribbon 3/8" (1 Cm) Trio Pack [142021] $14.50	Linen Thread [104199] $6.25	Mini Pinecones [141990] $10.00

Thank you Blooms for Sunday Stamps

Happy Easter! I hope you are celebrating with those you love today.

Today marks the start of a new colour challenge at Sunday Stamps...

Here is my take on the rainbow colour scheme using the the Botanical Builder bundle:

Thank you card featuring the Botanical Blooms stamp set and coordinating Botanical Builder Framelits.

For this project I turned to one of my favourite techinques: Emerging Colours. I began by sponging several colours of ink onto a piece of Whisper White card stock. I used: Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Melon Mambo, and Tempting Turquoise. Then I stamped several of the flower images from the Botanical Blooms stamp set in Versamark ink and heat embossed the images using clear embossing powder. I then sponged the entire panel with Night of Navy ink. The clear embossed areas resist the ink, allowing the vibrant colour to show through. To make the colours pop even more I wiped the embossed areas clean of ink using a tissue.

Using the Botanical Builder Framelits, I die-cut several flowers and some leaves. I used Cucumber Crush card stock fo the leaves, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Tempting Turquoise for the flowers. I also punched a few small flowers using the Itty Bitty Accents punch pack...they are perfect for layering. I used some scrap gold foil sheet for the centre of the largest flower. I also die-cut the sentiment from gold foil sheets using the Greetings Thinlits. I embellished the centres of the flowers using rhinestones that I coloured using the gold Wink of Stella glitter pen to give them a more golden shine, rather than silver. Behind the sponged panel, I added a piece of gold foil sheets, off-setting it slightly. The focal panel is actually adhered square on the Night of Navy card base, but the off-kilter panel behind it gives the layout a funky twist.

Inside view with sentiment from the Lovely Amazing You stamp set

On the inside I stamped the sentiment from Lovely Amazing You in Night of Navy ink on a Whisper White panel. I added some more flowers from the Botanical Blooms set in Crushed Curry and Melon Mambo inks.

This rainbow colour challenge is so much fun...I am going to keep playing with it this week...stay tuned. In the meantime, be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team's projects and then give it a go yourself. We'd love for you to share your work with us at Sunday Stamps this week!

Have a blessed Easter!


Product List

Botanical Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set [140757] $21.00	Lovely Amazing You Photopolymer Stamp Set [140594] $18.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $10.50	Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115320] $8.75
Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131199] $8.75	Tempting Turquoise 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102067] $8.75	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100867] $8.75	Cucumber Crush 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138335] $8.75
Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $5.00	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [131173] $8.00	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [126948] $8.00	Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad [126946] $8.00
Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad [126952] $8.00	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [126970] $8.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.25	Embossing Buddy [103083] $7.50
Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130] $6.25	Heat Tool [129053] $37.00	Big Shot [113439] $136.00	Botanical Builder Framelits Dies [140625] $41.00
Greetings Thinlits Dies [138275] $18.50	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787] $21.00	Gold Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141898] $10.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246] $6.25
Gold Metallic Thread [138401] $3.75	Metallics Sequin Assortment [138390] $6.25