Showing posts with label Photopolymer stamps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photopolymer stamps. Show all posts

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Dress Up Your Pet Day - All About Love


Today is National 'Dress Up Your Pet Day' and it's also one month ahead of Valentines Day. And because of that (its proximity to Valentines Day), I'm hopping with some other demonstrators around the world to celebrate love.

I also thought this is a great way to combine the two themes and share my Darling Donkey project with a dressed up donkey ;)

Dress Up Your Pet Day was started not just to have fun with your pets, but also to support the pet fashion community in a fun way. Personally, I think it's a good opportunity to dress up your Pampered Pets, Darling Donkeys, or other animal stamps with hats, sweaters, or other fashion accessories, don't you think? :D

To put the flower crown on the Darling Donkey, I created a mask. It was also a perfect time to use the Stamparatus to ensure that the placement of all stamp layers and the mask were perfectly placed.

To create the mask, I first stamped the flower image onto a sticky note (making sure that it was mostly on the actual sticky part). Then I fussy cut the stamped image out.

I then determined exactly where I wanted the flower crown to lay, and used the Stamparatus to place the sticky note onto the white cardstock. Once that was in place, I could stamp the donkey. And then lastly, I lifted the sticky note off before stamping the last layer (the flower crown). 


Now it’s time to hop around and stop by the rest of my fellow demonstrators' blogs to see some more inspiration celebrating love. 

See the rest of the hoppers below:
From now until February 28, for every $60 and $120 you spend, you’ll earn an exclusive Sale-A-Bration item for free! Depending on the amount you spend, you’ll be able to mix ‘n’ match the Sale-A-Bration items you earn. The Darling Donkey stamp set and the Oh So Ombre Designer Series Paper used on my project are both available as freebies to choose from when you spend $60.




Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Let's Taco 'Bout It

Wow. It's been quite some time since I've posted! Sorry 'bout that!

I love this taco truck so much! It's one of the freebie stamp sets you can receive with any $60 purchase (before tax) until the end of Sale-A-Bration (March 31).

I made the taco patterned paper by stamping the taco shells over and over (and then just gave them a touch of colour with an Aqua Painter).

Super quick and easy, and enough to make you giggle!







Thursday, December 3, 2015

Penguins and Polar Bears

This is probably my favourite card I received last year - and it makes me laugh every time I see it. Yep, that penguin is wondering why there's a polar bear in the same hemisphere as he is. So funny!



Hope it makes you giggle too! 

Supplies Used: The baker's twine and the stamp are from last November's Paper Pumpkin kit.


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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Weekly Deals - Perfect Pines Framelits

This week's weekly deals includes one of my favourite products from the Holiday Catalogue - the Perfect Pines Framelits Dies! I'm such a sucker for framelits!
I love the way the Peaceful Pines stamp set coordinates with these dies, but you can also use the dies without the stamp set.

The garland string die punches holes in just the right places.

Watch and see how to make Christmas trees for cards, tags and scrapbook pages:






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Monday, March 2, 2015

Creative Blog Hop - Undefined Donkeys

Today is my turn to post on the Creative Blog Hop  typically these posts are done in the morning, but since I'm not a morning person, I've 'postponed' it until the evening. Thanks to Melva Peters at Stampin With Melva for nominating me. This blog hop doesn't require a commitment - just the one post where you answer a few questions and then nominate two other stampers to carry on next week. It's a sort of creative chain letter ;) 

Here are my two projects:






For both these cards, I used a donkey stamp that I carved with the Undefined kit:



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The second component of the Creative Blog Hop is to answer the four questions:


1. What are you working on right now?
My stamping space is cluttered with many different projects - I can never seem to have just one on the go. I'm working on more donkey cards for a donation to The Donkey Sanctuary's upcoming fundraiser, designing samples for my Spring Stamp-a-Stack that will be held in April, and there's even some Project Life page planning for my own album.

2. How does your work differ from others in your genre?

I wouldn't say that it differs all that much… although, I do tend to get a little inky when working on projects (inky fingers mean you're having fun!) And unlike what seems to be the majority of women, I don't care for pink! I'm definitely stretching my creativity when you see projects in pink!

3. Why do you create what you do?
I've never considered myself to be 'artistic/creative', but have always been drawn to memory keeping/photography. Paper crafting seemed like a good fit, with pre-determined stamps/papers/etc. I could tap into my creative side without having to come up with the artwork if that makes any sense.

4. How does your creativity work?

I usually just sit down and start playing... I usually have a specific stamp or tool that I want to work with and then it just goes from there. Inspiration comes from Pinterest, magazines, photos, nature, you name it! If I need to create something and I'm not feeling the mojo, I tend to seek out sketches. 

And now it's my turn to nominate two talented ladies to participate in the Creative Blog Hop next week: Laurie LaRose at Act of Stamping and Shauna Mikuliak at Stampventures. I'm so happy to have met them through Team Canada - they're part of the Inspiration Canada team and truly inspire me with their creativity. Check out their blogs to let them know you've visited - and then come back next Monday (March 9) to see what they've come up with. I know you'll love their projects!

Thanks again to Melva for asking me to be part of the Creative Blog Hop. It was fun!


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Friday, January 30, 2015

Thinking Ahead to Spring: Flower Patch

Plans are underway for the Spring Stamp-a-Stack. I'm looking for some feedback to help determine the best date for this class, and the types of cards we make. Which date suits you better: April 11 or April 25? Complete this survey (which closes tomorrow, Jan 31) to submit your vote. I'm also doing a draw for those who complete the survey :)

And while we're thinking ahead to spring, I thought I'd share this card using the very fun Flower Patch stamp set (and coordinating Framelits):



While I used the Big Shot for the embossing folder, it's worth noting that the same impressions can be made with the (much less expensive) Texture Boutique Machine, which is part of this week's Weekly Deals along with a number of other embossing folders!

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Monday, January 26, 2015

It's Pasture Birthday - From the Herd

Last time I posted a card using the From the Herd stamp set, I said that I thought this herd was hilarious ... well, today's card is even more so with it's clever greeting. This is a great set to use for a belated birthday, cause it's just as hilarious. Again, the googlie eyes really make the animals 'pop'!

To make the 'ribbon' of banners easy to adhere, I arranged them on the desk, and laid a strip of adhesive over them ... now they fit just perfectly under the main piece, and none of those banners are moving!



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Sunday, December 21, 2014

Merry & Bright - Washi Tape!

Today I have yet another card I received from a swap; this one's made by Alycia Tedford. I love how she arranged the washi tape!



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Friday, December 5, 2014

Blackberry Bliss Ornament

I love the simplicity of this one too. The colours of the Blackberry Bliss are a little skewed in this photo, but it is so rich that even though it's not a traditional Christmas colour, it works. I used the 'retired' Ornament Keepsakes bundle, which is now listed on the Clearance Rack! Granted, you can't get it as a bundle anymore, but the Framelits (and wood mount) stamps are available again :)

 
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Monday, December 1, 2014

Advent Calendar

I can't believe it's December already! I finally finished my advent calendar, just in the nick of time too! My boys are very excited to find treats and Christmas activities in the boxes. This was a great way to use a wide variety of my collection - and while the better part of these are current products, I did use some retired product too.

To make the numbers, I uses the calendar stamp from the Project Life Day to Day set and inked every third number (to give enough room between each one for punching). Then I used the 1/2" circle punch to cut them out. 



Retired products used:
Letter to Santa DSP, Riding Hood Red Marker, Priority Mail stamp set, A Cute Christmas stamp set, Pines & Poinsettias stamp set, Scentsational Season stamp set, Tiny Tags stamp set, Scallop Square punch, Jewelry Tag punch, Ornament Keepsakes framelits, Holiday Collection framelits

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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Project Life Giveaway!


For all of you who love Project Life (and for those of you who are just getting started/haven't even heard of it yet), you're going to want to enter this giveaway! One lucky winner will win a complete Project Life by Stampin' Up! prize pack including every product available in the product line! You could also win one of 100 Project Life by Stampin' Up! Card & Accessory Packs. Enter here.



For your viewing pleasure, I'm also sharing a page I made last week from our summer camping trip. It was quick to put together, since I had a number of leftover photos left from another project. I love how the accessory packs coordinate with the card collections and make it super easy to put together. 
To make the striped and the arrows 4x6 blocks, I inked a Whisper White paper with the Dots & Stripes Decorative Masks and one of the cut-out sheets in the Card Collection packs (shown below) just to give a little extra dimension. 


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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Christmas Cheer - Mojo368

This weekend, I spent most of my spare time cutting and prepping for next week's Stamp-a-Stack. I did spend some time making some décor elements and some cards for my display board too. You'll have to wait to see the (totally awesome) trees and the wreath until after the class, but I will share one card with you tonight. It's one I made for the MojoMonday challenge this week. 

I was getting in the theme of Christmas (yes, I know it's not even Halloween yet) and was wishing for the red cups at Starbucks. I had first stamped it onto Cherry Cobbler paper, but that didn't do the trick. It just added a little extra depth to the colour when I used the Blendabilities. Mmmm … can't wait for that Gingerbread latte!
Christmas Cheer - Mojo368

I did rotate the sketch so that the coffee cup didn't look out of place.

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