Artisan Design Team February Share!

Hello friends! I am so excited to share a few more details on my Artisan Design Team projects for February! My focus was on the A Touch of Ink stamp set and the Golden Garden Acetate Specialty Paper. I knew right away that I wanted to use this acetate paper on a scrapbook page and share an easy tip for coloring it.

The design is printed on a thick window sheet or acetate and is gold on one side and silver on the other! You can feature either side by just coloring on the opposite or backside of what you want to feature.

The easiest way to color our acetate sheets is to use our alcohol based Stampin’ Blends markers in the DARK option. Some of the alcohol inks depth is lost on the window sheet so I found I had better success using the dark option and then you can layer on a bit of color by adding in a different shade on top like I did on some of the leaves with Old Olive and Mossy Meadow.

You also want to make sure that you peel off the protective layer that is on the silver side of the acetate sheet.

Once you have done this you can start coloring with your Stampin’ Blends.

I also decided to hand trim around the flowers of the 12x12 sheet.

You can use this easy coloring technique embellish a scrapbook page or a card!

I used Basic White Note Cards for the two cards that I designed. I added a bit of the Gilded Leafing to both my butterfly on the note card and the hummingbird on my scrapbook page. I also stamped with the Gilded Leafing on the butterfly card and hand trimmed some of the florals from the Fine Art Floral DSP.

On the second note card I colored a strip of the acetate that I had left over from my scrapbook page and added it to a piece of the Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper.

I hope you are inspired to try coloring the Golden Garden Acetate paper and adding into onto one of your crafty projects! Make sure to check out the whole Artisan Design Teams creations on Stampin’ Up!’s Facebook and Instagram accounts!

Create with Connie and Mary-Favorite NEW Product!

Hello friends! Welcome to a new year and new projects and inspiration! So excited to have you joining us every Saturday for 2021. Wishing you and your family all the best as we kick off 2021 with a renewed spirit and intention. My theme for 2021 is Make it Happen. I have big goals to accomplish this year!

Our first weekly theme is FAVORITE NEW PRODUCT! I have to say, it was almost hard to pick because there are just so many fabulous items in the new January to June Catalogue (or the JJ catty as some are calling it!).

I landed on the Fine Art Floral Suite. Florals just have so much potential as you can use them on every single theme in one way or another. I wanted to kick off my first project share in the Create with Connie & Mary Hop with a great gift or home decor idea using this suite.

I can often find these rustic frames with the built in clip at Homesense. I snatch them up whenever I can find them! They are perfect for embellishing with your favorite stamps!

I started with a large base of DSP from the Fine Art Floral collection and layered on a mat of Poppy Parade. I stamped the flowers from the Art Gallery stamp set in two colors for each flower. The large bloom is actually designed to work this way as there are two separate stamps. The cluster of blooms is only a single stamp with one extra stamp for layering. I decided to use a marker to tap on a darker color.

I used the colors in the DSP to guide the colors I used for the flowers. The flowers in this DSP were actually hand painted on a canvas! I love this paper especially the sheets that look like paint smeared on canvas, so I chose that piece to stamp my sentiment “You Make the World...” in Versamark with Gold Embossing Powder.

The sentiment is from the Beautiful World stamp set in the Annual Catalogue.

I added some Wink of Stella on top of the flowers for a little shimmer!

The Art Gallery stamp set only has one stem image so I stamped it in Old Olive ink on the same color card stock and then cut it apart to look more like leaves. The Fine Art Floral ribbon was also perfect to layer behind sentiment (cut with Stitched Circle Dies) to continue the gold theme on this project.

I stamped “You are Lovely” in Old Olive Ink on the coordinating card stock and cut it with a die from the Floral Gallery Dies. I added a couple more flowers underneath the sentiment.

After I took this picture I thought…it needs something! So I went back and cut the word “friend” in Gold Foil paper using the Well Written Dies (see the first picture to notice the addition!).

I was so happy to give this gift to my friend Tammy. We met on the Alaskan Incentive Trip and have kept in touch ever since. This is a picture of us on the Greek Isles Incentive Trip in the infamous Hospitality Room. I absolutely LOVED this trip and am keeping every body part of mine crossed that we can see each other again in Maui this spring!

I can’t wait to see the other members of the Design Team are sharing a their favorite new products. You can go BACK to see what Melissa has designed and NEXT to see what Connie has created! Please feel free to shop with me if you live in Canada! All of these new and amazing products will be available on January 5th. If you live in Canada you can shop my Online Store or use my Hostess Code at any time!

Around the World On Wednesday--Something Old and Something New

This month’s theme is something old and something new…so I combined some brand new upcoming products with a bundle that is soon to be retired and my favourite item of all time—retired Gold Metallic Thread!

I was also in the mood to make a scrapbook page as I have been really focused on cards lately so this felt good! Sometimes, if my creativity feels hindered I really just let myself create what it wants, without worrying about the outcome.

I wanted to make a page that felt really clean, crisp and fresh. I started with a 12x12 Whisper White base and I resisted the urge to stamp on the background.

I knew I wanted to use a series of photos I snapped on my daughter’s recent 12th birthday (the last one on the left is my personal favourite!).

And because this was a birthday page, i knew the Gift Wrapped Bundle would be perfect. I love how this stamp set has 5 different bows in it! So much versatility!

Have you noticed what is new? The florals, stem, and ‘You are Lovely’ are all from a new upcoming stamp set called Art Gallery. I has coordinating dies called the Floral Gallery Dies. The color palette I chose for this page speaks straight to the colors featured in the Fine Art Floral Designer Series paper. During On Stage it was shared that these images were painted on giant canvases they used to create the DSP! love fun facts like this about our products.

I stamped the flowers, which are the two-step stamp design in the following color combos—Bumbleebee and Mango Melody, Flirty Flamingo with Poppy Parade, and Coastal Cabana with Pretty Peacock. I did add a bit of Wink of Stella on top to add a bit of glitz and gold sparkle.

The large bows are stamped on Flirty Flamingo card stock in Poppy Parade ink and then punched out with the Gift Bow Builder Punch. So easy and fun!

I cut Summer’s name from Gold Foil paper and the Foam adhesive sheets. I continued the gold theme by adding in the Gold Glitter Enamel Dots and the Gold Metallic Thread.

The sentiment on the left side of the page is from the Gift Wrapped stamp set and is cut with a stitched circle. The mini bow is stamped on Flirty Flamingo card stock with Poppy Parade ink. I did have to hand cut this little bow out.

Behind the sentiment I layered a flower, this time stamped in Bermuda Bay and Pretty Peacock. I also added a circle punched from the Fine Art Floral DSP. A bit of metallic thread and Gold Glitter Enamel Dots finished off this little montage just perfectly.

I hope you enjoy hopping all around the globe with everyone this month! We have 21 people participating in the hop which is so fantastic!

Make sure to leave a comment, I love to read them!

Next up is Tricia Butts from the United States.