Artisan Design Team--Recency Park Suite Project

Hello friends! I cannot express how excited and happy I am to be on the Artisan Design Team again for 2023. This really is a dream opportunity and I love the creative challenges each month.

 

The Artisan Team is split up into 4 groups and we are each given different assignments to create some truly awesome projects with to share with the Stampin’ community throughout each month.

My group is myself, Heather Thomas, Karine Lison, Sandra Herzog and Tammy Wilson!

Our assignment this month was to create with the Regency Park Suite and I could not love it more if I tried! The Petal Park punch bundle and the Sentimental Park die bundle are so fantastic and compliment each other so well. And all the add ons like the Textured Shimmer Paper and Recency Park 6x6 Paper are top notch!

I knew that I wanted to create a scrapbook page featuring my sons grade 12 grad because our family pictures were the perfect color palette for this suite. It honestly came together so easily using Night of Nave 12x12 for the background and then layering on some DSP and a big awesome photo mat of the Textured Shimmer Paper.

I used a 6x12 piece of Basic White card stock to tone down the blue a bit and to help all of the amazing flowers and the sentiment pop. I kept to the color palette of the DSP—Balmy Blue, Mango Melody, Petal Pink and Shaded Spruce. I did lots of stamping off so that the filler portion of the flowers was always a shade lighter.

This picture really shows off the Textured Shimmer paper and some of the gorgeous little flower dies from the Sentimental Park Dies. You can also see that I added some of the Adhesive-Backed Milky Dots as well to my project.

 

One of the best tips I learned from Tammy Wilson when we were on the team together is 2021 was to cut your ribbon in half (creates a thinner ribbon and releases some frays for that chabbier look) and how to tie a #tammybow

Tammy really is the queen of bows as you can see from her stunning projects.

I added one here underneath my sentiment which was created by combining 2 of the stamps from the Recency Park stamp set.

Along with my scrapbook page I also created some 3x3 cards and I forget how much fun they are!

 

I have also forgotten how much fun Mango Melody is—I think this color is having a moment along with Balmy Blue!

I used the new Cane Weave embossing folder on the base of my 3x3 card along with some coordinating DSP from the Regency Park 6x6 stack—and made a cute matching envelope!

The images on this card are from the Sentimental Park bundle! It is amazing!

This little mini card is made with a Balmy Blue base and I added a little strip of the Textured Shimmer Paper behind the first layer. The tag on the front is from the Sentimental Park dies and I just trimmed it down to fit this little card. I also hand cut out the words ‘YOU’ instead of just stamping it to the tag, just to add some interest and height. The Milky Dots are a great embellishment add on along with flowers from Petal Park.

 

I think of the 3 mini cards this one is my favorite. But I am partial to Petal Pink. It looks so good with the Night of Navy Bordered Ribbon (this ribbon is top notch).

I used another one of the labels from Sentimental Park and dressed it up with some images from both stamp sets and the DSP—you can see a Mango Melody flower at the bottom—I trimmed it right from the Recency Park paper. And I based everything on a panel of Petal Pink ran through the Cane Weave folder.

I love this whole suite! So much so that I am featuring it at my Spring Stamp Camp with my border buddy Hattie Nelson from Honeybee Stampers!

Our event is virtual on zoom—saturday, feb 25th. It includes a full package of the regency park dsp, 1/2 pkg of the textured 12x12 shimmer paper, milky dots and the full roll of ribbon—plus projects and demonstrations!

Hattie and I would love to have you at our event! I can ship kits anywhere in Canada! The event registration is $75 (plus extra if you need your kit shipped) and all the fun is shared in a private Facebook group! Try clicking this form to register! (I say try because this is something new!)

or you can touch base with me at stampsandstretchypants@gmail.com

Thank you so much!

I hope you enjoyed all of the projects shared by the team this first month of January! The Artisan Design Team is so excited to share in creativity with you all throughout 2023! Please come back every month to my blog and check Instagram to see all of the awesome projects we are sharing!

Its a Valentine's Bonanza!

I absolutely love Valentine’s Day. I love making V Day projects, cards and buying special gifts for my family. When my kids were little we developed a “Pink Dinner” tradition. My husband and I realized that we probably wouldn’t be going out to romantic dinners anymore with having three kids, so we decided to create something special for our whole family to enjoy. So I decorate our table with Valentine’s Decor and even pull out real wine glasses for the kids to use. We drink pink pop, eat heart shaped pizza and all the other foods are either pink or red. I will admit, it makes for a pretty interesting dinner sometimes. But it is fun and the kids all look forward to it. I will make sure to do a blog post of my table!

This year I will be adding these adorable heart tin treat boxes to each persons spot at the table and I will fill them with the candies each kid likes best (probably Skittles, Reeses pieces and Kit Kat’s!). I cannot resist these Bonanza Buddies, the Koala (fun fact: its one of my favourite animals, tied with the panda bear and an Ewok if they really existed!) and the lion are just beyond adorable! They can be found on page 33 of the Mini Catalogue. The entire Birthday Bonanza Suite is colourful, whimsical, and fun!

I love our new heart punches pack on page 10 as they are so easy for kids to use and the layering option of the two is fabulous. And personally, I think you can use hearts all year long! This project was a great way to use up some ribbon scraps as well. The sentiment, For You, is from the Label Me Bold stamp set which is a Million Dollar Achiever stamp set.

Hot Tip: you can use the classic label punch for any of the sentiments in the stamp set and just quickly snip the edges to get a perfect cut!

I added in the heart doilies to the bottom of the tins as well for that added detail. I think its awesome they come in a package of 40! Way to go Stampin’ Up!

I hope you are inspired by these super cute projects. I had so much fun making them and will be offering them at two different class times—-Wed, Jan 29th at 6:30 pm and Monday, Feb 10th at 6:30. They are perfect for kids and adults to make! Imagine finding one of these on your desk at work! Click on the Sign Up Now button to register for this class!

Honestly, I don’t care if you are 5 or 50, I think these would make anyone happy!

Honestly, I don’t care if you are 5 or 50, I think these would make anyone happy!

I thought it would be fun to add something to the inside of the lids. It is like a little extra surprise!

I thought it would be fun to add something to the inside of the lids. It is like a little extra surprise!