Andrea Walford, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Sunny Stampin' Blog, Canada

Aug

“So Glad We’re Friends” card with the Flower Fancy Stamp Set

Posted on: Thursday, August 12th, 2010
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The color combination for today’s card actually came off of Stampin’ Up!’s new Color Coach, and it’s definitely not a color combo I would naturally have thought to choose. The colors used are Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi and Chocolate Chip. Not that there is anything unusual about pairing green and pink, it’s just that Wild Wasabi is not usually one of my go-to-greens, but toned down with a bit of Whisper White Craft ink…..I really like it!

Here’s how I made this card:

Cut a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Pink Pirouette CS and fold it in half with a bone folder to create a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card.
Cut a 3″ x 5 1/2″ piece of Wild Wasabi CS and dry emboss it with the Elegant Lines embossing folder and the Big Shot.
Drag a Whisper White Craft ink pad across the Wild Wasabi CS until you get the desired coverage. Set aside to dry.
Stamp your greeting in Early Espresso Classic ink in the bottom left corner of a 1 3/4″ x 3″ piece of Whisper White CS.
Stick the stamped Whisper White CS piece to the bottom of the embossed Wild Wasabi CS piece.
Center and stick the Wild Wasabi / Whisper White CS piece to a 3 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Early Espresso CS.
Stick the piece from step 6 onto the Pink Pirouette card front, about 1/4″ away from the right edge.
Stamp the large flower outline from the Flower Fancy stamp set onto a scrap of Pink Pirouette CS in bAsic Black Classic ink.
Using a sponge dauber, sponge some Pretty in Pink pastel onto the petals of the flower.
Cut out the flower as close to the stamped line as possible.
Stamp the flower one more time onto a scrap of Whisper White CS and color only the center of the flower with a yellow Stampin’ Pastel color and a Q-tip. Cut out just the colored flower center and stick it to the center of the pink flower.
Stick 4 small and 2 medium clear rhinestones to the center of the flower.
Stick the flower onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals -so that it covers the seam where the Whisper White CS meets the Wild Wasabi CS, and so that it is centered in betweent the two colors.
Take a 10″ piece of Early Espresso taffeta ribbon and tie it in a bow. Stick it to the left of the flower, with mini glue dots, so that it covers the remainder of the seam between the Wild Wasabi and Whisper White CS. You’re done!

I hope you enjoyed today’s card.

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Stamps: Flower Fancy, Best Yet (retired)
Ink: Basic Black Classic ink, Early Espresso Classic ink
Paper: Whisper White CS, Pink Pirouette CS, Wild Wasabi CS, Early Espresso CS
Accessories: SNAIL adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, mini glue dots, Early Espresso Taffeta ribbon, basic rhinestones, Stampin’ Pastels, sponge daubers

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Discover your creativity with the “Artist in You” Online Class. Featuring 20 lessons/tasks/inspiration based around four core themes, this online class will help you take your creativity to the next level. For more details and to register, click HERE.
Date: Sept. 1st – 30th
Early Bird Price: $49.95

Bright colors, bold patterns & a vintage texture create an eye-catching combination that is sure to elicit a “wow” from everyone who sees it. In the Greenhouse Gala Class your customers will create these four gorgeous cards along with a coordinating window card box to gift them in. To purchase the class planner version for Stampin’ Up! demonstrators please click HERE. For the Stamp Class by Email click HERE. You can find more great class planners at thethe Demo to Demo store.

Not sure how to run a workshop, needing a boost or just running out of time? With the Artistic Etchings workshop planner, we take all the tears and fears out of workshop’s for you. To purchase the workshop planner please click HERE. You can find more great workshop planners at thethe Demo to Demo store.

Categories : Cards, Friendship

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Aug

Friendship is Forever

Posted on: Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
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It’s such a beautiful day here, and I wanted to have a card that was bright, cheerful, and fun to represent this beautiful day. The card is was quick, but fun to make. I added my own hand written greeting to the paper with my fountain pen because I wanted something that curved around.

Directions:

Take some light blue CS (I used Cool Carribean which is retired) cut at 6″ x 7 1/2″ and score and fold @ the 3 3/4″ mark. Sponge the edges with some Tempting Turquoise Classic ink.
Cut a piece of Whisper White CS 1 1/2″ x 3 3/4″ and punch with your Scallop Trim Border punch. Stick it to the Left hand underside of the card front.
Cut a piece of Poppy Parade DP which is 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″. Stick a strip of Whisper White 5/8″ Satin Ribbon to the back. Next stick your Poppy Parade mat to the card front.
Cut a 3″ circle from watercolour paper, and a 3 1/4″ circle of Concord Crush.
On the Watercolour paper, stamp the daisy from the Every Moment stamp set, using Staz-On black ink.
Watercolour the image with re-inkers. I used Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Real Red, and Sahara Sand Classic ink.
Add a greeting using a Medium point Fountain pen, or a black Stampin’Write marker
Stick the image to the Concord Crush circle. Add some detail with a White Gel pen. Stick the circle to the card front using Stampin’Dimensionals.
Take a piece of 5/8″ White Satin ribbon and tie a faux knot. You are done!

Winner for the Artist in You Contest:

Congratulations to our winner, we wish to thank everyone who put their name down, and hope that you will try out again for our next drawing! So without further ado……..Congratulations to …. Sandi Dailey. We used Random Org to generate our winner.

Sandi Dailey
August 9th, 2010 at 11:36 am edit

What an awesome class!! Even tho I have been stamping for five years, there is so much more I could learn, and it sounds like you are covering about 20 years of experience in this class. I would love to win this class to improve my skills. Thanks so much for offering this opportunity for free — just pick me — LOL!!
Sandi Dailey
gdailey@concentric.net

Thanks again to all our participants,

Categories : Stamping Ideas

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Aug

“Go in the Direction of Your Dreams” card with the Word Play stamp set and Celebrations DP

Posted on: Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
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Can you tell I’m in love with the Celebrations designer paper in the new Stampin’ Up! Catalogue? In the last month I think I’ve posted three different cards using that DP. The thing I love the most about it is how the DP itself can act as a focal point for the card – it kind of speaks for itself. It allows you to create eye-catching cards with minimal time invested in the creative process.

Today’s card is a graduation card using one of my favorite new stamp sets in the catalogue: Word Play. The arrow in the greeting matched perfectly with the DP. I used a fun technique with this card – that of coloring brads to coordinate with your project. We had no Pacific Point colored brads, and the Bashful Blue ones I had just didn’t seem to go. So I used my craft ink and clear embossing powder to color my own!

Here’s how I made the card:

Cut a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Bashful Blue CS. Fold it in half with a bone folder to create a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card. Set the card aside for a moment.
Center and stick a 3 1/4″ x 4 1/2″ piece of the arrow pattern from the Celebration DP onto a 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ piece of Real Red CS.
Center and stick the matted DP onto the Bashful Blue CS.
Cut a 3 3/8″ circle out of Whisper White CS using the Circle Scissors Plus and the glass mat.
Stamp your greeting onto the circle with Basic Black Classic ink.
Clean the stamp and then ink up just the arrow with Pacific Point Classic ink and stamp it onto a scrap of Whisper White CS. Cut out the arrow with a fine tip pair of scissors and stick it over the black arrow on the original stamped greeting.
Center and stick the Whisper White CS circle onto a 3 1/2″ diameter Pacific Point CS circle that was cut with the Circle Scissors plus and glass mat.
Use a pencil to make 6 light pencil marks about 1/4″ in from the edge of the Whisper White CS circle (see brad placement on main picture for postioning).
Lay the circle onto a foam mat and pierce holes through the pencil marks with a paper-piercing tool.
Select two Old Olive brads and two Real Red brads. You will then need to color two brads in a Pacific Point color. To do so, hold the prongs of the brad with a pair of tweezers. Dab them onto a Pacific Point Craft stampin’ spot until they are completely covered. Dab them into clear embossing powder. Heat with a heat tool until the powder melts. Let them cool.
Insert the brads into the holes in the pattern shown in the picture.
Position the matted CS circle in the bottom right corner of the card and stick it down. Use SNAIL at the bottom of the circle and Stampin’ Dimensionals under the top edge of the circle so that it only pops out near the top.
Trim off the overhanging portions of the CS circle. You’re done!

I hope you enjoyed today’s card.

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Stamps: Word Play
Ink: Basic Black, Pacific Point Classic inks, Pacific Point Craft ink
Paper: Whisper White CS, Real Red CS, Pacific Point CS, Bashful Blue CS, Celebrations DP
Accessories: SNAIL adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Brights brads, silver brads, paper-piercing tool, mat pack, paper snips, heat tool, clear embossing powder, tweezers (non-Stampin’ Up!)

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Categories : Cards, Graduation

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Aug

“Love Life” card with the Cottage Garden stamp set and Sunny Garden DP & some winners!

Posted on: Monday, August 9th, 2010
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Today’s card is a fun, bright and cheerful card that I made using Stampin’ Up!’s new Cottage Garden stamp set and Sunny Garden DP. Because the DP was already so patterned, I opted to only use the greeting from the Sunny Garden stamp set, rather than any of the images. There just didn’t seem to be room on the card for them. I also used a very easy but effective background inking technique to try and mute the brightness of the Peach Parfait CS which I had texured with my Big Shot and Square Lattice embossing folder.

Here’s how I made the card:

Take a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Whisper White CS and fold it in half using your bone folder to create your card base.
Cut a 4″ x 5 3/8″ piece of Peach Parfait CS and run it through your Big Shot using the Square Lattice embossing folder. The embossing with this particular folder will cause the CS to shrink so that it should now measure approx 4″ x 5 1/4″. If it’s not quite there, then trim it so that it measures 4″ x 5 1/4″.
Take a Whisper White Craft ink pad and drag it across the embossed Peach Parfait CS. You want the coverage to be kind of patchy. Let dry.
Sponge the edges of the inked Peach Parfait CS with Poppy Parade Classic ink and a stamping sponge.
Center and stick a 1 1/2″ x 4 1/8″ strip of Poppy Parade patterned DP (from the Sunny Garden DP collection) along the top edge of a 3″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Poppy Parade CS.
Center and stick a 1 1/2″ x 4 1/8″ strip of the floral patterned DP along the bottom edge of the 3″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Poppy Parade CS.
Lay a 5 1/4″ piece of Poppy Parade ribbon across the seam of the DP. Bring the ends of the ribbon around to the back of the DP and stick them down using SNAIL adhesive.
Center and stick the matted DP piece to the card front.
Stamp the greeting from the Cottage Garden stamp set in Basic Black Classic ink onto a scrap of Whisper White CS. Punch it out with the wide oval punch.
Sponge around the edge of the greeting using a sponge dauber and Poppy Parade Classic ink.
Stick the greeting over the ribbon, on the matted DP piece, towards the right edge, with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Thread three coordinating buttons with white embroidery floss and stick them to the card front as shown in the picture above, with mini glue dots. You’re done!

Okay, and now onto the winners of the Greenhouse Gala Class and the Artistic Etchings workshop planner. As promised we drew the names for 5 lucky winners who will receive BOTH the Greenhouse Gala Class AND the Artistic Etchings workshop planner. To claim your prize, be sure to email me at andrea@sunnystampin.com. In subject line please put August blog winner. Drumroll please….

1. Jerri Ann Holdaway
August 3rd, 2010 at 7:27 pm
I would so love to win! Your projects are always so wonderful and useful! Pick me! Pick me! LOL Great job!

2. Roberta Smith
August 3rd, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Looks great! I didn’t like the Greenhouse Gala DSP at first. Then I saw the tote from Convention and fell in love with it. Thanks for the chance to win! You and Sophie do great work and I don’t know what I would do without you two. Thanks for sharing.

3. Tina Lockhart
August 3rd, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Both planners look absolutely amazing. I love how you always create cool boxes/packages for the beautiful cards and I can’t decide which planner I like better. I love, love the Greenhouse Gala DP set and the sneak peaks of the Artistic Etchings planner look simply gorgeous. As always – phenomenal job ladies!

4, Mary Jemes
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I want it, I want it. Please pick me. This is so cute and so beautiful. Thanks for giving us a chance to win.
Mary

4. Ellie
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:09 pm
I would love to be able to win this as I am trying to revive my SU biz as its holding on by some threads and I really feel this class would give it a wonderful boost & push I really would love right now

If you’re name wasn’t drawn, we still have another give-away going on and that is for the Artist in You online class. So be sure to click HERE and leave a comment if you haven’t already done so. Winners for that class will be drawn on Wednesday.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card.

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Stamps: Cottage Garden
Ink: Basic Black, Poppy Parade Classic inks, Whisper White Craft ink
Paper: Whisper White CS, Peach Parfait CS, Poppy Parade CS, Sunny Garden DP
Accessories: SNAIL adhesive, mini glue dots, white embroidery floss (non-Stampin’ Up!), peach colored button (non-Stampin’ Up!), Brights Designer Buttons, Button Latte (now retired), Poppy Parade stitched poly-ribbon, sponge dauber, stamping sponges

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Categories : Big Shot, Blog Give-Aways, Buttons, Cards, Friendship

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Aug

“Love” card featuring the Elegant Soiree Designer Paper

Posted on: Friday, August 6th, 2010
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Today I wanted to share a card with you that is a bit of a departure from my normal style. Although overall, my style tends towards clean and simple, you’ve probably noticed over the years (if you’ve followed my blog for that long) that I love to dabble in different styles, and when a particular style or product or technique grabs by interest, you start to see a lot of that integrated into my projects. So today’s card is a bit “frillier” and “fussier” than normal for me. But at the same time I quite like it.

This is one of those cards that just kind of came together – going with the creative muse I guess you could say. I had pulled out the Elegant Soiree Designer Paper (one of the new designs in the 2010-2011 Stampin’ Up! Idea Book and Catalogue) and had my heart set on using it. Once I had chosen my pattern, and matted it onto a coordinating color of CS, I just kind of sat there staring at it, trying to figure out where I wanted to go next. A scrap of a DP circle (from the same collection) that was sitting on my table, left over from a page I was working on happened to catch my eye. So I put it on the DP and started playing with it’s positioning until I settled on the one I liked best. And so the rest of the card developed in the same way. The funny thing about this card is that so often I choose my focal image or element first. This time, the focal element (the glittered word “Love”) was the very last thing I decided on. So a real backwards way of stamping I guess you could say. Anyways, here’s how I made today’s card:

Cut a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Baja Breeze CS and fold it in half using your bone folder to create a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card.
Center and stick a 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ piece of DP from the Elegant Soiree collection onto a 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of Soft Suede CS.
Cut a 4″ diameter circle out of Elegant Soiree DP using your Circle Scissors Plus and the glass mat.
Cut the circle, not quite in half – the widest dimension on the cut circle is 3 7/8″.
Place a strip of Sticky Strip horizontally across the DP (extending from the left to the right edge) about 1 1/4″ up from the bottom of the DP. Before peeling the backing off of the Sticky Strip, lay your circle onto the DP, centered and with the left edges aligned (do not stick it down yet). make a very tiny pencil mark, just above the DP strip, and just to the right of the right edge of the circle. This mark will tell you where the ribbon ruching needs to begin. The pencil mark will be covered by the ribbon.
Remove the DP circle. Peel the red backing off of the Sticky Strip. Keeping your Very Vanilla satin ribbon on the roll, stick the end of the ribbon to the Sticky Strip and begin pleating and “ruching” your ribbon across the Sticky Strip, all the way to the right edge. Make sure that the first pleat starts at the pencil mark.
Leave about 1″ of the ribbon overhanging the right edge, and cut it so that it is no longer attached to the roll.
Bring the end of the ribbon around to the back of the CS and stick it down.
Center and stick the DP partial circle along the left edge of the DP mat. It will cover the end of the ribbon.
Pierce a hole just to the left of where the ribbon ruching begins, using a paper-piercing tool and foam mat. Insert an Antique Brad.
Choose some chipboard letters to spell out the word love (you could also use die cut letters). Ink up the chipboard letters with Baja Breeze Craft ink. Sprinkle on Heat and Stick powder and heat until it melts. Sprinkle some Dazzling Diamonds glitter onto the melted Heat and Stick and then re-heat to set the glitter.
Stick the letters above the ribbon with mini glue dots.
Stick on some cream half-back pearls to the DP with mini glue dots (see the picture for placement). I used two medium sized pearls and four small ones. These were from the retired Pretties Kit.
Center and stick the decoroated and matted DP piece to the Baja Breeze card front. You’re done!

I hope you enjoyed today’s card.

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Ink: Baja Breeze Craft ink
Paper: Soft Suede CS, Baja Breeze CS, Elegant Soiree DP
Accessories: SNAIL adhesive, mini glue dots, Sticky Strip, Very Vanilla satin ribbon, Antique Brads, heat tool, heat and stick powder, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, cream half-back pearls

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