Loyal Leaves – mmm…Stampin' Time

Posted on December 11, 2020December 10, 2020 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

IN TIMES OF SADNESS

Yesterday, I shared some cards I made to welcome little ones into the world, because I didn’t have many made for my market stall.

At the other end of the life cycle, I also have very few sympathy cards. So, today I thought I would make a couple to add to my ‘thinking of you’ basket.

I used three different stamp sets – COMFORT & HOPE, LOYAL LEAVES and PEACEFUL MOMENTS.

The colours I chose are subdued and peaceful – EARLY ESPRESSO, SOFT SEA FOAM, SOFT SUEDE and VERY VANILLA.

The sentiment is not an obvious ‘sympathy’ one but I like that it offers hope to the recipient and an opportunity for the person giving it to offer a message of hope.

I chose not to use any floral stamps because there are times when the card needs to be masculine. Both of these cards use simple stamping techniques and a little die cutting.

I love the leaves in the LOVELY LEAVES STAMP SET and they are a great alternative for flowers.

Then I had to decide what to pop under the die cut sentiment – ribbon or strips of cardstock. I could have coloured a length of lightly coloured ribbon but decided to use up some scraps of Soft Sea Foam card.

I like to make sure I have some lovely sympathy cards on hand (and for the markets) but I hope that I don’t need to make any more, any time soon.

When it is time to give someone a sympathy card, I also give the bereaved a plant (usually rosemary – ‘for remembrance’) rather than flowers. What do you do?

Thanks for popping by … special stamping.

These are the products I used to make these cards. If you live in Australia, I would be very happy to help you with your order.

Product List

Comfort & Hope Cling Stamp Set (English) [152509] $37.00	Loyal Leaves Cling Stamp Set [152544] $40.00	Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English) [151595] $37.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $56.00
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] $15.25	Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $15.25	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00
Linen Thread [104199] $8.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

Posted on December 9, 2020December 8, 2020 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

3D STAMPING BLOG HOP

For this week’s Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop, the theme is 3D STAMPING.

Those of us who are hopping along, post our links to this private group – but you can see everyone elses’ projects by clicking on their links below.

To be totally honest, I had to find out what that was because it wasn’t a familiar technique term. Thanks to Google, I discovered very quickly what the technique is (and I have used it AGES ago). It was nice to have the opportunity for a refresher.

This technique involves creating a 3D look by overstamping a solid, stamped image with a slightly darker ink. Sounds easy – and, it is.

For this project, I decided to use the LOYAL LEAVES STAMP SET. I thought the intricate leaves designs would look amazing with a 3D (shadow) effect.

Here is the end result.

I positioned each of the leaves stamps onto my Stamparatus. The next step was to ink up the stamps with a refreshed/reinked Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad. Once the craft ink was dry, I slightly adjusted the position of the cardstock – a little up and to the left.

After cleaning the stamps, I reinked them with Mossy Meadow and stamped again.

You cannot help but admire the detail in these stamped images.

The reason that I didn’t use my F Block was because I made a number of these cards and also repeated this for the front of another project that I will show you soon.

The OLDER AND WISER greeting is a fun way to remind someone that are, in deed, getting older.

And, when someone is being teased about getting older, that person may need to be comforted with chocolate.

In keeping with the card concept, I decorated a 3D slider card in the same way.

The BRAIDED LINEN THREAD and MOSSY MEADOW BRAIDED LINEN THREAD are perfect for this project.

And, by pulling gently on the tab the sweet treat is revealed.

If you are going to give chocolate, always make sure it is a good one.

This project, like many of mine, uses just three colours – CRUMB CAKE, MOSSY MEADOW and WHISPER WHITE – just keeping it simple.

What do you think? Who is ‘older and wiser’ that you would send this to?

Thank you for popping by my post – please make sure that pop over to see the other 3D STAMPING posts – just click on the links below:

Happy stamping!

These are the products I used to make these projects. If you live in Australia, I would be happy to help you place an order through my online store.

Product List

Loyal Leaves Cling Stamp Set [152544] $40.00	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $50.00	Essential Tag Punch [153607] $31.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $15.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $13.00	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $13.00	Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad [101731] $14.00	Whisper White C6 Envelopes [106588] $13.00
3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim [147808] $12.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00
Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $11.50	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

Posted on September 14, 2020 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

MISSING YOU

Who do you miss at the moment?

There are so many family and friends that we haven’t been able to see, in person, for quite a while. And, we don’t know when we can.

For so many people the restrictions are even more isolating than it is for me.

I have a niece, living alone in Melbourne, who will soon be able to have one nominated visitor.

I’m in the process of putting together a care package for her, filled with goodies to enjoy. I am going to add this card so that she can send it to someone she misses.

I totally adore the LOYAL LEAVES STAMP SET. The shape and the details of the leaves are stunning.

For this card, I wanted to heat emboss the images using the clear STAMPIN’ EMBOSS POWDER before water colouring them.

And, as some of you may already know – I do not relish fussy cutting but this was worth it.

I think this was the first time I used the BRICK AND MORTAR 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER – I don’t know why, it’s fantastic and worked as a great background.

I hope Scout likes it and has someone special to send it to.

Who would you send a ‘missing you’ card to?

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this card. If you live in Australia, you can order any of them through me.

Product List

Loyal Leaves Cling Stamp Set [152544] $40.00	Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643] $17.50	Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $15.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $15.75
Water Painters [151298] $21.00	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $13.00	Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad [153114] $13.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $13.00	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $13.00
Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $13.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $13.00	2020–2022 In Color Enamel Dots [152480] $14.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Very Vanilla C6 Envelopes [106589] $13.00

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