Sand & Sea – mmm…Stampin' Time

Posted on April 18, 2021April 18, 2021 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

TIME FOR A GLOBAL DESIGN CHALLENGE #GDP287

Hello and thank you being here, again, today. I am so pleased that you are popping by to see what my latest project is.

It is Sunday, so it’s a Global Design Challenge project. This week, it’s a THEME CHALLENGE.

For this card, I decided to use some of the products from the Sand & Sea Suite. Then I chose three colours that all have sea related names – Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Pacific Point.

The first step was to stamp the shell, starfish and sand images onto the background layer. Then I embossed three pieces of cardstock and cut them so that the strips, placed over the background, were perfectly matched. If I had placed them side by side, they would align and match a 3-3/4″x 4″ section of the embossed design. The three panels are popped up using Stampin’ Dimensionals, to give some added height.

The next thing I did was to stamp, die cut and emboss the nautilus shell. I used some of the gold twine from the Forever Green Trim Combo Pack to create three loops behind the shell – I’m going to miss this twine when it retires. The loops were attached to the back of the shell using some strips of Stampin’ Seal. A few Dimensionals were attached to the back of the shell and the shell positioned on the card front. The shell then had some Clear Wink of Stella brushed across it.

I stamped the greeting and sand image onto a scrap of Basic White cardstock and used one of the new and totally amazing Tailor Made Tag Dies to cut it out. The dies also have coordinating reinforcement shapes, that I used to add some Pacific Point colour to the label. I used some more of the gold twine to wrap through tags hole.

TIP: place some Adhesive Sheet behind your chosen cardstock before cutting out the reinforcement shapes. Then you can avoid getting sticky, glue fingers trying to apply Multipurpose Adhesive to the back of the shape.

I used some of the remaining embossed cardstock to finish the card insert and envelope.

I am so pleased with the way this card looks – it is definitely so by the sea.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List

Sand & Sea Suite Collection [155980] $159.75	Friends Are Like Seashells Photopolymer Stamp Set [154368] $45.00	Seaside Seashells Dies [156095] $59.00	Seashells 3 D Embossing Folder [154309] $15.75	Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack [152475] $15.75
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana [131302] $15.25	Pacific Point A4 Card Stock [116202] $15.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00
Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $13.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $13.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

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Posted on April 6, 2021April 5, 2021 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

SENDING THANKS TO MY CUSTOMERS

Hello again to those of you who have popped by for another peek at my crafting progress. If you are new, welcome.

It is time for another blog hop. I am really enjoying taking part in different blog hops and challenges. It is a great way to ensure that I am using my Stampin’ Up!® products and posting projects regularly. I hope that you like today’s.

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The ongoing theme for this blog hop is THANK YOU. I really like this theme, while it might seem like the idea of thanking someone is unfashionable, it is alive and well and needs to be modelled for others. If I send someone a thank you card, that is a prompt for them to remember to thank others for what they appreciate.

This is the card I made for the April 2021 Blog Highlights – an image of my card is posted on Kylie’s gallery.

This gallery features everyone’s submissions and gives you the opportunity to vote for up to 5 of your favourite cards. The top 10 vote winners then get to participate in an International Blog Hop. Would you consider taking a moment and voting for my card? I’d really appreciate it!

How to do Voting?
Once you click on the link below you can see the photos. Please look for my gorgeous Dandy Laser Cut dragonflies card (#) and click on the little heart sign on the right-hand top side of my photo. Once you’ve touched the little clear heart it will turn to Red Color and that is the notification that you voted. You can vote for up to five, but it’s not required, you can also just vote for one. Thanks so much!

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For this project I wanted to use some of the lovely paper from the SAND & SEA DESIGNER SERIES PAPER, the DANDY LASER-CUT PAPER (the dragonfly piece) and the shimmery PEARLESCENT SPECIALTY PAPER..

I used my BLENDING BRUSHES to colour the dragonfly DANDY LASER-CUT panel. The colours I used were Flirty Flamingo and Seaside Spray. As soon as this panel was dry I painted it using FROST WHITE SHIMMER PAINT. The photos don’t show the full effect of the blending brush colouring.

I cut a 1″ strip of PEARLESCENT SPECIALY PAPER and placed 1″ strips of FOAM ADHESIVE SHEETS onto one side. Then I used my MINI STAMPIN’ CUT & EMBOSS MACHINE and dies from the PLAYFUL ALPHABET DIES to cut the letters for this “thank you”.

For the card insert and envelope front I used the space left behind from the single dragonfly, that I coloured and attached across the N and K. I positioned this ‘template’ over the bottom right hand side of the card insert and the same posiotn on the envelope and then coloured it using Flirty Flamingo and Seaside Spray.

if you like the project I have shared today, please make sure you click on the link below and vote for me.

Thank you again for popping by.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List

Sand & Sea Suite Collection [155980] $159.75	Sand & Sea Designer Series Paper [154288] $20.00	Dandy Laser Cut Paper [154300] $20.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $14.00
Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $8.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock [150889] $15.25	Pearlescent Specialty Paper [154291] $7.00	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00
Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad [150085] $13.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $21.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $6.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

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Posted on February 26, 2021February 7, 2021 by mmmstampintime — Leave a comment

TIME TO SPLIT

Hello and I’m so pleased that you have popped by to see today’s project. I always appreciate your interest and would love to hear from you – where do you live, what do you like, what would you like me to share or anthing other comment or question you may have.

No more Tranquil Thoughts today. I wanted to use the SAND & SEA SUITE again.

For this card I wanted to try a variation of a split negative stamping technique. Here is an example that I found online.

Image result for split negative stamping technique — **I was pleased to find Gail’s samples – they are amazing!**

I wanted to see what a card would look like with more than two panels and using different colours. I chose Basic White, Crumb Cake, Petal Pink and Tuxedo Black Memento. (oops, this photo is a bit wonky!)

As you can see I stamped the image three times – thanks to my Stamparatus. Black on Basic White, Petal Pink on Petal Pink and Crumb Cake on Crumb Cake. I coloured the black on white image using a Crumb Cake Blends. Each layer was then cut so that they could be pieced together.

The fussy cut shell that sits over the top of the layered pieces was stamped in Crumb Cake and coloured using Petal Pink and Calypso Coral Belnds.

I applied the Clear Wink of Stella liberally to give this shell some bling.

The ‘Friends’ sentiment is so lovely. This is the card that I sent to Fran Brown, Lafayette, IN. Fran often pops in to watch my Facebook Live each week and I am grateful that she does.

It’s easy to forget all the dies that there are for cutting out sentiments. I know that I don’t use the ovals from the STITCHED SHAPES DIES as often as I could.

The final touch was to add some FROSTED EPOXY DROPLETS.

Make sure you let me know what you think.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List

Sand & Sea Suite Collection [155980] $159.75	Friends Are Like Seashells Photopolymer Stamp Set [154368] $45.00	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $50.00	Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets [147801] $15.75
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009] $15.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $13.00	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154881] $15.50	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $15.50
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

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