May 26

May 26, 2022

Trio of cards by Paula Cannon with the Wild & Sweet stamp set by Stampin' Up!

The Wild & Sweet Stamp Set is Sweet

The Wild & Sweet stamp set is indeed a sweet set! It had me at the koala bear, and pandas are popular, but … a raccoon? They seem to have a reputation as pesky critters, although I’ve never personally had any run-ins with them. So, unless you have a friend named Rocky, what are you going to do with a raccoon card? And then I colored one for a sample card, and he has such a sweet face!

Card using Wild and Sweet stamp set by Stampin' Up! Raccoon image is watercolored.

I’ve made several cards with this new stamp set, and I’ve used Stampin’ Blends, Watercolor Pencils, and watercolor with inks. They all work great, so if you like to color, you may need the Wild & Sweet stamp set.

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May 21

May 21, 2022

Card with Quiet Meadows stamp set from Stampin' Up by Paula Cannon, using Glimmer Paper.

Quiet Meadow Meets Glimmer Paper

The Quiet Meadow stamp set and Meadow dies are perfectly suited to vintage styled cards and to collage techniques. That’s the reason I bought it! But what happens when it meets Glimmer Paper? This.

Two cards made by Paula Cannon with Quiet Meadows using the Stampin' Up 2022-2024 In Colors Glimmer Paper.

These cards just sort of happened. The 2022-2024 In Color Glimmer Paper is ombre (and beautiful, said the girl who doesn’t normally use a lot of glimmer and glitter). I wanted to see what it looked like as a die cut and I had this stamp set and dies out. Since the flowers are long-stemmed, I thought they would show the ombre effects well. So I cut a few. Then I started playing with them. Then I made this card.

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May 19

May 19, 2022

Close up of card using using Stampin' Up! Butterfly Brilliance stamp colored with Stampin' Blends in the 2022-2024 In Colors.

New In Colors with Butterfly Brilliance

Here’s another card to show off the new In Colors, this time with one of my favorites, the Butterfly Brilliance stamp and the Brilliant Wings dies. Because I wanted to use my new Stampin’ Blends in the 2022-2024 In Colors, the butterflies seemed like a good way to use them all at once.

Card designed by Paula Cannon using Stampin' Up! Butterfly Brilliance stamp. Colored with Stampin' Blends in the 2022-2024 In Colors.

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May 14

May 14, 2022

Two cards from www.VintageandFresh.com using the 2022-2024 In Colors from Stampin' Up!

Playing with the 2022-2024 In Colors

I’ve been having fun making a few sampler cards with the new 2022-2024 In Colors from Stampin’ Up! These colors just make me happy, they are so bright and pretty! And they play well together. For these two cards, I featured the In Color Designer Series Paper (DSP). I like to make a few cards with all five colors together, and this is a great way to do that.

My first card is a great card sketch for using DSP scraps. Although I did cut these at 1″ x 4″ to start. This card is also a good way to introduce the 2022-2024 In Color names. From left to right: Sweet Sorbet, Orchid Oasis, Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party and Starry Sky.

Card by Paula Cannon using the 2022-2024 In Colors from Stampin' Up! Biggest Wish stamp set and In Color designer series paper are featured. www.vintageandfresh.com

I chose Gray Granite for my card base and also cut a card front at 4″ x 5-1/4″ in the same color. I started by playing around with the strips until I found a color combination and a pattern combination that I liked. Then I cut the ends at different angles and slightly different lengths. After gluing them in place, I wrapped the front piece with the Tahitian Tide baker’s twine.

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Nov 14

November 14, 2020

Card using Stampin' Up's Parisian Flourish 3D embossing folder and Very Versailles stamp set to create a vintage style.

Create a Vintage Style Card With Embossing Folders

Even though I make cards in all kinds of styles (one of the things I love about rubber stamping) vintage style cards are my favorites. Today I want to show you a way to create a vintage style background using embossing folders.

First, let me show you my finished card.

Card using Stampin' Up's Parisian Flourish 3D embossing folder and Very Versailles stamp set to create a vintage style.

For this background, I used the beautiful Parisian Flourish 3D embossing folder with Very Vanilla card stock. This technique works best with bolder embossing and with the 3D folders.

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