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February 8, 2020
Happy Birthday to You in Watercolor
The more I play with the Happy Birthday to You stamp set, the more I like it. It’s one of this year’s Sale-A-Bration sets, which you can get for free with a $50 order. I used watercolor with inks for this card.
The card is a simple, classic layout. (more…)
Posted in Creativity, Specials | By Paula Cannon
January 25, 2020
Timeless Tulips Meet Parisian Blossoms
While I’ve been playing with the Timeless Tulips stamps, I’ve been trying them with different designer series papers. For this card, I used products from the Parisian Blossoms Suite from the Jan-June 2020 Mini Catalog.
This time, I wanted to try stamping the tulip and adding shading with sponge daubers. For color inspiration I selected this background paper from the Parisian Blossoms specialty designer series paper. It’s Petal Pink in color with a lovely line pattern in Cherry Cobbler. I love this paper, but I also picked it because I would not have put those two colors together. (more…)
Posted in Creativity | By Paula Cannon
January 10, 2020
Happy Birthday to You in Blue
The new Happy Birthday to You stamp set is so fun to color! Today I have a beautiful card, done up in blue, to share with you.
At first, I thought all those flowers on the cake were a little much and not my style. But I was wrong. The Happy Birthday to You cake stamp is one to use for years to come. You can make a simple card or something fancy, and it’s perfect for all the different coloring techniques.
My inspiration for this card is the sample in the Sale-A-Bration catalog. I like the blue flowers on the blue lace background of the sample on page 8. But I don’t have the Stitched Lace die to create that background. (more…)
Posted in Creativity, Specials | By Paula Cannon
August 16, 2019
Find Inspiration: Casing the Catalog
Where do you find inspiration for your stamping and crafting? A great resource for ideas and color combinations is any Stampin’ Up! catalog. When I’m feeling creatively challenged, I will often skim through a catalog. I look for design ideas, project ideas, or color combinations.
Today’s card is one I cased from the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog.
I love the new stamp set Inspiring Iris. Besides the iris images, there is a fun carnation and a sweet rose. I wanted to try the carnations but I kept drawing a blank. (more…)
Posted in Creativity | By Paula Cannon
May 3, 2019
A Butterfly Trio Card Design
The Butterfly Gala stamp set and Butterfly Duet punch will carry over into the new 2019-2020 catalog. Hooray! It’s always good to have some butterfly stamps in your collection because they are good for any number of occasions.
One of the sheets in the Needlepoint Nook designer series paper is covered with embroidered butterflies, so I thought it would be fun to pair that paper with a butterfly stamp. To keep it from being too busy, I used a simple trio pattern card design.
Posted in Creativity | By Paula Cannon