Stampin Artfully: Gorgeous Grunge

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Thursday, September 8, 2016

Happy Birthday Dear {#GDP052}

I'm playing along with the Global Design Project challenge this week, which is "CASE the Designer".

When you CASE the Designer, you might be inspired by the colors, the pattern, or even the theme. It is really up to you what you would like to be inspired by. I chose to use the layout of her lovely card. All products Stampin' Up!

I knew when I purchased the Santa's Sleigh bundle from the new holiday catalog, I just had to find other ways to use the deer image and/or the die cut. For this card, I used the large splatter stamp from the "must have" Gorgeous Grunge set to create a colorful background to die cut the deer image from. I used Bermuda Bay, Emerald Envy & Soft Suede to create the colorful piece. It almost made me think of camouflage, even though that wasn't my intention at the beginning. Wouldn't this make a great guy card?

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As always, let me know if you have any questions about the project or the products used. Thanks for visiting my blog.

Artfully Yours,

Kim

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Another Sneak Peek: Christmas Pines {#GDP049}

I'm playing along with the Global Design Project one more time this week. It is a color challenge. I'm posting another sneak peek of the new Christmas Pines stamp set from the holiday catalog. All products Stampin' Up!

When I saw the new Christmas Pines stamp set, (with matching dies) I saw all kinds of possibilities other than just for the holidays for this set that will be available from the new Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog on September 1. Click here to see my post from a couple of days ago, also a GDP submission.

As soon as I saw this set, I knew I wanted to make some tiny pineapples out of the pinecones and pine needles. The matching dies really came in handy for this project.

I paired the new stamps with some of my most used stamps from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set and the sentiment is from the set called Lovely Amazing You.

When I was putting this card together, the colors behind the pineapple were a little too bold and were over shadowing the pineapple-y goodness. To remedy the situation, I simply punched a piece of Vellum cardstock using the Decorative Label punch and layered it behind the tiny ananas comosus. (scientific name for pineapple...isn't it cool?) I use this trick often to soften an area. I distressed a small strip of the Gold Sequin Trim with my heat tool and pulled a few sequins off for this project. I like that the sequins aren't completely flat and now have kind of a wonky shape to them.

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As always, let me know if you have any questions about the project or the products used. Thanks for visiting my blog.

Artfully Yours,

Kim

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Sneak Peek: Christmas Pines {#GDP049}

I'm playing along with the Global Design Project this week. It is a color challenge. I also thought I would use this opportunity to post a sneak peek of the new Christmas Pines stamp set from the holiday catalog. All products Stampin' Up!

If you follow my blog at all, you will know I love using stamps in unexpected ways. When I saw the new Christmas Pines stamp set, (with matching dies) I saw all kinds of possibilities other than just for the holidays.

Do you see as many uses for these images as I do?

I've paired the simple pine branch image with a splattering of Basic Black Archival ink using one of my favorite stamps from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set and a few of the pine branch die cuts from the matching Pretty Pines Thinlits dies. The words were stamped using images from the set called Labeler Alphabet. I love how I can stamp ANY word I want using that set.

The Labeler Alphabet is available right now. The Christmas Pines stamps and Pretty Pines Thinlits (available as a bundle), will be available in the new holiday catalog September 1.

As always, let me know if you have any questions about the project or the products used. Thanks for visiting my blog.

Artfully Yours,

Kim

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Sneak Preview & Year End Sale!

Just look at the globe on this card. I am in LOVE with this image. It is from the new set called Going Global that will be available for order on January 5th from the 2016 Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalog. Saleabration starts the same day!

This set will be perfect for so many occasions. I thought in light of all that is going on in the world right now, a Christmas card that suggests "world peace" would be perfect. All products Stampin' Up!

I die cut the word Peace (from Christmas Greetings Thinlits) 4 times and glued them one on top of the other using our Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Then I tapped Versamark ink directly from the pad on top of the layered words and embossed with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder. For the gold layer behind the top card layer, I tapped Versamark around the edges of another piece of Night of Navy cardstock and embossed the edges with the same embossing powder. This really gives a ton of dimension on this card. The splatter behind the globe is from the Gorgeous Grunge (aka "must have") stamp set.

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This a SERIOUS year-end sale and items are only available while supplies last. This is a perfect time to pick up some of those Christmas-y items you thought you just had to have, as well as tons of other goodies. See the items here.

Details:

Promotion Dates: December 10, 2015-January 4, 2016.
No minimum purchase required.
No refunds or exchanges on Year-End Sale items.
Items offered during the Year-End Sale are while supplies last.
Year-End Sale orders are eligible for Stampin' Rewards with qualifying orders.
Following the Year-End Sale, some remaining items may stay in the Clearance Rack. Other items may be removed from the Clearance Rack to be added at another undetermined time.

I hope you enjoyed sneak peek of the Going Global stamp set and the cool way I used one of the images. Let me know if you have any questions whatsoever or if you just need assistance completing your online order. Please use the hostess code shown in the top right corner when ordering online, unless your order will total $150 before shipping & tax. At that point, you become your own hostess and get all the rewards! Please don't choose "no contact" from the demonstrator. I just want to be able to send a thank you note and if "no contact" is chosen, I'm unable to even see your name.

Artfully Yours,

Kim

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Pals November Blog Hop: "So Thankful"

Welcome to the Pals November Blog Hop, we’re so thankful you stopped by. This month we’re showcasing projects that feature Stampin’ Up! Thanksgiving and “Thank You” products. We hope you enjoy our creations.

You may just be starting the Blog Hop or you may have come from the previous blog on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below. The full lineup will help you move along from blog to blog so you can enjoy each and every beautiful project.

This project was pretty simple. I cut a leaf out of watercolor paper using a leaf die from the Stampin' Up! Leaflets Framelits Dies. I watercolored one side of the leaf by using the Pumpkin Pie reinker & water.

I used the smallest width Project Life Journaling Pen to lightly outline the leaf and go around the perimeter of the top layer of the card. Don't be afraid of this technique, it's not supposed to look perfect!

The black wispies are just very thin cardstock that I curled with my bone folder. The splatter was made using a stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set. The words were embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder and are from the Remarkable You stamp set. I doubled up on the Stampin' Dimensionals to really boost the focal point of this card. Supply list is below.

Thanks for visiting. To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop!

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I hope you enjoyed this blog hop project. Please use the hostess code shown in the top right corner when ordering online, unless your order will total $150 before shipping & tax. At that point, you become your own hostess and get all the rewards! Please keep in mind if you choose "no contact" from the demonstrator, I'm unable to even send you a thank you note for your order...That's right, I'm not even able to see your name.

As always, let me know if you have any questions about the project or the products used. Thanks for visiting my blog.

Artfully Yours,

Kim

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Global Design Project #8 and New Weekly Deals

I had not had the opportunity to participate in the challenges over at the Global Design Project blog until this week. This week's #GDP008 challenge is to CASE the designer, the very talented Kylie Bertucci. We were instructed to be inspired by either the theme, layout, the colors or particular stamp sets. Here is her card:

I ended up using the theme (flowers) and the color combo of Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler, Tip Top Taupe & Crushed Curry. All products used are from Stampin' Up! including the recycled corrugated cardboard I tore from a Stampin' Up! shipping box.

I somewhat flattened the corrugated cardboard by running it through my Big Shot between the cutting plates. Then I randomly rubbed Versamark on it and embossed those areas with White Stampin' Emboss powder. I added water & color randomly on the tag before stamping the flower image from Remarkable You on it with Tip Top Taupe and the speckles with Crushed Curry using my most used stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set. I then used a barely wet brush to paint the flower with Cherry Cobbler & Crushed Curry. I used the White Signo gel pen to add a few highlights to the flower. I dyed the Whisper White Seam Binding Ribbon with Crushed Curry ink. All in all, I am happy the mixed media look of this card.

Products used:

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I hope you enjoyed the project. Please use the hostess code shown in the top right corner when ordering online, unless your order will total $150 before shipping & tax. At that point, you become your own hostess and get all the rewards! Please keep in mind if you choose "no contact" from the demonstrator, I'm unable to even send you a thank you note for your order...That's right, I'm not even able to see your name.

As always, let me know if you have any questions about the project or the products used. Thanks for visiting my blog.

Artfully Yours,

Kim

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Spreading More Joy...

This post will be a bit quick, as we are gearing up for a big afternoon with family. I have been working on a few personal Christmas cards this morning. I changed up the colors a bit and added some layering to the word, but these are done very similar to the one in yesterday's post. I adore the use of the non-traditional Coastal Cabana & Rich Razzleberry inks from Stampin' Up! I even colored the rhinestones with the matching Blendabilities!

I admit I have always had a fondness for neutral colors. The card below pairs Crumb Cake & Smoky Slate inks for this stunning look. Again, I colored the rhinestones with the matching Crumb Cake Blendabilitie marker.

Off to finish wrapping gifts and getting my home ready for little ones. Can't wait to hear their squeals as they open their gifts!

Don't forget about the huge end of year clearance with items up to 80% off and this week's specials with items that are 25% off.

Have a wonderful day and be thankful for family and friends. Don't forget to pay it forward this holiday season.

Artfully Yours,

Kim

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Anniversary Card & Weekly Deals

Yesterday was our anniversary. Yep...been married 33 years to the love of my life. He is amazing and completely supports my addiction to rubber stamps and all things artsy. With him in mind, I came up with this simple card. I think the neutral colors give it a more masculine feel. I saw a card on Pinterest that totally inspired this piece.

I colored the rhinestones with Crumb Cake Blendabilities! I think the Blendabilities are one of the most versatile products Stampin' Up! came up with this past year. You can customize so many of your embellishments and other non-porous surfaces, not to mention coloring your stamped images with them. I achieved the splatter look with just one stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge. After initially stamping the image with either Crumb Cake or Smoky Slate ink, I stamped it a few more times without re-inking it.

The sentiment is from that cool set of stamps called Good Greetings that Stampin' Up! offered free with a $300 or more purchase this past October. The rest of the product list is here:

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Can you imagine? The items below are a whopping 25% off this week. Don't waste any time grabbing these "must haves" for your stash.

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Hope your day is filled with wonder & creativity!

Artfully Yours,
Kim

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Simple Sympathy Card & New Weekly Deals!

I found out a few days ago that one of our client's husbands had passed away. As I read the beautiful tribute to his life written by his wife, I knew I needed to send her a card.

This is a one layer card that is simple, but elegant. With falling leaves on the horizon, I thought it fitting to use a leaf image for this card.

Products used:

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New Weekly Deals start today and end October 13. Save 25%! Check out the latest goodies Stampin' Up! has on sale. All of the items are "worthy", but don't miss this chance to pick up the Silver Glimmer paper for your holiday cards!

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Artfully Yours,

Kim