Medallion Thank You

Good Morning - it's a sketch day at Sunday Stamps this week and it is presented by Kathya...

fun fun fun.

Once again, I've reached for the little medallion from "A Round Array" - I thought it worked perfectly with the Sycamore Street DSP - which I guess I need to put in a different spot in my collection since Sale-a-bration is over.  Ooops!

For the top section,  I used my brayer to put white craft ink onto the Lacy Brocade embossing folder, then, after running it through the Big Shot with the paper, I quickly added some white embossing powder to help make the white section pop more.

The items through the middle of the sketch can be absolutely anything.  There is quite a variety of options shown by the Design Team, so don't miss out popping by the Sunday Stamps Challenge Blog for some inspiration.

Here is the sketch - You have until April 19 at 6:00pm EST to link your project to the challenge blog.

Have Fun!

Thanks for stopping by,

Joan

You're Amazing - Thank You

This little medallion from the sneak peak "A Round Array" set has got to be my favourite stamp right now.  I keep reaching for it in my projects.

Today's card uses the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  I've flipped it on it's side and only added the one square of Floral District DSP.

I've started keeping the base piece that the stamps come in so that once I've attached the label to the stamp, I put them back into the base.

I'm mentioning this because I used the base piece for the  "You're Amazing" stamp to trace around my stamped image so that I could cut it out evenly around the whole image.

Here's the sketch...

Gotta Run - it's a professional development day today - and I'd best be on my way.

Thanks for stopping by!

Joan

Dressed Up for Sunday Stamps

Good Sunday Morning - and we're all dressed up this morning for Sunday Stamps.  Steph has an awesome Colour Combination for us - and I just had to create a springy dress with it.

I used the Dress Up Framelit Dies and created the skirt of the dress with one of the Tea Lace Doilies which I spritzed with Wild Wasabi and a bit of Not Quite Navy.  I used re-inker and alcohol in a Stampin' Spritzer.

The little heart piece in the background comes from the Artisan Embellishment Kit - it comes with lace/ribbon wrapped around it.  I flipped it to the white side and stamped it with one of the "A Round Array" stamps - which is  a sneak peak for the upcoming new Catalogue.  The little "For You" greeting is from that set too.

So grab the colours - and let's see what you come up with!  Be sure to link your creation to the Sunday Stamps Challenge Blog so we can come and visit!

Thanks for visiting me today - 

Joan

Colour Refresh & FREE SHIPPING

I don't care what anyone says - I love this time of year at Stampin'Up!  You never know what little surprise is going to be around the corner, but you know change is in the air because the new catalogue will be launched soon.  And today - we got our first surprise - it's a

To be honest, I don't often use the colours that are retiring.  And I love that Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Soft Sky, Pool Party and Calypso Coral are joining the main groups!  Plus - Yipee for a softer shade of gray!

Also - this weekend, April 6,7,8  you can place any sized order and get FREE SHIPPING!  I'm having a Mystery Hostess Virtual Event attached to this opportunity - so either e-mail me with your order or place your order through my on-line store (from ANYWHERE in the country!!!) and by using the assigned Hostess Code  (NARXF9ZS) , you may win $35+ of FREE product.

Oh - and butterflies - I worked with butterflies on the weekend and this month's BEST OF set is Best of Butterflies...

I was inspired by Andrea Gideon's bleached butterfly and so cased her card.  Wow, I love this....so I decided to try the bleaching on some other colours.  The Elegant Eggplant isn't too bad - not crazy about my added ink on the Night of Navy.  But ya gotta try!

Hope you're having a great day - thanks for dropping in.

Joan