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Easy Watercoloring with Birthday Blooms
So, just last week I had my Terrific Techniques class focused on heat embossing. I always forget how fun and how many options you get with heat embossing and when I remembered this card I made recently, I figured it was another great way to share one of the awesome things you can do with heat embossing – make watercoloring gorgeous and really easy! Check out this idea with the Birthday Blooms stamp set –
White Embossing Powder + Aqua Painters = Gorgeous Watercoloring!
I love how this flower seems to be this fragile, delicate image on the card. It is all thanks to the white embossing powder I started with! Heat emboss your image by stamping in Versamark Ink and then coating in White embossing powder.
TIP – Don’t forget to wipe the area first with your Embossing Buddy! This is REALLY important for images with fine lines and details! The embossing buddy de-statics your paper and makes sure stray embossing powder doesn’t stick to parts of your card that you don’t want it at.
Once you’ve heat set the embossing powder, it then acts like a guide for your watercoloring. I told the folks in class, it is like bowling with the bumpers down in the gutters! Use your Aqua Painters to pick up color from the lid of your ink pad and color over your image. You don’t have to worry about the ink sticking to the embossed areas, so just color straight over the top of them.
Since the embossed areas resist the ink, you end up with an amazing delicate result!
Don’t forget the finishing touches!
I pierced the edge of the my embossed cardstock … an no it isn’t hard to do! Grab the Essentials Piercing Pack and place the template with the rows of dots along the edge of your cardstock and start poking to your hearts content!
And yes, I realize there are dies out there now the do the poking for you, which is awesome… unless you have a piece of cardstock that you want to be a different size, or you want your dots to be closer or further from the edge. Just saying, it is nice to have options!
And then I had to punch out the sentiment from this same Birthday Blooms stamp set because I wanted to sponge the edge in Wisteria Wonder to match the flower and the card base. And then I just balanced out the flower by layering my sentiment over one of the small gold Metallic Doilies from the annual catalog. Seriously, why aren’t you all using these more… they rock!

Oh, and don’t forget to add the White Perfect Accents to the upper corner for the finishing touch. They come with adhesive on their back, so it is easy to just grab and go.

What I Used to Make This project
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Birthday Blooms Wood-Mount Stamp Set
$27.00
Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set
$19.00
Metallic Foil Doilies
$4.00
White Perfect Accents
$5.00
Aqua Painters
$17.00
Updated Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack
$8.00
Paper-Piercing Tool
$4.00
Embossing Buddy
$6.00
Versamark Pad
$7.50
White Stampin’ Emboss Powder
$5.00
Heat Tool
$30.00
Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad
$6.50
Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad
$6.50
So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad
$6.50
Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad
$6.50
Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock
$8.50
Wisteria Wonder 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock
$7.00
What do you think? Like the watercoloring with white embossing powder? Try it with different colors and see what comes out!
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February 26, 2016
Clean and Simple Big Butterfly Thank You Card
After I shot my Big Shot Die Brush how-to video, I had this Basic Gray butterfly on my desk and instead of letting it go to waste, I had to put together a card!
It is so quick and easy to do and I love how pretty it turns out!
Play with color by Watercoloring UNDER a die cut!
All you need is your card base and a piece of Watercolor Paper. My cardbase is 8-1/2” x 11” and my watercolor paper is 5 1/4” x 4”. To get started, I got my paper wet under where the coloring was going to happen by just running my Aqua Painter across the card front – this helps your colors go on more smoothly. Then I could start picking up my favorite colors from my ink pads (make sure you squeeze your ink pad so the ink gets on the LID of the ink pad and then use the Aqua Painter brush tip to pick up the ink from the LID not from the surface of your ink pad!).
Start with the middle color (Daffodil Delight) and color out a bit. Periodically place your butterfly die cut on top to gauge how far out to color. Then add a second color (Melon Mambo) on either side of the middle color. Then make it extra sparkly by brushing Clear wink of stella over where you watercolored. It is hard to see but oh so pretty!
Don’t forget the final touch of stamping your sentiment – I LOVE this font form the Apple of My Eye stamp set. And then adding a bit of the Melon Mambo/Basic Black baker’s twine from the Combo pack in the Occasions Catalog.
See… Quick, Easy, Cute!
What I Used to Make This project
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Apple Of My Eye Photopolymer Stamp Set
$21.00
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush
$8.00
Baker’s Twine Combo Pack
$6.50
Butterflies Thinlits Dies
$25.00
Big Shot Die Brush
$11.00
Precision Base Plate
$25.00
Big Shot
$110.00
Aqua Painters
$17.00
Watercolor Paper
$5.00
Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock
$7.00
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad
$6.50
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad
$6.50
And if you didn’t see my video on making the Butterfly, you can check it out here to see how easy it is to cut the butterfly and knock out the little pieces of the butterfly in no time!
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February 23, 2016
Watercoloring Thinking of You Card with the Rose Garden Thinlit
Have I mentioned yet how super pretty the Rose Garden thinlit is? I swear there are so many different idea and techniques you can use with it to make super fun and pretty cards. After I started playing with it recently, I just knew I had to try the idea of watercoloring behind the outline. So, when I needed to come up with project ideas for a Stampin’ Secret Sister swap I was in, I knew it was the perfect time to get to playing. This is what I came up with:
Not only was it pretty to look at… it was FUN to make! If you haven’t tried watercoloring, it is such an easy and relaxing technique and you can be messy and it isn’t a mistake – it is a design!
Jennifer’s Project Tips:
- Use an outline thinlit as your guide! This Rose Garden die just begs to be colored, but make it easy on yourself by not having to worry about coloring in the lines by watercoloring underneath. I set the die onto a piece of watercolor paper so I could see where to get started and then started coloring. Every so often, I would hold the cutout over my colored areas on the paper to see where I needed to add more or where I needed to stop. It isn’t perfect, but that is part of the charm!
- Watercoloring basics – There are a few different ways to do watercoloring, but I find the easiest method is with the Aqua Pen! The barrel of the pen has water in it (and is refillable) and so there is no drippy water on your craft table (I know I would spill that before I was done ) and you have lots of control over what you are coloring. Here is my favorite technique:
  1. Choose the ink color you want to color with and squeeze the ink pad while it is closed so that some ink transfers to the inside of the ink pad lid
  2. Open the ink pad and leave the underside of the lid exposed
  3. Squeeze the Aqua Pen gently to make sure the bristles are nice and wet. I also sometimes brush over my watercolor paper lightly to get it a little wet as well to help the ink spread/blend
  4. Brush the Aqua Pen in the ink on the LID of the ink pad (DON’T pick up ink from the surface of the pad itself), and start coloring
  5. When you are done coloring and/or are ready to change colors, scribble with the aqua pen on a piece of scratch paper until no more color is coming off. Then you are good to go!
- Have fun layering stamps with sentiments – I love the Watercolor Wings stamp set. I always say it doesn’t show well in the catalog, but it is another one of those amazing stamp sets that you can mix and match and layer the stamps and they almost always look great! In this case, I inked the row of polka dots with Tip Top Taupe ink, stamped onto a scrap paper, and then stamped onto my paper! Then I could stamp my sentiment over the top, just to keep the rose from making the card too bottom heavy.
- Use sketch lines instead of a bold mat – as I was finishing up the card, I decided it needed something to ground the main image, but I just didn’t want to add another color as a mat for the card. I liked the spacing of the White and the Mint Macaron card base. So I fell back on an old favorite – sketch lines! I grabbed my Tip Top Taupe marker and drew quick lines just inside the edge of the watercolor paper on all the sides. If you are nervous your line will be not straight enough for you, just grab a ruler and use that to guide you on all sides.
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February 2, 2016
Easy and Classy Watercoloring with Remarkable You
As I go to post this picture, I realized that if it was a poppy, it would have been even more perfect for Veteran’s Day today. But that is ok… it is still fair to say to all the men and women who have joined our Armed Forces and been willing to do what is needed to protect our country and folks who cannot protect themselves around the world… thank you. You are remarkable!
Isn’t this such a pretty card! It just makes me happy when I see it. And I’ll tell you, I can’t really take the credit for it. While I did make this copy you see here, it is a CASE from the lovely Diane Dimich and you can see her original here. But I needed an idea for card class and wanted to use this stamp set because I LOVE watercoloring with it, and I just loved the colors and how easy to put together this card is.
Tips for making this card:
- One of the best things about this card is how easy it is to put together… here is all you need for it:
  – Basic Black cardstock for the base – 5 1/2’ x 8 1/2”
  – Whisper White cardstock – 4” x 5 1/4”
  – Polka Dot designer paper from the Neutrals Designer Paper stack – 1 3/4” x 5 1/4”
  – Melon Mambo stitched satin ribbon – 6”
- Just adhere the designer paper to the bottom of the Whisper white cardstock and then wrap the ribbon over the seam before adhering to your card base!
- When you are doing watercoloring, you will want to stamp your image onto Watercolor Paper – this is a special type of paper that is thicker and the fibers are designed to be able to handle lots of water going over them without the paper pilling up or wearing a hole through.
- And make sure you are using Staz On ink for your stamping! You don’t want the ink to start bleeding into your image as you are coloring.
- Once you’ve stamped your image, you can just start layering on the color until it looks the way you want. YES! You can go over the same area over and over again to get it darker if needed.
- TIP – if you’ve never done watercoloring before, it is really easy! Here is what you need to know:
  – Start by stamping your image onto watercolor paper with StazOn ink (both are available in the Stampin’ Up online store)
  – Take the ink color you want to color with and SQUEEZE the ink pad so that ink transfers to the TOP of the ink pad
  – Open your ink pad and use an Aqua Pen and use it like a paintbrush to pick up the color from the lid – NOT from the surface of the ink pad. You don’t want to pick up the ink from the ink pad because you will end up diluting the ink in your pad and getting funny spots where you were getting the ink.
  – Brush on your color over your image and repeat until you get it looking how you’d like. If your color isn’t spreading on smoothly when you are coloring, squeeze the barrel of the Aqua Pen slightly to get more water to the tip of the brush.
- After you like how it looks, we just cut it out and adhered to the front of the card using dimensionals. Add your sentiment and some rhinestones and it looks great!
Fun and easy, right?
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Project Supplies Used:

Remarkable You Wood-Mount Stamp Set
Price: $45.00

Remarkable You Clear-Mount Stamp Set
Price: $33.00

Neutrals Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack
Price: $21.95

Melon Mambo 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon
Price: $9.00

Watercolor Paper
Price: $5.00

Jet Black Stazon Pad
Price: $8.00

Aqua Painters
Price: $17.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Price: $5.00

Snail Adhesive Refill
Price: $4.50

Stampin’ Dimensionals
Price: $4.00

Paper Snips
Price: $10.00

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Price: $7.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Price: $8.50
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November 11, 2015
Washed Watercoloring for a You’ve Got This card
Do you ever experiment with a card or a technique and when you are done you think… WOW! That turned out better than I expected? Aren’t those the fun surprises? Well, that happened to me with this card. I just loved how the flower turned out for it!
A combination of heat embossing and watercoloring came together to make a pretty and delicate looking flower. I can’t wait to try it with other colors and images… can’t you just imagine?
Tips for making this card:
- Got bold patterns of paper, or just paper that you aren’t sure what to do with it? I had that with a couple patterns from the Bohemian designer paper pack (which has grown on me a TON, since I started using it!) and so I decided to make them background pieces. They stand up great as a backdrop for the main element of your card.
- Layer in some ribbon for another way to break up your background. This Jute Ribbon is somewhat stiff, so it makes a great layer to peek out from behind your central image. Plus the horizontal lines go great with the crosshatch stamped image too!
- Don’t be afraid to mix your greens – I used Cucumber Crush for my card base and the stem of the flower, but then used Old Olive for the stamped background using the crosshatch stamp that is part of the You’ve Got This stamp set.
- For the flower, you can get a really delicate look by mixing heat embossing and watercoloring. Here is how:
  1. Stamp your flower image onto watercolor paper using versamark ink
  2. Cover with white embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool
  3. Use an aqua painter brush to pick up ink from the inside of the lid of your ink pad, and then paint onto your embossed image
  4. Wipe off any excess ink that got onto the embossed lines of the flowerNOTE – the ink won’t stick to the embossed lines so you can just brush over them when coloring your image and not have to worry about being super precise! Yay!
- Let your flower really stand on it’s own by cutting it out by hand and then adhering to your card front using Stampin’ Dimensional foam dots.
This is an easy technique and so beautiful when you are done so I encourage you to give it a try!
Have questions? Let me know at jennifer@nwstamper.com or in the comments below.
Need some supplies? Check out the supply list below and click any image to get everything you need online now!

Project Supplies Used:

You’ve Got This Wood-Mount Stamp Set
Price: $39.00

You’ve Got This Clear-Mount Stamp Set
Price: $28.00

White 1-1/4″ (3.2 Cm) Jute Ribbon
Price: $9.00

Aqua Painters
Price: $17.00

Watercolor Paper
Price: $5.00

Heat Tool (Us & Can)
Price: $30.00

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder
Price: $5.00

Bohemian Designer Series Paper
Price: $11.00

Cucumber Crush 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Price: $7.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Price: $8.50

Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin’ Pad
Price: $6.50

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin’ Pad
Price: $6.50

Stampin’ Dimensionals
Price: $4.00
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August 24, 2015
Lace & Flowers Card with You’ve Got This
Today is the big day! I fly to Salt Lake City with my Mom for our 7th Stampin’ Up convention!
It is always a blast (which is why we’ve gone every year!) and I’m glad to be able to make this year – the last Convention of it’s kind – and learn more about what the new OnStage events will be like in the future. Plus the fact that I CAN’T WAIT to see the new upcoming Holiday Catalog while I’m there! (If you are a demo, don’t forget, you can watch the general sessions live streaming and see the catalog online tomorrow!)
But in the meantime, while I’m taking pictures and reconnecting with Fun n’ Crafty team members from across the US today, I wanted to leave you with a card idea to keep you going.
This card is one that I saw by Sandi MacIver and just loved the clean bold lines with the Mint Macaron and Basic Black cardstock… offset by the delicate touch of the new In Color Dotted Lace trim.
No joke – when I saw the trim was the new In Color ribbon, I was totally bummed. But now, not even 2 months into the catalog, I have run through 3 full spools of ribbon!
This is just stamping with Memento Black ink onto Whisper White cardstock for your flower and then color it in with a blender pen and So Saffron ink.
Layer your Basic Black cardstock onto Mint Macaron and then tie around the front with the matching Mint Macaron lace ribbon. It’s not adhered at all, just tied tightly.
Alright, now off to frolic around Salt Lake City! I’ll be back with more fun and inspiration soon!
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Project Supplies Used:

You’ve Got This Wood-Mount Stamp Set
Price: $39.00

You’ve Got This Clear-Mount Stamp Set
Price: $28.00

Mint Macaron 1″ Dotted Lace Trim
Price: $6.00

Mint Macaron 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Price: $7.00

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Price: $7.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Price: $8.50

Blender Pens
Price: $10.00

So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad
Price: $6.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
Price: $6.00
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July 22, 2015
A Watercoloring CASE of You’ve Got This
I’ll be the first to admit that sometimes you want to make a cute card but have NO IDEA what to create. So what’s person to do? Why hit up Pinterest and blogs… and if you are a Stampin’ Up demonstrator, check out the sample projects Stampin’ Up has created and shared for us to use! Today’s card was one that I saw during the new catalog preorder and I LOVED the use of the new lace trim that I had to make it myself. Isn’t it cute?
Tips for making this card:
- Don’t be afraid to grab that watercolor paper! If you haven’t ever ordered some, you would not be disappointed if you picked some up for cards like this (and so many others!). The awesome thing about watercolor paper is that you can keep adding color or going back over an area to get it right and your paper will stay flat, not pill up, and take the color awesomely!
- When watercoloring you will want to make sure you have: Stazon black ink (for stamping the outline image), an Aqua Painter (for coloring in your image using everyday water – got to love that they are refillable!), watercolor paper, and your favorite dye-based ink pad (like any of the Stampin’ Up classic pads).
- I colored with Mint Macaron for the flower head, Delightful Dijon, and Old Olive for the stem.
- And btw – isn’t this You’ve Got This stamp set perfect for watercoloring??
- The lace trim is wide… like 1” wide, but that doesn’t mean you have to use it full width! Try tucking it under a layer and just peeking out for a cute effect.
- Add some subtle sparkle with gold or silver baker’s twine and then finish with a pop of color with the new In Color Blossoms.
Well, today is the day that some of my Fun n’ Crafty team members are coming over as we stamp, chat, and get our swaps all finished up for convention next week! I’m so excited and can’t wait to hit Salt Lake City next week to say hello to so many friends I haven’t seen in a while and get to share the awesome experience of convention for the first time with many in my group. It will be a blast!
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Project Supplies Used:

You’ve Got This Wood-Mount Stamp Set
Price: $39.00

You’ve Got This Clear-Mount Stamp Set
Price: $28.00

Watercolor Paper
Price: $5.00

Aqua Painters
Price: $17.00

Tip Top Taupe 1″ Dotted Lace Trim
Price: $6.00

Silver Baker’s Twine
Price: $3.50

2015-2017 In Color Blossom Accents
Price: $8.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad
Price: $6.50

Delightful Dijion Classic Stampin’ Pad
Price: $6.50

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad
Price: $6.50

Glue Dots
Price: $5.25

Tip Top Taupe 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Price: $7.00
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July 18, 2015
Coloring with Vivid Vases
Today’s post is going to be super short because I’m racing around getting the last few things done for my first Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend! Today is set up day and then everyone shows up to kick things off tonight! So, if you want to see some of the fun, join me over on my Northwest Stamper Facebook Page, as I’ll be sharing as I go throughout the weekend!
In the meantime, here is a fun card to share with you today!
Vivid Vases is such a fun stamp to color in, whether you are using your Blender Pen, Aqua Pen, Stampin’ Write markers, or your Blendabilities (if you still have yours like I do!) I actually took a picture of using this stamp set with each type of coloring method but turns out is it just blurry enough to not be useful, so I’ll do another comparison for you and share it soon!
I colored my vases leaving a little bit of white on one side so that it looked shiney a little bit more “real life” (ish… its not like you’ve be confused that these are real ) but it is just something fun to try.
And you see that stitched ribbon on the top of the card? It is Hello Honey, which was retired on June 1st, but they have new Stitched Satin ribbons in different colors and oh my word, I just adore them! The new colors are so pretty that I think we are going to be fast friends!

Basic Black 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon

Melon Mambo 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon

Pacific Point 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon

Crumb Cake 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon

Whisper White 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon
See? Aren’t they pretty?
Well, I’m off to finish getting ready! See you on Facebook as the event kicks off!
Project Supplies Used:

Vivid Vases Wood-Mount Stamp Set
Price: $11.95

Amazing Birthday Wood-Mount Stamp Set
Price: $28.95

Amazing Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set
Price: $20.95

Smoky Slate 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Price: $7.00

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Price: $7.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Price: $8.50

Crushed Curry 3/4″ Chevron Ribbon
Price: $8.95

Hello Honey 3/8″ Satin Stitched Ribbon
Price: $8.95

Blender Pens
Price: $9.95

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin’ Pad
Price: $5.95

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad
Price: $6.50

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad
Price: $5.95

Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin’ Pad
Price: $6.50

Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad
Price: $5.95

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
Price: $5.95
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June 12, 2015
Wednesday Walkthrough: Watercolor Wash meets Beautiful Bokeh Techniques with this Lovely Amazing You Card
I just love, love, love the font in the Lovely Amazing You photopolymer stamp set, and I thought it just went perfectly with this pretty way to get a background with the Watercolor Wash technique! So today I just had to share this card with you, and I’ll have the video for the Wednesday Walkthrough posted too below! But for now, check out this cutie –
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Tips for making this card:
- Emboss your background piece of Very Vanilla cardstock using the Big Polka Dot embossing folder to complement the Bokeh circles you create on top of the tag.
- Watercolor Wash makes an awesome background for your bokeh cards. You will want to make sure you use an Aqua Painter NOT a Blender Pen, and you want to be using Watercolor Paper NOT your basic cardstock because you’ll be using lots of water to help let your colors spread on the background.
- Stamp your sentiment on AFTER you have done your bokeh circles.
  HEADS UP! This stamp set is one of the monthly photopolymer releases and so is NOT in a catalog. It is guaranteed available from Feb 2015 to July 2015, so don’t wait too long to pick yours up!
- Punch the top with the Scalloped Tag Topper and then wrap some of the thick baker’s twine through to make a tassel top.
- Get that extra tassel-y top by untwisting the baker’s twine so all the individual threads are fluffed out!
Want to see how to make it? Check out the Walkthrough Wednesday video:

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Project Supplies Used:

Lovely Amazing You Photopolymer Stamp Set
Price: $14.95

Texture Boutique Machine
Price: $29.95

Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
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Watercolor Paper
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Crisp Cantaloupe 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock
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Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock
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Crisp Cantaloupe Thick Baker’s Twine
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Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Stampin’ Pad
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Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin’ Pad
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Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin’ Pad
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Gold Baker’s Twine
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Stampin’ Dimensionals
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May 27, 2015
One More Mother’s Day Idea With Mother’s Love
Have I mentioned how much I enjoy the Mother’s Love stamp set? Well, here is another card I made with it that was so much fun to put together:
The stamp set in Photopolymer makes it so easy to look great everytime and add the dash of a watercolor background and you have a beautiful card full of love.
Tips for making this card:
- Use watercolor paper for your white paper on the front! This allows you to create a watercolor wash background by picking up ink with your Aqua Painter and painting the background of your card.
- Let your background dry and THEN stamp your images on top. You can use your standard classic ink pads if you’ve let your background dry for the most part (it doesn’t have to be perfectly dry)
- Stamp the outlines of your flower image in black and then use the stamp for the insides of the flower – coloring with a stampin’ write marker.
- When you stamp your leaf & petals, if they are speckly, use your aqua painter to fill them out.
- Add a few pearls for an elegant touch!
- Don’t forget the inside of your card! Add some ribbon (like this Venetian crochet trim) or matching stamps to finish it out.
It’s a few simple steps for a great impact!
Just a Note
I wanted to take a minute to thank you so much for orders from many of you. But I also have noticed a number of people placing orders and not checking the box to allow your demonstrator to contact you. This means that I can’t send you a thank you card or any other incentive as part of any special offer I may be running.
So when you are checking out, please make sure to check this box so I can send you a note of thanks!
I appreciate your orders and support and want to make sure I can send you something cute as thanks!
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Mother’s Love Wood Stamp Set
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Mother’s Love Clear Stamp Set
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Mother’s Love Photopolymer Stamp Set
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Aqua Painters
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Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments
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Venetian Crochet Trim
Price: $6.95

Perfect Plum 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock
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Watercolor Paper
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Old Olive 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock
Price: $6.95

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock
Price: $8.50

Perfect Plum Classic Stampin’ Pad
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Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
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Old Olive Stampin’ Write Marker
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Regals Stampin’ Write Markers
Price: $28.95
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May 4, 2015
Watercoloring a Card for Hope with Vivid Vases
I love my blendabilities but I wanted to play a little with another form of coloring- watercoloring. And what better stamp to play with for that than the Vivid Vases set!
Tips for this card:
- When watercoloring with water-based ink (so using your blender pens or aqua pens) make sure to stamp your image with Stazon ink onto Watercolor paper! This keeps your lines crisp and the watercolor paper is thicker and made to stand up to the extra moisture you get when watercoloring.
- The Vivid Vases stamp set has a sentiment right under the vases. If you decide you don’t need that sentiment, you can always just cover it up with some ribbon, like this 1/4” cotton ribbon from Stampin Up.
- Cut one of the Bracket Label punch outs in half for a neat sentiment shape. Since I stamped with a photopolymer stamp (from the Bravo stamp set) , it was easy to see where I was stamping to position it just right on the smaller shape.
- Break up the long stretch of Soft Sky cardstock with a row of pierced holes. You can keep them straight and even using the Essentials Piercing Pack template! Easy Peasy!
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January 15, 2015
Seasonally Scattered Valentine’s Box & NEW Product Shares!
You’ve probably seen my projects and others using Seasonally Scattered and many of them were focused on the Thanks and Merry sentiments. You know, because they fit so well for fall and for winter. But before the stamp set disappears in a couple days (last day to snag it is Jan 5th!) I wanted to share this project I created for the Convention Display boards this summer.
You may have seen this project on my blog from a long while back:
Seasonally Scattered Love Card blog post
And with that card I did heat embossing and sponging, but I had an idea to do something similar but wanted to really make the “LOVE” sentiment POP! So I started working and I kept grabbing for things I hadn’t used in a while and this box came out:
See?! Now do you see why I can’t believe this set is not continuing on for Valentine’s Day?
Anyway, I had lots of fun making this box and you could totally use bits and pieces from the box to make a card or make your own special box for someone you love.
Tips for making this project:
- Use the kraft gift boxes for your base. They are very inexpensive easy to pop together, and very sturdy for your box.
- Start by heat embossing your LOVE image onto a piece of Watercolor Paper using versamark and black embossing powder.
- Use the Aqua Painter and your Real Red ink pad to color in the paper EXCEPT for the “LOVE” sentiment.
  NOTE – when picking up color with your Aqua Painter, make sure to pick up the color from your ink pad LID and not the surface of the pad itself to avoid diluting your ink pad in one spot.
- Cut out the sentiment using the Oval framelits and then cut out a bigger Oval from the white crepe filter paper. Fringe the edge of the larger oval and layer behind.
- Stamp around the edges and heat emboss another piece of watercolor paper for your top using just the scatter design portion of the LOVE stamp. This gives you the coordinating look on top.
- Add a spiral flower using the Spiral Flower die (use glue dots or liquid glue to hold your flower together) and add some watercolored scraps of the filter paper to the middle of the flower for filler.
- Did you know? You can color the Vintage Faceted buttons with your Blendabilities to make them custom fit your projects? That is what I did here with my Cherry Cobbler blendabilities!
And there you have it, a great little box for that special someone for Valentine’s Day or any time of the year.
Try it all out first with my Product Samplers!
The details are up! In 2 days (or as I get the shares filled), I’ll be placing the order for everyone’s samplers of the newest papers and accessories from the spring Occasions catalog! This is a great way to try it all out without breaking the bank paying for full packs of everything. Then once you see it in person, you can decide which items you love and which you are good with just a couple pieces. It’s a win-win!
BONUS – this year I’m offering a bonus to everyone who signs up for the “I Want it All” sampler and you get a bonus sampler of the coordinating Sale-a-Bration Paper, Ribbon, and Buttons! That’s a whole lot of goodies for only $26 (plus shipping if needed).
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Email me at jennifer@nwstamper.com to reserve your spot today!
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January 4, 2015