SIP #46 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge!

Hello! I hope you've had a wonderful restful weekend and that your week is off to a fabulous start!  I got a lot of things done this past weekend which is always a good thing!  Since today is Tuesday it is, of course, time for another SIP Challenge!  This week it's time for another Tic-Tac-Toe and I went straight down the right hand side and picked Twine, Balloons, and Black.  

So about 6 months ago I saw an awesome video by the very talented Jennifer McGuire.  I have to be honest in that I rarely watch one of her videos that I don't have a list of products to order. LOL  This particular video was on the Avery Elle Custom Panel Elle-ments Die Set and she made some fabulous balloon cards by using the curved die.  Today's card is my attempt to duplicate, somewhat her process.  If you'd like to watch the video, I'm sure you would, just click here!  And seriously if you've never watched any of her videos, you've been missing out!

For this card, once I decided I'd be using twine and black, it was super easy to figure out my color combination.  I have the awesome Mint Macaron and Black Twine from the SU Occasions catalog so I was definitely going to be going with that combination. After cutting out the curved piece of Mint Macaron Cardstock and hand cutting the balloon end, I sprayed them both with Glitter Dust Spray Glitter and allowed them to dry before attaching them to the top of my card with Foam Tape.  The embossed sentiment on the bottom of the card is from the Lovely Amazing You photopolymer stamp set.  I just love the font used on the sentiments in that set!  

Here are the Stampin' Up! Products Used:

Mint Macaron and Basic Black Twine

Lovely Amazing You Stamp Set

Mint Macaron Cardstock

Basic Black Cardstock

Whisper White Cardstock (for inside)

Birthday Bouquet DSP

Versamark Ink

Non-Stampin' Up! Products Used:

Avery Elle Custom Panel Elle-ments Dies

Thermo Web Glitter Dust Spray Glitter

Zing Black Embossing Powder

Pretty Pink Posh Dew Drops

Foam Tape

Aleenes Quick Dry Tacky Glue (for twine and dew drops) 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings!  Tina

SIP #42 Color Challenge!

Wow!  Can you believe Stamp, Ink, Paper has alredy had 42 challenges now??  It seems like the time has flown by!  This week is probably my favorite color challenge we've had!  

I absolutely LOVE the color combination of Soft Sky, Bermuda Bay and Night of Navy!  This week's card is a very special birthday card for my sweet friend Nikki who has a birthday on the 10th!  

This is the Joseph Coat Technique that is a emboss resist on top of sponged color.  My friend and co-design team member Ginger Pelfrey showed me this technique a few months ago.  The only change I made for this one was that the final coat of Night of Navy was sponged instead of using a brayer.  This is only because for the life of me, I could not find my brayer!  lol

 For the emboss resist panel I started with a 3 1/4" x 5" piece of Shimmery White Cardstock.  I began sponging Soft Sky and Bermuda Bay Ink randomly. 

After my sponging was completed, I stamped the feather stamp with Versamark from the "Lovely Amazing You" stamp set in different directions onto the sponged cardstock.  I then sprinkled clear embossing powder over the feathers.  

I embossed the feathers until they were completely shiny.  Next I clear embossed some of the splatters from the "Awesomly Artistic" stamp set.  Once those were also shiny and completely embossed and then cooled down, I began sponging the Night of Navy Ink over the entire piece.

Once I had the Navy over it all, I  used a paper towel to remove the traces of Night of Navy that were over the embossed feathers and splatters.  

I layered the panel onto Soft Sky Cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment "good wishes your way" in Night of Navy ink onto a Bermuda Bay stitched circle.  The good wishes your way sentiment is also from the Lovely Amazing You stamp set.  I added a Night of Navy and Soft Sky Banner with "Happy Birthday" from the Balloon Celebration Stamp Set.  I also added a Brights Collection button in Bermuda Bay threaded with some linen thread and tied in a bow.  Last but not least I added some Doodle Bug Sequins.

For the inside I stamped a Soft Sky piece of cardstock tone-on-tone with the same splatters and then added a Bermuda Bay Feather.  I adhered it to Bermuda Bay cardstock to bring all of those fabulous colors together!  Did I mention I love these colors?? lol

Here are the Stampin' Up! Products Used:

Lovely Amazing You stamp Set

Awesomely Artistic Stamp Set

Balloon Celebration Stamp Set

Night of Navy Cardstock

Bermuda Bay Cardstock

Soft Sky Cardstock

Versamark Ink

Soft Sky Ink

Bermuda Bay Ink

Night of Navy Ink

Triple Banner Punch

Bright Collection Buttons

Linen Thread

Stampin' Sponges

Non-Stampin' Up! Products:

MFT Dienamics Stitched Circles

Doodlebug Sequins

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina