July Stamp Camp!

Yesterday was the July Stamp Camp. We made a variety of different cards and introduced a couple of brand new stamp sets and new In Colors!

I love, love, love, love, love this first card. The original design is Kristin Moore's and is posted on her blog, Sunshine, Smiles & Stamps = Lovin' Life.
I had supplies left over to make a couple more like this, and I decided to use the Thanks stamp from the Thank You Kindly stamp set. The corduroy brad on this one is larger, but it still looks great. The colors are Cameo Coral, Very Vanilla, and Kraft. The greeting is stamped with one of the new In Colors, Soft Suede. The ribbon (no card is complete without it) is Kraft Taffeta. The photo makes it look larger than it is. This one will fit in a regular medium sized envelope.

The original inspiration for this second card comes from Patty Bennett, though I can't find the hard link to her samples. The colors are Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, and Very Vanilla. The Old Olive DSP is from the long retired Georgia Peach pack, but you could substitute any of the Old Olive Patterns DSP. The Pocket Silhouettes flowers/weeds are stamped in Old Olive and the lighter ones were "stamped off" once before stamping again. The greeting is framed with Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware Designer Label frame. The ribbon stripe is 5/8" grosgrain in Old Olive. The Thanks stamp is from the Thank You Kindly stamp set. This card is a 4 1/4" square card and also fits in the regular medium envelope.

This card showcases two brand new stamp sets, Circle Circus and Teeny Tiny Wishes. The card base is Certainly Celery, and the DSP is from the Tea Party Pack. The different circles are stamped with So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, and Almost Amethyst (the colors in the Tea Party DSP pack) and punched with the corresponding circle or scallop circle punch. The ribbon is the 5/8" white satin ribbon. We used a new toy of mine, the Lots of Tags sizzlits die, to cut out the tag, and then the happy birthday greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes was stamped with Certainly Celery ink. We added Soft Subtles brads. We were all discussing how this card could be used for many different occasions by just changing the greeting. The card is CASEd from a design by Brenda Keenan found on Splitcoast Stampers.

This masculine birthday card was inspired by Karen Graff-Povis' card found on Splitcoast Stampers. The card base is Kraft and the coordinating colors are Night of Navy, Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla. The ribbon stripe is Kraft Taffeta, and the brads are silver brads and the Star Designer Brads. The stamp set is Think Happy Thoughts.

The card below was also originally found on Splitcoast Stampers (I just love that place!), but you can find it on Tessa Wise's blog, Crafty Girl Designs. We used the new In Color, Bermuda Bay, IN MARKER FORM to color in the birds stamped on watercolor paper. A trick I learned from

Heather Summers is that markers color very well and so easily on watercolor paper. You don't see the color marks, and you just barely have to touch your markers to the paper for the ink to flow so it's easier on your markers! The hearts are colored using a Cameo Coral marker, and the beaks are colored with Pumpkin Pie marker. Both the bird image and the greeting are from the The More The Merrier level 3 hostess set. The little heart is punched with the Heart to Heart punch using Cameo Coral cardstock and is popped up with a Stampin' Dimensional. This card is so cute, yet I still feel it looks a bit naked without ribbon!

The 6th card is another attempt at a masculine card. The idea is by Jan Sannes and you can find her design on her blog, Simple & Sincere. This one is changed up a bit to use Old Olive cardstock and Old Olive brads. We used the 1/4" circle punch, and it was through this exercise that I learned that SU! has retired that punch! Some ask which cave I live in! Both stamps are from the Cheers to You stamp set.

Hope you enjoyed the review of July's stamp camp.

Happy Stamping!

Anita

Clear Envelope Brag Book

It has been a couple weeks since my last post. I've been busy looking through the brand new Stampin' Up! Idea Book and Catalog and working on projects for July's camp. Now that I have been revealed as a Secret Stamper, I can post this project. This is called a Clear Envelope Brag Book and the tutorial can be found on Splitcoast Stampers under the Resources section. These are surprisingly easy to make, and if you have clear envelopes, I'd bet you have all of the other necessary supplies in your stash.

When trying to figure out what I was going to make for Mary, I started by embossing some On Board Chipboard letters (that I had left over from last year's convention make n' takes) with white craft ink and white embossing powder. Then I just had to figure out what kind of project I wanted to put them on! The base of the brag book is Regal Rose cardstock (one of my favorites!) with Pink Pirouette. The stamped swirl from the Yummy SAB stamp set and the fleurettes round out the embellishments. If you haven't seen the new catalog yet, SU! is offering plain white fleurettes. They'll match EVERYTHING!

Go grab the tutorial and make one! I'll be making more as gifts!