Seaside Notions meets Pigment Sprinkles

What fun day I had with Tracy today. We meet digitally since she is in Washington state (today) and I am in North Carolina!

~Enjoy!

---

The third project of the day was to replicate a Stampin' Up! Designer card with the new colors of Pigment Sprinkles! What a mess this card was and it took a couple of tries to get the background correct for the layout, but it is stunning in person! The item on the left was my first but was way too dark for the technique and gold embossing powder to show through. The 3rd sample is when I took the mess on my craft mat & dragged a 4.5 x 5.25 watercolor card front and sopped up the leftovers. Not sure what I will use it for yet & Tracy wants to use the one on the left as a storm cloud, so I will be sending it off to her to play with!

So with a lighter hand with the Melon Mambo sprinkles on a watercolor background and some a little water layer, this one turned out better! After I embossed the Gold Embossing Powder, I took some of the Gorgeous Grape sprinkles on my craft mat and just a little water & saturated the interior of the stamp with loads of color. Luckily the embossed image creates a well & held the color in place until it dried.

Although we both walked away with pink fingers for the next day, we loved the overall experience and will work again with the sprinkles! Don't forget to check out Tracy's card!

---

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Seaside Notions Stamp Set
• Pigment Sprinkles
• Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper
• Gold Glimmer Paper
• Gold Embossing Powder
• Whisper White
• Basic Black

Shop Stampin' Up! products here!

---

#simplestamping with Sailing Home

This month's Stampin' Up #simplestamping challenge is Birthdays! I always always needing birthday cards since I send out a ton of birthday cards every month! Here is a #simplestampnig card I made for the challenge as well as the #casualstamper and #avidstamper versions.

~Enjoy!

---

I wanted to create more #simplestamping cards and when I was stamping the envelopes for another card I made, I noticed how pretty it was and thought it would be a great #simplestamping card! I cut down the card front to a 3 x 4.25 Whisper White piece and stamped Anchor from Sailing Home in Soft Suede. I inked up the net from Sea of Textures in Coastal Cabana but only inking around the edges so the center stayed white to add a little highlight to the anchor. The Seaweed is stamped in night of Navy, Pretty Peacock and Soft Suede. The sentiment is stamped with Seaside Notions and Pretty Peacock.

For the #casualtstamper I added a background layer of Pretty Peacock and a strip of Soft Suede embossed with the Corrugated Embossing Folder. A little finishing touch is a bow made from the Braided Linen Trim.

The #avidstamper might like this one a lot because it introduces a new technique (well new to me since I just thought it up - but there have been many who have come before me). I was trying to find something to spruce up the background and I already added an embossing folder layer and I did not want to stamp the seaweed a million times, so I thought it would be cool if I die cut the seaweed from Smooth Sailing Dies but left the pieces in tact. I cut the background in half to make this a little easier, then added 3 strips of Tear & Tape along the backside to hold all of the piece in place, then ran them through my die cut machine. It turned out really cool! The tape did cut in a few places and was a little tricky to get off, but it worked! I added some Silver Glimmer Paper, a bow made from Silver and White Baker's Twine and Silver Sequins. I love it!

Here is a closeup of the "embossed" seaweed and I added a little sparkle with the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush.

---

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Sailing Home Stamp Set
• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• Seaside Notions Stamp Set
• Corrugated Embossing Folder
• Smooth Sailing Dies
• Soft Suede
• Coastal Cabana
• Night of Navy
• Pretty Peacock
• Braided Linen Trim
• Whisper White
• Tear & Tape
• Silver Glimmer Paper
• Silver and White Baker's Twine
• Silver Sequins
• Wink of Stella Glitter Brush

Shop Stampin' Up! products here!

---

#simplestamping with Soft Spring

This month's Stampin' Up #simplestamping challenge is Birthdays! I always send out a million birthday cards every month, so I am always looking to make more birthday cards! Here is a #simplestamping card I made for the challenge as well as the #casualstamper and #avidstamper versions.

~Enjoy!

---

When I was stamping the envelopes for another card I made, I noticed how pretty it was just by itself and this card was born! I knew I just wanted a few simple elements so I decided to cut down the card front to a 3 x 4.25 Whisper White piece. Then I stamped The Very Versailles stamp set's script stamp in Sahara Sand. Layered on top of that is the Soft Spring branch in Mossy Meadow and the leaves in Pear Pizzazz stamped off. I added a little more to it by adding the dots from Waterfront in Mint Macaron. The sentiment comes from the Seaside Notions stamp set and is stamped with Pear Pizzazz.

The #casualtstamper may like just a little more, so for this card I added border layer of Mossy Meadow and a strip of Braided Linen Thread and a bow.

This card actually settled somewhere just shy of the #avidstamper I think. I was going to add some die cuts to the bottom left corner to give it more dimension, but I was really liking the simplicity of this card. I added a few champagne sequins from my stash and added a few more stamps to the bottom base layer.

---

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Very Versailles Stamp Set
• Soft Spring Stamp Set
• Seaside Notions Stamp Set
• Waterfront Stamp Set
• Braided Linen Trim
• Sahara Sand
• Mossy Meadow
• Pear Pizzazz
• Mint Macaron
• Whisper White
• Sequins

Shop Stampin' Up! products here!

---

#simplestamping with Seaside Notions

This month's Stampin' Up #simplestamping challenge is Birthdays! I always always needing birthday cards since I send out a LOT of birthday cards every month! Here is a #simplestampnig card I made for the challenge as well as the #casualstamper and #avidstamper versions.

~Enjoy!

---

I just love, love, love this little seahorse from the Seaside Notions Stamp Set, he is so super cute!!!! I knew he would make a really cute #simplestamping card. The card front is cut down to a 3 x 4.25 Whisper White piece. The seahorse is stamped in Night of Navy and is surrounded with a sea of seaweed from Sea of Textures and Balmy Blue, Seaside Spray and Soft Suede. The sentiment is stamped with Seaside Notions and Balmy Blue and the dots at the top are from Waterfront stamped in Seaside Spray. Isn't he sweet!

For the #casualtstamper I added a background strip of Soft Suede and a bow made from Night of Navy / Sahara Sand Baker's Twine.

I had all intentions of adding a ton of seaweed dies cuts from the Smooth Sailing Dies set, but once I added some Copper Thread and Copper Sequins and grabbed the Copper Glimmer Paper from Joyous Noel, it just did not look right with the Soft Suede strip stamped with the water lines from Lilypad Lake. So I just added some corner accents with the Glimmer Paper and filled in the void on the white background with some dots from Waterfront stamped in Seaside Spray.

---

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• Seaside Notions Stamp Set
• Waterfront Stamp Set
• Lilypad Lake Stamp Set
• Soft Suede
• Night of Navy
• Balmy Blue
• Seaside Spray
• Whisper White
• Copper Glimmer Paper Joyous Noel
• Night of Navy / Sahara Sand Baker's Twine
• Copper Sequins

Shop Stampin' Up! products here!

---

Digital Retreat August #1 - On My Mind Paper Pumpkin

Tracy and I had a retreat day today & one of the items I gathered as inspiration was from The Creative Cat Crew & Creative Bugs group I left in Washington.I love the simplicity of the design & the large accent item. Tracy & I decided to replicate this layout with anything other than a flower.

~Enjoy!

---

We decided on the Sailing Home suite of items and this month's Paper Pumpkin On My Mind. We also substituted the background for a card from the Come Sail Away Memories & More pack. I sponged the edges of the card with a little Night of Navy to give it a little more character. The color pallette we chose was Night of Navy, Basic Gray and Whisper White. While Tracy used the stamps from Sailing Home for her focal point, I used the large sailboat from the Paper Pumpkin kit. My envelope is stamped with the boat & birds from Sailing Home and the water from Hide Tide. The sentiment is from Seaside Notions. Don't forget to check out Tracy's card over at Stuff n Thingz!

---

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Sailing Home
• Hide Tide
• Seaside Notions
• July 2019 Paper Pumpkin On My Mind
• Come Sail Away Memories & More pack
• Night of Navy
• Basic Gray
• Whisper White

Shop Stampin' Up! products here!

---

On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Seaweed Layout

As I was creating alternatives for the July 2019 On My Mind Paper Pumpkin, I started to repurpose favorite layouts.

~Enjoy!

---

Check out the details for each card:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Peacock Sailboat
• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Blue Seahorse

---

Stampin' Up! products used:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin
• Sailing Home Stamp Set
• Seaside Notions Stamp Set
• Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set
• Under the Seas Dies
• Smooth Sailing Dies
• Lakeside Dies
• Myths and Magic Glimmer Paper
• Silver Glimmer Paper
• Vellum
• Dimensionals

Shop Stampin' Up! products here!

---

On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Blue Seahorse

You cannot find a better marriage between the Seaside Notions Stamp Set and the July 2019 On My Mind Paper Pumpkin. This one features one of my favorite stamps, the seahorse!

~Enjoy!

---

The background uses one of the envelope liners layered over a Whisper White card base. The focal seahorse is stamped with Night of Navy & then I sponged the edges with Balmy Blue and backed on one corner with a little Silver Glimmer Paper. The seaweed is cut with the Under the Seas Dies and Silver Glimmer Paper, Vellum, Seaside Spray and Balmy Blue. The little sand dollar is also cut from Under the Seas Dies and Silver Glimmer Paper. The sentiment is stamped with the Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set and Night of Navy and cut with a die from Lakeside Dies. I dipped the rope die into Soft Suede before cutting it with Crumb Cake to bring out the details for the rope. The envelope uses additional elements from the Sea of Textures Stamp Set.

---

Stampin' Up! products used:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin
• Seaside Notions Stamp Set
• Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set
• Sea of Textures Stamp Set
• Under the Seas Dies
• Smooth Sailing Dies
• Lakeside Dies
• Silver Glimmer Paper
• Vellum
• Dimensionals
• Seaside Spray
• Balmy Blue
• Night of Navy 
• Soft Suede
• Crumb Cake
• Whisper White

Shop Stampin' Up! products here!

---