Paper Sunshine Project

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Stampin' Up! Convention Swap #3

After completing 200 cards for Stampin' Up's! 30th Convention - I found I had some extra time so decided to make 100 more simple Thanks cards using the Warm Hearted set - I just LOVE this set!!!

I started out with a black, red and white version, but after a few tries decides to go with Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla. I love the results! The background image is stamped with the star clusters form the set, The red is embossed with my second favorite embossing folder, Swirls & Curls (Corrugated is my favorite) and I roughed up the edges of the red & the sentiment with the edge of my scissors. The banner is popped up in the middle and adhered flat on the edges to give some dimension. The rhinestones were colored with a Soft Suede Blends marker and finished off with a gold metallic-edge ribbon bow.

Don't forget to send out those after Christmas Thank you cards!!!!

~Enjoy

Here are 100 cards in production.

Stampin' Up! products used:

Warm Hearted Stamp Set
Cherry Cobbler Ink
Soft Suede Ink
Cherry Cobbler Cardstock
Soft Suede Cardstock
Very Vanilla Cardstock
Swirls & Curls Embossing Folder
Rhinestones
Soft Suede Blends
Gold Metallic-Edge Ribbon

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Stampin' Up! Convention Swap #2

Season's Greetings

Stampin' Up! hosted it's 30th year birthday convention in Orlando in November. It was said that there would be up to 10,000 people there from every corner of the globe, so I just had to make some swaps! Here is the process for the second set of 100.

This card was so fun to make, it has lots of technique and that is always what I try to provide at a swap. The background it doused with starbursts from the Night in Bethlehem set. Then a layer of corrugated cardstock. The sentiment layer is made with the Snowflake Sentiments set and edged with a good dosing of shimmer paste and a trusty popsicle stick. Topping it off with rhinestones and a flashy ribbon made it all come together!

At the end of every year - I try to start downsizing my stash of In-Colors that will be leaving with in the next 6 months. Last year I used it for my New Years cards - this year I decided to use it for my second set of 100 swaps, so here they are!
~Enjoy

Here is what 100 cards look like in production

Drying the corrugated paper & letting the shimmer paste dry on the sentiments.

You cannot tell from the photograph but the Flirty Flamingo one turned out beautiful & was everyone's favorite!

Twenty or so of each color.

200 Cards ready for swapping!

Here are all of the colors! Crumb Cake, Lemon Lime Twist, Highland Heather, Tranquil Tide, Flirty Flamingo, Berry Burst and Fresh Fig.

Stampin' Up! products used:

Night in Bethlehem Stamp Set
Snowflake Sentiments Stamp Set
Corrugated Embossing Folder
Shimmery White Embossing Paste
Crumb Cake Cardstock
Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock
Highland Heather Cardstock
Tranquil Tide Cardstock
Flirty Flamingo Cardstock
Berry Burst Cardstock
Fresh Fig Cardstock
Whisper White Cardstock
Rhinestones

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Monday, November 12, 2018

Stampin' Up! Convention Swap #1

Cheers to the New Year

I always try to not use the most popular item that is trending and create an alternative to the norm. When I made this the Snowflake bundle & Dashing Deer were hot, hot, hot, so I stayed clear of those & decided to use the hostess set instead and create a New Year's card.

I also wanted to use a technique and that's when things got dicey. I used the dandelion stamp for the fireworks and embossed with 3 different colors of embossing powder, shimmery embossing paste and a shaker card! In the end, I stamped the dandelions only in black to cut back on some of the production.

Before I started I photoshopped a quick idea together to know if it would look ok & to order the supplies.