SALE-A-BRATION will end on 31st of March '15 - Thank you for being you card

Hello again!

I have to say Stampin' Up! never disappoints with their  SALE-A-BATION promotion. This year is no different. I just love everything that the flyer has on offer! Take a look here http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/melsstampinblog/promotions! One of my really favorite stamp sets, the For being you set (139120, clear), comes from the extra flyer available ONLY through March 31, 2015 (with even more free products to earn), be sure to check those out too!

My product list:

137167 Perpetual Birthday Calendar Photopolymer set (p 17, OC) for the background 

124392 Calypso Coral A4 Cardstock (p 181, AC)

131303 Crisp Cantaloupe A4 Cardstock (p 179, AC)

121717 Shimmery White A4 Cardstock (p 193, AC) 

127885 Champagne Glimmer Paper (p 193, AC)

129399 Tea Lace Paper Doilies (p 192, AC)

131175 Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad (p 179, AC)

137866 Sahara Sand Lace Trim (p 43, OC) 

133787 Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack (p 222, AC)

102283 VersaMark (p 210, AC)

109132 White Embossing Powder for the white hearts (p 213, AC)

138633 Best Year Ever DSP used for my photo ( also one of the free products on offer in the SALE-A-BRATION flyer)

The following Stampin Write Markers (I colored every letter with a different marker and then huffed over it before I stamped):

*Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Sahara Sand

*The Stampin' Write Markers are purchased in packs (depending on the color assortments) - these are amazing and also a fantastic deal!!! Find the color assortments on p 179 - 183. 

I love saying thank you! This stamp set makes it easy!

Take care!

Mel

xx

Remembering your Birthday (2)

Hello!

I couldn't help but share my second Bokeh attempt too! This one was also inspired by the lovely Gold Soiree DSP (1336970) - this time The Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral and Pistachio Green! I used the same stencil that I created for my previous post. And again I used my Sponge Dauber (133773) for my smallest and darkest circles. My lightest colour was Pink Pirouette (126956), then Crisp Canteloupe (131176) and for my darkest and smallest circle I used Calypso Coral (126983). To add a touch of sparkle I also used Versamark ink (102283) to heat emboss Iridescent Ice (101930) circles over my coloured circles. I think it came out pretty well!

My complete product list:

124392 Calypso Coral A4 Cardstock (Base)

131303 Crisp Cantaloupe A4 Cardstock (Layering)

106549 Whisper White A4 Cardstock (Stamping)

131350 Remembering your Birthday Clear Stamp set

132058 Papillon Potpourri Wood stamp set

134036 I Love Lace Clear Background Stamp

131177 Pistachio Pudding Classic Stampin' Pad

132141 Metallic Gold Encore Ink

109129 Gold Embossing Powder

127526 Elegant Butterfly Punch

127003 Apothecary Accents Framelits

Hope you like it!

Mel xx

Remembering your Birthday

Hello again!

My projects for this week was inspired by the beautiful Gold Soiree DSP (133697) - Garden Green and Calypso Coral were the colours I used from this amazingly beautiful paper! The effect I was aiming for.... Bokeh which refers to the quality of the blurring of out-of-focus images in a photograph. I watched a few videos on You Tube and was inspired by this easy technique from Wplus9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghp6-Ga4wIA and this is my take on it!  I made a stencil from a Window Sheet (114323) using various circles - 3 different sizes - from the Circles Framelits Collection (130911). I also used a Sponge Dauber (133773) for my smallest circle!

Let's start at the beginning:

I sponged Calypso Coral (126983) and Garden Green (126973) randomly on some watercolour   paper  and then, using my Stampin' Spritzer (126185),  I activated the ink by spraying it with water. You can wait for it to dry, but I'm not patient enough, so I heat set it. 

Now you can start sponging with Craft Stampin' ink (101731) over your stencil with a sponge dauber (or sponge). The best way to go about it is to sponge your biggest circle with a very light hand and going darker with your Craft ink as your circles get smaller. My smallest circle was create with my sponge dauber.  Overlap your circles - I find that working in a triangles of circles works nicely. Concentrate your smallest and brightest circles around your image.

A list of the products I used on my finished project:

108605 Garden Green A4 Cardstock (Base)

131299 Oistachio Pudding A4 Cardstock (Layering)

106549 Whisper White A4 Cardstock (Stamping)

131177 Pistachio Pudding Classic Stampin'pad

132141 Metallic Encore Gold ink pad

102283 Versamark ink

109129 Gold Embossing powder

131350 Remembering your Birthday Clear stamp set 

132058 Papillon Potpourri Wood stamp set

134036 I Love Lace Clear Background stamp

127003 Apothecary Accents Framelits

127526  Elegant Butterfly

This was truly a fun project and as you can see you don''t need much more to complete your card!

Mel xx