Thursday is Pals Paper Arts day here at The Stampin’ Schach, and what a challenge we have for you this week. We are proud to announce that Beate Johns, of Splitcoast tutorial fame, is our Celebrity Guest Designer! What a thrill it is to have her on board this week! As for the challenge, it is a color challenge featuring …
Don’t despair if you do not have exactly these colors…improvise and substitute! What is important is that you join us in the fun!The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips:
- Petalicious! Combine die cuts and punches to create your own species of flowers! These little beauties belong to the genus and species, Schachus stampinuppicus! They combine the Island Floral Bigz Die, Floral Fusion Sizzlits, and the 5-Petal Flower Punch! Old Olive Brads complete their centers, while the leaves were punched from the Two-Step Bird Punch. These petals were so pretty, I just had to “smooch” them with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz!
- Stemfabulous! Whimsical stems were created with Stampin’ Up!’s new Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die. A snippet of Hemp Twine is wrapped around and held in place with a drop of Crystal Effects. A little distressing with Chocolate Chip ink accents the edges.
- Pearl-fection! A Tempting Turquoise Beautiful Wings Embosslits butterfly was given the “pearl” treatment with Basic Pearls, while three Basic Pearls accent a corner of the Tempting Turquoise Top Note. And just to be different, only the bottom of the Top Note was texturized using the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.
- It’s all in the details! The wonderful sentiment from Butterfly Prints was inked with Early Espresso and stamped directly onto Designer Series Paper from the Playground collection. It was then punched out with the new Decorative Label Punch. A little distressing around the edges adds dimension. Old Olive 5/8″ Satin Ribbon adds even more texture and interest!
Color Spritzer Tool Pictorial:
I used the Color Spritzer Tool on the flowers and the Top Note of this card. In fact, I use it on most of the cards that I create. If you have difficulty using the Color Spritzer Tool these tips may help!
Positioning of the Stampin’ Write Marker in the Color Spritzer Tool is criticial. The tip of the tool is best positioned toward the center of the marker tip.
The screw should be adjusted to that it does not bend the marker tip. If it is too tight, you will not get any speckles.
The distance of the Color Spritzer Tool above the paper is also critical. Here the tool is being held too close.
Experiment to find the perfect height above the paper in order to get the speckling pattern you want. Squeeze quickly and forcefully. Some people experience problems because they squeeze too slowly.It was a challenge for me to incorporate Tempting Turquoise in this challenge. I had to think and think and think about what I wanted to do. Has this ever happened to you? The funny thing is that I know I will look at your creations and say, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Remember to leave me a comment to let me know what you think of today’s card. I am always available to answer any questions about my cards or the techniques that I use. Never hesitate to email me. Until next time…
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Stamp Set: Butterfly Prints (W 121049; C 120738); Inks: More Mustard (103162), Early Espresso (119670), Chocolate Chip (100908), Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write Marker (100071); Designer Series Paper: Playground (117168), Brights Pattern Stacks (117155); Card Stock: So Saffron (105118), Tempting Turquoise (102067), Old Olive (100702); Tools: Big Shot (113439), Top Note Bigz Die(113463), Island Floral Bigz Die (118871), Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (119976), Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die (120893—Holiday Mini), Floral Fusion Sizzlits (115969), Beautiful Wings Embosslits (118138), Decorative Label Punch (120907—Holiday Mini), 5-Petal Flower Punch (119880), Two Step Bird Punch (117191), Cyrstal Effects (101055); Glitz and Glam: Old Olive 5/8″ Satin Ribbon (117292), Hemp Twine (100982), Brights Brads (119740), Basic Pearls (119247), Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz (118772)
Love the way you step out of the box Ann. I would not have thought to combine the flower choices that you did. And the spritzer “how to” was really well done. Thanks!
Gads, Ann! This is SO LOVELY! XOXO
Wonderful flowers Anne and the Tempting Turquoise really sets off the flowers.
Wow this is gorgeous, I love your flowers, they look awesome xxx
What a delightful flowers you have. So many details on the card here – the hemp wrapped with old olive and treated with crystal effect, spritzer, and intricate tiny white pearls on the butterfly. At first, I thought you were using the dotted dsp on the butterfly. As I look at it closely, those were actual pearls that are carefully placed on the butterfly. Very clever. The card is stunning, as always.
Heehee, I love your new genus of flowers…that must be the teacher coming out in you! No, that would be the tutorial on the spritzer–a tool I’ve always wanted to try but thought was too intimidating! Great tips…maybe I will get one. Your card is fabulous, BTW!
What a fantastic card! I love the colors, the bends in the petals (which I am still wondering how they seem so “pressed” even after reading everything) and the stems.) You have talked me into getting a spritzer! Ann…it is GORGEOUS!
Beautiful!
Ann, we’ve just got the spritzer in our catalogue for October – do you have to squidge the balloony bit, or does it run off air canister?
Love these flowers! They are gorgeous!
Awesome flowers and stems Ann!
Fantastic card Ann. I E-mailed you separately about my dog. Thanks so much for the tutorial – I was wanting to see how it is used before I bought one. Thanks for sharing.
Chris R. from Iowa
ckrobinson01@hotmail.com
Love those flowers! Great card!! I followed over from SC 🙂
Sooo neat! Love the speckles…and thanks for reminding me to get that tool out agagin! 🙂 tfs
Love this card and the flowers from the Schachus Stampinuppicus are stunning. The texture on this card makes it interesting. Also thanks for the tutorial on the spritzer – ours didn’t work so well at convention and we could have used you at our table – LOL! :))))) Thanks for blessing my day. 🙂
I don’t know where to start on this one… there are so many things I love…Ok I just love it all….lol I really think you must have little elves that come in the middle of the night and they give you all these ideas..lol You are one talented lady…Thanks for the tutorial.
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Darlene-Joy
This is very pretty Ann! Love the dimension of those flowers and the spritzer adds a wonderful touch! That’s one of my favorite tools. 😉 I can’t forget to mention the twine also…too cute! {sMILES}
Fabulous, Fabulous Flowers. Loved those stems!! What a genius you are. I also really liked the tutorial on the spritzer, a little tool I don’t have in my arsenal cause I was terrified of it………now not so much! TFS!
Ann, your card looks amazing! Love those flowers you created!
Hugs and smiles
WOW!! This is absolutely gorgeous!
Beautiful job, Ann! Love the Spritzer Tool tutorial as well. Wonderful to get a lesson from the master!
Mike
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What can I say your flowers are awesome and together with your top note your card is gorgeous. I love getting your tips, I didn’t know you could do that with markers so thanks again. Being a newbie can be fun, I learn so much.
You are quite an artist. I like the way the stems of the flowers look like they are wrapped. That is really a great card!
Wow, wOw and more WOW!!!! This is over the top, Ann!
this is such a pretty card anne-you really worked the colors well in this challenge-I cracked up at your genus name!!
Oh so pretty, Ann. I love your flowers and that touch of black. Beautiful!!! Hugs,
Very pretty card. Love your flowers and the special little touches.TFS
these flowers are so great, love the colors and the spritz effect. Thanks for the tutorial on the color spritzer!
Thanks for following my blog! I have already discovered your wonderful blog and am a follower. These flowers are stunning. Fantastic job as always 🙂
Well the Schachus Stampinuppicus flowers are a beautiful new species for sure! Another gorgeous work of art!
Gorgeous card and terrific tutorial. I learned I need to reposition my marker for the spritzer and loved the tip about not tightening too close. I had to laugh . . . I was a slow squeezer when I first started using the spritzer. Thanks for mentioning! Hugs, M
Oh my gosh! This card is stunning! The flowers are gorgeous! I love the smooch and the speckles. Wow!~Bonnie~
Loved those flowers! What did you do to make them curl so divinely?