It’s Sunday, and The Paper Players have a wonderful color challenge planned for you…Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso and Very Vanilla! I opted to go the vintage route, using the new Strength & Hope stamp set. This set will be available starting May 1st, when the Summer Mini Catalog is released. Stampin’ Up! has partnered with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® (BCRF). For every one of these stamps sets sold, Stampin’ Up! will donate $2 to BCRF. What a noble cause!
The Stampin’ Schach Stampin’ Tips:
- Think outside the box! The Blushing Bride scallops are actually punched from the Build a Cupcake Punch. Do you recognize the icing? How cool is that! A vintage touch is achieved by distressing the edges with Soft Suede ink and accenting the scallops with Basic Pearls.
- Who can resist the emboss resist technique? The Flourish from Strength & Hope is heat embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Crumb Cake ink is sponged on in a circular motion over the embossing, and the excess removed. It’s so easy!
- Glitter, glitter everywhere! The Butterfly, which was stamped in Baja Breeze, receives a liberal dosing of Dazzling Diamonds.
- The Hope medallion is surrounded by Baja Breeze Glass Glitter.
- It’s all in the details! Victoria Crochet Trim was smudged with Soft Suede ink. A Blushing Bride mini-heart was punched out with the Two-Step Owl Punch and popped up using a Mini Glue Dot on the Flourish. Corners are curled using the Round File from the Distressing Kit, while Linen Thread forms cross-stitches on the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch.
I hope that you enjoyed today’s card. Isn’t this a fabulous set? Please let me know what you think by leaving me a comment. And of course, I love answering questions that you may have about the cards that I create or the techniques I use. I am only an email away! Until next time…
Coming Up: Twins update, Emboss Resist video tutorial, Paisley Petals product peek, Troubleshooting the Color Spritzer Tool video tutorial, Pals Paper Arts sneak peek
Stamp Set: Strength & Hope; Ink: Baja Breeze (111833), Early Espresso (119670), Soft Suede (115657), Crumb Cake (121030), VersaMark (102283); Stampin’ Write Markers: Crumb Cake (120967), Soft Suede (120973); Designer Series Paper: Elegant Soiree (117163); Card Stock: Early Espresso (119686), Blushing Bride (119796), Very Vanilla (101650); Tools: Build a Cupcake Punch (121807—Occasions Mini), Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch (119275), Big Shot (113439), Square Lattice Textured Imressions Embossing Folder (119976), Two Step Owl Punch (118074), 1-1/4″ Circle Punch (119861), 1-3/8″ Circle Punch (119860), Color Spritzer Tool (107066), Heat Tool (100005), Stamping Sponges (101610), Distressing Essentials Kit (118762), Cutter Kit (106958), Sponge Dauber (102892); Glitz and Glam: Basic Pearls (119247), Baja Breeze Glass Glitter (121883), Dazzling Diamonds (102023), Linen Thread (104199), Baja Breeze Seam Binding (122331), White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109132), Victoria Crochet Trim (118481), Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz (118772)
Stamp Set: Strength & Hope; Ink: Baja Breeze (111833), Early Espresso (119670), Soft Suede (115657), Crumb Cake (121030), VersaMark (102283); Stampin’ Write Markers: Crumb Cake (120967), Soft Suede (120973); Designer Series Paper: Elegant Soiree (117163); Card Stock: Early Espresso (119686), Blushing Bride (119796), Very Vanilla (101650); Tools: Build a Cupcake Punch (121807—Occasions Mini), Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch (119275), Big Shot (113439), Square Lattice Textured Imressions Embossing Folder (119976), Two Step Owl Punch (118074), 1-1/4″ Circle Punch (119861), 1-3/8″ Circle Punch (119860), Color Spritzer Tool (107066), Heat Tool (100005), Stamping Sponges (101610), Distressing Essentials Kit (118762), Cutter Kit (106958), Sponge Dauber (102892); Glitz and Glam: Basic Pearls (119247), Baja Breeze Glass Glitter (121883), Dazzling Diamonds (102023), Linen Thread (104199), Baja Breeze Seam Binding (122331), White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109132), Victoria Crochet Trim (118481), Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz (118772)
Gorgeous, Ann. love the curled corners and the glass glitter. I love this set and you turned it into a vintage wonder.
Hugs
jaydee
of course this is just lovely Ann, as always!
Gorgeous Ann! Love the emboss resist with this new set! That butterfly is amazing.
Beautiful!! I can’t wait to get that stamp set, my Mother is a Breast Cancer survivor.
Leslie said … Wow! This card does portray Strength and Hope all the way. I am totally blown away by your creativity. And the twins? Well give them kisses from Auntie Les and tell them I said “Great Job”!
Love IT!!!! Another one of your fabulous creations.
TFS
Thanks for putting pictures alongside your tips section – it’s so nice to see exactly what your talking about without scrolling up and down and up and down again 🙂 Thanks!!
Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more beautiful card!
This set is on it’s way to me right now and this is wonderful inspiration to ink it up. Perfect card, Ann with your “signature” style. The pearls are gorgeous as always! Thank you for the inspiration with this awesome color combo this week. It has quickly become a favorite! 🙂
A vintage beauty Ann! Love that you featured the Strength & Hope set and that butterfly is stunning AND dazzling! 🙂
Beautiful card and wonderful techniques! Thank you for sharing!
Stacie
http://www.stampingwithstacie.blogspot.com
Ann, I love what you’ve done with the Strength and Hope set. The butterfly is lovely, and the vintage look goes well with it. I can’t wait to order this set. I hope you and your furry family had a good show and week-end.
Just beautiful! Lots of great details and texture!
Your right Ann. It is all in the details.I absolutely love your cards because of the details that you add and because I am a huge fan of vintage. I don’t think that anyone else does vintage as wonderful as you do.I love the new stamp set that is coming out in the SU catalog,love all of the glitter you added to the butterfly, the Baja Breeze glass glitter and I love the way that you rolled the corners of your layers on the left had side. Another stunning card!
Mary
Beautiful card Ann. That is a great color combo. Love the curled edge on all the layers.
Gorgeous, Ann! I was on the fence about this set, but seeing it here makes me realize I probably NEED it! 😀
Pretty card Ann! Thanks for including the little photos that correspond to what detail you are talking about – makes it much easier than scrolling back and forth. This also really highlights what you are talking about in a technique (i.e. the curling of the corners with the file). Like you say, it is all in the details! Love it!
Chris R. from Iowa
Very pretty Ann. Love all the detail, especially the sparkly butterfly.
Wow!!! This is simply GORGEOUS!!! I love your vintage cards, but this one is by far my favorite!! I agree….it’s all in the little details!
That butterfly is fabulous – and I love the rolled corner!
Love the closeup of that sparkly butterfly! It looks gorgeous in Baja Blue and popped up that way.
So pretty, love the colors and the details. The cross stitching is such a wonderful idea.
Ann this is oh so pretty and soft looking. Love the resist center piece. I also like your ‘out of the box’ cupcake frosting pieces. (I just used mine as clouds! {smile}.
I made 4 cards yesterday…. but none that match this challenge… so back to the scrap room.
I hope to play along this week. Hugs.
Yes, it’s all in the detail, and your details are always the best! I love how you curled the edges, spritzed, and glitzed.
Absolutely gorgeous! Just when I think that you can’t possibly outdo yourself, there you go with another beautiful card. I love the vintage look that you use on your cards. You are truely inspiring!!!
Kathy in AZ.
Exquisite card and love all the sparkle! Your butterfly is gorgeous and love how she is 3-D!
Absolutely gorgeous! I love these colors together, I am definitely going to use this color combo on my next card! I love all the details, especially how you used the cupcake punch for the scallops, how clever! You never cease to amaze me with your ideas and creativity! Thanks for sharing!
Ann…this is gorgeous! I love the pink and blue together…so soft and gorgeous distressing and aging! Another stunning vintage card….LOVE IT!
{sMILES}
Beautiful card…and a very lovely stamp set.I love the rolled corners. We must be on the same wave length…I just made a rose card with petals behind the cardstock layer like you did on this card. I wasn’t finished with it as of yet. It needed something on the petals.I love your idea.
Yvonne
Ann, I love every single detail of this card… you have added so much detail to this card and so many different techniques… just gorgeous!!!!
hugs
Darlene-Joy
Gorgeous! I really love that color combo. Love all the little details.
Ann – stunning, as always! I love the curled edges and the emboss resist technique. I’m going to have to play this week since the colors are making me think I could possibly try to pull off a vintage card. Hmm…
A gorgeous card Ann! Gotta love that butterfly! And a wonderful cause, I hope this set does well!
just beautiful, tfs R 😉
I LOVE this card!! Your ideas just blow me away!! Thank you so much for sharing.
Oh so pretty. I love those details, the corners, the ‘frosting’ border, the pearls, the rolled edges… but esp that glittered butterfly. Gorgeous! Hugs,