The Stamp Review Crew: Lift Me Up

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It’s time for another round of inspiration from The Stamp Review Crew. If this is your very first visit, we are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators whose mission is to do a blog hop on the first and third Mondays of each month. Our hops are unique because each of us features the same stamp set. This week it is one of my favorite sets from the Occasions Catalog, Lift Me Up.  I am Stop #11 on the hop. You may have just left Stop #10: Charlet Mallet.  Charlet’s work never disappoints!  After visiting me, you will continue to Stop #12 Linda Callahan.  Enjoy today’s hop!

Shabby chic Lift Me Up card

 

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
This finished card measures 4-1/4″ wide by 5-1/2″ high when folded.

For today’s hop,  I opted to create a soft, shabby chic card in shades of Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake. I used the mini-sized “Swirly Cloud” image to distress everything, starting with the large balloon cut-out created with the Up & Away Thinlits. 

Swirly Cloud stamp This little stamp is perfect for adding a touch of interest to anything.  Keeping true to my nature, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to add pearls.

Close-Up of shabby chic Lift Me Up balloon

To create the sky, I inked up a large Acrylic Block with Soft Sky ink and stamped directly onto a Very Vanilla card stock panel.  I then randomly stamped all over using the Swirly Cloud image, first inked in Soft Sky, and then inked in Crumb Cake.

Close-up of sky

The smaller balloons were both stamped twice, once in Crumb Cake and once in Blushing Bride.  I then paper pieced each one.  Once again, I just had to add a few pearls.

Medium sized paper pieced Lift Me Up balloon

As you can see, the smaller balloons were also distressed using the Swirly Cloud image. I love this little image!

Small balloon

As a finishing touch, I added an asymmetrical bow created with Blushing Bride ribbon.

Blushing Bride Bow

Here is the same card from another angle:

Lift Me Up shabby chic card
If Blushing Bride shabby chic hot air balloons are not your cup of tea, here is the same layout using different colors and rhinestones, which I created earlier:

Hot Air Balloon Lift Me Up card

I hope you enjoyed today’s card made with this adorable set.  Won’t you let me know in your  comment today?  Of course, if you ever have a question about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Now hop along to Stop #12, the Queen of Clean and Cuteness, the incomparable Linda Callahan!  I guarantee you will not be disappointed with what she has in store for you!  If you get lost along the way, you can find a list of all the hoppers at The Stamp Review Crew.  Until next time…


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The Scoop … Stampin’ Up! Updates

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Stamp Review Crew SAB Free for All

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Can you believe it has been over a year since I have said, “It’s time for another round of inspiration from The Stamp Review Crew“?  But I am happy to say, it’s great to be back! What a fun hop we have planned for you!  This week we are featuring items from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure, which you can get for FREE with a $50 USD purchase (before tax and shipping).  If this is your very first visit to a Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop, we are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators whose mission is to do a blog hop on the first and third Mondays of each month. I know you will love seeing a variety of Sale-A-Bration items and the versatile and amazing things you can create with these products. I am Stop #24 on the hop. You may have just left Stop #23: the talented Charlet Mallet. Enjoy today’s hop!

Hey, Chick!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
This card measures 4-1/4″ wide x 5-1/2″ tall when folded.

  • Photobomber! With the exception of the crazy mop-top photobomber, this family of chickens was paper pieced using patterns from the Carried Away Designer Series Paper Collection, a Sale-A-Bration freebie! While one side features patterns that coordinate with the Lift Me Up Bundle from the Occasions Catalog, the other side has patterns perfect for decking out chickens! Of course, the adorable Hey, Chick stamp set is also one of the available SAB choices.

  • Chicken wire! Settle down with a good movie and get ready to put those Paper Snips to work if you don’t want your chickens to fly the coop.  I brayered Archival Basic Black ink onto the  Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and ran it through the Big Shot to create the illusion of chicken wire.  I then snipped out the middles of the hexagons and brayered the “wire” with Smoky Slate ink.  It’s a lot of snipping for sure, but the effect is oh, so cute!

  • Another view! Rather than using glue, I simply stapled my wire in place, and then cut out the section which was over the chickens.  The Speckles image from Glorious Grunge was used to add some gravel.

Here is another card I created earlier which features the Hey, Chick stamp set.  It was too cute not to showcase it again.

 

I hope you enjoyed today’s card made with this adorable Sale-A-Bration set.  Won’t you let me know in your  comment today?  Of course, if you ever have a question about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Now hop along to Stop #25, the incomparable Bruno Bertucci!  I guarantee you will not be disappointed with what he has in store for you!  If you get lost along the way, you can find a list of all the hoppers at The Stamp Review Crew.  Until next time…


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