from my ink pad to yours: Happiness Surrounds

November 06, 2018

Happiness Surrounds Thank You

Today I am participating in Kylie Bertucci's International Blog Highlights for November.

Her theme is so appropriate: a thank you to Shelli Gardner as we celebrate Stampin' Up!'s 30th Birthday. Everyone playing along is being featured on Kylie's blog today and you can go there to vote for your favorite. Maybe you will go there to vote for me? I think the link should be live after 3 pm on 11/6/18 CST.

Anyway, I know that Shelli is a little bit partial to a shabby chic sort of style so I drew on one of my own favorite layouts to create this card with the Happiness Surrounds stamp set and the coordinating Snowfall Thinlet dies. There are 20 thinlets in this set of dies and almost limitless ways to combine them. Kind of addicting I'd say.

Measurements/Description

4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Whisper White card base. You will want to do 2nd generation stamping to get the pale Crumb Cake images on the card base.
2 - 1 1/4" x 6 inch strips to cut the Delicate Lace Trim
6" x 6" piece of Crumb Cake to emboss with the Tin Tile embossing folder; Trim this to 2 1/4" x 5 1/2" after embossing. I find that doing it this way allows for the paper to shrink a little due to the embossing and lets me center the pattern if desired.
4 1/4" x 5 1/2" sheets of Crumb Cake, Whisper White Thick and Pool Party. Cut out as many shapes as you can from one sheet. There are 20 dies in the Snowfall thinlets and you will want to play with them all. For this card you will want to get 3 each of the larger Whisper White "flower" shape. I also used three each of the Crumb Cake sprigs.
Small Whisper White Thick scrap to make a tag. I used the Wood words/thinlets though you could easily use the Beautiful Bouquet if you have they or make your own little tag.

Check out my Facebook page, From My Inkpad to Yours with Chris Smith. There will be a 11/6/18 video with hints on using ink with the embossing folder plus previews of my Onstage Swaps.

Whether you are new to papercrafts, someone who crafts with many brands of supplies, a Stampin' Up! devotee, or fellow demonstrator, I sincerely thank you for stopping by my little place in the stamping world. Let me know what you think and come back again soon!

Chris

It's November! If you place a minimum $50 (US) order using the November hostess code, SNY9YGYC, I will send your choice of any current roll of ribbon plus 2 handmade Snowflake Showcase cards. (This card and the Showcase card posted on November 3)

If you place a $150 or greater order please don't use the hostess code. You will still receive the gifts but you will also get your own hostess benefits.

Did you know...you can order your choice of stamping supplies, including the Snowflake Showcase as part of your kit when you sign up to be a demonstrator. One of the perks of being a demonstrator is that you get to pre-order from future catalogs. Sign up during the month of November and you will be able to pre-order from next year's Occasions and Sale-a-Bration catalogs starting December 1st! What a Christmas gift that would be! I'd love to have you join my team.

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November 03, 2018

Smitten with Santa's Workshop

I was late to the party ordering the Santa's Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper but it arrived this week and I must say I. am. smitten.

Some of my all time favorite colors are in this fun Christmas gift wrap style paper: Poppy Parade, Garden Green, Coastal Cabana/Pool Party! It reminds me to the jumbo rolls you would get to wrap the really large gifts. Several of the sheets have white flocking, including the candy stripe pattern shown below. I've mostly used it in small amounts in today's cards but it truly is inspiring.

This first card was done for two challenges: This week's What Will You Stamp Challenge to use Stampin' Up's Seasonal Chums stamp set...

... and today's Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoaststampers. Their featured website is Christmas Central and I chose this candy themed snowman.

Measurements: This is an A2 card, measuring 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".

Whisper White layer is 3 3/4" x 5".
Basic Black layer is 3 10/16" x 5 1/16" - just a smidgen larger than the Whisper White layer
The candy cane print could be a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" layer though I cut it back to an inverted "L" shape to save paper. Make sure you follow my Facebook page. Within the next few days I will be doing a video showing you an easy way to get many "L"s from one 12 x 12 sheet.

Other notes:

The snowman is stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento and colored with the Poppy Parade Blends Duo, Smoky Slate Duo, Basic Black Duo, Crumb Cake Duo, Dark Mint Macaron.
The Seasonal Tags Framelits has a die to cut out the snowman. This stamp and die actually cut a front and a back (which makes adorable tags) so I just trimmed away the back part of the snowman
I used the cloud of snow type stamp from the Beautiful Blizzard set to stamp a 2nd generation Pool Party background on the Whisper White layer. 2nd generation stamping refers to stamping off onto scratch paper before stamping on the Whisper White layer. This gives a lighter color than if it stamped full strength.
I die cut the smallest snowflakes from Snowfall thinlets from a piece of White Velvet paper. Both these dies and the paper are part of the Snowflake Showcase promotion. These products are available while supplies last during November. Since the white stripes on the DSP are flocked it was nice to be able to have the snowflakes carry this idea on.

My second card was made after I was playing around with a bunch of Snowfall die cuts done more or less from the same colors that are represented in the Santa's Workshop Specialty DSP.

Measurements: Please note that I use some measurements to the 1/16ths. Cuz ... I like having skinny borders. This is easy to get used to if your trimmer is marked to 1/16ths. Or you can just trim as you go an eyeball it. That works too!

Card Base is 1/2 sheet 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock folded into a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card.
Crumb Cake is 3" x 5 1/2" dry embossed with Tufted embossing folder and trimmed to 2 3/4" x 5 1/2".
Whisper White layer for Greeting is 15/16" x 3 3/8".
Poppy Parade finished layer is 2 7/8" x 5 1/2". I started with a 4 1/4" x 1 1/4" piece and trimmed it down.
Poppy Parade dotted DSP is 1 1/8" plus x 3 3/8". I actually trimmed this slightly larger than 1 1/8" since I used the dots to guide me.
Scraps of Poppy Parade, Whisper White, Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, plus Garden Green.

Other Notes:

I applied White craft ink to the inside of the embossing folder - the side with the Stampin' Up® logo. I used my retired rubber brayer though you could lightly apply this with the stamp pad. I think the sponge brayer wouldn't allow you to keep the "diamond" lines crisp.
I stamped the greeting from Happiness Surrounds with Poppy Parade ink on a strip of Whisper White as described above.
I stamped the 6 petaled flower from Happiness Surrounds with Garden Green ink on the Garden Green scrap before die cutting. I then cut this in half between petals to give me 6 "leaves".
The Coastal Cabana Flower is popped up with dimensionals though the others are adhered directly to the card.
Each flower is embellished with Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels which are considered part of the Santa's Workshop Suite, though they are also in the Annual catalog. Which is a good thing. Think Valentine's Day!

Whew! As you can see I am loving the Snowflake Showcase products. They are so much fun to layer and play around with colors - one of my favorite things to do. I've looked back at pictures of some of my favorite cards from the past and it seems I could recreate so many of them with this suite. So, I really wish we would have this available for you all year, but as I've mentioned before it is only available as long as supplies last during November 2018.

Whether you are new to papercrafts, someone who crafts with many brands of supplies, a Stampin' Up devotee, or fellow demonstrator, I sincerely thank you for stopping by my little place in the stamping world. Let me know what you think and come back again soon!

Chris

It's November! If you place a minimum $50 (US) order using the November hostess code, SNY9YGYC, I will send your choice of any current roll of ribbon plus 2 handmade Snowflake Showcase cards. (The last card from today plus one I will post on Tuesday, November 6.)

If you place a $150 or greater order please don't use the hostess code. You will still receive the gifts but you will also get your own hostess benefits.

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Snowfall Thinlits Dies

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Happiness Surrounds Photopolymer Stamp Set

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