Artisan Award Entries

As promised, here is another of my submissions for the 2010 Artisan Awards.  As some have called these entries, they are the Almost Artisan Awards entries. LOL

This card features one of my absolute favorite stamp sets, Awash With Flowers.  Using this stamp set is like a combination of painting a picture and planting a garden--all while staying cool in the air conditioning with no mud!  One of the purples in this card, Only Orchid, is another retiring color that I will be sad to say "Goodbye" to.  I like the way the various elements came together in this card to bring an elegant, feminine, classy card:  a little shine, a little glitz, a mixture of straight and round edges, and soft colors all applied with restraint and care.

Supplies:
Stamps:  All Holidays, Awash With Flowers
Ink:  Rich Razzleberry, Only Orchid, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pads, Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad
Paper:  Certainly Celery, Only Orchid Whisper White, Regal Rose, Basic Gray Card Stocks
Accessories:  Big Shot, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Eggcellent Eggs Kit (rhinestones on butterfly bodies), Basic Jumbo Grommets, Certainly Celery Satin Ribbon, Embossing Buddy, Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Two Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Scallop Trim Border Punch

Prize winning card!

Although I have shared this card before, I wanted to let you know that I entered this winning card in a card contest and won $50 in Stampin' Up! products!  I'm pretty excited, to say the least!  That was first place in its category, Awash With Flowers Cards.

I may sound like a broken record, but I really love the Awash With Flowers stamp set.  It is so versatile and easy to use.  Time is running out to order this set...at least until the new catalog release in July.  Click here to order Awash With Flowers and/or other stamps and supplies now.  It's a great way to start your week!

Awash With Flowers

My scrapbook club made this 12x12 layout for our April meeting.  It's awash with color and spring!  I really, really love the Awash With Flowers set.  I've made multiple cards (scroll down to see) and love each of them.  But it scrapbooks beautifully, too!  This simple layout comes together quickly and has ample space for 3-4 photos plus journaling. 

Contact me at 210-492-3218 or candy@sweetstamper.com for information about scrapbook club spaces. Click here for full details of my card and scrapbook clubs.  Regular stamping and scrapping are good for your soul!  Start now!

Fancy Folds Class

This is a reminder that the second session of this month's Techniques Class is this Saturday, April 17th at 10:00 a.m.  It's Fancy Folds this month, and we are making a set of Easel Cards and a set of Z Fold Cards using Game Night, Card Games, and Awash With Flowers stamp sets.  Full details are here.  Let's stamp!

Awash With Flowers

This is a simple, bright and cheery Get Well Card featuring the brand new Awash With Flowers stamp set.  It is really nice to have a stack of hand-stamped get well cards on hand.  They brighten someone's day and give you a chance to offer a few kind words along with a bit of your very own art work.  Contact me today at 210-492-3218 or candy@sweetstamper.com to book a workshop.  You can earn this stamp set, Awash With Flowers, free this month!  I'll teach you and your friends how to make lovely, hand-stamped, heartfelt cards just like this.  For more Awash With Flowers, just scroll down a bit for several more cards using this wonderful set.  Stamping with Awash With Flowers is like planting a garden without getting muddy or hot and sweaty:)

Card Supplies:
stamps:  Awash With Flowers
ink:  Basic Brown, Cameo Coral Classic Stampin' Pads
paper:  Cameo Coral, Blush Blossom, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White
accessories:  Big Shot, Stampin Up Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate, Scallop Edge Punch, Sahara Sand Patterns Pack Designer Series Paper (Hostess, Level 1), Kraft Taffeta Ribbon

Fancy Folds Cards Class

As a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I am always learning new techniques, tools, products, and more to further enhance my stamping abilities.  And I pass on to you, my loyal customers, what I learn so that you, too, can add to your stamping repertoire.

I've been learning some Fancy Folds techniques that bring a really different look and feel to a hand stamped card.  I'll be teaching two of these folds at the next Techniques Class, right around the corner of the calendar on Tuesday, April 6th.   This is one of the cards we will be doing.  It's called a Z Fold Card because the fold looks like a Z.  It's a fun design, and I added a little ribbon tab to use when pulling open the card.  The inside panel is for writing and signing, and I think it's a lovely spring birthday card!  Later in the week, I'll post the other card we will be doing, an easel card for the guys.

Here you can see the Z Fold Card when it is folded and then again when it is open.  The middle panel is left blank for your own personal message.  Once again, I'm using the fabulous Awash with Flowers stamp set for a birthday card awash with spring color! 

• Techniques Class-Fancy Folds

• Tuesday, April 6th, 6:30-8:30

• $20 covers all supplies and hands-on instruction

• Make 2 each of 2 custom-designed cards with matching envelopes

The Sunday Post, Awash with Flowers

This sympathy card is lovely in its spring colors and watercolored flowers.  People die during all times of the year, and I like sympathy cards to evoke the season as well as offer comfort and hope.  This sympathy card, using Awash With Flowers, does all that and more.  Do you know someone who will need this card in the near future?  I'm supplying the recipe so that you can minister handmade, heartfelt comfort during your loved one's darkest time.

Recipe:
Stamps:  Awash With Flowers, Close as a Memory
Ink:  Black Staz On, Blush Blossom, Dusty Durango, Mellow Moss Stampin' Write Markers
Paper:  Blush Blossom, Dusty Durango, Mellow Moss card stocks, Watercolor Paper
Accessories:  Scallop Trim Border Punch, Aquapainter, Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon

Awash in Shades of Spring

I can't stop "planting flowers" with this new stamp set!  I am loving using it, and the new Clear Mount Stamps are a dream to use with 2-step stampin'.  As you can see, I'm sort of stuck on purple, although there are so many shades that I can use purple for quite a while and not burn out. LOL.  So...more options for Awash with Flowers.  This time I paired it with the color combo from the Shades of Spring Designer Series Paper as well as a butterfly punched from that very paper.  What do you think?

See the post below for full details of this fabulous new stamp set:  Awash with Flowers.

Awash with Flowers stamp set

This gorgeous new stamp set is aptly named Awash with Flowers.  Don't you love the bold, fresh shapes?  I thought they would go well with my color choice that is a mix of bold, soft, and fresh for a touch of spring.  Using this stamp set is much like gardening:  you get to choose the colors and flowers YOU want.  Extra benefit--no dirt under your fingernails:)  Now, you may have a little ink on your fingers, but that is not nearly as messy as dirt!  My layout was very much inspired by one that the very talented Ilina Crouse did with this very same stamp set. 

This fabulous new 2-Step stamp set is a sneak peek into the new Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog.  The new ('10-'11) catalog will not be released until July, but we are getting this wonderful sneak peek, and you can purchase or earn this set free only during April. Contact me today to book your April workshop and be on your way to owning Awash With Flowers free of charge!  210-492-3218 or candy@sweetstamper.com.

Card recipe:

Stamps:  Awash with Flowers, All Holidays

Ink:  Basic Gray, Lovely Lilac, Almost Amethyst, Regal Rose, Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pads

Paper:  Almost Amethyst, Lovely Lilac, Whisper White card stocks

other:  Basic Gray Satin Ribbon, Basic Jumbo Grommets, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

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