I finally bit the bullet and ordered this set. AND I love it! There are so many samples on the internet for the images in this set. Being used for both cards and scrapping. I used the set Kinda Eclectic for the sun and used crystal effects for the ship. I used the watercolor technique on shimmery card stock for the sea mixing Pacific Point and Tempting Turquoise inks and the white gel pen. I also mounted the waves and ship on dimensionals. Fun to create!
I was extremely proud and honored to have this card posted in Splitcoaststampers’ gallery as the SU Thumbnail.
I used the blendabilities on this image from the Today and Every Day set. This set is so stinkin cute! I tried to use a rainbow of colors to show off the depth and brilliance of blendabilities. I am very happy with them (I am a long time Copic user) and the only thing I do not like about them is that they are not refillable. However, when we went to convention, the product manager in charge of blendabilites said they were looking into that.
Right now to make them more affordable for everyone they are not refillable. If enough people like them and ask for it, even though they may cost a bit more, they may just decide to make them refillable. Hint, hint……
Can you guess what I used for the background on this card? Well, it is from Project life. It is one of the cards in the set Everyday Adventure on page 189. I love the ombre look and the nice thing about these PL cards is that you can use them on greeting cards as well as your memory books. Lots of designs to choose from. I especially love this stamp set and try to use it as much as possible because it is so easy to create with it.
I used crystal effects on the typewriter from Tap Tap Tap and the Geometrical stamp set with it. In addition, I used the triangle punches and matched the colors to our new paper stack Moonlight on page 185 in the catalog.
This image is from the set Today and Every Day” found on page 168 of the big catalog. I used the new black & white bakers twine with the new white satin ribbon and colored the image in with Blendabilities. The DSP is Back to Black also found in the big catalog. I am very happy with the way this turned out. What do you think?
This is one of the single stamps that SU is featuring in the Big catalog. I embossed it in white craft ink and then colored it in with our White Stampin’ Chalk Marker found on page 211 in the big catalog. I think it gives it a realistic look! I used the Basic Hodgpodge Clips on page 209 and the Strawberry Slush Thick bakers twine. The DSP is from the All Abloom paper stack.
This set called ‘Amazing Birthday’ is another set that we got FREE at convention. It is so versatile. You can use either punches or framelits with this card. I love the sentiments. If you are one of those crafters that surf the net for ideas, then I am sure you have seen a ton of cards made with this set. The DSP is from All Abloom paper stacks found on page 185.
I wanted to purchase this set right from the beginning but I knew it was one of the sets that SU was giving us FREE at convention so I held off. I have seen so many beautiful cards made with this set. You can find it on page 164 in the big catalog. I used Dazzling Details on the flower and punches on both the butterfly and flower. Great set!
I love this stamp set call ‘Today & Everyday” found on page 168 in the big catalog. It is a great set to use your Blendabilities on. In fact, at convention, SU used this exact image to show Demos how to use the blendabilities. Mo, who wasn’t that enthused with them, after using them at convention with this stamp, she now loves them. As I have said before, there is a bit of a learning curve using them but once you do, it is awesome. The DSP I used on this card is Flashback.
I used crystal effects on this flower after I colored it with the Blendabilites. I really like the way it came out. This is another single stamp called Blended Bloom and can be found on page 167 in the catalog. This is a great stamp for learninghow to use the blendabilities. I also used the new washi tape Beach House found on page 190. So many beautiful things in the catalog. If you don’t have a catalog and want one, contact me here.
This is another card we made at club meeting. The DSP is the specialty paper ‘Typeset’ on page 184 in the catalog and the stamp is another single called Snapshot! We used blendabilities on the camera. This is one of 5 single stamps that were given to all attendees at convention. I already had one so I swapped this out with Mo an I took hers, she had the rocker that said ‘You Rock”.
This was one of the cards we made at the Friday night club. I love the new in-colors Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey. The stamp is a single in the catalog called Bloom for You. We have the matching punches for this card.
I colored this card with the new blendas that won’t be available to the public until August 1st. The colors I used here are Melon Mambo, Night of Navy, and Old Olive. I did use this card as a swap at convention. I actually had made so many cards for my classes and clubs that I had several 1 only cards to swap. I will be posting some others also.
I made this card especially for Lydia. She is the sweetest person and such an artist! She loves the color blue so I did the entire card in blues except for the crystal effects and the glitter. That is also the name of her blog “Understand Blue”.
She did a presentation of techniques at the convention and they were awesome. Lydia lives in Texas.
Well right about now we are settled in our hotel and enjoying what SU has in store for us. Conventions are soooo much fun. If you have never been you are really missing out. I am going to try and post some events from convention every day so you can see how things roll here.
This card I created for Lyssa’s ‘Convention Quality Swap’ that is lheld every year at both convention and Leadership. One of my faves! She usually have 5-6 groups of 20 people in each group trading swaps. However, it has become very overwhelming for her and everyone is only allowed to enter one group. This year to make it easier on her she changed it to 15 people in each group. I might add that she swaps in every group. Whew…that’s a lot of card making. I am in group #3 and here is mine:
You know how I love vintage. Well, naturally I had to enter the “Very Vintage Swap” and this is the card I created for that swap. I had to make 15 of these which wasn’t bad, but still a lot of FUN work.
I had to make 25 of this card for a swap at convention. Actually, after the cocktail party on Wednesday evening a group of us that are staying at the Hilton are doing a fun swap in our PJs. This is always so much fun.
Anyway there are 25 of us and Mo and I have been busy making swaps, although this is the only one that I had to make 25 of. I never realized when I started to create this card that it was going to take me 3 days to complete 25. With all the punching, framelits, stamping, embossing, and embellishments, I was done in. Have got to seriously re-think when I create swaps how many I have to make before I commit to a design. Won’t make that mistake again! LOL
This stamp set is another hostess set called Nuts About You. We made this card at our Friday night hostess club. I used our Fringe scissors on the grass and added banners to the top. Hope you like it!
I got the idea for this from a video posted on the Stampin’ Connection by Linda Bauwin. I think it is so stinkin’ cute! I used our new incolors and the stamp set Work of Art. The flower is made from the new Fun Flower Punch.
I love the vintage technique and it really suited this Hostess stamp set, found on page 240 of the catalog. The set contains 11 stamps with beautiful images and lovely verses. You can get this set as one of your benefits when holding a workshop or a book party. In addition, if you are a hostess in one of my clubs you can also get this set. Contact me HERE to find out how.
I am so excited, I colored these beautiful flowers with my blendabilities and very soon I will be getting my new colors in the mail. You can get these colors right now, they are available including the flesh tones and the colorless blender, along with the Memento Black ink.
This project at club this month turned out to be a good masculine card for really any occasion by leaving the inside of the card blank. Don’t you just love how the sentiment is the old fashion type that used to be on these old typewriters? The stamp set is called Tap, Tap, Tap and can be found on page 126 of the catalog. I also used one of the new Embossing folders, Tiny Triangles for the background.
This little sail boat I carved from our “Undefined” kits, found on page 199 of the catalog. You can make your own stamps and at convention last year, I did not get a chance to do it, but Mo did. She made an awesome little giraff. This year at Leadership I did finally try it and it worked. This is what I made. I must say this is the first time I have used this stamp. I kinda like it. What do you think? Now be honest! I love input, no matter what kind as long as it is constructive and not nasty.LOL
The background stamp is Hardwood and can be found in the catalog on page175. We embossed the sentiment with black embossing powder.
I used the Blendabilities on this card. It was one of the first projects I did with them. They are a little different that Copics and there definitely is a learning curve but after a few times they are a snap! Right now there are several colors available for you to try your hand at. I will be having a class for anyone that buys them from me.
We made this card at club this week and I got the inspiration from a card that was posted on Stampin’ Connection. I changed it around a little to fit the low country. All the items on this card (except for Yippee Skippee & glitter stars) came from this month’s Paper Pumpkin. You can do so much more with these kits. There were Straws to make pin wheels and goodie holders and tons of embellishments.
This is our Ronald McDonald stamp set this year and you can find it on page 249 of the catalog. Except for the flamingo, all of the sentiments and images can be cut out with either a punch or framelits. This set is so versatile. Love it!
You will want to get this set, not only because it is so stinkin’ cute, but for every set that is sold, SU donates $3 to the Ronald McDonald House (RMHC). Good buy!
We sure have a ton of flowers in the catalog this year but you can never have enough flowers. These flowers are from the Hostess stamp set, I like You, on page 237 of the catalog. This is another set that is perfect for using the Blendabilities, which I did use on this card. I used Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight and Cherry Cobbler. Beginning July 1st you will be able to order these colors in the Blendabilities. I will have a class teaching y’all how to use them. They are so much fun and the colors come out so vibrant! Don’t you agree?
I love this set with the cute little animals. I thought it went well with the DSP Flashback. This set can be found on page 89 of the new catalog. These lined images would be great with the new Blendabilities. However, I used our Stampin’ Write markers and like the way it turned out.
I am really getting my money’s worth from this set, Pictogram Punches. I used it here with Everything Eleanor, Geometrical set, and the new embossing folder Tiny Triangles. Also, I used the new in-colors. Hope you like it!
As you probably know, if you have one of our catalogs, that SU has decided not to sell the wheels anymore. We were all a little worried because they did serve a great purpose, especially if you wanted to do matching backgrounds for cards, gift bags, make your own DSP etc.
I never could get it straight. It didn’t much matter if you were making DSP or rolling a bag or gift paper because no one ever noticed that it wasn’t straight. However, when you were making a card with it you needed to be more precise and that is when I started removing the images from the wheels.
SU has now started making BORDER stamps to replace the wheels, and they are so easy to use and are wonderful! The one I used on this card is called Chalk Lines and can be found on page 114 of the catalog. I love the new border stamps and we have several of them.
The border stamps do not come in wood, only photopolymer, so you will need the acrylic block “I” when stamping with them because they are all 5 1/2″ long.
This Stamp set is called Be the Star and can be found on page 93. It has matching framelits and makes it so easy to put together an fast card. With the 4th coming up soon I decided to stick with the colors of our Flag. The small stars and the sentiment are from the set Pictogram Punches found on page 89. In addition, I used the matching punch from our new Itty Bitty Punch set on page 222.
Another nautical stamp set. By the Tide on page 131 and Sea Street, page 48. I used the DSP from the Small Paper stack, Moonlight, on page 185. Goes perfect with this set. The sentiment is from Just Saying set on page 109 and cut out with the matching farmelits, Word Bubbles. I used the White Signo Gel pen to highlight the images.
I live near the coast so I love everything about the sea. I am so glad that we have so many stamp sets that are nautical. The DSP is called Maritime and it is just lovely. The stamps I used on this card are from By the Tide found on page 131. I just realized while I was searching for the Hello Sailor stamp set that it was not carried over to the new catalog. So sorry, I try not to use anything that is not current and I will promptly remove it from my current sets.
Do you love our new punches this year? I said I was not going to buy this flower or punch when I first saw the catalog because I have enough flowers. However, this flower is all over the internet and I have really flipped over it. I love that you can use 3 different punches on this flower, as I did on this card. I also used Dazzling Details but I know it is hard to pick up in my photo. I used the sentiment from Pictogram Punches. Great Set.
This is one of my faves in the new catalog. I love that it has matching punches for the hearts, stars and flowers. I just knew I HAD to have this set right from the first time I saw it. You will see lots of cards made with this because it is so easy to work with. I love the new stuff in our catalog. Have you got one? Do you need one? Contact me HERE!
