Showing posts with label Hummingbird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hummingbird. Show all posts

Friday, June 28, 2019

My Memorable Mosaic Hummingbird Swap Card

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a card that I made for a card swap back in May.  I picked products from the Mosaic Mood Suite to create my swap card with.  For those that don't know what a swap card is I will briefly explain it for you.  This is the general jest of it; you make so many cards that are all the same and then you go to a event and you exchange one of your cards for one from someone else.  So you are really making a even exchange of ideas.  The swap that I took part in was a mail swap.  We all signed up and then mailed the correct numbers of swaps to the host and they switched them all out with other peoples swap cards.  Okay so enough of the details let's look at the card shall we.

As I said I picked products from the Mosaic Mood Suite in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog.  If you have your catalog these products are on pages 119-120.  This suite of products was designed with mosaic tiles in mind.  The designer series paper is not just a run of the mill designer series paper. It has a raised embossed like feel to different elements of this fun nature filled pack.  The raised images have a clear transparent coating on top that gives the look of a freshly waxed tile floor.
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To create my swap card I took some of this lovely designer series paper and I cut it down to 4 x 5 1/4.  I then created a mat using Mint Macaron Cardstock to 4 1/8 x 5 3/8.  I layered both of those together and then placed that on my Terracotta Tile Card base (4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2).
I used some of the Mint Macaron 1/4" textile ribbon as a accent on the front of the card.  I didn't want anything super over powering.  I wanted to really showcase this designer series paper.  Pictures do not do it justice on how pretty it is in real life.  When I was at OnStage in Charlotte back in April I wasn't impressed with it just from the pictures I saw.  But once I saw it in person I was like omg that is amazingly pretty.  So I knew with wanting to really show off it's beauty I would have to keep everything else super simple.
For the greeting I used one from the Memorable Mosaic Stamp Set.  But again I couldn't pick something that was going to out do the paper so I picked the stamp that had a simple greeting but wasn't to busy but would draw a little attention.  I stamped the Sending all Happy wishes stamp in Terracotta Tile Ink and then punched it out using the Timeless Label Punch.  Which by the way you can get both the Memorable Mosaic Stamp Set and the Timeless Label Punch together in a cost saving bundle.  I just wanted you to be aware of that.  Also you can order products from the entire suite with one item number; which is something new with this catalog.
Thanks for dropping by today; I hope that you found a little inspiration from my little card.  If you need any of the supplies you have seen today you can pick them up in my online store.
Happy Stampin' 
Rick 




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Monday, March 25, 2019

Stampers Showcase Birthday Blog Hop


Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you my project for this month's Stampers Showcase Blog Hop.  The theme for this month's hop is Birthdays, and I think I have a really cute project for you.  I used the Humming Along Bundle for my project along with a little ink blending and Stampin' blend coloring.  Here's a look at my card.
I used the Humming Along Bundle like I side before.  Which is probably one of the most Spring filled bundle in the Occasions Catalog.  It contains the Humming Along Cling Mount Stamp Set and the Hummingbird Framelit Dies at a 10% discount.  The Humming Along stamp set contains a pretty hummingbird stamp and a beautiful hibiscus stamp among a few others.  The stamped images are designed so that you can use your favorite color media.  Then when you pair that with the matching framelits you come up with the perfect combination.  

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  • I started my card off my using one of the Pattern Party Decorative Masks and a little ink blending on a piece of whisper white cardstock (4 x 5 1/4).  I picked the one that had the little diamonds in it because it looked like lattice work once I had the ink blending done.  For the ink blending I used Calypso Coral and a little Pineapple Punch ink.  
  • Once I had the ink blending completed it was time to do a little stamping.  
  • I stamped the hummingbird, hibiscus, and a couple extra leaves in tuxedo black ink.  I knew I was going to be doing a little stampin' blend coloring so I needed a alcohol friendly ink to do that.  
  • I started out the coloring with the hibiscus.  For the flower I used Calypso Coral (light and dark) starting in the center working my way out in a flicking motion.  Next I added just a little pumpkin pie light in the same manner.  I worked out to the edges with petal pink combo pack flicking both light and dark colors into the center from the edge of the flower.  I repeated this process for each petal.  I colored the leaves and steam with pineapple punch and granny apple green.  

  • Next it was time to color the hummingbird.  I used the following colors to do so; Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue, Highland Heather, Pineapple Punch, Calypso Coral.
  • I stamped the sentiment from the set on a piece of whisper white scrap and then used the matching framelits and cut out the sentiment. 
  • I added dimensionals behind the flower and added just a little multipurpose liquid glue on the stem.  I added double dimensionals behind the hummingbird so that it was popped up a little more than the flower.  I added the sentiment with a couple dimensionals.  
I hope that you have enjoyed my project for this month's blog hop.  If you need any of the supplies that you have seen today you can pick them up in my online store 24/7.  You will find a full list of the supplies that I used in the Stampin' Up! Shopping List below the Next Button.  Next on the hop is Lori Willcox from the Canada; I know that she has done a fabulous project for you this month. 

Happy Stampin' 
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