Stampin' Up! Sharing Sweet Thoughts

Color Throwdown Countdown 489

 As soon as I saw this challenges I knew it would be the perfect opportunity to use the Sharing Sweet Thoughts stamp set. Sharing Sweet Thoughts is the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Set in the 2017/2018 Stampin' UP! annual catalog. When you purchase this set Stampin' Up! will donate $3 to RMHC.

I received this set as Happy Mail for winning a challenge in my uplines group, The Proverbial Stampers. One of the best benefits of being a Stampin' Up demo is getting to be in such a great community of creative stampers. This is my first time using the set and it just a few weeks it will be going because it is retiring.

This is my first time participating in a challenge at The Color Throwdown.I love the bright, vibrant colors in the color throwdown photo! 

This stamp set has so many possibilities. I decide to go with a mason jar full of strawberries because the throwdown photo had me drooling. I would love to have a big glasses of strawberry lemonade.

I started by stamping the mason jar with Jet Black Stazon Ink onto a window sheet. It's important to use Stazon because it is a solvent ink. If you use a water-based ink it will not dry and it will smear.

After the ink dried, I used the coordinating frame-lit die to cut out the jar. I also stamped and cut a lid is several colors but I liked the Lemon-Lime Twist the best.

I stamped the strawberries with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink because I wanted to color the berries with the Stampin' Blends alcohol ink markers. You should always use Memento with the blends because if you use the Stazon the combination of solvent ink and alcohol markers will make a muddy mess.

For the bow on the lid, I put a glue dot on the back of the lid and wrapped it with linen thread. Instead of trying to tie a bow on the lid. I made the bow separately and attached it with a glue dot that I rolled into a small ball.

If  you would like to see other cards made with these colors, head on over to 

Color Throwdown

Thank You for visiting my blog. If you would like to CASE this card there is a supply list below. Just remember Sharing Sweet Thoughts is retiring so you will want to order quickly before it is sold out.

Thank You

Happy Stampin'

Stampin' Up! products used to create this card:

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.00	Sharing Sweet Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144051] $21.00 RETIRING	Everyday Jars Framelits Dies [141490] $33.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Cherry Cobbler Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144576] $4.50	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144597] $9.00
Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [144086] $6.50	Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad [101406] $9.00 Available June 1,2018	Linen Thread [104199] $4.50
Window Sheets [142314] $5.00	Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $7.00

Stampin' Up! Sentiments

Where is the sentiment?

 If you are like me you have piles of beautiful cards just waiting to be sent but when you need a card quick you don't have one with the right sentiment.

When this happens to me it is almost always a sympathy card. You never know when you are going to need one and unfortunately, when it rains it pours. I rarely run out of birthday or thank you cards. but sympathy cards I never seem to have enough of them.

Sometimes when I make a card I don't have a specific person in mind to send it to. I just want to play with a certain stamp set or try a new technique, so I stamp them with the sentiments I use most which are Happy Birthday and Thank you.  I also use Thinking of you a lot because it can be used for all most all occasions.

However, If you want to make sure you always have a card when you need it there are several ways to handle this.

1. You can always cover over the sentiment you have on a card with the Happy Mistake technique that I demonstrator on my YouTube video  Quick Tip #6 Happy Mistake 
2.          You can leave the sentiment off until you need the card

Method #2 works great if you do not have a lot of layers and texture. If you have lots of layering you may not be able to get a good impression 

When I made the card above I left plenty of space at the bottom to stamp a sentiment when I need it.

I have the texture that I created with the Fluttering Textured Impression Embossing Folder and the dimension of the free-floating butterfly but below them is a nice flat space just waiting for a sentiment to be stamped.

I created the butterfly by stamping the image with Versamark and heat embossing it with Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder. I colored it with Stampin' Blends Alcohol Ink Markers and fussy cut it.

I used glue dots on the underside of the butterflies abdomen so the wings stayed loose because I wanted it to look like it is ready to fly off the card.

Thank You for stopping by. If you would like to try any of the products I used to make this card a complete product list is below. 

Happy Stampin' 

Stampin' Up! Products used to create this card:

Product List

Beautiful Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145915] $21.00	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122924] $8.00	Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115316] $8.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.00	Fluttering Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [139304] $8.50	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636] $5.00
Versamark Pad [102283] $8.50	Heat Tool [129053] $30.00	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144603] $9.00
Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144602] $9.00	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144605] $9.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $10.00

Stampin' Up Beautiful Day Sketch Challenge

Inspire.Create.Challenges #014 | Sketch Challenge

While looking for some inspiration, I stumbled onto this challenge on  Inspire. Create. Stamping Challenges. blog. I love challenges because they help me try new ideas and techniques. As soon as I saw this sketch, I just knew a butterfly would replace the heart. I have been playing around with the Beautiful Day stamp set and love the big butterfly.

I had been experimenting with the Springtime Foils Speciality Designer Paper(DSP)  and had a lot of it on my work table in different colors. This paper is so versatile. You can color the images or brayer ink onto the paper to create a different look But it is only available until March 31, 2018, because it is a free with  $50 purchase item as part of the Sale-A-Bration 2018.I knew I wanted to use the foil paper so I choose to use some of the colors I had tried out. I rolled the ink onto the Springtime Foils with a brayer and then wiped the excess of with a tissue because the ink does not soak into the foil only the paper.

I cut a strip of the paper I had inked with Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Ink and put it across the top and put the sentiment on top of it.

I embossed the butterfly with copper embossing powder and colored it with Stampin' Blends Alcohol Ink markers and then I fussy cut it.

The raised edge of the embossing makes it very easy to color and the colors really pop out.

I always use glue dots to adhere a butterfly so the wings are free to fly. I put two glue dots on the backside in the middle of the abdomen. 

When I adhere it this way it gives the impression that the butterfly has just landed and is free to fly away. 

Thank You for Visiting My Blog.

If you would like to make this card a complete list of the products I used is below. Just click on the image to go to my Stampin' Up! store.

If you would like to see the other cards in this challenge, head on over to Inspire. Create. Stamping Challenges 

Happy Stampin'

Stampin' Up! Products Used to Create this Card.

Beautiful Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145915] $21.00	Sweet Sugarplum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141418] $8.00	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122924] $8.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.00	Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper [147193] $0.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $8.50
Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636] $5.00	Heat Tool [129053] $30.00	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $10.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144602] $9.00	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144603] $9.00
Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144605] $9.00	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad [141395] $6.50	Sponge Brayers [141714] $8.00