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Stamp Simply Saturday Hop - Go To Layout!

Rubber Soul/Wordsworth, Sewing/Stitching, Spellbinders, Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, Techniques, Wordsworth 11 Responses »

Jul 032010

Edited: I had set this post to go live this morning, and the Hop was postponed after I went to bed. Sorry for the inconvenience! The rest of the girls will be back next Saturday with their Go To Layouts. I may even have another of my own.

Good Saturday morning! If you’ve already started your holiday weekend, I hope you are being good. I’m heading to Downtown Jeff today for the parade. My sorority sisters and I will be on the Boat Float today! One of our sisters has a pontoon boat that we will be decorating and riding in while her husband drives us down the street. Of course that’s not anything new for us. Typically when we go out on the boat we gather at their house, and we ladies ride down to the river in the boat! Way too much . . . good times! Hopefully I’ll get some great pictures today.

Today is also the Stamp Simply Blog Hop. It’s all about quick cards using our go to layout and making the type of card we always seem to need. As I look back over my last few weeks of uploads, I think this is definitely my go to layout. I really could broaden my scope of layouts. Even though the ribbon and the border may be in a different spot, it’s for sure the same layout over and over and over.

For me, I seem to make all occasion cards. I leave the inside blank and then my mother, sister or aunt can request a stamp to go inside. They get most of my cards as I’m not very good at sending many out.

OMG, I’ve just admitted how BAD I truly can be!

Anyhoo, here’s my card.

I used some of my new Wordsworth stamps (geesh I LOVE these sentiments) and stitched some Queen Bee paper to a cardstock backing. This time I tied the bow (and NO, I do not use a Bow Easy . . . it’s like tying your shoes . . . every Girl Scout knows how to tie a square knot) at the bottom and inserted a decorative pin.

Stamps: Wordsworth Remembering – Poetry of the Earth from Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU River Rock and Basic Gray; PinkPaislee Queen Bee from Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black and Antique Linen and Bundled Sage Distress Inks
Accessories: 1.25” Ivory 100% Silk May Arts Ribbon from Stamp Simply Ribbon Store; Spellbinders™ S4-130 Classic Rectangles – Small, S4-132 Classic Rectangles – Large, S4-133 Classic Scalloped Rectangles – Large, and S7-014 Classic Lace Border Grand (also available at Stamp Simply Ribbon Store); Sewing Machine; Foam Mounting Tape; Maya Road Trinket Pin

Please check out the other Go To Layouts on the following blogs:

Sharon Johnson

Linda Duke

Thanks for stopping by today and I KNOW you are going to have plenty of adventures this holiday weekend!

Just For Fun Color Challenge #18!

Challenges, Just for Fun Rubber Stamps, Misting with Markers, Spellbinders, Techniques, Wrinkle-Free Distress 12 Responses »

Jul 022010

Good Friday morning! Yesterday . . . oh my BADness yesterday! Even though I’m still in the throws of getting projects together for CHA, I got this burr to clean and organize the studio. I’ve been throwing stuff around and not putting it away for weeks. Earlier this week I threw my hands up when I couldn’t find a tool I had just used. SO yesterday I cleaned and organized. I moved things around, I brought in a desk for the computer, I made myself a little cave . . . I LOVE it. I still have much to put away and/or throw out. I finally quit when the ankles started to hurt . . . . plus, I knew I needed to make a card for today’s Just For Fun® Friday Color Challenge.

We’re doing something new with the Color Challenge this week. The prize will be $50.00 in free product. The amount will not be cumulative and does not carry over. In essence, if you only spend $30 then that’s it. The other $20 cannot be used at a later time.

This week, I challenged the Design Team to use some of my favorite colors.

We would love to have you play along with us! You don’t have to use Just For Fun® stamps, especially if you don’t have any yet. However, if you do play along, you might just be the lucky winner of a $50 shopping spree! All you have to do is make a card/project using the above colors and post a direct link on the Just For Fun® Blog.

For further inspiration, you should also visit the blogs of the other Designers. They’ve got some awesome projects to share with you today.

Broni Holcombe
Kat Tucker
Sandy Sandrus
Starla Nelson
Terre Fry
Roni Johnson
Glenda Brooks
Beth Moore
Margarita Ybarra
JFF Blog

Now for my card! While cleaning yesterday I ran across this image that I had used in a prior tutorial – Misting with Markers. I decided that since my stamps were spread out all over and too hard to get to, that I would use the image.

I used watercolor paper to make the background with the Wrinkle Free Distress technique, using blue, green and purple inks. While the paper was still slightly damp, I embossed it with * Impressabilities. Here’s a close up of the embossing.

Stamps: D2645 Wildflowers and UMS 7019 Sentiments 2 from Just For Fun® Rubber Stamps
Paper: Watercolor; SU Perfect Plum and Elegant Eggplant
Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black and Dusty Concord, Tumbled Glass, Antique Linen and Peeled Paint Distress Inks; Tombow Markers
Accessories: Spellbinders™ S4-081 Tags 5, S4-139 Petite Scalloped Ovals – Large, S4-140 Petite Ovals – Small and I2-1002 Butterflies Impressabilities; Violet 100% Silk May Arts Ribbon from Stamp Simply Ribbon Store; Ranger Mini Mister, Non-Stick Craft Sheet, Matte Accents; White Thread