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Wildflower Meadow with Deb Valder
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Whew…nasty storms last night but all is good. I was at Hoosic Valley Continuing Education last night teaching my Rubber Stamping classes and it was a little hairy drving home. I was singing country songs the whole way home…oh dear! Still NO baby but soon! I can't wait.
Wildflower Meadow is becoming my new favorite (this week). You can use so many different techniques with this stamp set and it has a matching folder for instant POP! and dimension.
This card has a Very Vanilla base card cut at 4 1/4" x 11", the top layer is Baked Brown Sugar 4" x 5 1/4".
I used Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink to ink up the stamp BUT before you stamp it onto the matching cardstock, spritz the whole stamp with water. When I did this, it gave the card a watercolor look. After it dries, run it through the matching folder. I popped this on the Very Vanilla base with dimensionals.
Next ink up only one of the flowers. I used Crisp Cantaloupe for the flower and Pistachio Pudding for the stem. Spray this with water and stamp on a scrap piece of Very Vanilla. When it dries, cut it out. I popped it on with Dimensionals. Next I made a fork bow (see my YouTube video on how to make a fork bow).
Then I added one of our NEW NEUTRALS CANDY DOTS!!! These are sooooo much fun. Do you see it? It's in the middle of the flower. This new product is so fun. They are just like our Pearls and Rhinestones. You scoop them up with your scissors and they are pre-glued so you just add them to your card. I added a Very Vanilla one here then surrounded that with the smallest pearls. What do you think?
Side View! Look at all the dimension!
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Subscribe to the comments for this postStampin’ Up! Sneak Peeks with Deb Valder
Hidy Ho Stampers,
So I got a sneak peek at the new catalog last night…OMGosh….that's all I can say. Do you have a Big Shot yet? If not, you BETTER go order one from me now! (www.stampladee.stampinup.net) because there are some AMAZING things in there.
Video here (if you are viewing this in your inbox – make sure you check it out on my blog www.stampladee.com)
SO here is my Sneak Peek Card of the day using the WHITEWASHING TECHNIQUE!
This is going to be a stamp set that will be found in the new
2013 – 2014 Stampin' Up! Idea Book and catalog!
It's called Sketched Birthday, put it on your list NOW as I will be using it a lot.
Lots of layers to this card, dimension – I LOVE it!
I used the WHITEWASH TECHNIQUE and the CHALKBOARD TECHNIQUE here and on the Cupcake Slice.
Stamp the images on your cardstock, (the cake slice was stamped on white cardstock with black embossing powder and the sentiment was stamped on black cardstock with white embossing powder. Then Whitewash both pieces! For the cake slice, color in as the video describes. I added some two-way glue and dazzling diamonds glitter to finish off the slice.
For the sentiment, I used the Chalkboard Technique. I first whitwashed the INVITED letters. Then for the chalkboard technique you can do it one of two ways…click on the link above for the first technique but you can also get that look with the Whitewash Technique. Just run your aquapen with white craft ink over the basic black cardstock and watch it soak into the paper…it DEFINITELY looks like a dirty chalkboard!
Thats it. Isn't it so cute. I added four of the little pearls on the sentiment and oh so cute!!!
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Whitewash Technique with Deb Valder
Hidy Ho Stampers,
As promised yesterday, I'm adding a video for this amazing technique. I love the way it does NOT ruin your paper when you are coloring – NO "pills".
Here is yesterday's card with Swallowtail.
Cardstock Dimensions:
Card is Whisper White (11" x 4 1/4"); Lucky Limeade (5 3/8" x 4 1/8"); Basic Black (5 1/4" x 4")
Here is today's card using Countryside.
Cardstock dimensions:
Night of Navy (11 x 4 1/4"); Whisper White (4" x 2 1/2"); Early Espresso (3 7/8" x 2 3/8"); Crumb Cake (3 3/4" x 2 1/4")
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Swallowtail with Deb Valder
Hidy Ho Stampers,
Well today was warm (Basic Gray day) but it was warm.
I even think I see some green stuff coming up from the ground!!! YEAHHHHH
So today I was working on cards that pointed to spring. Here is my Swallowtail card. It's done with the "Whitewash" technique – video coming tomorrow.
this is done using the "Whitewash" technique.
I started with a Whisper White piece of cardstock and
embossed with VersaMark and Basic Black Embossing Powder.
After heating it, whitewash it with Whisper White Craft Ink
and an aqua pen. Next you will want to use your SU markers
and color in with a blender pen. (Check out my video tomorrow).
I fussy cut the butterfly out and popped him onto my card.
Closeup of Swallowtail.
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For the Birds with Deb Valder
Hidy Ho Stampers,
Yes, it DID snow this morning but I'm forging forward and stamping SPRING! :0) So I'm using the set from Stampin' Up! called "For the Birds" and I'm going to use a technique called "paper piecing".
I used it on my calendar.
and the same idea on a card for my friend.
Do you see the waggon? It's popped.
So how did I do that? I stamped the image on my card/calendar. Then I stamped the image again on a piece of Real Red Cardstock. I cut out JUST the wagon and popped it on the card. It gives your project a 3-D look. Then I added some buttons from the Clearance Rack. Yes, you can bargain shop, it's fun! Just go to my website www.stampladee.stampinup.net and click on SHOP NOW!
Way cool. Okay so I want to show you another new item from my Online Store…
Best of Butterflies Clear-mount stamp set is the BEST OF series this month – the Month of April!
#133345 for $14.95 when you are shopping in the clearance rack, add this beautiful set to your order and look for samples from me soon. Get the set now so we can stamp along together!
Did you know that every year Monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico, and that the migration might span multiple generations of butterflies?
Impressive.
Of course, you can just stamp a butterfly from the Best of Butterflies Stamp Set on a card and mail it ANYWHERE in the WORLD. Take that, Mr. Monarch butterfly!
Every month during 2013, Stampin' Up! is combining some of their all-time-favorite stamps with a new, never-before-seen stamps to create a monthly “Best of” stamp set. Best of Butterflies is the April offering, but don’t forget to check out the sets from previous months as well. They’re available all year!
January is Best of Birthdays #132929 – $14.95
February is Best of Love #132987 - $14.95
March is Best of Flowers #133342 - $14.95
ANNNND when you purchase the set from my online store , the following month I will send you a hand-stamped card with that set from me! Annnnnnd along with that, with each set you purchase you get a sticker, collect 6 stickers and you will get a free stamp set of your choice that is $14.95 or less. WOW!!! It's a win win!! So hurry hurry!
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All Dressed Up with Deb Valder
Hidy Ho Stampers,
So yesterday was St. Patrick's day. What would St. Patrick's Day be at the Valder household without our traditional Shamrock-Shaped Meatloaf and Green Mashed Potatoes for dinner (for normal people it's corn beef and cabbage - well that says a lot about us, we are NOT normal). So take a look.
mmmmmmm
That IS a shamrock!
They were greener than the picture looks! mmmmm
and here is the asparagus with shredded cheese!
Okay down to work! My card of the day today is all about the All Dressed up suite! Today I used only the dress form. I own a real dress form (I call her Lillie) and she goes with me to my "shows". I put all my handmade Jewelry on her to sell. So this dress form suite is near and dear to my heart.
Lillie – I found her at the neatest store in downtown Schenectady, NY.
The store is called Bliss and it's sooooo way cool! I love, love, love her stuff!
The dress form is collaged first. This is how you do it.
Take a piece of cardstock (whisper white or very vanilla) 5 1/2 x 2 3/4. Start ripping Designer Series Paper (I used the Tea For Two pack) and rip them into small pieces. For the next step you will need your Silicone mat because you need to get the snail adhesive close to the edges of the designer series paper. Just randomly rip and stick making sure the dress form fits on your decorated piece! It should look like the picture above.
Next you want to run it through your big shot. Notice I did not cut it square on the page. That is because I wanted certain colors to appear on my card. So you can twist and turn until you see what you like through the framelit. Cool huh?
Supplies used:
Family Reunion stamp set
Stazon Black Ink
Very Vanilla card stock
Basic Black card stock with the Lacy Brocade embossing folder
Basic Gray card stock withe the Striped embossing Folder
Tea For Two Designer Series Paper
5/8" Flower Trim
Dress Up Framelits
Very Vanilla Seam Binding
Scallop Oval Punch
Large Oval Punch (not the wide oval)
Pearls (colored with a sharpie marker)
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Scribble Stamping with Deb Valder
Hidy Ho Stampers,
Remember when we drew as kids? We just scribbled all over the coloring books and thought it was the most beautiful thing ever. Then we'd give it to the one we loved – usually our mom or dad and we were as proud as a pickle! :0) Are you a parent, do you remember the smile these drawing brought to your face when you received one of these scribbles?!!! You thought it was the best thing and it immediately went up on the refrigerator!
Well…….Scribble Stamping can do the same thing. If you send one of these cards, I'm sure the person that receives it will definitely smile and put it on their refrigerator!
Here is what Wikipedia says about scribbling…
Scribbling is most often associated with young children and toddlers because their lack of hand-eye coordination and lower mental development often make it very difficult for any young child to keep their coloring attempts within the line art of the subject (heck I know a lot of adults that also fall under that description :0).
Adults also scribble, although generally it is done jovially, out of boredom (as in doodling), as a form of abstract art, or to see if their pen works.
Definition
[1] To write hastily or carelessly without regard to legibility or form. To cover with careless or worthless writings or drawings
[1] Etymology: Middle English scriblen, from Medieval Latin scribillare, from Latin scribere to write
Okay, under the definition, it says it best….to cover with careless or worthless writings or drawings! So in our Scribbling technique (and I use the word technique loosely!), I want you to do just that…..just SCRIBBLE your heart out with our amazing Stampin' Up! markers!!!!
Here you go, watch my video and learn how to scribble the correct way! If you are viewing this as an email, you will need to go to my YouTube channel and see it there. Emails can't accept videos! So here you go….
So doesn't that make you just want to go out and scribble your heart out!? And it's such a fast form of stamping!!!! You'll be seeing me do a lot of this in the future, I just made up a boat-load of cards for my card rack.
Cherished Friendship stamp set with So Saffron, Certainly Celery and Baja Breeze Markers.
By the Tide stamp set with River Rock, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Markers!
Two by Two stamp set with Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tang, Certainly Celery and Old Olive Markers!
Okay, now it's your turn…what can you come up with? Now I have two calls to actions for you:
1. if you share a creation with me and it is done with all current Stampin' Up! supplies, I will share it on my blog! So what are you waiting for? Email me your creation, it only takes a minute!
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The Secret Garden with Deb Valder
Hidy Ho Stampers,
Today is mega elegance! That's all I'm going to say!
This is my club card this month! LOVE LOVE LOVE the way it came out. It may not be a Speedy Card, Speedy Card but it IS a Speedy Card! :0)
Remember all supplies used in this card are available in my ONLINE store www.stampladee.stampinup.net. Go visit!
Supplies:
Stamp Sets: NEW Secret Garden #129141or #129144 clear mount BUT….
if you purchase the BUNDLE (stamp set and framelits together) you will get a 15% savings the numbers for the bundle are #131100 for wood mount and #131099 for clear mount
# 126702 Trust God
Ink: Versa Mark and Stazon
Cardstock: Cardstock Vellum, Primrose Petals (my new favorite color) and Whisper White
Accessories (it's always in the accessories):
NEW #129372 Secret Garden Framelits (this is the number for the framelits without the stamp set)
NEW #129383 Needlepoint Border Embossing Folder
White Embossing Powder
Heat Tool
Primrose Ink Refill
Aqua Painters
Dimensionals
Bonefolder
Don't you want to join a club now? This is our technique card this month. Email me at stampladee@aol.com if you'd like to be part of one of our groups. Don't live local, not a problem, email me and we can sign you up for the virtual club! You get all the benefits of an in-class person.
Swallowtail, Embossing and Stampin’ Up!
Hidy Ho Stampers,
What could go together better than the Swallowtail stamp set, heat embossing and Stampin' Up!? Well maybe peanut butter and marshmallow also known as a FLUFFER NUTTER (my favorite sandwich)! mmmmmm
So here is what I came up with while eating my fluffer nutter sandwich. I needed a card for a very very dear friend who lost her dad yesterday. I hold her near and dear to my heart and needed something soft (it really looks prettier in person but this is what I've got for ya today!). I've been doing my series on "speedy stamping, speedy stamping" and I think I can fit that one into that category!
Supplies can be purchased 24/7 from my online store www.stampladee.stampinup.net :
Stamp Set: NEW Swallowtail stamp set #129213 wood mount or 129216 clear mount
Ink: #102283 VersaMark stamp pad along with So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and Pretty In Pink for sponging
Cardstock: Whisper White and Very Vanilla
Accessories: #125590 Vanilla Scented Embossing Powder, #129053 Heat Tool, #120999 Very Vanilla Seam Binding, #101610 sponges, #104430 dimensionals
Like I said earlier, this card is sooooo elegant. It's a white, vanilla, white card. If you've not done this combination before, go do it right now!!! Do a speedy card, speedy card!!! Just beautiful.
This stamp, Swallowtail, I will have to say scared me a little…NO BUTTERFLY IS THAT BIG!!!! or at least not here in New York, we have cute small butterflies when it's not 20 degrees below zero!!! So I held off buying it. THEN…like some of you, saw things that people did with it and sure enough, it was on my next order and I'm so excited that I did!!!
I inked up my stamp with VersaMark and stamped it on the 3 3/4" x 5" Whisper White cardstock. I immediately poured on the Vanilla Scented embossing powder and heated it up with my Stampin' Up! heat tool.
Take your stamp pads (So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and Pretty In Pink) and your Stampin' Up! sponges and softly sponge in and around the butterfly. It will make the butterfly pop out and add some soft color at the same time.
Take that layer, put your dimensionals on the back and adhere it to the 4 x 5 1/4" Very Vanilla layer; wrap around your Very Vanila Seam Binding (I used a about 20" of ribbon so I could tie a nice bow); take those layers and adhere them with dimensionals to the Whisper White Card that is cut 4 1/4" x 11".
mmmmmmmmm!!!! Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you want to buy everything on this page from me! :0) Next stop…Deb's Online Store www.stampladee.stampinup.net
Speedy Stamping, Speedy Stamping — now it's time for Speedy Delivery, Speedy Delivery!
annnnnd…
We have a new limited time special going on….check it out…click here to download the flyer! Too stinken cute!
Have a great day and a super weekend.
Stampin’ Up! the New Frontier
Hidy Ho stampers,
Don't you just love new trends? One of the biggest trends right now is a technique called "Chalkboarding". Teachers you should love this! Here is a card I made for a swap I was in.
To Chalkboard you need to use dark cardstock (I used Basic Black).
Step 1: Rub your Embossing Buddy all over your cardstock. Then stamp your image with versamark ink and sprinkle on White Embossing Powder. Heat with our amazing new heat gun.
Step 2: I used the Labels Collection Framelits to cut it out.
Step 3: Using Stampin' Up!'s Watercolor Pencils, outline your image. Then you can add some details, here I made a little Chevron pattern but you could outline the letters or any other little details that will pop your image.
Step 4: I took a Stampin' Sponge and some White Craft Ink and sponged a little in the middle of my "chalkboard" (I'll explain why just the middle in a little bit). Now here is where I do something a little different than others. At this point, I thought the white looked TOOOOOO white so I took my Stampin' Up! Embossing Buddy and dusted the middle of my chalkboard. Doesn't that dust look like chalk dust???? Take a cloth and dust off just a little. WAH LAH you have your chalkboard technique.
The reason I ONLY chalkboard in the middle is because think back to your elementary school days. The custodian would come in at night and clean off the chalkboard, then next day your teacher would come in and would write on it…ONLY IN THE MIDDLE so if you look at the board, it's only dusty in the middle where he/she wrote on it and wiped it off (dusty in the middle). NO ONE writes in the corners right!!!! OKAY OKAY…teachers I know you are saying we don't even know what chalkboards are…WE USE SMART BOARDS!!! ha ha ha!!! Oh well, I'm an oldie but goodie!
The rest of the card was finished with the new Honeycomb Embossing folder and the Fashionable Hearts Embosslit and accented with the Pool Party Seam Binding. BEEEEEEEAUTIFUL!
Supplies ORDER FROM MY ONLINE STORE at http://www.stampladee.stampinup.net and receive free product with each $50 you order.
Stamp Set: Amazing Family #129189 (wood mount) or #129192 (clear mount)
Cardstock: #121044 Basic Grey, #122924 Pool Party, #121045 Basic Black
Ink: #102283 Versa Mark and #101731 Whisper White Craft Ink
Accessories:
#129378 Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder $7.95
#125598 Labels Collection Framelits $26.95
#101879 Wataerclor Pencils $19.95
#125596 Fashionable Hearts Embosslit $11.95
#125582 Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon $6.95
Have fun making your chalkboard cards. Email me and share a picture of the card YOU came up with! This will be so much fun!
Now for a cute little video straight from Stampin' Up!
Thank you for stopping by and sharing a moment with me. Now go and start shopping…remember this is Sale-a-Bration and you will get to pick free product for each $50 you spend! Brrrrrr it's MINUS 10 degrees(yes I said -10degrees) today! YIKES! Great day to stay inside and stamp!
