Stamp-n-Paradise

Monday, August 24, 2020

SugarPea Designs / Sneak Peek Day 1 / Giveaway

Welcome to the SugarPea Designs Sweet Peek Week for the August release!

There are some fabulous new stamps and dies that are so versatile and can be used all season long!

I hope you'll join me here over the next 5 days as I share Sweet Peeks for the all the NEW products that will be available for purchase starting this Friday, August 28th at 2PM EST in the SPD Store.

If you want to shop, remember this link: SugarPea Designs.

Today I am sharing a project using Beautiful Books and Open Book SugarCut. This is a beautifully designed set with a book theme.

The background was stamped using four foliage images from Beautiful Books stamped in a coordinating ink to match the cardstock but a shade darker. The panel was die cut using the Card Front Element Builder II.

A variety of florals were die cut from Open Books SugarCut along with the "book" and its pages. After assembling, the images were adhered with liquid glue as this makes it easier to arrange the florals. A pair of glasses were stamped in dark gray ink and die cut. As a finishing touch, a supporting sentiment (from Beautiful Books) was stamped onto the banner die from Card Front Element Builder II.

Would you like to win a $50 Gift Voucher to the SPD store? Leave a comment below for your chance to win. TWO lucky commenters will be randomly selected from the Sweet Peek Week comments to win a $50 Gift Voucher! Winners will be announced on our blog: Monday, August 31st.

Amy Kolling

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Erin Lee Creative / August Release / Blog Hop

Hello!

I am happy to be a part of the new release Blog Hop for Erin Lee Creative! Erin has come up with a fabulous release......look at all the new products that have just been released! Being from Kansas, some of these just call to me!

****Shop for all Erin Lee Creative HERE****

I had fun playing with the Boho Rainbow stamps in these fun colors! Boho has become quite the trend in home decor. My daughter has embraced it well! ☺

I used a variety of companies inks for my color palette here......some Stampin' Up and Altenew. The rainbows were stamped across a panel and then trimmed down. For a bit of dimension, the sentiment was white heat embossed onto Navy cardstock and added with foam adhesive. A few gold gems were added to continue the "boho" feel.

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When I think of Kansas, I think of Sunflowers and Wheat. The rolling wheat fields are truly beautiful.

This amazing wheat border stamp is from No Place Like Home......fitting, right? The wheat was stamped at the bottom of a Broken China ink blended panel that clouds were stenciled in using one of the stencils from the Somewhere Kit. To keep this simple, a black sentiment strip with a white heat embossed sentiment was added to ground the wheat image.

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**Blog Hop**

Erin Lee Creative

Amy

**PRIZES**

We are giving away three $25 gift certificates to three lucky winners chosen from comments left across all of the blogs participating in this hop. Please leave a comment on any participating blog by Monday, August 24. Three winners will be announced that week on the Erin Lee Creative Blog. The more you comment, the more chances to win!

Monday, August 17, 2020

Reverse Confetti / Hugs Enclosed

Hello!

I am here today with some HAPPY MAIL!

There's nothing better than a bright colorful card in the mailbox......am I right? ☺

***SHOP for Reverse Confetti HERE!***

Colorful die cut circles in fun Reverse Confetti colors of cardstock (Salsa, Tangerine, Buttercup, Lime Green, Aqua, and Grape Soda) were stamped in black ink with the dotted stamp from Background Builder. This is my favorite stamp in this set! The circles were arranged vertically down a white note card with three black 1/4" strips of Midnight card stock running horizontal. This allows for great sentiment stamping!

Six envelopes from Snail Mail were stamped and die cut. Coordinating Copic markers were used to color the heart on each of the envelopes. Each envelope was outlined with N0 Copic marker for depth. Each one was added to the colorful circles with foam adhesive.

Supplies:

Snail Mail

Snail Mail Confetti Cuts

Background Builder

Reverse Confetti Cardstock

Friday, August 14, 2020

SugarPea Designs / Sending Smiles

Hi everyone!

Sometimes you just need to send a smile in the mail.......to cheer that friend up!

I wanted to share a rainbow card using the Concentric Circles Stencil.

***SHOP for all your SugarPea Designs HERE!***

The stencil was placed over a white panel securing with Post-It Tape. There are 24 sections so I chose 12 different Distress Ink colors for my rainbow. Using post it notes (they were the perfect length and size), each section was masked off and ink blended with various Distress Inks. Each color was repeated twice to complete the circle.

Distress Ink Colors:

Spun Sugar

Worn Lipstick

Festive Berries

Dried Marigold

Spiced Marigold

Squeezed Lemonade

Mustard Seed

Shabby Shutters

Peeled Paint

Peacock Feathers

Mermaid Lagoon

Wilted Violet

This panel was trimmed down and added with foam adhesive to a Stone color cardstock. To keep the focus on the rainbow circle, I added two black white heat embossed sentiments from Everyday Sentiments. They were added with foam adhesive centered over the center circle.

Concentric Circles Stencil

Everyday Sentiments

Everyday Sentiments SugarCut

Monday, August 10, 2020

Spellbinders / Sparkling Christmas Collection

Hello!

Have you seen the newest collection from Spellbinders? It's called Sparkling Christmast Collection.

I have officially made my first holiday card of the season! I have been sitting on these cards since I received the products back in June!

***Shop for all the Spellbinders HERE***

I fell in love with the Festive Noel Etched Dies.

I began by layering strips of colored card stock in a non-traditional color scheme (I love doing this!). From this panel, the NOEL was die cut and layered onto the white "backer" die.

The rest of the embellishing came next adding in all the little details with the additional dies included. I love paper piecing so this was fun! This whole focal point was added to a Stone card stock that was paper pierced at the top and bottom. This color gives plenty of room to let the white focal point a way to shine! I didn't mention but almost every layer of this design was done with multiple layers of card stock for dimension but still allowing it to be "flat" for mailing.

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Layering dies have so much versatility. The Kaleidoscope Plaid Etched Dies are no exception however they are smaller in size but have three layers!

For my card, I kept it simple by lightly ink blending Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink over a white note card. After adhering together just two of the layers of the plaid (four times), the four panels were adhered to the ink blended background touching each other for a seamless look. This panel was spritzed with Sheer Spray for a subtle but impactful glittery background. To finish, I added a die cut square and adhered a (retired Spellbinders) snowflake die done in silver glitter cardstock. No sentiment? This will be perfect to send a wintery message to a friend!

Saturday, August 8, 2020

Reverse Confetti / August Blog Hop

Welcome to the Reverse Confetti August Blog Hop!

Make sure to check out the Reverse Confetti blog for all the details of this hop and for a full list of inspiration and information with this Mini Release!

SHOP for Reverse Confetti HERE!

I used the word LOVE stamp to stamp an entire panel of card stock in Reverse Confetti colors of ink: Rose, Tangerine, Bumblebee, Grass, Lagoon, Grape Soda. This was super easy and didn't take long at all.....just make sure you clean the stamp good in between colors! The panel was trimmed down to fit behind one of the Stitched Squares Confetti Cuts done in Midnight card stock.

For the center of my focal point, one of the larger sentiments was stamped and die cut using a standard circle die. Both the frame and the circle were added with foam adhesive over an impressed note card using the Oh My Heart Cover Panel Confetti Cuts.

There is a big SUMMER SALE that starts today!!!

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Here's the blog hop line up to celebrate this Mini Release:

Reverse Confetti Blog

Susan Wymer
Kara Pogreba

Jessica Frost-Ballas
Candice Fisher

Kelly Lunceford
Deanne Kuntz

Adelle Emery

Amy Tsuruta

Friday, August 7, 2020

Reverse Confetti / August Mini Release

Hello!

Reverse Confetti has a special mini release for you today featuring the You Matter stamp set and matching You Matter Confetti Cut.

***Shop for all Reverse Confetti HERE***

I love a clean and simple card.

I used the LOVE word die from You Matter Confetti Cuts. Strips were die cut out of white and then backed with colored card stock in Piggy Bank, Rose, Tangerine, Buttercup, and Iced Aqua. These panels were trimmed and layered over a note card that was impressed with the Diagonal Stitches Cover Panel.

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YOU matter to me.

I colored the various hands in Copic colors recommended by my friend Dana Joy. She has a terrific photo HERE with skin tone colors already chosen! The stitched circle was impressed into the card stock. The circle of hands has a detailed center die cut along with the circle die! The circle of hands was mounted with foam adhesive and 4 stacked hearts were added to the center. A simple sentiment done in bold black ink was stamped below.