Hi, Stampers!
In just over a month and a half the Stampin’ Up!®️ 2021-22 Annual Catalog will make its debut! (4 May 2021). I am looking forward to seeing all the new catalog has to offer, but the past week or so I have been rediscovering some stamp sets from the current catalog. I enjoyed these stamps set a few months back, but soon moved on to other sets. Well, time to dust them off and enjoy them again!
In the same spirit - using items I’ve not used in a bit - I thought it high time I used my blending pens! It has been a long (very long) time since I used them last! Why? I really don’t know.
The images on the two cards below are from the FLORAL ESSENCE stamp set (annual catalog). I stamped the outline images, and used the blender pen to move a bit of color around.
FLORAL ESSENCE
The “Happy Birthday” sentiment and the sentiments on the inside of the cards were stamped using the HAPPY THOUGHTS stamp set (mini catalog).
HAPPY THOUGHTS
Here is another look at the “blissful future” card.
The inside of the card.
SUPPLIES NEEDED TO MAKE THIS CARD
Two pieces of Basic White cardstock 5 1/4” x 4” - one for the front of the card and one for inside.
Scraps of Basic White and Gorgeous Grape for the sentiment.
TO ASSEMBLE THE CARD:
*Using Mango Melody stamp “ Congratulations” centered and near the top of one of the 5 1/4” x 4” pieces of Basic White cardstock. This piece will be the inside insert. Now stamp the “Wishing you a blissful future on the scrap of Basic White.
*Use the Gorgeous Grape ink and stamp the flower in the lower right corner of the insert. Use the blender pen to move the stamped ink out from the stamped lines of the flower. Use a light touch and a circular motion as you work from the middle of the flower toward the outside. (Clean the blender pen by moving them around on a piece of scratch paper. )
* Now stamp the leaf image next to the flower twice using the Granny Apple Green ink. Use the blender pen just as you did for the flowers.
* Now stamp the center of the flower with he Mango Melody ink.
* For the front panel randomly stamp the flower image - use the blender pen to add a bit of color to the flowers. Then stamp the leaves and fill in color with the blender pen. Now stamp the flower centers. Use this stamp to put a few flower centers in blank spaces. Now use the small leaf image to fill in areas near flowers. Use the blender pens to add color to these leaves.
* Die cut the greeting using the Stitched Rectangles Dies; mat it on the scrap piece of Gorgeous Grape cut at 1 1/4” x 2 1/2”.
* Adhere the insert to the inside of the card using Stamp & Seal and then adhere the front panel of the card. Put dimensionals on the back of greeting and attach it to the front of the card. The card is finished.
I also used the Floral Essence stamp set to make this card. For each flower I stamped two of the petal images, punch them out, used the blender pen to add color to the petals, and attached them together with glue dots or Stamp & Seal. The flower centers were stamped on a scrap of Basic White with Mango Melody, and fussy cut.
The Gorgeous Grape card base is 5 1/2” x 4 1/4” (5 1/2” x 8 1/2” - scored at 4 1/4.) The background panel is DSP from Hydrangea Hill and is cut at 3 3/4” x 5” then embossed with the Ornate Floral 3-D embossing folder.The Granny Apple Green leaves were cut using the small leaf image from the Magnolia Memory Dies. For the sentiment: the Gorgeous Grape piece is 4 1/2 x 1” and the Highland Heather piece is 2 3/4” x 3/4” and stamped with Gorgeous Grape ink. The Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon is cut about 5-5 1/2” long and each end is taped to the back of the Gorgeous Grape cardstock. Another piece of the ribbon(3-4” long) is tied around the longer piece to form a faux bow.
CAMPOLOGY
NOTHING’S BETTER THAN
I used the blender pen on the coffee pot and the cups. Cardstock used is Misty Moonlight and Basic White. The the greeting of the landscape version is stamped on Seaside Spray. The ink used is Misty Moonlight.
The Basic White background on this card is 4” x 5 1/4”. The twine used is from the Flowers for Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack. I cut a strand of the twine, pulled the silver strand out and used a size G crochet hook to crochet the chain. It is attached to the back of the cardstock piece with tape. If you do not crochet alternatives are - braid together three strands of the twine or wrap twine around the cardstock 2 or 3 times.
USING BLENDER PENS WITH STAMPED IMAGES - THE VIDEO
Thank you for stopping by! Until next time...
Stamp Happy!
Kim
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