Easter Blessings

Easter is upon us! It just so happens that my sons birthday lands on Easter Sunday so there will be double the celebration. :-)

 I just love the Easter blessings wood block stamp that is in the new Stampin'UP! Sprig catty. Simple but still elegant, you can do a lot with a phase stamp like this.

 

One of the ladies in my stamp club has asked about heat embossing. So we will be making this card for our club party on Thursday. I love everything texture and dimension. On this card I have used heat embossing for the Easter Blessings sentiment, folder embossing with sizzix, and of course tons of dimensionals to pop everything from the flowers to the apothecary framelit.

 

Colors used:

Whisper White

Pool Party

Certainly Celery

Lucky Limeade

Regal Rose

Best of Everything Stamp Set

 

Apothecary Framelits

Cloudy Days Embossing folder

 

Come to Bethlemhem Christmas Cards

I have a holiday boutique I am doing in November and I have just started to sit down and create all the crafty things I want to sell. 

Here is my first set of 10 Christmas Cards

I found a bottle of Folk Art Pearl Glaze that I used for the snow flakes.

I really like how it came out. Not sure if they still sell it but worth a looksy.

My new fave thing to do is stamp and then emboss as you can see.

I knew all the supplies I wanted to use for my cards but it took me forever to get it all put together, till it dawned on me. Stamp the image and then emboss over it! Who woulda thunk it? Well me after about 3hrs and sleeping on it. HAHAHA!

Supplies you can use to make this card are:

Stampin' UP! Come to Bethlehem Stamp Set

Snow Flurry Bigz Die

1" Circle Punch

Modern Label Punch

Cherry Cobbler Cardstock

Old Olive Cardstock

Early Espresso Cardstock

Soft Suede Stamp Pad

Staz On Jet Black Stamp Pad

Old Olive Stamp Pad

Very Vanilla Cardstock

If you are interested in purchasing any of these products please leave a comment or shoot me an email at kandicehanes@gmail.com

First 3 people to place an order that includes any of the products listed will receive free shipping!

And don't forget!

 For every $40 you spend you get to choose any of the new 3/8 stitched satin ribbon.

Five colors to choose from:

Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, or Summer Starfruit

Tiled Birthday Card

So it has been a while since I have shown any love to my blogs. Here's a short post but a good one, I think. I found an amazing card sketch through pinterest and wanted to use it right away. I knew just what I was going to do with it, but like always my path diverted just a little but stayed true to the original sketch. For the inspiration you can check HERE.

Hope you enjoy my take the card.

Stampin' UP! Products used were

Mixed Bunch Stamp Set

Blossom Punch

Basic Black Stamp Pad

Not Quite Navy Stamp Pad

Rose Red Stamp Pad
Fancy Fan Embossing Folder

If interested in purchasing any of these products leave me a comment!

The Skys the limit Card

I love Stampin UP! Up, Up, & Away Stamp set. I have had it for a while but haven't used it much. So I decided that I needed to get to using it, and here is what I came up with while watching some old episodes of Suits.

 Ahh, gotta love these guys. O.K. O.K. enough drooling. Well I take that back drool a little over those guys and a little over my "The sky's the limit" card. Enjoy!

 

Here is a couple of pics to show how I made the rolling hills.

 First you want to punch out a couple of circles. I frayed the edges to give the appearance of grass. Just use your scissors and snip.

After you figure out where you would like your circles to be, adhere them.

Cut off the excess so the circles stay with the shape of the card.

And I added an accent green to really show off the grass effect.

Supplies used:

Up, Up & Away stamp set, Summer Silhouettes Stamp set, whisper white card stock, Patio Party Designer Series Paper, Summer Starfruit card stock and ink pad, Gumball Green and Lucky Limeade Card stock, Primrose Petals & Midnight Muse ink pads

And one more show is my Swap Tag I made for a demonstrators meeting.

 Have a great day everyone!

Thinking of you Delicate Doilies

I loved making these cards. I may do them for our Luv2stamp swap in August. They are so fun and quick to put together. Random stamping is one of my favorite things to do with stamps because you can make so many different designs. 

I tried making a video but my phone kept falling and the kids ran in ringing bells; I decided it wasn't worth becoming Momzilla over. =)

Supplies Used:

Delicate Doilies Stamp Set 122592

Best of Everything Stamp Set 123536 

Curly Label Punch 119851

Modern Label 119849

Crumb Cake Stamp Pad 126975

So Saffron Stamp Pad 126957

Primrose Petals Stamp Pad 126858

Very Vanilla 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon 

Thank you for visiting Stampin in the Sunshine!

Album in a Box

For my next class, Thursday July 26th, we will be making this cute Album in a Box. What I love so much about this idea is that:

1) it is super simple. 

2) looks fabulous

3) a great gift or a coffee table decoration for the home. 

I really like the idea of giving it as a gift for a birthday friend or family. It is a small fun album for them to have all ready to just adhere photos. Or you can give it with photos you took and give as a fun after party gift. =) Either way who wouldn't like to have something near where they can just pop the lid off and reminisce about good memories. 

Once I get my camcorder so I can do videos, I will have to post a video tutorial on how you can make this as well.

 

Credits:  stampingpro.com

Supplies Used:

Simply Scored Scoring Tool 122334 

Curly Label Punch 119851 

Summer Starfruit 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon 126846 

Patio Party Designer Series Paper 126916 

2012-2014 12x12 In Color Cardstock126836 

Thanks for joining me here at Stampin in the Sunshine!

My First Stampin Up workshop

Today I had my first Stampin Up workshop. We had a lot of fun! It was a small intimate group but we were able to talk and use great product. I just wanted to share some photos of my set up.

These are the little gifts I made for my guests

My Display Board. It was a little bare until my Upline came and added a few things. THANKS WENDY!

Thanks to all who participated in today's workshop!

Summer Silhouettes Day 3

This card wraps up my Summer Silhouettes series on what you can do with a little. I hope you have been inspired to make the most out of your supplies.
I used:
Whisper White Cardstock
Summer Silhouettes Stamp Set
Blessings From Heaven Stamp Set
Gumball Green Stamp Pad
Raspberry Ripple Stamp Pad

Summer Silhouettes

So I just received my Stampin' Up demonstrator package today and couldn't wait to get started on the crafting. That's what it is all about anyways, right!?

I am really on this kick right now about how you can do so much with just a little. And that can be hard to remember in an age where "it seems" more is better. Let's face it, there are a TON of great crafting products out there but we just can't afford it all! I hear all the time, "I really want to paper craft but it is just so expensive.

Well in the days to come I want to show you what you can do with very little product. Starting with this little cutie.

 

For this card I used:

1sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 Whisper White Cardstock

Summer Silhouettes Stamp Set

Decorative Lable Punch

Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit Stamp pads

Blessings from Heaven Stamp Set

This is what I like about these products: With a stamp set there are so many possibilities. With paper, although great and sometimes you just gotta have that pretty sheet of it, once you cut into it you are done. You don't get anymore of it and that stresses me out. Sometimes I don't even use a paper I buy because I don't want it to be gone. I know I am not the only one out there who does that!!

But there are so many great stamp sets that you just gotta have too. The nice thing about them is that after you use it, it will still be there to make many more projects with.

Stamp pads: Do you know you can get multiple colors out of just one stamp pad?! Let me show you. There are many different names for this technique, I usually call it second and third generation stamping. Sometimes you can even get a fourth.

 

Delicate Doilies Stamp Set 

So what you do is just ink your stamp and stamp once, twice, three times or maybe even four. Very simple. For example. If you want the second color of the blue, ink your stamp, stamp it on a scratch paper and then immediately to the project you are working on. 

Well I hope you enjoyed this little post on Stampin in the Sunshine.

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