Tis the Season to Celebrate....

Inspired by a card made by Zoe Tant, a Stampin' Up demonstrator in the UK, we made this card at my recent Christmas Card Buffet.  This is a "no stamping" card - ok, on the inside which I forgot to photograph, we did stamp a sentiment but on the outside, there was no stamping!  I used the Joyous Noel glimmer paper and the Celebrate You dies as well as the All Is Bright designer series paper.  I really love these photographic papers!

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Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

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Stampin' Up!'s Fast & Fabulous stamp set...

I am going to miss this stamp set when it retired as the end of this month!  It is a Level 2 hostess set and has been a "go to" set for me.  If you would like this stamp set yourself, contact me soon so we can book a workshop before the end of the month.  If the workshop is over $300, you can choose this stamp set for your very own!  I stamped the image in Pacific Point ink using a post it note to mask the middle flower so the top flower will look like it is sitting behind the middle one.  The patterned paper is from the Beyond the Garden designer series paper in the Summer Mini Catalog.

Technique Tuesday - Pigment Pastels

Today I am going to show you a technique using your Stampin' Up! White Craft ink and Stampin' Up!'s Pastels.  You will need:

White Craft Ink
Stampin' Up! Pastels
Aqua Painter
Basic Black Classic Ink
Heat Tool
Detailed Image Stamp

First, stamp your image on your cardstock using the Basic Black Classic Ink and heat set.

 Next, take your Aqua Painter and pick up ink from your White Craft Ink Pad.

 Color areas of your image that you want DARKER than others.  Once you have colored all areas, heat set.  Make sure you clean your Aqua Painter right away to remove any Craft Ink.

 Color your image using Stampin' Up! Pastels.  You will begin to see that the areas that you colored with the white craft ink stay darker after you are done.

 This technique works best using the darker pastels.

Here's my card that I made using this technique.  Hope you enjoyed it!

Inspired by Nature - Stampers for Others February Challenge....

Today's card is one I submitted to the Stampers for Others February Challenge with the card below being our inspiration.  I used Stampin' Up!'s Elements of Style and Fast & Fabulous stamp sets as well as the Springtime Vintage DSP (again!).  I have been playing around with the Crochet Trim and finally found a card that works for making a flower out of it with some Rich Razzleberry Taffetta ribbon as well.  So, do you think I captured the inspiration given to us?