Impressions by Day

Black and White

This week's challenge from SUDSOL is "It's All Black and White" and I love black and white!  This is one challenge I really enjoyed working on and could probably put together a ton of cards just using black and white. 

The challenge was to create a card using only black and white but you could add any colour of embellishment.  I added a touch of pink on the flower.  Coincidentally my order arrived today with the Whisper White Organza ribbon and Eyelet Border punch.  These two items made it a snap to put this card together in less than 10 minutes.

I used the largest flower from the Pretties Kit, added a pink flower from Flower Fusion Too and topped it off with a half pearl also from the Pretties Kit.  The organza ribbon is so gorgeous and the Eyelet Border punch finished it off.   I added the sentiment from Dream a Little, a Hostess Level 3 set, stamped with Whisper White craft ink.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

In the Dog House

Gosh, am I in the dog house!  Or maybe in the beehive!   After posting birthday cards or greetings to most of the members of my family, I didn't post one for my eldest daughter, Alannah, who had a birthday of January 22.  I truly did have a good excuse - I know, I know - I hate excuses.

But I have been feeling under the weather the past while - actually for quite a while - but more so in the past two weeks so for her birthday, I - gasp! gave her a store bought card!!!  Well, I was reminded yesterday - ever so gently that I while I had noted the birthdays for Paige and Dani, Jenafor and Colin, on my blog,  I didn't do one for her.  Sigh - what's a mom to do. 

I was able to spend some time at my stamping table today and made this birthday card for Alannah.

A spiral card using Just Buzzin By - The little bees are absolutely adorable but cutting those little legs on the bees took some time!  LOL   They do have the cutest expressions on them so even though I had to cut several (because I cut their legs off inadvertently) I got a kick out of looking at their sweet little faces.

The main cardstock colour is Close to Cocoa although it looks like Chocolate Chip in the photo.  This was layered with Almost Amethyst and Very Vanilla.  The inside of the card is Very Vanilla.  Almost Amethyst, Lovely Lilac, Mellow Moss and So Saffron markers were used on the flowers on the front of the card and the stems were omitted on the flowers for the inside. 

A happy belated birthday post, Alannah!

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

 

Gung Hei Fat Choy

Happy Lunar New Year!  Gung Hei Fat Choy - it's the Year of the Ox.  If you were born in the Year of the Ox (1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009) it is said that Oxen people are methodical, hard working, friendly and truthful.  Famous people who were born in the year of the Ox are President Barack Obama, Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. Meg Ryan, George Clooney, Heather Locklear and Jane Fonda.

This is my Lunar New Yeard card to share with you.

Red symoblizes good luck and you will see lots of red and gold papered decorations in celebration of the lunar new year.  The main cardstock is Real Red layered with a piece of Brushed Gold. 

The leaf image from Embrace Life is stamped on Naturals White cardstock with Versamark and embossed with gold embossing powder.  A Real Red marker was used to fill in the leaves.  This piece of Naturals White is layered on Brushed Gold and Real Red. 

I printed the the words Gung Hei Fat Choy from my computer on Naturals White cardstock with the font in red.  It was punched out with the 1 1/4" Circle Punch, layered onto a 1 3/8" Circle Punch in Brushed Gold and then onto a Scallop Circle punched in Real Red and placed on the card with dimensionals.  A length of Real Red Grosgrain with a tie completes the card.

Gung Hei Fat Choy!

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Valentine Mail Box

Now that you've seen the new catalogue, are you as excited as I am about all the wonderful new sets and the fantastic accessories?  I just don't know where to start - from new designer papers, exciting new Big Shot dies, super new ribbon and three new punches and oh, so much more!

With Valentine's just around the corner I wanted to share with you this mail box that I made using the Raspberry Tart designer paper.

Raspberry Tart designer paper (page 160, #113975, $11.75) featuring Kiwi Kiss in a paisley pattern was used on the main body of the mailbox.  At the ends of the box, I used another pattern with Kiwi Kiss and large flowers.  I cut out one of the flowers to attach to the post on the box.

Rose grosgrain ribbon covered the edges on the end.  I cut a strip of Regal Rose cardstock to wrap around the mail box and used the scallop edge punch on both sides.  Kiwi Kiss striped grosgrain ribbon was layered on top of that.  The birds from Love You Much (page27,  #113756, $30.95) were stamped on Whisper White.  I stamped the birds on a smaller pattern pieces of the designer paper and cut out the bodies and adhered them over the birds.  I then punched them with the Large Oval punch and sponged around the edges.  I also punched out the smaller heart from the Heart to Heart punch (page 185, #113694, $19.95) in Regal Rose cardstock to place between the birds.  This piece was placed on the mail box with dimensionals.

At the front end of the mail box the Love stamp from Love You Much was stamped on Whisper White and coloured in with Regal Rose and Old Olive markers.  I cut another small flower from the DSP and placed it in the middle of the letter "o".  A So Saffron brad was used in the centre of the tiny flower.

Only a few days left for the Love You Much Bundle - the Heart to Heart punch, Love You Much stamp set and Candy Lane DSP - all for only $50.28 - that's a 20% savings from the regular retail price.  If you would like to place an order for this super bundle, please contact me at dayanna@perfectevent.com or order online at www.dayanna.stampinup.net.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

The Spring/Summer Catalogue is Here!

Today, Stampin' Up! released it's new Spring/Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalogue and it is filled with surprises and beautiful new products!

Designer brads
Designer hardware
Colorful rub-ons
New punches
Textiles Paper
Corduroy buttons
Clear rhinestone brads
Fleurettes (crocheted flowers)
Build-a-fairytale for kids
New OnBoard shapes
New Sticky Cuts
New tools like the Glass Mat and Circle Scissors
New die-cuts, new embossed dies, as well as textured plates!

These are all in addition to the beautiful Designer Series Paper, Simply Scrappin Kits, and new Simply Sent Kits. Click the catalogue to view online or contact me for a hard copy.

Retiring Accessories and Inventory Blow Out Sale!

The Retiring Accessories are now available and as many of you know - they are snapped up fast!  Be sure to place your online order for any of the accessories or email me at dayanna@perfectevent.com with your order.

Click HERE to view the list of retired accessories.

And for the first time ever Stampin' Up! is having an inventory blow out sale of retiring, retired and current product at savings of up to 50% off!

Click HERE to view the Inventory Blow Out.

Click HERE to view some items not listed.

Remember retiring and sale items are only avaiable while supplies last so act quickly!

Happy Stamping!

Raspberry Tart

We're in for some exciting new Designer Papers in the new catalogue.  You've seen a preview of the Candy Lane DSP and here are two samples using the bright Raspberry Tart DSP.  I generally like the softer more subtle shades and when I opened this package - wow! was taken aback by the colourfulness of this paper.   It's taken a while to get used to the brightness of the paper with the colours and designs but after putting together some samples, it grows on you.  It's like everything else - the intial reaction and then settling down to work with it to create some beautiful samples.

The co-ordinating colours for Raspberry Tart are:  Rose Red, Real Red, Kiwi Kiss, Cameo Coral and Pretty in Pink.  

I made a quick thank you card using one of the new sets called Sweet Stems.  This set has four delicate floral images and I've used them all on this card.  The cardbase is Kiwi Kiss.  I matted a piece of Pink Pirouette with a piece from Raspberry Tart.  The images are stamped with Rose Red and Kiwi Kiss then sponged with a bit of Pink Pirouette on the edges and punched out with the 1 1/4" Square Punch.   Four 1 3/8" squares of Pink Pirouette were punched and dimensional were placed between the flower image squares and the Pink Pirouette squares.  The thank you sentiment is from Bella Blossoms.

One of my all time favourite colours is Rose Red although I haven't used it for some time but with the Raspberry Tart DSP, I'm sure to be using it a lot more again.  The cardbase is Rose Red and it is matted witha  different pattern from Raspberry Tart and clipped at the corners with the Ticket Corner punch.  On the reverse of that is this beautiful green pattern with varying shades of green and pink.  I placed it on Kiwi Kiss cardstock and tied a bow with the Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla satin ribbon.  The top piece has another delicate flower image from the Dream a Little Level 3 Hostess set.  Its stamped on Whisper White and then placed on Kiwi Kiss and Rose Red.  The flowers are coloured in with a Rose Red marker.

Are you keeping your Wish List updated with all the previews of the new catalogue? 

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Pocket Heart

 I've been using the Big Shot and cutting out images with some of the dies I have on hand and cut out the Pegal Card image.  I was folding it looking for ways to use it when one of the folds turned out to be a heart shape and with one more fold can be a cute little envelope.  I decided to use it as a heart for a Valentine and these are the results.  The first image shows the petal cut out with the Big Shot.

In this next photo, I folded up the two bottom "petals" for form a heart shape.  Sorry for the blurry image as I don't know what happened here.

This is the card that I made with the heart shape.

The card measures 5" x 5" in Riding Hood Red.  The mat is Very Vanilla cut to 4.75" x 4.75".  On this piece, I lightly stamped the splatter stamp from Itty Bitty Backgrounds just to give it a subtle texture (it's so subtle you can hardly see it - lol!).   The heart was cut from Candy Lane DSP.  The lovebirds are from Love You Much and I stamped the image twice on two different sheets of Candy Lane and SNAILED them to the stamped birds and also punched out the small heart using the Heart to Heart Punch on matching Candy Lane DSP.  It is punched out using the 1 3/4" Circle Punch and it is matted onto a scallop cut from the Scallop Circle #2 Die using the Big Shot.  A length of Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon completes the card.  You can add hearts or a sentiment or other accessories into the pocket but for this sample, it is shown without any accessories.

I made another card using the Petal Card die.

For this card I used the Always set as it has a beautiful heart image that I've wanted to use for so long and finally got a chance to do so.  The main cardstock is Regal Rose with a mat of Pretty in Pink.  I scalloped a piece of Whisper White and the bottom edge of the Pretty in Pink.  The pocket heart was cut using Regal Rose.  I cut another petal card using Pink Pirouette DSP and snipped off the two bottom pieces and matted it on the Regal Rose heart.

I stamped two hearts from Always using Riding Hood Red ink on Whisper White and a heart from Love You Much using Regal Rose ink on Whisper White an then cut out the hearts and tucked them into the pocket.  The Always stamp is stamped on Whisper White and then punched out with the 1/2"" Circle Punch, matted onto a piece of Regal Rose punched with the 1 3/8" Circle Punch and then onto a Pink Pirouette scallop circle.  Using one of the small flower images from Always, I stamped it on a piece of Whisper White with Riding Hood Red and punched it out with the 1/2" Circle Punch and placed onto a Build A brad and placed in the centre of the "a".  The scallop circle is pierced using the Mat Pack and paper piercer.  A length of 5/8" Pink Pirouette grosgrain completes the card.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Spinner Card

While I was making my first project using this sweet set - Just Buzzin' By - and looking at the faces on the little bees made me think of doing a spinner card with honey bees swarming around the beehive.  I didn't get a chance to work on it right away but I was so anxious about putting it together, I made a beeline (pardon the pun) to my craft room right after breakfast yesterday morning to come up with this.

The So Saffron cardstock is cut 9" x 4.5" to make a square card.  The overlaying Black cardstock is 4.25" x 4.25".

I then cut out the centre portion using Coluzzle and on that I attached the beehive that is stamped and cut out on Whisper White.  The hive is accented with So Saffron marker and the base coloured with Sahara Sand.  I stamped another bee image and cut out the little face to be peeking out of the hive.  This circle piece is attached to the card with dimensionals.

I inked up the flower portion of the flower stem image in the set with White Craft ink and stamped them on the four corners.  When they were dry, I used a dark yellow Watercolour Pencil to colour over them.  This piece is then attached to the card base with dimensionals on four corners and smaller pieces on the centre edges.

For the spinning bee, it was stamped on Whisper White and punched out with the 1.25" Circle Punch and matted onto a 1 3/8" So Saffron circle.  So Saffron, Blush Blossom and Going Grey markers were used on the little bee with a bit of Dazzling Diamonds on the wings. 

This portion is mounted on two pennies - the "sandwich" is a penny, dimensional, penny, dimensional and the punched bee image.  It fits in between the two circles and spins around the hive.

Have you added this set to your Wish List for the new catalogue?

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping - more new goodies to play with on the weekend.

Just Buzzin' By

This is sure to be a popular set when it makes its appearance in the new catalogue - it is such a sweet (like honey - lol) adorable set.  The little bees have the cutest expressions and I'm sure it will be one of your favourites. The set has three little bees, a honey pot, a beehive, a flower stem and two sentiments.

 For my first project using this set I just made a very simple card using Basic Black, So Saffron and Whisper White cardstock.  The little bee has been coloured with Blush Blossom, Black and So Saffron markers and her wings has a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds dusted on them.  This can be made in less than 5 minutes but I'm sure I spent about an hour trying to use different sketches and DSP etc. and then ended up with something very quick and easy - lol.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!