Happy Birthday Monster

Today I wanted to show you that stamp sets from the Holiday catalog can be used in many different ways and are not limited to the holidays. I totally fell in love with those little monsters. If I would only use them for Halloween I feel I wouldn't get enough use out of them. I think they make a perfect birthday card too and BAM! you can use them year round. Add a heart somewhere and you have a Valentines card. The sky is the limit to your imagination and creativity.

For this card I chose a watercolor background and doodled a fine line around with a Journaling Pen. I stamped the little monsters with Memento black ink and colored and shaded them with Stampin' Blends. I also wanted to practice my coloring skills and added all the furry details with the Watercolor Pencils.

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BOO to You

Aren't those little monsters in the Holiday catalog the cutest? Halloween is right around the corner but I am just getting into the mood. For the background I chose the tree stencil from the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks and the White Embossing Paste. After the trees had dried I went along the edges with a Smokey Slate Stampin' Blend to create the shading. Then fuzzy cut the monsters and added them to the card.

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Just A Little Creepy

Or maybe a lot? In our neighborhood houses and front yards are getting decorated big time right now.  What is your favorite Halloween activity or decoration? Leave me a comment below.  Look at all these googly eyes staring at you in the forest. For this card I layered Night of Navy and Gorgeous Grape on Whisper White cardstock to achieve a night sky look. Then I used my Basic Pattern Decorative Mask stencil from the 2019 Holiday catalog and created the forest with sponge daubers and black ink. Next I added the googly eyes. I also have received my Paper Pumpkin this month and there is always some extras included so I decided to use some of the embellishments from the box to add it to my cards. Done!

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New Paper Trimmer

I got my new  Paper Trimmer by Stampin’ Up! today. Squeeeeeeek!!!! I am so excited. It's finally here. Couldn't wait to try it and now I don't want to stop cutting. Seriously, it cuts through the SU cardstock like it was butter. So smoothly and the edges are super clean. But wait, here comes the best part. It has imperial AND metric measurements! No more fiddling around with the conversion of the paper size when you find instructions from different parts of the world. Yeah!

And it's so easy to score with it. Look at how crisp the score line is.

As a demonstrator I was able to preorder my paper trimmer. It has yet to be determined when customers will be able to order it. If you can't wait click here  to join my team. You can add the paper trimmer to your $99 completely customizable starter kit (you will get your choice of up to $125 worth of any current Stampin' Up! products and a business supply pack valued at $50, that's a total value of USD175).

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Watercolor Rainbow Modern Heart

I recently took a watercoloring class and I am kind of obsessed with this technique now. The Modern Heart stamp set I used was inspired by Million Sales Achiever Steffi Helmschrott, a very talented creative demo from Germany. I stamped the heart with Versamark and embossed with clear Stampin' Emboss Powder on Fluid 100 watercolor paper. Then I filled each of the little triangles individually with water. I picked up some ink from the lid of the ink pads and put it down only in one corner of the triangle and watched the magic happen. The ink will spread on the wet paper, it's so soothing to watch. After it all dried I sprinkled on some clear water and picked it up with a paper towel right away. That lifts some of the color and gives the heart even more of a watercolor look.

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Hello Beautiful Butterflies

Today I want to share a quick and simple card with you. I used the Stamparatus to position my stamps once and then stamp all the butterflies perfectly aligned in all different colors. So easy! Sometimes I am wondering how we managed before the Stamparatus LOL. Definitely a must-have tool. The butterflies are punched out with the coordinating punch and then attached with Dimensionals.

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Rainbow Pig

This card combines so many of my favorite elements: "This Little Piggy" stamp set with a very powerful sentiment, Embossing Paste, the the cloud stencil from the Pattern Party Decorative Masks and rainbow colors. Put it all together and voilà .....

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