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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Inspired by Jamberry - Autism Awareness

Welcome back for my fourth installment of Inspired by Jamberry, where my inspiration comes from all things Jamberry! This issue uses Jamberry's charity wrap - Autism Awareness. For every wrap they sell, they donate $2.00 to the Autism Society of America. I chose this wrap specifically because it has both an adult version and a child version and of course, because it is Autism Awareness month!

This card was a lot of fun to create. I didn't have all the papers I wanted to use for the different colors - originally I thought of cutting strips of paper and gluing them down. Since I didn't have the paper, but I had the ink, I chose to use our striped mask and sponge daubers instead.

Dots & Stripes Decorative Masks

I am just loving my sponge dauber investment! I have one sponge dauber for every ink color... not all the tops are used yet.. but look how cute they all are in their rows...

A little secret too....if you don't have the matching card stock to your ink pad, just grab a piece of our whisper white card stock and swipe the ink pad over it... See the blue layer below the whisper white sentiment layer? That was done with Marina Mist ink pad directly to whisper white card stock.

Items used in making this card....

To show your support for Autism Awareness

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Disclaimer: I am a new Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I am working on replacing all my craft supplies with only Stampin' Up! product, but I will occasionally use some of my non-SU stash. Bare with me as I work to replenish my stash with only SU product. I will be highlighting new products as they come in and I will always point out great alternatives to my non-SU product that are Stampin' Up!. Thanks for understanding.

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Inspired by Jamberry April 10

Hello Stampers and Jamberry lovers... I am back with another Inspired by Jamberry post. A little later than I originally planned but I had several issues crop up over the weekend keeping me busy as a bee. This weekend, since I was short on time, I chose to combine my usual two cards into one card.

About the Wraps:

These wraps are a Mommy & Me set. What that means is that the wraps come sized for adults and for juniors. Wear these wraps with your daughter! The smaller "two style wrap" comes with both wraps for kids. The other two wraps, Destiny and Mint Green Chevron, are separate. Mix and match to make a great combo of pretty nails! If you are interested in picking up these popular wraps, click below:

Buy Destiny Wraps | Buy Mint Green Chevron Wraps | Buy Mint to Be Jr Wraps

About the Card:

Stampin' Up! has many ways to create chevron patterns. I could have used the chevron paper that is in the color collection DSP stacks, I could have used the Positively Chevron background stamp, or even the chevron stamp from the Work of Art stamp set. Then again, I could have used the chevron embossing folder to give the background an embossed look or even inked the embossing folder with the brayer. But instead of ordering and using any of these methods, I chose to think outside the box and use a tool I already owned in an unconventional way - I used the Simply Scored Borders Plate overlay as a stencil and I sponged the ink on, line by line, using a sponge dauber.

Creating the chevron background really all depends on which tools you have...and how open you are to exploring your tools to the level that you can use them unconventionally. Solving problems is something I really enjoy - so being limited with supplies is typically a welcomed challenge.

The color palette I chose was also somewhat limited. In a perfect world, I would have had Always Artichoke paper and ink pad to use for the card base and leaves. Instead I chose to use Sahara Sand, which really brought out the two aqua blues nicely. Honestly, I'm afraid that Always Artichoke may have been too bold and taken away from the over all look. What do you think?

Bermuda Bay and Pool Party are lovely colors - but I did not have the Bermuda Bay ink pad. Instead, I used a marker to scribble ink on a clear block and picked that up with my blending pen to highlight the Pool Party flowers, which I also colored with the blending pens.

I had so much fun creating this card - it was challenging figuring out the pieces. One thing I do wish, however, is that Stampin' Up! would come up with a Labels Collection 2 set of dies that fit neatly between the sizes of the current Labels Collection dies. I love how the Bermuda Bay mat offsets the focal image. I used a smaller die than usual on the label to get rid of the bold lines around the label so I could replace it with the Bermuda Bay mat. Easily one of my favorite cards.

Hope you enjoy! And I invite you to visit my Facebook page, every Thursday evening/Friday morning I announce what wraps I will be using in my Inspired by Jamberry post. I'd love if you come join me and get inspired then share what you create on my facebook post to be entered to win a prize!

Happy Stamping!

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Saturday, April 4, 2015

Inspired by Jamberry April 3

My apologies to all of you for taking so long to get this posted. I have been very busy this evening. I adopted another hermit crab...making two in my 10 gal aquarium. The first is MOP - Mother of Pearl, because of her pretty pearlescent shell. Not sure if this one is a SHE or a HE... and not sure how to tell the difference. The new one is called Bitty... cuz she/he is so tiny. I was picking up compressed coconut soil for MOP's crabitat when I decided to get another one. I love my little crabbies...so long as they stay in their aquarium... and I don't have to touch them (much).

Anyway, between last night and this evening, I have my cards for my Inspired by Jamberry post completed. I hope you enjoy!

My inspiration for my first card came from the Out of Focus wrap. I love the colors in this wrap... they just go with everything. I had lots of options to choose from by making my background a bokah technique with so many colors. I chose to tie in the black via the sentiment and the edging layer. Then I chose to tie in the card base color choice with the pretty balloon on the front. I loved the confetti look on the balloon so I carried that over into the inside of the card.

Product & Supplies List

Stamp : Celebrate Today Photopolymer Bundle , Cupcake Party Clear-Mount Stamp Set , Perpetual Birthday Calendar Photopolymer Stamp Set Ink : Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad , Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad , Pink Pirouette Classic Stampin' Pad , Pistachio Pudding Classic Stampin' Pad , Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad , Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Stampin' Pad , So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad Card Stock : Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock , Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock , Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock Tools & Adhesive : Sponge Daubers Accessory : Strawberry Slush Thick Baker's Twine

I was inspired by the Butterfly Kisses wrap for my 2nd card. I chose to do a 4 1/4 perfect square card this time. I rarely ever do square cards, so this was new to me. Butterflies were my overall theme. I also wanted to stick as close as possible to the feel of the Butterfly Kisses card.

By incorporating the pretty purplish mauve, black and white, I feel I stuck as close as I could. This card required a bit of embossing and use of not traditional card supplies such as a window sheet to keep the high shine look of the butterfly over the roughed glittery surface. The sentiment stamps are no longer available as they are from the Lotus Blossom free set from Sale-A-Bration but there are many other fine sentiments that would easily replace these two. Here's your supply list.

Product & Supply List

Stamp : Perpetual Birthday Calendar Photopolymer Stamp Set [137167] , Swallowtail Clear Stamp Set [129216] , Window Sheets Base Material [114323] Ink : Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Write Marker [120970] , Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad [126950] , Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad [101406] Card Stock : Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115316] , Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] Tools & Adhesive : Glue Dots [103683] Punch : Label Petite Curly Punch [129405] Accessory : Iridescent Ice Stampin' Emboss Powder [101930]

I hope you have enjoyed my Inspired by Jamberry post today. I had a great time exploring my creativity using Jamberry as inpsiration. Next week, join me for a weekend of fun on my Shack Scraps Facebook page or my Jamberry Facebook page - I will provide the Jamberry inspiration first thing Friday morning, you share YOUR creativity with me!

Oh...don't miss out on the FREE Shipping next week, April 6-10, build your shopping list this weekend and place your order first thing Monday to receive the free shipping.

Also, if you are planning to join me for my April Craft Along, place your stampin' supplies order by midnight on the 6th and get your make & take project kit mailed to you along with 2 more amazing project kits.

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Friday, March 27, 2015

March 27 - Inspired by Jamberry

Inspired by Jamberry – Simply Daisy and Confetti Cake

Inspired by Jamberry is a brand new blog series where I combine by two favorite things – Jamberry Nail Wraps and Stampin’ Up! This series was inspired by a fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator from the UK, Pootles. She is just darling and has the most amazing creations, when I grow up I want to be just like her.

This week on Inspired by Jamberry, I took inspiration from two different Jamberry Wraps, Confetti Cake and Simply Daisy. Both wraps are completely adorable and I had so much fun creating cards with no cardstock based layers. It’s not as easy as it sounds…at least, if you want the cards to LOOK like you put some thought behind the creativity. I do hope you like them. If you follow both of my blogs, Jamdazzled and Shack Scraps, you will find this post on both blogs.

The technique behind this first card required me to make a chipboard mask to mask out the center of the card prior to embossing it with the polka dot embossing folder. Once that was completed, I stamped my sentiment in the center and proceeded to color all the raised little dots with my Stampin’ Write Markers. I chose Perfect Plum, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush and So Saffron as they matched the most closely to the colors in the Confetti Cake wrap.When finished, I added a touch of Dazzling Diamonds to the letters of Thanks.

My Simply Daisy Thanks card used a technique I saw online, the demonstrator created a Northern Lights card where she swiped the black pad over the entire card – leaving blended color untouched. It was really neat and I just had to try it once I saw the Simply Daisy wrap. The stamp on this card was taken from a retired Sale-A-Bration stamp set from a year ago – it was the only six-petal flower I have.

I hope you enjoyed my cards. If you get a chance, stop by my Jamdazzled blog to learn more about Jamberry Nail Wraps. Happy Stampin’ and Wrappin’!

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