Showing posts with label Die Cuts-Build It Framelits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Die Cuts-Build It Framelits. Show all posts

Thursday, January 18, 2018

2018 Calendars! June, August and September


 Each of these calendar months are heavily decorated with Stampin' Up! items, past and present.

My dad has always been a pretty handy guy.  Anything that needs to be fixed, just let him know, and it will be done - and done well.  Very well.  When Mom and I were working on June's calendar page, we called him over to help with placement of the tools.  :) 

The watercolored pieces here are Stampin' Up! stamps from the Occasions 2017 catalog.  As soon as I saw them, I knew they'd be perfect for August!  It's always so difficult to find themes since August doesn't have any holidays. 
I stamped and heat embossed the pieces in white on watercolor paper, and used my Jane Davenport watercolors to add color to the pieces.  My friend Kathy lent me one of her Stampin' Wheels for the background.  Thank you, Kathy!

The bicycle is a current Stampin' Up! set.  It's got lots of pieces, and many stamping levels....  One day, I'm going to make those wheels spin!


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If you don't currently have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, I'd be thrilled to talk with you about furthering your crafting pursuits!


Thursday, May 18, 2017

Father's Day Card

 I'm still playing with my new program Photoshop 15 and learning so much!

This set is soon to be retired, Nailed It.  It has some fantastic masculine card options.  I saw a few samples like this, and added some details to make this card all my own. 

This is a card we're making for my May club date.  It uses quite a few techniques.

 After stamping the tools in black, and die cutting them, I then stamped the handles of the saw and hammer on a piece of the new wood paper pack.  A little fussy cutting, and voila! wood handles on the tools.  I used the watercolor pencils on each of the metal pieces of the tools, and also the handle of the screwdriver.

The only embellishments in addition to the embossed silver foil are the two metallic elements on the hexagonal Happy Father's Day piece.  The silver foil embossed beautifully in the Dynamic Textured Impressions folder!  It added the perfect touch to the gray background.

 Click on any of the products below to purchase materials to make this project. If you don't currently have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, I'd be thrilled to talk with you about furthering your crafting pursuits!