January 10, 2014 - Sarah Loves to StampSarah Loves to Stamp

From the daily archives: Friday, January 10, 2014

Blue & Gold Color Combo! Give It A Try!

By Sarah Naber On January 10, 2014 · 1 Comment · In Uncategorized

Hi there! I’m writing to you from {not so} sunny Houston! I’m at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference and having a GREAT time. Last night, I was able to attend my first ever Manager’s Reception. All I can say is WOW! It was so amazing and I work for such a generous company! I am so blessed. I want to thank each of you, my friends and customers, for helping me get there! Without you, none of this would be possible. I cannot stress that enough! We were at the beautiful Houston Aquarium and I will be posting pictures soon, but it was a night full of fun, food, amusement rides, feeding sting rays, food, mocktails, food…and more food! Seriously, Stampin’ Up! spoils us SO much! Unbelievable!!! I can’t wait to share some fun new things I’ve learned with you all as well!

This week’s challenge over at the As You See It Challenge Blog is a color combo. Have you noticed gold popping up everywhere, from jewelry to clothes to papercrafting? This challenge totally embraces that trend with a color combo of Pacific Point, Pool Party and Gold! I LOVE the inspiration photo, but this one was tricky for me. Do you ever have that? Like you are just needing one more color to make your vision come to life? But I stuck with it and was able to make a card that I not only liked, but enjoyed enough to make 16 of for a swap I’m hosting here at Leadership 2014. I hope you enjoy it too!

I just had to have the So Very Grateful stamp set when I saw the fun, line art image of those flowers! So beautiful, fun and versatile, depending on which look you are wanting to achieve. I stamped it onto a piece of Watercolor Paper with VersaMark ink and sprinkled on some Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder before heating it (where the magic actually happens). I then colored in the flowers with Pool Party and Pacific Point Classic Ink Refills and an Aqua Painter (they come in a pack of 2 – I used the one with the smaller brush). That piece was mounted onto a rectangle of Pacific Point cardstock. The base of the card is a 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Pacific Point cardstock, scored at 4-1/4″. I embossed a piece of 4″ x 5-1/4″ Pool Party cardstock with the Scallops Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and mounted that on top of the base. I followed that with a strip of Gold Foil Sheets cut out with the fantastic Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die on the larger scallop pattern (there are FOUR 12″ long patterns on this one die). A 3/8″ x 5-1/4″ strip of Pacific Point was adhered on top, followed by a bit of the new Gold Baker’s Twine (LOVE!). To create the sentiment banner, I embossed the “Thank You” sentiment from So Very Grateful onto Pacific Point cardstock, then die cut it out with the largest of the Bitty Banners Framelits. I also cut one of these out of the Gold Foil Sheets and cut it in half to make a little mat for the Pacific Point Piece. I trimmed the right edge to be straight and stuck a Mini Brad through it. Are you wondering how I made a SILVER Mini Brad gold? I took the brad, dabbed it into the VersaMark ink pad and then sprinkled Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder on and heated it. *TIP: I recommend using a tweezers to heat it up as the brad will get pretty hot! To finish it off and add some sweet dimension, I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere the focal point and the sentiment piece.