Christmas Joy

Hi everyone! I have a few Christmas cards to share today. I've used stamps from the newest mini release from Stamp Simply. The 2 sets are Christmas Peace & Joy and they are designed to compliment each other and use interchangeably. Even the pattern on the ornaments and candle base match.

Aren't they fabulous!?! My cards use the Christmas Joy set. Take a look.

I was able to share this card on my Instagram last week, but didn't have time to post it here. I colored the ornaments with copic markers and then covered them with Journey Glaze. Then I used coordinating rhinestones as accents. Being matchy-matchy like this makes me happy!!

Next up I have a trio of easy to make coordinating cards. For these, I used the largest ornament stamp and colored them the same colors as the first card. I also used color coordinated cardstock and ribbon- I just LOVE the crisp bows you can make with the gorgeous Faux Canvas ribbon! And again everything is matchy-matchy!

I added a piece of 1/8" washi tape down the left side and filled in the ornament pattern with a Sakura clear sparkle pen (remember those?).  I'll be adding these to my neighbors Christmas gift baskets! I do intend to finish up with the 5 colors, but I just ran out of time. Things have been a little crazy here in the Portland area with all the fires and subsequent hazardous smoke. Fortunately thing are FINALLY calming down and we can go outside again. Man, I've had about enough of 2020!

Here are a couple close up pictures. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Watercolored Oak leaf with acorn card

Hi everyone! I have been playing in the 30 Coloring Challenge for the month of November -this is a challenge where you color 1 thing a day, could be something big or small and it's open to anyone- and have a card to share using one of the images I water colored.

My favorite tree is the mighty Oak (closely followed by the Twisty Locust) and I absolutely love this oak leaf with acorn image from the Stamp Simply Clear Stamps Give Thanks stamp set. Isn't it stunning?

I stamped it on water color paper and colored it with my Pretty Excellent water color palette. I usually heat emboss my images when I water color because it helps me keep in the lines, but this time I challenged myself and I didn't. I almost tossed this a few times, but stuck with it. One thing about water coloring, there are ways to fix or color over things.

I'm glad I stuck with it because I really do love how it turned out. I die cut the image and then again with Gold Mirror cardstock with the coordinating Give Thanks die and layered them together. I trimmed a few patterned papers from the Echo Park My Favorite Fall pack and layered them behind the leaf panel.  The sentiment is from the set Autumn Blessings and I heat embossed it in white on dark brown cardstock.

Stay tuned next week I'll post a few more cards from my colored images. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend. Here's a close up picture.

Water colored Java mug

Hi everyone! I have another fun card to share celebrating the newly released Cup of Java stamp set and Java die set from Stamp Simply Clear Stamps. My card uses the die set only, showing that both the stamp and die set can be used together or on their own.

This card was pretty easy to make. I made some small water color splotches on the watercolor paper and then die cut the mug from that. To make sure I had the scale correct, I lightly drew in the mug shape onto my paper before I applied the color. To beef up the Java word, I layered together 3 die cuts.

The blossom I used is from the Petaloo Botanica Baby Blooms pack in white. I took a bit of the left over yellow paint and touched the ends of the petals with it to give it a soft matching color.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Other supplies used:
Divine Twine Black/white baker's twine
Blue rhinestones
dotted embossing folder

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop -Fall/Winter 2018

Hi everyone! Welcome to the 2018 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!
I'm excited to play along in this blog hop and help represent The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store who is one of the many SUPER SPONSORS for this hop! This hop is HUGE with many sponsors and prizes up for grabs! To enter to win you need to make a new coffee/tea/cocoa project and link it to the Coffee Lovers blog.

I have some fun projects to share today. First up is a card using the Coffee or Tea? die set, Poinsettia die set and SUPER cute Christmas paper from the Kaisercraft Peace & Joy pack.

I had a lot of fun with this one. Notice the cup? I used the inlaid die cutting technique and set the steam die into the cup as flourish accents. It's a fun technique that's easy to do. Here's a pic showing how it was done.

I also made a little matching tea packet. This little cutie is perfectly sized to gift 1 tea bag.

And it's super easy to make -just 3 steps! 

Step 1: Trim your cardstock to 6.5" x 3.5"

Step 2: Score and fold at the 3.5" mark

Step 3: Add adhesive along both sides

Optional step: Use corner rounder at the top

OH...I almost forgot too mention the little banner embellishment at the top left was made with 2 of the 10 sizes of banners from the Fishtail Sentiment Banners die set. This die set is fast becoming my go-to!!

Be sure to check out the Stamp Simply Blog for their prize details!

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the hop and good luck!

Some changes, a new beginning and a giveaway

Hi everyone! It's been 2 months since I've posted and so much has happened. For those of you who are friends with me on Facebook, you already know that there were some big changes made with Fun Stampers Journey and as a result I, and several other employees, lost our jobs.

While I was taking time for myself, Sharon Johnson of the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store reached out to me and asked if I would be interested in joining her family as their Social Media Director and designer. Sharon and I go way back. We got to know each other over 10 years ago on Splitcoast Stampers. I was and remain a HUGE fan of Sharon's work. She is an amazing talented designer. In fact, I was a part of her store design team for several years starting with the store launch in February of 2010! WOW -right?!? Given our history and my new found freedom, it was easy to say yes to her offer.

During the time I was away, Sharon launched HER VERY OWN clear stamps and dies line! It's called Stamp Simply Clear Stamps with a tag line and company philosophy of

 Keep it Simple - Make it Pretty

This really encompasses Sharon's design esthetic (and mine)!! She has a broad range of stamps and dies with images, florals, sentiments and a very popular line focusing on Scriptures!

So today I invite you all to check out the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store Pinterest page and follow it for some amazing crafty inspiration!
AND...
Stamp Simply is offering a giveaway to any follower of the Pinterest page!!
To enter head over to the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store blog and leave a comment that you are following and you're eligible to win!! How's that for some Black Friday fun?!?
 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!