Pals Paper Arts: Ginger Bread Kiddo

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Welcome to this weeks Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge!  This is hands-down one of my favorite punches and the variety of stamps are amazingly too cute NOT to own!  I assure you this stamp set is going to be one of those craze gotta have sets and I highly encourage you to get it pronto before they run out!  The Designer Series Paper is also another favorite.  However, I plan on stocking up and making sure I have enough to make at least 100 Christmas cards.

I wanted to make the Ginger Bread Kiddo look like he was swinging from house to house and used Whisper White Solid Bakers Twine to allow it to repel across the card. 

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The best way to end the week tomorrow is by entering your card into the Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge.

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Maggie

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Stamp Ink Paper: Monochromatic

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What other way to say “thanks” instead of stamping it!? By using the Hello You Thinlits is the perfect way.  I’ve had this die-cut for a while, but have only began using it the last few weeks. 

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Can’t wait to see your blue’s over at the Stamp Ink Paper Challenge #65.

The Details:

  • Monochromatic Fade with a Die-Cut.  To cut each color in one strip I cut three separate pieces of cardstock in their respective color and used scotch tap on the back then ran it through the Big Shot.  Since the scotch tape held it together it was easy to apply the Fine-Tip Adhesive glue to the back. 

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Pals Paper Arts: Check Out the Fiesta!

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Yesterday was my son’s birthday and for the past 20 years I have always made him a birthday card with red as the main color. I wanted to change it up this year and decided to make it a lively card.

UPDATE:  I just realized, I’m a week late and $100 dollars short! After I returned from my 30-day vacation across the United States I seem to have left my mind on the road. Today’s card was for last week’s Pals Paper Arts Challenge.  I better get with the program right!?  Anyway, enjoy the card and I’ll get caught up now!

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The Details:

  • Flexible Photopolymer.  The best feature I absolutely love about the photopolymer stamps is its ability to slightly bend and stick on a block.  I first laid the line stamp on the whisper white and slightly bended it so it would show a very slight curve.  It turned out perfect.
  • Add Embellishments. Often after we finish off our cards we take a double look at them and realize they’re missing a little something-something.  What that happens I pull the rhinestones out of hiding and find a spot on the card to give it an enchanted appearance.  I know this card may seem a bit feminine because of the bright colors, but the boldness speaks both genders to me.  My son LOVED it and he even loved the rhinestones!  Proof masculine cards don’t have to be neutral and without embellishments.

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Stamp Ink Paper: Clean and Simple #64

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Do you remember the Swallow Tail that was retired?  So many were disappointed when it was retired, but if you have the Butterflies Thinlits dies you can emboss the large butterfly without cutting it all the way through.  Have you ever ran a die-cut through your Big Shot and the die-cut was too worn out?  Well, you can duplicate that same effect with any die-cut and rubber mat.  See the details below.

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I’d love to see you try this technique and play along with us at the Stamp Ink Paper this week.

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The Details:

  • Emboss with a Die-Cut.  To emboss with a die-cut all you have to do is replace the bottom plate with a Silicone Rubber mat!  Yes, that’s all you need! If the sandwich is a little too thin when running it through, simply add a piece of cardstock under the one you’re cutting.  Still to thin?  Add another. =)

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Maggie

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Happy Birthday: To A Classic Grandpa

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Today’s card was custom made for a customer (Mark) in Alaska.  I even mailed it for him.  But what did the inside of it say?  Well, it was easy!  Mark texted me a written message which I printed and cut to size and adhered it to the inside.  Needless to say, anything handmade and custom is always loved.

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Stamp Ink Paper: Wonderful Wings

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Today’s card is a colorful one and it represents ‘wonderful wings’.  I have loved butterflies my whole life and each time Stampin’ Up! releases a butterfly set, that’s right, I buy it!

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Hope you join the Stamp Ink Paper team this week and come up with something with ‘Wonderful Wings’.

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The Details:

  • Ornament Die Cut Butterfly.  I used one of the ornament die-cut’s (white arrow below) .  I trimmed it to the shape of butterfly wings and cut it in half.  The butterfly body, in basic black ink came from Watercolor Wings as well as the antennas.

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Maggie

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Pals Paper Arts: I’m So Sorry

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Today’s post ends the last day of my 30-day vacation.  It’s been real, it’s been fun and the entire road trip across America was all REAL FUN!  It ends with the sun shining bright and looking forward to sleeping on my own bed.  Today’s card was made a month ago for the Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge.

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Amy Lazzell is the creator of this very cute sketch.  She has an awesome eye for design and gave me the perfect challenge to make something different.  Please join us this week at the Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge.

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Stamp, Ink, Paper: Thank You Color Challenge

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I absolutely love the colors that were selected for this weeks Stamp Ink Paper Challenge and I hope to see what you come up with too.

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The Details:

  • Pedal On the Edge.  I didn’t want the sentiment to look plain on the whisper white cardstock and chose to stamp it with one of the pedals stamps around the edges with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.  It’s my go to ink these days for images that will be colored in with our Stampin’ Write markers.  The ink also stands up to watercoloring and I can’t stop using it instead of any other inks because it doesn’t bleed.
  • Colored in Pedal.  To used the gray pen in the Neutrals Stampin’ Write marker set because I also used a couple pieces from a retired punch left from Smoky Slate cardstock.

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Pals Paper Arts: Sketch Challenge by Linda Callahan

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Pals Paper ArtsThere are times in our lives when everything goes off kilter.  This card may have been a premonition and once I summarize you may agree.  When I completed Linda’s spectacular sketch I had to make about five cards because I was preparing to undertake a three and a half week vacation across the US in my hubby’s Mini Cooper (oh fun)!

Two weeks into our vacation, I received that dreaded 5 AM call…dad’s in the hospital.  This card is now how I feel….gloomy. It just goes to show that often what we see takes a different twist on how we feel.  I really love the new Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack and when I made the card it looked like the sky blended with the ocean with a bright sun behind it…at least that’s the look I wanted to achieve. 
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It would be such an honor if you entered the challenge this week and I’d love to see your card over at Pals Paper Arts.

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Stamp, Ink, Paper: Come Sit By Me

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I seriously am the friend your friend warns you about before you meet me.  Once you get to me you too will become afraid of what will come out of my mouth without warning.  I think it began shortly after joining the military…my filter came off and never put it back on again.  But don’t worry, I’m always very pleasant and never mean-spirited, it’s always done in a professional manner to make you smile.

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I’ve really been wanting to use this stamp for such a long time.  It’s not Stampin’ Up! and I purchased it at a craft show a few years back. I can’t even remember who made it, except that it an old saying I’ve seen on t-shirts and coffee mugs.  I’d love for you to see all the other funny cards created by the fabulous Stamp Ink Paper crew here.

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The Details:

  • Make Your Own Wall Paper Background.  To make the wall paper I used the masking technique and stamped Wilma (not her name, I made it up) on a post-it and snipped her out and put it over the stamped image.  Then simply used the lines in Gorgeous Grunge to stamp in the background to give it the wall paper lines in the background.  It looked really plain when I stamped Wilma and created the background after I was done with the card.
  • Coloring. I made this card the night before I was leaving for vacation and I apologize, but I can’t remember which exact colors I used for Wilma’s clothing colors. But you can use your own favorite colors. I don’t know how to color coordinate…after spending 25 years int he military, I never color coordinated, I was just told what to wear….LOL.

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Maggie

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Stamp, Ink, Paper: You’re My Anchor

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Today’s card was made for the Stamp Ink Paper Sketch Challenge #58. I’m not much of a punch artist, but today’s card is a little bit nautical and one little fish that I made with the bow builder punch.  I didn’t make a video or anything, but follow down below to read how it was made.

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The Details:

  • The Fish: With the Bow Builder punch the bow tie without the rectangle strip (you won’t need it). Use the fin looking piece to back the back of the fish.  With the longer piece you’ll need to use your paper snips to trip one side of the bow to make it a little round (as desired, after all…it’s your fish) LOL.  Use the “eyeball” measurement to figure how much to cut on the other side so that the fin comes through.  Then just adhere it together and wha-la your punch art masterpiece.
  • Fishing String: Everyone knows that fishing string is clear and since we don’t have clear thread or ribbon I used our Silver Metallic Thread to symbolize the fishing string.  I twirled it around my fingers to create a rope like circle around my hand and then just adhere it to the back of the fish with Stampin’ Dimensionals. It gives the fish a little pop off the label.

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Maggie

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