Sootywing Studios: August 2017

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Merry Patterns New Promotion: Stampin' Up! Artisan Blog Hop

Today I'm excited to share a brand new promotion starting September 1st! If you've ever thought of hosing your own party, now is the time with Stampin' Up!'s Merry Patterns Host Promotion. If you host a party with $300 in sales by October 31st, you'll earn the FREE Merry Patterns Stamp Set. This is a great time to earn some free goodies and get a good start on your holiday cards. Contact me to get your workshop booked!

Details:

Promotion period: September 1–October 31
The Merry Patterns Stamp Set is exclusive to the host promotion and will not be available after October 31
In order to qualify, the event merchandise total must reach $300 USD/$375 CAD (before shipping and handling)
There is no limit to the number of times the Merry Patterns Stamp Set may be earned, but only one set can be redeemed per qualifying order
Demonstrator, Customer, Workshop, and online orders qualify
Orders must be closed by 11:50 PM (MT) on October 31
The Merry Patterns Stamp Set is in addition to Stampin’ Rewards
The Merry Patterns Stamp Set may not be exchanged for another stamp set

Let's get on to the samples!

My first card is for the person who loves to fussy cut! When I saw the candles, I knew that I wanted to use different DSP for each candle. I used the Be Merry DSP from the annual catalog. I just stamped the candle on each of the different pieces of DSP and cut them out. I stamped the candle image on a Crumb Cake circle and then glued all of the DSP to the candle. The flames were colored with a white and Daffodil Delight watercolor pencil.

I stamped "season" onto DSP as well and cut that out. I told you this card was for the fussy cutting person! :) I layered all of these elements onto the red striped piece of DSP and finished off the card with Black rhinestones.

For my next project I decided to use the Mini treat bag framelit to make a gift card holder. I used the green tree DSP piece for the mini treat bag. To decorate the bag, I stamped the super cute sweater reindeer in Chocolate Chip ink onto Crumb Cake. I made him fancy by giving him a red tinsel bow. I added another piece of DSP to the front along with a strip of Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper and the sentiment stamped on Lemon Lime twist cardstock. I also added a few Iridescent sequins.

Inside the treat bag is a piece of white cardstock that I decorated and added a gift card to. Does this Starbucks gift card match perfectly or what?? I stamped "tis the season" in Chocolate Chip ink and then stamped the inside of "season" with Real Red ink. This is the great thing about photopolymer stamps, you can easily see when you are lining them up to stamp inside another image. I added a strip of the red stripe DSP to the bottom of the card. And then I used two hearts from the Corrugated Elements that I glued to the front and back to help pull out the white cardstock from the treat bag.

I hope you enjoyed today's projects. Be sure to contact me to get your workshop on my calendar so you can earn this stamp set for yourself!

Next up is Jessica Winter. Click below to check out the fabulous project she created this week!

Here is the link list of the full Artisan Design team for you to browse:

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Creative Scrapbooker Cards!

Hello everyone! I am excited to share today my first time being published! Woo hoo! Way back in the beginning of the year, I submitted cards to Creative Scrapbooker magazine for their summer issue. I was notified that they picked my cards and they were recently published in the summer magazine. I had meant to post about these weeks ago but time got away as usual.

My cards featured the Lift Me Up bundle. Luckily, this stamp set and framelits are still available so you can make these cards too. The DSP is retired on the cards but you can easily use one of the great DSPs we have or even stamp the backgrounds with the Diagonal stamp. The DSP I used was from A Little Foxy DSP stack, in case any of you still have some that you hoarded. J

I started with a piece of watercolor paper where I just scribbled the watercolor pencils on it. At first, it does not look pretty but once you wet it with your Aqua painter that is when the magic happens. You get this pretty water colored background. How simple is that?? I love how great these pencils work for watercolor backgrounds. Now we just need more colors!!

I then die cut the large hot air balloon with Copper foil paper and Dazzling diamonds glimmer paper. The little hot air balloons were embossed with White embossing powder and Copper embossing powder on Vellum cardstock.

The sentiment was stamped on watercolor paper and I just did a little more scribbling with the pencils to add the watercolor effect. I punched the ends with the Banner Triple punch. Behind the watercolor paper, I added Copper thread to both cards. Then I finished off the cards with enamel dots on the blue card and sequins and lace trim on the pink card.

These are so pretty. I really need to make several more in some other colors!! How great would a rainbow of these cards look!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Ronald McDonald House Stamp set: Stampin' Up! Artisan Blog Hop

Hello Welcome to the Stampin' Up! Artisan Blog hop. There are 20 of us from around the world so be sure to follow along to see everyone's projects. You should have just come from Holly's blog. Great stuff!!

This month we are focusing on the Ronald McDonald charity stamp set. Stampin' Up! donates time and money to Ronald McDonald House Charities. When purchasing this set, Stampin' Up! donates a portion of the proceeds to RMHC. How great is that. Not only do you get a fun set to play with but you also help a great cause.

I decided to focus on using the jar and those cute strawberries!! I stamped the strawberries on Real Red cardstock and Lemon Lime Twist cardstock. Then I fussy cut those strawberry stems. It wasn't too bad to cut them out and it really makes those strawberries stand out! And don't forget the jar in this set coordinates with the Everyday Jar Framelits.

To get the background on the Pool Party cardstock. I stamped the jar lid several times in Pool Party ink.

Looking at it like this, it doesn't look super pretty but that center portion will be covered by your jar so all you will see is a nice texture to the cardstock. Fun right!?

I also added some texture to the Crumb Cake cardstock by running it through the Pinewood Planks embossing folder. LOVE this folder!! I finished off the card with one of the sentiments stamped on Lemon Lime Twist cardstock, some Pool Party Baker's twine and a couple of Glitter Enamel dots.

Thanks for stopping by and I this inspires you to pick up this lovely set.

Next up is Jessica Winter. Click below to check out her amazing projects!