fresh & fun

Sorry I have been so quiet. I have been working like crazy on a big project that is now not going to be shown until next week. Bummer for now, but I can promise lots of posts at the end of next week!

Today’s tutorial on SCS is on how to create a background with your Acrylic Paints and a piece of Acetate. It’s really fun,  fast and easy.

The card base for today’s card is a 4 1/2″ x 9″ piece of Core’dinations Paper from the Roy G. Biv Super Assortment.

The centerpiece was created with today’s tutorial technique. It is super easy. Cut a piece of Acetate to the shape you need. Cut neutral cardstock the same shape. I used Label One Nestabilities. Next I stamped Gratuitous Graffiti with Black Stazon over my Acetate. Turn Acetate over and add Acrylic Paint. I used the Lettuce Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber. Place your neutral cardstock over the ink and let dry.

For the flower center I cut a 1 1/4″ Acetate and White Circle with Circle Nestabilities, stamped the TY from Gratutitous Graffiti over it with Black Stazon and added Rasberry Adirondack Acrylic Paint over it. The flower itself is  like the half pearls on the top left from Stampin’ Up!’s Pretties Kit. I sponged the edges with Lettuce paint. I attached the center to the flower with dimensionals, tied white Organza ribbon around the layers and adhered the flower over it.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

Sorry I am late. I stamped this card this morning….and I am not the fastest stamper. So here is my sample for WSC99. All supplies are from Stampin’ Up! (well…I used Circle Nestabilities. But that’s the only thing non SU).

The Basic Gray card base measures 2 3/4″ x 11″ and was folded in half. It was layered with a slightly smaller piece of Whisper White and then three designer paper strips all from the Nouveau Chic Designer Paper Pack. The edges of all pieces were sanded, the middle strip was paper pierced. Faux Stitching lines were added with a white gel pen.

I punched out a circle with the 1 3/4″ circle punch, sanded the edges and stamped the medallion stamp from Charming in second generation Basic Gray. Next I stamped the flower from the same set in Basic Gray. The circle was layered on a Whisper White and scallop sponged Basic Gray circles. Those two had been cut with Circle Nestabilities. I added more Faux Stitching and then heat embossed the entire center circle four times with Clear Embossing powder.

I threaded White Taffeta through a Basic Gray Corduroy Button and attached it with a dimensional. A swirl was cut out of Nouveau Chic Designer paper with the Sizzlits Die Swirls Scribbles, clear embossed and attached under the main circle. The sentiment is from Teeny, Tiny Wishes and was stamped in Black Stazon. The strip was cut out with the Window Word Punch.

The inside of the card is decorated similar to the outside.

Have a wonderful weekend! Hugs and smiles

Here is this weekend’s sketch:

To participate in the challenge, make a card with this layout and upload it either to your blog, or to an online gallery.
If you upload your card on SCS, put WSC99 (NO SPACE INBETWEEN WSC AND 99) in the keyword section. That way we can look at all of them at once! Add a link to your card  as a comment to this thread so I can go and check it out. ( I won’t be adding Mr. Linky anymore. I like it better when I get an email notification when someone adds a card so I can go and check it out and don’t forget).

 To see samples made with this sketch now, check out the blogs of

Cambria Turnbow

Charmaine Ikach

Jenn Balcer

Lori Craig

Sharon Harnist

Have fun creating! I can’t wait to see what you come up with.

SCS submissions

In yesterday’s SCS  newsletter we highlighted the Glass Etching tutorial from Vickie Maduzia. Whenever we highlight older tutorials I try to get a video added for that technique.

For this sample I used stamps from Unity’s August Kit of the Month. The flower was stamped in Versamark on the glass bottle and embossed it. Next I created a round negative stencil out of Contact Paper with my Circle Nestabilities. I taped the contact paper stencil around the image and added Etching Cream. After five minutes wash the etching cream off and scrap off your embossed image. Easy Peasy….just a little smelly (I am so not kidding….that cream stinks…not strong, just bad!).

For the tag I stamped the Unity sentiment in Chocolate chip on Very Vanilla cardstock. It was cut out with the medium  size tag from  Spellbinders Double Ended Tags (one end was cut off)

I inked up the flower in Pumpkin Pie, added Real Red highlights with my marker, stamped it off once and then stamped it over the left hand side of the tag. Next the edges were sponged first in Pumpkin Pie, then in Real Red ink.

It was layered on a Chocolate Chip tag and attached to the bottle with retired Stampin’ Up! fibers. To finish it off I added a bow with Brown Satin Ribbon from May Arts. I am planning of adding brown, red and orange M&M’s to the bottle before giving it away.

Here is a video for the visual learner:

New guest tutorial writer Lynn Put came up with a darling Halloween Bucket made out of Pillow Box Dies. I thought that bucket would look wonderful as a Christmas basket too.

I cut my pillow boxes out of Real Red Cardstock. The patterned paper is from the Merry Moments Designer paper pack. The handle slot was punched with the Horizontal Slot Punch and the handle itself was attached with Silver Jumbo Brads.

The sentiment is from the Level 2 Hostess set Christmas Punch. It was stamped in Chocolate chip ink on Very Vanilla. The damask image from Friends 24-7 was stamped over it in second generation Old Olive. I cut out the image right around the oval border, layered it on a Wide Oval Punch-out in Chocolate Chip and a Real Red Scallop Oval that had been cut with Oval Nestabilities. To finish it off I added a bow with Old Olive Grosgrain ribbon.

 Here is a video for the visual learner:

Here is the last Shimmery Resist sample I had made for the Cinncinati regional. Shannon suggested I show something other then Christmas projects, so I pulled out the skull image (LOVE THAT ONE) from the Stampin’ Up! set From the Crypt.

Since I dont’ have the sample anymore, I won’t be able to give you the exact measurements. Sorry. I stamped the skull in Black Craft ink on Cast-a-Spell Designer Paper and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Next I rubbed Shimmery Paint all over. It was adhered to a slightly bigger piece of Whisper White. The edges were distressed and paper pierced.

The box was cut with the Big Shot die Fancy Favor Box out of Cast-a-Spell Designer Paper.  The Black Grosgrain Ribbon handle was attached through two Jumbo Eyelets. The bat from From the Crypt was stamped in Black Stazon on Whisper White cardstock, cut out and attached to the box with dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the set Teeny, Tiny Wishes. It was stamped in Black Craft ink, embossed with clear embossing powder and sponged over with Shimmery paint. Then the greeting was punched out with the Window Word punch and layered on a Basic Black Modern Label Punch-out.

I finally got around to create a card for the sketch from Friday. Of course I had to change the sketch up a bit. I turned it into a square.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock folded in half.  Next is a 3 15/16″ square of Pumpkin Pie cardstock, followed by a 3 3/4″ square of Soft Suede cardstock. The 2 1/4″ x 3 9/16″ strip of Designer paper is from the Merry Moments Designer Paper pack.. The edges were sponged with Old Olive and paper pierced. On the top right I added three 1/4″ Chocolate Chip circles topped with Earth Element Brads. 

The ribbon is from the retired Valet Ribbon Originals. A 3/4″ circle was punched out of Thoroughly Modern Designer Paper, the edges were sponged and the circle was ran through my Xyron 150. I adhered the paper underneath a clear button and tied it to my Ribbon bow with Linen Thread.

For my main image I stamped the little Bear from the Verve Stamp set Hello Pumpkin three times in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Once on Very Vanilla Cardstock, once on Kraft cardstick, one on Cast-a-Spell Designer paper and one on Throughly Modern Designer Paper. The image on Very Vanilla Cardstock was cut and embossed with Rectangle Nestabilities. It was layered on a slightly bigger Soft Suede Rectangle and a Scallop Chocolate Chip rectangle.  The background of the Very Vanilla layer was airbrushed with Copics. Parts of my other images were cut out, sponged and then adhered to the main layer.

The card inside is layered with a 3 15/16″ Pumpkin Pie cardstock square. The Merry Moments Designer Paper measures 7/8″ x 3 1/2″. The edges were sponged and the top edge paper pierced. I created a “Faux” Button by punching out a 3/4″ circle of Thoroughly Modern Designer paper and layering it on three 3/4″ cardstock circles. The edges were punched, two holes were pierced and Linen thread was threaded through it. I didn’t even know that that was today’s Technique Lover Challenge on SCS. How cool is that? Maybe I am psychic! LOL

Here is a video tutorial on paper piecing for the visual learner:

Update!
The stamp set is on sale at Verve right now!!!

Here is this weekend’s sketch:

To participate in the challenge, make a card with this layout and upload it either to your blog, or to an online gallery.
If you upload your card on SCS, put WSC98 (NO SPACE INBETWEEN WSC AND 98) in the keyword section. That way we can look at all of them at once! Add a link to your card to either Mr. Linky, or as a comment to this thread so I can go and check it out.

 To see samples made with this sketch now, check out the blogs of

Charmaine Ikach

Laurie Schmidlin 

Lori Craig

MaryJo Albright 

Sharon Harnist

I didn’t have time to stamp for this sketch. I hope to post something tomorrow. Sorry!

Have fun creating! I can’t wait to see what you come up with.

SCS submissions

I created the triangle box out of a 4″ x 8″ piece of Holiday Lounge Designer Paper. For my sentiment I mixed the 2″ wood stamper and font with the 2″ Holiday Demi Phrases and an image from the Merry Little Christmas set. I stamped the image with Black Memento ink three times. Once on white cardstock, once on Ruby Red and once on Sahara Sand. The images were cut out with Circle Nestabilities and colored with Copic Markers  (BG45, BG05, YG25, YG17, Y18, Y000, W00, W2). To tie the box shut I used Stampin’ Up!’s Bermuda Bay dotted ribbon.

Here is a quick video for the visual learner:

Make sure to check out the other blogs partipating in today’s blog hop. I am can’t wait to see their stunning creatings made with JustRite stamps.

Michelle Wooderson

Sankari Wegman 

 Heidi Blankenship 

Eva Dobilas

Beate Johns 

Sharon Harnist

Barbara Anders

 Sharon Johnson

Deb Saaranen   

Becca Feeken  

Kazan Clark Lauren Meader

 Tammy Hershberger

Linda Beeson

 Jenny Gropp Lori Craig

Tanis Giesbrecht

Jenn Balcer

Lisa Somerville Karen Maldonado

Pamela Smerker

Karen Taylor Latisha Yoast 

  Julie Overby

 Mary Pfaff

Today’s tutorial was written and filmed by Lydia Fiedler. I created the paper with drink napkins I found at Target.

Week before last the Limited Supply Challenge was to create a card with the 2 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ strip of cardstock that you have leftover when you cut two 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ strips (for square cards) out of a sheet of cardstock. You can imagine how many I have of those. LOL

I combined both the technique for today as well as the challenge to create this little card.

There is actually no stamping done on this card. The napkin/background paper measures 1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″. I added a Whisper White cardstock strip underneath that had been punched with the Eyelet Border punch. Blue Taffeta Ribbon had been tied on the top of the background paper.

The sentiment is from the Rubon pack Chit Chat. The flower center was punched out of another napkin/background piece with the 1″ circle punch. The 1 1/4″ circle always seems too big to layer the 1″ circle on, so I cut a Chocolate Chip circle with my Circle Nestabilities. Both circles were adhered to a flower from the Pretties kit. That was taped to the card base with dimensionals.

Have a wonderful day! I hope you come back tomorrow and start blog hopping with me.