Ruth's Stamping Escape

With All My Heart

The wonderful thing about being a demonstrator is the amazing friendships that are formed and all the sharing of ideas.  I saw this sample somewhere and had to create one myself.  I love heat embossing and with just Versa Mark and clear embossing powder, it looks like you have 3 different colors of powder.  Stamp the image, heat emboss and punch with the Fancy Flower Punch and adorn with some Bitty Buttons.  Instant pretty!  The sentiment is from Short & Sweet.  Both of these stamp sets are retiring and will be gone as of May 31st. 

We will be making this at Stamp Camp on Saturday.  Hope to see you there.

Murphy Safari Continued...

Arusha National Park, about 212 sq. miles, is not home to a lot of big game but it has a wonderful variety of bird life and some pretty cool animals.   Giraffes are plentiful and there are hippos in the lakes and zebra and dik diks which look like big eyed small deer with long legs and they are so fast as they dart in and out of the bush.  There are buffalo too.  It was a great introduction of what was to come for the next 10 days.

Tammy is checking out the park maps and information.  And to think she did not even want to come with us on this trip.  She looks pretty intersted to me.

She's pointing something out to dad.

Look how close he is.  But we'll get even closer.  Tammy hasn't turned around to see this one yet.  He's checking us out though.

We got our first zebra sighting as this zebra darted out in front of us.  He was in a hurry to get somewhere.  We were so excited and we hadn't even seen any of "the big 5" yet.

I can't remember the names of these birds but they were all incredible and huge.  You can click on any of the pictures and see a larger image.

 

Oh my, I am losing track of time going through all these pictures again.  Hope you like them too.

more tomorrow

 

 

 

 

Simply Scored and Diagonal - Easter Favor

Using the Stampin' Up! Simply Scored and Diagonal Plate to make this favor is a breeze.  You could modify the little flag for any event or even use it as a name card/place setting.  Take a 6x6 piece of cardstock and score at 2" and 4" on all sides.  Then using the Diagonal Plate, score each corner from the edge of the corner to the first score line.  Do this on all 4 corners.  Then reinforce each score line with your bone folder.  Take the corners and bend them in towards the middle of the basket and punch through both layers at once with a hole punch.  Once all 4 corners are punched, put ribbon through all 4 corners and bunch up into the middle and tie into knot.  On a scrap of white cs, stamp with Happy Easter from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and punch out with Petites Pennant Builder Punch.  Take coordinating color cardstock and punch with the decorative side of the Pennant Punch.  Adhere to skewer with glue dots.  Fill basket with choice of candy and stick skewer into center. We used the Specialty DSP, Sweet Shop, to punch various shapes and adhere to outside of basket.  Isn't it darling? 

Mixed Bunch with Punch

I love flowers and I love punches so I really love this card.  I paired Lucky Limeade and Cherry Cobbler cs and ink and I really like them together.  Who would have thunk it?

This was another Stamp Camp project from last weekend.  We embossed with Versa Mark onto the Vellum cs and sprinkled white embossing powder over the image.  Heated with heat gun and viola.  Then we punched with the Blossom punch (that perfectly matches all the flowers in the Mixed Bunch stamp set).  We punched another flower with Cherry Cobbler cs with just the punch and offset one on top of the other and punched a hole in the middle with the Mat Pack and Paper Piercer. Then we used a In-Color Brad to finish the flower.  We stamped the background stamp with Versa Mark and stamped on the Lucky Limeade cs to creat interest for a background.  Then we used Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine around the LL cs to add a dimensioned finishing touch.  A little "Hello" at the bottom finishes it up.  It's a note card for any occasion.

Adorable Easter Bunny Punch Art

I had a picture of this cute bunny saved and had been wanting to make him for a long time.  Stamp Camp made me spring into action.  I added the grass, egg and butterfly just because those things go hand in hand with the Easter theme.  I think it turn out really cute. I made a template for the bunny(below).  He's all punches!  The ladies at the Stamp Camp loved this.  What do you think?

Spring has Sprung and Glitter is Everywhere

Oh my, time has a way of slipping away from me.  So sorry about the delay in posting.

Here is a card we made at my Stamp Camp this month.  It uses Heat and Stick Powder and glitter.  The secret to using Heat and Stick Powder is to not overheat it with the heat gun.  You stamp your image with a pigment ink, real red craft ink was used here.  Then dump Heat and Stick Powder generously over the stamped image.  Then shake off any excess but don't tap it off.  You want a lot to stick to your image.  Then, using the Heat Gun, slowly heat the image just until the powder melts...then STOP.  It will be sticky at that point and you then pour the glitter generously over the image.  Tap off excess glitter and then you can zap it again with the heat gun or not.  I usually do not.  It takes just a minute for the stickiness to dry.  Take a 1" paint brush and brush away any excess glitter.  That's it.  You will have glitter everywhere because it is so fine.  I know my friend Mary is sad that she missed this Stamp Camp.  She LOVES glitter :-)

I wanted bright spring cards for my stamp camp this month.  The theme was spring and Easter. 

Stamp set used:  Sprinkled Expressions from the SAB mini, Accessories:  Crimper and Ribbon Border Punch.  Fine Galaxy Glitter. Colors, real red and delightful daffodil.  These are among my favorite colors in the garden. 

Remember:  Just 6 days left until Sale-a-bration ends.  Don't miss out on getting free product.  With every $50 order, you get a free pick from the Sale-a-bration mini catalog.

Enjoy your week.