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Stamper’s Showcase March 2020 Blog Hop – Happy Birthday!

March 30, 2020March 28, 2020 Melissa's Kre8tions12 Comments

Hello Kre8tors and welcome to another Blog Hop! We are hopping with the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop today! This month’s theme is birthdays! I’ve decided to make this fun card that focuses on some simple stamping techniques and basic layering. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the post and click that Next button when you’re done here to hop along to the next amazing project!

I wanted to take a moment to throw you back to one of my earlier videos that features this same layout and technique. You can see that video on my YouTube channel by clicking here. I love this layout because it’s simple and easy to create with a variety of stamp sets. This card is slightly narrower than a typical card. (Mostly because I didn’t know I had already cut some off the edge before I scored and folded it for my card base!) But I really think the slightly narrower card is fun and it will still fit in our envelopes, so that’s a win!

I started by choosing three colors. Too many colors and it might look too busy. I used Terracotta Tile, Old Olive, and Crushed Curry. I cut a strip of Crumb Cake and Whisper White card stock to use as my guide on where to stamp. I laid down the Crumb Cake card stock over my Whisper White card mat at an angle and moved it slightly when I wanted to stamp one of my images. I repeated this until I had all the background stamped behind the strip of card stock.

Then I stamped my sentiment and omitted the ‘Let’s’ and just stamped the ‘Celebrate You’ onto a strip of Whisper White 1/2″ smaller than the Crumb Cake strip. I adhered the Whisper White strip to the Crumb Cake strip with Snail Adhesive and then popped the Crumb Cake up onto the card mat using some Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added some lovely crinkled seam binding ribbon in a bow, and scattered some Pearls.

I don’t normally go for these colors together, but I was feeling kind of 70’s today lol What three colors would you have used on this card? Send me a picture via Instagram or Facebook and let me see your creation! You can find me @mkre8tions.

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Measurements:

Terracotta Tile Card Base: 5-1/2″ x 7-1/2″, Scored at 3-3/4″
Whisper White Card Mat: 3-1/2″ x 5-1/4″
Crumb Cake Strip: 1-1/2″ wide
Whisper White Strip: 1″ wide

Materials:

Bloom & Grow Photopolymer Stamp Set [149229] $26.00	Terracotta Tile 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [150884] $8.75	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [100730] $9.75	Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [120953] $8.75	Terracotta Tile Classic Stampin’ Pad [150086] $7.50
Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad [147090] $7.50	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad [147087] $7.50	Whisper White 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $7.50	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $5.00

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February ICS Blog Hop Thinking of You with Honey Bees

February 5, 2020February 4, 2020 Melissa's Kre8tions14 Comments

Hello Kre8tors and welcome to another Blog Hop! We are hopping with the Inspire, Create, & Share Blog Hop today! Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the post and click that Next button when you’re done here to hop along to the next amazing project!

Today’s card features the adorable Honey Bee Bundle, yet again! I just can’t get enough of these beautiful little bees! I’m taking a scrap of Whisper White that I had previously cut out some of the images from the Detailed Bees Die Cuts and putting it to work. I was excited at the idea of using this ‘used’ piece of cardstock and turning it into a card.

If you have a piece of “trash” like a cut-out scrap that was partially used for another project, take a before and after photo and use the hashtag #trashtotreasurekre8tions and I will pick a few to feature on my Instagram!

I stamped my sentiment on a scrap of Whisper White cardstock, and then took the larger solid bee die cut and cut it out. It fits perfectly in this little die cut. I layered that on top of the honeycomb cut out, inset with some Daffodil Delight hexagons from the honeycomb die cut. I also added a piece of Daffodil Delight Ruched Ribbon. Love this ribbon!

I used the FREE Sale-A-Bration item, Metallic Baker’s Twine & Sequins Combo Pack to put these beautiful teal colored sequins in the shaker portion of this card. I used them in the Hive as well as behind the detailed gold bee die cut. I love the contrast of the teal against the Daffodil Delight.

This gold detail bee die cut is absolutely stunning! The wings have incredible detail. I can just see a swarm of these covering a card and looking breathtaking. If you get really ambitious, you can even cut this out from two contrasting colors of card stock and inlay the pieces from one into the other. That would be a master level jigsaw puzzle for sure!

I had also previously stamped and colored in this little bee. I stamped it with Stazon ink and colored it in using the Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Write Marker from the Brights collection. I inset him behind the cutout on my ‘used’ card mat. I love the look of inset versus popped up sometimes. I think it’s a nice little change. It reminds me of the game Operation. Do you remember that game?

I really love how this fun little shaker card turned out. It’s so bright and cheerful! I really hope you give this one a try. I love that the sequins are behind the detailed bee and the hive. It’s like a two-in-one shaker! The trick is to keep your compartments contained where you want the shaker parts to be placed. The Foam Adhesive Strips are perfect for that job!

I really hope you enjoyed my project for today’s blog hop! Here’s my video tutorial detailing how this card came together. If you enjoyed, please be sure to Subscribe to my channel for more videos every Sunday and Wednesday. Turn on the bell notifications to make sure you don’t miss out on my bonus videos!

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Be sure to check out some of my other projects using the Honey Bee Bundle!

Measurements:

Daffodil Delight Card Base: 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, Score @ 4-1/4″
Whisper White Card Mat 1: 3-3/4″ x 5″
Whisper White Card Mat 2: 4″ x 5-1/4″
Whisper White Scraps
Gold Foil Scrap

Materials:

Honey Bee Bundle [153792] $41.25	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [119683] $8.75	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [100730] $9.75	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $5.00	Window Sheets [142314] $5.00
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad [147094] $7.50	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $10.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Brights Stampin’ Write Markers [147157] $30.00	Metallic Baker’S Twine & Sequins Combo Pack [152314] $0.00
Daffodil Delight 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Ruched Ribbon [151311] $7.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Snail Adhesive [104332] $7.00	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $8.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Stamparatus [146276] $49.00	Take Your Pick [144107] $10.00	Paper Snips [103579] $10.00

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Stamper’s Showcase All You Need is Love

January 27, 2020January 25, 2020 Melissa's Kre8tions9 Comments

Hello Kre8tors and welcome to another Blog Hop! I’m Melissa Tennison and I’m an Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in Oregon, USA. We are hopping with the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop today! Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the post and click that Next button when you’re done here to hop along to the next amazing project!

The projects I’m sharing with you today are a couple of masculine cards featuring brayer colored hearts and silver heat embossing. I have never played with brayers before, but after making these brayer colored hearts, I think I’m in love!

For the first card, I put down a silver foil mat, then cut out a heart using the Be Mine Stitched Dies. I also brayer colored a scrap of Whisper White cardstock with Pretty Peacock and Mango Melody. Then I cut some smaller hearts out of that.

I heat embossed my sentiment in silver embossing powder on a piece of vellum. Behind the vellum is a small strip of Pretty Peacock cardstock to accentuate the sentiment.

I had quite a few pieces left over, so I decided to make a second card. For the large heart, I used the die cut from the previous card and heat embossed the sentiment in silver embossing powder.

Then I used the leftover brayer colored hearts and staggered them using dimensionals and glue dots. I love how these colored hearts turned out! Have you used a brayer before? I highly recommend you give it a try! It’s so much fun seeing the colors roll and blend. Take a peek at my video tutorial below!

Measurements:

Card Bases: 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, Score @ 4-1/4″
Silver Foil and Pretty Peacock Mats: 4″ x 5-1/4″
Whisper White Mat for Card 1: 3-3/4″ x 5″
Pretty Peacock Strip for Card 1: 1-1/4″ x 4-1/4″
Vellum Strip for Card 1: 1-1/2″ x 4-1/4″
Scrap Whisper White for Hearts

Materials:

Meant To Be Cling Stamp Set [148626] $24.00	Stitched Be Mine Dies [148527] $35.00	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [100730] $9.75	Pretty Peacock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [150880] $8.75
Vellum 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [101856] $10.00	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $5.00	Mango Melody Classic Stampin’ Pad [147093] $7.50	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $7.50
Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder [109131] $6.00	Embossing Buddy [103083] $6.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00
Sponge Brayers [141714] $8.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00

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January Ink Stamp Share Blog Hop SAB

January 25, 2020January 23, 2020 Melissa's Kre8tions11 Comments

Hello Kre8tors and welcome to another Blog Hop! My name is Melissa Tennison and I’m an Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in Oregon, USA. Today we are hopping with the Ink. Stamp. Share. Blog Hop! Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the post and click that Next button when you’re done here to hop along to the next amazing project!

Today I’m sharing with you some cards made using the Lovely Lily Pad reversible photopolymer stamp set and coordinating die cuts from the Sale-A-Bration flyer. These stamps and die cuts are so great! There are so many different looks you can achieve using these products. I decided to keep it fairly simple and use just the lily images with a bit of splatter in the background and sequins dotted around.

I think the largest lily on the lily pad is probably my favorite. The way the reversible stamps work lends the image a very “rough” artistic element, which I quite enjoy. I used Flirty Flamingo, Mint Macaron, and Pineapple Punch on these cards, because I thought those colors coordinated pretty well with the sequins I used.

I first stamped the solid image from the smooth side of the photopolymer stamp in my main color. Then using Stazon Jet Black ink, I flipped the stamp over and stamped the textured side on top of the solid image to get the outlined effect. I really like how these stamps lay down the detail on top of the color. It really makes the colors stand out and pop!

I wasn’t sure if I wanted to put all three lily’s on to one card, but in the end I decided to make three separate cards as part of a “pack”. Before putting my stamped images down on my card base, I took an aqua painter and dipped it into a pool of Pineapple Punch ink, then using the cap of the aqua painter, I flicked the brush tip towards the paper to get the splotches. I used the same technique with a Wink of Stella Glitter Brush in Clear for a bit of extra sparkle.

I glued down the sequins by taking some Multipurpose Liquid Glue and dotting it around the main image. Then using my Take Your Pick Tool and the putty tip, I picked up some of the sequins and placed them down onto the glue spots and held them in place for a moment so they would adhere.

Once all of my elements were in place, the cards looked a little too bare for me, so I decided to add some sentiments from the Painted Poppies Suite of products in the Stazon. I really love how these sentiments pop against the colorful elements on these cards. Be sure to pick up your Sale-A-Bration goodies while you can! Once these beautiful stamps and coordinating dies run out of supply, they are gone forever! Ask your demonstrator for more details, and if you don’t already have one, I would be happy to help!

Don’t forget to hop along to the next blog to see what exciting project my good friend Deb has created for you! Click the Next button below!

Measurements:

Whisper White Cardbase: 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, Score @ 4-1/4″
Scrap Whisper White for stamping

Materials:

Lovely Lily Pad Photopolymer Stamp Set [152288] $0.00	Lily Pad Dies [152315] $0.00	Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English) [151595] $21.00	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [100730] $9.75
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad [147052] $7.50	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad [147106] $7.50	Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin’ Pad [147141] $7.50	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $10.00
Iridescent Sequin Assortment [144212] $5.00	Aqua Painters [103954] $17.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00

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Stamper’s Showcase 2019 Holiday Catalog Favorites

September 30, 2019September 29, 2019 Melissa's Kre8tions10 Comments

Hello Kre8tors and welcome to another Blog Hop! We are hopping with the Stampers Showcase Blog Hop today! Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the post and click that Next button when you’re done here to hop along to the next amazing project!

The project I decided to create is an adorable paper box from the gorgeous Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper. These boxes are super fun and quick to put together! In my YouTube tutorial, I show you how to calculate your measurements so that you can make a variety of sizes!

I like to have options when creating my boxes and think they look so cute on the plates at a beautifully set table for the holidays. You can put in a couple of chocolates, maybe some lottery tickets, or just cute notes to your family and friends. What would you put inside?

The length and width of all the boxes I made here are 3″ x 3″ and vary in height, with the tallest measuring 2-1/2″. You can make them so you can’t see the bottom part of the box, or make a shorter lid and a taller base so you can see the contrast. There are just so many options!

I really hope you enjoyed this project, and would love to see your boxes after you give them a try! Tag me on Instagram (@MKre8tions) so that I can share your beautiful projects!

Don’t forget to hop along to Marita’s blog to see what exciting project she has created for you! Click the Next button below!

Measurements:

For a 3″ x 3″ x 1-1/2″ box, you will need the following:
DSP for Lid: 6″ x 6″
Cardstock for Base: 5-15/16″ x 5-15/16″

For a 3″ x 3″ x 2-1/2″ box, you will need the following:
DSP for Lid: 6″ x 6″
Cardstock for Base: 7-15/16″ x 7-15/16″

Vellum: 2″ x 8-1/2″, trimmed to fit.
Very Vanilla Scrap for Label
Garden Green Scrap for Leaves
(To calculate additional sizes, view my YouTube tutorial, linked above!)

Materials:

Toile Christmas Bundle (En) [152367] $51.25	Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper [150432] $11.50	Garden Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [102584] $8.75	Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [101650] $9.75
Vellum 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [101856] $10.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Real Red 1″ (2.5 Cm) Ruched Ribbon [150435] $10.00	Linen Thread [104199] $5.00
Decorative Label Punch [120907] $18.00	Scalloped Tag Topper Punch [133324] $23.00	Simply Scored [122334] $30.00

If you don’t already have a demonstrator, I would love to be your Creative Coach! How can I help you?

If your order is over $150, don’t use a hostess code because you qualify for your own Stampin’ Rewards!
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Stamper’s Showcase March 2020 Blog Hop – Happy Birthday!

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