Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Technique Tuesday - Inking Emboss



Hello Crafters,

Welcome to Technique Tuesday at Crafting Elegance. Each week on the blog, I will provide you with a paper crafting technique that you can use in your stamping. This week's technique is what I call Inking Emboss.  Please don't confuse this technique with the inking an embossing folder technique. Although these two techniques are similar, this one has a slight twist.

Inking Emboss is where you take a piece of solid color card stock, place it inside one of your favorite Stampin' Up! embossing folders, run it through your big shot machine to create a embossed design, then ink the raised embossed area using a brayer.

Today's inking emboss was made using the Stampin' Up!'s vintage wallpaper embossing folder, a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of pool party card stock and chocolate chip craft ink.  The effect the ink gives on just the embossed portion of the card stock is amazing. I am a true fan of making you own backgrounds and designer series paper, so if you are like me you the inking emboss technique will become one of your go to techniques for creating backgrounds for your cards.

This card also used the perfect polka dot embossing folder, some chocolate chip satin ribbon, and the Sincere Salutations stamp set for the sentiment. I Hope you 've enjoyed today's creation. Be sure to post a comment on your thoughts of today;s technique. Also sign-up to follow my blog, so that you don't miss out on any of my regular postings.

Happy Stamping!

Monday, October 17, 2011

Marvelous Monday - Elements of Style Stamp Set


Happy Monday Stampers! 

Today's project features the Elements of Style stamp set. This elegant card is made with chocolate chip, blushing  bride and whisper white cardstock. The framed flowers embossing folder was used to outline the blushing bride piece which I sponged the edges with regal rose ink to give it a more distressed appearance. 

The floral flourish image is my absolute favorite stamp from this set. The image was inked in both regal rose and chocolate chip ink using my Stampin' Write markers, then stamped onto the whisper white cardstock. The bird image was inked in chocolate chip, then cut out and popped up with stampin dimensionals. 

The sentiment comes from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set, and the bow is some old striped chocolate chip ribbon. The card wasn't complete until I added an antique brad to the center of the bow for a stunning polished look. As many of you who know me, pink and brown is my favorite color combination and in my opinion a very elegant way to wish someone special a very happy birthday. 

Hope you've enjoyed today card. Please leave me a comment to let me know your thoughts on this creation. See you here again tomorrow for Technique Tuesday. 

Happy Stamping!


Friday, October 14, 2011

6 Weeks of Christmas Newsletter

Happy Friday!

In preparation of the upcoming holidays, Crafting Elegance would like to present to you our 6 Weeks of Christmas Event. Once a week for the next six weeks beginning this Sunday, you can receive samples of great Christmas projects that can help prepare you for the upcoming Christmas Holiday.  Each e-mail newsletter will contain step-by-step instructions on how to complete the featured projects designed exclusively for this event. All the projects showcased in the 6 Weeks of Christmas Event will not be displayed. Only subscribers to my newsletter will receive these designs.

I know there are several other blogs out there advertising their 12 weeks of Christmas Newsletters, but Crafting Elegance is putting a twist on this very popular event. Each e-mail will contain not one project design with instructions, but instead two project designs with instructions, giving you twice as many samples in half the time. So while other blog readers will be waiting until December to receive all 12 project ideas, you will receive 12 project samples all before Thanksgiving. Now isn't that awesome!

Best of all the 6 Weeks of Christmas Event is absolutely Free! So join my mailing list today so that you don't miss out on this exciting event. The first e-mail will be released this coming Sunday!

Happy Stamping!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Patterned Party




Hey Stampers,

Boy did the Glitter Queens and I have so much fun hosting our October Blog Hop! If you happened to have missed it, just take a look at my last three blog posts to see what a blast we all had. So to keep the momentum going, I decided to showcase a very bright and cheerful card today. And nothing makes me smile big than bunches of balloons, bright colors and Stampin' Up's new patterned party stamp set.
Today's card also showcases the new Big Top Birthday designer series paper and the black and white striped ribbon. I hope you all like today's project and I am wishing really big for each of you to have a great...no... awesome day.

Happy Stamping!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Glitter Queen Blog Hop Day 3



Hey Stampers,

Welcome to the third and final day of the Glitter Queens October Blog Hop!
First and foremost I want to thank each and everyone of you for participating in this month's hop. I sincerely appreciate you stopping by each day to see my creations and posting the wonderful comments.

Continuing with the autumn theme, today's project is another creation featuring the Gently Falling stamp set. I used the same water coloring technique as yesterday to stamp and color the leaves on today's project. After coloring the leaves, I then cut the leaves out with my paper snips and attached them onto the card with stampin dimensionals. The background of the card uses only one of the leaf images from the set which is stamped in versamark ink onto a piece of Pool Party cardstock. The sentiment is from the Sincere Salutations stamp set inked in Chocolate Chip, then sponged with the Tim Holtz, Antique Linen ink.

I hope you have enjoyed all the projects that I have shared with you during the hop. Please leave me a comment to let me know what you think of today's project.

Don't forget to sign-up for my 6 weeks of Christmas Newsletter that starts this Sunday.

Although the hop is coming to an end at midnight tonight, I do hope that you will continue to visit my blog for more inspiring  Stampin' Up! creations. So that you don't miss any of my blog updates, be sure to follow my blog. Click on the Follow My Blog link in my left hand side bar to begin following today.

Hop on over to Anji Clements blog by clicking here to see what she has in store for you today. Hope to see you again real soon.

Happy Stamping!






Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Glitter Queen October Blog Hop - Day 2



Hello and welcome to day two of the Glitter Queens October Blog Hop! Today is Tuesday and that means it is Technique Tuesday at the Crafting Elegance blog. In honor of Technique Tuesday and the Glitter Queens Blog Hop, today's project features a fall themed greeting card using the the famous water coloring technique.

Water coloring is one of my favorite ways to color. Although it may seem intimidating it is quite an easy technique to coloring stamped images. Today's card uses the new Gently Falling stamp set which is featured in the 2011 Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini catalog. This stamp set comes with two sets of stamps for creating beautiful leaf images. One set of stamps is the solid image of the leaves, while the other set is the line art image of the leaves.

Water Coloring Technique Instructions


The water coloring technique was used to make the background designer paper. To make the background, take the line art image set and stamped various leaf images in black Stazon ink into a random pattern onto Stampin' Up!'s water color paper. It is always best to use Stazon Ink when water coloring so that your outline image does not run when it gets wet. I also highly recommend using water color paper when doing this technique, so that your paper does not buckle when painting your images with water.

Next I took my aqua painter paint brush, squeezed a small amount of water to the tip of my brush, then dipped the brush into the selected SU classic color ink pads to paint my leaves.  To insure the color of the leaves were variegated, I colored only small sections of the leaves at a time until I achieved my desired color pattern and intensity. To soften the intensity if the color, simply add a bit more water to your brush when coloring.

After coloring in the images, I then took my En Fancis background stamp and stamped the entire paper with Crumb Cake Classic ink. Then I stamped and water colored a few extra leaves, cut them out and attached them to the card with Stampin dimensionals. Finally I added the greeting, a piece of ribbon and an antique brad to finish the card. Leave a comment below to let me know what you think of today's project.


Before you hop onto the next blog, Crafting Elegance would like to present to you our 6 Weeks of Christmas Newsletter as our free Blog Candy for everyone!

Once a week for 6 weeks, you can sign up to receive my Christmas Newsletter filled with Holiday projects and step by step instructions to help you prepare for the upcoming Christmas holiday. All the projects showcased in the 6 weeks of Christmas newsletter will not be displayed on my blog.  Only subscribers to my newsletter will receive these exclusive project samples. Best of all the 6 Weeks of Christmas Newsletter is absolutely Free!

To join my mailing list, click on the sign up for my newsletter link located at the top left hand side bar of my blog. You don't want to miss out on this exciting event. The first e-mail will be released this coming Sunday!

Thanks for joining me today.  Don't forget to join us tomorrow for another Fall creation. Next on the hop is Anji Clements. Click here to visit Anji.  If you happen to have missed a few Glitter Queens along the way, check out the links below.

Happy Stamping!

Supplies
Stamp Set: Gently Falling, Sincere Salutations
Cardstock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, SU Water Color Paper
Ink: More Mustard, Pool Party, Soft Suede, Basic Grey, and Old Olive Classic Ink Pads;                         
      Black Stazon Ink 
Accessories: Victoria Crochet Trim, Antique Brads








Monday, October 10, 2011

Glitter Queen October Blog Hop - Day 1


Welcome to the Glitter Queens October Blog Hop!

For the next three days myself along with the other Glitter Queen Team members will be hosting a blog hop featuring Fall, Halloween and Thanksgiving inspired projects. Each day when you visit the hop, you will enjoy some amazing creations designed by some very talented Stampin Up Demonstrators, along with chances to win some fabulous Blog Candy!

Today's project is a card set showcasing the Always Thankful stamp set, located in the 2011 Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. The details in this stamp set, combined with the awesome patterns and colors in the new Spice Cake designer series paper makes these autumn cards true beauties.

To make these cards, I started with a base of Chocolate Chip cardstock measured at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" for each card. Then I layered a 5 1/4" by 4 " piece of More Mustard cardstock on top of the base, trimming the left edge with the scalloped trim border punch. Attached to the More Mustard piece is a 1 1/2" by 5 1/4" strip of Spice Cake designer series paper for card one that is displayed vertically and a 3" by 4" piece of designer paper adhered to card two that is displayed horizontally. Each card was then wrapped with some Pool Party ruffled ribbon for some added color contrast.

Both focal images for the cards were colored in with my Stampin' Write markers. Card one used the colors of  Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, and Old Olive. While card two used the colors of Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Basic Grey, and So Saffron. Then each focal image was matted onto coordinating cardstock and attached to the card. For image one the mat measurements are 3"by 4 1/2" for the chocolate chip piece, 2 3/4"by 4" for the More Mustard piece and 2 1/2" by 3 3/4" for the Whisper White piece. The Happy Thanksgiving sentiment, from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set was then stamped in chocolate chip ink.



For image two, the mat measurements are 4" by 3" for the chocolate chip piece, 3 3/4 " by 2 3/4 " for the More Mustard piece and 3 1/2" by 2 1/2" for the Whisper White piece. The Grateful sentiment also from the Always Thankful set was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink, punched out with the large oval punch and matted onto a piece of chocolate chip cardstock that was punched out with the large scallop oval punch.

I hope you've enjoyed today's project. Please let me know what you think by posting a comment below.

Before you hop onto the next blog, Crafting Elegance would like to present to you our 6 Weeks of Christmas Newsletter. Once a week for 6 weeks, you can sign up to receive my Christmas Newsletter filled with Holiday projects and step by step instructions to help you prepare for the upcoming Christmas holiday. All the projects showcased in the 6 weeks of Christmas newsletter will not be displayed on my blog.  Only subscribers to my newsletter will receive these exclusive project samples. Best of all the 6 Weeks of Christmas Newsletter is absolutely Free!

To join my mailing list, click on the sign up for my newsletter link located at the top left hand side bar of my blog. You don't want to miss out on this exciting event. The first e-mail will be released this coming Sunday!

Thanks for joining me today.  Don't forget to join us tomorrow for another Fall creation.  Next up on the blog hop is Anji Clements. Click here to see the lovely creations from Anji. If you happen to have missed a few Glitter Queens along the way, check out the links below.






Happy Stamping!
 
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