No Time To Stamp?

This evening I made a card for our niece’s wedding which will be next Saturday.  An October wedding.  Her dress is white and her bridesmaids will be wearing brown.  The flowers will be in fall colors with leafy accents about, so that’s what I tried to capture.  Quite honestly, these colors just were not doing it for me in terms of a wedding card, but after I decided to add lots of glitz and sparkle, then it seemed to work, and I really do like the end result!!!  Here it is:

I’ll take this layer by layer — the bottom layer is stamped with Versa Mark in SU’s background called Print Pattern, embossed with Iridescent Ice.  The solid oval is my favorite piece and you can hardly see it under the flowers.  It is stamped in Versa Mark and embossed with Iridescent Ice as well, using Baroque Motifs (those gorgeous swirls)!  It is framed in a scalloped oval (all done with the Nestabilities).  I pierced each scallop, then I kind of rolled the edges over my Versa Mark pad and embossed them with the Iridescent Ice as well.  The flowers are Daisy Doodle Primas and the leaf is in a bag from Michaels.  Here’s a close-up so you can see all the detail a bit better:

The new couple’s monogram was done with the Special Occasion Monogram Stamper Kit by JustRite.  Monogram etiquette dictates that when you monogram the initials of a married couple, the woman’s initial is on the left, the last name is in the center, and the man’s initial is on the right.  This is for Maria and Andrew W.  The monogram was cut with the Nestabilites again and it is narrowly bordered with a scallop, which was also embossed as above. 

There is something I want to explain to you about doing this monogram.  I’ve done a lot of monograms with the JustRite products, and I’ve never encountered this before, but I’m sure it is likely to happen again, just depending on the combination of initials used.  When I just put my MWA onto the stamper and stamped, it was really off balance.  Check these photos to see what I mean:

See the first photo.  Letters are on the stamper as usual, and look how it stamps — really off balance.  I could not move the M any closer, so I tried to move the A further away, and that kind of worked in this situation as I was NOT using a ring border.  If I were going to use a ring border, then it would have been off balance within the border.  And if you look closely at the W, you can see the problem.  It is kind of off to one side on the rubber because of the huge swirly on its upper tail (real official terms here — LOL!).  Anyway, to fix the problem permanently, I just cut away the rubber on the W under that swirly, allowing me to push my M closer in to balance it all out properly. Refer to photo 2.  See how nicely it now stamped?   Easily done, problem solved.  And the moral of this story is — IT IS OK TO CUT YOUR RUBBER!!!

• Stamps:  Baroque Motifs and Print Pattern by SU.  Special Occasions Monogram Stamper Kit by JustRite.

• Paper:  PTI White, SU Chocolate Chip.

• Ink:  Versa Mark, SU Chocolate Chip.

• Accessories:  Petite Oval and Petite Circle Nestabilities by Spellbinders, SU Corner Rounder, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Chocolate Sheer Ribbon, Daisy Doodle Primas, Leaf from Michaels, Piercer and Mat Pack, Zots, Pop Dots, Mounting Tape

And that’s it for tonight’s project!!!  Nice to have my wedding card done almost a week in advance — for me, that’s REAL GOOD!!!  LOL!!!  Hope you are all off to a good week!!! As always, thank you so much for stopping in!!!

Oops, almost forgot — it is Monday, and that means a sale over at Joan’s Garden — she has lots of fun things, including the Monogram Kit I used today.  She also has a blending tool that I’ve never seen before and it sure has peaked my interest — hhhmmm!!!

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We all have favorites in our OWN galleries, right?  Today we are going to go through our OWN galleries, find a card that is an absolute FAVORITE we’ve made, and re-make it.  In other words, we’re going to CASE ourselves!  On your re-make you can do it as close to the original as you like, or you can change it as much as you like — just be inspired by YOUR FAVORITE card!!  And remember, LINK your original card so we can all see it — Fun!!!  Can’t wait to see what you do and, as always, try to keep it simple.   Most importantly — have fun!!!

Check out Julie Koerber’s sample here. 

Check out Dee Jackson’s sample  here.

Check out Jennifer Buck’s sample here.

Check out Janine Orchard’s sample here.

Check out Tammy Hershberger’s card here.

Our Stamp Simply Team is smaller today, what with vacations and all that summer entails!!!   But aren’t they FABULOUS!!!  Thank you girls!!!  Much appreciated!!!

Here’s my original card that I’m going to remake:

I made this card in April, 2007 when my Cuttlebug was still a new thing!  This was my favorite embossing folder, and it still might be!  It was also before I had any of the nice stick pins in the SU Pretties Kit.  I used a corsage pin and flowers from Michaels.  To get the sheen on the embossing I swiped it with Versa Mark and then applied Pearl Ex.  A simple card, but I have always loved it.  I’ve taught this card many times and made it many times for weddings.  And here’s my today’s remake:

Same basic idea, just a little different.  Today I used 2 different embossing folders plus I also scored in between the embossed areas, using my Mini Scor-It.  The scoring is hidden under the ribbon, but it really does add a nice touch IRL.  I used Martha Stewart Lace and Bird punches.  The bird is covered in Dazzling Diamonds, and it does match the card IRL!!! Here’s a step-by-step on how to emboss this sheet:

1. Insert sheet into Swiss Dots folder so only 1″ of sheet will get embossed when you run it through.   Run it through and emboss.
2. Insert opposite end of same sheet into the Birds and Vine folder so that there is a 1″ blank space left between the two different types of embossing.  Run it through and emboss.  You should have a 1″ space that is empty/blank.
3. To score, I used the Scor-It Mini.  Measuring on the ruler, score right in the center of the 1″ space.  Then move out 1/4″ at a time and continue scoring until the space is filled up.  You will have 5 score lines as shown.
4. Using the Martha Stewart Lace Punch, punch the bottom edge.
5. Cut a piece of colored cardstock for your mat about 1/8″ wider and about 1″ longer than the embossed sheet was before you punched the lace, then punch the lace bottom as above, then mat the embossed sheet onto this colored sheet, trimming the top so it is equally matted.
6. Adhere to card, wrap with ribbon and attach sentiment and bird.

Today’s card is just a bit more of a modern take on the original which had a bit of a vintage feel to it.  I like them both!!!

• Stamps:  Many Sentiments by Flourishes
• Paper:  PTI White, SU Almost Amethyst
• Ink:  Lovely Lilac by SU
• Accessories:  May Arts Ribbon, Cuttlebug and Embossing Folders, Scor-It Mini, Martha Stewart Lace Punch and Bird Punch, SU Large Oval Punch, Dimensionals

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Once again, thank you so much for stopping in!!!  Hope you can find time one of these days to remake one of YOUR favorites for us all to see!!!  Wishing you all a wonderful weekend ahead!!!

Have any of you been playing the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges over at SCS?  Well, this is my first one — Jenn Balcer’s inspiration challenge — what a gorgeous, flourished cake she chose for the inspiration piece!!!  I honestly think she MUST have had Flourishes images in mind when she chose that cake — LOL!!!  You can see it here.

Ok, now this is one of those cards that I really fought to get an accurate picture and just could not.  The color is a bright lime green, not this yellowish-green we are seeing, and I’m sorry but I just could not get it corrected.  Also the glitter is so pretty IRL, and is coming off this awful blue here — I almost didn’t upload this, but once I made it, I am, just hanging my head in shame over this photo.  It is really quite pretty, IRL — please take my word — LOL!!!

Here’s the Cake Recipe:

• Stamp 1/4 sheet of white cardstock with Palette Noir Black ink using Damask
• Cut stamped piece into 3 strips each 1.5″ high
• Cut the strips to length as follows:  3.5″, 2.5″, 1.5″
• Round top corners of strips with corner rounder
• Sponge all edges of above strips
• Adhere to base layer as shown
• Add Pearls between layers
• Trace with Quickie Glue Pen and add glitter
• Clean off Pearls with a Swiffer cloth as all the glitter will stick to them

That was easy!  The cake layer was matted onto a black layer punched with a Wrought Iron Punch.  And can you see the sentiment — To a Special Couple — this is a little sneak peek at one of the new centers coming out by JustRite for the Monogram Stampers you all have — it’ll fit what you have known as the C-45 and the small wooden stampers as well.  The new stampers coming out have new names, but don’t let it confuse you — when I actually have them and can take pictures to show you — I’ll explain it all — but anyway, this center is one of many to come out, covering all sorts of occasions and events.

What I wanted to show you was the multi-use of these stamps.  Even though this is a center made for the Monogram Stamper, which you typically see stamped with a ring around it, today I used it alone — no ring around it.  I put only the center onto my wooden stamper and stamped on white cardstock.  I then punched it out with my SU Designer Label Punch — talk about a perfect fit!!!  It is backed in black punched with SU’s 1 3/8″ punch that so many of us have.  We know all the JustRite Products work well with the Nestability Circles, but I just wanted to give you some other options, using things many of you already have at home, and oh, what a perfect fit!!!  And don’t you just love the font on this — I do!!!  Anyway, when I get some final product to show you, I surely will, but this worked so perfectly here today I just had to use it.

• Stamps:  Damask by Flourishes, Sentiment is soon to be available by JustRite
• Paper:  Black, White, Green is by Prism (my chart is missing, I think it’s in the Kiwi family)
• Ink:  Palette Noir Black
• Accessories:  Quickie Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Pearls, Black Sheer Ribbon, Hole Punch, Sponge, Mounting Squares, and punches by SU:  Corner Rounder, Designer Label, Wrought Iron, 1 3/8″ Circle

I am hosting one of the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges today (Thursday), so be sure to check it out and play along.  I think they pop up at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time, which I think is 12:00 noon Eastern Time.  It’s  a fun one and, you guessed it — simple — LOL!!!  Hope to see you later, playing along!!!

CHA is rapidly approaching and I’m so exicted!!!!  I’m going  and I can hardly believe it!!!!  For those who may not know, CHA stands for Craft and Hobby Association and their Summer Convention and Trade Show is being held in Chicago next week, Friday through Sunday, July 18 - 20.  And to answer the question I keep getting — NO, Flourishes does not have a booth there, but maybe one of these days!!!!  Now, wouldn’t that be something!!!  But both Jan Marie and I will be there shopping our hearts out for Flourishes, along with Susan Roberts, one of our fabulous Design Team Members.  Can’t wait to see what we find to fill our shelves with!!! Fun, fun!!!

I do, however, have one little job at CHA that has me SO excited!!!  You all know how I love using my monogram stampers by JustRite — well, I will be one of the demos working at the JustRite booth — how fun is that!!!  And wait until you hear who all the other demos are — I’ll have the schedule at the end of this post.  All I know is that I’m going to have a hard time tearing myself away from their booth!!!!  LOL!!!  Anyway, here’s my project, along with a few extras I made to go along with it.

What I’ll actually be doing as the demo for JustRite at CHA is the bridesmaids dress on the right.  Both the dress and tuxedo are favor boxes cut by AccuCut.  How fun and easy they are to put together!!!!  The monogrammed CHERISH is one of the new releases by JustRite — oh, just wait until you see ALL they have coming out to go with the stampers you all already have –  you won’t believe it, you truly won’t!!!!  I used Petite Circle Nestabilities to cut and emboss my monogram tags.  The C-45 makes it so quick to mass produce these tags in the event you may be doing a real wedding or other large project.

This bride has her table settings all set to go with the favor boxes and place cards — aren’t they just the most gorgeous things!!!  The frame for the place card was made by cutting a rectangle of white, then just cutting the center opening with a Long Rectangle Nestability, and adhering the frame onto the black card.  Names can easily be written with the Inkksentials Opaque White Pen.

The groom’s tux is stamped, tone on tone, in black with the Damask background stamp.  His shirt was embossed easily using the Scor-It, black Pearls were added for buttons, and a tiny flower, folded into quarters was attached with a black brad.  The tux, shirt and bowtie were all done on the AccuCut, as was the dress. And, of course, all monogram tags are done with the monogram stamper by JustRite.

The dress and place card were stamped with the flourish stamp in Wedding Essentials, gone over with the Quickie Glue Pen, and covered with Dazzling Diamonds.  The dress has a Black Sheer Ribbon belt.  Such FUN to make these!!!!

This bride is also ready with the cards requesting her bridesmaids to serve and her Save the Date announcements.

What a gorgeous bridesmaid!  She is from Wedding Party, colored in with Copics and adorned with pearly colored Pearls.  Her dress bodice was colored with a black Copic, gone over with the Quickie Glue Pen and Dazzling Diamonds.  The Will You Serve sentiment is from Wedding Essentials.

Again, continuing in the same theme.  The sentiment, Save the Date, the rings and the flourish are all from Wedding Essentials.  A pretty self-explanatory card.  And I’ll tell you, making cards and projects like these — with the flourishes and glitter — are just my all time favorites!!!  They have class, elegance, eye-appeal and, best of all — they hardly take any time at all!!! Now, THAT I like!!!

Now, back to CHA and some important things to know — if you’re going to be there, PLEASE come to see all of us at the JustRite booth and do some fun make-n-takes.  There will be 9 different make-n-takes!!!  JustRite will be located in Booth #3309 and has 32 new products to introduce — can’t wait!!!  Here’s the schedule of fun events planned:

Friday, July 18 — 9 - 11 a.m. — MICHELLE WOODERSON (Mish Mash)

Friday, July 18 — 1 - 3 p.m. — SHARON JOHNSON (notimetostamp) (that’s me!)

Saturday, July 19 — 10 - 12 noon — TAYLOR VAN BRUGGEN (tayloredexpressions)

Saturday, July 19 — 1 - 3 p.m. — JERRI JIMENEZ (Jerri Kay)

Sunday, July 20 — 10 - 12noon — SUSAN ROBERTS (rainy)

Before, after and in between the above, there will be a ton of fun projects being conducted by the JustRite crew!!!   And, to SEE all the projects, read about each designer, and see some of the soon to be released new products, check out the JustRite Blog.

If you’re at CHA, we surely would hope to see you!!!  I’d LOVE to meet each and every one of you!!!

Thanks for stopping in — hope you are having a wonderful weekend — we are having such beautiful weather today!!!  Hope you are, too!!!

It was very late tonight by the time I got to start this card I needed for a Bridal Shower tomorrow.   So, what better to do than see who the Featured Stamper is over at SCS and check out her gallery.  Well, what a treat — the Featured Stamper for this Sunday is Denidill, and OH! what a gallery.  This is the card of Denise’s that I cased, and here is my interpretation of that card for a Bridal Shower.

The color the bride is using for her fall wedding is brown, so that’s what I went with.  I followed Denise’s exact layout, but rather than designer paper I used a sheet of white run through the Cuttlebug, and rather than a rectangular sentiment panel, I went with the oval.  And, of course, I changed the ribbons and embellishments, using Chocolate Sheer Ribbon and self-adhesive pearls to fit a wedding theme.  I also used the same rounded corner treatment that Denise did.  The only stamp set I used was Many Sentiments for my sentiment.  What a great sentiment set — just love it with its great mix of fonts and very usable sentiments.  I used the Petite Oval Nestabilities to cut and emboss my sentiment.

I did something just a little different with my ribbon tails this time — check them out:

See how I wrapped them behind the panel?  I just put some double sided tape on the back of the panel and loosely pulled my tails behind and they stuck to the tape.  Then I adhered the panel to my card.   A 100% In Control Bow — LOL!!!

• Stamps:  Many Sentiments by Flourishes
• Paper:  White, Chocolate Chip
• Ink:  SU Basic Brown
• Accessories:  Chocolate Sheer Ribbon, Petite Oval Nestabilities, 1/2 Pearls, Pop Dots, Cuttlebug and Embossing Folder, Corner Rounder.

That’s it for tonight.  Remember that tomorrow is the 15th, which means the opening of a new Dirty Dozen Gallery at SCS.  If you are not a Fan Club Member, click here for more details.  Fan Club Membership has its privileges!!! Well worth it!! 

Good night everyone!!! Have a great Sunday!!!

Is this a gorgeous bouquet, or what!!!  Our friend, Kellie, over at Polished to Perfection, has created the absolutely most gorgeous complete wedding ensemble using Flourishes Lace Heart, Damask and Damask Reverse, along with the JustRite Monogram Stamper.  And as a little tease, I wanted to show you this beautiful bouquet, which is a portion of Kellie’s project.

You can see the complete wedding ensemble at Polished to Perfection. Whether you are planning a wedding, or just want to make a pretty card, treat bag or decorate your table, you’ll see some wonderful projects that will be sure to inspire you!!!

Thank you so much, Kellie, for choosing to use our beautiful Flourishes images on this wonderful project!!!

This is a card I just did to use as a Make-N-Take at the show I’ll be working for Flourishes in Sayner, WI — the Sayner Spring Stampede — gee, it’s next weekend already — how time flies!!!  So much for my idea of being prepared well in advance!!!

First off, all the paper and ink is Pretty in Pink — another night of not getting along with my  photo editing program — sorry.   Oh, but I love this simple little card, and I hope the women at the Make-N-Take do as well.  Everything will be pre-cut for them, so it should go together fairly quickly.

All images on this card are from one small set by Flourishes called Wedding Essentials.  Love that  set!  It is mostly sentiments that take you through all aspects of wedding planning, but it makes up into some really great wedding cards, too!!!  For this card the flourish in the set is stamped in pink onto the white base layer.  The *and* sign is stamped in pink as well, and then the Mr. and Mrs. is stamped right over it in Going Grey.  It was cut and double matted with the Petite Oval Nestabilities by Spellbinders .  I was slow getting onto the Spellbinder band-wagon, but WOW, once  using these type of dies that all nest together, nothing could be better!!!  You have so many options, and that’s what I love!!!  I am slowly building my collection!!!

The Wedding Essentials set, the pink satin ribbon and the Petite Oval Nestabilites all came from Flourishes.  The paper, ink and brad are by SU.

• Stamps:  Wedding Essentials by Flourishes
• Paper:  Going Gray, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
• Ink:  Pretty in Pink, Going Gray
• Accessories:  Satin Ribbon, Brad, Petite Oval Nestabiliites by Spellbinders, Pop Dots.

Thanks so much for stopping in!  I have a live and active Blog Candy post a few posts down — the winner will be drawn at midnight on Saturday night, so there is still time to sign up!!!  Hope you all have a great weekend!!!

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The challenge this week is to use glitter on your project.  That’s it!  How simple and fun!!! I love the added dazzle glitter gives a project.  Often if I do something and it just looks a tad too drab for my taste, I take out the glitter and the problem is solved!!!  Instant pizzazz!!!  Many a project I have considered dismal failures, just pop to life with the addition of glitter!!!  Love that!!!  You  may use any form of glitter you desire – as long as it sparkles — sprinkle it on, emboss it on, write it on.  Also, you may use paper that is pre-glittered for you, or glittered chipboard, etc.  You get the idea — glitter from ANY source is fine!!!  Just have fun!!!

As always, try to stick with our overall theme of *stamping simply*.   Here are some samples:

Check out Julie Koerber’s sample. 

No sample from Dee Jackson today — she’s a bit under the weather — get better soon, Dee — we miss you!!!

Check out Tammy Hershberger’s sample. 

And my super simple samples are below.

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This card fits a standard business sized envelope. I used Flourishes new Wedding Party and Wedding Essentials, Two Scoops DP by Basic Grey and White Satin Ribbon, all available at Flourishes.  Here’s a closeup of her glittery dress:

Her hair and dress bodice were colored with SU markers.  The skirt is paper pieced.  I just stamped the skirt onto another piece of white cardstock, stamped the flourish stamp near the hemline, and then went over all the flourish lines with my Quickie Glue Pen and covererd it with  Dazzling Diamonds!!!  When I attached the skirt, I adhered it tightly with double sided tape up at her waistline, then I used SU dimensionals down near the hem to give it some flare.  I went over the entire bodice and veil with the Quickie Glue Pen and sprinked with Dazzling Diamonds.  I also added dots of glue/diamonds to her bouquet and hair flowers.  I used sticky back diamond gems for her earrings and necklace and drew in the chain with a Silver Spica Glitter Pen.  LOVE playing with the Wedding Party girls — they are so much fun!!!!

My favorite use of glitter is with the Quickie Glue Pen and Dazzling Diamonds (SU), as above described.  Our closest Michaels sometimes has the pen, but it seems everytime I am there it is sold out!!! I got my last batch of them from Ellen Hutson.  Her site is down for maintenance now, but I’ll try to link it up here for you tomorrow.  Here’s a closeup of my Siberian Iris I uploaded two days ago, using the exact same technique.  I love this look on floral images!!!

My 2nd favorite use of glitter would have to be to use Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, sold by SU.  It is so easy — just emboss like any other powder — and you have such instant razzle and dazzle, and it doesn’t flake off once it is embossed on.  Here is a closeup of my Poppin’ Pearls Wedding Card from yesterday, showing this technique:

I cut a 3″ square of white cardstock, smooched Versa Mark over the entire surface and then embossed it with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder by SU.  You have to be careful when embossing with this powder because it has a tendency to burn quickly, and then it doesn’t sparkle.  I just move my gun slowly over the surface, watching as it starts to *dazzle*, and then you know it’s done.  If you heat too much, the dazzle goes.  You’ll get the hang of it once you try a time or two.  I see in this enlarged photo that I missed a corner where I probably was holding the paper — oh well - it doesn’t even show up IRL as this is blown up so much!!!

My 3rd favorite way to apply glitter is by using a sparkly glitter pen.  Sorry, but  I dont have a sample to show — maybe we’ll see one from one of you!!!

Thanks so much for stopping in!!! Hope you get time to play!!!  Have a great weekend ahead!!!

As summer approaches our thoughts often go towards weddings, and Flourishes has come out with 2 wedding sets this month — Wedding Party and Wedding Essentials.  If you liked to play paper dolls as a child, you will love Wedding Party with the bride and her party all ready to be dressed up!!!  And if you are planning a wedding, then the sentiments in Wedding Essentials will be a necessity.  My first card combines the two sets.

Well, look at them, all dressed up - how fun!!!  This is one stamp with all 3 bride’s maids on it.  I colored them with Copics, added Dazzling Diamonds and diamond necklaces.  And there are even glittery swirls adorning the bottom of their dresses.  Truly, dressing them is just like playing paper dolls!!!  The background is done with the flourishy stamp in Wedding Essentials.  It is stamped in Versa Mark onto Blush Blossom paper and then dusted with a pearly colored Pearl Ex — just  love that effect!!!  That technique is called Poppin’ Pearls and you can read the tutuorial for it, written by Beate, at SCS.  The sentiment is also from Wedding Essentials.  This card is 5.5″ square. 

And here’s a wedding card I made, using the same background technique on Blush Blossom paper once again.  My rings, from Wedding Essentials, are silver embossed on white paper, narrowly framed in Blush and mounted onto a 3″ square that was first covered with Versa Mark and then embossed with Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder — how pretty and sparkly.  This panel was then narrowly framed in another Blush layer before adhering to the card with mounting tape.  This is such a simple to make, yet elegant, wedding card — just love it!!!  Certainly one I will repeat again and again.  And just to clarify - this IS Blush Blossom paper — I was having a very bad photo session tonight and it appears way too pinkish in color — sorry.  This card is 5.5″ square.

This card uses another sentiment from Wedding Essentials  — Save the Date!!! A fairly simple card to reproduce in quantity.  Again, the Poppin’ Pearls technique, 1/2 pearls from SU’s Pretties Kit, and this is the Ivory Wide Satin Ribbon by May Arts from Flourishes — great ribbon!!!  The ivory looks so soft and pretty.  The sentiment is silver embossed.  The base paper is Brushed Metallic Silver, also available at Flourishes.

Again, I apologize for color issues — all these card samples are Blush Blossom, which is reflected accurately in the first card with the bridesmaids on it — sorry!

Both Wedding Party and Wedding Essentials are available through Flourishes, as is the metallic paper and satin ribbon.

Thanks much for checking in — I truly do appreciate it!!! Tomorrow we have another super easy Stamp Simply Challenge lined up for you — and I mean SUPER simple — LOL!!!  Come back and check it out!!!  Hope you all have a great day!!!  The snow is melting here today after many fresh inches yesterday, so that makes it a good day!!!

 Editing on 4/11 to Add:  I must clarify myself here — I use the term *pearl-ex* generically, when truly, it isn’t.  Pearl-Ex is a brand of  pigment powder.  SU used to sell it and I’m sure it can be found in various places. However, what I actually used on these cards is a pigment powder made by Ranger, called Perfect Pearls.  It comes in a variety of colors, and the color I used is called Perfect Pearl — confusing — the color is Perfect Pearl, and the product is called Perfect Pearls, with an S on the end.  I LOVE the soft shimmer and sheen it gives — that is my FAVORITE color, especially for wedding projects.  Here is the link to the Perfect Pearls page on the Ranger website.  Hopes that helps — didn’t mean to lead anyone astray –

Truly, I mean it!!!  Come and stamp with me at the Rubber Stampede — and if you are lucky enough to live in central/northern Wisconsin or Upper Michigan, you know exactly what I’m talking about.  It is THE stamping event of the year in this neck of the woods — LOL!!!  It always runs the first weekend in May and this year it’s on May 2, 3 and 4, and I’ll be there for all 3 days, with cards for you to make each day using the gorgeous clear stamps by Flourishes – how fun is that!!!!

The Rubber Stampede is located in the tiny little northwoods town of Sayner, which would be a *suburb* of the touristy town of Eagle River, Wisconsin - have you ever been there?  The Rubber Stampede starts with classes on Friday night, and something new this year is the Friday night Round Robin.  Everyone will make 6 cards in a 3 hour period. There will be 6 different instructors/projects, and participants will rotate from one table to the next, and when all is said and done they will each go home with 6 new and wonderful creations!!!  This is the card I’ll be having the participants make in the Friday night Round Robin:

This card uses some of my very favorite sets from Flourishes — the Lace Heart and the Damask Positive background stamp.  Isn’t it pretty?  It is accented with lush black velvet ribbon (I LOVE velvet ribbon), a punched tag, and a vintage looking pin with a bit of dotted sheer ribbon.  I love the vintage feel of the Lace Heart, Damask and pin, but I also love how the card in general has a classic, clean and modern feel to it — I LOVE what I like to call a Clean Vintage look!!!  Hope the class participants like it, too!!!  Oh, one other thing — since making this sample, I received the Scallop Heart Nestabilities by Spellbinders, so rather than being framed in plain back, we’ll have a scalloped black border around our heart — how fun!!!!

So, that takes care of Friday for me at the Rubber Stampede, but there’s a LOT more in store on Saturday and Sunday — but that’ll have to be another post, another day — so please stay tuned!!! And if you are in the vicinity, or care to make the trip, I would LOVE to meet any of my Blog readers, Blogging friends and SCS friends — it would be so much fun to meet you IRL!!!

Here’s the link to all the info on the Rubber Stampede.  There are a ton of pages you can click into to see all that is offered and there is a page for accomodations as well — I’ve already got my room booked!!!  Just click here to learn more about the RUBBER STAMPEDE.

• Stamps:  Lace Heart and Damask Positive by Flourishes
• Paper:  Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, White
• Ink:  Versa Fine Onyx Black, Pretty in Pink
• Accessories:  Velvet and Dotted Sheer Ribbons from Flourishes, Tag Punch, 1/4 Hole Punch, Corsage Pin and Bead, Pop Dots, Mounting Tape 

Thanks so much for stopping in — I truly appreciate it.

Remember, I still have an active post for some awesome blog candy sign-ups.  Click here to sign up if you haven’t yet — one post per person.  The drawing is Monday night, March 17 at midnight Eastern Time.  Thanks much!!!