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June 28, 2016June 28, 2016

SIP Challenge 54 – Colors from Sandy!

Another busy Monday for me at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store! I got my Reverse Confetti Order! Thanks to Jen for the SUPER FAST Shipping!! That got all entered in and put out. I’ll be using it for this month’s Card Class too! It’s a fun new release, lots of Summer themed goodies! I also managed to get my Newsletter sent out! If you want to sign up for it you can go HERE! My parents stopped in to say hi while they were out running errands! I even got to start a card! Renee prepared for her Home Decor Class that she has tomorrow! I’ll have to take a picture of what they are doing and share it, it’s so cute! When I got home I had dinner with my parents and Taylor, yummy spaghetti! Before I settled in the house I had to run to the bank and when I was finished with that I completed my card for tomorrow! I’m a day ahead! YAY! That gave me some down time last night. Well, I was doing some research on companies for the store! 🙂

Today I’m over on the Stamp, Ink, Paper blog for this week’s color challenge…

Lovely soothing colors from Sandy! I didn’t use the exact colors, I was at the store when I made my card so I used some Hero Arts Inks. The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with the front covered in a piece of Black 110lb. I stamped the cool floral cluster from the Concord & 9th You’re My Person Photopolymer Stamp Set in Memento Tuxedo Black onto Solar White 80lb. The stamp set comes with solid images to fill in all of the flowers and leaves so I stamped them in Hero Arts Butter Bar, Soft Cantaloupe, Fresh Peach, Green Hills and Forever Green. The completed image panel is then adhered to the card with Fun Foam and E-Z Runner. My greeting is from the same set and is stamped in Onyx Black, some Foam Tape holds it to the card. I added a few Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear, Lemon Drop, Tangerine and Shamrock Sequins and the card is done! I really enjoyed stamping all of the images with the fill in stamps and I love that greeting! I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for this week’s Stamp, Ink, Paper Color Challenge from Sandy! We hope to see your creations in the gallery so stop by the BLOG to check out the rest of the Design Team’s cards and enter yours! Thank you so much for coming by today! Have a terrific Tuesday! 🙂

Product used:

Stamp Set: You’re My Person Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Onyx Black (Versa-Fine), Butter Bar, Soft Cantaloupe, Fresh Peach Green Hills and Forever Green (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah) and Black 110lb (Recollections)

Embellishments: Sparkling Clear, Lemon Drop and Shamrock Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby), 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot and Fun Foam

June 27, 2016June 26, 2016

Mojo Monday 454

And off we go to the start of another week! I hope that you all enjoyed your weekend! It was just Angie and me at the Stamp, Ink, Paper inside Scrap-A-Latte Store yesterday. We got lots done, I even made a card or two! I worked on my upcoming classes and added a few more in August and September. We have my buddy Ken Oliver coming to teach in August, that should be fun! When I got home I had dinner with my Parents and then ran to Target to get some things that I forgot the other day. I really to make a list instead of thinking that I can remember what I need! I get easily distracted in that store! LOL! The rest of the evening I did some computer stuff and then just relaxed for bit! I needed that! Today I have to work on my newsletter for the store and make sure that I get ahead on my cards for the week too! One week that will actually happen!

The start of a new week always means a wonderful new sketch from the Mojo Monday blog…

I inked up a new to me set for today’s card! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with the front covered in a piece of White Gold Curious Metallic Card Stock. I wanted a subtle background just not a white one! The large partial circle is a piece of Desert Storm 80lb that I heat embossed the Hero Arts Designer Woodgrain Background on with Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder. To cut out the circle I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Circles Lawn Cuts and adhered it to the card with E-Z Runner. Across the lower half is a piece of yes, you guessed it, Gold Mirror Card! I flagged the left side before adhering that to the card. A piece of Black 110lb is cut out with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles Lawn Cuts and adhered to the card with Fun Foam and E-Z Runner. My flower, leaves and berries are all from the Altenew Peony Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp Set. I stamped the flower in Blush, Rouge, Crimson and Velvet Crisp Ink and the leaves in Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades and Evergreen Crisp Ink with my Mini MISTI. They are all cut out with the Coordinating Dies. On the leaves and berries I used my Versa-Marker to draw on some lines and colored in the berries and then heat embossed them with more Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder. The leaves and berries are adhered to the rectangle with Multi-Matte Medium and the flower with Foam Tape. Finally, my greeting is from the Altenew Label Love Photopolymer Stamp Set and is heat embossed in Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder on Black 110lb and adhered to the card with Foam Tape. I’ve said it before, I love a woodgrain background with a flower, I just think it looks so nice! I hope that you like my Design Team card for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge! Take a minute to stop by the BLOG and see the rest of the Team’s cards and enter yours in the gallery! Thank you for beginning another week with me! Have a magnificently marvelous Monday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Sets: Peony Bouquet and Label Love Photopolymer (Altenew) and Designer Woodgrain Background (Hero Arts)

Ink: Blush, Rouge, Crimson, Velvet Crisp Ink, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades and Evergreen Crisp (Altenew)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark Pad and Marker

Embossing Powder: Clear and Gold (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb and Desert Storm 80lb (Neenah) and Black 110lb (Recollections)

Specialty Paper: Gold Mirror Card and Champagne Gold Metallic (The Paper Cut)

Dies: Peony Bouquet (Altenew), Stitched Rectangles and Circles Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby), 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

June 26, 2016June 25, 2016

Stamp, Ink, Paper Store June Class Cards!

Sunday… I have to say the day now that I’m at the store 7 days a week the days just run into one another! LOL! Yesterday we had more gorgeous weather! Renee had a crop at the store so I got to chat with all the ladies! I helped Edna use her new Altenew stamps and inks, she added some flowers to a scrapbook page and they looked great! Renee brought in the delicious bagels from Miller Place and I had one for breakfast and another one for lunch! Around 4:00 I got a very nice surprise! Andrew stopped by! It was so good to see him! We chatted for a while and I showed him my part of the store. We both headed out around 5:30, Mum had text me to ask me what I wanted from the Chinese food place for dinner and I text her when I left so they could go and get it. We had dinner and Taylor and Kiera stopped by. Afterwards I helped my Dad with the retractable awning that they have on the front of the house and then ran a few errands. When I got back home I crafted for a bit and then watched a little TV. Felt so good to sit on the couch for a bit! Toady it’s just me and Angie at the store, Renee will be out East with her family celebrating her Birthday a little early! Oh, no news from on the baby front, but I’ll keep you posted! How is your weekend going?

Today I finally remembered that I hadn’t shared the cards from the June Stamp, Ink, Paper Card Class! So that’s what I have for you today! They all use stamps and dies from the latest Lawn Fawn release. 24 people made 4 cards each! That’s a lot of cutting and I couldn’t have done it without a little help from Sue and Brian!! The mermaid one is a slider and the smoothie one is the shaker! I think that the smoothie one was the favorite! I hope that you enjoy the cards as much as the class did! Hopefully one day I might get to see some of you at Card Class! Thank you for sharing in my Sunday! Have an awesome day everyone! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Sets: Flamingo Together, So Smooth, Mermaid for You and Dad + Me Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Freshly Cut Grass, Merman (Lawn Fawn) and Cup O Joe (Hero Arts)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Copper (Hero Arts)

Markers: Copics

Card Stock: Various My Colors Smooth and Textured

Patterned Paper:

Specialty Paper: Acetate

Dies: Flamingo Together, So Smooth, Mermaid for You, Dad + Me, Sun and Moon, Stitched Mountain Borders, Grassy Hillside Borders, Stitched Hillside Borders, Grassy Border, Ocean Wave Borders and Cross Stitched Rectangle Stackables Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

Embellishments: Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh) and Clear Glass Seed Beads

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby), 3M Foam Tape, Scor-Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

June 25, 2016June 25, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches 242

Happy weekend peeps! We had another warm sunny day here on Long Island! Perfect weather for my little car! The Stamp, Ink, Paper Store was good times as always! Renee went and had her hair did and the Novack sisters stopped by with a friend of theirs for a while. I managed to get my Reverse Confetti order in finally! Can’t wait to play with their new goodies! Angie came in around 5:00 to get ready for her Art Journaling Class. I left around 6:30 and had dinner at my parents. My sister-in-law said that she thinks that her contractions are starting! Daniel will have a new baby brother or sister soon! Can’t wait to meet him or her! I ran out last night to get gas and pick up a few things from Target. While I was roaming the aisles I came across Blueberry Oreos! If you see them and you like blueberry pie pick yourself up a pack! They are quite tasty! Especially with a cut of coffee! Today I will work on my cards for next month’s card class while I’m at the store. The administrative stuff can wait, I need to have a crafty day!

Today I have my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches to share with you…

I promise that this will be the last layered die cut card for a while! You know me, I get on a kick! LOL! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I heat embossed the Hero Arts Confetti Bold Prints background onto the front in Ranger Silver Pearl Embossing Powder. Two circles are cut from Soft Sky and So Saffron using the Lawn Fawn Cross Stitched Circles Stackables Lawn Cuts. I used some Gold Mirror Card to cut out the ticket and the word fun from the Spellbinders Amused 1 Die D-Lites and Etched Alphabet Shapeablities. The big top is also from the Amused 1 set and is cut from Wisteria Wonder. Some Black 110lb and a piece of Strawberry Slush cut out with the mustache and bow tie which are from the Spellbinders Hipster 2 Die D-Lites. The flag is cut from Silver Glitter Paper. I adhered the FUN to the So Saffron Circle with Multi-Matte Medium and the big top, flag and ticket to the Soft Sky circle with Dot Runner. My bow tie and mustache are adhered with Foam Tape. A little more Dot Runner holds the So Saffron circle to the card and Foam Tape adheres the Soft Sky one. I tucked in the banner cut from Coastal Cabana from the Amused 1 Set under the top circle and the card is finished! I do love the layering of dies cuts to make a “fun” different card! LOL! I hope that you like today’s card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! Thank you for coming by today! I wish you all a spectacular Saturday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamps: Confetti Bold Prints Background (Hero Arts)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Silver Pearl (Ranger)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah), So Saffron, Soft Sky, Wisteria Wonder, Strawberry Slush and Coastal Cabana (Stampin’ Up!) and Black 110lb (Recollections)

Specialty Paper: Gold Mirror Card (The Paper Cut)

Dies: Cross Stitched Circle Stackables (Lawn Fawn), Etched Alphabet, Hipster 1 and Amused 1 (Spellbinders)

Adhesives: Dot Runner (Tombo), 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool

June 22, 2016June 22, 2016

Paper Craft Crew 200!

Ahh… Wednesday! Always seems to be the busiest day of the week for me lately! My Tuesday was a pretty busy one too! The Stamp, Ink, Paper Store was very busy! Renee has been having issues with her Dell Computer running Windows… need I say more?! After about an hour on the phone with Microsoft they finally determined that it was the last update that messed up the computer so we had to roll it back to fix it. I concentrated on getting some more orders in and working with my Rep on a few things. The weather was just lovely again, the convertible makes me such a happy boy! When I got home from the store Daniel was still at my Parent’s and it was National Selfie Day so he and I haven’t had a selfie in a long time! Here is our contribution…

Oh how I love that little boy! After I had some dinner I headed over to see my friend Sue! She was having some computer issues too so I got that straightened out and we sat and chatted for a bit on the front steps. When I got home I had to finish my card for today, last minute as usual! I need to work on my planning a little more! Today will be super busy at the store! I have Concord & 9th, Altenew and Notions arriving! Just in time for my class tomorrow! YAY!

Today is a special Wednesday post for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge! It’s our 200th one!! I am happy to say that I have been playing along since challenge 7!! Here is this week’s sketch…

I wanted to play with my Hero Arts Seahorse again but I hadn’t used purple in a while so I Googled just to make sure that there are purple Seahorses and there are! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. My background is a piece of paper from the Bo Bunny Believe 12×12 Paper Line, it’s the Devotion sheet. Next up I used the Lawn Fawn Cross Stitched Rectangles Stackables to cut out a piece of Ballerina Pink and Cyber Grape. The pink is adhered to the card with E-Z Runner. On my purple piece I used the seaweed from the Hero Arts Color Layering Goldfish Photopolymer Stamp Set and heat embossed them in Ranger Silver Pearl Embossing Powder. That panel is then adhered to the card with Fun Foam and E-Z Runner. I then adhered some purple and silver glitter tape to some Solar White 80lb and adhered that to the card on diagonals crossing each other. A piece of Pale Aqua is cut out with the Lawn Fawn Cross Stitched Circles Stackables and adhered to the card with more E-Z Runner. My images are all from the Hero Arts Color Layering Seahorse Photopolymer Stamp Set. The Seahorse is stamped in Passion Flower, Grape Juice and Intense Black, the Starfish in Wet Cement and Cup O Joe and the Shell in Soft Pink and Wet Cement. They are all cut out with the Coordinating Dies and adhered to the circle. My greeting is from the Hero Arts Many Everyday Messages Photopolymer Stamp Set and is heat embossed in Hero Arts Silver Embossing Powder on more Ballerina Pink and tucked under the circle. Of course I added some Pretty Pink Posh Silver, Pink Peony and Amethyst Sequins for a little sparkle! I love that patterned paper and the super cool Seahorse! I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for the 200th Challenge over on the Paper Craft Crew blog! There is some blog candy and all sorts of other goodness going on over on the BLOG so go and check it out! While you’re there make a card and enter it in the gallery to help us celebrate! Thank you so very much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful Wednesday my peeps! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Sets: Color Layering Seahorse, Color Layering Goldfish and Many Everyday Messages Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

Ink: Passion Flower, Grape Juice, Intense Black, Wet Cement, Soft Pink and Cup O Joe (Hero Arts)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Silver Pearl (Ranger) and Silver (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah), Ballerina Pink and Cyber Grape (My Colors)

Patterned Paper: Believe 12×12 Devotion (Bo Bunny)

Dies: Color Layering Seahorse Frame Cuts (Hero Ars), Cross Stitched Rectangles and Circles Stackables Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

Embellishments: Purple and Silver Tape, Silver, Pink Peony and Amethyst Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby), 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

June 20, 2016June 20, 2016

Mojo Monday 453

Hello my people and welcome to the beginning of another week! I hope that you all enjoyed your weekend and that you got to spend some time with family! I woke up super late yesterday! I think that the previous three days finally caught up with me! I had to help out my neighbor with his new printer before I headed over to the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store. It was another lovely day here on Long Island so it was a top down day all day! Angie, Renee and I got some things done and I left the store around 1:00 to head out to my brother’s to spend Father’s day with him, and the rest of the family! Here is a picture of Taylor, Me, my Dad, my Brother Jason and little Daniel!

Three generations of Krieger’s! Jason made a really good dinner and Erika made my favorite, Couscous! Around 5:15 I headed back home to let Winston out and I ran a few errands before coming back to make my card for today and then work on some orders for the store! I have my Intro to Altenew this Thursday so I have to get ready for that!

Starting off another week my favorite way… playing along wth the rest of the Design Team for this week’s Mojo Monday sketch…

My obsession with ink blending and stamp layering sets continues! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I masked off where the two diagonal pieces of paper would go and used my Mini Ink Blending Tool and applied some Mermaid Lagoon to the bottom and Mustard Seed to the top. After I removed the mask I adhered a piece of Hello Honey and Tangerine Tango for my diagonal pieces. A few clusters of grass are stamped in Hero Arts Green Apple Hybrid Ink. The center panel is a piece of Tim Holtz Watercolor Card that I added some Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade to after I cut it out with the Lawn Fawn Cross Stitched Rectangles Stackables Lawn Cuts. It’s then adhered to the card with E-Z Runner and Fun Foam. That gorgeous Flamingo is from the Hero Arts Color Layering Flamingo Photopolymer Stamp Set. I used my Mini MISTI to stamp it in Pale Tomato, Unicorn White and heat set that, White Dye Ink and heat set that and then stamped the final layer in Ultra Pink. The beak, eye and legs are stamped in Intense Black and then he’s die cut with the Coordinating Frame Cut and adhered to the card with Multi-Matte Medium and Foam Tape. My greeting is from the same set and is heat embossed in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder onto a piece of 46lb Vellum. I flagged the right side and adhered it to the card with Kool-Tak Clear Foam Tape. Yup, I just had to add some Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear, Pumpkin and Marigold Sequins! I do love the mix of bright colors and the awesome Flamingo! I hope that you like my Design Team card for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge! Stop by the BLOG and see the rest of the Design Team’s fabulous cards and enter yours in the gallery! Thank you for starting your week off here with me! I wish you all a magnificent Monday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Color Layering Flamingo Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

Ink: Pale Tomato, Ultra Pink, Intense Black, White Dye, Unicorn White Pigment and Green Apple Hybrid (Hero Arts)

Distress Ink: Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Mermaid Lagoon (Ranger-Tim Holtz)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah)

Specialty: Watercolor Card (Tim Holtz) and 46lb Vellum (The Paper Cut)

Dies: Color Layering Flamingo Frame Cut (Hero Arts) and Cross Stitched Squares Stackables Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

Embellishments: Sparkling Clear, Pumpkin and Marigold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Hom & Hobby), 3M Foam Tape, Kool-Tak Clear Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool, Mini MISTI and Mini Ink Blending Tool (Ranger)

June 19, 2016June 19, 2016

Elegant Feather Thanks

Happy Father’s Day!! To celebrate I’ll be heading out to my Brother’s house in the afternoon with Taylor and the rest of the family! We had a fun day yesterday at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store! Jen Starr came by to teach a few classes for Scrap-A-Latte using Viva Decor products! The attendees all had a great time and made some amazing projects! I love Jen, she’s such nice and funny person! Angie and I did some rearranging in the store and cleaned up a bit too. All in all a very productive day! I needed some down time when I got home so I watched some clips of Graham Norton on YouTube, he’s a funny guy! What are all of you up to for Father’s Day?!

I made a quick card late last night to share with you today! The card base is the usual Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I heat embossed one of the large feathers from the Hero Arts Feathers Photopolymer Stamp Set with Hero Arts Clear Ultra Fine Embossing Powder onto a piece of Tim Holtz Watercolor Card. To give it a nice pop of color I applied some Twisted Citron and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink with my Mini Ink Blending Tool and then used the Coordinating Dies to cut it out. The thanks and greeting are from the Hero Arts Thanks Stamp & Cut Photopolymer Stamp Set. I die cut the thanks from the same Watercolor Card along with a piece of Fun Foam and adhered them to each other and the card with Elmer’s Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive. The feather is adhered to the card with E-Z Runner in the middle. I added some Pretty Pink Posh Peacock Feathers and Sparkling Clear Sequins with a few Clear Drops to add some sparkle! I had forgotten about my love of feathers but when I saw this set I just had to have it and I love it in the Distress colors! I hope that you enjoyed my card for today! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Father’s Day once again! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Sets: Feathers and Thanks Stamp & Cut Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

Ink: Twisted Citron and Mermaid Lagoon Distress (Ranger-Tim Holtz)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Clear Ultra Fine (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah)

Specialty Paper: Watercolor Card (Tim Holtz)

Dies: Elegant Feathers and Thanks Stamp & Cut (Hero Arts)

Embellishments: Peacock Feathers and Sparkling Clear Sequins and Clear Droplets (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby), Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive (Elmer’s) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

June 18, 2016June 18, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches 241

What day is today?! LOL! It was another late night at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store with the second night of the June Lawn Fawn Card Class! Night two was just as much fun! We all had a great time and my friend Maggie came all the way out from Manhattan to take the class! I picked her up at the train station and then dropped her off before heading home for the evening. I do so love to get see all of the talented card makers and newbies making the cards and letting me know which ones are their favorites! I think that it was a tie between the shaker and the slider this month! We also tried a new format for getting the cards done, I think it worked better than previous months but I’ll have to see what the feedback is from the classes. After all, it’s all about making it a great experience for the people that take the class! Today we have Jen Starr coming to teach a few classes for Scrap-A-Latte, I’m looking forward to seeing her! She’s a great teacher and a really funny person!

The card that I have for you today is my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge…

I stamped and die cit my images at the store and then put the card together when I got home last night! My card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Soft Sky with the We R Memory Keepers Waves Next Level 3D Embossing Folder and adhered that to the card with E-Z Runner. Across the bottom is a piece of Pacific Point with the sentiment from the Hero Arts Color Layering Seahorse Photopolymer Stamp Set heat embossed in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder. That too is adhered to the card with E-Z Runner. The images are from the same stamp set, I stamped the seahorse in Soft Pool, Pool and Deep Ocean, the large shell in Soft Brown and Cup O Joe and the small one in Wet Cement and Butter Bar. They are all cut out with the Coordinating Frame Cuts and adhered to the card with Foam Tape. It needed just a little sparkle so I added a few Pretty Pink Posh Sand, Aquamarine and Sparkling Clear Sequins. I love the Hero Arts Color Layering sets and the new 4 packs of ink that coordinate perfectly with them are great too! I hope that you like my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! Thank you for coming by today! I wish you all the best Saturday ever! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Color Layering Seahorse Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

Ink: Soft Pool, Pool, Deep Ocean, Soft Brown, Cup O Joe, Wet Cement and Butter Bar (Hero Arts)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah), Soft Sky and Pacific Point (Stampin’ Up!)

Dies: Color Layering Seahorse Frame Cuts (Hero Arts)

Embossing Folder: Waves Next Level 3D (We R Memory Keepers)

Embellishments: Sand, Aquamarine and Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Hom & Hobby), 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool

June 17, 2016June 17, 2016

Copper Wooden Hip Pop

Now that was a long day! It was sort of overcast for most of it and rained a little here and there but everyday can’t be sunny! Another super busy day at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store! I had more orders come in and Sue was there to help once again! Some people took the June Lawn Fawn Card Class in the morning and got first dibs on the new goodies! My friend Stephanie stopped by for a bit too! What a nice surprise that was! Sue and I also moved some stuff around to make room for all of the new Hero Arts that came in. Danielle text me at 6:10 to tell me that she was at Blaze Pizza and asked if I wanted anything, yes please! She brought the pizzas to the store and I shared mine with Brian. Last nights class was so much fun! We did it a different way and I think that it went a bit better. They all got packs with all the supplies to make the cards and then went and stamped, colored and cut out what they needed to sitting back down to assemble everything! This month’s cards were not easy ones and every did a fantastic job making them! By the time we were finished it was 10:45! Brain helped clean up and then I stayed and chatted with Danielle until 11:30. Boy do I miss her!! A very long day but so much fun! I’m all set for day two of classes! Can’t wait to share more of the fun!

The card that I have to share with you today is actually one that I made a few days ago! It’s good to have one in my stash just in case! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with the front covered in a piece of Black 110lb. My background is a piece of Desert Storm 80lb that I heat embossed with the Hero Arts Designer Woodgrain Background Stamp in Hero Arts Copper Embossing Powder. Before adhering it to the card with Fun Foam and E-Z Runner I adhered a strip of Vellum around the left side. All of my images are from the Hero Arts Dapper Dad Photopolymer Stamp Set. I stamped them in Onyx Black on more Desert Storm 80lb and cut them out with the Coordinating Frame Cuts, the greeting is cut out with my Scissors. They are then adhered to the Vellum Strip with Foam Tape. We all know that I love a woodgrain background but embossed in Copper and it gets even better! I hope that you like my simple Father’s Day card for today! Thank you two much for visiting! Have a phenomenal Friday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Sets: Dapper Dad Photopolymer and Designer Woodgrain Background (Hero Arts)

Ink: Onyx Black (Versa-Fine)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Copper (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and Desert Storm 80lb (Neenah) and Black 110lb (Recollections)

Specialty: 46lb Vellum (The Paper Cut)

Dies: Dapper Dad Frame Cuts (Hero Arts)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby) and 3M Foam Tape

Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

June 16, 2016June 15, 2016

Paper Players 299

Another stellar day here weather wise! Top down in the Saab to and from the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store! I had a ton of stuff to get done and with a little help from my friends Sue and Brian it all did get finished! I had a Lawn Fawn, Hero Arts and Notions order to check in, price and put out. I also had to cut for class. I never realize just how complicated the class cards are until I go to cut! Brian helped with the mountains and Sue and I did the rest! When I arrived home I had some dinner and finished up my laundry, ran out to get gas and then did a late night run to Target. I think I also snuck a little 20 minute nap in there! Today I need to rearrange some things in the store and finish up prep for class, just a few small things left to do. I also have another Hero order coming today, hopefully! Fingers crossed! I really hope to get to have some time to play with the new goodies that came in!

My card that I sat down and made last night is for this week’s Paper Players challenge…

I had no Dapper Denim so I went with Night of Navy! My card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. For the background I used a piece of paper from the DCWV Maps, Text & Ledgers Stack. It’s adhered to a piece of Night of Navy and then adhered to the card. The little die cuts are from the June My Monthly Hero Kit and are cut from more Night of Navy. I scattered them about the card and adhered them with Foam Tape. The greeting is from the Stamp Set that came with the kit and is heat embossed in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder onto a piece of Real Red. I flagged the left side and adhered that to the card with more Foam Tape. I’m a sucker for a map background and those die cuts go so perfectly with it! I hope that you like my card for this week’s Paper Players Color Challenge! Thank you for your time today! I wish you all a lovely Thursday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: June My Monthly Hero Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah), Night of Navy and Real Red (Stampin’ Up!)

Patterned Paper: Maps, Text & Ledgers Stack (DCWV)

Dies: June My Monthly Hero Kit (Hero Arts)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby) and 3M Foam Tape

Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool