Banner Bash- Birthday

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We used the Perfect banner Pennants to make the hats on this banner. Then we sponged the the hats after we textured them. The pom poms are made with the scallop punch and the Blossom Party Die. To make the letters we traced the stencils and cut them out. (I know a little unusual for us but that's what looked the best.)
S&P Recipe:
Perfect Pennants Bigz L die(123126)
Blossom Pary Originals die (115971)
1-3/4 Scallop Circle (119854)

Banner Bash- Halloween

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Halloween character Banner- To get the design on the canvas, we inked the embossing folder, the ran it through the Big Shot. Here' s a tip to help with placement of the folder...Place bottom side (the points or curve) of the banner at the fold of the folder.  Be sure to center it on the sides Sponge the edges to bring it all together. It's hard to tell but the hair on Frank is made with the Rosette Die.  Can you pick out the punches we used? Clever way to make the mouths, huh? (Chevron punch)
Witches Brew Banner- The design on the canvas here was first embossed with the folders, then sponged. The bow on both of these is the small bow die found in the Holiday Catalog.
S&P Recipe:
Gift Bow Bigz L Die (129977)

Chalk Talk Cards

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Speaking of being inspired in the last few posts...  Since the last two used Chalk Talk, It made me want to put these on. It's such a versatile set.
S&P Recipe:
Chalk Talk stamp set (w...130631, c...130634)
Chalk Talk Framelits (129983)

Happy Big Day

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Beverly Kissler gave us this card at Convention. We loved it, then put our own spin on it.  Funny how sometimes we simplify a card and sometimes we add to it. I love the sponging on the core'dinations paper.
S&P Recipe:
Blossom punch (125603)
Pansy punch (130698)
Chalk Talk stamp set (w...130631, c...130634)

Sweater Weather Pages

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These pages are perfect for fall, of course the name of the DSP is fitting too.
Below is the page I found on Pinterest that inspired my pages. I love everything about about, I just needed to simplify and use the things I already had. I even wish I had that picture.
S&P Recipe:
Chalk Talk stamp set (w...130631, c...130634)
Gorgeous Grunge stamp set (w...130514, c...130517)
Sweater Weather DSP (132184)

Flower Shop

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This top card is one that someone got in a swap at convention. We decided to make one of our own.  We are big spongers around here, so you can pretty much plan on that being something we would add. More layers make us happy too!
S&P Recipe:
Beautifully Baroque (130917)
Blossom punch (125603)
Pansy punch (130698)
Flower Shop stamp set (w...130939, c...130942)

Man Card Inspiration

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So in the last post, I confessed my struggles with man cards. Now it was time to make one. I did what I sometimes do when I need an idea, and just flipped through the current Stampin' Up catalog. I wanted to show you the inspiration for this card. Sometimes we copy a card exactly or just add a few changes. But usually I will see something that will give me an idea and it will evolve from there.  So I thought in the next few posts we would show you what we saw and how it turned out.

This card was found on page 22 of the catalog. Now I needed a birthday card and I was limited on the stamp sets that I had available at the moment. I love the the black with the bright color, but I was wanting to use Island Indigo. I definitely wanted to ink the chevron embossing folder. And I really wanted to include the grunge set. So this is how it turned out. Pretty different huh?