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BSU041917
Hi stampers and welcome to this weeks Broke Stampers Unite challenge. This week our focus is color combo. Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral and Crumb Cake. They tell me that I'm the one that picked this combo. I'm not sure about that but if so what was I thinking??? Hahahaha talk about challenges. I was stuck. But then I grabbed my new...
Botanical Blooms
So this set of cards was made using the Botanical Blooms stamp set and dies. This set is also scheduled to retire May 31st. I'm a sucker for florals. and the bundle as a whole is such a great combo. This set is really great for basic quick cards as well as stepping them up a notch adding the dies and making masterpieces. Now for the great news....drum roll plz.......it's...
Hello Stamper's,
I want to talk to you today about Paper Pumpkin. About a week ago or so I was urging you to get in on the Paper Pumpkin Kit for April because it was a special kit designed by the Stampin' Up! CEO Sara Douglas. Well those of you that ordered should be getting your kits soon.. Now it is too late to get this months kit but you can always sign up for next...
Fresh Fruit
I'm going to continue my tour through my favorite retiring sets. Again this Whole suite was one I didn't play with enough and hoped would make another year. Look at the colors in this suite....look at it! LOL I love love them. The stamp set is Fresh Fruit and it has some wonderful matching Designer Series Paper called Fruit Stand which just happens to be...
Kinda Eclectic
It's that time of year when we play out with the old and in with the new. Stamp Sets that is. Though I LOVE to get new sets we are left with having to say goodbye to some really good one's. So in this post I'm going to feature a stamp set that is going away but that has been a favorite of mine since it's release. This set will be available for purchase only until June 1....
BSU031217
Hello Stampers and welcome to this weeks Broke Stampers Unite Challenge This is our Technique Week so we decided to do a technique that I personally haven't seen used in a while. It's called Classic Ink Wash. You basically take an image....stamp it and then with an Aqua painter and water you wash the lines to give it a more watercolor look. The example I found did a better...
Color
Today I was cleaning up the stamp room and when I got done I sat down at my nice clean work station and grabbed up a few colors. I had seen a card recently that was made by applying ink directly to the block then stamping the block on the paper for a background. In this case I grabbed my Stampin' Write markers in Island Indigo, Bermuda Bay and Pool Party. I then scribbled...
BSU030517
Hello and welcome to this weeks Broke Stampers Unite Challenge. This week our Theme is EASTER! Yes, can you believe it's just around the corner? I do wish everyone a very Happy Easter. Mine will be a pretty quiet one, not much happening around here. But I do know that many do family gatherings so if you are one of those then Enjoy your family time.
Now to get...
BSU032917
Welcome to this weeks Broke Stampers Unite Challenge. This happens to be the fifth Wednesday of the month so we focus on a 3D or ABC (anything but cards) project. I had some dear friends come over today and they showed me how to make this lovely basket. Not bad for my first try. I love the way it has the slatted sides. I have seen these floating around the Internet being...
BSU032217
Hello and Happy Spring! It's time for another Broke Stampers Unite Challenge. This week we are focusing on this lovely stamp set in the Occasions Catalog...(link on the right) called Beautiful You.
If you've been following me at all you will know this is one of my favorites from this catalog. It's just so simple to make stunning cards with and also so very versatile....
BSU031517
Hello and Welcome to this weeks Broke Stampers Unite Challenge. Alright......I'm late with this...sorry. I forgot to actually write the post and schedule it. Between watching for April the Giraffe to drop that calf and our new burst of Mario 3D World I've been distracted.
So this weeks challenge is all about color. Pear Pizzazz, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach...
BSU030817
Welcome to this weeks Broke Stampers Unite Challenge. This week is our Technique week. Im excited because this is one of my favorite techniques to do. Its called DTP or Direct To Paper. There are a few different interpritations of this but to me it means transfering ink direct from the ink pad to the card. I seen people rub it on or just swipe the ink pad across the card...
Beautiful You again
Today I found myself playing once again with the Beautiful You stamp set. If you are a stamper and do not have this set.....you need to get it. It's so much fun to play with and they make great Girlie cards. click the link on the right to the Occasions Catalog, you'll find it in there.&nbs...
Color inspiration
So I just did an overhaul of how I store my ink colors. In doing so it put Basic Gray and Flirty Flamingo next to each other. I LOVE this combo. So I had to make a card using those two colors. I did throw in a bit of Pink Pirouette. Anyway Just wanted to share......
BSU030117
How is your week going? This week we are focusing on The Sale-A-Bration catty. If you haven't had the chance to get any of the fun sets from SAB 2017 you need to. I have a link to the catty on the right of this post. I love SAB each year. For me it's a fun time to stock up on all my supplies and things that I'm running low on because you can earn free sets for every $50...
BSU022217
So I'm pretty excited about this card. This week on BSU we are featuring the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set from the Occasions Catalog. I also paired mine with the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits. Love Them!!! This is one of those cards that sort of grew as I was stamping it....no prethought out plan here. LOL
I started with a base of Old Olive card stock and I layered the leaf...
BSU021517
Hello and Welcome to this weeks Broke Stampers Unite Challenge. This week is all about Color Combos. So Saffron, Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake, and White. When I laid these colors together I instantly thought how delicious they looked and I had to use the Cool Treats stamp set. Doesn't this card just make you want in ice cream cone?
I started with a base of Crumb Cake and...
BSU020817
Welcome to this weeks BSU Challenge. It's techinique week, and this weeks technique is Watercolor.
I chose to do a watercolor background using an aqua painter and Pacific Point ink on Shimmery White Card Stock. I pressed ink into my ink pad lid and then using the Aquapainter swiped the ink all over my background layer. If you try this and you don't get an intense enough...
BSU020117
Welcome to this weeks Broke Stampers Unite Challenge. Because this it the first of February our theme is Love/Valentines. I what to do, what to do? I decided to use the Beautiful You stampset and put a Valentines twist to it. I started by making a mask for the floral heart from the Bloomin' Love stamp set out of the Annual Catalog. I then stamped the heart upside down on...
BSU012517
Hello....how are you all today? Welcome to this weeks Broke Stampers Unite Challenge. This week we are focusing on the Occasions Catalog. Ewweeee I Love so many of the sets in there this year.
ONE of my favorites is the Cool Treats Suite. I couldn't decide what to show you all so I decided to go with a few different projects and feature the Suite as a whole. I love the...
Lift Me Up
So I sat down with the Lift Me Up stamp set the matching framelits and the matching SAB paper stack. I approached it all a bit differently than I normally do. I cut out all my framelits pieces first. The balloons the clouds the different color backgrounds. Then I worked on assembling the cards.
This was a good thing for me I think. I get bored with cutting out the pieces...
Cool Treats
Played with Cool Treats stamp set tonight. What fun lil creations you can make. I really like this color pallet also. Watermelon Wonder, Pool Party, Chocolate Chip, Peekaboo Peach...
Beautiful You stamp set
Ever just lay in bed in the morning ....thinking about getting up but fighting the idea?? I was doing that early this morning when this idea came to me. I've seen and even tried doing the watercolor add on to the Beautiful You stamp set. Only stamping half the image and then adding a full length dress to the bottom of it with watercolor pencils. Well I thought and small...
BSU011816
It's time for our BSU challenge. This week is about color. Our Pallet is Real Red Pink Pirouette Melon Mambo and Wisteria Wonder.
It was a bit of a stretch but I made it work. LOL Card base is Real Red layered with Whisper White. On the white I stamped using the Sealed With Love stamp set from the new occassions catalog a couple images in Wisteria Wonder and Melon Mambo...
DSP Hack...
Hey everyone. I just wanted to share a fun lil Technique that my upline shared with us recently. I just love all the DSP designer Series papers that Stampin Up offers. Sometimes they are so pretty it's hard to use them. Yes I'm guilty of DSP hoarding. But this is a fun and easy way to get you to use your pretty papers and get the most out of just a lil. I used the Carousel...
BSU011117
Welcome to this weeks BSU challenge. Our topic this week is Technique. For this weeks Technique we went with Joseph's Coat. I hadn't done this one before and it was fun trying it out. You start with a piece of Whisper White card stock and sponge some coordinating colors onto it. I used Night if Navy, Pacific Point and Marina Mist in a layered position top to bottom. You...
