Inky Fun! Stampin' Up!® Independent Demonstrator Barbara Joyce
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handmade cards and scrapbook pages.

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2010-2011 Catalog:

 

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August 30, 2010

I've been having such fun with Stampin' Up!'s new stamp set, Greeting Card Kids! Of all the coloring media I've tried, my favorites are my Copic Markers. I love the shading you can get with them!

The first one is a Thank You note I sent to my friend, Judy. I punched the image with my 1-3/4" circle punch and the scallop around it with the new 2-3/8" scallop circle punch.

Greeting Card Kids

The second card is for our daughter and son-in-law's anniversary, which is tomorrow. This is admittedly a very unusual use for these cute back-to-school kids, but they're such a cute couple, they remind me of Cathy & Tom!

Greeting Card Kids

July 3, 2010

I needed a door prize for my needlework group meeting last month, and this is what I came up with. The purse is sized to hold 4-6 standard-size cards and envelopes, but I used it for needlework goodies, and a gift card in the little front pocket.

Purse

If you'd like to get a copy of the directions to make this "Purse-onally Perfect" purse, please visit the blog of the very creative Becky Roberts.


June 22, 2010

This is the card I made for my friend Sue. Her birthday is tomorrow! The stamp set is "Great Friend," and the colors are Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White and Bashful Blue. The catalog year is just about over, and I decided today in a mini-panic that I needed to get one more spool of that gorgeous Rich Razzleberry polka dot ribbon. Fortunately, it's still in stock so it'll be on its way to me soon (along with a few other Last Chance goodies)!

Great Friend

May 18, 2010

I mentioned before that I participate in a monthly technique swap with a bunch of other demos. This card was made using a technique called Expressionistic Watercolors. Equipment needed is cardstock, rubber stamp, markers and a spray bottle filled with water. Making these cards was great fun! The stamp sets used in this card are the ever-popular and beautiful "Lovely As A Tree" and "Teeny Tiny Wishes."

Expressionistic Watercolors


May 2, 2010

I guess I'm still going through my pink phase! Here's another pink card, made for my hairdresser. Her big 5-0 is this Friday. Happy Birthday, Karlynn!

This card was made with the Movers and Shapers die and my Big Shot. The card stock is the beautiful and soon-to-return Pink Pirouette, the stamp set is Oval All, which I punched with the Scallop Oval Punch. The die is really neat because it punches the same design, but a little larger than the punch, which makes layering really easy.

Karlynn

April 27, 2010

Today is the birthday of my friend, Laura. She is also my son-in-law's mother! Laura loves pink, so I used the basic design of my card from February 10, and changed the colors. This card uses Pretty in Pink and also Pink Pirouette, a color that's coming back in the new catalog. It also uses that beautiful new satin ribbon! The stamp set is Vintage Vogue.

Happy Birthday, Laura!

Laura Loves Pink

April 22, 2010

There are daily challenges on Splitcoast Stampers. I rarely have time to play along, but today I was able to complete three challenges with one card! The challenges were to mix patterns, make a quilt, and make a square card. This one is for my great-nephew, Brandon.

Brandon

April 3, 2010

I got the idea for this card from Gretchen Barron's blog. Gretchen shares the most beautiful designs! I changed the colors, the paper and the sentiment. As a matter of fact, this design is so versatile that I've made it in several colors and with different messages.

Vellum Flowers Vellum Flowers Bermuda Bay

March 31, 2010

When I need a masculine card, I seem to gravitate to Nature Silhouettes. You can see another card using this set here. It's a beautiful set and lends itself to such neat techniques. For this one, I stamped the tree and ground with black craft ink on Whisper White cardstock, sprinkled with clear embossing powder and heated with the heat gun. Then I used my Stamp-a-ma-Jig to place the deer precisely where I wanted him and followed the same steps again. I punched a 1-1/4" circle from a sticky note, and placed it behind the deer. This technique is called masking. I used my brayer to color the background with Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue and Night of Navy inks. Once the brayering is done, you remove the sticky note circle to reveal a big, white moon. You can't see it very well, but I used the diamond design Texturz plate on the large piece of Night of Navy cardstock to give it some texture. The sentiment is from Well Scripted, stamped with Night of Navy ink on Whisper White cardstock, punched with the large oval punch, and then sponged in the center with Bashful Blue ink and around the edges with Night of Navy ink. The deer image is layered on Basic Black and Whisper White mats, and popped up on Dimensionals.

Nature Silhouettes in Navy

March 23, 2010

I participate in a monthly technique swap for demos. We learn a new technique each month. Sometimes I don't really love the technique, sometimes I struggle to make it work, but this month I absolutely loved the process and the results! This technique is called Jenny's Coat. You stamp a solid image with VersaMark ink on Designer Series (patterned) paper, sprinkle on clear embossing powder, then heat set. When the image has cooled, you brayer over the entire piece with black ink. Then you use a tissue to wipe the excess ink off of the image. The embossing resists the ink, with this amazing result!

Jenny's Garden

March 5, 2010

One of my favorite websites to visit is Splitcoast Stampers. Each week they showcase a special technique or project. This week they offered a cute design for an unusual little Easter basket. I couldn't resist trying it!

Easter Basket

March 2, 2010

This card was made with the stamp set Great Friend, using Rich Razzleberry cardstock and ribbon and ink, as well as Pale Plum ink. It also uses a Vanilla Ribbon Slide from our Hodgepodge Hardware kit. The sentiment is from the FREE Sale-A-Bration stamp set, Whimsical Words, and the Designer Series paper is from Cottage Wall.

Razzleberry Happiness Always

March 1, 2010

This is a super-easy card! I ran a piece of vellum cardstock through my Big Shot with the Manhattan Flowers embossing folder, adhered it down the left side of a Pretty in Pink card with Snail, stamped the sentiment (from the Well-Scripted stamp set), and tied some of our luscious satin ribbon (in the Occasions mini) down the side. Voila!

Vellum Birthday

February 27, 2010

This card is my submission for a technique swap I participate in. This month we were to use our Stampin' Up! pastels and a Blender Pen to color an image. I went right to one of my all-time favorite sets, Bloomin' Beautiful. I'm getting better with those scallop trim punches, don't you think?

Bloomin' Rose

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