Sunday, August 31, 2014

It's the upon us. Happy Labor day!



Labor day is upon us, which brings fall and while I am not looking forward to what follows, I do enjoy Fall and its beautiful colors. Allow me to give a modest welcome to fall, and nothing personal, but I hope Fall takes a long time to actually get here. I got my sketch inspiration from the Fusion Old door charm challenge, but did not use the color combination aspect of the challenge.

Fusion old door charm, Miriam Castanho Bollinger, #mstampinwithyou, stmapin up, demonstrator, fusion, holiday home stamp set, good greetings stamp set, labels collection, su

The beautiful and new Holiday Home stamp set is very easy to work with despite the very small images. The greeting from Good Greetings is the perfect detail and is a wonderful set to have. If you would like to have your very own, well this is the time. You can have a party and once the total reaches $300 you will automatically receive the Good Greetings stamp set for free in addition to the hostess benefit. A wonderful deal!

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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Closing the Summer? Wait.......


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It is so soon for that, but it appears that there is nothing that can be done about it. Summer never really arrive this year in Wisconsin, and we are about to close it already. To say good bye to summer, what better than the Summer Silhouette stamp set to do so?

PPA 217, Miriam Castanho Bollinger, #mstampinwithyou, stampin up, demonstrator, ppa, summer silhouettes, label something, texture boutique machine, filigree frame tief, su

It did not need much to make this card a showcase. The sketch is from the Pals Paper Arts challenge 217. I used the new Filigree Frame TIEF on the Wisteria Wonder layer and I love it.

Tips & Tricks:
  • The Summer Silhouette stamp were placed randomly to fill most of the Very Vanilla layer. 
  • The little sentiment was stamped in Wisteria wonder, punch out using the 3/4" Circle punch and than a Basic Black piece was punched out using the 7/8" scalloped circle punch.
  • I usually cut the top layer a bit smaller, but I wanted a very thin edge and therefore cut teh top layer only 1/8" smaller than the base.
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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Another sneak peek - Thank you.


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It is always great to see what the wonderful world of creative people are doing with the new products. With today's release of the Holiday catalog I am sure you will find plenty to love and I know ideas will just pop everywhere.  Using the color combo from Dostamper Stars challenge 097 and a new stamp set from the Holiday catalog,  I created a Thank you card that it is sure to stand out.

dsc 096, Miriam Castanho Bollinger, #mstapinwithyou, stampin up, demonstrator, dsc, thank you, typeset specialty DSP, letterpress winter stamp set, heat embossing, su

Isn't the new Letterpress Winter stamp set a show stopper? I know this one will be used time and again as it is a practical and beautiful stamp set. And because it is Photopolymer, it is that much easier to position one image inside of the other. Score!
Those products are, as of today, available for you to order. I hope that you enjoyed seeing a bit of the new products in action and are inspired to create some beautiful paper craft items.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Boo to you!



All in good fun, let's all have a bit of Boo! Here is another preview of the new products from the Holiday Catalog to be released tomorrow.

mm 360, Miriam Castanho Bollinger, #mstampinwihtyou, stampin up, demonstrator, mm, holiday home bundle, good greetings stamp set, regals dsp, su

The Photopolymer Holiday Home stamp set and bundle is so much fun to work with. I feel like I am making a story rather than a card, as I can see exactly where and how the image is going to be stamped. The sketch I used is from the Mojo Monday challenge 360 and gave me an ideal setting for the small Halloween story of this card. I am sure that by now you had plenty time to find your favorites from the new catalog. If you did not sign up yet, there is still time. Tomorrow is the last day from the promotion and the first day of the new catalog.

Tips & Tricks (or treats):
  • The Whisper White background for the negative Apothecary framelit was adhered to the Old Olive before any stamping was done.
  • I determined where I wanted the house, stamped the ghost and then all the other images. The house was the last piece to go onto the car and I use dimensionals to pop it up.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Christmas in August? Not really, but cute enough to be!



When wondering where summer went, I cannot help but think it left last year and never came back! So, we may as well start thinking about Christmas. With the new Holiday Catalog to be released in a couple of days, I am sure most of you are anxious to get your hands on new products. Oh, the perks of being a demonstrator is that we get to order those products ahead of time! And the best part: we get to play with them too!!

pp 210, Miriam Castanho Bollinger, #mstampinwithyou, stampin up, demonstrator, pp, festival of trees stamp set, good greetings stamp set, tree punch, confetti stars punch, itty bitty accents punch, lucky stars tief, heat embossing, su

I tried to stay true to the sketch from The Paper Players challenge 210 and I think I got it for most part I did. The Confetti Stars Punch Border is absolutely fantastic. To go with that I used the also new Lucky Stars TIEF. Simple and striking!
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Tips and Tricks:
  • I did not add texture over the area I punched the stars. Instead I set the paper offset in the folder and ran it through.
  • The Festival of Trees and the coordinating Tree Punch are fantastic and I know this one will be used over and over again.
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