Throwback Thursday - Ray of Sunshine

We have had so much sunshine, over 50 days without rain! But rain is now in the forecast and it may ruin the Total Eclipse.

No eclipse for this card. I have created other cards with this stamp set, but a baby card with it is a first.

Products I used:
Ray of Sunshine stamp set
Whisper White cardstock
Daffodil Delight cardstock
Marina Mist Dotted Scalloped ribbon
Metallic Foil Doilies
Bashful Blue Stampin' Up! ink pad
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' ink pad
2' Circle punch
Large Pearls
Basic Black Archival ink pad
Bashful Blue Stamp-n-Write marker
Dimensionals

Journal It! # 113

Journal It! 113

Your journal prompt of the day-

Describe the first meeting with your in-laws. Where was it and how did you feel?

Write the prompt in your journal and Journal It!

Here's a fun stamp set to decorate your journal with.

Ray of Sunshine

 

Tuesday Tutorial # 3

Hello, welcome back to Tuesday Tutorial!

Today I want to show you a piece of Designer Series Paper in the new catalog. It is from the set 'Color Me Irresistible'. These papers are so fun because they are already embossed with a pattern and all that you need to do is add ink to create emboss resist effects without the extra effort of the 'emboss' step.

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The Tutorials include the list of supplies, photos, and instructions for completing the card.

Color Me Irresistible DSP

Thanks for stopping by today!

Trude

Kinda Eclectic Ray of Sunshine Greeting Card

Ray of Sunshine and Kinda Eclectic greeting card

I love how this card turned out. The two Stampin' Up! stamp sets work well together. The sunburst from the Kinda Eclectic set is a quick alternative to stamping each ray, in the Ray of Sunshine set, individually.

I began by watercoloring the background with an aqua painter and ink picked up from the lids of the ink pads.Next I punched out a 1 1/4" circle from a sticky note pad and adhered it to the art piece where I wanted the sun. I stamped the dots border by stamping off the ink once before stamping on the art piece. Then I stamped the sunburst over the sticky note, removed the note and stamped the face. To complete the art piece I stamped the sentiment, added Washi tape and punched small dots from gold foil paper to adhere around the sun's rays.

To complete the card I adhere it to a piece of cardstock mat and mounted it onto the designer series paper.

Here are the products that I used on this card:
Watercolor paper #122959
Lost Lagoon card stock #133679
Flowerpot Designer Series Paper #133698
Very Vanilla card stock #101650
Gold Foil Paper #132622
Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Ink #133644
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Ink #131173
Aqua Painter #103954
Washi Tape133000
1/16" circle punch #134363
1 1/4" circle punch #119861
Ray of Sunshine- wood #134339, clear #134210
Kinda Eclectic- wood #135347, clear #135350
2-Way glue #100425
sticky note pad

Have you tried the aqua painter for your watercolor projects? It is the best way for beginners to get started with watercolor techniques. Seasoned painters love them too! I'd love to hear some comments from you.

If you are looking for a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I would love to help you.

Sunshine Greetings!
Trude

Trust God Greeting Card

I created this card with new In-Color card stock and Designer Series Paper. The Sentiment is a carry-over from the previous catalog; it is from the Trust God stamp set. The sunshine is from the new stamp set, Ray of Sunshine.

I used Lost Lagoon card stock for the background. I stamped the flourish from Everything Eleanore with the VersaMark watermark ink pad. It's a great way to create a tone-on-tone effect.

Here's my revised version of this card. I decided that I wanted to see what it would look like with the yellow card stock instead of the pink. I'm not sure that it is better or worse...I think it is just different.

This is a Paper Players Sketch, Sketch Challenge #206

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Have a Happy Day!
Trude

TBT Sale-A-Bration Gift Card Holder

Here's a card for Throw back Thursday. I made it in March for Sale-A-Bration and then never posted it on the blog.
I used the sun-ray technique. You make a template by cutting sections out of a piece of card stock to use as a mask. Then you put it on your card front and sponge color in the cut out sections.

This is a gift card holder made with the envelope punch board. It is quick and easy to make this gift card holder. You can view a You Tube video on how to make it HERE.

This Stampin' Up! set is no longer available, but a good substitute would be the Ray of Sunshine set.
I used the top of the cupcake builder punch to create the clouds and I used washi tape to create the lower card pocket.