Sunday, August 31, 2014

Wondrous Wreath Card

Wondrous Wreath, Christmas card, Stamp with Trude, Stampin' Up!
Here's another way that the Wondrous Wreath can be colored. It is Pool Party and Silver with Coastal Cabana berries and bow. The snowman is from the White Christmas set.

There are many color combination possibilities with this wreath. I can see it being used for so many different occasions (spring, baby cards, Easter).

The background was difficult for me to photograph. It is silver foil paper and wants to flash back at me. I think I took this one without the flash so it wouldn't have bright spots.

Paper: Whisper White card stock, Pool Party card stock, Silver Foil paper
Ink: Silver Encore, Poot Party, Coastal Cabana
Stamps: Wondrous Wreath, White Christmas
Other: Stylish Stripes embossing folder, Wonderful Wreath framelits dies

I will be announcing the winner of the blog candy tomorrow (Monday, Sept.1) so stay tuned!
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Happy Day!
Trude


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Friday, August 29, 2014

Holiday Home Halloween Card

Have you checked out the new Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog yet? So many wonderful stamps and products! You can click on the catalog tab above to view/download a pdf of the new catalog.

Did you miss my post yesterday? Happy Stampers had a Blog Hop that included Blog candy. There's still time to get in on the fun, check it out here.

Here's another project that I created with products from the new catalog.
http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com/2014/08/new-stampin-up-holiday-catalog.html

The stamp set is called Holiday Home. It has houses and accessories for several holidays.
I used the Back to Black Designer Series Paper from the New Annual Catalog for the background paper on this piece. I used an aqua painter and ink to add Pumpkin Pie and Blackberry Bliss color washes to the DSP.
After you stamp the black paper with white craft ink and let it dry (very important!) you can use the new Stampin' Up! Blendabilities to color over any of the white that you want to add color to.

Have a crafty day!
Trude

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Happy Stamper's Holiday Catalog Blog Hop

Happy Stampers Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog Blog Hop

 
Stampin' Up! Wonderous Wreath stamp set creation by Trude Thoman http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com


 Hello!
Welcome to our Blog Hop, thanks for stopping by.

I have two fall projects (and a bonus) created with the Wondrous Wreath stamp set. I wanted to show you that this set is versatile. You can use it for more than Christmas projects. It just takes a little switching out of the colors.

In this case I chose to use the baby wipe technique because it allows me to add spots of color quickly without coloring in each individual leaf.  I like to make multiple cards at one time when I am using this technique so that I get the best use of my supplies.

Stampin' Up! Wonderous Wreath stamp set fall card by Trude Thoman http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com

I stamped the kraft paper background with the acorn trio from the "For All Things" stamp set. I used VersaMark watermark ink.

For the banner I used the banner and sentiment from the "For All Things" stamp set. I used Hello Honey ink and stamped off once before stamping the banner onto Whisper White card stock. I used Rich Razzleberry ink for the sentiment, also for the ribbon and Rich Razzleberry card stock for the small pennant.The ribbon is 1/8" Crushed Curry Taffeta.

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The second project is a bag topper. I used a cellophane bag, but the kraft paper bags in the catalog would be cute too! Do you like the foggy effect on the bag? That is what happens when the room temperature is over 90 degrees and the cookies come out of the freezer and straight into the bag! It's a frosty effect, just for fall ☺.
Stampin' Up! Wonderous Wreath stamp set fall treat bag topper by Trude Thoman http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com

Stampin' Up! Wonderous Wreath stamp set fall treat bag topper by Trude Thoman http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com

I used the Tangelo Twist ink for the ribbon on this wreath. I punched a circle of Rich Razzleberry card stock and attached it behind the wreath so that it would 'pop'. For this project I chose the gold Baker's twine as the ribbon. I attached it to a base created with Kraft paper and the Window Frames collection framelit which is stamped with Rich Razzleberry ink and the swirl stamp from Everything Eleanor.

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For the bonus project I created a place card holder that is also a treat box.I used kraft paper, my pre-made wreath (remember, I stamped all the wreaths at once to get the most out of my supplies), and Hello Honey 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon.
It is quite easy and would really look cute on a Thanksgiving table next to each place setting.

Stampin' Up! Wonderous Wreath stamp set fall place card holder/ party favor by Trude Thoman http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com

These are the products I used for both of these projects:

Kraft card stock #133674
Very Vanilla card stock #101650
Rich Razzleberry card stock #115316
Cellophane Bags #133770
Polka Dot Tag and Bag Gift Bags #135503 (cute alternative to the cellophane bags)
Gold Metallic Baker's Twine #132975
Hello Honey 3/8" stitched Satin ribbon #133671
Crushed Curry 1/8" Taffeta ribbon #134585
Everything Eleanor stamp set- wood #131987, clear #124164
For All Things stamp set- wood #135152, clear #135155
Wondrous Wreath stamp set and matching framelit bundle- #137624
Tangerine Tango reinker #111841
Hello Honey ink pad #133643
Tangelo Twist ink pad #133646
Rich Razzleberry ink pad #126950
Rich Razzleberry reinker #115664
Old Olive reinker #100531
Sahara Sand reinker #105220
VersaMark watermark ink pad #102283
Angled Tag Topper punch #133324
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One of my lucky blog readers will receive this Library card journal that I made, a package of Baker's twine, and a stack of hand made designer paper envelopes.

Blog Hop Candy

Journal pages
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List of blog hop participants:

Trude Thoman (that's me) -  http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com/2014/08/happy-stampers-holiday-catalog-blog-hop.html
Kristi Gray –  www.stampingwithkristi.com
Sandi MacIver - www.stampingwithsandi.com
Amy Koenders –  www.stampwithamyk.com

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Have a Happy Stamping Day!
Trude 

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Friday, August 22, 2014

Kinda Eclectic Ray of Sunshine Greeting Card

Ray of Sunshine and Kinda Eclectic greeting card

c and Ray of Sunshine stamp sets http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com
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

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Something for Baby Card

Stampin' Up! Something for Baby baby card 

Stampin' Up! baby card, Something for baby stamp set, card created by Trude Thoman http://stampwithtrude.blogspot.com

This is a quick card. It should take under 10 minutes. Cut and fold a Whisper White card base. Adhere 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" chocolate chip card stock to the front. Cut a 3" x 5 1/2" Whisper White card stock piece and use an aqua painter to apply a stripe of Coastal Cabana ink (either use a drop of reinker or squish the lid on the ink pad and pick up the color from the inside of the lid).

Use the small grunge splatter stamp to stamp some splatter across the card. I think I may have stamped it off one time before stamping to decrease the intensity. Stamp the baby buggy with chocolate chip ink and the hello baby also.

Adhere to card front about 1/2" from top, there should be about 3/4" remaining at the bottom. Apply the Washi tape across the bottom and a strip above the buggy and you are done! Wasn't that easy?!

Thank you for joining me in my craft room today!
Happy Day, 
Trude