02.28.07
1000 Reasons to Give Away Free Stuff- Vol 2!
Thanks for visiting my blog- I am so excited to have reached the 1000 visitor milestone!
To celebrate, I’ll be giving away a stampable white silk scarf as well as 5 ATC’s. To enter, please comment:
a)how you found my blog(s) and b)what you like best about it.
The winning entry will be drawn this weekend, March 3, 8:00pm my time. I’ll notify you via email if you’re the winner!
Tell your friends- the more the merrier!
Good luck!
02.27.07
Island Blossoms- Glass Bottle
A couple of Christmases ago I taught a class on handmade Christmas gifts. We stamped this bottle and filled it with homemade massage oil. The oil is long gone, but the pretty bottle remains. I even ran it though my dishwasher once the oil was gone and the bottle was just fine, once it completely dried.
To do this, stamp with craft ink on White Mulberry Paper. Heat set the craft ink until it is dry. I used a retired hostess set, Island Blossoms, with the colours Ruby Red and Summer Sun craft ink. Apply a thin layer of Mod Podge around your bottle using a foam brush, and wrap around the stamped Mulberry Paper around it, smoothing out any creases and bubbles as you go along. Next, apply another layer of mod podge over top- this creates a seal for your bottle so that when you use the product inside, if any spills over it won’t do any damage. Hang your bottle to dry using an upside down wooden spoon in a vase.
Note: Don’t rush this. If the craft ink isn’t totally dry, it will bleed a bit.
03/02/07* I just noticed I had said it was Roses in Winter- oops! Thanks for your patience as I iron out my “oops”es.
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Stamped Wooden Tray
For our last 6 for 6 stampers club, my hostess decided we should stamp on wooden trays, to compliment all our other non-card items (Dish Towel, Coasters). Having never stamped a tray before, I was totally excited! Here’s an example of the tray I stamped. First, sand tray lightly, then apply an all-purpose wood sealer. Sand it lightly again to take off some of the roughness that comes out. Next, stamp the tray, making sure your Stampin’ Craft Pads are very well inked. Heat set this with the heat gun. Apply another layer or 2 of sealer, sanding lightly in between coats if necessary. Now it’s ready to use 
The sealer should enable you to wipe up any spills with a damp cloth without ruining the wood beneath.
If you’d like to join a stampers club, and live in the Edmonton, Alberta area, I’m planning another club that starts in March or April. Contact me via email: stacy_w@telus.net
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02.23.07
Spring Mini Preorder!
I was very excited today when the UPS guy came and brought me my order. I’d ordered 2 of the 3 Designer Series Papers in the mini. I did some playing around with it today. Hope you like it!
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02.16.07
4th Card Newsletter
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02.15.07
Housewarming
I was commissioned by my good friend Sheri to create a set of cards for new home-owners. I used pumpkin pie with almost amethyst, a colour combo straight out of the colour wheel. I also used very vanilla and basic black cardstocks. I coloured the images with markers, used the stamp sets Right at Home, Sincere Salutations, and Print Pattern. I also used a sliver of red grosgrain ribbon and a curly paperclip I found at Staples.
IRL this card is stunning, the photograph doesn’t do it complete justice.
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02.12.07
Sunday Night Stamping: Marker Madness
These projects were done today with my 10 for 10 stampers club. We used markers almost exclusively to create these projects. The colours used are Certainly Celery, Tempting Turquoise, and Chocolate Chip. I also used non-SU ribbon on two of the cards. I think these cards are my new favorites- the colours are so delightful together! The ink air spritzer tool is the coolest tool I’ve used in a very long time. It’s definitely worth the cost!
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02.09.07
Free Giveaway!
To celebrate my Typepad blog’s arrival at 1000 hits, and my 32 birthday, I’ve got a giveaway going on- check out details at stacy’s stamping blog and enter!
02.06.07
Technique Tuesday: Watercolour Wonder Wash
To create this card I used watercolour paper, then scribbled in broad lines across using watercolour crayons. I dampened a foam brush, then blended the colours together. If you use too much water, as I did, blot with paper towel and add more colour as needed – some areas washed out with the water.
Once this is dry, stamp with your desired image (I used Summer by the Sea) in basic black. Next, colour in your image with the watercolour crayons, and blend as desired with a blender pen. Stamp your greeting, add ribbon, and the card is finished. I’m very happy with how this card turned out. I used Apricot Appeal cardstock as the card base, with a thin mat of Basic Black cardstock. I used Red Grosgrain ribbon and a little piece of red gingham to complete it.
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02.05.07
Watercolour Crayons- A Quick Tutorial
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As promised at my workshop today, here are the 2 ways I demonstrated to use the watercolour wonder crayons.
The first card shows how you can stamp a line-art image and colour in the picture roughly with crayons. Then you take a damp paintbrush or aquapainter to blend the colours in together. You can also use a blender pen for this, but I find the paintbrush a better tool.
The second card uses the Direct to Stamp approach. First colour directly on the stamp using the watercolour crayons. Next, spray a light mist on the stamp to moisten the image. Stamp onto cardstock or watercolour paper.
An alternative method is to spritz the cardstock rather then the stamp. I haven’t used this technique as much, but will endeavor to in the future.
If you’d like to learn more watercolour crayon techniques, book a workshop (party) today! I can’t wait to show you how great these are!
