The new catalog launches on June 2nd … that’s only TWO days away!! I guess I’d better show you the last few projects I made with some of the retiring product!
CASEd from Allison Okamitsu of Nice People Stamp (ADT 2014):
CASEd from Cindy Schuster of Nutmeg Creations (ADT 2014):
CASEd from the Stampin’ Up! Corporate blog:
See ya next time … ink, ink, smudge, smudge!
–Jessica Kerr, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
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I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I wasn’t prepared for wedding season … well, I’ve since remedied that dreadful situation, and now have several cards completed for some very wonderful people:
CASEd from Kristin:
CASEd from Stamping with Val:
See ya next time … ink, ink, smudge, smudge!
–Jessica Kerr, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
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Today’s project had a mind of its own, lol! I hadn’t really used much of my Stacked with Love DSP, and since it will be retiring in a couple of weeks, thought I’d pull it out. This one ended up looking very “Valentine’s Day” to me, so I’ll probably keep it in my stash ’til next year. Even so, I was happy with the way it turned out.
I think the construction of this one is pretty straight forward, so I’ll spare you all of the boring details. But I did want to mention that I didn’t have any true Whisper White buttons, so I used one of the Sweet Dreams Designer Series Buttons … because the back of the largest button is white! 😉
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–Jessica Kerr, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
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Wedding season is coming, are you ready? Not me! I do have a couple of upcoming occasions, but I’ve got to admit that I’m not very prepared. When I peeked in my card stash recently, my heart sank … either get to work, or head to the store (never!). Here’s a cute one that I came up with. Unfortunately, the pictures do NOT do this card justice. It is super sparkly/shimmery, but I just couldn’t get the camera to capture it properly.
I started with an A2 card base of Shimmery White card stock. I heat embossed the leaves image from World of Dreams twice with Iridescent Ice Stampin’ Emboss Powder, pointing the image into opposite corners.
Next, I heat embossed the “Happily Ever After” sentiment from Big News (retiring soon!) in Iridescent Ice again. I used a smaller piece of Shimmery White card stock and trimmed around the image to create a small panel. I backed this panel with a slightly larger piece of Wisteria Wonder card stock and stapled a some strips of Wisteria Wonder Ruffled Ribbon (retired) at the left and right. This entire piece was popped up on some Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Finally, I fussed around with some of the little flower stamps/punches in Wisteria Wonder and came up with a grouping that I liked before sticking them down with Glue Dots in opposite corners and embellishing with rhinestones, pearls and a few sequins (the rhinestones were colored with the Wisteria Wonder Blendabilities markers, which have recently been discontinued).
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–Jessica Kerr, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
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The weather man says we should see 45º and sunshine today, so I’m doing a happy dance! The warmer weather brings with it inspiration for today’s card. I was feeling a little artsy, so I decided to make a messy watercolor painting. Soft pastels, with a nice splash of warm sunshine!
I don’t really think instructions are necessary, since this is such a simple design. I just heat embossed the sentiment with Irridescent Ice Stampin’ Emboss Powder onto a piece of watercolor paper and then used my reinkers and Aqua painter to add color. Once I had the colors the way I wanted them, I flicked and dropped water randomly and let it dry to create the spotches and splatters. Add a layer of vellum underneath, pop it up with dimensoinals, add a little bling (the sequins were from my sewing box, lol), and voila!
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–Jessica Kerr, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
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Yesterday was Stamp Day, and boy did I have FUN! Lots of new stuff to play with, and even some great inspiration from Pals Paper Arts. I really liked the simplicity of their latest Sketch Challenge, PPA241:
This sketch instantly reminded me of the lace frame from SVGCuts that I had used before in this card. I also just received the “Your Perfect Day” stamp set in my latest order, and I knew the cake image would look fabulous framed in the center of the oval. But, I also wanted to do something a little different with it, so I cut the lace frame out of a Silver Foil sheet. I hope you enjoy it!
I think I’m going to skip all of the usual instructions on this one, but I will say that I colored the cake frosting and birds with Soft Sky Blendabilities. I also dyed some Whisper White 1/4″ Cotton Ribbon with my reinker because I didn’t have ribbon to match. The little banner across the middle was flagged on the ends with the Hexagon punch.
See ya next time … ink, ink, smudge, smudge!
–Jessica Kerr, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
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Okay, okay … so Valentine’s Day may be over, but that doesn’t stop me from making little love notes! I like to keep a few of these on hand throughout the year to surprise the hubby. When I know he’s having an especially bad week, or when he’s working loads and loads of hours, I like to sneak one into his lunch box, leave one on the dashboard of his car, or just stick one onto back door at eye level so he’ll see it as he’s headed out to work. I really believe that it’s the little things that can make the biggest difference. 😉
Anyway, I really like the Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack, don’t you? I was hunting around on Pinterest for a little inspiration, and I came across this card by Eva Schrottmeyer. I attempted to CASE her card exactly, but I goofed up the proportions a little and quickly found that three little hearts just wouldn’t fit on mine. Since the Sweetheart punch is just a larger version of the Itty Bitty Punch Pack heart, I figured that I would get a close enough approximation without losing the essence of the design (not to mention I got to use that lovely ampersand!). Here are my results:
Turned out fairly well, if I do say so myself! Now it’s your turn:
See ya next time … ink, ink, smudge, smudge!
–Jessica Kerr, Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
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Stamp Day Designs 