All That You Are

Hi Stampers!

I ended up playing around with my other social media endeavors, doing some stamping and mostly shoveling snow yesterday so didn't get to my blog.  It's good to be back!  It's fun to decide what to share every morning. Usually it's a challenge because there is so much great stuff that deserves a mention!

Today, I have the "All That You Are" stamp set to show off. You actually might have missed it in the 2019 Occasions Catalog because it is featured on the inside cover of the catalog! If you like to color, or even if you don't, this is a really fun set!  I tried several different techniques with it and loved them all.  Want to see some ideas?

For my first attempt, I colored the large floral stamp with my Stampin' Blends Alcohol markers. The shading was fun and the more I do it, the more I learn about blending colors.  I focused my color theme on Calypso Coral and Mossy Meadow.

When I saw this stamp, I knew one thing I wanted to try was heat embossing, especially a dramatic choice like gold on black or silver on Night of Navy. I chose the gold on black and made 10 of these cards for a recent swap my demonstrator team and I had.  They all loved the dramatic effect of shiny gold on black cardstock. I chose a multipurpose greeting so this card could be used for a wedding, birthday, anniversary, etc.   Don't forget about all our wonderful ribbons and accessories like sequins!

For this card, I wanted to use two separate flower images that come in the set and coordinate with the "Frosted Bouquet" framelit dies from the 2018 Holiday catalog (this bundle was carried over and is still available). I popped the flowers up on dimensionals and then after seeing how much blank "pink" space I had left, I added some Tranquil Tide Velvet ribbon at angles across the top and bottom corners and then cut the card stock just on the other side of the ribbon. I'm not sure I've thought of that before, but I loved the effect and how it set off the ribbon more.

For my final card, I went back to coloring, but chose different colors. This time my color palette focused on Lovely Lipstick and Shaded Spruce.  I did all the coloring and blending and then grabbed the wonderful "Spackled" background stamp, inked up with Crumb Cake and stamped the whole piece.  You can stamp a background like this before or after you do your coloring and stamping, but I like to do it afterwards!  This automatically creates an antique look to this card. You NEED that background stamp!

Tomorrow is March 1st and there are some handy and fun coordinating products that will be available for purchase to go along with our Sale-A-Bration freebies!  I'll share more info tomorrow - you'll be excited!

We have a few hour respite of no active snowing right now but are supposed to get up to 7 more inches by tonite. I think I will stamp now, knowing that I'll be shoveling again soon.

Stay warm and keep Stampin'!
Sarah