August 21, 2023

Creative Convention--Day 1!

August 21, 2023/ Brenda Nelson

Hello friends! As I am leaving to attend Backstage in Vegas, a leadership conference being hosted by Stampin’ Up! I was inspired to host my own little ‘Creative Convention’ with you this week by sharing a week long blitz of inspiration projects featuring some NEW upcoming Stampin’ Up! products! I will share a mix of cards, scrapbooking and gift packaging ideas with you this week!

My first inspiration project I want to share with you today is a tie in with some of my Team Members—we have an Instagram Hop the 3rd Monday of each month— and this months theme is ‘Flowers’. I couldn’t resist making something with the new Modern Garden stamp set! The suite is one of my favorites in the new Holiday Catalogue!

I am also really loving the new Distressed Tile 3D folder so don’t be shocked if you see it on a bunch of stuff! haha! I don’t know about you but when I get hooked on something, I am HOOKED!

I wanted a crisp white card and first layer to highlight the wreath I wanted to make with the floral images in this stamp set. I love how this set allows you to make summery cards and transition your designs into holiday cards too.

I punched a 2 3/8 circle from some scrap paper and used it to trace a circle onto my card front as a guideline. I then ran this layer through the Distressed Tile folder.

I used 4 different flowers and stamped them in Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Poppy Parade and Wild Wheat. I stayed pretty true to the Garden Walk 6x6 DSP stack with my colors. The leaves are stamped in Garden Green along with the sentiment.

You do need to fussy cut these flowers, something that I actually find relaxing! Sometimes its worth the effort and I am so happy with how this design turned out!

I layered the flowers in a circle using the guideline, adhering some flat and other on Dimensionals. I finished off the card with a few of the new Blooming Pearls which are also a part of this suite!

I hope this card will inspire you to purchase this stamp, bundle or entire suite when it is available on Sept 6th!

Thank you for stopping by—come back tomorrow to see what else I have to share!

April 26, 2023

Be Inspired Blog Hop--Let's Get Crafty with the Subtles Family!

April 26, 2023/ Brenda Nelson

Welcome back friends for another edition of the Be Inspired Blog Hop! We are so happy you are here and would love all of your comments on our projects, or to share our hop with a friend or two. If you like my stamping style you can also follow me on Instagram @stampwithbrenda!

This month we are designing with the Subtles family—now I didn’t see a rule about it being NEW colors to the Subtle family so I decided to go that route!

I created a card, yes a CARD, not a scrapbook page this month, although I think my card will be inspiring a future scrapbook layout. My card features the new Lemon Lolly and Bubble Bath Core Colors and the returning color Lost Lagoon.

I started with a base and first layer of Lemon Lolly. I ran my layer partially through the new Twisted Rope 3D folder and a added a fun strip of stripped DSP from the Delightfully Eclectic 12x12 DSP in Bubble Bath and Basic White. I love a good stripe pattern no matter the color scheme!

The stamping on my card features the new Cheerful Daisies Bundle which I am really enjoying creating with.

I like that you can design with 2 Step Stamping or single images that you can stamp and cut out, like I did with larger daisy behind the sentiment or stamp the line image and color in. This set has a lot of creative possibilities!

Isn’t this new lemon lolly color lucious? it reminds me of lemonade!

The ribbon behind the sentiment is Bubble Bath and its one of three colors in the 3/8 Sheer Ribbon Combo pack that is coming out in the new Annual catalogue in May 2023. I love the silver edge on the ribbon.

The daisies are all stamped in Lemon Lolly with the center on the front flower being stamped in Pecan Pie. I did stamp it off on my scratch paper so it was a little lighter. The leaves are stamped in Lost Lagoon which I felt worked because it become more ‘green’ on this project.

And of course I had to add some embellishments in Lemon Lolly. I really love tone on tone embellishments and the variety in our new catalogue is AWESOME! These are from the new Adhesive Backed Solid Gems.

I know you are going to be so excited to start stamping with all of the new Core Colors, especially when you see the members of the updated Subtles family. I hope this color combo of Lemon Lolly, Bubble Bath and Lost Lagoon inspires you to create you own fun project in the future. Happy Stamping!

Up next on the Be Inspired Blog Hop is a former Artisan Design Teammate of mine, Janneke! I love her stamping style and can’t wait to see what she creates! Click on the image below to head to blog.

Thank you for visiting this month! We can’t wait to see you back in May!

September 05, 2022

Color Fusers--September Blog Hop!

September 05, 2022/ Brenda Nelson

Hello friends! I am so thankful you are checking in today and I apologize for being MIA over the summer! I just don’t know where the days have gone! Life has been busy and now its September and back into the routine of school and all that fun stuff.

I can’t tell you how much I love this color combo! And it is one that I don’t think I have ever put together myself. I think its because Blackberry Bliss is not one of my go to colors, but paired with Fresh Freesia and Pale Papaya it just shines on this project!

This month Stampin’ Up! has a fun promotion on called Perfect Partners and one of my FAVORITE stamp sets, Fresh Cut Flowers, from the Annual Catalogue now has coordinating dies available this month only! Go check out my Instagram feed (@stampwithbrenda) to see how many times I have shared this stamp set!

These new dies to accompany the Fresh Cut Flowers stamp set are called the Fresh Cut Stems Dies!

I decided to use Blackberry Bliss as the base for this card and use a layer of Fresh Freesia to compliment it. I love the unique edge die included in this new set. I added a bit of Designer Series Paper from the Butterfly Kisses collection along the left side and stamped the large floral image in Fresh Freesia ink along the side as the base image.

I stamped the image again in Momento ink on some Basic White and then used the “Lazy Watercoloring” technique to color in the flowers in Blackberry Bliss and Pale Papaya. The key to this look is to not color all the way to the edges and layer on the color.

I then trimmed by hand all of the flowers and use them to decorate behind and around the sentiment.

The sentiment is from the Hello Harvest stamp set and cut with the coordinating Rustic Pumpkin Dies. What I love about the Fresh Cut Flowers stamp set is that it doesn’t include any sentiments. So the sky is the limit with what you can pair up with this stamp set.

I also did a little lazy watercoloring on the banner too with Pale Papaya. I love the soft wash of color.

The Fresh Cut Stems dies also include fun little sprigs and little florals that I added to the card to create a soft little bouquet. I added a few of the In Color Opal rounds as you always need something sparkly right?

Now because this card is on such a dark base, I felt like I also needed to stamp the inside as well so that it makes writing your greeting so much easier.

I stamped one of the smaller images from the stamp set on the right of the inside base, which is just Basic White. After I colored them with Blackberry Bliss and Pale Papaya, I flicked my Water Painter across the base.

I love to stamp the inside because its an unexpected surprise!

I hope you are as thrilled as I am with this card. I loved it so much I decided my monthly Stamping groups are going to make it too and practice their hand at lazy watercoloring!

I am so excited to see what the rest of the Color Fusers Team has created this month, I am always so amazed at the creativity and variety of the blog hop—-so please make sure you hop all the way around! Please comment or go give my project a like on Instagram (@stampwithbrenda).

Up NEXT on the Hop is the infectious Bonnie O’ Neill and if you want to be a rebel and go backwards, then you will be going to back to see Tami Hewlett. Tami is one of my fellow Artisan Design Team members, we have been on the team for 2 terms together and she is beyond talented!

If you are interested in details regarding my monthly Stamping Group or wish to support my love of stamping you can message me or click on any image below to shop directly with my store! I appreciate all of your support!

May 11, 2020

Taco Bout' Awesome

May 11, 2020/ Brenda Nelson

Witty-Cisms is definitely a stamp set that I wish I would have used more over the past few months! For my “Card a Day in May” challenge, Day #11, I wanted to use a stamp set that I really liked but didn’t give the attention to. The taco and the cactus are my favourite images in this set.

The base of the card is Basic Grey and I added a layer of Smokey Slate card stock that I ran through a brand new embossing folder called Tasteful Textile 3D. It will be available in the new annual catalogue.

I coloured the taco with Stampin’ Blends in Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green. The hearts are stamped in Granny Apple Green from the Meant to Be stamp set. I used the Follow Your Art DSP for the stitched circle and Calypso Coral strip. I wanted to play around with patterns so added in a strip of designer paper from the Peaceful Poppies collection.

The cute little felt heart is from the Follow Your Art Embellishment Kit!

It was easy to create another version of this card by swapping out the sentiment with one of the other great options in the Witty-Cisms stamp set. I love this cute cactus and he was easily coloured in with the Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends!

May 10, 2020

Celebrate Sunshine

May 10, 2020/ Brenda Nelson

Okay, here is my first official sneak peek card of some new fantastic products coming out in the Idea Book & Catalogue on June 3rd! I absolutely LOVE this Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle. It is a stamp set with coordinating dies that is just so fabulous! This might be my favourite card yet for my “A Card a Day In May” challenge, card # 10.

Let’s talk what is NEW on this card! The stamp set of course, both the image and phrase are from the same set, Celebrate Sunflowers. I used a piece of Designer Series Paper from the In Good Taste collection which features 24 sheets of photographic DSP. You will fall in love. I added in some Faux Suede Trim in Early Espresso. It does in fact have a suede feel to it! The wooden elements are also new and are called the In Good Taste Elements. The Old Olive leaf sprigs are cut from the Sunflowers Dies.

I coloured the large sunflower from the stamp set with my Stampin’ Blends. I used So Saffron, Mango Melody, Soft Suede and Bronze. I think Bronze is the secret weapon here. It looks really great blended with yellow. The sentiment is cut using the Label Me Fancy punch currently available and carrying over into the new catalogue.

I cut the white layering edge with a die from the Ornate Layers Dies to give it a bit of interest.