Emboss Resist

Happy Saturday! How about a little technique today? It's emboss resist.  (1) Stamp in versamark on whisper white and heat clear embossing powder (2) With a sponge dauber, dauber colored ink all around.  Ink will resist where you've embossed.  When finished, take a little paper towel and gently buff the stamped/embossed image to remove the residual ink.

Will you try to emboss resist today?

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: A Round Array, Open Sea, Too Kind
Ink: Early Espresso, Old Olive, Versamark
CS: Early Espresso, Whisper White
Accessories: clear embossing powder, 7/8" scallop circle punch, 1" circle punch, 1/8" taffeta ribbon

Happy May!

May is officially Scrapbooking Month, so I'll be popping in all month with scrapbook pages that I hope inspire you.  This uses the Nautical Expedition DSP that has been on the CLEARANCE RACK.  It's a great value and wonderful paper.  To get the weathered look, I sanded the red left panel.  The color sits on top of the paper so it sands off nicely.  The middle panel was wrinkled with care - by simply crumpling it in a ball - several times.  

There's a lot of little details that makes this page special.

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Open Sea
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Not Quite Navy, Versamark
DSP:  Nautical Expedition DSP
CS: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Night of Navy, Whisper White
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler/White bakers twine, White embossing powder, Cherry Cobbler embossing powder, linen thread, sanding block, sponges

May is a GREAT time to join Stampin' Up!  Today kicks off a fully customized Starter Kit at a $99 value.  It's Stampin' Up! YOUR way.  You put together the kit with any of our current high-quality products--you can choose up to $125 worth of any Stampin' Up! products (Big Shot?!), $65 business supplies are automatically included to get you started AND free shipping - all for $99. NINETY-NINE DOLLARS.  

The online sign up process has been modified so that you will be able to easily customize your Starter Kit.

And you'll get to see the NEW 2012-2013 catalog FIRST.  I'd love to help you take advantage of this amazing offer.  Contact me or join here.  I have a growing team and we'd love to create, inspire and share with you! 

Happy Scrapbooking!
SHERRI

Birthday Ship

Happy Saturday.  I'm still sending birthday cards to the twins.  You can see the first one here.

This one has a couple of details worth mentioning.... The ledger on the left is stamped in Chocolate Chip on Very Vanilla carstock.  Then the Crumb Cake ink pad is wiped across the page in various directions and patterns.  The boat is embossed on Very Vanilla cardstock.  The horizon and sea water is sponged on.  Bakers twine is a great masculine add.  Don't forget you can get a FREE gift of Bakers Twine from me this weekend.

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Open Sea, Party this Way
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip Craft (for embossing)
DSP:  Well Worn
CS: Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler bakers twine, designer label punch, clear embossing powder  

I hope you have a great weekend!
SHERRI

Open Sea

One of the most popular summer sets is back, as a write in.  You'll not see this darling set in any of the current catalogs, but it can be ordered. I think I've used each image, but I've attached the images below the card.  This is a great masculine color combo.  I think adding the bakers twine didn't make it too girly.  Right?

Have a great weekend! 

Sweet Deets (all supplies Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Open Sea
Ink: Early Espresso, More Mustard, Not Quite Navy
CS: Early Espresso, More Mustard, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White
Accessories: Early Espresso bakers twine