TechnoStamper Sketch Challenge

Here's the correct card for this weeks TechnoSamper Sketch Challenge....Between having ISP problems since last week, and being woken in the middle of the night, I'm just not all here today...Anyhow - I've used my scraps - same colors and stamps and now here's Sketch 16...Sorry for any confusion.

Details - Stamps Innovative Stamp Creations - Natures Silhouette and Art Frames II. The backgound on the flower panel was created using the Cling & Scrunch Technique (TJNL) with Memories Mist Copper.




Here's MJ's original sketch - if you'd like to play along - please leave your comment on this post, or if you upload to SCS, please use keywork TSSC16.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

ETA.....

Wouldn't you know I'm ahead of myself this week....I posted next weeks sketch - so now you have no excuse not to play next week.


whew....I'm running a bit behind in getting my challenge card done - but I've got it finished! This weeks sketch is a great layout, and I'll be using it again. I've used new images from Innovative Stamp Creations - Natures Silhouette and Art Frames II. The backgound on the flower panel was created using the Cling & Scrunch Technique (TJNL) with Memories Mist Copper.

Innovative Stamp Creations Monthly Contest

Innovative Stamp Creations wants to see your projects! Create a project using ISC images only - post it to your blog or any online gallery, then post a link to your project on this thread for your chance to win 1 FREE ISC stamp sheet of your CHOICE!

Altered Bracelet

I recently received some of the Ranger 1" x 1" Memory Frames from Innovative Stamp Creations, and couldn't wait to make something with them. I love the look of the Reinker Splash Technique -TJNL, and thought it would be the perfect technique to use with my images from the Art 4 Frames stamp sheet. (click to enlarge)













I used my Alcohol Reinkers in the following colors - Stonewashed, Wild Plum and Lettuce, to do the Reinker Splash Technique. With my new supplies from Innovative Stamp Creations, I also got some of Rangers Glossy Paper, what a difference the glossy paper from Ranger makes. No more ink blobs on my paper. To finish off my bracelet I added a jewelry clasp.

ISC Box Challenge

The Design Team at Innovative Stamp Creations was issued a challenge by Betsy to create a box, and something to go into the box using only the images from the Fansy Designs Plate. Inspired by the Color Collage technique from the April TJNL, I created my own patterned paper using images from the Fansy Designs plate.

To create the base piece for my stamped images, I repeatedly stamped the small square flower image in Creamy Carmel on white card stock. I continued to add my other images using Rose Red, More Mustard, Certainly Celery and Bashful Blue, and Chocolate Chip inks. When finished I edged my white card stock using a sponge dauber and chocolate chip ink.

The Tag image from this plate fits perfectly with Stampin' Up!'s tag punches, here I stamped the image in More Mustard and layered it on Chocolate Chip. In the center of my stamped flower, I've added a brown Dew Drop.

Now what to put inside the box??? I thought this box would be great for gift cards - I stamped my paper for the inside that holds my gift card to match the outside of the box. I added a 1 1/4" circle punch to the center with a Jumbo Eyelet and tied on some Chocolate Twill. I used my Slit Punch hold my gift card.

Note: If you decide to make this box - remember to punch your circle in your box base before you assemble.

Click here for the box pattern.

Oh Happy Day.....

Let's see....the mail lady brought me loads of goodies today - new fun products and rubber from Innovative Stamp Creations

Details
Stamps - Innovative Stamp Creations
All About Me
Friendship
Fansy Designs
Assemblage

These stamps are perfect for the Color Collage Technique in the April issue of the TJNL.

New rubber from Flourishes - have you seen the new Menswear set? Great for masculine cards, and fun to paper piece!

My April Issue of The Technique Junkies Newsletter arrived too! It's always a fun mail day when the new issue arrives.

Allie at Croppinsville USA asked me to join her Design Team - she's carrying a lot of cool stamp lines, be sure to check them out. Allie's also looking for members for her Design Team - if your interested you can email Allie.

Color Collage

Here's a fun technique from the April TJNL - Color Collage...A great way to combine a lot of color and a ton of images onto one card. I thought I'd have fun with Stampin' Up! In Colors and used them all on this card.

Details:

All Images - Innovative Stamp Creations
Textures - cracked background
Friendship - small flower, woman's face, small butterfly
Rusty Swirls - large butterfly
Artsy Trinkets - large flower
Assemblage - sentiment

Ink - Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou, Groovy Guava, Purely Pomegranate, Black, Chocolate Chip, River Rock, Soft Sky

Card Stock - Glossy, Black, Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava

Birthday Blog Candy Day 4 - Innovative Stamp Creations

It’s day 4 in the countdown to my birthday! Anyone want to guess how old I'll be?

Today's Birthday sponsor is Betsy Griffin at Innovative Stamp Creations. ICS not only carries beautiful deeply etched rubber stamps, they also carry product by Tim Holtz , Zutter and Teresa Collins to name a few! Oh yeah, if your a TJNL subscriber Betsy also has the Shimmer Sheetz I used in the Aged Metal Tutorial I wrote for February's issue.

Here's a card using one of my favorite sheets from ISC - Beautiful Flowers


I used the Aged Metal Technique for the background using Yellow Shimmer Sheetz - but substituted a Fiskars Embossing plate for the Cuttllebug Folder. I also did a morphed version of Smackin' Acetate - as I didn't want a ton of color, but more of a sublte look, so I stamped my image in stazon, then colored with markers, spritzed a piece of acetate with water and pressed it onto my image and removed.








Today's birthday giveaway is the new All About Me Stamp Sheet from Innovative Stamp Creations!

ETA - if you're looking to do some shopping at Innovative Stamp Creations - use code lscag for 10% off ALL items- good through 3/16/08

How can you enter? To enter the giveaway for Day 4, simply leave a comment on this blog entry telling me that you would like to enter, be sure to tell me your favorite stamp sheet OR product that ISC carries, enter by 11:59pm on Saturday, March 15th. Remember to leave your name with your comment, as blogger doesn't recognize "anonymous" comments. I will have the random number generator pick one number from the comments to select the winner. Each Birthday Giveaway is separate, so to be eligible for a specific day you must enter that day's giveaway and post to the correct blog entry. Good Luck! One entry per person, per giveaway, please.

Be sure to check back on March 16th, to see if you won today's ISC giveaway!

TechnoStamper Sketch Challenge 4

It's Monday and that means it's another sketch from my friend Mary Jo over at TechnoStamper - she'll have the sketch posted at noon CST along with a link to some of the other players blogs - be sure to check it out. If you'd like to play along -just leave a comment here with a link to your creation - if you're uploading on SCS, please use keyword TSSC4. Now on to this weeks sketch...

I've decided to turn my cards for this weeks sketch - yep, I like this sketch so much, I made two of them!

For this first card - I did a little paper piecing. I stamped my focal image onto Scarlet's Letter designer paper by Basic Grey, and cut out my iris pieces. I then stamped my image onto SU's wild wasabi textured card stock, and cut it out. Then I stamped my image on very vanilla so that I had something to put my images onto , then I began putting my pieces together - sorta like putting together a puzzle. Here's the end results...

Don't forget you can get a 10% discount on all your purchases from Starving Artistamps - just enter code lisadis in the discount code box. Once you enter the code, click recalculate. You should see the discount come up.

Details:

Stamps - StarvingArtistamps - Iris

Basic Grey Scarlet's Letter from StarvingArtistamps

My next card also uses the Scarlet's Letter paper from Basic Grey, here I've teamed it up with some images from Innovative Stamp Creations Friendship sheet. My image is stamped on SU's shimmer white card stock, and colored with markers.

Have a great Monday!

Amore

Target recently had plain pink and red frames in the dollar section, so naturally I picked one up to alter it. Here I used Lovely Hearts from Innovative Stamp Creations -stamping my images in Chocolate Chip. I also edged my frame using a sponge dauber and Chocolate Chip Ink. Then added the Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon from SU. Now to find a picture to add to the frame.

Perfect Teen Gift Set

There's always that one "teen" niece/cousin on my list that is hard to buy for - but I think I've come up with a great solution. All of these items fit into the purse - what more can you ask for! I just love this patterned paper, and thought it would be perfect to coordinate all my gift items. Just a note - all non SU items can be bought at Innovative Stamp Creations. If you don't see it on the site - just email Betsy and tell her you saw the items used on my blog. (Click photos to enlarge)

Here's the dimensions on the post it note holder

• 1 piece of DSP 8 1/2" x 3 1/8"
• score from one of the 8 1/2" sides at 3", 3 3/8", 6 3/8" and 6 3/4"

Fold on the score lines, adhere your post it note inside and fold the flaps down. The smaller of the flaps is the top. The stamp set used is a new sheet (Estamp-ina) available at Innovative Stamp Creations, made especially for the teen crowd. To give my brads the distressed look I used my Tim Holtz Hammer.

I saw a purse on Nichole's blog that inspired me to make one of my own - I altered her directions, so I could add a flap, I also wanted it deep enough to hold all my items. I added bling to the front of my purse with a Build a Brad, and used Jumbo Eyelets in the side of my purse, so I could thread my Double Stitched Ribbon handle.

Next up, a little altering of a bracelet blank, just added my DSP. Adhere it to your bracelet blank with Glossy Accents, then apply a thin layer over the top, and let dry.

The Gift Card holder also fits inside the purse. Here's a quick how to - to create the medallion.

• Using card stock, punch your scallop punch
• Now apply removable adhesive to a piece of copy paper, adhere your punched scallop
• Reinsert your scallop punch, rotate slightly and punch

Here's a close up of the finished medallion

Punches used - Scallop (as shown above), 1 3/8" circle, 1 1/4" circle, 1" circle and 1/2" circle. The 1/2" circle is adhered to my Build a Brad. My sentiment is stamped on the 1" circle.

Bloggers Challenge

This weeks bloggers challenge is one of my personal favorites! Same stamp, different point of view.

Card Details:

Stamps - Artistic Outpost - Hair is Important

The Purple card uses the Faux Distress Resist Technique, Red card uses the Burnished Embossing Technique - both from the December `07 TJNL.

Here's a few more DPOV using the Rustic Artsy Swirl set from Innovative Stamp Creations.

This first piece is a book I made with my BIA, the chipboard is covered with Ranger's Crackle paints, the butterfly is stamped twice, once on card stock, colored and cut out, the second time, it was embossed on Fantasy Film. The second piece is a 3" x 3" gift card set and box that I created a template for.

Enabler Alert - Select Sheets ON SALE at ISC

Be sure to check out the stamp sale on select sheets over at Innovative Stamp Creations . I've used some of these images in past blog posts. This offer will expires on Sunday 11/25/07 - so be sure to check them out fast! Be sure to tell Betsy, Lisa sent you!

3" x 3" Circle Shaker - using Tab Punch

I saw a post on SCS for using the Round Tab Punch to make a circle in your card stock and I thought it would be great for making Circle Shaker Cards.

Directions for the Double Pouch Bag can be found here.
Stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations

3"x 3" Circle Shaker Cards

Supplies:
Round Tab Punch
Card Stock - 3" x 3"
Acetate 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"
Beads
Stamped Image - cut to 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"
Foam Tape
6" x 3" piece of card stock - folded to 3" x 3"

Push your Round Tab Punch in as far as it will go on your 3" x 3" card stock, and punch

Rotate your card stock and punch again with the Round Tab Punch.
Trim your card stock to 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"

Adhere your acetate to your card stock with snail, and swipe with the embossing buddy, so your beads don't stick.

Place your foam tape around your opening, being sure that the ends meet.

Place a small amount of beads on the acetate. Gently remove the backing from the tape, being careful not to let any beads get on the adhesive.

Place your stamped image piece, stamped side down, so that it sticks to the foam tape. Press securely in place. Adhere to base card. (as shown in top photo)

On my bag - I also made Faux Brads

How to make Faux Brads

Run your card stock through your xyron. Punch with the double circle punch. Remove paper backing and adhere where you'd like you faux brads to be. Place Crystal Effects or Ranger Glossy Accents over the faux brads, let dry.

File Folder Card

I didn't have a whole lot of creative time today - but I did find a great File Folder Card Tutorial here - this is what I created using Beate's directions....

Card Details:

Stamps - Innovative Stamp Creations - Rustic Artsy Swirls
Card Stock - Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Old Olive
Ink - Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin, Old Olive
Other - Vintage Brads, Tool Kit, Chocolate Chip Marker, Sponge Dauber, Aquapainter, Dimensionals, Vanilla Grosgrain, Corner Rounder, paperclip, Round Tab Punch, Embellishment Paper

Bind It All Card Organizer

Bind it All Card Organizer

Here's a quick and easy card organizer you can make using a few sheets of card stock, some Embellishment Papers, a Bind It All, and chipboard.






















(click to enlarge) inside view



















(click to enlarge) inside view with cards

• Cover your chipboard with your embellishment paper, then punch your holes with the Bind It All
• To make the inside pockets - use a piece of 9 3/8" x 7 13/16" card stock. Score 2" up from the bottom to create your pocket. Score 4 11/16" in (from the 9 3/8" side) for your middle score. Fold in half, fold your 2" pocket up. Adhere your Embellishment Papers to the 2" area if desired. Then place into your Bind It All and punch. Repeat as desired for the number of pocket pages you want for your book
• Add coil binding. I used a 3/4" coils for my book - I added 4 pocket pages
• Embellish the front cover as desired

Stamps - Rustic Artsy Swirls Sentiment - Artsy Trinkets #1

ETA - Melissa asked "does each 9 3/8 x 7 13/16 sheet make one single sided pocket or one double sided pocket? Oh my I have another question, which side do you put into the coils; the folded side (which would then open up or the other side which would ensure a single page)??? "

Hopefully this visual will help you out - out of your 9 3/8 x 7 13/16 you will have created 2 pockets when scored - you'll punch the BIA holes on the open side (remember to have all your scores in place before punching - this way you are punching through all layers at the same time)

Organization

What a great mail day for me today - my new Tim Holtz Storage Cases arrived from Innovative Stamp Creations. Not only will these storage tins help me to keep my stuff organized, but they are very stylish too! You can even alter the tins with your alcohol inks!

Here's the storage tins I got:

Distress Ink Storage Box

Alcohol Ink Storage Box

Paint Dabber Storage Box

Here's an open view (yep, I filled them already!)

Fun with Embellishment Papers

Being a little limited on time, and rather than recreate the wheel - I decided I'd try out some project ideas that are readily floating around the net (see links below). I got out my Embellishment Papers, and Rustic Artsy Swirl Stamp for my projects. Note - the sentiment on the box comes from Artsy Trinkets #1 stamp sheet. The awesome chipboard buttons that match the great Embellishment Papers can be found here.

The cool Pebble Clips, stamps, embellishment papers, and chipboard buttons I used can be ordered here at Innovative Stamp Creations - just tell Betsy "Lisa sent you"!

I used the same papers and the Rustic Artsy Swirl Stamps for this framed art, which was inspired by the Baroque Motifs piece I posted last week. The frame I had in my stamping stash, but I needed to alter it, as the cream color just wasn't working. So, I got out my Ranger Acrylic Expresso Dabber, dabbed it onto my frame, let it sit a minute, then wiped it off. You can order the Acrylic Dabbers at Innovative Stamp Creations.

Link to Directions

2-5-7-10 Box

Double Pocket Card

Alternate Criss Cross Card

Criss Cross Card

Coin Envelope Tutorial for use with Gift Card Holders

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I recently received a swap from Sherri Barbarotto, that used the gift card tutorial found on SCS. I really wanted to make a bunch of these, and not having any coin envelopes on hand, I decided to make my own using Designer Series Paper.

Coin Envelope Tutorial

Supplies:

Designer Series Paper (DSP) cut to 5 ½” x 4 1/16"

Scor-It or scoring tool

Corner Rounder

1 ¼" Circle Punch

Snail

Place your DSP onto your Scor-It (or use your scoring method of choice). From the 5 ½” side score at 1 ½” on each side.

Rotate your DSP and score ¾”

Using your paper snips - clip as shown

Use your corner rounder to round the corners of the ¾” flap

Adhere flaps with snail and secure in place

Flip the holder over and using the 1 ¼” Circle Punch, punch ½ of the circle. (Make sure you are punching this from the open side) Secure your holder into your gift card holder.

Finished Views (inside)

Bind It All ON SALE Limited Time Offer

You know you NEED one...admit it, you WANT one....Don't you want to make those cool flip books and more??? (By the way be sure to stop back tomorrow - I'll be giving away one of the flip books as blog candy!)

So to help you out, for 2 days only - you can get a Bind It All ON SALE from Innovative Stamp Creations

2 Day Special SALE! 15% (already reduced)

Reg. Price: $60.00

SALE Price: $51.00

And to enable you even more the Dreamkuts is also ON SALE!

Tell Betsy you saw this on my blog!

Happy Shopping!

~Lisa

Funky Vintage 4"x4" Flip Book

I recently received some embellishment paper - Funky Vintage - Lizzie Collection from Innovative Stamp Creations manufactured by Making Memories. This 6"x6" paper pad has some incredible papers!

I made a 4"x4" flip book using the Funky Vintage papers. The image on the front of the book is also from Innovative Stamp Creations (stamp sheet - Art Frames 4). The image is stamped on a piece of stampbord, colored, and highlighted with a white gel pen, then attached to coordinating card stock, then to the front of the book. I used my BIA machine with chocolate coils to hold my book together.

Here's some additional views of the inside