LATE TO THE PARTY - Flowering Tulips Tip In

Hey everyone!

I am way later than I wanted to be with today's post. I'm still trying to get scheduling in place. I'll be more effective with that after Bob leaves on Tuesday. 

Bob has decided to semi-retire in October, which means I have six months to make this an active day job with a routine we can work with. Wish me luck! LOL

Today, I'm continuing my YouTube series working with the Flowering Tulips Bundle.

I chose to make a tip in pocket with coordinating tag. I gotta tell you, this project drove me nuts! I put the prototype together in about 10 minutes but every time I tried to film a walk-through I messed everything up - 4 times! LOL

Here's the tip-in pocket with tag:

RECIPE:

Flowering Tulips bundle

Flowering Fields DSP - 

       Select 1 12x12 piece and cut 7" x 5" 

       Cut a coordinating piece 4.5" x 2-3/8"

       Cut a piece 2-7/8" x 1-1/4" for belly band on front of pocket

Basic White cardstock, large enough to stamp/ cut 3 tulips

Rich Razzleberry ink

Tuxedo Black ink

Pear Pizzazz ink

Water Painter brushes

Wink of Stella

Tombo Mono liquid glue

Brushed Brass Butterflies

Stampin' Dimensionals

NOTE: I used Wink of Stella on the original tip in but failed to show it on the vide.

Follow the video and you'll have a cute addition to your journal.

Creative Blessings

~Kelly 

AWESOME OTTERS VALENTINE!

 Hi Everyone!

I'm finally back to creating and it feels fabulous!

I'm starting a regular series on my YouTube channel called Stampin' Up! Sunday.

Saturday, I (loosely) took part in a winter 'creative retreat' hosted by my upline, Brandy Cox, an three other high-ranking dems - Connie Stewart, Jackie Bolbuis and Sharon Armstrong. I've watched all of these ladies create for years and blessed to have them sharing with all of us.

We had challenges at the top of every hour on Saturday. One of them was a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge. 

Looking at a Tic Tac Toe grid - the options were these:

Top Row - RIBBON   FUN FOLD   DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (DSP)

Middle Row - STAMPIN' BLENDS   FAVORITE COLOR   BLING

Bottom Row - DIE CUT (or punch)   EMBOSSING FOLDER   FLOWERS

I chose from bottom left diagonal to top right - DIE CUT   FAVORITE COLOR   DSP

Here's the card I created:

While purple is my favorite color - Pink and Red are my favs when it comes to Valentines.

I started with a Real Red cardstock base, added DSP mat from SWEET TALK DSP  The larger background is the reverse of the heart lollipop pattern. 

The Real Red cardstock also mats the other three pieces. All with only an 1/8" border. 

The images from AWESOME OTTERS were stamped on Basic White cardstock. The sentiment was stamped in Real Red ink and the Otter in Early Espresso ink.

AWESOME OTTERS is one of the FREE options from our SALE A BRATION catalog when you purchase a minimum of $50 in product from any of our catalaogs & clearance (before tax/ shipping)

I used Sketch SC209 from Splitcoast Stampers - HERE 

You'll find other cards using this sketch by following THIS LINK

Here are the cutting dimensions:

Begin with the 5.5" x 4.25" card base.

Mat #1 - 

   DSP - 5-3/8" x 4-1/8"

Mat 2 -

   Real Red -2-7/8" x 4-3/8"

   DSP - 2-3/4" x 4-1/4"

Mat 3 - Sentiment

   Real Red - 3" x 1- 1/2"

   Basic White - 2-7/8" x 1 - 3/8"

Mat 4 - Otter

   Use SO SWEETLY STITCHED DIES (3 & 4 largest)

          Real Red - die #3

          Basic White - die #4

    

Use Stampin' Blends to color in the otter.  I used the following:

Otter - Crumb Cake duo

Fish - Smokey Slate duo & Color Lifter

Otter's eyes - Balmy Blue - light

Otter's nose - Petal Pink - light

Water waves - Balmy Blue - light

The Sentiment is from Sweet Conversations

I added three white enamel dots from Classic Matte Dots

REMEMBER -

Purchase the Sweet Conversations (stamp & die) Bundle PLUS Sweet Talk DSP and you may choose Awesome Otters FREE from Sale A Brations catalog.

You may also choose to purchase the entire Sweet Talk Suite which includes the stamp/ die bundle, the DSP, coordinating Embossing Folder, Ribbon, Embellishments and treat boxes! Check it out HERE

Want to put this card together with me?  Here's the video:

I'll be back tomorrow with the first Card Chicks card of 2022. Until then...

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly