Here is a sneak peek of one of the projects we'll be making at my "Gift Making Class." Who wouldn't love to receive this ornament for Christmas?
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Hello, Lakeside Stampers!
I hope your Labor Day Weekend was spent with family and friends. On the east coast here our weather was perfect! While I hear Hurricane Earl affected the surf at the local beaches, here in Mohegan Lake it was sunny and breezy. Sitting on our back deck at night has been my favorite time with temperatures cool and summer sounds of kady-dids, crickets and frogs still heard. I feel very lucky.
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This is another project we made at my "FAN-tastic" Class. It was another technique to show the class how to use any stamp in a silhouette way. In the future I will be offering a silhouette class.
I think this plaque idea would make a great gift for anyone depending on the stamp set used. Here's how to make her:
On a piece of Blushing Bride Card Stock using Soft Suede Ink I stamped the. lady image from the Stampin' Up! Dream Gardens Stamp Set. I then cut her out, paying particular attention to her face profile. You don't need to cut her whole kneeling body, but you need to cut her out in way that gives her a waist.
On a piece of Baja Breeze Designer Series Paper I inked on the backside of the pattern I wanted to use for her blouse. I carefully cut ot a blouse shape with her sleeve. This is a sample of how I sketched over the stamped image the area I wanted to cut for her blouse. Click on the image to enlarge it if you need to.
I repeated stamping her in Regal Rose Ink on Whisper White Card Stock and cut out her fan, since this is a "Fan-tastic" Class. For the fan I didn't stamp on the back I used the front stamped image since it was the color I wanted.
For her skirt I simply made a bell shaped skirt making sure to line up her waist. You'll need to trim away as you line things up. For the bottom of her skirt I used the Pinking Hearts Border Punch and punched out a strip from Whisper White Card Stock. To curve the stripe I simply cut in between the pinking points taking care not to cut to the top but close to the top. This allows you to form a curve with your border.
I followed the silhouette procedure for her hair. I stamped on Soft Suede Card Stock using Basic Black Ink, cut it out and adhered it with my Tombow Glue.
At a local craft store I purchased wooden oval plaques and pre-painted them for the class. I computer generated an oval, cut it out and glued it to a cardboard scrap. On So Saffron Card Stock I traced my oval template and carefully cut it out. Along the edge of the oval I sponged So Saffron Ink with a Dauber.
For the scalloped oval I used my Big Shot with the Oval Frame DIe with Not Quite Navy Card Stock. I layered everything as follows adding some of Stampin' Up! Basic Pearls to the scallop edge and the tiniest pearl as an earring. Before I added pearls with my Piercing Tool and Mat Pack I pierced each scallop to resemble lace. To her waist I made a waistband and bow from Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon. On the top of the plaque I made a bow from Daffodil Delight 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon. On the back I put a small metal hanger found at a local hardware store.
Send me what you make using Stampin' Up! products and I'll post it on my blog. And, as evr if you ned any of the products to make this project you can email me at [email protected] or order 24/7 on-line.
Thanks for stopping by & Happy Silhouette Making!
Stampin' Hugs,
Handy Product Numbers For Your Order____________________________
STAMP SET: Dream Gardens (114395)
INK: Regal Rose (105211), Basic Black (101179), Soft Suede (115657)
PAPER: Baja Breeze/Subtles Designer Series Paper (117152), Not Quite Navy Card Stock (101722), So Saffron Card Stock (105118), Whisper White Card Stock (119952), Blushing Bride Card Stock (119796)
FRILLIES: Basic Pearls (119247), Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon (119254), Daffodil Delight 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon (120928)
TOOLS: Big Shot (113439), Oval Scallop DIe (117163), Pinking Harts Punch (117649), Papr Piercer (116631), Mat Pack105826)
Meet Concord Crush...
For this card I wanted to feature the new Stampin' Up! Artistic Etchings Stamp Set with the In-Color Concord Crush. It might look complicated but when broken down step-by-step to accomplish this vintage look is easier then it looks.
Here's what I did:
1. First I cut a 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" piece of the 2010-11 In-Color Concord Crush Card Stock and scored it at 4-1/4".
2. I cut a piece of Very Vanilla Card Stock at 5" x 3-3/4". On this piece I stamped it with the Filigree Stamp Block. I inked up the stamp with Soft Suede Ink and placed the Very Vanilla Card Stock over the stamp as shown and rubbed across the top . I find you get a clearer image doing it in this manner when stamping with the block stamps.
For an extra layered feel over the Soft Suede image I stamped random images from the Artistic Etchings Set using the Concord Crush Marker. Along the edge I sponged some Soft Suede Ink with a Dauber.
3. With my Big Shot and a Nesties Die I cut a scalloped rectangle out of Concord Crush. With a piece of Crumb Cake Card Stock I cut a smaller scallop rectangle to layer over the larger rectangle. I stamped some images from the Artistic Etchings Set after inking them with my Concord Crush Marker onto the Crumb Cake Card Stock. Along the edges I sponged Soft Suede Ink with a Dauber.
4. I layered the Concord Crush rectangle and the Crumb Cake layers as shown and added four Brown Brads to each corner.
5. Along the Concord Crush Scalloped Rectangle I pierced each scallop with my Paper Piercer andMat Pack. I then took Stampin' Up! Natural Hemp Twine and stitched through every hole and added a bow.
6. I stamped the key and crown from the Artistic Etchings Set and embellished them with the Basic Pearls and a red rhinestone on each image.
7. I ended by layering everything as shown in the finished card above.
Thanks for stopping by!
Stampin' Hugs,
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