USA at SAO

I thought I'd do a quick post to share the project I taught at Stamping Around Ohio last weekend. The class was at the store at which my BFF, Tammy Hershberger, works and it was so good to see her again! We had an awesome time--I got to see my MFT teammate, Christina Fischer again, as well as my good friend Kirsty. And I got to meet Julie Masse and Kim Schofield, the co-owners of Stamping Around. And Maria of Kitchen Sink Stamps and ALL of the participants!!!! I hope they had as good a time as we teachers did!

My class was sponsored by Flourishes Stamps. I used Strips and Stripes to stamp each pennant header and for the rosettes. And I used Spellbinders' Nested Pennants and Lacey Nested Pennant dies for the pennant bases and MFT's 1/4" Rosette and Stacking Stars Die-namics dies And I actually tea-dyed the gingham ribbon with REAL tea! 

These banners are so much fun to make--I already have a Summer one done and plans for many more!

I have a couple one more kit for this design in my Etsy store if anyone is interested. There will be no more after this one is gone.

Thanks SO much for stopping by!

~Supplies~

Stamps: Strips and Stripes (Flourishes)

Paper: Kraft, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Night Of Navy (SU!); Americana collection (K & Co)

Ink: Memento Lady Bug and Danube Blue

Accessories/tools: Vagabond (Tim Holtz); Pennant and Lacey Pennant dies (Spellbinders); 1/4" Rosette and Stacking Stars Die-namics dies (MFT); Cricut; ribbon; hot glue gun and glue sticks; adhesives

Flourishes' Birthday Pennants Blog Hop!

When Flourishes first laid eyes on two of the brand new die sets fresh off the production line at Spellbinders, we just knew that we needed a stamp set to coordinate with these funky and fresh dies! Are you ready to take a peek?

This fun set just screams celebration and offers 6 different pennants and flags all designed to coordinate perfectly with Spellbinders Nested Pennants (S5-028)&  Spellbinders Lacey Nested Pennants (S5-029). There are also 9 sentiments and 8 accents in the set that you can use to deck out your pennant shapes in fun and different ways! Want a little more to coordinate with your cards? How about our new Strips and Stripes background set? This set offers three strips to use together as one background or separate as three different strips that coordinate with our Birthday Pennants set! Since the set was just released last night, we can show you it in its entirety now!

Birthday Pennants

Strips and Stripes

For my first project, I used both sets to make a card. Very simple design, but those pennant images pack a punch when done up in some bold colors. I liked playing them off of the black strip and added the little colored rhinestones as accents.

And, just to show how versatile these images are, I made a little Spring banner. I'd been wanting to do this ever since I saw the new Lacey Nested Pennant dies, so I've been giving it a little thought and here's what I came up with. I had to hang it on this cabinet for this picture because the whole thing won't fit in my light box stretched out. 

First, I cut out the base of my pennant with the largest Lacey Nested Pennant die, using my Grand Calibur. Then I cut the top layer out of Prima's Sparkling Spring paper, in the same manner, with the largest Nested Pennant die.Then I just started embellishing.

 

Here's a close up of one end. I used Strips and Strips to stamp the headers and the paper that I used for the rosettes. I also stamped some of THESE flowers with it for each end.

 And the other end.

It's going to be hanging in this doorway--I couldn't get a good picture of it here without using my flash. It's so SWEET, I just love it!!

Because we just knew this set was a match made in heaven with the Spellbinder's Pennant Dies, we asked some of their ever-so-talented designers to join the Flourishes team for a little show and tell! Make sure to hop on over and see....

Barbara Anders - you are here

Christine Okken

Cindy Lawrence

Danielle Kennedy

Dawn Burnworth

Julie Koerber

Leslie Miller

Stacy Morgan

Jan Marie Caruso

Heidi Blankenship

Beth Pingry

Margie Higuchi

Holly Simoni

Mona Pendleton

AJ Otto

Latisha Yoast

Deborah Young

Kazan Clark

Terre Fry

Thanks SO much for stopping by! Have fun at the hop--I'm heading there now!

~Supplies~

Stamps: Strips and Stripes, Birthday Pennants (Flourishes)
Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Rose Red, Basic Black (SU!); Spring Moss (PTI); Sparkling Spring (Prima)
Ink: Rose Red (SU!); Pear Tart, Bahama Blue, Cottage Ivy, Lady Bug (Memento)
Accessories/tools: Grand Calibur; Lacey Nested and Nested Pennant dies (Spellbinders); ribbon, buttons, twine, rhinestones, multicolored jute twine; flowers (Prima); glittered chipboard letters (Making Memories)

Happy Birthday, Jan Marie!!!!!

 

Let’s light the candles and strike up the music, the owner of Flourishes – Jan Marie Caruso – is celebrating a birthday and we’re helping her by getting the party started! Why not leave some love on the Flourishes blog HERE and while you are there, start to hop on through the Flourishes team members who are honoring her special day! And you can also hop on over to HER place on the web HERE and wish her a Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday Jan Marie!

I thought I'd use one of my favorite Flourishes sets - A Year In Flowers. I stamped the February flower from A Year In Flowers, Set 1 on Classic White card stock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored it with Copic markers. Then I cut it out and popped it up on foam on an element cut with Petite Oval Nestabilities dies. I stamped the sentiment on more Classic White card stock, cut it out with a Tags Trio die and added the birthstone for February. Then I added a bow with some matching twill and tied on the sentiment tag with a button and baker's twine. Wishing you the happiest birthday ever, Jan Marie!!

Now be sure to check out all the other Flourishes designers to see what they have!

Barbara Anders You are here!

Christine Okken

Cindy Lawrence

Danielle Kennedy

Dawn Burnworth

Julie Koerber

Leslie Miller

Stacy Morgan

Betty Wright

Cindy Haffner

Dee Jackson

Maki Jones

Silke Ledlow

Tammy Hershberger

Beate Johns

Cindy Coutts

Heather Jensen

Kathy Jones

Yvonne Hagane

Here are the Copic colors I used:

Thanks SO much for stopping by, and don't forget the Gambler's sale is still in full swing! It's up to 25% off now and things are going! Click HERE to travel to the SALE page!

~Supplies~

Stamps: Year In Flowers, Set 1 (Flourishes)

Paper: Classic White card stock (Flourishes); Pear Pizazz (SU!); Kioshi 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Petite Oval and Scalloped Nestabilities, Tag Trio dies (Spellbinders); twill, button (PTI); baker's twine; Copic markers;