Stampin' Mojo

The Bond of Friendship

Michelle Gleeson September 18, 2015 October 30, 20152

Happy Friday! I wanted to send my BFF of 40 years, yes you read that right, a card to inspire her. She is going through some pretty tough stuff right now. We have been each other's shoulder to lean on throughout our lives. I feel this card really sums up the support we give each other. I used two card challenges as my inspiration.

The colors came from The Paper Players; love these colors.

And the layout came from the new Global Design Project challenge.

I used a 5 x5 base of Kraft card stock. The sentiment is from the Feels Good stamp set. Then cut it out using my Circle Framelits. I layered it with some retired Lost Lagoon patterned DSP. The So Saffron card stock was embossed using the Elegant Dots Textured Embossing Folder. I piece of retired Tangelo Twist Satin ribbon (available on the Clearance Rack!) provided the stripe on the So Saffron layer. The heart was stamped from the Hello Life stamp set and then fussy cut out.

A clean and simple card. The colors make it come alive.

Thanks for stopping by!

Michelle

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Birthday Balloons for PPA 268

Michelle Gleeson September 17, 2015 January 10, 20164

This week's Pals Paper Arts Challenge Sketch was a challenge for me. Every idea I had left me wondering if it would work. So I went pretty basic this week.

Here is the sketch:

My goddaughter has a birthday coming up. She will turn 18 and is a senior in high school. This is a big year for her. Her school colors are red and white so I thought the new red foil sheets as a balloon would make the images pop. I was right.

The sentiment is from the Cottage Greetings stamp set. I dotted the "i" with a red Rhinestone (non-Stampin' Up) for a bit of added bling.

I used the Balloon Framelits for the balloons. The tails are Smokey Slate Baker's Twine that I pulled apart and adhered with a glue dot. Then I added a bow over the frayed twine.

The background DSP is from the Go Wild DSP Stack in the annual catalog. This paper stack is filled with fun designs.

I would love to see what you create with this sketch. Just upload your card to the Pals Paper Arts site.

Thanks for stopping by!

Michelle

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Happy Haunting for TGIF Challenge

Michelle Gleeson September 13, 2015 January 10, 20160

I just got the Cheer All Year stamp set this week and I could not wait to ink it up. So when I saw this week's TGIF Challenge I know just want I wanted to create and submit for the challenge.

Check out the sketch:

The doily I used is the center of the new Spider Web Doilies. You get 24 for only $4.50! The DSP is the new Happy Haunting DSP. Many of the patterns, such as the one I selected, can easily be used beyond Halloween.

The spider and sentiment are from the Cheer All Year stamp set. I stamped the spider in Versamark and heat embossed him in Black Emboss Powder. Then I fussy cut him out. I did this twice and glued the spiders together to give him more weight. Then I covered him in Crystal Effects to make him standout even more.

He is sitting on a half of a Stampin' Dimensional.

I had a lot of fun with this challenge. I follow many of the Design Team members for this challenge so I am excited to submit my card.

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Michelle

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Garden in Bloom for PPA 267

Michelle Gleeson September 10, 2015 January 10, 20167

I love how this turned out. I was inspired by a card created by one of the talented Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team members Kaitlyn Zumbach. You can see her card here.

I used the colors for this week's Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge.

I was not certain how I would like the colors together. I think they went together beautifully.

I used watercolor paper and stamped the solid images for the flowers and the leaves. Then I spritzed it with water and allowed the color to bleed. Because I wanted to keep moving I blotted it with a paper towel and then using my heat gun fully dried the paper.

Then I stamped the outline images of the flowers and leaves. The card came alive when I did that.

I finished it off with an image and sentiment from the Awesomely Artistic stamp set. It was cut out using a framelit from the Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits.

Have you tried this technique before? I would love to hear from you! Don't forget to stop over at the Pals Paper Arts site and see what the design team members did with these fun colors.

Michelle