A Summer Splash of New Shapes and Colors

Our Second Tuesday Stampers are greeting new members to our club for our 2014-15 year and we are offering up some great designs to add to our excitement. 

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We have hot off the presses stamps, beautiful new paper and bright and sassy inks!  It's going to be a great season in the sun! We are sure our creations will make an artist out of everyone.

All papers, inks, and accessories used in our creations  are from Stampin’ Up!™

Making A Splash

We are starting our stamp year off with just that . . . a splash!  This fancy fold card might look a little fishy, but with colors like Lost Lagoon and Hello Honey, and stamps that take us on a cruise into the ocean, we just can't help getting in a summery mood!

By The Tide in Lost Lagoon Card

We are putting our punches and framelits to work to make our punched out version of a tucked in card!  The 4 1/4 x 11" Lost Lagoon Card Stock piece is scored at 4 1/4" and 8 1/2" then folded over itself.  One punch at the center of the top fold with our 2 1/2" Circle Punch provides some real interest when we punch out some circles and add them to the mix.  A couple of dimensionals help us make the magic happen.  There is a message inside but you may want to spend most of your time smiling at the sea coral and our cutout fishy friend from the By The Tide stamp set.  The new, and soon to be favorite, Moonlight DSP Stack gives us lots of coordinating looks to go along with our bubbly creations.  Who would have thought Basic Gray could be so beautiful?  Our Decorative Dots Embossing Folder is just the ticket to make us want to get out our snorkels and flippers!  For some other versions of this "half cut die card" have a peak at Debbie's Designs Blog.  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ™

Work of Art Splash

Google "Art Splash" and guess what you get.  Something that looks a lot like our fun creation that makes an artist out of all of us!  With the new Work of Art Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! and the entire 2013-15 In Color Collection our Second Tuesday Stampers can go just plain crazy!

Work of Art In Color Easel Card

Our basic design idea came from our new friend Michelle Humphrey at Stamping With Shelle.  (You meet the nicest people on Pinterest.)  With such a beautiful piece of art work, we thought we needed to pick an easel style card to display it.  This simple card fold will make our creation ready for the gallery! To top things off we couldn't resist the brayered embossing folder technique that would give our easel a background to properly enhance the finished product.  We chose to use our 1 1/2" Scallop Circle Punch with a 1" Circle Punch center to make our card stand up (and out), but any number of enhancements from buttons to bows are possible to top things off.  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ™

Splashy!

No cool clear water on the cover of this beauty--but it still makes an amazing splash!  The brand new Stampin' Up! 2014-16 In Color Collection™ puts us in a summer vacation kind of mood.  Our color pick to make the Flower Shop and Flowering Flourishes stamps look gorgeous are Mossy Meadow and Blackberry Bliss.

 

Flowering Blackberry Bliss Card

The dramatic pairing of Whisper White Card Stock and Blackberry Bliss Card Stock and Ink shown off with Mossy Meadow flourishes and a relaxing color card base pulls everything together in this creation.  And who wouldn't be in love with the new Stitched Satin Ribbon?  There is no doubt you'll be seeing more of this in the future!  On a card like this the sky is the limit.  Our special touches include Papillon Potpourri, a little bit of Something to Say, and a Basic Pearl.  We started with a really good idea from Add Ink and Stamp and ran with it.  Thanks to Lisa Young and Pinterest for getting us started.  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ™