Anne's Stamping Room

 Are you one of those crafters who struggles with stamping sentiments - always worried whether it will be straight or stamped clearly?  Well here is the perfect bundle for you - Many Messages.  The bundle comes with a stamp set and metal die. The stamp is fairly large so I decided to use my Stamparatus to stamp the image to ensure I get a clear stamped image and can reink and stamp again if needed - I love the Stamparatus for that. Look at all those sentiments and the different fonts, 19 sentiments in total! I used the Stampin Cut & Emboss Machine along with the coordinating metal die to cut out all of the sentiments. How easy is that?  19 sentiments in just a few moments,  use different coloured cardstock and ink and you will have sentiments for all your projects. I decided to stamp the sentiments using the white kraft ink on black cardstock to showcase all the sentiments. I select the ones related to a birthday and covered the whole card with them. I add s...

I will be honest that I did not initially fall in love with the Darling Donkeys, but as soon as I started using the stamp set I could not stop! Todays project includes two FREE sale-a-bration items - Flowers & Fields DSP and of course the Darling Donkey stamp set. The Flowers and Fields DSP has some lovely patterns and of course they all coordinate with the fabulous Stampin' Up! inks and cardstock.  For this card I used Cherry Cobbler for the cardbase - I have not used this colour for a long time, it coordinates beautifully with this DSP pattern. I also did a simple fancy fold - cut 1.5" off the bottom of the cardbase and then another 2" strip which you can discard. The stitched oval holds the bottom piece in place. I stamped one of the donkey images using Memento ink and then used the Stampin' Blends to colour the donkey - for this one I used the crumb cake duo blends and real red.  To add some sparkle I brushed on some wink of stella on the donkey - which you ca...

 As you can probably tell from my blog posts last week, I love the Ombre DSP that you can get for FREE when you spend $60 on Stampin' Up! products. I saw a post recently from a fellow demonstrator - unfortunately cannot remember their, so my apologies I cannot give them credit - but I loved the cards they had made and knew I had to create some similar cards. I used the plain side of the Ombre DSP - but there is nothing plain about this paper! I used the Dragonfly image from the Dragonfly Gardens stamp - there is a coordinating punch that makes it easy to punch out the dragonfly images.  I didn't need to use the punch on this project as I stamped directly on the basic white square.  I used Blackberry Bliss, Granny Apple Green, Rococo Rose and Bermuda Bay ink to stamp the images. I used a different ribbon and various embellishments on each of the cards - matte black dots, pastel pearls and opal rounds - along with a simple sentiment from the Dragonfly Gardens stamp set, sta...

 For day three of Sale-a-bration I am sharing a stamp set that I just love - the donkeys are so cute. The images are perfect for using the Stampin' Blends or you can just stamp the image and leave as is. I created two cards that I am sharing with you today. I paired both of them with the Ombre DSP - I love this paper. You can see in this photo how I have used the Stampin' Blends to add some definition to the darling donkey image. The blends are so easy to use and make your images pop. The other card I created, I added a fun element - a wobble - which allows your image move.  Unfortunately Stampin' Up! does not sell these but I think it works well on this card with the Ombre DSP and Darling Donkey stamp set. I tried to demonstrate how the wobble works - it allows the image move back and forth. I really like the final product, simple but fun. Remember you can get this the Darling Donkey stamp set for free by spending just $60 and if you spend $120 you could get the stamp set ...