Anne's Stamping Room

 I have to say that I have fallen in love with the Snailed It suite of products. I made this card using the DSP and metal dies during my monthly team get together this past weekend. The DSP has some lovely combinations - real red, daffodil delight, blushing bride, bermuda bay and basic gray. For this card I used blushing bride and real red. I used 1" strips of DSP to create the design, I ended up up cutting the DSP in two directions so that the strips running towards the centre were in the upright direction - check out the card at the end where they were not - both work, but I do like this one a tad better. I adhered the strips to a white matt making sure they were evenly spaced.  I used multiple purpose glue as it is more forgiving and allows you to move the DSP before firmly adhering in place. Finish by trimming all the strips with your paper snips. I stamped the sentiment in real red ink and added a resin heart embellishment - simple but pretty.  My original card has the sentim

Today I want to showcase a bundle from the new mini catalogue and some products from the Sale-a-bration that coordinates with the bundle.  The Sweet Strawberry bundle is from the new Mini Catalogue The Coordinating DSP and Berry Blessings are from the Sale-a-bation catalogue and you can get them FREE when you spend $120.  Here is the card I made using Sweet Strawberry bundle and the coordinating DSP.   I used Poppy Parade for the cardbase layered with a piece of DSP and cut out a circle with a metal circle die.  I used Granny Apple Green and Poppy Parade for the circle and scalloped circle, I stamped the two strawberry images and cut them out using the coordinating punch. I cut two strips and created a flag on each end, I stamped the sentiment in granny apple green and used a metal die from the tailored expressions dies to cut it out and ties a length of white twine and tied it in a bow. I like the simplicity of the card and I love the bright colours - perfect to add a pop of colour d

 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 some dimension to the car

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