Stampin with Anita: Crafting Forever

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Kylie's Bertucci's International Highlights Top Ten Winners Blog Hop

Hello all! Welcome to Kylie's Bertucci's International Highlights Top Ten Winners Blog Hop.

On November 6th we posted our challenge design in Kylie's International Highlight Facebook Group. There followed a vote for the top ten by the public. I was chosen #6 with this card! Very exciting!!!

For this hop, I went with my most favorite stamp set "Crafting Forever". Since I used the brush pot in the first card I went with the the pen stamp (single stamp with 3 pens) for the second card. I stamped the pens with Memento Black Ink and immediately sprinkled clear embossing power on it. After setting with the Heat Tool, I colored with Stamp 'n Write Markers and Vegas Gold Shimmer paint. It looks brown in the picture, but the gold is just beautiful in real life.

I love this font for the "Thank You" and also used it for both cards. It is from the Kindness & Compassion stamp set.

I thought the Delicate Lace Edgelit was perfect for this card. Still clean and simple, but just a touch of old charm.

Thank you for viewing and please hop along with the other winners:

To purchase any of these products, please click on the pictures below:

Product List

Kindness & Compassion Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146729]

$20.00

Crafting Forever Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143958]

$20.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[140272]

$7.75

Delicate Lace Edgelits Dies

[147053]

$29.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109130]

$5.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Bermuda Bay Stampin' Write Marker

[131899]

$3.50

Many Marvelous Markers

[147154]

$123.00

Tea Room Specialty Designer Series Paper

[146894]

$14.00

Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint

[146886]

$8.00

Metallic Pearls

[146282]

$7.00

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Kylie's International Blog Highlight November 2018

Welcome to Kylie Bertucci International BlogHighlight for Nov. 2018! We are celebrating Stampin' Up!® 30th Year in November so we were challenged to say THANK YOU to Shelli Gardner, the founder, and tell her what Stampin' Up!® has meant to us. Without her determination and hard work to keep this company going none of us would have met one another, been inspired to do more and fulfilled so many awesome things.

For me, Stampin' Up®! has given me a renewed interest in creating, painting and sharing the joy of working with paper. It has been wonderful working with and being inspired by people all over the world which never would have happened without Stampin' Up!®

To create my thank you card, I choose to use the Crafting Forever stamp set. As a decorative painter, I love to paint and use the re-inkers as a watercolor paint. The Stampin' Up!® watercolor paper works beautifully with a wet-on-wet technique. Stamp the design with Stazon ink. Next, wet the area you wish to paint with a light coating of water , Finally, using a wet paint brush pick up a very small bit of reinker and lay it into the water. Last tip: Always leave some white space...Magic!

I did repeat stamping with Sahara Sand and the beautifully scripted "Thank You" from the Kindness & Compassion stamp set for the background. The hearts are cut out (& punched) of the copper Joyous Glimmer Paper. In person, it is such a beautiful color.

If you'd like to vote for me, please use this link: http://bit.ly/November2018HighlightsVoteForMe

All products are available in my on-line store. Thank you for taking the time to stop by and enjoy our work!