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Celebrate You with a Sneak Peek

~ Jeanie Stark ~ 12 Comments

I needed a masculine birthday card for a lot of people to sign.  I loved Mary Fish’s card using the Birthday Blast stamp set (available Jan. 4th)  so I adapted it to make mine.

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Celebrate You from Birthday Blast Stamp Set

This card uses one of my favorite color combinations…night of navy and very vanilla. I started with a piece of 7 x 10 night of navy cardstock and scored it at 5″. The gold foil measures 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 and the very vanilla layer is 6 1/4 x 4 1/4.  I stamped my image twice in VersaMark and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. I added a gold metallic foil doily. The sentiment layer measures 1 1/2 x 5 and is heat embossed in gold. These colors are classic together and really make a statement with the gold embossing.

I needed to have plenty of room for everyone to write on the inside. I cut a piece of 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 very vanilla and scored it at 4 3/4.  I stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy ink and heat embossed the stars in gold.I adhered the right side to the inside of the card.  I like the way it provides plenty of space for everyone to write a personal message.

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A card within a card for many people to sign

I made a matching very vanilla envelope using the envelope punch board and I even heat embossed it in gold.  I love how quick and easy it is to heat emboss and it really makes a big impact.

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Matching card and envelope heat embossed in gold

Stamp Sets: Birthday Blast (avail. Jan 4th), Crazy About You  Inks: Night of Navy, VersaMark  Papers: Night of Navy, Gold Foil, Very Vanilla  Tools & Accessories: Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Metallic Foil Doilies

I hope today’s card helps you see how you can take a design you like and adapt it to make it work for you.

Have a wonderful day!
Just Stampin’

Jeanie

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I is for Ink (and an Incredible chance to win some blog candy!)

~ Jeanie Stark ~ 16 Comments

Welcome to my ABC’s of Stampin’ series.  Today I am going to share some tips and tricks for using Stampin’ Up! Ink pads.

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I love the nice clean image you get using Stampin’ Up!’s firm foam ink pads!

Watch this short video for some tips and tricks and how to reink and stamp using the firm foam stamp pads.

I use one of the extra labels from the bottom of the ink pad to put the color label on the inside of the ink pad (just like she showed in the video).  This makes it easy to see what color I am stamping when the ink pad is open.  It really helps when you are using several different colors for a project and they all look dark.

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You could also use the extra labels for file folders to store your scraps or punch a circle with the 1/4″ hole punch to color code the ink refills. Simply punch and stick or you can punch cardstock and attach to the top of the ink refills with a glue dot.  Either way works. It makes it so easy to quickly find the right color.

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Did you know you can use your ink refills to refill your Stampin’ markers too? There’s a couple of ways you can do this.  The first way is to simply open the cap and put a few drops of ink directly on the brush tip.  How easy is that?! Or you can use a pair of tweezers and pull the brush tip from the marker, put it in a cup, and add a few drops of ink on top to get it good and juicy.  Let it sit a few minutes then use your tweezers to gently put it back in the marker.  Just be careful not to damage the tip of the marker.  Grab it under the tip to remove and return to the marker.  Don’t throw away your marker if it dries up!  Just reink it!

I have had many people ask which black ink they need to use for their projects. Here’s what you need to know.

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The Basic Black Archival Ink pad is not a firm foam pad, it is a fabric pad.  It is a pigment ink which means it will not bleed and it will not fade over time.  It is my go to black ink pad especially for stamping sentiments.

The Memento Tuxedo Black Ink is for your photopolymer stamps.  It is a water based ink and does not harm the stamp!  You would also use this if you are using alcohol-based markers to color.

The StazOn is a solvent based ink and is used if you are going to stamp on porus surfaces.  It is a permanent ink. I use StazOn when I want to watercolor a stamped image because it is waterproof. You would also use this if you want to color with your Stampin’ markers as it will not bleed.

If you are going to color in an image it is important to use the right type of ink based on what you are going to use to color with. Think “Opposites Attract”.

Water-based coloring, use Alcohol-based ink (StazOn).

Alcohol-based coloring, use Water-based ink (Memento).

I love that Stampin’ Up! carries a variety of ink so we have just what we need for any project. What’s your favorite ink color? I love so many it is usually whatever color I’m using that day.

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Stamp sets: Crazy About You, Tin of Cards  Inks: Bermuda Bay, Basic Black   Papers: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Pop of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper  Tools & Accessories: Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Bermuda Bay Stitched Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush

My Back to School Special for today is a FREE ink refill of your choice for every $30 you spend (before tax & shipping). Remember to use the Hostess Code7CNZAUYM  when you check out. (I’ve included a visual below to show you where to enter the hostess code.)  Click HERE to go to my online shop to see the all the ink colors, refills, and more. Be sure to check out the CLEARANCE RACK and SPECIAL OFFERS as new items have been added and updated today!

Tomorrow is the Pals Blog Hop!  I hope you will stop by and check out all the amazing talent!  I can not post any non Stampin’ Up! specials on the Blog Hop so there will not be a Back to School Special for tomorrow.  So… Let’s have some fun today with a chance to win some free blog candy!  Leave me a comment what you think “ J is for…” and the first person to guess correctly will receive a little gift from me. Comments must be received by midnight (EST) tonight to qualify. You can only enter one guess.  I will announce the winner on Thursday but you can check tomorrow’s post to see if you guessed correctly.  🙂

I hope you have an Incredible Day! (Get Inky!)

Just Stampin’

Jeanie

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