We Must Celebrate

I am using several new items from the Occasions catalog on my card today - click here to view the catalog.  I am really having fun playing with Brusho.  I made this card for my animal-loving co-worker.  I sprayed Whisper White with spray starch, sprinkled on the Brusho and watched the magic happen.  Whilst wet, I placed a piece of plastic wrap over the top and set it aside to dry.

When my piece dried, I stamped these cute critters from We Must Celebrate stamp set using Versamark, covered with black embossing powder and then heat set.  I used Stampin' Writer Markers and a white gel pen to color them.  I punched a balloon using the Balloon Bouquet Punch and adhered using a dimensional.

I used the sentiments from the set to stamp on the inside.  I adhered Whisper White to both sides on the inside to give more room for my co-workers to sign the card.  Since the card is 4 1/4 x 6, I custom made an envelope using the Envelope Punch Board.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- We Must Celebrate
Cardstock - Whisper White, Night of Navy
Other- Brusho, Balloon Bouquet Punch, White Gel Pen, Stampin' Write Markers, Black Embossing Powder, Dimensionals


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Crazy 4 Challenges - Opposite Day

The Crazy 4 Challenges team members are celebrating "Opposite Day".  We're making a card/project that has opposites on it.  Think opposite colors, stripes and polka dots, black and white, mirror image etc.
I have been playing with Brusho a lot lately and I used the Dots and Stripes Stencil to make this card.  I placed the dots stencil on top of my craft mat,  sprinkled on some Brusho, spritzed with water and then laid a piece of Whisper White on top.  I then rolled my brayer over the top to ensure even coverage.

After my piece dried, I embossed Birthday Wishes for You and colored in using Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi Stampin' Writer Markers.  I also added a piece of True Gentlemen DSP from the new Occasions catalog.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- Birthday Wishes for You
Cardstock - Whisper White, Night of Navy, True Gentlemen DSP
Ink- Versamark
Other-  Brusho, Black Embossing Powder, Dots & Stripes Stencil


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Party Pandas fun fold

I was inspired to try this fold from a card I saw on Pinterest.  I thought the fold would work well with a Sale-A-Bration stamp set called Party Pandas.  You can earn this stamp set for free during Sale-A-Bration with any $50 order - click here for more information and please enter Raquel Mason as your demonstrator.

When you fully open the card you see even more pandas!  The great thing about these images are that they are so adorable and there's not much coloring.  I stamped the confetti image (included in the set) with Daffodil Delight Classic Ink.

Happy Stampin,

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Stamps- Party Panda
Cardstock - Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper White
Stampin' Writer Marker - Daffodil Delight
Ink - Memento Black and Daffodil Delight Classic


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Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch

It's the third Saturday of the month and that means it's sketch time with Crazy 4 Challenges.

I stamped this adorable panda from Stampin' Up!'s new stamp set called Party Pandas from the Sale-A-Bration catalog.  Isn't he adorable?  I added a bit of washi tape, a glittery circle and a starburst.  I used a ruler and a journaling pen to trace lines around the panda.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- Party Panda
Cardstock - Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White
Other- Starburst punch, 1 1/4 circle punch

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Stamp Camp

I will be teaching how to make these fun cards at my Pompano Beach Stamp Camp on Saturday January 20th.  Please email me for more information on how to attend.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Crazy 4 Challenges - Rubber Duckie Day

The Crazy 4 Challenges team are celebrating Rubber Duckie Day today with ducks on our cards.  If we don't have a duck think chickens, geese, turkeys, etc......well I have really stretched it to a squirrel.

I wanted to try out my Brusho color crystals again and use a new stamp set called We Must Celebrate.  I stamped the tree from Sheltering Tree and the squirrel onto watercolor paper.  I put a scrap piece of paper over the squirrel and sprinkled the crystals onto the top area of the tree.  I used my aquapainter to color some green in the grass area.


Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- We Must Celebrate, Sheltering Tree
Cardstock - Watercolor Paper
Other- Brusho


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Karen Burniston Paper Pros - Tag You're It

It's time for Karen Burniston's Tag You're It challenge.  The team are to use tags in our creation today.  That's a very achievable challenge when you have a very fun die like Tag Book Pop Up.

 I used a new stamp set from Stampin' Up! called Hedgehugs for the front image and sentiment.  To get the black on his quills, after inking up the image with Chocolate Chip I used a Black Stampin' Write Marker to color just the ends and then stamped.

I adhered the Tagbook Pop Up into a 4 1/4 x 11 card base.  I stamped some more hedgehogs and fussy cut them out and adhered them to the tags.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- Hegehugs, Party Panda
Cardstock - Wisteria Wonder, Coastal Cabana, Pretty in Pink
Other- Chocolate Chip ink, Black Stampin' Write Marker

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Tag Book Pop Up

Crazy 4 Challenges - Tag you're it

The Crazy 4 Challenges team are playing tag this week.....as in using tags in our creations.  The perfect die for this challenge is of course Karen Burniston's Tag Book Pop Up.

I stamped a sentiment from a set from Stampin' Up! called Remembering Your Birthday onto a tag.  I wanted more color behind the yellow so I adhered the yellow tag to a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock and hand cut to match the shape.  I had the cupcake stamps in my stash and they're colored using alcohol based markers.  Stampin' Up! is coming out with alcohol based markers in the new Ocassions catalog this January and I can't wait to try them out.

I added a few more cupcakes and ribbons on the inside.  All the die cut decorations are included in the set!  The Tag Book Pop Up is very easy to assemble and has so many different decorator dies that can be used even on a flat card (yes I said it - flat card LOL).

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- Remembering Your Birthday

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Tag Book Pop Up

Helping Me Grow and Brusho

I started playing with Brusho Color Crystals from the new Occasions catalog and they are so much fun!

I stamped the flower from Helping Me Grow onto Shimmery White cardstock with Versamark, covered with white embossing powder then heat set.  First  I wet the flower using an aquapainter and sprinkled it with Brusho.  Next I sprinkled Brusho on the background and used my aquapainter to blend the color.  I used a die cut from Sale-A-Bration called Celebrate You Thinlits for the greeting.

Happy Stampin', 
Raquel

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Stamps- Helping me Grow
Dies- Celebrate You Thinlits
Cardstock- Shimmery White
Other- Brusho, Versamark, White embossing powder, aquapainter


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