Wild About Flowers – in Tiles

Posted on August 10, 2016 by mauistamper

I’ve been searching the Stampin’ Up! 16-17 Annual Catalog for images to make a current-product tile card since Field of Flowers retired as a Sale-a-bration stamp set. I’ve thought about Wild About Flowers a few times, and finally decided to sit down and give it a try.

The results aren’t quite the same – you can see the original card HERE and HERE and HERE – but I like the look. I also like the combination of Sweet Sugarplum and Tip Top Taupe.

Stamps: Wild About Flowers, Timeless Textures, Thoughtful Banners
Color Palette: Very Vanilla, Sweet Sugarplum, Tip Top Taupe, Crushed Curry
Accessories: Stampin’ Write Markers, Linen Thread

What do you think?

A stamp set for all seasons

Posted on August 4, 2016 by mauistamper

Have you seen the new Thoughtful Branches stamp set?

It’s a limited time offer from Stampin’ Up! available through August 31, 2016. I’m finding it extremely versatile with sentiments that cover all the basics and images that are adaptable throughout the year.

The combination of trees, leaves, stems and foliage is perfect for summer and will take you through the seasons. For my hydrangea card, I created a soft watercolor wash with Marina Mist on watercolor paper for the background and then stamped my blossoms in the same color on a Whisper White panel.

The stem was cut from a Whisper White panel and daubered (lol, my spell-check says that isn’t a word – we know better!) with Sahara Sand. The band across the bottom is also Sahara Sand, and there’s a Wink of Stella tucked into the blooms.

The Big Shot makes quick work of cutting these intricate images, but you will definitely want a Precision Base Plate and the Big Shot Die Brush for this one.

The stamps, thinlits and bundle are available through August 31st, although Stampin’ Up! is always careful to add those 3 terrifying little words “while supplies last”. If you love this one, don’t wait! Shop HERE.

August on the Farm

Posted on August 1, 2016 by mauistamper

I’m smitten with these little farm critters:

Stamps: Barnyard Babies
Color Palette: Mint Macaron, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Blushing Bride, Soft Suede
Accessories: Paper snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Aquapainter

It’s therapeutic to watercolor these three friends, and I didn’t mind fussy-cutting that little bitty billy goat. The longer I enjoy this craft, the more I don’t mind doing the little things that help me feel satisfied with my end result.

Now mosey on over, y’all, and see what Crystal and Cheryl have done with their calendars for August.

Quick and easy cards this weekend!

Posted on July 27, 2016 by mauistamper

I love having a stash of cards ready to go! If you’d like to make a few of your own, I have just the thing: make 5 cards in 2 hours for $10 this Saturday or Tuesday, August 2nd!

I’ve added this card to the lineup. Each card is designed to be quick and easy to assemble and versatile to send. I’ll have multiple sentiments available so that you can tailor your cards to say exactly what you need.

The flamingo from Pop of Paradise is stamped with our new Bermuda Bay Ombre ink pad – try it, you’ll like it!

You’ll make these cards plus one more that I’ll share before Saturday. I hope you can join us – space is limited!

Two class dates:

Saturday, July 30th 1-3pm

Tuesday, August 2nd 7-9pm

Cost is $10 – message me for details on the South Maui location.

Dory

Posted on July 23, 2016 by mauistamper

My friend and fellow demonstrator created the cutest little Dory you’ve ever seen:

Desiree told me she was determined to make a Dory with the Playful Pals stamps and Pyramid Pals thinlits, and I think she did a fantastic job! From her color choices (Dapper Denim and Daffodil Delight) to the details in Dory’s eyes on on her fins, Desiree really nailed it!

She added the hand-drawn lines on the fins and tail, and used Stampin’ Write markers for the eyes.

She used the Seaside TIEF to add the wavy lines to the tail and fins as well – you can just barely see them in the photo.

Desiree made an entire school of Dorys for our hostess club this month. What could be better? Shop HERE for your own. Purchasing the stamps and thinlits will qualify you for a $5 coupon to spend in August!

It’s RemARKably Foxy around here {wink}

Posted on July 17, 2016 by mauistamper

Welcome to the new Sunday RemARKable Blog Tour! I hope you’ll enjoy our new day – third Sunday of the month, still 2pm HST (8pm EST – we won’t go into the business about when and how that changes. I just use world clocks on my phone to keep track!)

This month I’m sharing a project I did for a dear friend who is expecting a baby boy in August. I started by making her a card:

I used a lot of different products, but the foundation is the Foxy Friends stamp set, the Fox Builder punch, and the A Little Foxy DSP stack. You could spend DAYS (ask me how I know) playing with all of the variations of the stamps and punch. And I kept it to a simple color palette – if I had started experimenting there I would still be stamping!!

I cut an oval in the DSP and added a bit of background. The Duet Builder punch gave me a frame for my sentiment, and the little toadstools from the Foxy Friends set were the perfect accent.

Stamps: Foxy Friends, Thoughtful Banners, retired sentiment
Color Palette: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray
Accessories: Big Shot, Ovals Framelits, Fox Builder Punch, Duet Banner punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals

The next step was to create some Thank You notes for the new Mama. I used our Note Card sets – the cards are cut and scored and come with envelopes – and created three designs. The grayscale images in the DSP stack are perfect when you’re working with this much color!

I had a lot of fun playing with the tilted heads on these little guys. Some of these poor critters may need a chiropractor.

It’s a tough call, but I think the raccoon might be my favorite. We don’t have any of these critters on Maui, but I have lots of raccoon memories from my mainland days. Some are fond, and some are not so fond (trying to defeat a very determined raccoon intent on dumping our trash at 1am).

I can’t imagine this sweet face digging in my trash!

The third and final member of the the Thank You Trio is this little stinker. Each card uses an identical layout, but has slight color and DSP variations.

The punch has plenty of little shapes and pieces – enough to keep a creative mind at work for a long time.

Take a visit along the RemARKable tour – Heather Mathieson is next and she always has great ideas! Thanks for stopping by today.

Mary Jo Price-Wililams

Thoughtful Branches Sneak Peek

Posted on July 16, 2016 by mauistamper

There are perks to being a demonstrator, you know. One of the best perks is being able to order things before they’re available to the rest of the crafting world. The new Thoughtful Branches stamp and thinlit bundle hit my doorstep a couple of days ago and this afternoon I set aside some time to play:

Stamps: Thoughtful Branches (available 8/1/16), Best Birds, Hardwood
Color Palette: Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Pink Pirouette, Garden Green, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Big Shot, Beautiful Branches Thinlits, Big Shot Die Brush, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Linen Thread, Fruit Stand DSP

I used Tombo the Wonder Adhesive to adhere all of the pieces – just be patient and use little tiny dots. A little dab’ll do ya!

The Thoughtful Branches set, Beautiful Branches Thinlits, and the bundle containing both items are available to demonstrators this month. (Now don’t you need to be a demonstrator?) It will be available to everyone on August 1st.

Check back tomorrow at 2pm HST – the RemARKable Blog Tour has moved to a new day – third Sunday of the month!

Love You Lots

Posted on July 8, 2016 by mauistamper

This happens every catalog. {SIGH}

I go through the catalog and make my decisions. I prioritize my list and make a rational plan for acquiring what I truly need.

And then I throw it all out the window.

I mean, HOW can I not have this adorable little green amphibian in my craft room?

Would you look into those eyes? How could you say no? {SIGH…}

Time for Plan B. Or C, or D, or whatever it is now.

Uncle.

Bee Happy. Bee Grateful. Bee You.

Posted on July 5, 2016 by mauistamper

I’ve always enjoyed word play. The pun is a very creative, if sometimes groan-inducing form of word play, but in this case I was looking for something more whimsical. This bee image captured my imagination right away, and I went off in search of the right words to create the story that was developing in my head:

Stamps: Pun Intended (Host), Remarkable You, Work of Art, Oh What Fun, Tin of Cards
Color Palette: Whisper White, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Crushed Curry
Accessories: Vellum card stock, Wink of Stella Clear, Honeycomb TIEF (retired), Crushed Curry ribbon (retired), Perfectly Artistic DSP (SAB/retired), Timeless Elegance DSP (retired), Stampin’ Write markers, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Pun Intended is a Host Rewards stamp set – you can only purchase it with Host dollars received when you host a qualifying event or order. The bee is the Queen (Bee) of the set – I’ve featured it once already in THIS post. I used the retired Honeycomb TIEF there, too. (I’m really disappointed that Stampin’ Up! chose to retire that TIEF before introducing this image.) I guess being a bit of a hoarder has some advantages {wink}.

You can see my vellum wings looking straight on. I stamped the image on vellum with Basic Black and set it aside overnight to dry completely. I cut out the wings including the zig zag portion of the body that runs between them and used that section to adhere the wings to the stamped image.

I used Tombo (the Wonder Adhesive) to attach the layers and was very pleased with the result. The body on the panel as well as the body portion on the vellum are both colored with Crushed Curry Stampin’ Write markers, and I think that helps disguise the adhesive. The wings are super-sparkled with two coats of Clear Wink of Stella.

The DSP behind the images is the retired Timeless Elegance, one of the most beautiful and easy-to-use sets of papers that Stampin’ Up! has ever produced. It’s wrapped around a piece of cardboard, and finished on the back with a coordinating DSP (also retired from Sale-a-bration 2016):

As a custom piece, there just wasn’t a frame available that would fit, so I created a clean finish for the back and sandwiched the ribbon securely between the layers.

Bee Happy. Bee Grateful. Bee You.

A July Calendar that’s NOT Red-White-and-Blue

Posted on July 1, 2016 by mauistamper

I finally did it! I broke out of the Fourth of July, Red-White-and-Blue bonds!

Stamps: Watercolor Wings, Botanical Blooms (2016 Occasions)
Color Palette: Pear Pizazz, Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe (still retired)
Accessories: Butterflies Thinlits, Stampin’ Dimensionals

It’s addicting to play with the Watercolor Wings layers – there are so many options. I really do have to apologize for using Crisp Cantaloupe two months in a row. It was sitting on my desktop and I’m quite sure it was taunting me. I think that’s how I was able to break the Red-White-and-Blue-bonds!!

Time to check out the fireworks that Cheryl and Crystal have to share this month.

The Maui Stamper

papercrafts, my stories, and the occasional insight

Wild About Flowers – in Tiles

A stamp set for all seasons

August on the Farm

Quick and easy cards this weekend!

Dory

It’s RemARKably Foxy around here {wink}

Thoughtful Branches Sneak Peek

Love You Lots

Bee Happy. Bee Grateful. Bee You.

A July Calendar that’s NOT Red-White-and-Blue

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