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Tag Archives: Mixed Bunch
A Sweet and Feminine Tag
One of the tags we made in the Collage Tags class a week ago was this Blush Blossom confection:
- Stamps:Â Dictionary, Gorgeous Grunge, Kinda Eclectic, Mixed Bunch, Flower Shop, Four You
- Color Palette:Â Blush Blossom, Whisper White, Soft Suede, Old Olive
- Accessories:Â Big Shot and Ovals Framelits, Blossom, Pansy and Petite Petals punches, Little Labels Punch Pack, Antique Brads, White Bakers Twine, Old Olive 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, 5/8″ Organza Ribbon, Stampin’ Sponges
Everyone’s tags turned out a little differently – because everyone stamps a little differently! Collage is such a fun technique, but it does take a LOT of different images to work.
The flower is punched and stacked. I used a birthday greeting on this one, but it would be a beautiful bridal or baby shower tag too. Have fun with it!
Back to Mixed Bunch
I’ve let Mixed Bunch sit on the shelf too long…
- Mixed Bunch, Best of Butterflies, Serene Silhouettes and Express Yourself (hostess) stamp sets
- Primrose Petals, Gumball Green and Whisper White card stock
- Primrose Petals, Gumball Green and Daffodil Delight FFIP
- Blossom and 3/4 inch circle punches
- Vintage Buttons
- Stampin’ Dimensionals and Glue dots
We made this card at a Very Special Class over the weekend with a very talented group of young ladies, and when I say young I mean 7 and 11 year olds. They did very, very well and were loads of fun too. Nothing fazed them.
One of the girls was a little worried when she got ink on her fingers but I told her it was a badge of honor and then she smiled and said, “Well, these ARE my favorite colors.” How can you argue with that?
This card was cased on a beautiful monochromatic card from Wanda Pettijohn
A RemARKable Ending to World Card Making Day
Well, my blog-hopping friends, we’ve reached the last moments of World Card Making Day – at least on the East Coast. Here in Hawaii, it’s time for pupu and a glass of wine, and Mr. Maui Stamper and I are heading over to the beach with our picnic basket for the sunset. I’m sure to lift my glass to all of you!! Thanks for sharing this day with all of us.
I left the neutrals for last because after my favorite blue + green combo, I love a neutral card. Granted, I often use an neutral palette to set of a pop! of color – Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist – but by themselves I find the neutrals very elegant. Tell me what you think:
Have you tried our new Core’dinations card stock yet? Hie thee off to thine own Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and order thyself some of this paper of the kings!! It is royally fabulous! And that tulle is pretty sweet too, and it sticketh to sticky strip quite welleth! (OK. Enough of that nonsense.)
There’s a little 3/4 inch circle of Early Espresso cardstock behind that Vintage Faceted Button to give it depth.
Black and white is classic, but black with Very Vanilla is just splendid – like deep, dark chocolate hot fudge with rich vanilla bean ice cream (did I send you off to the freezer there? Sorry ’bout that!) Our First Edition Specialty paper is one of my stamp room staples; it’s flexible enough for nearly any card-making situation.
Although the Neutral color family lends itself well to luxurious, elaborate cards, it certainly works well with other styles. This is about as close as I get to a Clean and Simple card, and I’m pretty sure that sparkly star at the top disqualifies me from the genre.
That’s my last card for this hop – or as Mr Maui Stamper called it the other day, the Blog Parade. We are all very grateful for each of you taking the time to hop, skip, jump and parade through our posts. If we’ve done our job well, you are inspired; perhaps you’ve left a comment or two, or pinned a few samples to your Pinterest board for later study.  I’ll be reviewing some of these projects over the next couple of weeks with a little more detail – if there’s one you’d especially like to see featured, just leave a comment.
A hui hou…until we meet again.
Looking ahead to Easter
I took this layout straight off Pinterest:
- Mixed Bunch and Delightful Dozen stamp sets
- Whisper White and Blushing Bride card stock
- Whisper White and Blushing Bride Classic ink pads
- Pear Pizazz seam binding
- Blossom punch
- 3/4 circle punch
- Big Shot
- Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
I’ve been doing a lot of these raised panels lately – I’m SEEING a lot of them too! I like the look, and I like the possibilities…you can selectively emboss, easily wrap ribbon around the panel, raise the panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals…I’ll bet you can think of other techniques! Leave me a comment if you have an idea – I’m always looking for new tricks 🙂
Blushing Bride is such a grown-up pink, and I’m going to miss it when it bows out of our Stampin’ Up! color palette with the end of the catalog on May 31. I do my best to embrace change, but to be very honest, I have a hard time letting go of things. Take a peek in any closet in my house (well, except Mr. Maui Stamper’s closet) and I’m sure you’ll agree – I’m not a minimalist! I’m trying to be more clutter-free, but it’s a lifestyle that is going to take some time to embrace. My Gramsie on my mom’s side kept EVERYTHING – old vegetable drawers from the refrigerator that stopped working (after all, they were useful for storing things), back issues of the Wall Street Journal (we found issues from the 60’s when we moved her from her big 3 bedroom home in the early 90’s) – so I’m just carrying on a family tradition.
Well, except I don’t subscribe to the Wall Street Journal.
Variations on a theme
I’ve seen a number of cards based on this simple layout, but introduce a simple change of color and you have something entirely new:
- Mixed Bunch and Elementary Elegance Stamp sets
- Whisper White, Pear Pizazz, Blushing Bride and Not Quite Navy Card stock
- Twitterpated Designer Series Paper
- Blushing Bride and Pear Pizazz Classic ink pads
- Pear Pizazz, Cherry Cobbler and Not Quite Navy Stampin’ Write markers
- Big Shot
- Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
- Tasteful Trim XL Bigz die
- Blossom punch
- Blossom Builder Punch
- Glue dots and Stampin’ Dimensionals
- Simply Scored
Simple but cheerful! And who doesn’t need a birthday card from time to time?
The Mixed Bunch image is stamped on Whisper White and punched for the top layer, but the second layer is just punched from Blush Blossom – no one can see any stamping there anyway! I used my Simply Scored tool to put those lines on the leaves, but you could manage quite easily with a bone folder and a straight edge. I intentionally didn’t put a button in the middle of that flower, although it was begging for one, as I wanted to be able to mail this card without extra postage.
Now, a word about adhesives; don’t make it hard for yourself! Buy quality adhesives and have a couple of different things on hand, and you’ll find your card-making goes so much more smoothly. Glue dots are great for adhering layers like the two punched flowers, but they are indispensible for tucking those skinny little leaves UNDERNEATH the blossom. A Stampin’ Dimensional gives you – well – DIMENSION, and it also provides a little room to squeeze in those leaves.
Get the adhesive. Be kind to yourself. You deserve it.
Announcing…Anne and Crystal’s Spring Extravaganza!
I do hope you are making plans to be on Maui in March 🙂
Crystal and I have been hard at work on projects for our First Ever Spring Extravaganza. It will be a full day of crafty goodness, but if you can only spare a couple of hours you’ll be more than welcome for that, too. Want to see what we’ll be doing?
There’s an embellished DVD case with goodies inside, a set of 4 note cards (3 1/2 x 5 inches) and 4 pretty little treat bags (we’re going to let you fill them yourself). More details? Here’s a look at the note cards:
We’re using the gorgeous Sale-a-bration Designer Series Paper Everyday Enchantment, along with the Fresh Vintage stamp set.
Here’s the inside of the DVD case:
Are you lovin’ it? We got the giggles, we were so pleased with this! This first class will run from 8am til 10:30am. Cost is $20 if you are PAID by March 8, $23 after on a space available basis.
After all of that Suite Goodness, we thought you might want to make a few cards – that class will run from 11am to 1pm and will be $10 before March 8, $12 after. You’ll have to check back this week to see the cards – I can’t show you absolutely EVERYTHING at once!
From 2 to 4:30pm, we’ll finish up with the cutest little Vintage Typewriter Suite you’ve ever laid eyes on:
Oh, yeah! Clipboard and pen, clutter jar, and another note card (3 x 5 1/2 inch) set. This would be a fabulous gift (Mother’s Day is coming…) or might be just the thing to give you the boost you need to get those dog-gone taxes done! Your class payment is $20 if it’s received by March 8, $23 after that.
Here are the note cards:
Our class will be at the Maui Masonic Lodge, 190 West Kamehameha Avenue in Kahului. We’ll have light refreshments, door prizes, and loads of good times! Please bring your own adhesive (we prefer SNAIL and Tombo) and any tools (snips, bone folder, etc) that you like to have right at your fingertips.
Now, you may be thinking “She showed us the projects – I could just make them myself.” Well, yes you could. And what fun would that be? Imagine sitting around a table with laughing, chattering friends, having everything you need at your fingertips – pre-cut and ready to go? That sounds pretty good to me!
I hope you’ll join us!
The Maui Stamper 