Miss Your Face!!

Posted on July 14, 2017 by mauistamper

Text Ya Later provides waaaay too many opportunities for fun messages! You can be sassy, silly, or sentimental – whatever says YOU!

Stamps: Text Ya Later, Timeless Textures, Burlap
Color Palette: Whisper White, Copper, Pool Party, Tranquil Tide
Accessories: Copper Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Versamark Ink, Embossing Buddy, Pool Party Bakers Twine (retired), Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim (retired), Corner Rounder (retired), Stampin’ Dimensionals, Glue Dots

I embossed the screen outline in copper – had to do it – and had some fun playing with the messages. When you’re the Bestie, by definition you’re the top of the list – but there can be multiple lists!!

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Re-creating a Maui Stamper Classic

Posted on June 9, 2017 by mauistamper

Sale-a-bration 2016 inspired a card that has become my all time favorite. Because the stamps were available for such a short time, I made a few different versions but then moved on. I’ve watched every catalog for a suitable replacement, and when I spied Flirty Flowers in the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog I knew I had a good possibility.

Stamps: Flirty Flowers, Sunshine Sayings, Timeless Textures
Color Palette: Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede
Accessories: Linen Thread, Stampin’ Write Markers

There’s a time commitment in cutting and stamping this card. It’s not a good candidate for mass production, but it’s a great project for relaxing and enjoying the creative process.

It’s really enjoyable to mix and match textures, images and colors to create a unique card. My original design using the Sale-a-bration stamp set Field Flowers was done in yellow tones, but I also created one in pinks and another in blues. The monochromatic palettes tie together an otherwise chaotic collection of images.

I tried this one with Fresh Fig and Sweet Sugarplum. There are things I like about it, but it’s definitely a different vibe.

In all honesty, I think Flowering Fields was a once-in-a-lifetime set of stamps. I’d love to know what you think – please leave me a comment with your thoughts.

And just for the record, here’s the original Flowering Fields cards in Crushed Curry and So Saffron. It was CASEd many, many times, and I am very grateful to those generous crafters who acknowledged my design. If you CASE a card, please give the original artist credit. Thanks.

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?

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.

A little vintage love

Posted on May 10, 2016 by mauistamper

I don’t do a lot of vintage design. I’m drawn to the style but have a hard time adding the necessary bits and layers that define it.

Stamps: Timeless Texture, Birthday Blossoms
Color Palette: Very Vanilla, Lost Lagoon
Accessories: Big Shot and Little Letters Thinlits, Rhinestone Jewels, Aquapainter, Stampin’ Write markers, Pansy punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

I markered the word “you” from the phrase “celebrate you” and used the Aquapainter to add a little extra color to the flower.

Here’s a hint: when you’re using framelits or Thinlits to create negative space like these letters, put a sheet of thin paper (printer paper works well) between the cutting pad and the thinlit. It will protect your project from embossing any stray cut marks on your cutting pads.

Flowering Fields, continued

Posted on April 11, 2016 by mauistamper

My favorite combination appears to be your favorite as well! Thank you for your generous comments about what I’ve come to call the Flowering Fields Tile card. I continue exploring new color combinations with this design.

This version is Soft Sky with Pool Party. One of the things Stampin’ Up! does well is create tonal pairings in their color spectrum. I’ve stayed with Very Vanilla card stock and Sahara Sand ink and paper as my foundation. The Flowering Fields images can be used singly or in repetition, and I don’t copy from card to card, so each one is slightly different from the rest.

If you don’t enjoy coloring, this isn’t the card to make. I like to color, and because the tiles are small (1 3/8″ x 1 1/8″) if one tile doesn’t please me, I throw it out and start another. It’s only paper.

This version is Calypso Coral and Blushing Bride. I miss Crisp Cantaloupe, the retired In Color from last year. It was an ideal pairing with Calypso Coral, but I try to keep my published work current. It’s bad enough that I’m still featuring this retired Sale-a-bration stamp set!

My greens are Pear Pizazz and Old Olive, and the sentiment and Flowering Fields images are stamped in Soft Suede. The Timeless Textures backgrounds are stamped in Sahara Sand using the stamping off technique.

You might not notice it unless you were really studying the card, but I have a slight obsession with trying to get the floral images AND the backgrounds balanced. It involves a lot of muttering and staring and shifting, and I have no one to blame but myself.

It’s time to move on to current stamp sets, but I wanted to share this last group of cards to demonstrate the impact of color. Enjoy the creative process, and thanks again for your kind words.

Hello, my friend

Posted on February 8, 2016 by mauistamper

I’m behaving now – this is a perfectly respectable hello.

Stamps: Apple of My Eye, Hello (2016 SAB), Timeless Textures
Color Palette: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Paper Snips, 1 3/4″ Circle Punch

This is my kind of Clean and Simple – pretty clean and kinda simple. I intended to put that lemon section on dimensionals, but I was distracted and stuck it right down onto the paper. You could just as easily stamp it directly on the card front, but that’s not what I did.

I like the subtle texture you get from the images being cut and attached. If you look closely at the first photo, you’ll see there’s a Whisper White panel (4″ x 5 1/4″) attached to the Whisper White card front. Again, it’s just a little thing but I like it.

I was at an event with Mr. Maui Stamper this weekend, and our table enjoyed an interesting conversation on the dual themes of “Happy Wife, Happy Life” and “If Mama Ain’t Happy, Ain’t Nobody Happy”. So if I want to put a Whisper White panel on to the Whisper White card front, I’m gonna do it. It makes me happy.

Flowering Fields

Posted on January 28, 2016 by mauistamper

This is turning into my favorite stamp set from the 2016 Sale-a-bration catalog:

Stamps: Flowering Fields (SAB 2016), Timeless Textures (clear and wood mount), And Many More (clear and wood mount)
Color Palette: Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Pear Pizazz, Crushed Curry, So Saffron, Soft Suede
Accessories: Linen Thread, Stampin’ Trimmer, Stampin’ Write Markers, White Gel pen

I stamped all the Timeless Textures backgrounds first. Most of them were stamped off (inked, then lightly stamped on scrap paper, then stamped onto the project). I added the Flowering Fields images with Soft Suede and then hand colored them. I’m really getting into hand coloring.

If you look at the image in the top left corner, you’ll see the White Gel pen highlights. I find so many uses for that pen, and I’ve learned to keep a brand new one as backup. Maybe it’s the warm Maui weather, but I find they dry out before they are used up. I used to do all kinds of crazy things to make them last longer, but I finally gave up. They’re $4. I’m worth it.

The Maui Stamper

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Tag Archives: Timeless Textures

Miss Your Face!!

Re-creating a Maui Stamper Classic

Wild About Flowers – in Tiles

Love You Lots

A little vintage love

Flowering Fields, continued

Hello, my friend

Flowering Fields

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