Showing posts with label Off the Grid Stamp Set. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Off the Grid Stamp Set. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Paper Pumpkin Time Again

I wanted to catch up with some of my Paper Pumpkin kits and to show you how the quality of the kits has been upped a notch by Stampin' Up!  Today I'll show you the January kit.


It was a squeeze to get all three samples in this photo.  There are only three here because my hubby used the other one to make me a birthday card!  Yes, he did!  (So proud of him!)  There are no real instructions, but a lot of different elements to add and a little stamping involved!  The danger is the temptation to add too many elements to your card.  You have to keep reminding yourself that less is more.  I'm not sure I totally succeeded in that.

  • Although the instructions do tell you to use the kraft side out, the printed insides were just too gorgeous to keep to the inside, so on this one, I let the kraft peek out the die cut triangles and added some interest by sticking some of the hearts in those areas.
  • I used the border stickers to create very skinny banners at the top.  
  • I added the hung up cute clips from my own supplies.
  • The doilies are interesting additions to the very geometric shapes otherwise provided.



  • I really like the way this one turned out, with the Calypso Coral peeking through the arrows.
  • There are such a variety of banners, tags and stickers - something for everyone!
  • On this sample, I added some stamps from Off the Grid and Gorgeous Grunge, as well as the Love and the Arrows stamps that came with this set.  I stamped them in Calypso Coral, Basic Gray, and Coastal Cabana.
If you want to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and have a ready made creative escape show up monthly right to your door, follow this link, My Paper Pumpkin, and please choose me as your Demonstrator.  As soon as you do sign up, you will be able to access some of the more popular past Paper Pumpkin kits.  You can see more details here. ( Scroll down a ways and you'll find it!)  Also, you will be eligible for a set of the 2013 - 2015 In Colour Stampin' Write Markers free from Stampin' Up if you subscribe before March 31, 2014. Join me tomorrow to take a look at the February Paper Pumpkin.

To purchase any of the products listed below used to make this project, simply click on the links which will take you directly to my On-Line Stampin' Up!  Store, where you can view the products and make a purchase if you like.  You can have it delivered right to your door!

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Collage Backgrounds for Valentines

In my technique nights this coming week, we are using the theme of collage backgrounds and Valentines!  So I kind of went a little crazy in my Craft Cave yesterday.  I think it was a result of denying myself the pleasure of vintage stamping for too long.  You wouldn't believe how many stamp sets I had on my desk at once!!   But I had fun.  I'm not going to lie and say the results were stellar at first.  It's been so long that I had to get back into the Vintage Groove again, but I eventually came up with a design that I liked:


  •  My first attempt had a solid collage background and because there are collage elements in the main panel as well, there was not enough contrast or a real focal point.  Cutting up the background into two smaller pieces and layering them with Raspberry Ripple really helped.
  • There are a good many stamp sets represented here.  On the main panel, I've used Hearts a Flutter, Off the Grid, Background Builders, Papaya Collage and Petite Pairs!  Whew!
  • My palette for this card is Raspberry Ripple, Basic Gray, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla.

  • For the background, I used En Francais, the Very Vintage Wheel, Clockworks, Gorgeous Grunge and the butterfly from Papaya Collage, although you can't really see it.  Basically, to make a vintage background collage, you just layer stamps in coordinating inks until you get the look you want.
  • A doily and a bow in Raspberry Ripple Stitched Satin Ribbon add some little touches that balance and enhance the look.  
There are so many stamp sets involved here that if I gave you the links to both the wood mount AND the clear mount, the list would go on for ages, so this list contains only one of the two.  You can easily navigate the my On-Line Store to find the other if you need it.