Tarheel Stamper - Blue Bird for Mom

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I made a card with the Blossom Petals Punch to give my mom for Mother's Day.  She ended up going to my sister's house out of town.  I was going to hand deliver the flower card, so I made another one for her I could mail. 

All the products I used are Stampin' Up! Stamp set is clear mount Nature Walk.  I love coloring with reinkers on a plastic lid picked up with the aqua brush.  One tip I have is to wet the area you want to color first with plain water and then paint.  The wet paper takes the ink so much better.  Let that area dry before painting adjacent areas. I use Stampin' Up!'s watercolor paper.  The image is stamped in Black Stazon ink.  It does not smear or run since it is not water based dye ink.

The bookmark sentiment is stamped in Basic Brown and immediately heat embossed in clear embossing powder. I watercolored the rest of the images with reinkers after stamping them in Basic Brown.  Remember to let the brown ink dry a little while.  After watercoloring dried, I used the Versamarker on the images and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  This added a nice shiny touch.  The cardstock is glossy white and the Big Shot Die is Two Tags. 

I hope all you mothers out there have a wonderul Mother's Day!  I am so blessed to be the mom of three sons.  Thank you Lord for the joy they have given me over the years and continue now.

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Happy Mother's Day!

Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper

Tarheel Stamper - Free Bird

One of the these cards will go to my Monday Mailer partner in my NC Demos Yahoo Group.  I love making the flowers using the embossing stylus to make them more 3D.  I will have another post showing something I did with the background and something I discovered while making this "antique pottery" background.  I will explain that one tomorrow.  Stay tuned! 

 

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I made these cards for the Techno Stamper Challenge at http://technostamper.blogspot.com/2011/02/monday-lunchtime-sketch-challenge-160.html





This is the sketch.





I used the beautiful Botanical Gazette Designer Series Paper and the Nature Walk stamp set from the Occasions Mini.  Check it out on my sidebar.  There are some awesome products there. Plus if you spend $50 in merchandise, you can pick a free item from the Sale-a-bration catalog.  What is better than that?



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Hope you have a wonderful day!

Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper





Tarheel Stamper - Nature Walk Designer Tiles

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I used a technique from Technique Junkies Newsletter August 2008.  Technique Junkies is a wonderful newsletter with tons of techniques and ideas to use. 

I love this stamp set, Nature Walk, and the coordinating Designer Series Paper, Botanical Gazette, from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  Great time to buy from Stampin' Up! with Sale-a-bration going on now.  The sentiment is from the Sincere Salutations stamp set.

Made the flowers with the Itty Bitty punch and the smallest flower in the Boho Blossoms punch.  I love using the embossing tool to make the petals curl up.  The sentiment is punched with the Wide Oval Punch and stamped in Marina Mist.  I used silver embossing powder between the "tiles".  I stamped the bird and flowers on the designer paper in Early Espresso. 

We have family here with us this weekend and didn't have to travel to NC.  Yahoo!  I love visiting with them and have so much fun.  Have a great weekend!

Tammy aka Tarheel Stamper



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