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Showing posts with label Bits and Pieces. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bits and Pieces. Show all posts

Friday, July 23, 2010

Bits and Pieces Flower Bouquet

Good morning everyone!
Jury's still out on this one but I like the crisp lines. Honestly the Little Sizzlet leaves were an afterthought because I caught an edge on one of the stamps and wanted to cover it up. Now I like the added dimension.

The cardstock here is Concord Crush, Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz along with Whisper White for the background on the stamped image. The set is a Level III hostess set called Bits and Pieces. Technically I bought it for someone, my son, but I'm making samples too!

The ink is all the same as above but add Early Espresso for the flower pot. I put in Certainly Celery brads to pop the flowers. As I said before the leaves are the Little Leaves Sizzlet that I ran through my Big Shot. The little flowers are punched with the little punches in the Summer Mini Catalog and accented with the Bitty Buttons. I tied a little crochet thread through them.

The striped paper is from the Level I hostess paper pack.. It's all In Color patterns so I've been going crazy with it! Remember all of the In Colors are staying around for two years instead of one.

Have a wonderful day and we'll see you tomorrow ..... go stamp something wonderful this weekend!
Much love and joy,

http://stampinnscrappinwithkaren.blogspot.com/

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Bits and Pieces in Pear

Hi everyone!
For those of you who picked up catties ... aren't the accessories amazing! I'm so excited to place an order in July. If you want to get in on the 10% shipping make sure you have your order to me soon!

We ran down to the farmer's market (the peas are awesome!) yesterday. Praise God for all that bounty when so many go hungry. It was amazing. Organic breads, meats, and produce. Ryan and I listened to the
music for a bit but I'm still semi-caffeine free so I didn't stop and get a fresh coffee but boy, did it smell good!

The afternoon was spent stamping. I made this card using the new Pear Pizzazz In Color. It's a deeper dustier color than celery. The other card stock is WW and Pumpkin Pie. The DSP is Greenhouse Gala, I finally broke down and pre-ordered a pack. I was going to try to wait until July 1 but I wanted to work with it before the new catty went active. I always struggle a little at the beginning of each year, wondering how things go together. The new color coach is helping with that.

I ran the pear card stock through the Big Shot with the Lattice die. The flowers are from a Level 3 hostess set I purchased called Bits and Pieces. Demos get to purchased one Level 2 and one Level 3 set during pre-order. Lately, I haven't purchased any but this time one of my best friends, an avid stamper, saw this and loved it. I bought it, am making her a ton of cards with it, then will send the whole kit and kaboodle to her for her b'day. She's fine if I use it to make samples first, as long as she gets some too!!

I stamped the tulips from that set but then grabbed Itty Bitty Bits for the middle flower so I could put a clear Bitty Button on it! I used crochet thread to the white tie in it. The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes (a must have set) and is punched with the Curly Label punch and layered with the Movers and Shakers Curly Label die. I tucked it under the artwork for a different look.

At any rate, thanks for stopping by. I need to write my other blog and get to church. Oh yeah, here's a picture of the color coach! You'll love it!!



The reverse side of each color is the card stock itself! The post mount lets you slide colors together at any point in the deck to match them. This side gives you a "dynamic duo" like More Mustard and So Saffron, in other words a tone on tone match. They they have Creative Combinations which look complementary to me and Sweet Set which appear to be colors that SU! people thought went well together. It's small enough, like a deck of cards, to fit in your purse, that way when you're shopping and you see a inspiring color combo you can match it immediately! It will be available July 1 for around $15.

I'd better get going or I'll be racing around like Rabbit in the Winnie the Pooh books! God bless and have a great Sunday!

Much love and joy,


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