Good morning! Wow, 2010 is almost here!
January 1 is just around the corner and today starts Clear Dollar Stamps previews of the January releases. I am so excited about the stamps going to be released in 2010... there are some new styles and fresh designs coming, but I must concentrate on just January's this time. <wink>
First I wanted to show you a little dollar sentiment stamp "Praying never bugs God". Of course you can use it with any bug image, and I chose the one from the December 1 releases called "Ladybug flower". This card is 4.25" square.
RECIPE:
- CDS STAMPS: Praying never bugs God, Ladybug flower
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CS/PAPER:watercolor, red, not quite navy, Cosmo cricket Early bird
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INK: brilliance black, red, blue, green, yellow, Zig millenium .01 pen
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ACCENTS/TOOLS: Spellbinders labels 5 and tags trio, SU blossom punch,
sewing machine, waterbrush, sponge, PTI and SU ribbon, SU button,
thread, glue dots, foam dots, stickles
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Home is where the Hearth is by Laurie Wilson
A simple and easy to use fireplace set has so many versatile uses! I hope you enjoy all the DT creations.
These 3 Christian individual sentiments below are also released on the 1st and can be used with this set.
- On fire for God?
- God can keep your life from going up in smoke
- Joshua 24:15b
To see the full sheet and more ideas on using this set, visit Lori's blog.
The other Design Team who created with this set are below:
Candy Fosta
Katie RenzTricia Traxler
Sarah Taylor
My first card is just black and kraft. I have an easy little tutorial for how I used the oval dies behind the labels 4 die.
The background is scored every 1/2" and lightly sponged over with soft suede ink.
THERE IS NO SEWING ON THIS CARD. ALL FAUX STITCHING USING 01 MILLENIUM PEN
1. For larger labels 4 dies, cut your CS in your die with the edge just past the center scallop on the crease as shown. Make 2 of these.
2. Use your trimmer if you need to trim each piece perfectly in the crease of the scallops. Put them together as shown and use tape to secure together.
3. This just makes a bit of a longer scallop oval that will fit better behind the labels 4 die as shown below.
4. I used a .01 Millenium Zig pen to trace around the die onto the CS as shown below.
RECIPE:
- CDS STAMPS: Home is where the hearth is
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CS/PAPERS: kraft, black
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INK: soft suede, brilliance graphite black
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ACCENTS/TOOLS: scor-pal, pop dots, sponge, nestabilities labels 4 and
scallop ovals, black satin, gingham ribbon, white micro brad and 01 Zig
Millenium pen
CARD 2
I embossed the background "wall" with moroccan screen folder and the floor with "distressed stripes" folder, and sponged similar color ink over them.
1. To stamp the fire pieces properly, refer to the below diagram. First, stamp the largest flame (on left below) in your lightest color. Next (see middle below) stamp the medium size flame by aligning the little flame marked with an arrow to be inside the 2 flames from the first stamp as shown. Finally, stamp the smallest flame stamp on top of the others by aligning the small flame marked with an arrow (at right below) to be inbetween the first flames as shown.
The flames may also be used individually for a different look.
2. Below is a picture of all the pieces I stamped and cut out to create my home scene. I stamped the mantle and brick side and cut that out as one piece. Then the flame, wood, and grate were stamped and cut out as one piece. For the back of the fireplace, I simply cut a square out of gray CS and sponged the edges with black, this will get put behind the brick/mantle piece before I glue.
RECIPE:
- CDS STAMPS: Home is where the hearth is, On fire for God sentiment
- CS/PAPERS: white, not quite navy, sage, caramel, gray
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INK: rust, cocoa, chocolate, caramel, sage, not quite navy, sun, pumpkin, ruby, blue bayou
- ACCENTS/TOOLS: oval punch, snips, scor-pal, pop dots, glue dots, sewing
machine, sponge, embossing folders moroccan screen and distressed
stripes
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Charlie sledding by Laurie Wilson
Charlie is enjoying some winter recreation with his little duck friend this month.
To see the full sheet and more ideas on using this set, visit Lori's blog.
The other Design Team who created with this set are below:
Candy Fosta
Angela Thomas
Trudy Sjolander
Tricia Traxler
Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy
My card:
I did some MAJOR popping up paper tole on Charlie, you can see in the detail shot below this one. Lots of cutting out, but this was so worth it.
The background is free hand cut hills that I layered over amethyst CS and sewed together, and then the sky BG is swiss dots embossing folder sponged with amethyst.
RECIPE:
- CDS STAMPS: Charlie sledding
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CS/PAPER: watercolor, white, baja breeze, marigold, coordinating DP by The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby
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INK: Brilliance graphite, amethyst, marigold, baja, white, caramel, cocoa, blush
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ACCENTS/TOOLS: SU button, waterbrush, sheer ribbon from walmart, sewing
machine, sponge, swiss dots folder, snips, pop dots, glue dots, liquid
applique, word window punch
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Critter Tales by Laurie Wilson
A new installment of critters will be here on January 1! An alligator, flamingo and crab are in this set.
To see the full sheet and more ideas on using this set, visit Lori's blog.
There are also several Christian dollar individual stamps being released that can be used with these critters, they are listed here:
- God is never crabby
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God is tickled pink to hear from you
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Chomp on God's word
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God's always there in a pinch
The other Design Team who created with this set are below:
Candy Fosta
Kim Teasdale
Angela Thomas
Linda Anderson
Cassie Trask
Sarah Taylor
Tori Wild
My creations:
On this first one, I used the labels 9 die as a stencil to sponge around the edge. This is a 5.25" square card.
RECIPE:
- CDS STAMPS: Critter tales
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CS/PAPER:watercolor, coral, marigold, pomegranate, Basic grey indian summer
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INK: brilliance black, coral, marigold, black
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ACCENTS/TOOLS: Spellbinders labels 9, sewing machine, waterbrush, white
gel pen, sponge, PTI ribbon, thread, prima flowers, Su brads, glue
dots, foam dots, horizontal slot punch
Card 2
The 6.5" x 3.25" card is divided into 5 sections for the background. I cut 2 mushrooms from the DP to use as accents on the alligator panel.
RECIPE:
- CDS STAMPS: Chomp on God's Word, Critter tales
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CS/PAPER:watercolor, guava, artichoke, Cosmo cricket Early bird
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INK: brilliance black, artichoke, close to cocoa, celery
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ACCENTS/TOOLS: SU label punch, sewing machine, waterbrush, sponge, PTI buttons and ribbon, thread, glue dots, foam dots, snips
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Loving Ladybugs by Shawne Arnold
I didn't get a chance
to make something with this set, but it has 3 adorable little ladybug
scenes and many sentiments that are perfect for use anytime of the
year, not just for Valentines.
To see the full sheet and more ideas on using this set, visit Lori's blog.
The other Design Team who created with this set are below:
Candy Fosta
Trudy Sjolander
Linda Anderson
Nancy Grant
Cassie Trask
Sarah Taylor
Stacy Morgan - Twinshappy
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Thanks for stopping in today! I hope you'll join all of us onthe DT again tomorrow for more previews of January stamp releases!
Hope your day is happy and may you be blessed in all that you do.
Laurie
