TupeloDesignsLLC Guest Designer

Hello there my crafty friends!  I'm here today with my final guest post for TupeloDesignsLLC.  I want to thank them for allowing me to guest design for them over the past two months!  I'm so happy to have discovered this wonderful company and I know I'll definitely be a customer going forward.  Here are some of the benefits TupeloDesignsLLC offers their customers:

**Free shipping for all US orders (no minimum purchase or code required)

**Discounted international shipping rates

**Lightening FAST shipping, all in-stock items are shipped the same or next day 

**Loyalty Rewards Program

**Excellent customer service - all emails are answered within 12 hours by the owner




For my card today I'm using the CRAZY DOGS stamp set from Stampers Anonymous.  I combined it with some products from Reverse Confetti to make a fun Christmas card.

I used the JINGLE ALL THE WAY Confetti Cuts to cut the sentiment in a white panel.  The red is showing through from behind, and I filled in some of the letters by cutting the sentiment from green card stock.  I love the two tone look!  I stamped the dog and colored him with Copic markers.  For the Santa hat I used the hat from Reverse Confetti's JOLLY HOLIDAY stamp set.  It fits this dog perfectly!  I added a sprig of greenery and berries to the dogs tail, which I cut using LEAFY WREATH Confetti Cuts.  I added some GLOSSY ACCENTS to the dogs nose and the berries to finish the card.


Once again I want to thank Tupelo Designs for having me, it's been a pleasure!

TupeloDesignsLLC Guest Designer

Hello, friends!  I'm back today guest designing for Tupelo Designs LLC!  I'm excited to be using a new to me product line for my card today, Right At Home!  Tupelo Designs LLC carries so many awesome brands, and Right At Home is certainly one of them.  They also offer an array of fantastic benefits to their customers, including:

**Free shipping for all US orders (no minimum purchase or code required)

**Discounted international shipping rates

**Lightening FAST shipping, all in-stock items are shipped the same or next day 

**Loyalty Rewards Program

**Excellent customer service - all emails are answered within 12 hours by the owner

For my card today I used 2 beautiful stamp sets from Right At Home, ABSTRACT FLORALS and SCRIPT GREETINGS.

I first stamped the sentiment from SCRIPT GREETINGS with black ink, then I stamped the flowers and leaves from ABSTRACT FLORALS in an array of fall colors.  I added some black dots with a pen, and some gold sequins to dress the card up a bit.  I cut the white stamped panel at the top and bottom corners on an angle and added it to a yellow card base.  I added a few strips of gold glitter tape and my card was complete. 

I hope you'll stop by Tupelo Designs LLC and check out all of the wonderful brands they carry, I'm certain you'll find many of your favorites!  Combine that with FREE shipping and the loyalty points you earn shopping with them and the value cannot be beat!

TupeloDesignsLLC Guest Designer

Happy Sunday, my friends!  I'm back for the month of October guest designing for TupeloDesignsLLC!  Today I'm going to be sharing a card combining products from 2 of my favorite companies, Reverse Confetti and My Favorite Things.  In addition to carrying MANY of the most popular craft brands, TupeloDesignsLLC offers their customers the following benefits:


**Free shipping for all US orders (no minimum purchase or code required)

**Discounted international shipping rates

**Lightening FAST shipping, all in-stock items are shipped the same or next day 

**Loyalty Rewards Program

**Excellent customer service - all emails are answered within 12 hours by the owner



If you haven't had a chance to check them out yet, I hope you'll do so today!

To make this card I started with a black card base and added patterned paper from Reverse Confetti's FRIGHT NIGHT 6X6 Paper Pad.  There are so many wonderful patterns in this paper pad!  I cut a panel of the patterned paper from the center of the piece with a basic stitched rectangle die and popped it up on a piece of black fun foam cut to the same size.  To make the mugs I started by doing some ink blending on white card stock using SALTY OCEAN and TUMBLED GLASS Distress Ink for the mug on the left and PEELED PAINT and MOWED LAWN for the mug on the right.  Next I added some water splatters and some white ink splatters to the paper and let it dry.  I die cut the mugs using one of my all time favorite die cutting sets for coffee and cocoa cards, My Favorite Things HOT COCOA CUPS Die-Namics.  For the inside of the mugs I die cut the 2 pieces and colored them with Copic markers, E51 and E55.

I embellished my mugs with die cut hearts cut from orange and black card stock.  I added Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS to the orange hearts, along with some orange glitter.  I also added GLOSSY ACCENTS to the inside of the mugs.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things HUG IN A MUG stamp set, which coordinates perfectly with the mug die set!  I stamped it on black card stock and embossed in white.  I finished my card by adding some black twine to the top.


I hope that you're having a wonderful weekend!  I'll be back next Sunday with another project for TupeloDesignsLLC!

TupeloDesignsLLC Guest Designer

I'm back today for another guest designer appearance for TupeloDesignsLLC.  I've really been enjoying these guest design spots, it's always a pleasure to work with companies that go the extra mile for their customers, and TupeloDesignsLLC certainly does that!  Here are some of the wonderful benefits they offer:

**Free shipping for all US orders (no minimum purchase or code required)

**Discounted international shipping rates

**Lightening FAST shipping, all in-stock items are shipped the same or next day 

**Loyalty Rewards Program

**Excellent customer service - all emails are answered within 12 hours by the owner


I also want to let you know that TupeloDesignsLLC is celebrating World Card Making Day with a sale this weekend!  They're offering 15% off on Sugar Pea Designs (Code: Sugar15), Pink & Main (Code: Fresh15), and Waffle Flower Crafts (Code: Waffle15).  The sale runs through tonight, October 3rd, at midnight, so be sure to check it out today!


My blog post today is all about making a BIG impact with tiny stamps.  I'll be using a wee little 3" X 3" stamp set from Hero Arts called SPRING HELLO BY LIA.  The stamp set might be small, but I think my cards make a big impact!

I have to confess that I originally ordered this stamp set because I loved the 2 sentiments in it.  For 5.99 I thought it was worth it to get the sentiments even if I didn't use the tiny stamps.  But I love a challenge and decided to try and make some cards with those tiny stamps.

For this first card (finished size is 5" X 4.25") I used a large heart die and cut a heart shape from a piece of typing paper (you could use ANY shape for this technique, it wouldn't have to be a heart).  I placed the open heart over my card base and taped it down.  I started stamping inside the heart with the tiny stamps, going right up to the edges of the heart.  If you've never stamped like this, you want to start with your largest image and stamp it in a triangular pattern.  If you look for the largest pink flowers inside my heart, this is what I started with and should help you see what I mean by "a triangular pattern".  Next I stamped the 3 sprig stem in green, also in a triangular pattern.  Then I stamped the purple flowers, then the red, and so on, moving down to the final stamp which was the tiniest stem in the stamp set.  At this point you're not worrying about stamping in a triangular pattern, you're simply filling in any blank white spaces.  When you lift up the typing paper you're left with a perfectly shaped flower filled heart!  I stamped the "hello" sentiment with black ink and the card was done.  I realize you could make a card similar to this by simply cutting a piece of patterned paper with a heart die and placing it on a white card base, but personally I find this kind of stamping VERY relaxing and I love doing it!

For this next card I arranged several of the tiny stamps on a clear acrylic block, as close together as possible, and did some repeat stamping using VERSAMARK INK, then I embossed with white embossing powder.  When I was done stamping there were a few areas of white space left, I simply used whatever single stamp would fill in the space (it doesn't have to be perfect, nobody will notice!)

I only stamped part way up the card, below is a picture to show you what the inside of the card looks like, there's still plenty of room for writing a message inside:

Next I used Distress Inks and my ink blending tool to add color to the white embossing (Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Broken China, and Peacock Feathers).  I also added some water, and ink splatters to the flowers.

To make the fancy die cut edge on the front of my card I used the largest die from Reverse Confetti's LACY SCALLOP FRAMES Confetti Cuts and used the partial die cutting method.  I placed the long edge of the frame on the card front, slanted, and cut just up to the point where the edge was cut, then backed it out.  Jennifer McGuire has several videos on her blog showing partial die cutting if you'd like to see how to do it.  Next I stamped the sentiment from SPRING HELLO BY LIA in black along the slanted, die cut edge.  I finished the card by tying some baker's twine around the top.

So there you have it, a couple of cards using very minimal supplies!  I hope you like what I've shared today, and that you'll look at your tiny stamps in a new way!

TupeloDesignsLLC Guest Designer

Hello there friends!  I'm back today for my 3rd appearance as a guest designer for TupeloDesignsLLC!  I've heard from several of you thanking me for introducing you to this wonderful online store and I appreciate hearing your feedback.  If you're visiting me for the first time today here's a summary of some of the special perks TupeloDesignsLLC offers their customers:

**Free shipping for all US orders (no minimum purchase or code required)

**Discounted international shipping rates

**Lightening FAST shipping, all in-stock items are shipped the same or next day 

**Loyalty Rewards Program

**Excellent customer service - all emails are answered within 12 hours by the owner

I don't know about you, but having dealt with companies that are less than stellar in one or more of the above areas I really VALUE everything that TupeloDesignsLLC has to offer!

For my card today I'm revisiting the beautiful LACY FLOWERS dies from Waffle Flower Crafts.  You can see the first card that I made using these dies HERE.  This time around I die cut the flowers from STAMPING MASK PAPER from Inkadinkado and used them as stencils!  This masking paper has a little bit of tackiness to it which allows the die cut stencil to hold to your paper, making it easier to add your ink.  Having said that, these are very delicate dies when cut from the thin mask paper so I was careful when applying my ink.  I used an ink blending tool and gently pounced and LIGHTLY blended the ink onto the paper rather than blending heavily with the tool.

I used several shades of melon ink for my "flowers".  I added some "leaves" (using one of the dies that has leaf like points on it), with some pale green ink.  In the rest of the white space I blended some pale blue ink onto the card.  The sentiment is from AMAZING by My Favorite Things.  I stamped it on black cardstock and embossed it then cut the words apart.  I die cut the word amazing from gold glitter paper and also added a strip of it along the side of my card.  I added some black ink splatter and a black twine bow to finish the card.

I'm just loving the versatility of these beautiful LACY FLOWERS dies from Waffle Flower Crafts!  I have a few more ideas floating around in my head of how I'd like to use them.  I'll be sure to share with you when I try out my ideas ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

TupeloDesignsLLC "Reverse Confetti Kickoff Blog Hop"

Hello, friends!  Today there's a very special blog hop happening at TupeloDesignsLLC to celebrate a new product line they're now carrying in the store, Reverse Confetti!  If you're not familiar with TupeloDesignsLLC, they're an online craft store that carries many of the most popular craft and stamp brands in the industry.  They also offer FREE shipping on all US orders and discounted shipping on international orders, and a customer loyalty program that can add up to big savings for you.  If you haven't visited their website yet be sure to do so, I'm sure you'll be impressed!

For our hop today, all of the TupeloDesignLLC design team and guest design team members will be showing off products from the latest release from Reverse Confetti, and it's a great one!  Of course there will be an awesome prize involved, TupeloDesignsLLC will be giving away a $30.00 gift certificate to their store to one lucky commenter, so be sure to leave a comment on each blog and YouTube post along the hop!

For my card today I'm using the Happy Harvest stamp set from Reverse Confetti!  I love all of the sentiments on these acorns, so I decided to use them all on one card!

One of the things I love most about card making is the creative license we have to do what inspires us.  I love rainbows, and even though acorns don't come in rainbow colors in nature I can create them any way I desire on my cards :)  I used a rainbow of ink colors, including 3 of the new ink colors by Reverse Confetti (Grape Soda, Tangerine, and Lime Green).  For the polka dot side panel I used the Lotsa Dots Stencil from Reverse Confetti.  I placed the stencil on some brown cardstock and smooshed my VersaMark ink pad down on it, then I removed the stencil and added white embossing powder and heat embossed.  I popped the acorn panel up on some foam dimensional tape and added it to my card base.  I added some orange string for a finishing touch.  My card might be a little unconventional, but I think it's FUN!

The list of all of the hop stops is below, so be sure to hop along and leaves comments for your chance to win a $30.00 gift certificate to the TupeloDesignsLLC store!  A winner will be chosen tomorrow, Friday September 23rd!

Diane

Pam

Alanna

Gayle

Jeanne

Lori

Jane

TupeloDesignsLLC Guest Designer

Hello, so happy you could join me today!  I'm back for my second guest appearance with TupeloDesignsLLC!  I hope that you've had a chance to check out their store since my last post.  In addition to carrying MANY of the most popular product brands, TupeloDesignsLLC offers fast, FREE shipping with no minimum purchase for all US orders and discounted shipping for international orders, along with an awesome Loyalty Rewards Program!

Speaking of popular brands, I'm thrilled today to be sharing a couple of cards using stamps from a company that I've been dying to try for a long time now, Altenew!  TupeloDesignsLLC carries a wonderful selection of Altenew stamps and dies!

My cards today use Altenew's COFFEE LOVE stamp set!  I've been seeing cards using this stamp set a lot recently, and being the major coffee fan that I am I just had to pick this up!

You might be wondering about the background paper for my cards today.  It's actually the packaging that my TupeloDesignsLLC products were inside when I received them in the mail!!  I love to recycle packaging when I can, and this paper was perfect for these vintage coffee images!  For my first card I stamped the coffee pot and cup on watercolor paper using Ground Espresso distress ink.  I used a water brush to spread out the ink over the coffee pot and cup, adding some ink at certain spots to make them darker.  I splattered them with water and ink splatters, and then fussy cut.  I heat embossed the sentiment using white embossing powder.  This card was SUPER easy to make, and will make a perfect card for my hubby :)

For my next card I used a few other products in addition to COFFEE LOVE.  The doily in the background was cut using LACY FLOWERS DIES from Waffle Flower Crafts.  To make the tag I used BAGS & TAGS DIES from Concord & 9th.  I really love this die set because it allows you to make lots of different customized sizes and styles of tags, gifts bags, gift card holders, etc.  There's a nifty little video on the Concord & 9th website showing the many many things this die set can do, if you'd like to check it out.  To make my coffee pot and cups for this card I stamped them with black ink on watercolor paper and used Faded Jeans and Peeled Paint distress inks to color them.  I stamped the coffee beans and sentiment using Espresso distress ink.  I decided the sentiment needed a bit more color so I stamped just the word "friends" using Faded Jeans ink and fussy cut it, then I glued it on top of the brown "friends".  I coated the coffee beans with some Glossy Accents to make them shine, and added a few blue ink splatters to my card.

I hope I've given you a few ideas today for using this fun coffee stamp set!  I'll be back next Sunday with another card for TupeloDesignsLLC, see you then!


Some of the products I used today were provided by TupeloDesignsLLC, however all opinions expressed are my own.

TupeloDesignsLLC Guest Designer

Hello there!  I'm so excited to announce that I've been asked to Guest Design in September and October for TupeloDesignsLLC!  If you haven't heard of them before they're an awesome online store that carries lots of popular brands and hundreds of crafting supplies.  They offer speedy, FREE SHIPPING (items ship the same or next day) with no minimum purchase in the US, and discounted shipping for International orders.  Yep, you read that correctly, NO minimum purchase required for free shipping!  I can't tell you how many times I've needed just one item in a hurry and I ended up paying as much for the shipping as I paid for the one item!  I love that I don't have to worry about that now!  They also have a customer Loyalty Rewards Program where you earn points just for signing up and points every time you shop, and those points can be redeemed for free products.  Seriously folks, I'm so happy to have discovered this store!  I'm all about saving money and fabulous customer service, and TupeloDesignsLLC has both!

Now on to my project for today.  I've been eyeing these gorgeous LACY FLOWERS dies by Waffle Flower Crafts for some time now and I'm beyond thrilled to finally be able to create with them!  I love the intricate, delicate design of these dies.

I started my card with a base of TIM HOLTZ DISTRESS WOODGRAIN PAPER.  I love the fine, woodgrain detail in this beautiful paper, and it comes in pre-cut 4.25 X 5.5 sheets which makes it super easy to use!  To make the flowers for my card I first cut several of the LACY FLOWERS dies from cardstock, using a metal adapter plate to ensure clean cuts.  The flowers are gorgeous as is, but in this case I wanted them to have another color as a base.  There are coordinating, solid dies that are sold for these but I don't own them, so to make the solid backgrounds I used a product called Press 'n Seal (it's sort of like a sticky back plastic wrap).  You should be able to find this in any grocery store, and it comes in handy for a lot of crafting uses.  I applied a piece of the Press 'n Seal (cut roughly to the size of the die I wanted to cut) to the back of my cardstock, sticky side of the Press 'n Seal facing the cardstock.  I placed the die on the cardstock (opposite side of where the Press 'n Seal is applied), and ran it through my die cutting machine, this time NOT using the metal adapter plate.  You want all those little bits and pieces that you would normally pop out to stay intact.  Here are a couple of photos that I hope help to show you what I'm talking about.

The picture on the right shows the back of the die cut flower, with the Press n' Seal holding things together.  The picture on the left shows the front of the flower with all those little bits and pieces nicely sticking to the Press 'n Seal.  A little tip that helps to keep everything intact, after you've run the flower through your die cut machine, leave the die in place and pop the die AND the paper out together, then proceed to very gently poke through the little holes in the die to separate the die and paper.  By popping out the die and the paper together you won't be left with any little straggly bits of Press 'n Seal around the edges of the flower.

After I cut the solid backers for my lacy flowers, I used spray adhesive applied to the backs of the lacy flowers.  With these intricate dies I personally find that spray adhesive is the way to go. I have a cardboard box that I keep handy in my craft room and I place my paper in there and spray the adhesive.  I use a tweezers to pick up the sprayed piece and place it on my project.  The leaves that I used on my card were cut using LEAFY GREENERY DIE-NAMICS from My Favorite Things.  This is a wonderful die set because there are so many different shapes and sizes of leaves in it.  I artfully arranged all of the leaves and flowers on my card, popping some of them up with foam adhesive tape.  The sentiment is from SPRING HELLO BY LIA from Hero Arts.  I just love the font on this word!  I stamped it on some thin white cardstock (thin because I find thin cardstock easier to fussy cut than thick cardstock), and fussy cut.  My card is finished with a few black sequins to embellish it.

I love the way this card turned out and I can't wait to play with the LACY FLOWERS dies again!

I'll be back next Sunday with another card for TupeloDesignsLLC, hope to see you then!

Some of the products I used today were provided by TupeloDesignsLLC, however all opinions expressed are my own.