Sally Millians: Newstalgia Stamping: February 2021

Saturday, February 13, 2021

Having a Little Gelli Play!

Oh ya'll, I could play with his thing all day. A GELLI plate. There are so many who are truly experts at this type of media, and I can assure you, that I am not one of them. I do love playing with it though. You can make so many backgrounds, accent strips, focal images, you name it.

I used cheap acrylic paint with my old rubber brayer, a 6x6 Gelli plate, and some stencils from my ignored stash. I followed a tutorial from Barbara Gray with Clarity Stamps called It's All Vine Now. Barbara is a delight to listen to; she is funny, talented, and most of all a caring, encouraging teacher. Her accent alone is a wonder to this southern speaking woman.

This image involved 4 layers of paints and 2 stencils. I tried to follow her instructions as closely as I could, but mine didn't turn out as nice as hers of course. I still like it though, probably because it was so much fun. I was in a quandary about how to transfer it into a card though. I wanted to keep it a square, so I reached for my Layered square dies. I used the large scalloped die as my jumping off point and layered on Very Vanilla and a basic black card 4 3/4" square base. The color way was a little difficult to pull out since I didn't use Stampin' Up colors as my base in the print. I actually tried to mix reindeers with SU! white re-inker but it was too watery to use, so I stayed with the acrylics as suggested. I decided to stick with a neutral pallet.

The print looked rather organic, so I pulled the Rooted in Nature stamp set and dies as well as Field Journal (I had not used this set yet) for my sentiment. The sentiment strip is cut from a duo punch Lovely Labels. In my spare stash I found some twine that wrapped around 3 times (no bow this time). With basic black as my card base, I used the basic black matt gems from the 2021 mini catalog (love those!).

I used Simply Succulent for the inside message. In true Sally form, I had a fingerprint on the Vanilla card on the side, so I used that " opportunity" to use another stamp from Rooted in Nature to hide it.

If you have a chance, pick up a Gelli plate from Amazon or one of the local craft stores. You will love it!

Product List

Field Journal Cling Stamp Set

[152609]

$22.00

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle

[148353]

$72.75

Simply Succulents Cling Stamp Set

[154480]

$22.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101650]

$9.75

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$8.75

Lovely Labels Pick A Punch

[152883]

$23.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Clear Block D

[118485]

$8.50

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$120.00

Matte Black Dots

[154284]

$7.00

Layering Squares Dies

[151772]

$35.00

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

A Chicken Box and SUO 268 challenge

I have been waiting to use the Sending Hearts Add-on boxes that were offered as part of the January Paper Pumpkin subscription. They are really small, about 2x3 inches and will hold just the right about of conversation hearts for my granddaughter! I'll of course make a couple more for my grandsons, although they will NOT be pink.

The Stampin' Up! Only (SUO) challenge # 268 is all about Tags, Boxes, & Bags. I am loving the new (old) chicken stamps and dies. I usually pair them up with real red or poppy parade, but this called for a more feminine color....hot pink.....or as we in our STAMPIN' UP! world like to call it Magenta Madness. That name always reminds me of an episode of Andy Griffith (everything reminds me of an episode for some reason) in which Ellie, the lady druggist, sprays Andy with Midnight Madness perfume in Ellie Saves a Female from 1961. One of favorites for certain!

I colored the image with Stampin' Write markers since I had embossed it with Shimmer Black embossing powder. I used Wink of Stella on her plumage. The chicken wire is cut from silver foil and a small die in the Chick Dies. I used an adhesive sheet on the back of the foil prior to die cutting. For a whimsey look, I purposefully place it a little crooked on the black card stock. The chicken is outlined on the inside with a balmy blue marker to highlight the "white". The feet are colored with Mango and the beak is with Pumpkin Pie.

The tiny little Resin Hearts from the Mini catalog 2021 are perfect for small projects like this; I colored 3 white ones with a Magenta Madness blends marker and placed them strategically. I popped the chicken and the sign up on dimensionals. The Magenta ribbon is only 1/4" width so it fit great on this tiny box.

Thank you for looking !

PS. The grandsons little Valentine box.

Product List

Sending Hearts Paper Pumpkin Kit Refill

[156822]

$10.00

Magenta Madness 1/4" (6.4 Mm) 2020–2022 In Color Ribbon

[153623]

$6.00

2020–2022 In Color Stampin' Write Marker Assortment

[153125]

$15.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$8.75

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$5.00

Adhesive Sheets

[152334]

$10.00

Hey Chick Bundle (English)

[158627]

$44.00

Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146983]

$8.75

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Shimmer Black Stampin' Emboss Powder

[149512]

$6.00

Magenta Madness Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[153106]

$9.00

Resin Hearts Embellishment

[154578]

$7.00

Subtles Stampin' Write Markers

[147156]

$30.00

Brights Stampin' Write Markers

[147157]

$30.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$120.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$30.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Happy Birthday chickens

GREAT NEWS! AVAILABLE STARTING TODAY! Check out the new stamp set Hey Chick (well, technically an old stamp set from 2017 I think Sale-a-bration) and the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set (2021 Mini catalog) plus all the dies that are now available for both of them. At the end of the post today you can see the sets and their dies. Go to my Stampin' Up! website https://sallymillians.stampinup.net to order today before they are gone. You know I love anything along the country theme; there are many adorable stamps sets that are available to go with both of those sets such as Ride the Range and the Darling Donkeys. Check out the current annual catalog, the new Mini catalog, and the Sale-a-bration catalog for many ideas. I did a card a couple of weeks ago using several stamp sets that you may want to look at in previous posts.

Below you will see the inside of the card. Notice the brightly colored streamers! Wonder why? I rocked the little chicken stamp and made a black ink mark from the edge of the stamp....of course it was the last image stamped, so I had to disguise the smudge...a dark Poppy Parade marker did the trick, but then I had to add other "streamers" to disguise the disguise, so to speak.

If your thinking the chicken coup is a stamp, it is not. I used only the die. I colored the die inner details with the side of the brush from a black Stampin' write marker before placing the die carefully (no wiggles) on Whisper White (yes, I am still using what I have left.) Word of caution: don't get ink inside the doorway...ask me how I know this. Afterwards, I used my Smokey Slate Blends to color in the image, with Daffodil Delight as the straw and Pool Party in the windows and the open doorway. The Chicken Wire is a retired item from 2017 I believe; however, there is a die that cuts a smaller version in the Hey Chick set, OR you could use the All Wired Up background stamp in the AC, stamped with VersaMark and embossed with silver embossing powder. I was going to use my Curvy die set for the grassy hill, but I had the Ride the Range set on my desk which has a perfect hill die in there. The splotches on the Garden Green hill are from the A Touch of Ink Sale-a-bration set, but there are many stamp sets that have little "splotchy" stamps, such as Painted Poppies, My Meadow, Snow Front, Beauty Abounds, Forever Fern, or Seaside Notions (and many of the past Paper Pumpkin sets) that will do the job just fine.

For the balloon, I couldn't find a suitable blue (I wanted Pacific Point) in SU! blends, so I had to use two Copic markers, B24 and B28. The DSP is from the Berry Delightful DSP in Sale-a-bration; the panels are cut at 5 1/2' x 3/4". The center Basic Black panel is cut at 5 1/2" x 2 7/8". I used adhesive sheets on Poppy Parade for the Happy Birthday. The only dimensionals I used was on the grassy hill, half the chicken, the balloon, and half the feed sack. I just wrote in the XOs on the feed sack with the black marker.

The base is thick Whisper White cut at 11" x 4 1/4", scored at 5 1/2".