Positive Minds Love Crafting!

Here I am with the Gel Press again.  Well I told you I love it!

I brayered Cool Pool Paint on the Gel Press, added the Starburst Lines stencil and pulled 3 prints from it, this one being the last.  I put it aside knowing I would add another print to it.  A week or so later, I placed it over the third print of a Chevron stencil with a gradient look made of Sweet Berry and Cool Pool paints. 

I still wasn’t sure I liked this, but when I saw the Positive Life ATS, I knew I had to be positive and try it.  Using Cosmic Grape cardstock really made it pop!  I think it worked…how about you?

It needed some sparkle, so what do you do?  Of course you add some Sparkle Silk and Sparkle Dots!

Everything I used is from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased on my website: funstampersjourney.com/karens

AT-0312 Positive Life ATS
JM-0107  Gel Press
JM-0007  Starburst Lines
JM-0011  Chevron
JM-0020  Cool Pool Paint
JM-0025  Sweet Berry Paint
CS -0118  Cool Pool Cardstock
CS -0122  Cosmic Grape Cardstock
CS 0003-  Black Licorice Cardstock
CS -0040  Whip Cream Cardstock
IP-0041  Black Licorice Ink
IP-0126  Sparkle Silk
AC-0022  Sparkle Dots

Any comment is truly appreciated!  

Take care and have a great day,

Karen

Just Because I Want to Give You a Chocolate Gift Box

Just Because I Want to Give You a Chocolate Gift Box

I wanted to give a friend, who loves chocolates, a little gift for listening to me one day when I needed to vent.  I could have just handed her the bag of yummy chocolates and she would of been thrilled, but that wouldn’t do.  I knew one of our Snack Boxes would be perfect.  Can you believe it…you get 25 of them for only $8.95!

I stamped the larger flower on the Whip Cream cardstock in Watermelon Fusion ink and also on a sticky note making sure it covered most of the sticky part.  I then fussy cut it slightly inside the edge.  For this masking technique, die-cutting would not work.  I covered the large flower with the sticky note and then stamped the smaller flowers in Huckleberry Fusion and the greenery in Kiwi Slice.  I made sure to press quite firmly when stamping so there was as little as possible of the white showing through.

Adding Bubble Gum and Beach Ball silk along with pink sequins made a pretty box, even more special.

I made a triple bow using Sweet Berry Crimp ribbon and attached it to the box with a Black Twine bow.  Check out the FSJ YouTube video on How to Tie a Double Bow

Everything I used is from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased on my website: funstampersjourney.com/karens

BD-0343 ~ Spring Botanicals Bundle
BD-0334 ~ Everyday Script Bundle
ST-0003 ~ Snack Box
IP-0027 ~ Watermelon Fusion Ink
IP-0035 ~ Huckleberry Fusion Ink
IP-0024 ~ Kiwi Slice Ink
IP-0041 ~ Black Licorice Ink
CS 0003 ~ Black Licorice Cardstock
CS -0040 ~ Whip Cream Cardstock
AC-0112 ~ Pink World Sequins
IP- 0092 ~ Bubble Gum Silk
IP-0145 ~ Beach Ball Silk
AC-0188 ~ Sweet Berry Crimp Ribbon
AC-0004 ~ Black Twine

Take care and have a great day,

Karen

Karen Schroeder
Fun Stampers Journey Founding Coach #31
funstampersjourney.com/karens
fossilsrock@hotmail.com
608-692-9772

FSJ Mixed Media ~ In The Tropics Notebook Easel

Hi All!

I'm Prepped to Play and so is Fun Stampers Journey!  Creating with Mixed Media is a blast!

The FSJ Notebook Easel is calling you to come up with all kinds of creative Mixed Media ideas!  It's a blank canvas just waiting for your creations.  It's normally a bargain with 65 pages at only $5.95, but it's also one of the Prepped to Play items, so it's 20% off this month!  


I've fallen in love with the Tropics, actually the In The Tropics stamps and dies.  Most of you know that hot, humid weather is not my cup of tea, but guess what... iced hibiscus tea is!

I took the covers off the Notebook Easel easily.  You just need  pry apart the wires enough to get them off.  Then while holding down the Vintage Screen Stencil, I added modeling paste spreading it with my spatula. I did not cover the entire stencil. 

After the modeling Paste had dried overnight I painted the covers using Limeade Splash, Lemon Drop, and Green Olive Paint

 

To make the flowers I put some drops of Watermelon Fusion Liquid Color on a block.  (Make sure you put the Liquid Color on the smooth side of the block, otherwise it will get into the grid lines.)   Taking the hibiscus flower stamp, I rubbed it into the Watermelon Fusion Liquid Color. 

 

I then turned the stamp over and added very tiny drops of Lavender Fusion Liquid Color at the center of the flower and the stamen.   I really didn't squeeze it at all.  

No color was added  along the pistal, it appears to have used (ooh, wait for it...science lesson alert) capillary action to fill it in.   

I’m able to get three flowers out of the Liquid Color. 

For the leaves I took Lemon Drop and Limeade Splash Liquid Colors, mixed them together on a block, and then stamped the leaves.   

  

As a die-hard Packer fan, I'm really enjoying these colors.  BTW, the Packers beat the Titans last night, 17-31!

I die cut the flowers and leaves and attached them using Medium Foam Squares.  Pink World Sequins were added.  Of course I had to use Sparkle Silk...you can never have too much of Sparkle Silk!

Here you can see more of the dimension you get when using Modeling Paste.

I tied a double bow using the Black Licorice Gingham Ribbon. Check out the FSJ YouTube video on How to Tie a Double Bow. 

Only Fun Stampers Journey products were used.  You can find all these supplies and others on my website:funstampersjourney.com/karens

BD-0395 ~ In the Tropics Bundle
ST-0137 ~ Notebook Easel   *
JM-0101 ~ Limeade Splash Paint *
JM-0103 ~ Lemon Drop Paint  *
JM-0021 ~ Green Olive Paint  *
IP-0042 ~ Watermelon Fusion Liquid Color
IP-0041 ~ Lavender Fusion Liquid Color
IP-0133 ~ Limeade Splash Liquid Color
IP-0132 ~ Lemon Drop Liquid Color
JM-0073 ~ Modeling Paste   *
JM-0002 ~ Vintage Screen Stencil  *
TO-0089 ~ -Spatula   *
TO-0102 ~ Square Paintbrush  *
AC-0112 ~ Pink World Sequins
AC-0096 ~ Black Licorice Gingham Ribbon
IP-0126 ~ Sparkle Silk 
AD-0085 ~ Medium Foam Squares

 * In the Prepped to Play Special ~ 20% off!

Any comment is truly appreciated!

Take care and have a great day,

Karen

Loving My Gel Press!

Hi Everyone!

I like how this Gel Press Print pops on the Black Licorice Cardstock.  I mixed Citrus Cooler. Limeade Splash, and Lemon Drop paint on the Gel Press.  I then placed the Starburst Lines Stencil over the top. 

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Here I used Citrus Cooler and Lemon Drop paint and pulled a print using the Vintage Screen stencil.  I later had some Green Olive ink left on the Gel Press after a print and used the Stained Glass Stencil to add something to break up the background.

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For my final card I mixed Bubble Gum and Sweet Berry paints, using the Artful Wall stencil.

Only Fun Stampers Journey products were used in the cards.  You can find all these supplies and others on my website: funstampersjourney.com/karens

JM-0107 - Journey Gel Press
AT-0246 - Make a Wish ATS
JM-0007 - Starburst Lines Stencil 
JM-0002 - Vintage Screen Stencil  
JM-0008 - Stained Glass Stencil
JM-0088 - Artful Wall Stencil
JM-0099 - Citrus Cooler Paint
JM-0100  Limeade Splash Paint
JM-0103 - Lemon Drop Paint
JM-0025 - Sweet Berry Paint
JM-0104 - Bubble Gum Paint
IP-0072 - Green Olive Ink Pad
IP-0102 - Clear Pigment Ink Pad 
IP-0099 - Black Embossing Powder
IP-0098 - White Embossing Powder
CS-0089 - Citrus Cooler Cardstock 
CS-0020 - Limeade Splash Cardstock
CS-0016 - Kiwi Slice  Cardstock 
CS-0003 - Black Licorice Cardstock 
CS-0034 - Sweet Berry Cardstock
JM-0002 - Vintage Screen Stencil 
JM-0008 - Stained Glass Stencil  
IP-0093 -  Citrus Cooler Silk
AC-0022 - Sparkle Dots
AC-0256 - Lemon Sparkle Tape
AC-0257 - Black Sparkle Tape
AC- 0178 - Rainbow Drops
AC-0004 - Black Twine
TO-0087 - Brayer

Any comment is truly appreciated!

Take care and have a great day,
Karen

Hi All!

I'm back with some more Make a Wish cards using the Gel Press.  These cards were made using the Linked Lines stencil.

I really like the look you get when creating Gel Press prints on Black Licorice cardstock; you need to try it!

 

I used Sweet Berry, Whip Cream, and Cool Pool paints pouncing at first and then mixing the paints with the brayer.  

 


The same thing was done, but with Sweet Berry and Blue Lagoon paints on this card.

Only Fun Stampers Journey products were used in the cards.  You can find all these supplies and others on my website: funstampersjourney.com/karens

 JM-0107  Journey Gel Press   

TO-0087  Brayer 

AT-0246  Make a Wish ATS 

JM-0012. Linked Lines Stencil

JM-0025  Sweet Berry Paint

JM-0020  Cool Pool Paint

JM-0102  Beach Ball Paint

JM-0018  Blue Lagoon Paint

CS-0034  Sweet Berry Cardstock 

CS-0003  Black Licorice Cardstock 

CS-0040  Whip Cream Cardstock 

AC-0022  Sparkle Dots

AC-0259  Silver Sparkle Tape

AC-0260  Pool Play Sparkle Tape

AC-0004 Black Twine

Any comment is truly appreciated!

Take care and have a great day,
Karen

I Love, Love, Love My FSJ Gel Press!!!

Hi All!

I love, love, love my FSJ Gel Press!!!  I feel like a little kid with the freedom to create whatever I want.  

Creating with our FSJ Gel Press is so much fun!  You not only create one print, but can lift at least one other print, with what you have left on the Gel Press and/or the stencil.  Two or three for the same price...I always love a bargain!  

If I don't care for the print at first, I can add another layer or put it away to peruse at a later date.  I've taken out creations I wasn't happy with at first and found them perfect to use with a different stamp or as a small decorative piece on a card.

During the next few days I'll be showing cards using the same ATS stamp, "Make a Wish" in similar layouts using different types of Gel Press prints.

 

For this card I used two of my favorite FSJ acrylic paint colors, Blue Lagoon and Sweet Berry, with the Starburst Lines stencil on Whip Cream Cardstock.  I kept the paints pretty much separate, only blending them a bit in the middle.

This card was printed on Black Licorice Cardstock using Lemon Drop and Limeade Splash acrylic paints.  The paints were pounced until mixed.  The stencil is Bloom Wall.

Only Fun Stampers Journey products were used in the cards  You can find all these supplies and others on my website: funstampersjourney.com/karens
 

JM-0107 - Our Exclusive 8 1/2" x 11" Journey Gel Press 

AT-0246 - Make a Wish ATS
JM-0007 - Starburst Lines Stencil  
JM-0003 -  Bloom Wall Stencil 
JM-0018 - Blue Lagoon Paint
JM-0025 - Sweet Berry Paint
JM-0103 - Lemon Drop Paint
JM-0101 - Limeade Splash Paint
TO-0087 - Brayer



Any comment is truly appreciated!

Take care and have a great day,
Karen