creating art with marilyn

Welcome to Canada Inks Up Blog Hop for January 2022. We are a group of Canadian Demonstrators, that are sharing our ideas in hope to inspire you. This month’s theme is something from the 2022 Jan to Jun Mini Catalogue.This mini catalogue is full of great products so it was hard to pick a favourite. Today I’m using the Ranunculus Romance stamp set and using it in great technique.

This stamp set has some great elements to make a vintage card or an embossed resist card. I am doing an embossed resist technique and also using Misty Moonlight and Balmy Blue for the colors on my card.

This is a closeup of the White Embossed flower, the Misty Moonlight flowers and some of the shading on the card.

Here are the instructions and the products I used to make my card:

1. I started with a Basic White card stock layer that measured 4″x 5 1/4″
2. I stamped the Ranunculus flower from the Ranunculus Romance Stamp Set in Versamark and stamped it randomly on my card stock.
3. I sprinkled White Embossing Powder over the Versamark images and heat set them
4. I stamped the other flower, the script and the Paris emblem randomly in Misty Moonlight making sure to go off the card stock to give it more appeal to the card
5. I took a Blending Brush and brushed a little Balmy Blue over the white embossed flowers and the card leaving some white areas
6. I took another Blending Brush and lightly brushed the white areas with Misty Moonlight. Since this is such a dark color I didn’t add too much Misty Moonlight
7. When I was happy with the results I took a tissue and wiped off the ink from the White Embossed Flowers, this made them show up whiter
8. I layered this to a Misty Moonlight card base cut at 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored and folded at 4 1/4″
9. On a separate piece of Basic White card stock I stamped the Ranunculus Flower in Misty Moonlight and die cut it using the Ranunculus Dies
10. I stamped the sentiment Just For You in Misty Moonlight and die cut it using the smallest Tailored Tag Dies
11. I cut a piece of Misty Moonlight card stock 1″ x 4″ and glued it directly to the card
12. Attach the sentiment tag to the Misty Moonlight strip with Stampin Seal
13. Add the die cut flower to the Misty Moonlight strip with dimensionals
14. Tie a double bow with the White 1/4″ Crinkle Seam Binding Ribbon and attach it with a glue dot to the flower
15. Add three Silver Metallic Pearls to the Misty Moonlight strip and two other pearls randomly on the card

Ranunculus Romance Cling Stamp Set (English) [157968] $32.00	Ranunculus Dies [157976] $44.00	Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $30.00	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081] $12.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $10.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $24.00
Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $10.25	Metallic Pearls [146282] $9.50	Blending Brushes [153611] $16.25	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $82.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25

The New 2022 January to June Mini Catalogue is here and will be available to order from on January 4th. If you would like to get the New Mini Catalogue please fill out this form and I will send you a catalogue right away.

Instructions to create my card:

1. Balmy Blue card base cut at 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4
2. Basic White layer is 4 x 5 1/4. This has been embossed using the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing folder
3. Adhere the embossed Basic White layer to the card base using liquid glue
4. Cut a piece of the Balmy Blue 6 x 6 Designer Series Assorted Paper 1 1/4 x 4 and attach it near the bottom of the card with liquid glue
5. Stamp the small flower image from the Blessing At Home stamp set in Memento Black and color it using the Stampin Blends in light and dark Balmy Blue for the large flowers, light and dark Petal Pink for the small flowers, light and dark Old Olive for the leaves and light and dark Daffodil Delight for the centers of the flowers
6. Die cut the image using the Flowers At Home Dies
7. Cut a piece of Balmy Blue card stock that is 2 1/2 x 3 3/4
8. Layer another piece of Pale Papaya card stock that is cut at 2 1/4 x 3 5/8 and glue it to the Balmy Blue piece of card stock
9. Layer a piece of Basic White card stock that is 2 1/8 x 3 1/2 to the Pale Papaya layer with liquid glue
10. Attach the flowers using dimensionals to the Basic White layer
11. Color a piece of the White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding ribbon with the dark Balmy Blue Stampin Blends
12. Tie the ribbon into a small bow and attach it to the flowers using a glue dot
13. Color 3 of the Basic Pearls with the dark Balmy Blue Stampin Up Blends and place them on your card

Now that you have seen my card hop over to see all the other great Demonstrators and their cards.

• Kylie Bertucci – Australia  
• Simone Kleine – Germany
• Liane Gorny – Germany  
• Kim Baker – Kim’s Kreative Korner USA  
• Kathi Ondus – Simply Kards by Kathi – USA  
• Robbie Susan Chandler-Florida, USA  
• Melva Peters – Stamping With Melva (Canada)  
• Beth McCullough – Stamping Mom – USA  
• Theresa McEntee-USA  
• Kim Kroeker – Stampin’ with Kim Arlene – Canada  
• Marilyn Pearen-Creating Art With Marilyn-Canada

Cutting Instructions:

• Card base Evening Evergreen 8 1/2 x 5 1/2
• Soft Succulent 4 x 5 1/4
• Evening Evergreen 2 1/8 x 4 1/8
• Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper 2 x 4
• Evening Evergreen 1 5/8 x 3 1/8
• Basic White layer for stamped image 1 1/2 x 3

Instructions to create card:

1. Card Base Evening Evergreen 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
2. Stamp the Happy Birthday image from the Peaceful Moments stamp set on the Soft Succulent layer in the top corner
3. Run the Soft Succulent layer through the Wintry 3 D embossing folder (only emboss it on the right side of the card stock)
4. Attach the Designer Series Paper to the Evening Evergreen card stock layer, then attach it to the card with liquid glue
5. On the Basic White card stock piece stamp the deer image from the Nature’s Beauty stamp set in Soft Suede and the shrub in Crumb Cake
6. Attach the stamped image to the Evening Evergreen card stock layer with liquid glue and then pop it up with dimensionals overlapping it on the DSP layer
7. Place 3 Matte Decorative Dots on the card

Now that you have seen my card, grab a coffee and check out the other Demonstrators and their creative cards.

Product List

Nature’s Beauty Cling Stamp Set [150528]	Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English) [151595]	Painted Christmas 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [156292]	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276]
Evening Evergreen 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [155574]	Soft Succulent 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [155776]	Wintry 3 D Embossing Folders [155433]	Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad [147115]
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad [147116]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Decorative Matte Dots [156289]

My Grand Daughter asked me to make a Card for a friend of hers. She wanted it to be a Christmas Card, Purple and have a goat on it (her friend likes goats). Well I’m always up for a good Challenge and this was going to be a doozy!

I found a card sketch of Diane Evans from stampinwithdiane I really liked and decided to use the Christmas Tree Dies from the Whimsy and Wonder Collection and the Way to Goat stamp set. I was so pleased with the way this card turned up.

Welcome stampers, it’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge.

The Challenge for this week is New Year’s Day and for this Festive Friday Challenge we had to create a card using at least 3 items from the Inspiration list. For my card I chose black, silver, sparkle and rhinestones.

Here are the instructions to create my card:

1. Card base is Basic White cut a 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored and folded at 4 1/4 to make a portrait card
2. Cut a Basic Black card stock layer, 4 x 5 1/4 and glue it onto the Basic White card base
3. From the Peaceful Place Designer Series Paper cut it 3 3/4 x 5 1/8
4. Tie a piece of Black 3/8″ Glitter Ribbon around the Designer Series Paper, then glue that layer to the Basic Black layer
5. Attach a piece of the Adhesive sheet to a piece of the Silver Foil Specialty Pack and a piece of the Basic Black card stock each cut at 2 1/2 x 3 1/2
6. Die cut the Happy New Year sentiment from the Word Wishes die set in the Silver foil and also the Basic Black to make a shadow effect
7. Remove the adhesive backing and attack the silver lettering to the black layer, giving it a shadow effect then attack it to the card
8. Place 5 Rhinestones on the card

Peaceful Place 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [156394]	Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [156457]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045]
Word Wishes Dies [149629]	Black 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Glittered Organdy Ribbon [147897]	Adhesive Sheets [152334]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673]

I was so pleased to be able to enter one of my cards into Kylie Bertucci’s Monthly International Highlight Blog Hop. There are Demonstrators from all over the World participating in this Blog Hop. I was so excited to find out that my card was picked as #4. Thank you to everyone one that voted for my card and now I get to Hop along again at the end of the month. Thank you, everyone who voted for my card. Here is the link for the instructions on making my card creatingartwithmarilyn.com/stampin-up-in-the-moment/