Calligraphy Essentials Archives - Libby Fens, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge!

Isn’t this a great layout this week?!?! I love it!

In designing my card for this week, I realize that I can use more simple, everyday cards. So, I went with a ‘hello’ card today –

This lovely ‘hello’ is from Calligraphy Essentials. When stamped, it stamps the outline of the word. It’s nice, but it needed to be a little bolder for this card. I took my Stampin’ Write Marker and just colored it in! I wanted a thicker, bolder look for the sentiment.

(Surprisingly, this color, Blackberry Bliss, is a returning color. Both my ink pad and marker worked perfectly after all these years and use in previous classes! Awesome our pads are so long-lasting!)

Oh, back to the card….the bold Designer Series Paper is the Share What You Love. It’s subtle, but a little bold too! I love it here.

I figured this would make anyones day to receive! I’ll make a few more and might even have this on the July Card Buffet.

As always, our Design Team creates some terrific cards. Check them out on the Create with Connie and Mary blog. If you want to show off what you made from our inspiration? You can do that on our Facebook page.

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Calligraphy Essentials
Card Stock – Mint Macaron, Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss, Vellum
Ink – Blackberry Bliss
DSP – Share What You Love
Other – Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Write Marker

Happy Stampin’

Libby

Happy post – 4th of July! Here in Houston, we survived another holiday flood!

Not too soaked and was able to create a card for Create with Connie and Mary and out newest Thursday challenge! We are back to color and sketch challenges –

Great happy colors!

I designed this fun card with new products –

I started with the Celebrate sentiment. It’s from a stamp set called, Calligraphy Essentials.

I used the Birthday Backgrounds for the candles and the streamer curls. Perfect addition for this card!

Tip : After I did the stamping, I decided the card needed a little something. I added the watercoloring with a blender pen and the Blueberry Bushel pads. Since the new pads are not as squishable as the old ones, I touched the edge of the pad to collect the ink to color with.

We have some wonderful cards at Create with Connie and Mary using these colors! If you’re feeling inspired, create something and post it to our Facebook page. We’d love to see you there!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Calligraphy Essentials, Birthday Backgrounds
Card Stock – Whisper White, Blueberry Bushel, Mango Melody, Grey Granite
Ink – Blueberry Bushel, Mango Melody, Grey Granite
Other – Silver Baker’s Twine, Aqua Painters

Happy Stampin’

Libby