Welcome to my new blog and website!

And here it is... my new blog & website. I did convert over my old blog posts so everything is housed in the same place. Some of my links did not convey properly. But you can search by topic and certain posts do come up. We'll see if I can fix that somehow in the future.  

Like my old blog, this blog is a place for me to document my life. Basically family, personal interests, random musings, and work opportunities. Thanks for hopping over and please come back often.

The Painted-Orange website is a place to promote my freelance business, SU business, house some of my portfolio, and maybe sell some stuff.  

The site design is a work in progress. I am working on the layout and some of the organization. I still need to add/remove/change quite a bit to MY WORK section but I felt I needed to just JUMP right in and do it so I can move forward and make progress. Please feel free to offer advice or feedback.  

Thank you all for reading and following along with me on this next online phase.

Kinda Eclectic - Convention 2014 display

Hello again. I'm excited to show you more (and the last) of the samples I created for Stampin' Up! 2014 Convention displays. These samples feature the

Kinda Eclectic

stamp set and other various products from the annual catalog. Contact me if you'd like more information, directions or supplies.

I've had some request for supplies and how to on the above card so I thought I'd share... 

Supplies for 'A Day to Remember' CARD:

Colors:

Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Going Gray, Whisper White

Stamps:

Kinda Eclectic Stamp set

Project Life Remember This Stamp set

Inks: 

Mossy Meadow & Lost Lagoon Classic Ink

Papers:

Moonlight DSP, Whisper White, Lost Lagoon & Pool Party Card Stocks

Embellishments:

Pearls

5/8" Organza Ribbon

Tools, etc:

Blossom Punch

Itty Bitty Flower Accent punch

Woodgrain Embossing Folder (& Big Shot)

Heat Gun & White Embossing powder

Spong Dauber

Scissors

Adhesive

Baby Wipes

The starburst was embossed on whisper white card with white embossing power stock first. Then I sponged lost lagoon ink (with a dauber directly from the ink pad) around the stardust randomly - I tried this a few times and I like the random look best. Then I lightly wiped with a baby wipe to remove ink from the embossed area (emboss resist).  Then punch out flower shape with the blossom punch.

Here are quick links to all my convention samples:

Kinda Eclectic

Seasonally Scattered

Amazing Birthday

I'm lucky to be connected with an amazing bunch of stampers. You can check out all of their submissions by clicking on their name below. Or you can visit this

pinterest

board that is compiling all of the samples in one place.

Seasonally Scattered projects - Convention 2014 display

Hello again. Here is the 2nd of 3 posts featuring convention display projects. The following samples were created for Stampin' Up! using the Seasonally Scattered stamp set. This stamp set will be in the upcoming Holiday catalog - products available for purchase on August 28.  All others supplies can be purchased from the annual catalog.  Contact me for more information.

















Amazing Birthday Projects - Convention 2014 display

As I mentioned in my previous post, I applied again to be a display stamper and was invited to create 8 samples (4 cards, 2 Gift, 1 scrapbooking) using the three convention sets. I made a total of 24 samples.

This is the first post of three featuring the samples I made a for Stampin' Up! Inspire Create Share Convention 2014. Below are the samples created for the Amazing Birthday Stamp set. All the supplies for each of the projects are available in the current catalog.