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(c) 2006-2008, kristina. All rights reserved. Be nice, don't steal.
For what you can use, click here. Some images (c) Stampin' Up!, 1990-2008.

  

Count on You

010908-countonyou1.jpg

010908-countonyou2.jpg I like this card because it's not really just masculine or just feminine. I dig that. :)

Also, who knew that Stampin' Up!'s ABC Lower Alphabet set would go so well with the retired Straight Up Alphabet & Numbers? It's awesome, that's what I say.

Although, I wish alphabet stamps were easier, ya know? Not so unpredictable. Granted, all stamps are somewhat unpredictable, but alphas are especially unpredictable. I mean, they're so little! And it's just hard to judge where it's going. Plus, sometimes a girl is too lazy to dig out her Stamp-a-ma-jig from underneath the PILES of crap stuff on her craft desk. Oh, well!

But HOLY CRAP, Batman! Don't you love the colors in Jersey Shore papers? I {heart} these papers a bit too much. :)

Who else loves orange? Roll call!

Count on You - All supplies from Stampin' Up! ABC Alphabet, Straight Up Alphabet & Numbers, and Take a Number wheel; Take Note rubons; Jersey Shore Designer Series Paper; Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie, and Bashful Blue card stock; Wild Wasabi double stitched grosgrain; metal edged tag; Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, and VersaMark inks.

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posted on January 9, 2008 5:20 PM
by Kristina 		39 Comments
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Kim:

Love that card and Yes I too LOVE the Jersey Shore papers, the color combo is awesome!!
January 9, 2008 @ 5:53 PM
2
  
Kim:

Love that card! Yes, I LOVE the Jersey Shore paper, that color combo is awesome!!
January 9, 2008 @ 5:54 PM
3
  
Soon Han:

Hi,
Love this card also.
Did you stamp the tekst one letter at the time if i understand you correct??
Anyway i love the letters verry much.
I really love orange,cause besides the Dutch flag orange is also something National.

Kristina says: Yes, I did stamp each letter individually. :)
January 9, 2008 @ 5:56 PM
4
  
Glenda:

Great card. I find it difficult to make generic (i.e. not girly) cards so I appreciate the inspiration.
I am so in love with the designer papers - Cutie Pie, Home Again, Summer Days, Rose Cottage, Bali Breeze, Confetti, Berry Bliss...
Did you design Jersey Shore? ;)
Thanks again and have a great evening!

Kristina says: No comment. ;)
January 9, 2008 @ 5:59 PM
5
  
Janine:

LOVE ORANGE !!! Have to use it more.
And the Jersey Shore paper is quite nice.
January 9, 2008 @ 6:05 PM
6
  
Janine:

LOVE Orange.. Have to use it more.
The Jersey Shore paper is quite nice.
January 9, 2008 @ 6:07 PM
7
  
Britiney:

Oh, oh, oh, me, me, me!!! Mine will be here tomorrow!! YAY!!! Except that my club meets tonight. Well, that just means I have that many more new things to show them next month for Sale-a-Bration!! YAY!!! Awesome card. TFS!
January 9, 2008 @ 6:20 PM
8
  
Diane:

I love orange! I just ripped open my pack of Jersey Shore paper before I got on the internet- I love it!!!
January 9, 2008 @ 6:31 PM
9
  
Mary C.:

Holy calabza Batman! I do love pumpkin!
January 9, 2008 @ 6:37 PM
10
  
Mary C.:

Oops! That would be calabaza!
January 9, 2008 @ 6:40 PM
11
  
Heather:

Cute card! I went on an orange kick last year --- I seemed to put it with almost everything! I prefer pumpkin pie to only orange -- this, in my opinion, is the greatest new color to be added to the line (but I do LOVE certainly celery -- and bashful blue...)
January 9, 2008 @ 6:55 PM
12
  
Deborah Golan:

Great cheerful card! I love Pumpkin Pie for the orange tones. Deb
January 9, 2008 @ 8:54 PM
13
  
Erin K:

I love orange too! And Jersey Shore is on my "must buy" list. AND I love this card. :)
January 9, 2008 @ 9:14 PM
14
  
Karen:

I suppose Annie's hot vest is responsible for the orange craze that's going to be hitting craft communities everywhere! Fabulous little card!
January 9, 2008 @ 9:30 PM
15
  
Emmy:

I love the card.
I have a random question. What is the difference between blender pens and aqua pens?

Kristina says: Aqua Painters literally have water in them. You can twist off the brush part and then put water in the handle. You can watercolor with Aqua Painters.

Blender pens, on the other hand, I like to think of as just clear markers. And like markers, once the ink is on the paper, it won't move and it will dry very quickly and very flat. Aqua Painters are different and will give soft watercolor results.

Both can be used with colored ink, but have different looks. It's just up to you which you prefer or want at the moment. Hope that helps! :)
January 9, 2008 @ 10:58 PM
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Julie:

I love the card - gorgeous colours and yes I do like orange although I must admit I tend to shy away from it a bit....perhaps I should change that hmmmm

I've subscribed to your blog now...absolutely love MACM :]
January 9, 2008 @ 11:14 PM
17
  
Jewels:

Not a big orange fan, but with the other colors it really all works well together. Love it!!
January 9, 2008 @ 11:58 PM
18
  
Heather Grow:

Love your card. The colors and layout are perfect together. Yah, we don't see enough orange.
January 10, 2008 @ 12:04 AM
19
  
cassandra:

Love orange? Have you seen the orange blog?
Here is the address:
http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/
January 10, 2008 @ 12:37 AM
20
  
twinks:

You could make me love ANY color. I was surprised to read on SCS that a lot of folks didn't care for orange - glad to see its favored here! :D
January 10, 2008 @ 3:15 AM
21
  
Beth Silaika:

Ha! Piles of stuff!~

I like orange - I {heart} these colors together - so fun!!!
January 10, 2008 @ 5:14 AM
22
  
Lisa Henke:

Yep, I'm an orange girl too-pumpkin to be exact. I just can't get enough of it. I can't wait for my order to get here tomorrow so I can use my Jersey Shore paper. I will have to try this card, since I also ordered the ABC lower alpha (and I have straight up alpha too;) I'm an aplhabet junkie too). great card.
January 10, 2008 @ 6:25 AM
23
  
tylersmum05:

Love Orange and Green. Great card. -Molly B
January 10, 2008 @ 6:32 AM
24
  
Cris A:

You cards are so ......refreshing! Some cards can be so busy and heavy looking! I just love how sweet and simple yours are.
January 10, 2008 @ 6:33 AM
25
  
Rachel H.:

Orange!! We adore orange in our house--my dining room is orange, my son's 'special' is a bear named Orange, and my husband has a strange addiction to O.J. (the drink, NOT Simpson). Thanks for sharing your beautiful card!
January 10, 2008 @ 7:01 AM
26
  
yvette:

Totally love orange. Thanks for using it!
January 10, 2008 @ 7:01 AM
27
  
Shona:

Love the card! Sounds like I'm the only one that doesn't have the Jersey papers yet :o(

I also wanted to comment on your handwriting - it's just so beautiful and so perfect for journaling and writing sentiments on cards. This is probably a silly questions, but did you always write like that or is that something that your learned in your art schooling? It just really adds a beautiful and personal touch to your projects.

Thanks for sharing today!
Shona

Kristina says: Well, I've always been fascinated with handwriting so I always filled my notebook with scribbles and writing when I was a kid. In high school, I knew a girl who had been doing calligraphy since she was 12 and her writing was impeccable! So, I signed up for a basic calligraphy class with a good friend (Hey, Leslie!) and the rest is history.

I've only taken one class, but I've sort of kept up with the calligraphy thing. Just on the side as a hobby. It can be an expensive and time consuming hobby, but I just love it.

As for my personal handwriting (which I categorize separately from the calligraphy), it's evolved over the years. Granted, my study of calligraphy has influenced my handwriting, but for the most part it's just me. :)

Hope that helps!
January 10, 2008 @ 7:47 AM
28
  
Carol:

I have a question about SU DPs. In your photos, they always look more vibrant, and even a different color, than in either the online or hard-copy catalogs.

In your card above, for instance, the Jersey Shore blue is vibrant and much like the Brilliant Blue cardstock, but in either version of the catalog it appears a darker shade.

Can I rely on the photos in the hard-copy catalog (I realize there are always differences in monitors), or can I assume that most DP is more vibrant and true to the related cardstock color?

If you have a chance to address this sometime that would be great, but, I understand if you can't answer all these questions. Thanks either way for such nice inspiration.

Kristina says: Well, I can only speak for what the colors look like in person and it's definitely Brilliant Blue. Colors are so hard to represent in the catalog correctly, but I know our catalog team does their very best to represent the colors accurately. If you are a demonstrator, you might be aware of the Product Guide that's available on the Demonstrator Web Site. If you're on not a demo, maybe you can point your demo to it. The Product Guide lists each Designer Series Paper, coordinating colors, and in most cases, coordinating stamp sets. It really takes the guess work out of choosing coordinating card stock colors when you don't have the patterned paper in front of you.

Hope that helps!
January 10, 2008 @ 8:13 AM
29
  
Misty:

I think it's great.
How did you know orange is my favorite color! I adore it. Makes me feel up when I'm down and warm when I'm cold.
Have a great day.
Misty
January 10, 2008 @ 8:13 AM
30
  
Susan Liles (susiestampalot):

orange lover here, too!! it's not just for halloween anymore!!
ps..check out my blog. my 6 year old neice was inspired by you to make a video tutorial (with the help of her mom!) it's so cute!
have a fun day!

Kristina says: Okay, that video is adorable! :)
January 10, 2008 @ 8:34 AM
31
  
Angie:

I've recently found your blog and I have to say, I'm a little addicted. I love your style, and the video tutorials are wonderful. Thank you for doing them. I really like this card and the color combo. Thanks for all the great inspiration!
January 10, 2008 @ 9:18 AM
32
  
Sharon:

LOVE orange! In fact, I love it so much I want to do my crafting area in orange! I think my children will have "issues" with it though. But tough!

I also love your card and your blog. You are my guilty pleasure.

I pretend we are BFF when I talk about things on your blog to my stamp clubs! LOL.

S.
January 10, 2008 @ 9:32 AM
33
  
Sandi:

Orange - I LOVE it !!! especially wearing it near my face...cuz BAM it adds instant colour to my oh so fair complexion. Besides, it's such a happy feel good colour..don't ya think?

Another fun card-crazy lady, stamping each individual letter !
January 10, 2008 @ 11:16 AM
34
  
Jodi N:

You do some amazing work!!! AND. . .I LOVE ORANGE!!!!!! Much to the dismay of most of my friends and family but, ORANGE RULES!!!!!!
January 10, 2008 @ 2:25 PM
35
  
Kim:

Great card! Love those colors together. I just love using DSP on just about everything!
January 10, 2008 @ 4:16 PM
36
  
Rhonda K.:

Love this card! Fabulous color combo!
And I LOVE ORANGE!!! Not only does it look fabulous on cards but I am a huge TENNESSEE VOLS! fan. TFS
January 10, 2008 @ 7:40 PM
37
  
Marie - mariemc:

As I mentioned on SCS (I headed over there to favorite this as soon as I saw it then came back to comment here) I LOVE this card. You have the perfect eye for balance, details, colors, textures, etc., etc., etc. (you can throw in the king's voice there from The King and I, if you like ;) ). TFS!!!
January 10, 2008 @ 9:05 PM
38
  
Jocelyn:

I wrote an open letter to the colour orange on my blog . It accuratel captures my love-hate relationship with the colour!
January 11, 2008 @ 8:19 AM
39
  
Dee:

I do like Orange...but do not use it
very often. I love the colors you
chose to use together. This a great
style card for any event.
Thanks for sharing.
January 11, 2008 @ 10:33 AM


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