Aug 28, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Thanks for visiting my blog today. If you’ve ever wondered what a Flirty Flamingo colored, Bokeh Dot printed, rhino looks like, you’ve come to the right place. Here he is:
Animal Friends
Let’s call this rhino, “Pinky,” and his giraffe friend, “Daffy,” for her Daffodil Delight color. Would you like to know how I came up with these colors? Look at this week’s Global Design Project challenge:
I colored my Animal Friends with the Bokeh Dots background stamp, because it’s a quick and easy way to get shading. The outline of the animals is Soft Suede ink.
The Animal Friends die set has dies for cutting, making it super easy.
Did you notice the three sections of embossed Layered Leaves? The idea came from this week’s Paper Players challenge.
Pinky and Daffy are happy in their sections of Whisper White, Layered Leaves. Plus, it gives Daffy a place to rest her long neck.
I’ve made a number of cards featuring these adorable animals from the Animal Outing stamp set, but this is the first time I’ve used the sentiment, “together we make a great pair.” I used a Stitched Shapes square die for cutting around the sentiment, and added some sprigs from Soft Suede cardstock.
The envelope is decorated with a piece of Frosted Floral Designer Series Paper.
For the final detail, I added the two hearts, because Pinky and Daffy thought this was a good card for people in love.
I hope you enjoyed seeing more of my Animal Friends. I know they like showing off for you!
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Aug 27, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Welcome to the What Will You Stamp Challenge, and today’s featured stamp set, Blended Seasons. My favorite part of the Color Your Seasons bundle is the die set, Stitched Seasons. I’m using three of its dies in today’s project.
Stitched Seasons Dies Frame Dashing Deer
The Stitched Seasons die set has 10 dies, which I’ve pictured in my product list below, for you to see. I used the largest die to cut the stitched frame beneath Rudolf (he likes being called by name) in Crumb Cake cardstock. Don’t you love the stitched edging? Then, I used the medium die to cut the frame in Very Vanilla, and emboss it with the Subtle Textured embossing folder. Because Rudolf wanted to fly, I raised it on Stampin’ Dimensionals for elevation.
Rudolf (Detailed Deer die) was made wooden by using Wood Textures Designer Series Paper, and layering him three times for thickness. His pretty Gold Foil collar is from a die in the same Detailed Deer die set.
I chose a wonderful plaid from Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper to layer on the Crumb Cake card base.
The inside of the card shows off the third die I used from Stitched Seasons, a fabulous, little bow. I made it plaid by cutting it from the plaid Festive Farmhouse DSP. Don’t you like how the Very Vanilla, Stitched Seams die cut completes the card and provides the perfect place for a sentiment?
The sentiment is from the Dashing Deer stamp set, which I stamped in Cherry Cobbler.
Another piece of Festive Farmhouse DSP caught my eye, and I HAD to cut into the 12″X12″ piece to decorate the Very Vanilla envelope.
Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you were inspired by my design, and I’d love for you to play along with the WWYS challenge.
The Color Your Seasons bundle was a special offer, so the last day to order the Stitched Seasons dies and Blended Seasons stamp set will be August 31st, or until supplies last. Hurry, so you don’t miss out. The Dashing Deer bundle and Festive Farmhouse DSP will be available Sept. 5th. Happy stamping!
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Aug 26, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Are you ready for a sneak peek of the Merry Christmas To All bundle?
“Christmas” is one of the words in the die set, along with three other words and two labels, and the stamp set has 28 stamps!
Paper words are a necessity in my card making, so this bundle was at the top of my list.
The good news is that it’s available for everyone to order on September 5th! You can check it out by clicking on the picture in my product list at the end of this post.
Merry Christmas to All Sneak Peek
My inspiration for today’s project was this week’s CAS(E) this sketch challenge.
I’m also linking to Festive Friday’s “dots” Challenge.
Wooden words are a favorite of mine, so I die cut “Christmas” using Wood Textures Designer Series Paper. I layered it on retired, brown cardstock for thickness, making it look more like real wood.
“Christmas” was a little long, vertically, but a perfect fit, horizontally.
To accompany “Christmas,” I chose a deer from the Dashing Deer Bundle. I stamped the deer in Soft Suede ink, and used its die for cutting.
The deer is standing on the word “merry,” from the Merry Christmas To All stamp set. I stamped “merry” in Soft Suede ink, and used a label die from the set for cutting.
For a splash of Christmas colors, I cut two pine boughs and berries, using the Pretty Pines die set. The boughs are Garden Green and Old Olive cardstock, and the berries are Real Red cardstock.
I wanted to keep this simple, so chose a Thick Whisper White card base, layered with Thick Whisper White that I embossed with the Softly Falling embossing folder. It’s a warm day in August, but the snow hasn’t melted yet!
If you’re wondering about the pretty paper beneath my card, it’s Under the Mistletoe Designer Series Paper from the Annual Catalog. I have it listed in my product list, so you can easily see all the pretty prints.
I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek. Get your list ready for September 5th! I’d really appreciate you shopping with me, so that I can be your Stampin’ Up demonstrator. See you next time!
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Aug 23, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Okay, I admit it, I’ve gone crazy over the Corrugated embossing folder. I may tire of it someday, but right now, I can’t stop using it! You get so much texture without even trying.
Corrugated First Frost
My Whisper White piece of corrugated paper was the beginning of today’s project. I wanted to combine it with two shades of purple for this week’s Global Design Project challenge, which was to CASE the designer, Janneke De Jong.
I layered the Whisper White corrugated piece on Gorgeous Grape cardstock for some nice contrast. Since I often have even borders, I liked the change of having just a top and bottom border. Was this a happy accident? Yep!
TIP: The Corrugated embossing folder “shrinks” the paper, so take this into account when planning your borders.
The sentiment, “Wishing you all the best,” is from the First Frost stamp set, stamped in Highland Heather ink. I used a Frosted Bouquet die for cutting the Whisper White label, and the Gorgeous Grape frame.
More Gorgeous Grape was used for the statice flowers, cut with a Fosted Bouquet die. Doesn’t my paper statice look like this?
The leaf die is also from Frosted Bouquet. Before cutting the leaf, I used a Sponge Dauber with Pear Pizzazz ink to achieve the watercolored look.
For the last detailed, I added three little pearls.
My supplies are listed below. Clicking on a picture takes you directly to my store for easy shopping. Enjoy the rest of your day!
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Aug 22, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Good morning! Today I’m using the Narrow Note Cards & Envelopes for the very first time. They make such a cute enclosure card, I can’t believe I waited this long. Here is my “Thanks a Bunch” card.
Thanks A Bunch
I was inspired by this week’s Paper Player’s challenge, Clean & Simple Fruits & Vegetables.
I began by stamping six carrots in Sahara Sand ink on Whisper White cardstock. Light Pumpkin Pie and Light Old Olive Stampin’ Blends were used to color the carrots.
Once again I’ve used the Subtle Textured embossing folder. It adds textured without overwhelming. Before embossing, I stamped the sentiment in Crumb Cake ink.
After embossing, I adhered a strip of Burlap Ribbon with Tear & Tape. I attached each carrot with a Mini Dimensional at the leafy part above the Burlap ribbon.
To complete the Note Card, I decorated the envelope flap with a piece of Share What You Love Designer Series Paper. I used a Layering Circles die, and then trimmed to fit.
I apologize for using a Stampin’ Up! bundle that has retired, but I couldn’t get this cute carrot and sentiment out of my head. I’ve pictured the Basket Bunch bundle in my list of supplies below, just so you can see what I’m talking about. Everything else is current, and can be ordered.
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Basket Bunch Photopolymer Bundle
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$46.75
Aug 21, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
The Dashing Deer stamp set and Detailed Deer dies leapt out of the Holiday Catalog as my number one favorite. I wasn’t expecting my first design to be a Thank You card without deer, but here it is.
Many Merry Thanks
I first cut the pretty, filigree corner dies from Thick Whisper White cardstock. The four, patterned corners fit perfectly on a 3″ square of cardstock, and I glued them in place.
“Many Merry Thanks” is a great sentiment, and I could see it stamped in black on Whisper White with small bright flowers suggested by the Fab Friday Challenge.
The Stamparatus was used to insure the sentiment, “Many Merry Thanks,” was in the middle. I die cut the small flowers from cardstock in the four colors: Call Me Clover, Lemon Lime Twist, Calypso Coral and Poppy Parade. I glued them right on top of the white flower in the filigree pattern.
I added texture to the top layer by using the Simple Stripes embossing folder, and dimension by using Foam Adhesive Strips beneath my 3″ square focal piece.
Many Merry Thanks
I have a feeling the deer were pretty upset they weren’t featured on my first card from the Dashing Deer stamp set, but their time will come.
I hope you can see the versatility in this fabulous, Dashing Deer Bundle, even beyond the holidays. Keep scrolling to see the products I used. I appreciate you shopping at my store. Have a wonderful day!
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