Jul 12, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Gina the giraffe has been waiting patiently to make an appearance. Well, maybe not so patiently, but today is her day. She brought along two friends in all their black and white glory. They politely declined to be colored, considering the color challenge they wanted to enter.
Animal Outing giraffe named Gina
The color challenge is at TGIF, using the colors of Grapefruit Grove, Lemon Lime Twist, and Pineapple Punch.
Gina thought that black and white would make a nice contrast, showing off the three colors. Her friends agreed, and who am I to argue?
Going along with the giraffe’s desire for white, I gave them a Thick Whisper White card base. I also added a layer of white, embossed with the Layered Leaves embossing folder, so they would have plenty to eat.
Between the card base and embossed leaves is a layer of the first challenge color, Grapefruit Grove. The second color is Lemon Lime Twist, which I used to make branches, cut with a die from the Animal Friends die set. And, the third color is Gina’s favorite, Pineapple Punch. There is a giraffe print die in the Animal Friends die set, which I used to cut this piece from Pineapple Punch cardstock. It is oh, so, cute!
Before gluing everything down, Gina wanted me to look at a lay-out she saw at Fab Friday. This would be perfect!
For the sentiment, they decided on “You’re the Best” from the Label Me Pretty stamp set. I stamped it with Lemon Lime Twist ink on Whisper White, and cut it with a Layering Circles die.
We used a piece of Grapefruit Grove from Nature’s Poem DSP to decorate the envelope, and Gina feels her card is ready to send.
If you would like supplies to make this card, keep scrolling, and click on the pictures. We appreciate you stopping by. Have a great day!
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Jul 11, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Welcome to the Pals July 2018 Blog Hop. We’re having a “Pattern Party”. This month our creations will feature our favorite Designer Series Papers and coordinating embellishments from the new annual catalog from Stampin’ Up!
You may be starting the hop here or coming from a previous Pal’s blog. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll find the full line-up below to help you move, or “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
It was next to impossible to choose my favorite Designer Series Paper for this Blog Hop. But, I decided to go with the one I think is most unusual. Drum roll……………..it’s the Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper! When I first saw this paper at On Stage in April, I could hardly believe my eyes. I started imagining all kinds of possibilities for this unique paper. The first card I want to share today is using the Laser-Cut Paper as a stencil.
Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Paper as a stencil
Beginning this project, I placed a piece of the floral pattern on Whisper White cardstock, and used a Sponge Dauber with Powder Pink Ink. I held the “stencil” in place with my left hand, and daubed away with my right hand.
It would have been pretty as an entire card front, but I got carried away with the Detailed Trio Punch that’s in the Delightfully Detailed Suite (pp 38-39 in the catalog). So, I rounded the four corners of my stenciled piece, as well as the corners of my Thick Whisper White card base.
I was “delighted” to discover the flower shape in the stencil was very similar to the Eclectic Layers flower. See what I mean?
So, I die cut three Whisper White flowers, and lined them up on the left side.
The Thank You die was used to cut the words from Whisper White cardstock, blending in with the pattern.
My second card developed from left-overs. Remember how I sponge daubed on top of the Laser-Cut paper? Well, that Powder Pink pattern was too pretty to toss. So, with a snip, snip here, and a snip, snip there, it became my card front.
I used tiny dots of Liquid Glue to adhere it to Whisper White cardstock that I embossed with the Subtle embossing folder. Sahara Sand cardstock is the card base, and I tied the color in with the sentiment from Enjoy Life. The two smallest Layering Oval dies were used for “Thank you kindly.”
The cards could almost be twins, except I put the Detailed Trio Punch away, and left the corners square on the second card.
If you’d like to see more ideas on how to use the Laser-Cut Paper, just click on the pictures for details.
Laser-Cut Paper Pretty in Pink
Laser-Cut Specialty Paper with Brusho Crystal Color
How to Color Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper
Magical Mermaid
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I hope I’ve inspired you to have fun with the Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut DSP.
Now it’s time to use the Blog Hop Line-up below to see what the rest of my Pals have chosen as their “favorite”. Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations.
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Mark your calendars for August 8, 2018 when we Cut it Out! Participants will showcase projects featuring “cuts” from punches, Framelits, Edgelits, or Thinlits. . Don’t miss the fun.
Blog Hop Line-up:
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
- Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
- Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
- Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
- Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
- Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
- Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
- Terri George at Stamp Me Crafty
- Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
- Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
- Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
- Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
- Leah O’Brien at Stamping By The Bay
- Nina King at InkPaperSequins
- Jackie Diediker at Stampin’ Jackie
- Rachael at Bluebonnet Stampin
- Lisa Milligan at Stamp Create Share
- Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
- Susan Itell at Simple Stampin’
- Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
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Jul 10, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
This month’s theme is “travel.” The timing is perfect for me, because my husband and I will be flying to Hawaii in less than two weeks. You can see from my entry, I have “Aloha” and leis on my mind.
Hawaiian ALOHA Lei
The first thing that came to my mind was the word, “ALOHA,” carved from Koa wood, the legendary, native Hawaiian wood. I found the letters in the Large Letters die set, and they fit perfectly across a landscape card front. The wood is from the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper, and after triple layering the paper letters, they look and feel like real Koa wood.
In addition to Koa wood, you can’t travel to Hawaii without seeing leis. The colors of the glorious flowers is a feast for your eyes. Not to mention the fragrance! Oh my goodness, the fragrance in Hawaii is unforgettable! So, my card has a lei, made with flowers from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set. I stamped the flower in three ink colors: Berry Burst, Rich Razzleberry and Lovely Lipstick. After stamping them on Whisper White cardstock, I cut them with their die from the Bouquet Bunch die set.
I used two of the Layering Oval dies for “stringing” my flowers. Actually, I just attached them to the narrow, die-cut oval with Liquid Glue. I could have glued the flowers directly to the card front, but the oval insured the lei would be the right size and shape.
The background for ALOHA, and my lei is Whisper White, with a 1/16″ border of Garden Green. Garden Green seemed like a natural choice, because of the lush foliage in Hawaii.
The last detail was the three Share What You Love Artisan Pearls. It seemed appropriate, because there’s an abundance of jewelry and gorgeous pearl necklaces wherever you go.
We’ll be visiting our daughter, son-in-law and grandson who live in Hawaii, so this card is for them. I think it’s neat that ALOHA is used when greeting or parting from someone, so you’re never really saying goodbye. The inside sentiment is from the Better Together stamp set. “May life be filled with fond memories,” is especially meant for them.
Thank you for visiting my blog. ALOHA!
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Jul 9, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
I’d like you to meet Elvis, the CUTEST elephant from A Little Wild stamp set. He has taken a back seat to the cuties in Animal Outing, but it’s time to let him move to the front. When he saw the rhino wearing a Blueberry Bushel, Bokeh Dot suit, he wanted a Bokeh Dot suit in Smoky Slate. In fact, he wanted this suit for all of his friends!
A Little Wild elephant
In case you missed the rhino, here he is. (you may click on the link for details.)
Animal Outing Shows Off Five New Colors
Once suited up, Elvis and his friends are ready to celebrate a birthday, and requested balloons from the Blow Out the Candles Bundle. Don’t you like the colors they chose? Pineapple Punch, Lemon Lime Twist, and Pool Party are stamped randomly on Whisper White cardstock.
Elvis is the one showing his backside, because he turned around to grab the white balloon with his trunk.
The elephants agreed they wanted this card to be from all of them, so I was lucky to find this sentiment from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set, “best wishes from all of us.”
The inside says “Happy Birthday” from Blow Out the Candles. And, Elvis insisted on decorating the envelope flap with gray dots. Even though it’s retired Designer Series Paper, I had to comply.
The elephants were so happy with their birthday celebration card, they said I should enter it in the Paper Players challenge.
They also wanted to enter it in the Seize the Birthday challenge, which is asking that “toppings” be sequins on a birthday card. Elvis wanted more sequins, but I said five is enough.
Elvis wants to thank you for visiting today. He would love for you to comment how cute he is, and said I should mention that his stamp and die are available at my store. I think he wants to be duplicated throughout the land.
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Jul 8, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Welcome to the Kre8tors July 2018 Blog Hop. This will be our first hop involving a sketch challenge. I really like participating in challenges, because they provide inspiration through color, theme, or layout. I can’t wait to see what everyone has done with today’s sketch.
At the bottom of my post you’ll find the Blog Hop Line-Up, or you can just click the “next” button. It will take you to the next fabulous project.
I chose to design my project around a a stamp set that immediately “caught” my eye in the Stampin’ Up 2018-2019 annual catalog. The “dream catcher” (Follow Your Dreams, page 54) spoke to me. Dream catchers are beautiful works of art, and duplicating this with paper is so much fun!
There is a wonderful die in the Chase Your Dreams die set that looks much like the photo above. I used this die to cut two dreamcatchers from cardstock; one from Thick Whisper White, one from Crumb Cake, and glued them together. Can you see the layered feathers in the two colors?
Follow Your Dreams
The background has four layers, beginning with a Crumb Cake card base. It is layered with Wood Textures Designer Series Paper, doubled with cardstock for thickness.
The next layer is a square piece of Blueberry Bushel cardstock, which provides a frame for a piece of Share What You Love Designer Series Paper.
The fourth layer is a Crumb Cake banner, holding the sentiment. “Follow Your Dreams” is from the stamp set, appropriately named, Follow Your Dreams. This square is raised on Adhesive strips for dimension.
The inside of the card is made special by a Swirly Frames, rectangular stamp in Crumb Cake ink. And, The three feathers were stamped in Blueberry Bushel ink, and cut with their two dies.
I used the Wood Grain embossing folder to decorate the envelope flap, keeping with the rustic theme.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention the blue bead in the center of the dream catcher. Funny how one, little bead can add so much! You’ll find a variety of colors in the Tranquil Textures Sprinkles, available at my store.
Please continue viewing all of the projects. Kirsteen Gil is next. We are all excited to have you join us, and we love to read your comments! Please click to leave a COMMENT HERE.
Melissa Tennison
Lisa Kmiec
Su Mohr
Kirsteen Gill
Jacqui Lawrence
Diana Core Tillery
Laura Kate Mackie
Jackie Lawless
Sue McDonald
Tricia Butts
Jo Blackman
Linda Handford
Deb Naylor
Tracy Marie Lewis
Rebecca-Jo Unwin
Cheryl Taylor
Amy Grendel
Sandra Roberts
Maria Calia
Anastasia Radloff
Becky Browning
Keep Scrolling to see all of the products I used in today’s project. I’d love for you to shop at my store. Thanks for visiting my blog!
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Jul 6, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
The challenge at CAS(E) this sketch is my inspiration for today’s project. The jet plane is an eye-catcher. Right?
I’m choosing another flying object; my new, favorite bird from the Serene Garden stamp set.
Serene Garden Bird
Deciding on colors is my biggest hurdle. I land on a Very Vanilla card base with layers of Crumb Cake and Petal Pink, using my Stampin’ Trimmer to cut the pieces according to the sketch.
I stamp the Serene Garden bird in Basic Black ink on Thick Whisper White cardstock, and pick out five Stampin’ Blends for coloring: Light and Dark Crumb Cake, Ivory, Light Pumpkin Pie, and Light Calypso Coral.
I’m so happy my bird has a die for cutting. But, I want to have some 3D fun, so I stamp a second bird, and fussy cut her right wing. Then, I color it, and place it on dimensionals over her original wing.
To add a little more interest, I emboss the Petal Pink layer with the Subtle embossing folder.
As I’m gluing things together, I’m thinking it’s very “serene,” and will be a good sympathy card. The Rooted in Nature stamp set has the perfect sentiment, “words are never enough.”
I’m also linking my card to the Stamps Paper Ink challenge. It’s card maker’s choice, and this turned out to be among my favorite things.
Having the July 4th holiday in the middle of the week has me confused. But, I’m ready for another weekend. How about you? If you’re needing craft supplies, check out my store. I pictured the ones I used for today’s card. Enjoy!
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