Aug 25, 2015 | Cards |
The other day I shared a card using the Garden in Bloom stamp set using Crushed Curry and today I have another card for you using the same stamp set. This time I used some pinks – Blushing Bride and Watermelon Wonder. I received a swap card at convention and loved it so much I wanted to recreate it.
I’m not sure you can see the background but the large outline flower was stamped with VersaMark ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. In real life it’s a nice background – just hard to see in a photograph.
This card then uses the little flowers and leaves and the two step stamping – I used the same color for both the outline and inside of each flower – just stamp off on scratch paper for the flower first making it a shad lighter. I love the little touches of bling – the silver thread and the Rhinestones. This was one of my favorite swap cards that I received at convention this year.
Here is what I did with the inside –
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Aug 24, 2015 | Paper Pumpkin |
Paper Pumpkin Craft Time
Aug 26 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Eastern )
Paper Pumpkin Craft Time
Come join me at the food court in the Outlet Shoppes of Atlanta – Woodstock, GA for some crafting time. Bring your Paper Pumpkin kit from the current month or an older one that you haven’t finished yet. Grab a bite to eat and join the girls for some crafting time.
Not a subscriber to this fun monthly craft kit – stop by and see what it’s about – I’ll have a free card for you to make.
Now through Sept. 10th new subscribers can join and get your first two months at 50% off.
Go to www.paperpumpkin.com to sign up – to receive the September kit you need to join by Sep. 10th.
I hope you’ll come craft with me!
Aug 21, 2015 | Cards |
I didn’t initially plan to get the stamp set Garden in Bloom. But every time I flip through the Stampin’ Up! Annual catalog I stop at it and ponder getting it. It looks like it would make so many beautiful cards. After a couple of months of doing this I finally added it to an order – and yes I do love it. I used it earlier this month for a card in one of my private card groups. The card idea came from my friend Diane.
It’s actually the perfect card for me – it has the bumble bee (or yellow jacket) and the colors are Georgia Tech colors. The two-step stamping makes for a quick and easy flower – and since the set is photopolymer you can see right through to where you are stamping. This set even has the little tabs on the stamps so you know where to line them up.
A little tip that I used is that I position the tab where I wanted my stem to be – so then when I stamped the next layer I made sure to position the tab in the same spot.
For the center of my flower I used the Smoky Slate Stampin’ Write marker just to color it in, The strip of designer paper is from the Neutrals Paper Stack. I’m so happy that they updated these monochromatic patterns this year. I’ve been using them a lot. I think I’ve already used all of this black polka dot pattern,.
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Aug 20, 2015 | Cards |
I received a special card while I was at convention from my friend Sandy Hancock – it was a “fancy fold” card called a Pop-out swing card. It was a fun design and I decided to create one for my Stamper’s Club girls to make. Here are a few pictures of it
Here are some more views of this card….
One thing I would do different is to make sure you stamp the Wood Grain background on the front of the card before you cut out the square window with the framelits. As you can see on my card when you cut it leaves a very slight ridge that shows up when you stamp over it – arghh! And make sure your card front it open before you cut the square in it.
The white piece on the inside of the card is 6″ x 5″ and then scored at 2 and 4 inches – accordion fold and glue to the back panel of the card.
Another tip is to close the card up before you attached the stamped square panel that goes through the window. That way you can make sure it is in the right spot to pull through the window in the front of your card.
It’s a fun card!
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Aug 18, 2015 | Birthday, Cards |
Washi Tape is always a quick way to make a cute card. At convention I was able to get lots of nice swaps and I created this card based on one that I received. I used different washi tape so there fore different colors than the swap I received. And that’s the beauty of this card – you can use any color washi tape and use matching card stock and you have a whole different card.
I used the new In-Color Washi tape collection – did you notice that in the new catalog? It’s 5 colors from last years collection – one roll for each of them. Just put a few strips on your card add the greeting and the stars.
The stamps are from the Celebrate Today stamp set. And the stars are the Star Framelit Collection. It’s a quick card – really it is.
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