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Sealed with a Kiss
Sent with Love is a special bundle available for a limited time. When I first saw it, words like patriotic, masculine, soldiers came to mind. Mostly I sure because of the airplanes. But after studying it for a while, I saw past the airplanes and noticed that it also had some lovely soft colors that were perfect for us gals. So with paper & stamp set in hand, I came up with this sweet card that sends a powerful message from my softer side. Aah, the memories of a younger day when cards were sprayed with perfume, sealed with a kiss and sent air mail.
Stamps: Sent with Love
Ink: Calypso Coral, Versamark
Paper: Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Sent with Love Designer Series Paper
Tools & Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Heart a Flutter Framelit Dies, Tasteful Trim Bigz XL, Cloudy Day Embossing Folder, Sycamore Street Pool Party Satiny feel 1/4" wide Ribbon, 1” Circle Punch, Pool Party Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Dimensionals
Happy March
Here is my March Facebook Cover that I created in My Digital Studio. It's a lot of fun making these. I am also including the image that I am using a my badge this month. It is from a card I made at my peep’s (Judy Sumner, Mary Taylor and Marla Schack) Card Buffet. It was designed by Judy Sumner and it just a cute as it can be!
Happy March Everyone and Think Spring!
Winter Flower
Even though the holidays are almost behind us, snowflakes are still relevant for the winter season. I used this ensemble of punches and die cuts to create a Winter Flower. The silver glimmer paper makes the flower glisten. I will be sending this to my peep, Mary Taylor for her birthday.
I’m also going to crop out the flower and use it as my Facebook badge for January.
Inspired by: Donna Wicks
Stamps: Word Play (inside)
Ink: Marina Mist (inside)
Paper: Whisper White, Marina Mist, Silver Glimmer Paper
Tools & Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Chevron Embossing Folder, Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Blossum Punch, ½” Circle Punch, Dimensionals.
Faux Patina
I recently attended a Stampin’ UP! demonstrator event hosted by Sally Nusbaum. We affectionately call these events, “Sally’s Regionals”. We spend half of the day observing demonstrations and the other half doing make & takes that feature new Stampin’ UP! products. I have been attending Sally’s Regionals for the past several years and the one held in September was by far my best experience.
The Faux Patina technique was a fabulous demo presented by Mary Derhake. As soon as I saw it, I couldn’t wait to try it.
My customers had a great time on Saturday making this card. They changed the stamp on the Jewelry Tag using the "4 you" stamp making a brithday card. This shows how versatile this card can be.
Stamp Sets: Serene Silhouette, Tiny Tiny Tags
Ink: Crumb Cake (stamp pad and marker), Marina Mist, Always Artichoke, Early Expresso, VersaMark
Paper: Always Artichoke, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla
Tools & Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Color Spritzer Tool, Crumb Cake 3/8” Satin Ribbon, Vintage Trinkets, Jewelry Tag Punch, Linen Thread, Paper Piercing Tool, Stamping Sponges, Dimensionals
End of Summer Dahlias
This is the final card from my September Stamp Camp. We used the new In Color Dahlias to provide dimension and elegance to this card.
Inspired by Becky Roberts
Cardstock: Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, Patio Party Designer Series Paper
Stamp Set: None
Ink: None
Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Chevron Embossing Folder, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Blossom Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, corner rounder, Dahlias, Glue Dots, Dimensionals
Tufted Puffs
This technique is called a Tuffted Puffs Background. When I saw the design by Gail Sachtleben on the Connection, I wanted to give it try. So I took my ruler, pencil and graft paper and made a primitive template. This took care of any guess work. Place a 3¾” square on the template with a little Dotto. Align a piece of scrap on the first guideline to create a mask. Sponge all the way across with strokes away from the mask. Slide the mask down to the next row and repeat. Once one side is done, rotate the square and repeat. I worked on this at a recent demonstrator retreat hosted by my upline, Pam D'urso and gave a copy of the template to all the demonstrators. And of course, I gave a copy to my customers, too. I hope everyone enjoyed making this card as much as I did. Want a copy of this primitive template? Click Here
Stamp Set: Embellished Events
Paper: Very Vanilla, Perfect Plum, Old Olive
Ink: Perfect Plum, Perfect Plum Marker, Old Olive Marker
Tools & Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Stripes Embossing Folder, Primitive Template, Perfect Plum 3/8” Taffeta Ribbon, Stamping Sponges, Dimensionals.