Too Cool Stamping: Technique

Technique - Eclipse

December 14, 2017

Peggy's Night In Bethlehem Cards & Minis Idea!

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Peggy's NIght In Bethlehem Cards & Minis

Peggy Tassler shared a fun & creative idea with me recently that I thought was brilliant! While she was creating some of her Christmas cards, she used some of the leftovers and scraps to create a 3x3" "mini" version of the card to match! The mini isn't finished yet, it's actually a card front that can be used to eventually decorate a 3x3" mini note card, a gift tag, a gift card holder, a traditional size card, or even mini pizza box treat! The size of the piece gives it versatility to be used for a variety of purposes, depending on what she needs as she's packaging up gifts for the season. The best part is that they match the larger card, so you combine them to bring a decorative theme to your gift package! Talk about a fun twist on the Two Cool philosophy! I LOVE this idea!

Card Basics—Peggy's Night in Bethlehem card starts with a 4" x 5-1/4" layer of Pacific Point cardstock, stamped with a Night In Bethlehem sentiment and embossed with Silver Embossing Powder. It's mounted onto a Whisper White card base. She used the Bethlehem Edgelits to create a double-layer of the cityscape, with the front layer popped up with Dimensionals. The Mary & Joseph image was stamped in Pacific Point, die-cut with the edgelits and popped up, too. She added a white Bethlehem Edgelits star in the sky and a Silver Foil star from Starlight Thinlits on top.

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Double Two Cool—Peggy created a second Night In Bethlehem version, this time starting with a Night of Navy card base. The 5-1/4" x 4" Whisper White layer is stamped with a Night of Navy sentiment, as well as Smoky Slate stars in the sky.

She die-cut the city from the white layer, then popped it up using the eclipse technique. The Mary & Joseph image is stamped in Night of Navy, and the Star of Bethlehem is topped with a Rhinestone Jewel.

See More Cards & Mini Combos—Check out my Too Cool Stamping Facebook page today for a few more of Peggy's pretty pairs of Cards & Minis!

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Posted on December 14, 2017 at 09:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

November 09, 2017

Winter Wonder Snowflake Eclipse Cards

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Hi Stamping Friends!

Eclipse cards are all the rage right now, and I love this design that I CASEd from Jill Olsen. It's so lovely!

Have you tried an Eclipse Card, yet? All you need are the Large Letters Framelits and any cool background! I've seen so many variations...you can find tons of Eclipse technique card ideas on Pinterest.

I created today's cards for a recent Too Cool Team shoebox swap.
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Winter Wonder Snowflake Eclipse Cards

I love the simplicity of these eclipse cards. The beautiful white-on-white background, with just a pop of color and sparkle, is so elegant. And, it's a relatively quick card, too. There is not even any stamping! It's definitely a design with a Too Cool flair!

Background Basics—I started by adhering a 5" x 3-3/4" Cherry Cobbler layer to a Thick Whisper White card base. This color will be what shows when the letters are popped up.

Lovely Letters—I used the Large Letters Framelits to die-cut the word "JOY" in the center of a 5-1/4" x 4" piece of Whisper White card stock. Next, I carefully positioned that white layer in the Winter Wonder Texture Impressions Folder with the letters all in place. I ran through the Big Shot to get that pretty snowflake embossed over the words and background.

Elegant Eclipse—I adhered the die-cut & embossed background to the card front. I re-positioned the "O" into its place as a template to adhere the inside of that letter to the card base, too. You'll want to do that for any letters that have a middle "hole" in them. Next, I used Foam Strips to pop up the letter die-cuts for a cool raised look. TIP: Foam Strips are the perfect width for the letters and it raises the letters high enough to see the color peek-thru. I used Dimensionals, which are a little too squishy and thin, so not much color shows.

Sparkly Finishing Touches—I added a couple of 1/4" x 4" strips of Red Glimmer Paper to either side with some Multipurpose Glue. Then, I die-cut a small Silver Glimmer snowflake with the Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits dies and attached it with a Glue Dot. I colored a Rhinestone Jewel with a red Sharpie marker, then added that to the snowflake center. TIP: I created this card before I had my new Stampin' Blends, but I'm sure that you could use those to color these sparkly gems!

Two Cool—For my second version, I used Night of Navy for the underneath layer. The word "NOEL" was a little longer, so I needed to make thinner sparkly strips on the sides. I tried 1/8" strips of Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, but still felt like it needed some color. So I added some Bermuda Bay Refill Ink to the Glimmer Paper with an Aqua Painter and I love the soft sparkly color it created. TIP: Make sure the ink on the glimmer paper is fully dried before handing it, otherwise you can get ink on your fingers and possibly on your pretty white background.

The Rhinestone Jewel is colored with a navy Sharpie, but you could use the new Night of Navy Stampin' Blends Marker.

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September 27, 2017

"Last Thursdays": Vintage Leaves Fall Eclipse Cards

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Hi Stamping Friends!

I've been seeing the fun Eclipse technique all over the internet and I finally tried it out myself! So much fun! We'll be playing with this Too Cool technique at tomorrow's "Last Thursdays" monthly card class here in Fort Wayne, IN. If you're in the area, I hope you can join us! Bring a new stamping friend and you'll both receive a gift!

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Vintage Leaves Fall Eclipse Cards

Have you tried the Eclipse technique? Most of these cards feature some kind of randomly stamped background with a word die-cut with the Large Letters Framelits and either stacked or popped up for a cool 3D effect! Sometimes it's difficult to see the word in a photograph, but when the card's in your hand, you can see the depth and lettering perfectly. It's Too Cool!

Lovely Leaves Background—I randomly stamped the 5" x 3-3/4" Whisper White background with Vintage Leaves images in three autumn colors: the maple leaf in Fresh Fig, the oak leaf in Cajun Craze and the Aspen leaf in Pear Pizzazz.

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Fall Die-Cuts & Background Layers—I used the Large Letters Framelits to cut the letters from the stamped background. Since there is only one "L," you need to run that die through a second time for the second letter. I layered the background onto a 5-1/4" x 4" piece of Fresh Fig, then mounted that onto a Whisper White card base. I tied a couple strands of the Burlap Ribbon thread around the entire card front, tying it into a bow.

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Eclipse Letters—I popped up the die-cut letters using pieces of the Foam Strips Adhesive. Those strips are the perfect width to fit on the thin letter shapes. TIP: Before adhering the "A", you'll want to lay the letter in the window and use it for placement of the center (negative space) of the letter. Once that is adhered, you can pop up the rest of the letter.

Sweet Sentiment—I stamped the "happy" word from Number of Years stamp set in Fresh Fig ink onto a 1/2" strip of Whisper White. After fish-tailing one end, I adhered it over the "L" letters and added a couple Rhinestone Jewels.