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July 10, 2018

Tropical Chic: Clean & Simple & In Lovely Layers

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Hi Stamping Friends!

Today I'm sharing a couple of delightful cards using the Tropical Chic bundle!

But first, just a reminder that today is the 10th of the month and the final day to subscribe to receive this month's Paper Pumpkin kit!

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Created by Jodi Geers at Polka Dot Stamper.

Tropical Chic Love & Thanks Card

The clean lines and pop of color make this card, created by Jodi Geers, simply stunning!

Background Basics—Jodi stamped the Tropical Chic sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink along the bottom of a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Whisper White. It's adhered with SNAIL adhesive to a Granny Apple Green card base.

Focal Point—I love the recessed foliage window on Jodi's card! She used the Tropical Thinlits to die-cut the center of a 3-1/4" x 3-1/4" piece of Whisper White. It's popped up onto a 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" layer of Granny Apple Green cardstock and mounted on the card front with SNAIL. She finished this quick card by stamping the Tropical Chic flower in Melon Mambo onto Whisper White, then die-cutting it and popping it up on the window frame. So pretty!

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Tropical Chic Happy Birthday Card

The new Stamparatus stamp positioning tool will allow you to have perfect alignment on the repetitive sentiment stamped background. Here's how you put it together...

Step-By-Step Instructions:

Adhere the 1” x 5-1/2” piece of Tropical Escape DSP to the left side of the Whisper White Thick card base.
Use the Stamparatus to “hinge stamp” the Beautiful Day birthday greeting onto the 3 ½” x 5 ½” Whisper White panel. Place your cardstock in the right corner of the Stamparatus and position your stamp at the top of the panel. Ink first With Granny Apple Green, move the plate down to the next hinge and stamp in Blushing Bride and then Granny Apple and so forth. Or you can do hinge 1-3-5 in Granny Apple, clean and do Hinge 2 & 4 in Blushing Bride. Attach to panel to card overlapping the DSP using SNAIL adhesive.
Add a 1/8” x 5-1/2” strip of Shaded Spruce cardstock using Multipurpose Glue.
Die-cut two Shaded Spruce Ferns with the Tropical Thinlits and attach to card with Multipurpose Glue.
Stamp the two Tropical Chic leaves in Granny Apple Green and the flower in Blushing Bride onto Whisper White cardstock. Cut out all images using the Tropical Thinlits.
Adhere the smaller leaf with Multipurpose Glue. Pop up the bigger leaf and flower with Dimensionals.
Add Rhinestone to the center of the Flower.

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May 11, 2018

Share What You Love 30-Project Collaboration Sneak Peak!

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Hi Stamping Friends!

Have you seen the phenomenal Share What You Love incentive I'm offering this month?! 30 FREE Project Tutorials! I felt so honored to have been asked to be part of this special Share What You Love project collaboration! Each of the 30 top-ranked demonstrators who participated submitted a project tutorial using the Gotta Have It All Bundle from the Early Release Promotion. When I saw the final collection of projects, I was blown away! Talk about some amazing ideas!

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Today, I'm sharing my contribution to this fantastic collection of projects!

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Friend Like You Recessed Window Card

I'm excited to share my contribution to the 30-Project Tutorial...it's a little sneak peek of what is included! We were asked to create a project using only the items that came in the Gotta Have It All Bundle, plus any coordinating inks. The first of my two cool cards is the project that's included with the tutorial.

Background Basics—I started by die-cutting a 2 5/8” diameter oval window on a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of pretty Share What You Love DSP using the Layering Circles Framelits. Next, I positioned the DSP over a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Whisper White cardstock layer and stamped the Love What You Do trio of flowers in Memento Tuxedo Black ink through the window. I stamped the flowers to the left as much as I could, then added the sentiment next to it, also in Memento Black ink.

I separated the two layers, then stamped the solid flower image in Crumb Cake ink over each of the blooms to create a background shadow. The stamped layer was adhered to a Rich Razzleberry card base.

Lovely Layers—I adhered a 4" x 3/4" strip of Old Olive cardstock across the bottom of the DSP. Then, I laid down a strip of Tear & Tape Adhesive and attached a strip of the 1/4" Rich Razzleberry Velvet Ribbon on top, trimming the ends flush with the edges. I popped up the whole DSP window layer over the card front with lots of Dimensionals.

Flower Finishes—I stamped the trio of flowers again in Memento Black ink onto scrap Whisper White, then stamped the solid flower image over the top of each with Rich Razzleberry ink. After hand-cutting each flower with super-sharp Paper Snips, I popped those up with Dimensionals, too. I finished by adding a few Artisan Pearls around the blooms. I LOVE this popped up flower look!

Inside The Card—Don't forget to stamp some Love What You Do coordinating images inside the card!

Two Cool—My second card features a different pattern from the Share What You Love DSP pack. This time, the background solid flowers were stamped in returning Mint Macaron ink.

Background Basics—After the two layers were adhered together with Dimensionals, I tied some Pear Pizzazz Shimmer Ribbon around them into a double-knot faux-bow. It's all mounted onto a Tranquil Tide card base.

Finished Flowers—I colored the flowers with Tranquil Tide and Old Olive inks and a Blender Pen for a little color variation. I also added a little Wink of Stella for some shimmer. I love that there are mint colored accents in the new Artisan Pearls...they coordinate perfectly! A fun, stepped up version of the original card!

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Tear & Tape Adhesive

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April 25, 2018

Happiest of Days In Its Final Days

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Hi Stamping Friends!

Yesterday's birthday cards were big, bright & bold! Today, I'm featuring two birthday cards with the sweet & dainty images from the Happiest of Days stamp set. We'll be creating the first card shown below at tomorrow's "Last Thursdays" monthly card class! If you are in the Fort Wayne area...please join us!

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Happiest of Days Recessed Window Cards

The images in the Happiest of Days stamp set are so sweet & delicate! I added extra focus to them by highlighting them with a recessed window element on the cards and popping up the colored elements of the images. I love this look!

Retiring Products Featured: Happiest of Days stamp set; Peekaboo Peach, Marina Mist, Soft Sky and Sweet Sugarplum Stampin' Write Markers; Soft Sky & Marina Mist cardstock; Coffee Break DSP.

Window Layers—I started by creating the two recessed window layers by cutting 4" x 5-1/4" pieces of the Coffee Break Designer Series Paper and Whisper White cardstock. I used the Layering Circles Framelits to die-cut the circle window from the DSP. Then, I added a 4" x 1/2" strip of Marina Mist along the bottom and adorned it with some Rhinestones Jewels.

Window Stamping—I lined up the two layers, then stamped the Happiest of Days gifts image in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink through the window for perfect alignment. I positioned the image as high as I could inside the circle, then added the sentiment underneath it. I popped up the entire window layer with lots of Dimensionals onto a Soft Sky card base.

Focal Point—I stamped the packages again in Memento Black onto Whisper White, then colored them with a variety of Stampin' Write Markers: Peekaboo Peach, Marina Mist, Soft Sky, Lemon Lime Twist & Sweet Sugarplum. I cut out the gifts with Paper Snips, then popped them up with Dimensionals. I added some Wink of Stella clear shimmer to the Marina Mist & Soft Sky colors on the wrapping paper. Finally, I added a Silver Baker's Twine bow with a Glue Dot.

Two Cool—I created a second version with another sentiment image from the Happiest of Days stamp set, along with some specialty paper from the Sweet Soireé DSP. This time, I oriented the card horizontally and used the Layering Ovals Framelits to fit the image. The strip along the bottom is 5-1/4" x 1/2" and I tied the Silver Baker's Twine around the layer before popping it up.

Retiring Products Featured: Happiest of Days stamp set; Sweet Soireé DSP.

Sweet Sentiment—The sentiment has only one flower on it, so I stamped it a couple more times onto scrap Whisper White to get the additional blooms. They are colored in with Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers and covered in Wink of Stella glimmer. I cut out the two extra blooms with Paper Snips and popped them up with Mini Dimensionals I colored in the leaves with the Old Olive Blends Marker.

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January 02, 2018

Last Day For Retiring Items & NEW Sure Do Love You Class!

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OOPS! CORRECTED BLOG POST! Hi stampers! I accidentally posted today's post before it was completed! Dang! Once you email that sucker out...there's no getting it back! <sigh> But, here is the REAL POST for today! Sorry for any confusion!

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Hi Stamping Friends!

Happy New Year! We start Sale-A-Brating tomorrow with an Occasions Catalog & lots of freebies to earn! Yippeee!

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Sure Do Love You Recessed Heart Cards

My brand new January Stamp-of-the-Month features the NEW Sure Do Love You Valentine's stamp set! It's part of the lovely Painted With Love suite of products and heavily features the beautiful painted patterns of the coordinating Painted With Love Designer Series Paper! We'll me creating both of these cards with the class kit. You can see the complete class details here: Sure Do Love You Stamp-of-the-Month Class Kit.

Background Basics—I adhered a 4" x 5-1/4" panel of the Powder Pink/Calypso Coral pattern from the Painted With Love DSP to a Powder Pink card base for the gorgeous background. I LOVE those elegant gold foil accents...and you'll find them on every sheet in this paper pack, along with a pretty, full-color, non-foil print on the back. So many possibilities!

Recessed Window—I die-cut a Lots of Love Box Framelit heart shape at the top of a 2-3/4" x 4-1/4" piece of Whisper White card stock to create the window. Next, I stamped the Sure Do Love You leafy heart border around the window. The entire layer is popped up with lots of Dimensionals for a fun recessed window look!

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Hearts & Accents—I started by adding a Gold Foil heart, die-cut with the Lots To Love Box Framelits to the center of the heart window with Dimensionals. Then, I stamped two of the cute Sure Do Love You conversation hearts in Calypso Coral onto Whisper White, then die-cut them with same framelits and popped them up, too. I finished by adding a 1/8" Calypso Coral Ribbon bow with a Glue Dot.

Sweet Sentiment—I finished up by stamping the Sure Do Love You banner sentiment in VersaMark ink onto Powder Pink card stock, then heat-setting it with Gold Embossing Powder until glossy & smooth. There's a die-cut for that shape in the Lots To Love Box Framelits, too! It's popped up with more Dimensionals.

Two Cool—My second version begins with a different pattern from the Painted With Love DSP mounted onto a Rich Razzleberry card base.

Happy Hearts—This time, the leafy border is in Melon Mambo, and the other two conversation hearts are in Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry.

Sweet Sentiment—I stamped the sentiment in Calypso Coral on Whisper White card stock. I love the way the bold color really pops on this one!

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Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

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November 06, 2017

Night In Bethlehem Season of Joy Recessed City Cards

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Hi Stamping Friends!

Have you fallen in love with the Night In Bethlehem stamp set yet? I sure have! Every card I see makes me love it more! I originally thought this set was a little bit of a one-trick-pony...I mean how many times can you spotlight the cityscape silhouette? But, because of the awesome layering die-cuts and cool coordinating stamped images, the entire bundle lends itself to all kinds of Too Cool techniques!

The ones I feature in this month's Stamp-of-the-Month class barely scratch the surface! I've seen some amazing cards with metallic embossing, with clear emboss ink resist, with the die-cuts used as a mask with sponging...so many fun techniques! If you love the images, I promise that you'll get a lot of mileage with this set!

Today, I'm sharing another pair of Night In Bethlehem cards that we'll be creating with the class kit.

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Night In Bethlehem Season of Joy Recessed City Cards

I think the highlight of the Night In Bethlehem bundle are the two building die-cuts that layer together, beautifully staggered, to create an awesome landscape. For these two class cards, I made one of the layers in Silver Foil and added an oval layer for a shadow box effect.

Background Basics—I started by adhering a 5-1/4" x 4" Whisper White layer onto a Basic Gray card base. I also die-cut an oval window from a 5-1/8" x 3-7/8" Pool Party layer with the Layering Ovals Framelits.

Bethlehem Recessed Window—I used the Bethlehem Edgelits Dies along with the Precision Base Plate and the Big Shot to create the city layers. The larger die-cut is in Basic Gray card stock and the smaller die-cut is in Silver Foil. TIP: Using the Precision Base Plate will keep those little bumps from showing up on your foil. I forgot to use it and ended up with bumps on my card above. Remember that the Precision Base Plate is only for intricate dies, not framelits that are open in the middle.

I adhered the die-cuts onto the card front, using the oval window layer to help with positioning.

Oval & Accents—Before I attached the oval window layer, I wrapped some White Baker's Twine around the top and tied on a Year of Cheer Embellishment. That layer is popped up with LOTS of Dimensionals! You could also use Foam Strips, but the thickness is different than the Dimensionals, so once you select one type of foam, stick to it. Stick to it! See what I did there? LOL!

Sweet Sentiment—I stamped the large Night In Bethlehem sentiment on a 4-1/4" x 7/8" piece of Whisper White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I cut one end into a fish-tail, then added a 1-1/2" x 1/2" fish-tailed strip of Silver Foil to the back before adhering to the card front. Finally, I stamped the Night In Bethlehem image in Basic Gray Archival ink on Whisper White, then die-cut it and adhered it with SNAIL. I finished with a single Rhinestone Jewel.

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Two Cool—I created a second card for the kit in a slightly different color combo. This time, I used a Night of Navy card base, city die-cut and stamped images. Instead of wrapping the twine around the front, I simply attached the embellishment and twine bow with Glue Dots.

Night in bethlehem Season of Joy Oval - navy 3

I stamped some Night In Bethlehem snowflakes on the background in Pool Party ink and I really like that little bit of extra detail. I think the Navy card is my favorite!

Night in bethlehem Season of Joy Oval - navy 2

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September 21, 2017

Merry Patterns Paper-Pieced & Colored Candles Cards

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Hi Stamping Friends!

Yesterday, I shared a fun two-step stamping card featuring the limited-time-only Merry Patterns stamp set. Today, I'm sharing another pair of cards using that same set...this time using two different techniques to decorate that candle image.

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Merry Patterns Paper-Pieced & Colored Candles Cards

I used Two Cool techniques to decorate the candles on today's Merry Patterns cards! I love how these cards turned out! I love the Merry Patterns set so much!

Background Basics—I started by die-cutting a circle window at the top of a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Old Olive card stock.

I added a 3-3/4" x 1" piece of striped Be Merry Designer Series Paper along the bottom and tied some1/8" Silver Ribbon around it into a double-knot. I adhered a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Whisper White card stock to the Island Indigo card base, then popped up the window layer with Dimensionals to create a recessed window.

Colored Candles—I stamped the Merry Patterns outline candle image in Memento Black through the window onto the Whisper White layer. I colored the "back" candles with some Island Indigo ink and a Blender Pen. Simply squeeze the ink pad to transfer ink onto the lid and use that as a palette for your blender pen. I added some Wink of Stella clear over the top for some shimmer. I also colored the flames with Crushed Curry ink.

Paper Pieced Candles—I stamped the outline candle image onto a piece of Be Merry DSP with Memento Black ink, then cut out the "front" candles with my super-sharp Paper Snips. I adhered those pieces onto the candle focal point with SNAIL. How cute is that tiny deer on the candle? Awwww!

Sweet Sentiment—I stamped the sentiment in Bermuda Bay onto a 1/2" wide strip of Whisper White, then fish-tailed the ends and popped it up with Dimensionals over the bottom of the circle. I finished by adding some Rhinestone Jewels on either side.

Two Cool—My second version starts with Bermuda Bay card stock for the window layer and it's eventually mounted onto a Pool Party card base.

This time, I colored the candles and stamped the sentiment in Bermuda Bay ink.

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September 19, 2017

Painted Harvest Sentiment Spotlight Cards

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Hi Stamping Friends!

I am thoroughly enjoying the Painted Harvest stamp set! Today, I'm sharing two more cards from my October Stamp-of-the-Month class kit featuring this awesome stamp set! Not only is it fabulous for fall-themed cards, that pretty flower can be used throughout the year for birthdays, thanks, thinking of you and sympathy cards!

The other thing I love about it is experimenting with different color combinations for the flowers. I've designed a few of my class projects to allow you to stamp the flowers in any colors you like best! Today's neutral color cards provide a beautiful background for any of your favorite color flowers!

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Painted Harvest Sentiment Spotlight Cards

I love the popped up square frame that highlights the sentiment on these cards. It almost looks like a mini shadow box and it's so easy to create! Add a Painted Harvest sunflower in the color of your choice and it's a lovely way to add cheer to someone's day!

Painted Harvest Sentiment Window Cards - berry

Background Basics—I embossed the 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" piece of Whisper White with the Layered Leaves Dynamic Embossing Folder, then adhered it to a 4" x 5-1/4" Basic Black mat.

Painted Harvest Sentiment Window Cards - berry 2

Gingham Ribbon—This is the first time I've used the new 1/2" Smoky Slate Gingham Ribbon and it is wonderful! I love the feel of it, how easy it ties and the touch of "country" that it adds to the project! So sweet! I tied the ribbon around the background layers, then adhered them to a Smoky Slate card base with SNAIL.

Painted Harvest Sentiment Window Cards - berry 3

Spotlighted Sentiment—I stamped the Painted Harvest sentiment onto a 2-3/8" square piece of Whisper White. To make the frame, I first die-cut a large Stitched Shapes square in Old Olive card stock. Then, I ran the square through the Big Shot with the next smallest size of Layering Squares Framelits dies. The Foam Strips are the perfect size to pop up the frame to create a faux shadow box.

Painted Harvest Sentiment Window Cards - berry 4

Sweet Sunflower—I stamped the smaller, detailed Painted Harvest sunflower image in Rich Razzleberry ink onto Whisper White. Then, I stamped the larger sunflower image over the top twice in Berry Burst, turning it 180° for the second time to really fill in the petals. The center is stamped in Smoky Slate and I stamped twice with the dots image in Smoky Slate, as well. I used my super-sharp Paper Snips to fussy-cut the flower, then popped it up with Dimensionals.

Leaves & Finishing Touches—I stamped the solid leaf shape in Pear Pizzazz and stamped over the top in the detailed leaf image in Old Olive. The Leaf Punch makes it easy to cut out these shapes! They are attached with Glue Dots. I finished by adding a few floating Pearl Jewels.

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Painted Harvest Sentiment Window Cards - peach

Two Cool—The second version has a Pinewood Planks Dynamic Embossing Folder texture and I moved the sentiment square to the other side.

Painted Harvest Sentiment Window Cards - peach 2

Sweet Sunflower—This time, I stamped the flower detailed stamp in Tangerine Tango, then added two larger flower stamps in Peekaboo Peach. So pretty! Which color combination will you try?

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August 23, 2017

Two Cool Autumn Leaves Cards

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Hi Stamping Friends!

We're enjoying a cooler day in Fort Wayne, Indiana, today. It's reminding me that cool, crisp days—and those falling leaves—are right around the corner! Fall is my favorite season and one of my favorite card themes!

Today, I've got a couple of lovely autumn leaves cards created by my Too Cool Team members for a recent fall-themed swap. Enjoy!

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Designed by Karen Ellert-Flory.

Vintage Layering Leaves Thanks Card

Karen Ellert-Flory brought together the beautiful images from the classic Vintage Leaves stamp set with the terrific texture from the Layering Leaves Dynamic Embossing Folder. What an awesome combination!

Background Basics—The 4" x 5-1/4" Whisper White background was spritzed lightly with water and embossed with the Layering Leaves Dynamic folder for a deep foliage texture. It's adhered to a Whisper white card base. Karen also added a 1-1/2" x 4" Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper banner, punched at the bottom with the Banner Triple Punch for a contrasting anchor element.

Fall Focal Point—The small Vintage Leaves image was stamped in Pear Pizzazz randomly over a 2-1/2" square piece of Whisper White. The All Things Thanks sentiment was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink. The layer is matted onto a 2-3/4" square of Old Olive, then adhered to the card front with SNAIL.

Falling Leaves—The same Vintage Leaves image was stamped three times in Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White scrap, then die-cut with the Layered Leaves Framelits and popped up with Dimensionals.

Finishing Touch—Karen added a 1/8" Old Olive Sheer Ribbon bow to the center leaf with a Glue Dot to finish the card. So pretty!

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Designed by Janet Shinn.

Colorful Seasons Copper & Fresh Fig Card

Janet Shinn created a delightful card also featuring leaves and a beautiful embossed background!

Background Basics—Janet adhered a 5-3/8" x 4-1/8" piece of Fresh Fig card stock onto a Whisper White card base. The 5-1/4" x 4" Whisper White layer was first die-cut with the Lots of Labels Framelits to cut out a window, then the outer portion was embossed with the Petal Burst Embossing Folder. Janet tied some Fresh Fig Woven Ribbon around the embossed layer, then popped it up with lots of Dimensionals to create a recessed window for the sentiment.

Sweet Sentiment—The Colorful Seasons greeting is stamped in Fresh Fig ink onto the Lots of Label die-cut, then it was adhered through the recessed window, directly onto the Fresh Fig background with SNAIL.

Copper Leaves—Janet stamped the Colorful Seasons leaf skeleton image in VersaMark onto Whisper White card stock. It was sprinkled with Copper Embossing Powder and heat-setting it with Heat Tool until glossing and smooth. She die-cut that image, as well as a Copper Foil shape, using the Seasonal Layers Thinlits dies. They are attached under the ribbon with Dimensionals. She finished the card with a single Rhinestone Jewel. Clean and elegant!

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May 23, 2017

Eastern Palace Recessed Circles Cards

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Today, I'm sharing another fun way you can combine the stamps, dies and cool gold stickers from the Eastern Palace Premier Bundle. We'll be making this ward at my "Last Thursdays" class on May 25. If you're in the Fort Wayne area, I hope you can join us!

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Eastern Palace Recessed Circles Cards

The Eastern Medallion Framelits are very cool dies without a doubt! I love that they create an intricate circular window pattern on a solid piece of card stock. They almost have the feel of a stained glass window! Combine them with the Eastern Beauty stamps and the Eastern Gold Vinyl Stickers for all kinds of layered medallion effects! We'll be experimenting with this look at my "Last Thursdays" card class this week!

Background Basics—I started with an 8" x 5-1/2" piece of Fresh Fig card stock, scored at 4-1/4". The shorter size of the card front allowed me to add an Eastern Gold Vinyl Sticker as the border on the inside of the card that can be seen when the card is closed. Too Cool!

Delightful Die-Cuts—For the decorated layer, I begin by die-cutting the three sizes of circles on a 3" x 4-3/4" piece of Very Vanilla, making sure to leave room for the small Eastern Beauty sentiment at the bottom. I ran all three through the Big Shot at the same time. Typically, I would recommend using a Precision Base Plate for intricate dies, but I found that I didn't need them for these. The pieces came out of the die-cut really easily, and the cut pieces released from the die with the help of a Die Brush or Paper Piercing Tool.

Lovely Stamped Layers—Next, I added some Eastern Beauty stamped accents to give detail to the medallions. I stamped some Lemon Lime Twist dotted circles around the small and medium die-cuts, and a Tranquil Tide ring inside the larger die-cut. I stamped the sentiment in Fresh Fig. Then, I added some additional stamps in Fresh Fig and Tranquil Tide to fill in the blank spaces.

TIP: To see where to stamp the rings a little easier, especially if your stamp is stained, I recommend adding a dark contrasting color behind the die-cut layer, so you can really see where the cuts are very clearly.

Gorgeous Gold Stickers—I completed the patterns by adding several Eastern Gold Vinyl Stickers to the center of the large die-cut and some smaller circles in the blank spaces. Love these easy-to-add, shiny-gold accents! Each one of those gold decorative rings can be used separately, but you can carefully lift them from the sticker sheet so they can all be attached at the same time, without breaking them apart, for perfect positioning.

Recessed Circles—I finished by popping the decorative layer with Dimensionals over a 3-1/8" x 4-7/8" piece of Dapper Denim, then mounting that on the card front.

Two Cool—I created a second version using new Berry Burst as the card base.

I tried a different sticker border pattern on this one. I swapped out Berry Burst ink in place of Fresh Fig to match the card stock.

I also tried out some different stamped accents in Lemon Lime Twist and some different gold circle stickers. So much fun playing with different looks! Can't wait to do this card at my class!

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April 24, 2017

Special Reason Spring Bouquet Cards

Hi Stamping Friends!

The spring flowers have been amazing this week here in Indiana! I was worried that our late cold snap may have damaged the flowering plants and trees, but most are looking better than ever! My flowering plum tree was practically dead last fall and it is blooming like crazy now. Last week the streets were lined with white flowering Bradford pear trees, and this week the lovely purple redbud trees have taken their place. The smell of lilacs is in the air! Ahhhh...spring is in bloom!

Today's cards are bright & cheery and remind me of a spring bouquet! We'll be making one of them at my "Last Thursdays" card class coming up in just a few days...

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Special Reason Spring Bouquet Cards

I love layers and textures on my cards and the soon-to-retire Special Reason makes achieving that look easy! The recessed flower die-cut is so stunning and gives the card lots of interest and depth. Unfortunately, although the stamp set is still available, the Special Reason Bundle and the Stylish Stems Framelits are already sold out. <insert sadface here> It's just another reminder: Don't wait to get your favorites from the Retired List!

Background Basics—We begin this card with some pretty paper from the 2016-2018 In Color Designer Series Paper Stacks. The Retiring 12x12" Stacks are an awesome value at $22 for 40 sheets and most of the color families are already sold out, but the In Colors and Neutrals are still available right now.

I adhered a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Peekaboo Peach striped pattern paper to an Old Olive card base for the background. I also added a 4" x 3/4" strip of Old Olive across the middle to give the focal point an anchor.

Die-Cut Layer & Sentiment—I used the Stylish Stems Framelits to die-cut the flower window from a 2-3/4" x 4" Whisper White layer first. I used the Precision Base Plate with the die, and with the help of the Die Brush, the pieces fell right out! Next, I stamped a Tin of Cards word at the bottom right in Soft Suede ink. I finished this layer by stamping an Old Olive Special Reason leaf at the bottom of the die-cut window.

Recessed Window—I wanted that recessed flower to really pop, so I sponged Peekaboo Peach ink onto a 2-1/2" x 3" piece of Peekaboo Peach cardstock for some rich color that I could place behind the window. I tried to add more ink to where the center of the flower would be, and less on the outer edges to give it a little depth. This peach layer was adhered to a 3" x 4-1/4" Old Olive layer. Next, I added Dimensionals all over the die-cut layer and popped that up over the top. The entire focal point was mounted on the card front with SNAIL.

Spring Blooms—I die-cut two Old Olive leaves with the Stylish Stems Framelits and attached them to the card with Glue Dots so that they would eventually peek out from behind the flowers. I completed the bouquet by stamping the small Special Reason flower in Sweet Sugarplum and Flirty Flamingo inks onto Whisper White, then die-cutting those and popping them up with Dimensionals. So, so pretty!

Finishing Touches—I added a few floating Pearl Jewels around the bouquet to simulate baby's breath.

Two Cool—For the second version, I started with a Sweet Sugarplum dotted background from the same In Color DSP Stack, mounted onto a Soft Sky card base. My anchor strip is Night of Navy this time and really adds a striking pop of color!

Focal Point Changes—My sentiment is also in Night of Navy. Since my mat layer was Soft Sky to begin with, I didn't have to add another colored layer underneath the window. I did add some Soft Sky ink to give it depth. I finished this bouquet with Wisteria Wonder and Sweet Sugarplum blooms.

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