Hi Stampers. I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of snow and ready for some time in the tropics! Today’s card features a new stamp set called Timeless Tropical. Someone had asked me to show them how to do the masking technique, so I thought this set would make the perfect example. You can see how I made these cards by watching the video below.
Card #1:
This was the card I made first. I stamped the flower first, masked it and then stamped the leaves.
Stampin’ Tip: For masking, stamp the image you want in the foreground first, then stamp it again on a post it note. Cut out the image on the post it note with paper snips (or the coordinating die). Place the post -it note image over the stamped image on your card layer. Then stamp the images you want to appear to be coming from behind. After you have done this you can remove the post it note and finish the card as normal.
I colored in the flower with Stampin’ Blends. To try to give it more shading, I used Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody and Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blend combos on the flower. The leaves are colored using Old Olive Stampin’ Blends.
Card #2:
The card base is Mango Melody followed by a layer of Garden Green CS and then my Whisper White layer. I don’t know if you can tell, but the sentiment has a little variation in color. I needed to re-ink my pad, so I added the ink but before rubbing it with a spoon to spread it around, I inked my stamp. It came out pretty.
This flower was colored with Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends combo and Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blend for center stem. After I colored with the Stampin’ Blends, I inked a sponge dauber with Calypso Coral ink and dabbed it in the center of the flower.
The inside of the card has another layer of Whisper White CS that I stamped on using more stamps from the Timeless Tropical stamp set. The video below shows how I made these cards.
Stampin’ Tip: To get two colors of ink on one stamp, ink the stamp with the brush end of the Stampin’ Write markers. Then “huff” (breathe heavy) on the inked stamp. The mositure from your breathe will sort of re-wet the ink. Then stamp onto the cardstock.
Video Tutorial:
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Hi Stampers. If you frequent my blog often you know that I love fancy folds and cards with a little more detail. Once in a while I need to create a super simple card. This is a card we made in my last birthday card making class (here in Twin Falls, Idaho).
This card starts with a Bermuda Bay card base followed by a layer of Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper – this DSP is GORGEOUS and FREE! You can earn this paper for free by placing a $50 order as a level one sale-a-bration item. But, hurry – it’s only while supplies last!
I added a 1-3/4″ strip of Rich Razzleberry CS across the bottom and placed my focal point over the top of that. My focal point is a sentiment from the Perennial Birthday stamp set, stamped on Whisper White CS using Coastal Cabana ink. This sentiment was then punched out using my 2″ circle punch and backed with a 2-1/4″ circle punched out of Coastal Cabana CS. Three Glitter Enamel Dots, randomly placed, finishes off the look.
For the inside the card, I stamped the Happy Birthday (from the Perennial Birthday stamp set) in Bermuda Bay ink onto a layer of Whisper White CS. Before adhering it to the inside, I stamped the lily from the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set in two corners using Coastal Cabana ink. This flower is pretty large and I didn’t want it to take over the inside, so it was hanging off the edge when I stamped it.
The Lasting Lily stamp set is also a level one SAB item and a set of coordinating dies is a level two SAB item – FREE with a $100 order. There are some awesome freebies available while supplies last.
If you live in the United States and would like to shop with me you can follow any of the photo links below to get to my online store. When you place your order, don’t forget to use this months Mystery Hostess code – from the bar on the right – to earn this months Customer Appreciation PDF Tutorial (with a qualifying order)!
This month’s PDF is all about the Heartfelt Bundle. This PDF includes all the instructions to create six adorable cards – I’ve even included a few simple fancy folds!.
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Hi Stampers. Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop! This month’s theme is “Birthday Bash”. If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Katja Ettig’s blog. Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue to Kim Quade’s blog. If you get lost along the way, you can find a list of Blog Hoppers at the end of each Blog.
Here are the projects I created for this month’s hop using the Peaceful Poppies Suite from Stampin’ Up!
I made a birthday card with coordinating envelope and decorated a tiny treat box full of Hershey Kisses.
To begin, I adhered a layer of Peaceful Poppies DSP to my Real Red card base. I then die cut a Real Red and a Whisper White layer using the Stitched Rectangle Dies. The only stamping I did on the front of the card was the speckles behind my poppies. That stamp is from the coordinating Painted Poppies stamp set.
My focal point was die cut using the Poppy Moments Dies. The poppies were die cut from Real Red, Poppy Parade and Basic Black CS. The leaves are die cut from Old Olive and Mossy Meadow CS. The are adhered together with liquid glue and then adhered to card with a mix of liquid glue and stampin’ dimensionals.
Inside the card I used a layer of Whisper White CS. I stamped the sentiment “Happy Birthday” in Poppy Parade ink and adhered a 3/4″ strip of DSP to the bottom of the layer – to make it match the rest of my project.
As a small gift to go with my card, I used on of our Tiny Treat Boxes and filled it with Hershey Kisses. I wrapped a 1-3/4″ strip of DSP all the way around the box and adhered with snail adhesive. Some Whisper White ribbon wrapped around it like a gift finishes off my look. I hope you like it and give it a try yourself.
Video Tutorial:
Please watch my YouTube video of my Facebook Live on how to make this card.
If you live in the United States and would like to shop with me you can follow any of the photo links below to get to my online store. When you place your order, don’t forget to use this months Mystery Hostess code – from the bar on the right – to earn this months Customer Appreciation PDF Tutorial (with a qualifying order)!
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These are the supplies I used:
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This month’s PDF is all about the Heartfelt Bundle. This PDF includes all the instructions to create six adorable cards – I’ve even included a few simple fancy folds!.
All orders of $30 and above (before tax and shipping) placed in my online store using the Hostess Code YBRZUW9A, will be emailed the Customer Appreciation PDF tutorial within 48 hours.
PLEASE NOTE, if your order is over $150 before tax and shipping DO NOT enter the Hostess Code and you will receive all the Stampin’ rewards you earned on your order AND the Customer Appreciation PDF tutorial.
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Welcome to the Pals’ Blog Hop! We’re so glad you’re here because it’s “Time to Sale-A-Brate”! We’re showcasing our favorite new products from 2020 Sale-A-Bration brochure. 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.
My project is a birthday card using the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set (level 1 SAB gift), Lily Pad Dies (level 2 SAB gift) and the Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper (level 1 SAB gift). <— Did you catch all that? Three FREE items! A stamp set, dies AND DSP – all for FREE! I just love FREE stuff! All this FREE stuff coordinates to make a BEAUTIFUL fancy fold birthday card. I don’t know the name of this fold – the card base uses a dutch fold but then there is an inner card, too. I had saved a photo of a card folded like this a while back – it’s not watermarked and I can’t find it again – go figure, right!?!
I had no instructions, so I had to kind of “wing it”. The Coastal Cabana dutch fold card base was easy – That’s 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, scored at 2-1/8″ from each side and then folded to meet in the middle in the front. Next I cut the DSP to 5-1/4″ x 3-3/4″ and die cut a circle from the center, cut it in half down the center and attached each half to the sides in the front. I repeated that process and adhered to the inside of the card front – so both sides of the “flaps” are covered. Then I took a slightly smaller circle and cut out the 1/2 circle from each end of the card base – so now I had my hole from outside to inside of card.
The inside of the card has a smaller card. This Bermuda Bay card base is 5″ x 7-1/2″, scored at 3-3/4″. This card is layered in DSP 4-3/4″ x 3-1/2″. Don’t you just LOVE that DSP – flowers on one side and then semi plain on the back. I made a banner of a 2″ strip of Blushing Bride and a 1-1/2″ strip of DSP. I stamped the sentiment on Whisper White (from the Peaceful Moments stamp set) in Bermuda Bay ink. This was then punched out using the 2″ circle punch and backed with a piece of Coastal Cabana CS punched out with the 2-1/4″ circle punch. These were attached to the card so that it was centered in the hole cut in the front.
I stamped a few lilies and a few leaves, die cut them using the Lily Dies and colored them with Stampin’ Blends and tucked them in under the circles. A few additional die cuts from the Lily Dies are attached inside the flaps. Inside the second card is a 3-1/2″ x 4-3/4″ layer of Whisper White that was stamped with a sentiment (also from the Peaceful Moments stamp set) in Bermuda Bay ink and a 1/2″ strip of DSP was adhered across the bottom of this layer.
To finish off the card, I wrapped a ribbon around the closed card (adhered it with a few glue dots) and tied a bow in the front. I’m pretty happy with how it came out. I hope you are, too. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, February 12th, for our Art From The Heart blog hop when our Design Team showcase projects made from the heart for any occasion. Don’t miss the fun!
If you live in the United States (do not already work with another demo) and would like to shop with me you can follow any of the photo links below to get to my online store. When you place your order, don’t forget to use this months Hostess code – from the bar on the right.
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Hi Stampers. Whew – we did it! We got through another Christmas. Wow, what a whirlwind! This year, we have the shortest possible holiday shopping season. Because Thanksgiving was late this year (November 28th), this year the span between Thanksgiving and Christmas was only 25 days. That’s 6 days shorter than last year and the shortest since 2013. No wonder it felt like it went so fast! It did!
Today I have a birthday card for you made with the Stampin’ Up! Free As A Bird bundle. Did you know that Balmy Blue is currently the most popular color in our Stampin’ Up! lineup?
At first I was pretty bummed that the dies that came with this stamp set were not to cut out the birds, but I have found these Nested Labels Dies to be VERY useful for all sorts of things! I’m thrilled with how the coloring came out on these adorable birds. I used our Watercolor Pencils to add a dark outline of color around the images and then blended them with our Blender Pens dragging color towards the center.
On the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment in the middle and the leaves in the upper right corner. The bird in the lower left corner was cut from the Designer Series Paper. I inserted a 12″ x 12″ sheet of the Bird Ballad DSP – the one full of birds – into my Brother Scan and Cut Machine and within a few minutes I had a whole bunch of birds cut out!
If you live in the United States and would like to shop with me you can follow any of the photo links below to get to my online store. When you place your order, don’t forget to use this months Mystery Hostess code – from the bar on the right – to earn this months Customer Appreciation PDF Tutorial (with a qualifying order)!
If you need help with how to use the host code you can find the answer here. If you would like to join me for some classes, clubs or events make sure to visit the events page or sign up for my newsletter so you will never miss out again.
Thank you for visiting please take the time to say hello and leave a comment.
These are the supplies I used:
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This month’s PDF is all about the Sip Sip Hooray Bundle. This PDF includes all the instructions to create six adorable cards – I’ve even included a few simple fancy folds!.
All orders of $30 and above (before tax and shipping) placed in my online store using the Hostess Code ZWEPTUSY, will be emailed the Customer Appreciation PDF tutorial within 48 hours.
PLEASE NOTE, if your order is over $150 before tax and shipping DO NOT enter the Hostess Code and you will receive all the Stampin’ rewards you earned on your order AND the Customer Appreciation PDF tutorial.
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Welcome to the Pals’ Blog Hop! We’re so glad you’re here because we made some great projects for “Layer It Up” – showcasing our favorite Designer Series Paper and embellishments. 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.
Recently I saw a great 6″ x 6″ One Sheet Wonder template used by fellow Stampin’ Up! demo – Megan Daves. I used it to do a FB live video where I made this adorable birthday cards and tag. You can view that FB live video by CLICKING HERE.
These cards were made using the Pressed Petals DSP, Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow and Rococo Rose cardstock. I just love that our DSP lists all the colors used in it, so we can easily coordinate with perfectly matched CS.
Rococo Rose CS die cut using the Delicate Lace Dies to give a fancy edge that went great with the beautiful DSP.
The layering ovals dies and Itty Bitty Birthday stamp set made for great focal points for these cards. A cute little bow using the braided linen ribbon gives it the final touch.
I couldn’t let that last little piece go to waste. It was perfect for making this cute little tag. This would work great on the gift to go with the birthday card.
Here is the template I used:
More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, December 11th, for our Retirement Fun Fold Party when our Design Team showcase projects using retiring products from the Holiday Catalog with a fun fold card. Don’t miss the fun!
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