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Easter Cards
March 8, 2010, 1 Comment »
It is so good to design cards using soft light colors! Can you tell I want Spring NOW?! This stamp set, Abundant Hope (#118547 clear mount $13.95) is so lovely and can be used for any spring card, be it birthday, thank you or thinking of you. With as many different varieties of daffodils out there, think of all the different ways to color in the image! I used markers for the flowers and a blender pen with the Bordering Blue marker to make the faint shadowing. The DSP paper is from the new Sweet Pea Stack (#117161 $24.95) and of course, no card would be complete without the Sale-A-Bration Scallop Trim Border Punch (#118402) you can earn FREE with a $50 minimum order.
This card was TOTALLY cased straight out of the Occasions Mini Catalog, with a few alterations! I crimped the bottom of the card front for some texture and cut the little leaves from the (celery) scallop border stamped image.
And that cute little pink flower? There's that great Trio Flower Punch again (#109183 $15.95)! It punches out 3 flowers at a time.
So…who's hiding the eggs?
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Luck o’ the Irish
March 7, 2010, Leave a Comment »
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For those of you with a little Irish in your blood, here's a great easel card. The design was adapted from an idea by Brandi Weinette. Look closely…the leprechan's mustache is the bird body and the eyebrows and nose are made with the bird wing from the Extra Large 2-step Bird Punch (# 117191 $15.95)! The shamrock is made with the small LOVE heart from the I {Heart} Hearts set (#117010 $26.95 wood-mount ; #118571 $18.95 clear-mount) and his top hat uses "Pawsitively Perfect" Build-A-Bear DSP (#118060 $9.95) and Old Olive 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon (#111368 $4.95)! Add the little Trio Flower punch flower (# 109183 $15.95) and this jaunty leprechan will be looking for that pot o' gold in style!
Here's the card opened up like an easel.
Erin go braugh!
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Hearts of Love Valentine projects
February 7, 2010, 1 Comment »
Here are some lovely Valentine gifts and projects for that special someone!
This CD frame came from an idea by Wendy Randall. Notice the legs are black clips from the office supply store, covered with DSP!
Click here for the directions.
While at Leadership Conference (or was it at the Regional Seminar afterwards?), we were shown how to make a dial-up card. I made one using the Sweetheart set and matching Heart Treat Cups. What's cool about the dial is that you don't have to rip up the card to get to the candy! There's a punched heart opening in the dial that releases the M & M's! Click here for directions.
This lovely valentine is a Heart Explosion card. I originally saw a blog from Patty Bennett on how to make this pop-up variation, and it just lends itself so well to popping hearts! Check it out when it opens…
The hearts, which look suspended in air, are actually attached with strips of clear medium window sheet!
Click here for directions.
This cute little Heart box uses our Favor Box die for the Big Shot. As you can see, the black GROOM Specialty paper looks so classy with the red and white.
Click here for directions.
Finally, props go out to Amanda Coughlin, who designed this adorable birdhouse using the new Milk carton box die for the Big Shot. I added the little bird perching on the roof, using the new Extra Large 2-step Bird Punch.
Here's the back side of the birdhouse.
This box holds like 13 Kisses!
I punched out 2 birds in white and burnished the color, then attached one side to the library clip with Sticky Strip and then aligned and attached the second bird with Sticky Strip.
Happy
Valentine's
Day!
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October 1, 2009, Leave a Comment »
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so I will be designing cards using the Ribbon of Hope single stamp found on page 208 in the Idea Book & Catalog (115552 $7.95). Here is one of the cards we’ll be making in my October Forget-Me-Not Class on Oct 10th & 11th. The lovely swirl background is actually a piece of our Bride Specialty Paper (115669 $13.95) that I’ve burnished with ink and a sponge. What’s cool is the swirl in the paper is foiled, so it resists the Melon Mambo ink! Imagine all the different colors you could burnish this paper with! You get 5 sheets of swirl paper and 5 sheets of striped foil paper. The foil gives the paper shine, pattern and texture. Check out the other colors as well… black (Groom) and vanilla (Bridesmaid). If you’d like to order the Ribbon of Hope stamp or the Bride specialty paper, click on the online ordering icon below.
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Autumn Splendor Scrap Spread
September 30, 2009, Leave a Comment »
I have to say, the new AUTUMN SPLENDOR stamp set in the Holiday Mini Catalog (116503 $20.95) is especially beautiful and unlike any leaf set we’ve ever produced. The detail is rich and the leaves are "lively"…by that I mean that when they are stamped, the curve of the images look like the leaves are moving…they’re really cool.
So along with this set, I used the coordinating Designer Series Paper, AUTUMN MEADOWS, (Holiday Mini, 116769 $9.95) to make a 12 x 12 two-page spread, perfect for Fall Color pix or that perfect family get-together at Thanksgiving. Check it out!
If you’re interested in the set and the paper, you can order it online with me. Just click on the ordering icon below!
If you’re interested in a once-a-month scrap class, call me!
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