I have trying some new products for today, but am mixing them with carry overs. The main new product is the Magnolia Lane Cards and Envelopes. They are in a great Craft or Crumb Cake card stock with some silver embossing. I love that look of elegant mixed with a more grounded color.
I paired the Botanical Bliss stamp set and dies for a different look to this base. I stamped inside the framed area with Crumb Cake Ink, using the flower from First Frost, to add a bit of background. I die cut the tag and then watercolored it.
I used Shimmery White Card Stock as I think it is perfect for watercoloring. I was a bit different on my watercolor. I scribbled with markers on a clear block and then used the Aqua Painter to pick up the ink. It gives a softer look I believe. However, since you cannot purchase individual markers, it would work perfectly fine to get ink in the lid of your ink pad and pick it up that way.
The Crumb Cake tag is the new Timeless Label Punch. I shortened it to fit on the tag without hanging over the sides. The Metallic Pearls were an add on that I believe worked well. The red ribbon is a retired one that I found a piece in the bottom of my ribbon drawer as I was pulling out retired ones. Couldn’t let that go!!
I also used markers and stamped the flower image onto the front of the matching envelope. I try to remember to add that little touch.
Thank you for stopping in today. I hope you will reconsider, or look at for the first time, these cards and envelopes. It is a great deal.
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Today is one of those days that you can be happy and sad. It is the last day of the current Annual Catalog. Some items are still available in the Retiring List, and have even been discounted. Tomorrow is the NEW Annual Catalog. It has awesome new products and carry overs of others. Personally, I cannot wait to start exploring the NEW stuff!!
Today I am saying a fond farewell to one of the stamp sets I really love. It is Amazing Life. I like the sentiments and the little “accessory” stamps. The one I am sharing is a super easy card, my favorite type of card.
See how easy this card is? It is the perfect card layout for large sentiments or designs that you want to be the focal point. And it doesn’t hurt that the designer series paper is gorgeous!
I chose all the colors from the Garden Impressions Designer Series Paper Stack. The base layer is Soft Sea Foam. The frame for the DSP is Shaded Spruce. I decided to go with a third color to frame the sentient layer instead of sticking with the Shaded Spruce. So I added Pacific Point for that layer. The sentiment is stamped in Shaded Spruce as well.
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I have a CASE today of a card I received in Charlotte at OnStage from a sweet friend. Vicki Townsend’s card was different in decorations and the sentiments, but the fold idea came from her swap card.
The card was a bit difficult to photograph because of the folds, so I finally took the picture with it laying flat. It was well worth the trouble though. I love this fold. If you follow my blog, you know that folds are my favorite thing to add to a card!
You also know that I occasionally do DSP scrap cards. Well, here is another one! It is great for the leftover pieces. I have all of the meaasurments further down in the post.
Here is the open card.
You can see that there are two places on this card that you could write. Or you can place another DSP piece on the smaller white space and use the larger one to sign on. I almost stamped onto the white panel, but had cut two Crumb Cake circles by mistake. I saw that as a subconscious need to add both of the circles to the card. LOL!! I like the layered circle as opposed to simply stamping on the card stock. It gives a bit more dimension to the card.
Measurements and Directions:
Card base is 4 1/4 X 5 1/2
Crumb Cake layer is 3 1/4 X 4 1/2
Multi fold white piece is 4 1/4 X 11, scored at 1 1/2, 3, 5 1/2, 8. Fold and burnish and then make mountain valley folds
DSP layers are 4 X 1 1/4, 4 X 2 1/4, 4 X 2 3/4
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I have another new stamp set (bundle) I am breaking out for you today. It is the set It Starts With Art! It is adorable in every way. This set would work for almost any crafter. I love flexibility.
I fell in love with this sheet of the Designer Series Paper. It is named Follow Your Art DSP, and has everything in it that is in the stamp set. This piece just screamed out to me. I love the bold strokes of color!!
Other than the bright colors I chose, the card is pretty simple. I stamped the stack of ribbon and colored each one with Stampin’ Blend Markers. I had to add some Wink of Stella to make them Sparkle! , since that is what the sentiment says. How cute is that??
Did you notice the little charm hanging from the paperclip? Those are both from the Follow Your Art Embellishment Kit. I normally am not too excited about the embellishment kits. I tend to stick to ribbon and bling. These were just too cute to do without. I ran a piece of White Baker’s Twine through the loop of the charm to tie it to the paperclip. Just for good measure, I added a glue dot beneath the charm to keep it from moving around.
Thank you for stopping by today and always! I hope you will return next week for some more ideas.
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I am mixing old products with some new pieces in today’s card. I love doing that. It is sort of a “one last spin” with some of the retiring products.
I wish I could say that I did something to create that gorgeous lace layer!! But I cannot. It is a FABULOUS set of cards and envelopes that are all cut for you. They are just waiting for you to choose the color of card stock or designer series paper to place behind the lace look. It also comes in a gorgeous metal tin. It is named the Bird Ballad Laser Cut Cards In A Tin. The envelope is shown here. I should have shown the back flap of the envelope. It is a pretty scalloped flap.
I chose Coastal Cabana for the color to show through the lace. I used a rolled up glue dot in each corner to adhere it to the laser cut front. The Flirty Flamingo Doily is part of a pack of 4 colors of doilies. Perfectly named Colored Doilies!! They are retiring at the end of the month. I thought it worked wonderfully here though.
I also used the retiring 1 1/4″ Circle Punch to punch out the sentiment from Very Vanilla card stock. I failed to mention that the cards and envelopes are Very Vanilla. Sorry about that.
To adhere the doily, I placed a glue dot in the center of the lace layer, then placed the doily over top. The sentiment is layered with Stampin’ Dimensionals to raise it. The dimensional also help in adhering the doily. I topped it off with three Share What You Love Artisan Pearls, another retiring product.
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This week is National Police Week. The Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington DC is the center of the ceremonies that will be held. Sadly there will be way too many names added to the memorial wall again this year.
Today’s card is a simple card to honor all Law Enforcement Officers.
I am sad to see this Loyal & True stamp set and the military stamp set retire this catalog. It will stay with me however.
For today’s card I kept it very simple and clean. The base is Night of Navy card stock and the Blue Line is Blueberry Bushel. Other than the main piece, I just added the Loyal & True along with the My Hero. The only thing raised is the center blue heart. I fussy cut it and raised it with a dimensional. I used the Crushed Curry and Blueberry Bushel Stampin’ Write Markers to color the badge.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you have a great beginning to your week and will return tomorrow.
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