Category: Tips & Techniques

Hello! 

Thanks for stopping by today! I think you are going to love the technique used in today's card! Using the Rose Wonder stamp set and the Rose Garden Thinlits Dies, this card comes together beautifully!

 

How To Make It: 

1.    Adhere the Typeset Specialty designer paper (newsprint design) directly to the Blushing Bride cardstock base.
2.    Using the Stampin’ Paper Snips, banner cut both the Watermelon Wonder cardstock strip and the Typeset Specialty designer paper (striped design).  Layer these two strips with the Watermelon Wonder layer offsetting the top edge of the Typeset designer paper layer.  Adhere to each other, and then, to the card.
3.    Take the leaves thinlit from the Rose Garden Thinlits dies set and die cut from the Mossy Meadow cardstock piece.
4.    Adhere the Typeset Specialty designer paper (grid design) to the Mossy Meadow cardstock.
5.    Die cut the single Rose thinlit from each of the following: scrap piece of Watermelon Wonder cardstock and the Love Blossoms designer paper.  Be careful not to lose any of the little pieces from the Love Blossoms rose.
6.    Brush on some clear Wink of Stella onto the leaves and Watermelon Wonder rose die cuts.
7.    Adhere the Watermelon Wonder rose ‘frame’ die cut onto the Typeset grid layer, then, glue and paper piece the inner rose pieces from the Love Blossoms designer paper die cut.
8.    Add Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back of the Mossy Meadow panel.
9.    Position the leaves onto the banner strip, followed by the paper pieced Rose Wonder panel.
10.    Ink up the sentiment with Basic Black Archival ink and stamp in place onto the Blushing Bride cardbase.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Rose Wonder (140697)
Inks: Basic Black Archival (140931)
Paper: Blushing Bride cs (131198), Mossy Meadow cs (133676), Watermelon Wonder cs (138334), Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper (133704), Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack (140548)
Other:  Rose Garden Thinlits Dies (140619), Wink of Stella brush – clear (141897), Big Shot (113439), Big Shot die brush (140603), Paper Snips (103579), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements: 

Blushing Bride card stock: 5 ½” x 8 ½”, score at 4 ¼”
Mossy Meadow card stock: 3 ¼” x 3”
Watermelon Wonder card stock:  4 ¾” x ½”, Watermelon Wonder scrap piece:  2 ¾” x 2 ½”
Love Blossoms Designer paper:  2 ¾” x 2 ½”
Typeset Specialty Designer paper (newsprint design): 4” x 1 ¾” , Typeset Specialty Designer paper (grid design): 3-1/8” x 2-7/8”, Typeset Specialty Designer paper (striped design): 4 ¾” x ¾”

 

I hope you give this technique a try and I hope it inspires you to give it a try with some different dies! Which dies would you try this technique with?

     

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Hello! Happy Friday!

I've got a gorgeous card to share with you today! 

How to Make It: 
1.    Cut and score your Crumb Cake card base.
2.    Adhere Basic Black layer to card base with dimensionsals
3.    Using your circle punch – punch out a circle from your post-it note – ensure that when you punch it’s at the tacky side.
4.    Position punched out circle to the right of half way. Using your sponges and inks sponge in a circular motion around your post-it circle gradually increasing the colour. Start with Saffron, then curry, then pumpkin then Cajun.  Go back over with the lighter colours for a smooth look. 
5.    When happy remove your post it and light sponge So Saffron to soften the ‘sun’.  
6.    Stamp your silhouette stamp in Jet Black Stazon on the left hand side with it slightly overlapping the sun. Then on the right just do a couple of the branch ends – this gives you card continuation or the illusion of a treeline. Stamp sentiment of choice at the bottom in Jet Black Stazon – this  sentiment is from the Sheltering Tree Stamp Set
7.    Adhere this layer to card using Dimensionals. 

Supplies Used:
•    Stamp Sets: World of Dreams #134186 clear-mount, 134183 wood mount, Sheltering Tree #137163
•    Inks: Jet Black Stazon #101406, So Saffron #126957, Pumpkin Pie #126945, Cajun Craze #126965, Crushed Curry #131173
•    Paper: Crumb Cake #121685 , Basic Black #121688, Shimmery White #121717
•    Other: 1 ¼” Circle Punch #119861, Post It Notes, Stampin Sponges #101610, Stampin Dimensionals #104430

Measurements: 
Crumb Cake –  (4 1/8” x 8 ¼”)
Basic Black –  (3 7/8” x 3 7/8”)
Shimmery White –  (3 5/8” x 3 5/8”)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!
 

     

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Good Morning! 

I hope you are having a wonderful first week of Spring!! I love watching all our snow finally melt away! Today's card makes me thing of taking a Spring drive with the windows down and a warm breeze coming in! Ah. Can't wait! 

This card uses a Beautiful Ride from the 2016 Occasions catalogue and a fun, but perhaps messy, baby wipe technique. 

How To Make It: 
1.    Stamp Car and Love Stamp onto Whisper White layer using Memento Tuxedo Black ink
2.    Use post it notes to mask around car 
3.    Apply one drop of each color reinker to baby wipes to create a baby wipe ink pad

4.    Dab the baby wipe "ink pad' to the car, turning the baby wipes to achieve desired coloring                                            
5.    Remove post it notes, use blender pen to pick up color from the baby wipe ink pad and color top of car, bumper, middle of tires
6.    Use a Basic Black marker to color tires
7.    Taking the strip of whisper white that measures 1 X 5 ¼ dab the baby wipe ink pad onto it
8.    Punch the colored 1 x 5 ¼  strip using the Confetti Hearts Border punch
9.    Layer the Confetti Heart strip over the 1 x 5 ¼ Tempting Turquoise strip, attach both to the Whisper White layer
10.  Stamp sentiment on whisper white scraps and create a banner using the Triple banner punch
11.  Punch the Tempting Turquoise strip also with the Triple Banner punch
12.  Layer the banners and attach using Dimensionals

If you happen to get any unwanted ink on your whisper white you can bling it up with Rhinestones!  Or you can leave the Rhinestones off.  🙂 

Supplies:
Stamp Sets: Beautiful Ride #140738
Inks: Real Red Refill #103287, Daffodil Delight Refill #119672, Tempting Turquoise Refill #10104, Pumpkin Pie Refill #105229, Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad #132708  
Paper: Tempting Turquoise #102067, Whisper White #100730
Other: Confetti Hearts Border #137415, Banner Triple #138292, Baby Wipes, Post it notes, Blender Pen #102845, Basic Black marker #100082, Rhinestones #119246

Measurements: 
Whisper White 5 ¼ x 4, 5 ¼ x 1, ¾ x 3 scrap for sentiment banner 
Tempting Turquoise 8 ½ X 4 ¼, 5 ¼ x 1, ¾ x 3 scrap for sentiment banner 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed today's card. Have a great day! 

     

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