Happy Wednesday!
I hope everyone is having a great summer! And if you have children at home I also hope you can get in a little "me time" to do some crafting!
I have a lovely blue, silver and white wedding card to share today. It uses products from several different brands - Stampin' Up!, Heartfelt Creations and a gorgeous die set from Die'sire!
This week we'll be getting messy so get out your roll of paper towels! The technique uses stencils as stamps to create a fun, but messy background! It's just one more way to get a bit of extra use from crafting things you already have!
On that note.... as you watch my videos, keep in mind that if you don't have EXACTLY the same things I have used, think about what you DO have that could be substituted. You don't have that sentiment stamp? Use one you have! That flower stamp isn't in your collection? Well, what do you have? Anything close? Use that! I always list the products I've used but I promise the world will not end if you don't use exactly the same things I did. And you will have a card that is uniquely your own!
You can view the video here
Friday Bonus Video!!!
I come across so many crafting things that make me go "hmmmmm what could I do with that!" Some work out to be wonderful additions to my card making, some not so much. I thought I would do an "On my table" series every now and then to share some of these products and my thoughts on using them, good or bad. So here is the first video of the series!
We'll be using the Lush Lilacs flower stamps and dies from Heartfelt Creations this Wednesday to make a nice poofy hydrangea flower ball for our card! And of course we need to make some patterned background paper and have some lacy bits and glitter!
You can view the video here!
Happy Independence Day to my US friends!
I hope you're all having a wonderful day! I had a 3 day getaway this weekend and it was nice to travel a bit. There was a Stampfest show in Kissimmee and I went to that on Saturday, If you don't know, Kissimmee is near Orlando Florida where Disney World is located. DH and I didn't visit the Big Mouse but we did do some shopping. There are some amazing outlet stores there too!
I'm so proud of myself 'cause I didn't max out my credit card at the stamp show lol. I actually bought very little, partly because it was so crowded there and partly because it turned out that much of what I had on my lists (I researched websites of the vendors beforehand) didn't get taken to the show by the vendors! So while I'd love to say it was my fabulous self-control, it wasn't 😄
This Wednesday's card has some good tips for marker coloring in the video, so you may want to watch it!
The six square layout is a rather old one but it works so well with the shabby chic look! We'll also be dying some seam binding to match the card, which is something I just LOVE to do! I bought a HUGE spool of plain white 1/2" seam binding on Amazon (you can find it here ), 100 yards! It will probably last forever and I'm not quite so tempted to buy colored ribbons! And why should I when I can make the perfect color matched ribbon myself?!?
This week I have a technique to share that I have never seen done before. Maybe it has and I just haven't seen it but never have I ever seen anyone use a stamp for embossing! We're also going to use a cutting die to emboss so this card really gets some extra use out of our crafting supplies. And with the cost of some of these things, who doesn't like to stretch your dollar and get more out of the things we already have?!?
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A Friday bonus card!
Here's another card using Spellbinders 3D Grand Cabinet die set! This one will fit into an envelope and can pass thru the mail with hardly a care in the world! I'm still in love with this set and have another idea to use it once I work it out in my mind! It gets terribly crowded in there (my mind) at times lol!
You can find the video here
Happy Wednesday everyone!
I have another way to use the 3D Grand Cabinet die set from Spellbinders to share with you today! Lately I've been screening my purchases by asking myself "can I think of 3 ways to use this". This die set passed the test! So far, there is the way it was designed to be used (which I haven't even done yet!), I did a slimmed down version, now I'm using just the outer die to make a shaped card. AND I have another one more coming! I kept the screen fold card as simple as I could but you can always take the basic idea and run with it!
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For those of you still trying to get the Spellbinders 3D Grand Cabinet die that I've used, I noticed Amazon has it back in stock.
You know how some cards just fall together? This was certainly one of them! The lace border, vellum flowers and that cute little Gorjuss girl just called out to me! The only thing I couldn't quite decide was where to place the tag!
It's June 1st and the Annual Catalog kicks off today! There are lots of new and exciting stamps, dies and loads and loads of other things! Here is the PDF of the catalog for you to peruse! It may take a few minutes to load ... it's chock full of wonderful things!
Y'all have fun! Take care, stay safe & Happy Stampin' 😊
Hooray! Hooray! Lots of layered lace! Even with all the lace you can still put this card in an envelope and mail it!
I'm so happy to get back to the "pretty" cards!
Now if it would only stop raining here I would be a super happy camper! I mean really. It's been over 3 weeks of rain here now. Almost continuous. I'm starting to feel a little moldy lol! When I pick up my papers, even they feel a little damp.
I recently got some paperclay and a couple of molds, thinking they would make nice dimensional elements for cards. The first group I tried just wouldn't dry! I waited 3 days! Still damp! I finally put them in my oven and baked them at low temp for a couple hours. The molds were silicone so it was ok. I'm going to wait for the rains to stop before I attempt it again!
Back to the card.... it really is a pretty feminine one. My neighbor loved it and wanted one to send off to a friend of hers!
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