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Monday, July 31, 2017

A Little Wild Bundle


The title of this post made me think of each one of my babies! A wild little bundle each time! This adorable stamp set with matching dies is sure to please. Great for baby cards and gifts or anybody, really! I love the sentiment "wild about you!"



Here is a great video showing how it all comes together. Scroll down for links to the products in my online store.




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Friday, July 28, 2017

Tie Dye Birthday Cards


This was such a fun technique to play with! Use coffee filters, baby wipes, and ink pads to make a quick and easy tie dye background! See the tutorial here on Splitcoaststampers. I used Smoky Slate, Dapper Denim, and Lemon-Lime Twist so the cards would work for anyone.

The background is applied to a layer of white cardstock with a glue stick! Kids would have a ball giving this a try!


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Monday, July 24, 2017

July Paper Pumpkin Hearts


The July Paper Pumpkin kit was so cute! The only things I added were a few ink splatters and some pink twine from my stash. The heart punch-out from the first card is used as a focal point on the second card. Genius! 

Here's the video: 




You can add a prepaid subscription to any order, and you don't pay shipping on the Paper Pumpkin kit! Or go to PaperPumpkin.com to subscribe month-to-month.


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Friday, July 21, 2017

Fabulous Flamingo by Tandra Boyer


I wanted to share a few of the swaps I received back recently. This gorgeous card features lots of Polished Stone Technique on Glossy Paper. My friend Tandra has such a gift for watercoloring, and I love the way she made the background piece behind the die cut opening, as well as the gorgeous flamingo!


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Monday, July 17, 2017

Happy Birthday Gorgeousness!

Can we ever have enough birthday cards? I don't think so! It's what I use the most.

These are samples from Stampin Up of the set Happy Birthday Gorgeous. I just love the colors and the layouts--this set is on the list for my next order! The Happy Birthday thinlit has already seen lots of use in my crafting. It's a great size, and the font is fun!

You get 32 stamps in the set!



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Friday, July 14, 2017

Watercolor Backgrounds Become Actual Cards!



I hope this isn't too shocking, but I actually USED some of my special watercolor backgrounds to make cards! It's so fun to mess around with watercolor that I sometimes forget to take the next step and turn them into something.

The card on the left is a Brusho background, and I added just a strip of Calypso Coral ribbon and one of the new Lovely Words die cuts.  They only cut the center image out of the cardstock, so I added a stitched oval to cut out the entire piece.

For the card on the right, I knew I wanted to stamp florals in black, which would entail using my MISTI. Why? because watercolor paper is too bumpy to get a good, solid black image unless you can re-stamp your image a few times. The MISTI allows me to re-stamp as many times as I need to, without having to mourn a splotchy image.

My Soft Sayings kit has been calling my name lately. As usual, I am afraid to use it because I might mess it up, but the stamps are safe! So I brought them out to play. I had to hand draw the stems and leaves (as if you couldn't tell) because I wanted to crowd the flowers all together. I also added a bit of Fine Tip glue on the flower centers to give it a little dimension.



Includes set of 15 photopolymer stamps, clear stamp block, 20 printed card bases and coordinating printed envelopes, giftable kraft box, die-cut accents, Stampin' Spot, Baker's Twine, washi tape, Stampin' Dimensionals

You can also buy refills for the Soft Sayings kit, and I am probably going to do that so I can quit being a chicken about using it.

If you have any favorite background panels or pieces of Designer Series Paper hanging around your desk, try putting just a couple things on them and sending them out to people you care about.


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Monday, July 10, 2017

Copper Options on the Way to a Swap

This was one of my prototypes for my big swap project. I thought you might like to see that designing is a process, and sometimes it takes a few tries! Here's another one:

I just had to keep trying things out to see what I liked. I still like this one, but it wasn't the dramatic effect I was going for.

Here is the final product, which I shared in late June.


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