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Hello stampers,
Yesterday was a busy day & it was made harder with some bad news that caught me off guard. So I really needed to just stamp to take my mind off of things. Luckily Sharon Armstrong had posted a new Mystery Monday Stamping tutorial & I set off to make the 2 cards.
I chose to use the Countryside Inn DSP along with Basic White, Balmy Blue & Night Of Navy Cardstocks for both cards. I used the Wanted To Say Dies for the sentiment die-cuts. Lastly, I added a few Rainbow Dots & Ombre Dots based on the color of the sentiment. These are really nice, easy cards to make following the tutorial my brain didn't need to think about what to make.
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Hello stampers,
I'm thinking that Merriest Trees may be my top set that I use for this years Christmas cards, which I better get busy working on so I can mail them in a timely manner. I say that every year but hopefully this year I won't procrastinate too much.
I started this card with a Basic White Cardstock base & layer that I embossed with one of the Basics 3D Embossing Folder. I die cut using the Merriest Tree Dies- the tree using Granny Apple Green Cardstock; the star with Daffodil Delight Cardstock & the tree base using One Horse Open Sleigh DSP. I used Garden Green Ink to stamp one of the sentiments from the Merriest Tree Stamp Set. Before adhering the tree to the base of the card, I used a Blending Brush to add some Daffodil Delight Ink to the base where the star would be to make it look like it's illuminating & added a Basic Rhinestone to the middle of the star.
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Hello stampers,
I had a bit of fun with some paper piecing today using the Patchwork Piece Dies, thanks to Heather on the Stamp Review Crew for using them on Monday's blog hop & remembering I just got them. I saved the sun bursts for another time. The one thing I thought about these dies is that they had a border with them & they don't, which is totally fine just reworked my card a bit.
For the die-cut pieces, I used Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Azure Afternoon, Granny Apple Green, & Gorgeous Grape Cardstocks then adhered the pieces to a Basic Black & Basic White Cardstock backing layer. These were then attached to Basic White & Basic Black Cardstock layer with Stampin' Dimensionals before being added to the Azure Afternoon & Daffodil Delight Cardstock bases. I used sentiments from the Trucking Along & Playing In The Rain Stamp Sets with Azure Afternoon & Memento Black Inks with Basic White & Daffodil Delight Cardstocks. For one sentiment, I used Paper Snips to fussy cut a banner end & the other I used Stylish Shape Shape Dies. I added Sparkle Gems to finish both cards. Now, to figure out what to do with all the other pieces, lol!
Hello stampers,
Today I made a card for a color & inspiration challenge for The Card Concept, Of course, I started the card based on the color combo, but then seeing the pelican on the pillow brought me to bring out the Waves Of Inspiration stamp set, that I think I've used once maybe twice since getting it.
I started with a Basic White Cardstock layer & stamped the wave using Coastal Cabana Ink, added the flying birds with Pebbled Path Ink & then used the Blending Brushes to add just a tad bit of color for the sky with Balmy Blue Ink. Next, I made a frame using a layer of Coastal Cabana Cardstock die-cut using the Deckled Rectangles Dies & 2 wave components out of Coastal & Basic White Cardstocks. I stamped the pelican & a sentiment from the set using Pebbled Path Ink on Basic White Cardstock then die-cut them using Waves & Cheerful Daisies Dies. I glued the wave piece to the frame and then attached to a Coastal Caban Cardstock base. Both the sentiment & the pelican were popped up using Mini Dimensionals before adding to the card.