Are you like me and not a big fan of the builder punches? It is just so hard to get these punches to line up. Even though the stamp set is photopolymer, the pieces are so small it nearly impossible....
I keep my dies on magnetic sheets in A4 sized plastic boxes and group them in themes. This little lot came from the Hearts/Stars/Baby box! I looked through all the star dies and came up with this. I have several sets of nesting star dies and this pendant was made with a mixture of them. The border on the first one I tried was too skinny, so I chose a smaller heart for the centre cut. I added the eyelet with my Crop-a-dile and embossed the whole star at the back with a Swiss Dots embossing folder. The sentiment was computer generated. I think the star circle dies are by Alexandra Renke, although I can't find the packaging, which I store separately. CAS on Friday
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A simple card for a couple of challenges AAA Cards The zig zag dry embossing and the shape of the trees are all somewhat geometric. The trees are Hero Arts and the dry embossing is from Cuttlebug. The sentiment is from a set by Hero Arts It's also for the Masculine card challenge at CAS Christmas challenge
The other day I was looking at someone's blog and saw lots of Gelli prints which were simply beautiful, so I decided to dig out my Gelli plate and have a play. It was actually great fun and I got some
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Look at the great elements to this card, that was created by Dana Davis from Chasing Paper Butterflies. Dana created this card for our last TEAM Challenge. I love how she used the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks (stencils) for the...
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Here is a white on white, or should I say ivory on ivory card with just a little stamping. The house border die was a freebie from a mag and the background behind the circle was embossed with a Sheena Douglass EF. The latter is sadly no longer available, but I feel sure that should they bring it back it would sell extremely well, if the number of enquiries I have had about it is anything to go by. I fancied having the aperture cut with no impression of the die around it. My regular circle dies leave an embossed impression around the cut...even my Sizzix Framelits do this, although the circle itself is cut without an embossed border, the aperture part is left with the flattened edge. To get around this I used a circle aperture die which had some foliage in the centre, so I just cut it from both sides, turning the die through 180 degrees before the second pass. The sentiment is from Memory Box, stamped and embossed in silver EP. Merry Little Christmas - Anything Goes Christmas Card Throwdown - Stamping ABC Christmas - H Homes The Holly and Ivy Challenge - Anything Goes
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jean here sharing three cards created with the Be Bold Collection at Spellbinders. This distinctive collection of and floral and foliage dies, lower- and uppercase alphabet sets, punctuation dies, embossing folders, and casual script sentiments lends itself to endless creative possibilities. I took an organic approach to designing my creations like assembling a floral bouquet. Let’s take a look as I share the cards from start to finish. To begin, I selected three dark cardstock backgrounds. I started die-cutting the letters, sentiments, florals, and foliage from a variety of cardstock colors. Usually, I decide my colors ahead of time, rather than take this more playful approach. After placing the die-cut pieces on the dark-colored backgrounds, I eliminated colors that did not work. I die cut the Lemon Zest and Be Bold Blooms elements from the chosen colors. At this point, I didn’t know how many I would use, instead, I focused on creating more than enough so that I could play with the elements. Using the analogy of assembling a floral bouquet, I built an inventory of flowers and foliage. With a variety of flowers and foliage on the backgrounds, I decided which items would be in which colors. I began building paper bouquets, without adhering anything. Like a floral bouquet, I used the largest shapes as the focal and supporting flowers, foliage pieces for structure, and the airy accents as delicate details. With the bouquets and lemon plant pieces loosely in place, I used masks, A2– and Mini Slimline-sized, to determine what card base size I would use. After determining the card base sizes, I adhered the elements to the bases. For the card showcasing the Lemon Zest set, I adhered the large leaf element and Smooth Lines “Congrats” first and built from there. For the Mini Slimline card with the tongue-in-cheek “How Old?” sentiment, cut with the Uppercase, Lowercase, and Punctuation sets, I adhered the sentiment to the center and built the clusters of flowers above and below. For the card with the Smooth Lines “Thank You” sentiment, I constructed the upper-left and lower-right floral clusters, adhered the sentiment at an angle, and filled in with smaller florals. Note: I used the circle from the Be Bold Punctuation & More set (the exclamation and question mark dots) for a few of the flower centers. While my cards did not use the collection’s embossing folders, doing so would “step up” the designs. Thanks so much for dropping by today. I hope you are inspired to take a playful approach in your own creations with the Be Bold Collection! Other Supplies Assorted colored cardstock; dimensional adhesive; glue
Overlapping circle outlines create a repeating pattern ripe for experimentation with color and a variety of stamping techniques. Those crisp, clean lines provide all the...
This card is my last contribution as a member of the Design Team at Christmas Craft Creations. I have been actively participating in many Design teams, consistently now, for ten plus years or so and thought that I would have a complete break for a while. I thought that maybe I would have a little more time to join in with selective challenges which get my creative juices flowing. I shall look forward to joining in with the challenges at CCC as a participant in future! The theme this time is to use the colours Blue and Silver! All of my cards are simple in style and this one involved merely die cutting and dry embossing. The jingle bell dies are from Memory Box. I use an embossing tool on the back of them once cut, to give the impression of roundness and add them using dimensional pads, so as to retain some of the shape, even when mailing! The cord they are on is from a thread die, also from Memory Box which also came with a needle die, but I haven't used that half as much! The embossing on the backdrop is from a Couture Creations EF. The sentiment is from a fab die from Stamplorations. This was stacked and also mounted with dimensional pads. I am looking forward to some spring weather soon, we seem to have had an inordinate amount of rain of late! Take care and stay safe everyone!
The feel of winter was in the air in Ohio this weekend. We have had such a warm and mild Autumn it is hard to believe Christmas is right around the corner. I have been laxed in not posts Christmas...
I was so inspired by this card by Sandy from My Favorite Things that I had to make one. I do not have the new stamp set she used yet but I ...
On a wander round Blogland I spotted the challenge at Inkspirational where there is a photo for inspiration this time. I used a Simon Says Stamp background stamp embossed in gold on black card for the panel and added a stacked die cut crane (or heron... not 100% sure of my birds) and a simple stacked sentiment. I ummed and ahhed about whether to do something surrounding the panel but in the end just left well alone. I really like gold embossing on deep coloured cardstock!
Hello everyone! It's Wanda here as your hostess this week and I hope you enjoy the new color palette of turquoise, orange and gray (or silver if you prefer) inspired by these yummy cookies! If you upload your creation to a public gallery, please use the key words CTD570, and please use #ctd570 and #colorthrowdown on social media sites. Also, when linking up your card using the linky tool at the bottom of this post, please use a direct link to your specific post, not a generic link to your blog. All the rules are in the right sidebar, so check them out if you're unsure. No digital designs will be allowed - only digital images that are printed off and colored. Be sure to check out some great inspiration from the talented design team! We can't wait to see what you create! Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits Michelle Lupton - November Guest Designer - Handmade By Michelle Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud Athena Boulanitou, Guest Star Stamper - Craft for Joy Designs Lynn Put - The Queen’s Scene Lisa Henke-My Little Creative Escape Amy Rohl - Ink About Me Vickie Zimmer- Smitten AmyR - Prairie Paper & Ink: ******* You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter
For my holiday cards, I usually send out a photo card rather than a handmade card. It's just too overwhelming for me to get them done at such a busy time of the year. But, I still do give out quite a few handmade cards along with gifts for teachers, friends and neighbors. So I'm starting this season's stash with this snowflake window card. I die cut the Snowflakes & Ornament Fancy Die from white cardstock and then trimmed off the top ornament hanger part to just have a circle. Then I die cut a circle the same size from watercolor paper using the Nesting Circle Infinity Dies. I created a quick watercolor wash using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. Once my watercolor background was dry, I adhered the snowflake die over the top. Often times when I am adhering delicate pieces like this, I run it thought my die cut machine and it makes everything nice and flat. By doing this it also helped when stamping my sentiment. The edges of the snowflake were flat, so the message could just stamp right over the top with no gaps. The message is from the Winter Holiday Messages stamp set, my favorite new sentiment set for the holidays! Next, I created the card base and circle window. I used the Woodgrain Texture Fancy Die to create a subtle woodgrain texture on a white panel. Then I die cut a circle slightly larger than my snowflake piece from the woodgrain panel and a top folding white card base. I adhered the focal point with foam adhesive so it pops through the front of the window when folded flat. As a finishing touch I used the Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen to create some clear droplets on the card. Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a great day! Don't forget to vote for your favorite MMH kit from the past year if you haven't had a chance to do so yet.... Votes will be accepted until 11:59pm PT tonight!
Hi everyone! I’m back with more cards using the Merry Blooms cardmaking kit from Taylored Expressions (I might have gotten a little carried away). This card is the first card I made using the kit. I went all in on amping up the background to get a varied and unique …
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This post features the new Holiday Labels Motif from the Seasonal Label Motifs Collection from Spellbinders. I loved this set when I first saw it. I love lanterns and that is what really caught my eye. I have two different examples to share with you today and as always, the products used are listed at the end of this post. I used this set to create two Christmas Cards. The first one on the left, I started with an A2 card base to which I added some green cardstock as a mat and then embossed a piece of white cardstock using the Radian Burst Embossing Folder. I wanted it to appear as though the light was shining from the lantern. I then applied two different distress inks using foam daubers to give the rays some color. The lantern was then cut from brushed gold cardstock and the candle was cut out and inserted in to lantern, They were then attached to the front of the card in the center of the burst on the embossing folder. I then cut a red poinsettia and some green holly leaves and berries from the Christmas Blooms die set and attached them as shown. The sentiment was done using the GOM-APR20 Celebrate the Day Glimmer Plates using Viridian Green foil. It was cut out and framed with the same green cardstock that was used for the mat and the holly leaves. It and the poinsettia were popped up using foam squares. As a final touch, I placed an enamel dot in the center of my poinsettia. Here is the finished card. The second card is my favorite of the two. Again, I started out with an A2 base card to which I attached some black paper with shiny gold and mat silver/gray dots scattered on the paper. For this card I used the label and cut it from Solid black, soft yellow, and gray cardstock to match the grey dots on the background paper. It was attached to the front of the card as shown. I then cut the lantern from Mirror Gold cardstock and placed some vellum behind the lantern to look like frosted glass. I then glued the candle in place and attached all to the label on the front of the card. I love bows and needed one for the top of my lantern, so I used the mini bow die and cut one from red cardstock. It was then attached to the top of the lantern on the front of the card. I created three poinsettias using the dies that were included in the set and placed them across the bottom portion of the label. Then I used some gold foil and the Holiday Sentiments 2 Glimmer plates and created the sentiment which was foiled onto white cardstock and popped up on the front of the card using foam squares. As a final touch I added a small Fashion Gold embellishment to the center of the bow. Here is the finished card. I love how pretty, colorful and festive this second card is. I hope you like them both and feel inspired to create some of your own. Please use my Spellbinders Affiliate link or any of the product links below to purchase any items you so desire. I would really appreciate it! Be sure to check back tomorrow for another two projects from this awesome collection! Also, please make a note that I will be re-starting my videos on Facebook soon. I am still working on some of the technical glitches, but hope to be up and running soon. If you click on SOME of the links in the blog or purchase from any of the vendors on the right side of each post, please use my link (just click on the image for the store you want to use). It will not affect your purchase in any way, but will provide me with a very small compensation for your order. Some are affiliate links, some are not. This is what helps me to be able to purchase new products to share with you! Thank you! It is very much appreciated. Thanks for stopping by and have an amazing day! Jeanne A Stroke of Jeanne-ius Never Stop Creating Supplies: Holiday Labels Motif (NEW) Holiday Sentiments 2 Glimmer Hot Foil Plates Mini Bow Die Christmas Blooms Die Set Radiant Burst Embossing Folder GOM-APR20 Celebrate the Day Glimmer Plates Viridian Green Foil Gold Foil Vellum Brushed Gold Cardstock fashion Gold Embellishments Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink Ink Dauber Copic markers yr18, y17 (for base of candle flames) Glimmer Hot Foil System Mirror Gold Cardstock Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Easy Glide Adhesive Tape Runner Bearly Art Liquid Glue Small Foam Squares Medium Foam Sqares Paper Trimmer Detail Tweezers Detail Scissors Versafine Claire Nocturne Ink A2 Card Base Best Ever Craft Tape
Today, I’m here to share a fun little card using Ellen Hutson’s Bear Ware 3 (and coordinating dies HERE) and of course, the original, All Inside with dies HERE! I mean, I’m pretty…
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Good morning everyone! It's Helen here...welcome back to the ABC Christmas Challenge! Before I get on to this month's themes...don't forget to check the post below to see if you were a lucky winner of our last challenge! We have two lovely themes for you this month: 'N is for Name' (Personalise your project with a name) AND 'O is for On' (On skates...On a sledge...On a sleigh etc) (Just don't forget the Christmas theme!) Our sponsor for this challenge is: Neat & Tangled "We are a small company located in Northern Delaware, and have been in business for 5 exciting years! Our focus is on producing products that inspire creativity, and help to spread happiness! We carry a versatile mix of photopolymer clear stamps, steel craft dies, and stencils. Not only are they the best quality, but they are also produced right here in the USA! We are also know for our large variety of one of a kind sequin mixes! All of our products can be used together to create endless possibilities! We love interacting with our card making friends, so be sure to keep up with our blog, and follow us on our social media channels!" Prize: One lucky entrant will win a $25 Gift Certificate! There's also a little prize from me too...a Lili of the Valley Christmas stamp: Now some inspiration from the Design Team: Helen 'N is for Name' 'O is for On' (On a snowboard!) Lorraine 'N for Name' (using Neat & Tangled Winter Wishes Stamp Set) 'O is for On' (On Dasher, On Dancer, On Prancer, On Vixen...) Dorte 'O is for On' (On Skates) Wilma 'O is for On' (On Skates) Lisa 'O is for On' (On Skates using Ice Skate Card SVG by Daniela Moscone) Carol 'O is for On' (On a Sledge) Sharon 'O is for On' (On Skates) This challenge closes on Tuesday 31st July at 1pm (BST). So now it's over to you... We look forward to seeing all your fabulous Creations! Hugs, Helen and the DT xx An InLinkz Link-up
Today I am participating in an Instagram hop for Simon Says Stamp (SSS) and their newest release. As always there is so much in this release…and it is so good! Be sure to go to SSS Instagram …
Hi everyone! Are you feeling festive yet? Working with greens, candles, lamp posts and snow gets me in the spirit of things! I started with a panel of dark gray cardstock from the Memory Box Eart…
A line from 'The Sound of Music' came to my mind with this card.... warm woollen mittens... some of my favourite things!! The wreath die was free with a mag and in fact the sentiment forms the centre of the die, but I decided to separate it and add it below. The mittens were part of the same freebie set. I cut them out and replaced the Memory Box mittens from the die cut string and added the stamped ones instead. I did another card with the same set and sent it into the magazine and they were kind enough to publish it! This is a spinner card. It's a really nice set! CAS Christmas Challenge - Warm and Cosy
Well hello Sunshine!! Summer is here and I just could not wait to dig into the Lawn Fawn Zesty Lemon die set! So easy to use, just a two shades of card stock for each fruit, adding a bit of super e…
Hello and welcome to Reverse Confetti's October Release Blog Hop! All the stamp sets, Confetti Cuts dies, Quick Card Panels, frosted pillow boxes, and solid twine that you've been seeing these last few days are now available in the Reverse Confetti store. To celebrate the new release, we are blog hopping today. If you've already started today's hop, then you should have arrived here from Amy Tsuruta's blog. If not, head over to the Reverse Confetti blog to begin! When you're finished here, you'll be heading to Leigh Penner's blog next. Before I share my projects, I want to encourage you to join us next week, October 13-15, for a special online event -- Happy Fall-idays. The design team will be showcasing all sorts of unique projects and ideas for the upcoming holidays, from Halloween to Thanksgiving to Christmas. Can't wait! Now, for today's projects (I've saved a couple of favorites just for today): Have you fallen in love with Kay's Layered Snowflake? I know I have! There are so many layering possibilities built into these dies, as you can on this idea sheet: I went for a soft look with today's snowflake. Everything is die-cut from white card stock and then lightly sponged in light green and light aqua ink. The white teardrop shapes are all coated with clear Wink of Stella for some subtle shimmer. Other sparkly accents include tiny silver flat-back pearls and a large clear sequin in the middle. The sentiment is from the new Winter Word Coordinates stamp set and Winter Words Confetti Cuts dies. STAMPS: Winter Word Coordinates CONFETTI CUTS DIES: Winter Words, Layered Snowflake INK: PTI Spring Moss and Aqua Mist PAPER: white and silver card stock, linen vellum OTHER: flat-back silver pearls, clear sequin, foam adhesive, sewing machine, clear Wink of Stella Next is a pair of tags featuring the Winter Words Confetti Cuts, Winter Words stamp set, and Holly Confetti Cuts, all layered on Thanks Tag (back in stock!) die-cuts. I mixed and matched beautiful papers from My Mind's Eye. Super excited Reverse Confetti is now carrying twine. You're seeing the Solid Natural twine here. STAMPS: Winter Word Coordinates CONFETTI CUTS DIES: Holly, Winter Words, Thanks Tag INK: Bundled Sage Distress Ink PAPER: white and dark gray card stock, My Mind's Eye Cozy Christmas 6x6 collection OTHER: solid natural twine, foam adhesive, jingle bells Thanks so much for stopping by today! The next stop on the hop is the fabulous Leigh Penner.
