Category: Cards

Time to Celebrate

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Time to Celebrate is one of the hostess choices in the Occasions Mini catalog.  A friend of mine and I love these images and she “challenged” me to make something with them.  I did some very clean and simple cards – simply stamping the images in Momento Tux Black ink and coloring them Blendabilities.  The only addition are some Candy Dots in the corner.

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So there you have it!  Clean and simple!  Hugs, Fran

Sheltering Tree

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Here’s my take on Sheltering Tree from the Occasions Mini.  Instead of embossing, I added Dazzling Details.  This is such a great set!  I used Soft Sky and Early Espresso inks for the winter scene.  This is one of the cards we made at Card Club yesterday.

I keep calling the embossing folder “Distressed” dots instead of Decorative!  Hugs, Fran

It’s a Big Day

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It IS a Big Day in Stampin land!  Today starts Saleabration and the Occasion Mini catalog!  For every $50 you spend you get to select a free product from the Saleabration Catalog.  This Saleabration set is called Big Day.  I made up the sample shown in the mini with a change or two to make it my own.  Colored with Blendabilities, it’s a sparkling wish for a happy birthday.  I love this time of year!  Hugs, Fran

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Cheerful Critters

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My brother recently had a birthday and this is the card I made for him using the upcoming set Cheerful Critters.  I colored the images using Blendabilities and fussy cut them out.  On the middle banner I stamped a sentiment from Something to Say.  On the inside I used the Happy Birthday Pop It Up from Karen Burniston and spelled out his name with SU’s Little Letters. The DSP is coming up in the Occasions Mini – Birthday Bash Specialty DSP.

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This was a fun card to make!  Hugs, Fran

Bombs Away Birthday

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Happy New Year everyone!  Today’s card uses the Photopolymer stamp Bombs Away Birthday This set can only be found under the Photopolymer link on the web site – but it’s worth the search!  It’s hard to tell in the photo but the fringe on the side is cut from Silver foil paper and really shines!

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The base is Whisper White with Silver dot Vellum over the top.  Then I added some In Color sequins.  The ribbon was the White Satin ribbon – colored with the lightest Coastal Cabana Blendabilities marker.  To make the record, I punched a 2 1/2″ circle and then traced several Circle Framelits to make the “grooves.”

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Can you see them?  This card completes a Creative Crew challenge on Splitcoast to use the fringe scissors 🙂  You can play along too by adding the keyword CCREW0115CF, CreativeCrew, SUO.  Hugs, Fran

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You Plus Me Sneak Peek

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Happy New Years eve!  This little card is done on a notecard ( 5 x 3 1/2) which makes the assembly very easy.  I used a new set from the upcoming Occasions Mini called You Plus Me and some non-tradional Valentine colors – Crisp Cantaloupe and Baked Brown Sugar.  My favorite part was sprinkling the little In Color sequins across the front.  The washi tape is from Sweet Sadie.  I just can’t wait for January 6 when the Occasions catalog “goes live!”  Wishing you a wonderful New Year.  Hugs, Fran

More Happy Things

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Love, love, love this little bird in the Saleabration set – A Happy Thing!  I used Blendies to color him, cut him out,  and set me on the Hardwood background.  The design is the same as this card.  Hope you’re enjoying the Holidays – I am!  But I’m glad to get back in my craft room too!  Hugs, Fran

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Saleabration – A Happy Thing

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A Happy Thing will be available for FREE during Saleabration – January 6-March 31! For every $50 you spend, you will get to pick a free item from the Salebration catalog.  It’s a really cute set, especially for Blendabilities.  Here I stamped the image 3 times and colored it with Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi Blendies.  The background is done with Harwood.  Then I added some Dazzling Details to make the lemons sparkle!  Hugs, Fran

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Sneak Peek Indescribable Gift

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This beautiful set is called Indescribable Gift.  I stamped the flower twice and colored the background and flower using Blendabilities. The ribbon goes through a slit in the front, cut with a craft knife.

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Then I fussy cut the flowers and popped them up and added some Dazzling Details.

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Sneak Peek From the Herd

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Time for a sneak peek!  This is From the Herd – a set coming out in the Occasions Mini starting January 6th!  (Can you believe we’re talking about a new year?)  This fun set has a main image and lots of cute, cute sayings.  I chose to make a window card with the Oval Framelits so the animals could peek through.  The Crumb Cake card stock was stamped with the Hardwood background stamp.  I used a ruler to draw lines and add “nails.”

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Since the image is large, I added the inside greeting to the opposite side of the front greeting.  The animals were colored with Blendabilities – there are new colors in the catalog!!

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Aren’t they funny?   This will be a fun set!  Hugs, Fran