What to do with the left over piece from this card? Use it on another card, of course! The bright colors spoke “tulips” to me so I used part of Blessed Easter.
Supplies
Stamp Set – Blessed Easter
Cardstock – Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo
Ink – Jet Black Stazon
Stampin Write Markers – Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo
Etc – left over die cut!
Very simple – but nice, bright colors. Hugs, Fran
I tried the tutorial over at Splitcoast for Dry Emboss Alcohol Resist. This technique involves dry embossing glossy paper, heat embossing the raised images, airbrushing the design and then removing the color from the raised image. Lots of firsts-for-me here! The butterfly is an Elizabeth Craft Design die that is colored using Silk Microfine glitter. Me + my cat + glitter = well, use your imagination! I chose Perfectly Penned to set off this card because I need something large enough to balance it out.
Supplies
Stamp Set – Perfectly Penned
Cardstock – Basic Black, Whisper White, Glossy
Ink – Jet Black Stazon
Etc – Copic marker, EDC Butterfly die and silhouette, assortment of Silk Microfine glitters, Beautifully Baroque embossing folder, airbrush, ECD border stickers
Lots of fun to try – and the added benefit of sparkling all day! Hugs, Fran
Just another color study! I remade this card in various color from the oh, so fun, I Am Me Designer Series paper. First in Real Red. Remember all those little wooden camera pieces that my daughter gave me? I colored this one red with reinkers.
So Saffron for this one – but I left the wooden camera alone (actually, it didn’t take the color well!)
And here is Tangerine Tango – and a Tangerine Tango camera.
Supplies
Stamp Sets – Hip Notes, Remembering Your Birthday
Card stock – Basic Gray, (Real Red, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango), Whisper White, I Am Me DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Basic Gray
Etc – Essential Wooden Shapes, Crystal Effects, On Film Framelits, Candy Dots, Epic Day This & That Washi tape, Arrows embossing folder
I could do this all day long! Hugs, Fran
We are doing fancy folds at my team meeting this Sunday and this is the one I’m doing. It’s a Card in a Box and it folds nice and flat to fit in a regular envelope. I’ve made larger ones but this cutie is tiny! I used the measurements on Splitcoast – scroll all the way to the bottom to find the measurements for an A2 card.
My eggs are the large oval punch and the flowers are the Petite Petal and Bird punches. The grass is made with the Fringe Scissors. The little bunny/lamb is from Eggstra Specatular.
Supplies
Stamp Set – Eggstra Spectacular
Cardstock – Pool Party, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White, Sweet Sorbet DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon
Etc – Large Oval punch, Scallop Edge punch, Petite Petal punch, Bird punch, Candy Dots, Fringe Scissors, small butterfly punch, rhinestones
Now I have a question for you – if you use Pinterest, would you rather see boards set up by stamp sets or catalogs. I currently have mine set up by stamp sets which makes for a lot of boards. I’m wondering if it would easier to just do it by catalogs or themes. What do you think? Hugs, Fran
Here’s a card showcasing a really fun fancy fold called a building block card. Because it was going to my youngest, I used this Sizzix owl die for the front. (It’s a sorority thing)
This is the inside – fun to make and easy to do! (That’s a win-win!) I used Morning Post Alphabet for the blocks.
Supplies
Stamp Set – Morning Post Alphabet
Card stock – Real Red, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Fresh Prints DSP
Ink – Real Red
Etc – rhinestone, Sizzix owl die, Word Window punch
Make one and share it! Hugs, Fran
Here’s a graduation idea using Blue Ribbon and Great Sport. To make the ribbon embellishment, I embossed the swirly image in Great Sport in white embossing powder on the 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 piece of Basic Black. Then stamp the ribbon in Coastal Cabana and Summer Starfruit. Punch the scallop circle part and cut out the banner ends. Stamp the congratulations part on the banner ends in Basic Black and piece the ribbon back together. Stamp the “Congrats Grads” in Versamark on Basic Black, punch out and adhere to the center with Dimensionals.
Supplies
Stamp Sets – Blue Ribbon, Great Sport
Cardstock – Basic Black, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, In Color DSP pack, Neutral DSP pack
Ink – Versamark, Coastal Cabana, Summer Starfruit, Basic Black
Etc – white embossing powder, 2 3/8 Scallop Circle punch, 1 1/4 circle punch, Neutral Candy Dots
Of course this card would work best in the colors of the graduate’s school! Hugs, Fran
I made these Spiral Rose Dum-Dum lollipop roses for another project and had lots of them left over just sitting on my desk. So…..I made this! The base is a little, plastic Easter basket – 50 cents at the grocery store – with a 3″ Styrofoam ball pushed inside. I pushed the sticks into the ball and it covered almost all of the Styrofoam. For the few spots that were showing, I punched some tiny flowers in Wild Wasabi and used corsage pins to stick them in the spaces.
I decided to add a little butterfly for some “bling!” I used a piece of wire and glued it between 2 butterflies punched out of Silver Glimmer paper. After it dried, I added two small butterflies and some rhinestones colored with a Black Copic.
To make the roses, die cut a Spiral Rose die and punch a hole in the tab at the center that is large enough to push your stick through. Then use your bone folder to curl the Sprial Rose. Once it curls, you might want to roll it up with your fingers to give it more shape. You don’t need to glue it – just push your Dum-Dum stick through the center and add a green flower punch to the bottom to look like leaves.
Supplies
Cardstock – Pink Pirouette, Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Silver Glimmer paper
Etc – Spiral Rose die, Flower punch, rhinestones, small basket, Styrofoam ball, wire
Then you have a sweet gift for a friend – or a cute decoration for yourself. Hugs, Fran
I made several of these little notecards using Banner Blast and the matching punch – Saleabration items! These notecards are no longer available, but there are lots of other notecards from which to choose in the catalog, so I thought I’d share this idea.
On the inside I added a Pop It Ups by Karen Burniston – Lucy Label – and another banner. Even though it’s a tiny card, the Lucy Label fits any size.
Supplies
Stamp Sets – Banner Blast (SA
, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card stock – Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Real Red
Ink – Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Real Red
Etc – Lucy Label Pop It Ups, Heart Framelit, Rhinestones, SAB Twine
It’s like a mini – pop! Hugs, Fran
The Watercolor Wonder Designer Note Cards (page 22 in the mini catalog – 133362) are nice, heavy weight cards that are ready to stamp and color. Blessed Easter fits perfectly on this one! You could make a lovely set of cards by using different colors for the tulips and masking off the sentiment and using other ones.
Supplies
Stamp Set – Blessed Easter
Ink – Jet black Stazon, Crushed Curry, Gumball Green
Etc – Watercolor Wonder Designer Note Cards, aquapainter
I prefer to watercolor with ink from the ink pads – it gives a more vibrant color. But there are lots of ways to color. Use your favorite and give it a try! Hugs, Fran
Here’s a tag for a little boy’s birthday gift. It’s a 3 x 3 and uses the Bootiful Occasions stamp set. I embossed the front with the Square Lattice embossing folder, added a star using the Star #2 die and colored the cowboy boot from the set with Stampin Write Markers. A Candy Dot finishes it off. Short and sweet! On the inside I added the sentiment from the stamp.
Supplies
Stamp Set – Bootiful Occasions
Cardstock – Cajun Craze, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink – Jet Black Stazon
Etc – Star #2 die, Neutral Candy Dot
Yee-haw! Hugs, Fran
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