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.
One of the Splitcoast Creative Crew challenges this month is to take a frame and repurpose it with stuff from a guy’s garage. Funny – because my garage contains cars and stamps! I decided to play along and created this framed piece using stamps from Guy Greetings and the Typeset DSP. Here are some close ups –
I sponged the squares with Crumb Cake and added some Real Red to just a few places to highlight some of the details. You can play along too using the key word CCREW0115SF
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Here’s a set that’s perfect not only for Valentines, but any occasion. It’s called Hey, Valentine – but as you can see, I masked off the Valentine part and just used “you’re a treasure.” The bag is made with the new Mini Treat Bag Thinlit. This is a great die that can be used as a flat or standing bag.
I matted my little image on a “sailor’s wheel” made with a circle punch and Word Window punch. The image is colored with Blendabilities. This would work for Valentine or birthday treats – or any occasion calling for candy! Hugs, Fran
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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.
This was a fun card to make! Hugs, Fran
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
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.
Then I fussy cut the flowers and popped them up and added some Dazzling Details.
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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.”
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!!
Aren’t they funny? This will be a fun set! Hugs, Fran
This card is a case of one of my own ballerina dress cards – altered to work for a bride. I used Celebrate With Us from the Occasions Mini and a spray of small, silk flowers on the front of the exclusive – and soon to be retired!- Pop Up Card die.
Instead of a tutu, I made a long train of tulle. You can see it better from the side –
I will sorely miss this die – but it will remain in my “stash” forever 
Stamp Set – Celebrate With Us
Cardstock – Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Brushed Silver, Pink Pirouette DSP\
Ink – Rose Red
Etc – Dress Form die and framelits, Pink Pirouette ribbon, tulle, pearls, small flowers, Dazzling Details
This was made for a sweet bride -to- be’s shower – who’s big day is tomorrow! Hugs, Fran
There are lots of things to celebrate at this time of year! The Karen Burniston Designer Challenge Team was challenged this month to use the word “fly” as their inspiration. I started with the inspirational sentiment from Really Good Greetings – thinking “graduation” – and did this card.
I paper pieced a hot air balloon and added it to the Lucy Label insert. I love this insert because you can use it for anything! The “bravo” is from A Dozen Thoughts. The Lace tape is retiring – hurry! Then I added a little line of flags to help celebrate the big event. Here’s a look at the “mechanics” of the card –
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Stamp Sets – A Dozen Thoughts, Really Good Greetings
Cardstock – Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Watercolor Wonder DSP
Ink – Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango
Etc – Lucy Label die, 1 3/4″ circle punch, Candy Dots, Doily tape, flag punch
Celebrating is a lot of fun! Hugs, Fran
There a fun tutorial on Splitcoast today – 3-D Word Dies. I used the Word Bubble framelits and Just Sayin to make a card following the directions.
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Stamp Set – Just Sayin
Cardstock – Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Coastal Cabana, So Saffron
Ink – Memento Tuxedo Black
Etc – Copic markers (YR04, YR07, YR09), Word Bubble Framelits, Retro Fresh Washi Tape, Arrow clip, Star #2 die
Hop on over there and give it a try! Hugs, Fran
