Hedgehog love! This card uses Hedgehugs in the Occasions catalog. I used an old heart stencil and the new embossing paste on the card base. The tops of the mushroom were stamped in gray and then again in Real Red and fussy cut. The hedgehogs were stamped in Soft Suede and then the color was pulled from the image with a blender pen and fussy cut. I added a heart with the sentiment and some extra hearts to finish it off. Hugs, Fran
Graceful Garden has this beautiful sentiment – I Adore You – that is perfect for Valentines Day or any card that expresses love. I paired is up with Berry Burst and Rich Razzleberry to make a Valentines card. The sets I used are Sure Do Love You and Heart Happiness with dies from Sweet & Sassy hearts and the Lots to Love Framelits. Cut and inch from one side of your card base and stack your hearts along the edge. I also added some cute Metallic Enamel Shape hearts.
Enjoy all the hearts! Hugs, Fran
We are going to need Valentines very soon! This one is made with the Sure Do Love You stamp set and the Lots of Love Box Framelits that match. The Designer Series paper is Painted with Love and the bottom scallop is from the Colorful Seasons dies. All of the hearts are popped up with 3 card stock hearts underneath them. The first heart has a Calypso Coral bow tied with the Calypso Coral Shimmer Ribbon that is free during Saleabration. The entire thing is finished off with a skinny strip of Gold Foil. Hugs, Fran
Are you thinking “Valentines” yet? The Sure Do Love You set in the Occasions catalog is perfect for making some quick, but pretty, Valentines. I paired the set with the Painted with Love Specialty paper to make this card. The base is Melon Mambo ( 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2 for a top fold card.) The front is Powder Pink and the Painted with Love paper. The little layered squared is Powder Pink and Calypso Coral, die with the Layering Squares framelits. The ribbon is from Saleabration! It’s free with a $50 purchase 🙂 I finished off the card with Metallic Enamel Shapes and Gold Glitter Flakes (from the Occasions catalog.) Hugs, Fran
This card is the same idea as this card. This time I used the Floral Statements set and the red, green and yellow Brushos. The mat behind the image is also done in the same colors.
I used my Shimmer pen over the letters and again used the Simple White Nuvo drops. I hope you’ll play with the Brushos – they are fascinating! Hugs, Fran
Have you tried Brushos? There is a really nice selection of Brushos in the Occasions catalog. These are powdered crystals that react to water, can be painted like watercolor or sprinkled on wet paper. They are addicting! I started with the Floral Statements stamp set on water color paper, stamped in Archival Black, and painted the blue rose with the Brushos. Then I started doing the background by shaking on the Brushos in Green and Yellow. The mat behind the stamp is also done the same way. I used Nuvo Drops in Simple White to add some accents. Hugs, Fran
Isn’t this cute? The barn door slides across the card to reveal the greeting! Our farm has black barns with red trim so that’s where I started. I used the new Simple Stripes embossing folder on the background to add texture. After I stamped the barn door, I used colored pencils to add some shadows on the boards.
The wreath is stamped on Old olive card stock and the flowers are die cut separately.
I added a few flowers to brighten things up. This is a great stamp set and die and, as always, you get an extra 10% off if you purchase the bundle! Hugs, Fran
Birthday Banners is the Karen Burniston Design Challenge for this month! I used the Tag Book die and it comes with the banner piece – so that was easy! The flowers are die cut using the Karen Burniston Flowers and Bee die in Real Red, Sweet Sugarplum, Berry Burst and white with some glitter embellishments in the centers. The bee was cut out of Daffodil Delight and Vellum card stock and paper pieced together. I cut the Tag Book in Berry Burst and added some Tutti-frutti Designer Series paper that will be in the new Occasions paper along with the stamp, Picture Perfect Birthday and the Glimmer paper.
I repeated the flowers and leaves on the inside of the Tag Book die.The DSP on the inside is from Eastern Palace Specialty paper in Lemon Lime Twist.
A little bit of sparkle trailing along the inside.
And more banners and bees. Check out how the banner pieces have the little design in the die! The Celebrate is from Tabs for Everything. Hugs, Fran
You can see more cards from the entire team here! Karen will publish on Wednesday.
Karen Burniston – http://karenburniston.typepad.com
Shelly Hickox – http://shellyhickox.blogspot.com
Summer – Hills Painter – http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com
Karen Aicken – http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca
Helen Cryer – http://diningroomdrawers.blogspot.com
Kelly Booth – http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com
Frances Byrne – http://stampowl.blogspot.com
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Season Like Christmas is a new set from the upcoming Holiday Mini and I thought I’d try out some different way to do the tree. The stamp is considered a 2-step stamp (or maybe 3 or 4!) Here’s all my takes done on 3 1/2 x 5 Crumb Cake cards. All the backgrounds are stamped with Tree Rings background stamp in Crumb Cake, the trunks are stamped in Chocolate Chip and the center panel is die cut with a stitched rectangle die.
The first card is tree without snow. I used Pear Pizzaz and Old Olive to stamp the tree. The sentiment is from Colorful Seasons and is stamped in Chocolate Chip.
The second tree is stamped in both greens and the snow-looking stamp is done in Versamark with white embossing powder. The stamp at the bottom of the tree is done the same way. The sentiment is stamped and embossed on Chocolate Chip card stock.
The last tree uses the 2 tree images – the first stamped in Pear Pizzaz and the second is stamped in Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. So there you go! I’m sure there are lots of other ways to stamp this pretty tree, but here are a few to try! Hugs, Fran
I love shaker cards but have a terrible time deciding how much filler to put in them. This one is stuffed! But boy, does it shake! I used the Balloon Adventure stamp set and matching die and Tasty Treats Specialty paper to make this card. The Sprinkles Embellishments inside match the paper. Very fun – if a little too full. Hugs, Fran
