Valentine’s Day is almost here and I’m getting out a few more cards. This one uses the Meant To Be bundle from the Occasions catalog and a Concord & 9th Mosaic Turnabout Stamp. I die cut the heart from Pool Party card stock and traced around it on the white base – and die cut that. Then I cut 2 pieces of acetate and sandwiched some sequins between them, put it between the 2 layers and added the scallop trim to finish it off.
So now you can see the sequins on both sides! Hugs, Fran
This was one of the new sets in the Spring Catalog that I had to have! Florentine Filigree is a bundle that includes the die and stamp set. A Stamparatus is very helpful with this bundle because it’s already set up to stamp with the correct spacing by moving the stamp down hinge, by hinge. I did mine in Pool Party and stamped the larger image in Versamark and white heat embossed, and the smaller image in Pool Party. So pretty! Hugs, Fran
This set is called Tea Together and the stamp set is in the Spring Catalog while the dies are in the Saleabration Catalog! I cased the card shown on page 49 of the Spring catalog, using my Stampin Blends to color the teapot and the Delicate Lace paper for the background. What a fun set to color!
For this card I colored the teapot with Stampin Blends in stripes and used another piece of the Lace paper for the background. The bottom of the teapot is tucked under the opening and the rest is popped up with Dimensionals.
FYI – I am having website issues. Big issues and they are my fault! So if things look wonky, that’s what’s going on! Sheesh! Hugs, Fran
I LOVE this die! Absolutely love it! I started by casing the cards in the catalog because I find that the easiest way to get going. This one uses the entire die with one of the stamps used behind it.
This one was done by creating an inked background and using just a piece of the die to create the focal point. So much fun 🙂
This one was created by just floating ink on watercolor paper and letting it gently blend. The sentiment is stamped on vellum that is backed with adhesive sheet. A few stamps at the bottom finish it off.
Now that I’ve cased – I can move on to creating! Hugs, Fran
It’s almost time for the Occasions Catalog to go live (Jan 3rd) and here’s a sample cased (sort of) from the catalog. The stamp set is All That You Are and I simply used a different a different Designer Series paper- Happiness Blooms – for my card, making it very bright! You can check out the card on page 3 of the catalog and see the differences. Hugs, Fran
This month’s Paper Pro challenge is Love. I used the new Karen Burniston Spinner Square Pop Up die to make a Valentine card. The front uses the Painted Love DSP and Gold foil papers along with Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Tangerine Tango card stocks. The little heart is Powder Pink, painted with a shimmer pen and cover with Glossy Accents. The row of gold hearts are die cut with Karen Burniston’s Cake Trim die. It’s all finished off with a Powder Pink ribbon.
The dies on the Spinner Square can cut an opening on the front. As you open the card, the message pops out!
Since I turned mine vertically, the message pops out from the bottom. The sentiment is from Sure do Love You. Hugs, Fran
This card is made with Hero Arts Window on Love Confetti background die that I paper pieced using Real Red, Powder Pink and Flirty Flamingo. The gold sentiment, border and hearts are the new Painted Love Gold vinyl stickers from Stampin Up! I simply pressed them over the background die.
And I added some Glossy Accents on the Love and the hearts (couldn’t resist!) Such fun! Hugs, Fran
Brushos are a new product offering for Stampin Up. They are a crystal watercolor powder that you paint or shake out of little containers onto watercolor paper. Of course there are lots of techniques for this product but I’ll show you 3 ways to get you started. I am using the Beautiful Day stamp set from the Occasion catalog and Amazing You from the Saleabration catalog.
For this first card I stamped the image with Black Archival ink onto watercolor paper. I lightly misted the paper and sprinkled on some Prussian Blue and Yellow Brusho. Then I misted the paper some more until the colors began to blend.
On this card I heat embossed the butterfly with white embossing powder, filled the areas of the butterfly with water and sprinkled on the Gamboge and Yellow Brusho. Once it dried I brushed off any powder that was outside of the embossed image and then misted the watercolor paper and used the Prussian Blue and Yellow Brushos around it.
For this card I stamped the butterfly in Bermuda Bay and then misted the card stock with water. This caused the butterfly to bleed. While it was wet I added the Yellow Brusho. Once the entire piece was dry, I revamped the butterfly. All the cards were finished with some sequins and the Tutti-Frutti DSP. I encourage you to try this product but be warned – it’s very addicting! Hugs, Fran
We had a team meeting recently and I had challenged my team to use the egg cartons for a project. Some of the gals took me up on my challenge and I want to share the results with you today! Send out some love for……..
Our beach loving friend, Anne! She did a home decor egg carton.
The carton is decorated with Swirly Bird and the matching dies and filled with…..
sea shells! Brilliant! Next up is Lynne……….
She used the Salebration set Hey Chick and made the chicks stand up on the top of her colored egg carton!
Can you see how they stand up?
Inside she made an Easter treat box. Cute! Then there was Elena’s carton – which made everyone gasp!
Yeah, I know! She used paper succulents and some store bought succulents to create a rock garden!
There were so many gorgeous things going here! See her cute sign? I played along too……..
I used Bunny Basket to make a traditional Easter egg carton.
And that’s it! Thanks to gals who participated and hope you’ve enjoyed seeing all these ideas. Hugs, Fran
In honor of Shannon West’s (from Stampin Up) campaign – I’m Bring Birthday’s back – this month’s Creative Circle Blog Hop is a darling, perpetual calendar!
The box has two cubes that can be rotated for the days of the month (remember that the 6 is also the 9), a flip top for the months, and a space int he back to hold your birthday cards so you can actually mail them out! (I am the worse!)
I used the Whisper White Heavy card stock and the It’s My Party Designer Series Paper Pack to make mine. This paper stack has 48 sheets of double sided paper in it! My balloons on the front are from Balloon Celebration and are punched out with the matching Balloon Bouquet Punch.
This card uses the bow from the Cutie Pie Thinlit, more It’s My Party paper and the Elegant Dot embossing folder.
This card uses the Picture Perfect stamp set and Blushing Bride.
And last, but not least, this card uses the Bokeh technique. You can find it on Splitcoast here.
You can get the pattern here:
To see all the other wonderful designs for this pattern, follow along on our hop! One lucky person who leaves a comment will win the pattern 🙂 Hugs, Fran
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