Category: Stamp Sets

Graduating Poppy

Big Shot Large Numbers, Cards, Graduation, Number of Years, Poppy
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It’s graduation time and I have a few to send out.  Karen Burniston’s Poppy the Owl seemed like the perfect character to grace a graduation card!  The numbers are the Stampin Up’s Number of Year stamp set with matching die.  One of my graduates had blue and white as their school colors.  I used the Schoolhouse Designer Series paper for this one.

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Poppy’s cap is made from the bowler hat in Props 1.  Karen has a diagram on her blog showing how to cut it to make it a cap.  The hassle and diploma are hand cut.

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Another graduate’s school colors are red and gray.  I simply copied the same design and changed up the colors.  These card are large – 4 1/4 x 9 – and will easily accommodate a check 🙂

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Here he is in Smoky Slate.  He looks so smart!  The Number of Years set makes this a easy card to put together.  Hugs, Fran

Shake Up Our Love

Layering Love, Shaker Card
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Shake it up, baby!  This shaker card features a sneak peek of a new set – Layering Love.  There is also a great new product coming soon – Foam Adhesive Strips.  These are 1/8″ deep strips of foam that are 9″ long.  They make making shaker cards easy!

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The colors are Smoky Slate and Basic Gray for the card and the hearts are Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry.  Check out the pretty ribbon!  It’s the new 3/8″ Ruched Ribbon in Sweet Sugarplum.  I can’t stop shaking it!  Hugs, Fran

Timeless Love

Big Shot Beautiful Butterfly, Birthday Blossoms, Cards, Timeless Texture
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I saw this pretty layout by Sage Kimble on Pinterest and decided to change it up just a bit.  I loved the color combo (Wisteria Wonder, Mint Macaron and Crumb Cake) and bottom design so I shrunk it down a bit, added some color to the card base and added a sentiment.

Timeless Texture 01 side

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I continued the color block to the inside.  The sentiment is from Birthday Blossoms.  I also added some rhinestone 🙂

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Here you can see some detail with some linen thread and an In Color flower.  A card for almost any occasion!  Hugs, Fran

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Sneak Peek Pineapple

Pineapple, Sneak Peek, Uncategorized
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This set was one I really wanted – Pineapple!  It’s large.  The image is 5 1/4″ tall so it’s considered a background stamp.  I did the coloring with sponges.  I sponged Crushed Curry on the fruit and edged it with Delightful Dijon.  On the leaves, I sponged Old Olive and then edged it in Garden Green.  *I will reverse that on the next one!!

The sentiment is from Pop of Paradise.  And the background paper is from the In Color paper pack.  Hugs, Fran

 

 

 

 

 

Sneak Peek Marque Messages

Marque Messages, Sneak Peek, Uncategorized
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You might have seen this card – everywhere!  It uses the new set Marque Messages!  This design was shown OnStage and is so cute and easy.  I did mine on a notecard.

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The best thing about this design is that all 3 cards are made from just 3 pieces of scrap card stock.  You simply stamp the design 3 times, cut the different pieces out and reassemble in 3 different color combos.  It’s like a puzzle.

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I used Rose Red, Old Olive and Peekaboo Peach. This is going to be a fun one!  Hugs, Fran

You Little Furball

Retiring Lists, Stencil, You Little Furball
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You Little Furball is a retiring set *sniff*!  I’ll miss these cute little faces!  I still had one more stenciled background on my desk, so I put kitty on it.  The colors are Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry and So Saffron.  Kitty is in Cajun Craze.  Don’t miss out on this set!  Hugs, Fran

Sneak Peek Pop of Paradise

Cards, Pop of Paradise, Sneak Peek
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Something new!  Pop of Paradise stamp set and the Pop of Pink Specialty Designer Series paper.  Stampin Up show this basic design on a gift bag.  I turned it into a card with very little fuss.  The leaves are embossed in gold – which is hard to photograph!  This cute, flamingo set will be in the new catalog starting June 1 🙂  Hugs, Fran

 

Creative Circle May Blog Hop

Cards, Challenges, Creative Circle, Grateful Bunch
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The May Creative Circle Blog Hop is a Mother’s Day card.

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My card is a 5 x 5 1/2 base.  (When I want a larger card I simply check on the Envelope Punch Board to make sure I can easily create a matching envelope.)  I started by stamping and masking the flower down the left side of a piece of watercolor paper, plus one extra flower.  I watercolored them using a Clear Wink of Stella brush, Delightful Dijon, Crushed Curry, So Saffron and Cajun Craze ink.

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After the flowers dried, I fussy cut just the left side, trimmed the watercolor paper to fit the card and adhered it over the patterned paper.  The paper on the left side is from It’s My party Designer Series paper pack.  I stamped the sentiment on Crushed Curry, attached it to the front and added the single flower on a Dimensional.  Then I coated the centers with Crystal Effects.

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I added another piece of DSP to the inside of the card.

Make sure to hop along with us!

Sandra Mott

 Liz Holloway

Barb  Stencel

 Fran Cassidy Sabad – You are here!

Sneak Peek Pun Intended Day 3

Pun Intended, Sneak Peek
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It’s the camera again!  This time I drew search light beams and colored them with Copics.  Again, I stamped the camera 3 times and fussy cut the different pieces and coated them with Crystal Effects.

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The dimension is so much fun!

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And so is bling!  Rhinestones add a sparkly touch to the front.  And remember – you can only get this set by hosting a party 🙂  Hugs, Fran

 

Sneak Peek Pun Intended Day 2

Pun Intended, Sneak Peek
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Pun Intended Day 2!  Yesterday I showed you all the cute images in the set and today I’m showing you my favorite (current favorite) – the camera.  I paired it with the current Everyday Chic Designer Series paper.

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I stamped the camera 3 times and cut out different layers to add dimension to the card.  The lens, flash bulb and view finder are all coated with Crystal Effects.

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I did some shading around the lens with a Smoky Slate marker and repeated the front design on the inside.  Keep in mind that you can only get this new hostess set by hosting a party 🙂  Hugs, Fran