Category: Stamp Sets

Beautiful Sympathy

Cards, Love & Sympathy, Occasions Mini, Rectangular Accordion Die, Spring Mini, Sympathy
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Rectangular Accordion 05 front

This is a Pop It Ups Rectangular Accordion card using some Elizabeth Craft Design Flower Quartet peel off stickers, Silk microfine glitter and Copics to color it.  The Designer Series paper is from the SU Spring Mini – Painted Blooms – and it’s all tied off with some Hello Honey ribbon.  The paper is so gorgeous it’s hard to decide which piece to use!

Rectangular Accordion 05

I used the sentiment in Love & Sympathy for the inside.  It’s stamped in Wild Wasabi.  Els has a great video on YouTube on how to use the stickers with glitter and Copics.  They really make a card sparkle!  Hugs, Fran

For the Birds

Blendabilities, Embossing Folder, For the Birds
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For the Birds 01

This simple card was made using the Stylish Stripes embossing folder on each end of the card stock so that there is an empty spot to decorate in the middle.  It was inspired by one on Pinterest done by Kerry Bunting.  She used a different EF and stamp set – but the idea is the same.  For the Birds would make a cute set of cards using this technique.

For the Birds 01 details

I masked off the words, stamped the image and then stamped the words to the side and colored the image with Blendabilities.  Hugs, Fran

Birthday Pull Card

Birthday, Cards, Evergreen Tree Pivot Card, Rectangular Pull Card, Remembering Your Birthday, SAB, Sale a bration
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Rectangular Pull Card 09

It’s been snowing here – really, really snowing.  17 inches of snow!  So I’ve been coloring 🙂  This is Saturated Canary’s Ellie’s Birthday on a Pop It Ups Rectangular Pull Card using Remembering Your Birthday as the sentiment on Best Year Ever Designer Series paper – colored with Copic markers!  Did I mention we had a big snow?

Rectangular Pull Card 09 open

When you open it up, balloons from Pop It Ups Props 2 and packages from the Evergreen Pivot card decorate the inside.

Rectangular Pull Card 09 detail

And the sentiment says it all!  I’ve pulled everything I own out while doing this card! (Did I mention it snowed?) Hugs, Fran

Loving You

Build a Bouquet, Cards, Occasions Mini, Oval Accordion, Spring Mini
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Oval Accordion 03

This Pop It Ups Oval Accordion card uses Saturated Canary’s Secrets digital stamp.  I sized it to fit my card and then cut the image apart so I could use part on the front and part on the back.  I used the Lattice die on the front – first in Pink Pirouette (which was too dark) and then in Whisper White – leaving just a bit of the underneath showing.

Oval Accordion 03 open

The sentiment in the middle is one of my absolute favorites from the Spring Catalog called Build a Bouquet.  I’m using it all over the place!  I replace the drawn line on the image with Baker’s Twine and added some hearts. The flower paper is unknown – very old from my stash, and the pink is from the Subtles Paper Pack. I colored the images with my Copic Markers.

Oval Accordion 03 left

Oval Accordion 03 right

Four Corners

Blendabilities, Cards, Corner Garden, Love & Sympathy, Papillon Potpourri
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Corner Garden 01

You’ve seen this one before but yesterday was class 7 in my Blendies classes and this was the sample.. Wow, these ladies have gotten very good with their Blendies!  I thought I’d show you 4 more variations on this card.

Corner Garden 05

This rose is Calypso Coral.

Corner Garden 03

This is Melon Mambo.

Corner Garden 04

This was done with Copics and….

Corner Garden 02

This was done in “sepia” tones using Copics.

What a wonderful stamp!  Hugs, Fran

Park Lane Rectangular Pull Card

Bloom WIth Hope, Cards, Paris Edges, Rectangular Pull Card
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Rectangular Pull Card 08

Still snowed in so I’m playing with my Copic Markers.  This image is Saturated Canary’s Willow. I used the Park Lane Designer Series paper and Karen Burniston’s Pop It Ups Rectangular Pull Card and Paris Edges dies to create the card.  The wonderful thing about using this die is that these images fit perfectly on the front.  So my practice pieces don’t just sit in a pile – they become cards.

Rectangular Pull Card 08 open

On the inside I used a sentiment from Bloom with Hope.  There are some very beautiful sayings in this set – but this one is my favorite.  Hugs, Fran

Berry Basket

Big Shot berry Basket, Butterfly Basics, Easter, Occasions Mini, SAB, Sale a bration, Spring Mini
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Butterfly Basics 06

This is a new die in the Mini Catalog called Berry Basket.  It’s a Bigz die and makes a lovely basket that is a nice size for all kinds of things.  To do this basket I adhered a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 piece of Whisper White and Best Year Ever Designer Series paper together and run it through the Big Shot Whisper White side down.  You need to do this twice so you have 2 pieces.  Assembly is simple and the basket is very sturdy when assembled.  I added half a Doily, a Coastal Cabana butterfly from the Butterfly Framelits and a Calypso Coral stamped from the Butterfly Basics set and die cut.  The center is a Calypso Coral pom-pom.  I assembled my basket using the hand-held stapler.

Still snowed in with more snow coming tomorrow.  Going. Stir. Crazy.  Hugs, Fran

Do More of What Makes You Happy

Bathtub Pop Stand, Hello Life, Occasions Mini, Perpetual Birthday Calendar, Spring Mini
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Hello Life 02

Doesn’t this say it all?  This stamp is from Hello, Life and it’s large!  (The card is 6 x 6)  I adhered it to some Flower Pot Designer Series paper with an old flower die cut.  The small flowers stamped around the sentiment are from the Perpetual Birthday Calendar stamp set.  It has some wonderful background style stamps in it!  So what makes me happy?

Hello Life 02 open

A bathtub full of flowers!  The stand up part is from Karen Burniston’s Bathtub Pop Stand die, die cut from some white Shimmer Sheet. The flowers filling the tub are from my stash and the leaves are the Build a Bird punch.  The tub faucet is cut from SU Silver Foil paper.  Since it needed to be mirrored, and the paper is white on the back, I used a silver leaf pen to color the back of the paper.

Hello Life 02 detail

I used a retired embossing folder on the tub and it’s so pretty in real life! My tub runneth over! 🙂  Hugs, Fran

Funky Cakes Big Day

Big Day, Birthday, Cards, Oval Accordion, Rectangular Accordion Die, SAB, Sale a bration
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SAB Big Day 03

Sparkly, birthday fun!  This is the Sale-a-bration set, Big Day, combined with some EDC Peel Offs called Funky Cakes – and lots of glitter- on a Karen Burniston’s Pop It Ups Rectangular Accordion die and Oval Accordion die.  The paper is Birthday Bash Specialty paper and all the colors are taken from this color combo.  I colored the cake with Blendabilities and Copics. I masked off half the sentiment, stamped it twice, and popped up the “celebrate.”

SAB Big Day 03 open

Bright and happy!  The Oval Accordion has the rest of the sentiment from the front.  (Again, mask off and stamp)  Looks like a party to me!  Hugs, Fran