Thought I sneak in another Karen Burniston Circle Charm card using the Get Well Charms. Since everyone around here is sniffling and sneezing it seemed appropriate!
Aren’t these germs cute? Whoever thought I’d say that? But they are a great way to let someone know that you’re thinking of them.
I added some googly eyes to my germs just for fun! Hope you are well 🙂 Hugs, Fran
This is a new die from Karen Burniston called Garden Charms. I paired it with the Circle Charm Die.
I die cut the Garden Charms in white and colored them my Copic markers. I even added a little border on the sides with the new Border Blends Party die.
Behind the center circle I added a piece of window sheet just to give it a bit more stability. Really fun to make! Hugs, Fran
This little card is so cute – and took way longer than it should have! I wanted to pop up some of the letters and the bee, so I stamped it twice. Once on the card and once on some scrap. I colored both images with Copic markers and added some designs to the coloring with a white gel pen. Then I cut out the letters to pop up and the bee. Some Pool Party DSP at the bottom finished it off. It took me so long to finish because I colored one and then realized I needed to color two – so I had to duplicate what I had already done! Hugs, Fran
This is a case of the Wonderful Romance stamp and die in the Occasions catalog. There are so many great dies in this set – but the border die is amazing! It gives you the lattice and leaves in one die! I watercolored the main pieces, die cut them and stacked them all together in a some what copy of the catalog. Lots going on on this card, but it was worth it. Hugs, Fran
I was playing with the butterfly in the Beautiful Day set and came up with these backgrounds. Starting with watercolor paper, I stamped an old background in Soft Suede and then stamped the butterfly with water only. The magic happens when you sprinkle Brusho over the water stamped images. Do this slowly – meaning add a color, let it “do it’s thing” and then add your next color. Then I tilted the paper to the side to let the Brushos run and spread the colors around. Because I used blue and orange on this piece (and blue and orange make brown) I did one butterfly, let it dry, and then did the next one. I added a beautiful, but retired, sentiment from Verve.
For this card I started with the new Crackle background on watercolor paper. I stamped the butterflies in water and added blue and yellow Brushos. This is really addicting 🙂 Hugs, Fran
This is a really fun new die from Karen Burniston – Woven Basket. It’s a box card, fold flat and makes a wonderful card!
When you pop the card into it’s box position you have a 3-D bouquet! It’s super easy to put together too.
When you collapse it, it fits nicely in an envelope. These dies will be available for purchase at the end of the month 🙂 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
So here’s something different – a butterfly ornament! This was easy to do. You need a craft style ornament, an old book or light weight paper, Mod Podge, and a butterfly punched from the Saleabration paper, Botanical Butterfly. Tear the book pages into small -ish strips and dip them into the Mod Podge. Cove the ornament with them, smoothing as you go. Get your butterfly covered with Mod Podge and adhere it to the ornament. Let dry. I went around the edge of the butterfly with Stickles to make sure the edges stayed put. Add a ribbon and display or gift! Hugs, Fran
Another sneak peek of a new die from Karen Burniston! This 5 x 5 card uses Happy Birthday on the front – and lots of foil paper which doesn’t photograph very well at all! The paper is the new How Sweet It Is from Stampin Up,
It’s an Ice Cream Sundae on the inside! Isn’t it cute? The movement as it opens is amazing!
The bowl and spoon dies create some really nice embossing. You might also spy some new border dies 🙂 Yep – they’re coming too! Hugs, Fran
How about some treat packaging for Valentines Day? I started with the new All My Love DSP and die cut it using the Petite Treats die with the heart topper. Then I stamped the heart from Meant to Be, added some color and a cute sentiment from Itty Bitty Greetings. There’s a frame heart that I die cut and added around the heart and glued it to the treat.
It’s super cute and holds quite a bit! And it’s easy to make up so you can make lots of them. Hugs, Fran