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Nature’s Silhouettes Father’s Day Card
Posted: Thursday, June 18th, 2009 | Comments
Okay, who still hasn’t made their Father’s Day card yet? Well, this goes out to all you slackers… this is a quick one!
The tree and deer silhouettes are separate stamps and were stamped in black and the sky was sponged (using a sponge dauber) with a *tiny* bit of the following colors (from the top down): Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, Blush Blossom & Mellow Moss. How easy is that?!
The designer series paper is ‘Prestwick’ (from the Fall/Winter 2008 catalog) is the exact same patterns (different colors) as the current (and retiring next week) Manchester DSP. Love those plaids!
I have included my ‘quick card’ template for making a super-fast card with Designer Series Papers.
The dimentions are as follows: standard sized card turned ‘landscape’ , the bottom layer is 4×4, the next layer is 4 x 3 1/2, the top (focal stamped image) is 3 x 3 1/4.
Okay, so what are you waiting for? You know this won’t be Tony’s card (he’d say ‘another roadkill card’ remember?)
Upsy Daisy
Posted: Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 | Comments
I’m having a senior moment as to whether I have posted this sample already. So, forgive me if this is a duplicate.
I have some wonderful new samples coming that I am working on for my May Stamp-A-Stack of stuff tomorrow. It will feature some terrific masculine cards for that special guy in your life–or even your husband!
The Upsy Daisy stamp was inked in Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. The color combination was from the Urban Garden Designer Series paper… Kiwi Kiss & Night of Navy– not one I would have come up with myself. To make the flower ‘pop’, I sponged some Kiwi Kiss ink around the daisy heads.
On June 1st the discontinuing stamp sets from this year’s catalog will be published, be sure to check back at that time. It is pretty much a given that 90% of the designer series papers will also discontinue, so if you like the Urban Garden (#112042) designer paper, now might be the time to order it!
Click on the thumbnails for larger detail!
Rose Accordion Fold Bookmark Card
Posted: Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 | Comments
Clearly I have a thing for this set ‘A Rose is a Rose’ (#111560, set of 14 stamps – $37.95).
UPDATED: Since it was not a class, I don’t have a detailed handout, however in response to many requests, this was made with a 12 x 12 piece of Riding Hood Red cardstock, scored at 3 inch intervals. I free cut the tops of each panel to appear to be bookmark. I used a 12″ strip of the Candy Lane DSP inside and tacked it down, leaving space to use it as pockets. I cut the inside bookmarks from scraps of vanilla and decorated the entire thing with stamped/cut images of the Rose is a Rose set.
This bookmark card was my ‘backup’ Mother’s Day card that I didn’t need to use. At my April Stamp a Stack, my friends made a wider ‘2-fold’ accordion fold bookmark card for the sake of saving time.
But nothing beats the four fold! Accessories: Riding Hood Red & Vanilla cardstock, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss & Baja Breeze inks, Candy Lane Designer Series Paper and some grosgrain and tafetta ribbon.
I didn’t realize until after I photographed how much more striking this would be with ribbons at the top of each bookmark section… oh well… next time!
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Hope Illuminated
Posted: Thursday, April 9th, 2009 | Comments
I’m having a little fun with the Illuminations set and the ‘To The Nines’ Specialty Designer Series paper (#114038, $11.95). These papers are a heavier weight and are textured as well. I’ll share my ‘Thank You’ one next…
The “H” in Hope and some of the flourishes were highlighted with Crystal Effects for a glassy 3D look.
The colors are Sahara Sand, Sage Shadow and Close to Cocoa. The ink was Chocolate Chip (because I wanted a very dark focal image).
I have included a sample of the “To The Nines’ Designer series paper. Aren’t the designs and textures awesome?!
I actually don’t like how these photos came out and am very disappointed in my too quick decision to purchase a new camera. I bought an inexpensive Cannon and if I lighten these photos, I will lose detail.
As many of you know, everything electronic has turned against me in the last month and almost everything I own (camera, video camera, scanner and even my computer) had to be replaced.
Thankfully my computer backs up every night to an external hard drive (using Acronis True Image) so I just had to go out and get a new computer and restored it completely (took many hours, but I lost nothing). It was the smartest $50 purchase I ever made. Vista on the other hand doesn’t play nice with my older peripherals and my decision to go Windows 64bit lost me some applications and older hardware (ex., my old scanner). Go to Costco and purchase a cheap 500G hard drive and get Acronis and you are set in case of a hard drive failure. Set it up to backup at 2am every night and you are good to go.
So, it appears that if it were not for bad luck, I would have no luck at all. BTW, if you *ever* see me in line at the supermarket, quickly get off my line! It may look faster, but I have a second sense about getting on the line that takes the longest… something will go wrong and I will be waiting long after everyone is gone… and you’ll be waiting after me!
