March 19, 2021

Hope Changes Everything

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This card combines the Playful Patterns Designer Series Paper with the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing folder from Stampin’ Up! I added some watercoloring and heat embossing to make this design really pop!

I am a designer for the As You See It Challenge Blog. That means that I have the privilege of designing projects for the sole purpose of giving you ideas with the hope of encouraging you to play along with us and share you own creations using the challenge that we present to you.

The challenge today: an Easter themed project!

I don’t really do Easter cards. I don’t have any Easter specific sentiments or images, so I created my own cross using the wood grain patterned paper from the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up!

The card base is Thick Basic White, layered with a piece of patterned paper from the Playing with Patterns Designer Series Paper with a layer of Calypso Coral underneath the Watercolor Paper. I used the wide flat Water Painter to apply Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight ink to the Watercolor Paper. When it was fully dry, I ran it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine with the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder.

The cross is created with 3/8″ wide strips of the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper, on which I sponged some Early Espresso ink on the edges to give a rich depth to the colour before gluing it together to form the cross shape. The cross is attached with Black Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the Love of Leaves stamp set and was stamped on a strip of Basic Black cardstock with Versamark ink, then heat set with White Embossing Powder and my Heat Tool. I cut the words apart and attached them with Black Stampin’ Dimensionals to the card.

Some Artistry Blooms Adhesive Backed Sequins add the final touch to the design.

Now that I’ve made this card, I love it! I might have to make a few more and actually give some Easter cards this year.

March 12, 2021

Say Hello

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I’ve been playing around with the Ice Cream Corner Suite for my Stamp Camp event and am enjoying the cheerful colours in the Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper.

I used a Thick Basic White card base and added a 1″ strip of designer series paper to the left of the card. The Rich Razzleberry cardstock on the right side was embossed in the Cut & Emboss Machine using the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder and attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Fabulous texture! The polka dot piece of patterned paper from the Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper was cut with the 2 1/4″ Circle Punch from Stampin’ Up! and adhered directly to the Razzleberry layer.

The true delight is in the loops of black and white baker’s twine from the Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack, combined with the bright Magenta Madness 1/4″ Twill Ribbon tied in a bow and the black label with the White Embossed sentiment. The label and sentiment come from the Many Messages Bundle. The big background stamp has a wonderful collection of sentiments and the die cuts them all out at once! It’s brilliant!

You can find all these products on my online store with Stampin’ Up!

The next Stamp Camp event will be May 15th! If you’re in Canada, then be sure to save the date and watch for registration info!

March 10, 2021

Side Step Bouquet

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I had some fun with the February 2021 Paper Pumpkin kit: Bouquet of Hope and created a side-step card design with some of the supplies and the stamp set in the kit. You can watch the video of my awkward process making this card by going to my videos on my Facebook Page. I didn’t have much of a plan when I started this card, other than knowing it would be a step card fun fold – thus, the awkwardness!

The video shares my process and provides the initial measurements to create the base of the side-step design. I still want to try to work with the other card bases in the kit to make some more of these fun folds with the other two colours in the kit.

I stamped the sentiment and the bouquet image with Tuxedo Black Momento ink. The image was coloured with Stampin’ Blends Markers.

While making this card, I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do on the front step on the right side. I tried ribbon and various strips of paper, but everything I tried was too bold or seemed to change the overall feel of the design. In the end, I stamped the bouquet a second time on a scrap piece of Basic White cardstock, coloured the three roses with my Blends Markers (Calypso Coral with a touch of Light Cherry Cobbler). I fussy cut the roses and added them to that front step. It felt like just the right thing to finish this design!

Check out my Facebook Live Video for the measurements and give this design a try.

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