Playing with DSP, Part 3

As we continue our little series on playing with DSP, I have a great card to share with you today.  Well, actually, I have 2 cards.  I love, love, love creating black and white designs.  They just speak to me.  We'll be making one of these cards at my next Monday Night Stampers class, in April.  Both cards feature the folded frames technique and both cards feature photopolymer stamps that I designed myself, with our new personalized stamp options.

Close-ups of the stamps I designed:

We'll be making cards featured in this series at my April 7 Monday Night Stampers class.

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Today is All About the Purple... Dahlias

My absolute favorite stamp set from the new catalog, if I HAVE to choose just one, is the Regarding Dahlias stamp set.  I just love that huge flower.  This is another card we made at my Friday Night Cards class last night.  The monochromatic color story is Wisteria Wonder and Elegant Eggplant.

I stamped the flower on the envelope corner, as well.  By changing the sentiment, this would make a great birthday card, too.

To see the other cards from my Friday Night Cards class, click here, here, and here.  I still have one more card to post, as well as the bonus card, so be sure to check back soon.

If you signed up but missed the class, I have your kits ready for you to pick up at your convenience.

My next Friday Night Cards class will be August 9.  Pay to register by August 7.

I've been working on my list of opportunities for Christmas classes.  I've had a lot of requests!  Check back very soon to get all the details.  You'll be glad you did.

Have a great day and a great weekend!

Crushed Baroque

Here's another card I made using Crushed Curry and Beautifully Baroque.  I love this combination!  I actually sewed on the button to the beautiful chevron ribbon.
My color story:
I've used Basic Gray and Smoky Slate with the Crushed Curry.

Tip:
To layer the Basic Gray behind the 'Happy Birthday' label, punch it twice, trim to fit and attach it all with dimensionals.

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Smoky Slate and Crushed Curry Card

I am loving this combination of gray and yellow --- Basic Gray and Crushed Curry.  They go together so nicely!  This is one of the cards we made at my Open House / New Catalog Party last Sunday.

I thought this was a good card to make at the party because, besides being beautifully elegant, it features a lot of new products:

• new Smoky Slate ink
• new Chalk Talk stamp set
• new coordinating Chalk Talk framelits
• circle punch (not new, but coordinates with the new framelits)
• new Crushed Curry chevron ribbon
• new Beautifully Baroque embossing folder

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Let's Get to Know the New Guys ... A Series on Our New Colors ... Beginning with Smoky Slate

Today, I'm starting my series on getting to know some of the new colors.  We'll work with Smoky Slate and the brand new In Colors:  Coastal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar, Strawberry Slush and Crisp Cantaloupe.  I really like how pretty they look together.  Here are all the In Colors:

These are swatches of our Card Stock (CS), our coordinating ribbons and buttons.  There are different designs in EACH of the 5 colors of buttons.  They are totally flat on the back, so it is easy to just attach them with Liquid Tombow.  The flower is punched and embossed and is sporting one of our clear, faceted buttons.  The ribbons are sewn together with a new button from our Neutrals.

Here are all the colors with labels, so you won't forget which is which.  So, what color should we start out with first?  Don't worry, they will all get a turn:)

Let's start with our gorgeous new Smoky Slate and pair it with one of our new In Colors --- Coastal Cabana!

 

I've added a touch of Basic Gray to mat the Smoky Slate.  You'll see a lot of new products on this card --- new button, new ribbon, new embossing folder.  Isn't the new Beautifully Baroque embossing folder gorgeous?  It looks pretty on the other side, too.  Both focal pieces, cut from framelits or punched, are mounted on dimensionals and a portion of a lace doily is tucked under the edge.  There's a lot of texture going on here!

Here are a couple more ideas for using Smoky Slate. 

On the left:  
     Smoky Slate, Pear Pizzazz and Rose Red
On the right:  
     Smoky Slate, Garden Green and Crushed Curry
Which color story do you like the best?

I came up with these color stories totally on my own, just using what looked good to my eye.  In my next posts, I will continue this series on the new colors but I will be using colors suggested in our new Color Coach.  It's fun to see what they suggest.  I love playing with color and don't ever have trouble coming up with fun color stories, but it's always exciting to try a combination that you may not have thought about putting together, by using the Color Coach.  Come back and see what I have in store for you!

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