Positive/Negative Cards

Sometimes, in the midst of creating a card design, I take a look at the pieces laying alongside my work area and realize that they aren't scraps at all.  They are the beginnings of another card.  That's what happened with today's cards.

Like I've said, I love these new framelits!  As always, all the supplies are listed at the bottom of each post.

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Time Out for Timeless Elegance, Card 3

I have a third card for you today and this one is my favorite of the three I've shared with you.  This one has two kinds of lace on it, along with some other very pretty embellishments.

The 2 layers of lace are placed over a strip of DSP.  The scallop circle behind the 'Thank You' is also punched from DSP.

I especially love the look of the 2 sizes of punched flowers, embellished with our Metal Rimmed Pearls.

As with the previous 2 cards, this one is simple to make and let's the gorgeous DSP be the star.  It's quite elegant and could be used for other occasions by simply changing out the text.  You could even remove the text and punched circles and replace them with a single large flower (stamped or punched).

Here are all 3 cards again --- similar designs, same color story, and same beautiful DSP.  I'd suggest that, when you find a DSP that you really like, start cutting a package into card layers, get out coordinating CS and embellishments and you'll soon have a bunch of gorgeous cards that you just love.

TIPS AND TIDBITS:
My DSP layers are 3 3/4 X 5" for each card.
The Basic Black CS layers are 4 X 5 1/4" for each card.
Each card base is Sahara Sand.  Your DSP plans your color story for you.
Using this size of DSP for each card, you can get 6 cards from 1 sheet of DSP.  I'll have more on that in my OSW series coming up next. 

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Butterfly Wishes Card

I created today's card using one of my most favorite stamp sets ever.  I love the nature type stamps, as well as any with a vintage look.  This stamp set (Butterfly Basics) hints of both.  Take a look.

This card also features 2 of my all-time 'go to' favorites --- Gorgeous Grunge and the Itty Bitty Punch Pack.  I wanted a few little speckles sprinkled across the background, so I stamped them in gold.  It adds a nice little shimmer in real life.  I always like to do something extra to the envelope and to the inside of the card, as well.  In this case, the fern stamp works well for both.

My color story:
Lost Lagoon
Pear Pizzazz
So Saffron

The butterfly is cut using a die, so the card goes quite quickly.  I added an extra top layer of white to the card, on dimensionals, so the white on white adds a lot of extra class to the design.

Are you in the mood yet to start on some Spring cards?

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My Party Prizes are Finished!

Today, I want to share my Party Prizes with you... for my Summer Stamping Party this Sunday (July 27).  It's from 2:00-5:00 and the first 16 guests to arrive will get one of these cute little bags.

Aren't they cute?  I made them in 3 different styles... just for fun.  Here are some close-ups.

Tags:
1.  from our Tag a Bag Accessory Kit... along with the cute little clips.
2.  from our Celebration Basics Kit.
3.  from our Celebration Basics Kit.
The adorable little clothespins are some of our new In Color accessories.  I love them.
The text on the first bag is from Regarding Dahlias.

The stamp set I used on the 2nd and 3rd bags is World of Dreams.  It's one of my favorites.  The wonderful 'leaf sprig' is from our Flower Frenzy Bigz Die.  I will be using this one a LOT!

I hope you'll contact me that you'd like to join us at the party this Sunday and I hope you're one of the lucky winners!  There's something special in each bag and they're not all the same, but I'm not telling what it is!  So... Who wants to party???

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Work of Art Times Three

Today is all about trying the same design in 3 different color stories.  For each of the 3 cards, I used the same basic design template but totally changed the color story.  Doing so really has an impact on your finished project.  Check these out and tell me which version you like the best.

Choice 1:  Hello Honey with Bermuda Bay

Choice 2:  Wisteria Wonder with Pear Pizzazz  (Note the use of 2 strips of our Chevron ribbon behind the white layer.)

Choice 3:  Pool Party, Soft Sky and Melon Mambo

For each card, I stamped the little circle (from Work of Art) with VersaMark ink and embossed it with Iridescent Ice EP.  Then I punched it out with one of our circle punches.  Each circle is attached with dimensionals.

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Work of Art Gift Card Enclosures

I'm still playing with our wonderful new In Colors.  This time, I used our fabulous Work of Art stamp set and made a set of gift card enclosures.  Since you cannot mail these on their own, I decided to add a bit of 3-D elements to the little envelopes, as well.  This was so much fun!

I actually embossed the little stamped circles before punching them out.  I used VersaMark ink and Iridescent Ice EP.  By leaving them clean and simple, I can always go back and add a stamped text or just leave 'as is' and write a nice note on the inside.

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Embellished Clothespins

My post today is all about clothespins.  They are very handy and I use them a lot, kind of like I'd use binder clips or larger paper clips.  These are just more fun.  They need to look pretty, though, because that bumps up the fun a notch.

I've used our new DSP called Lullaby for the clothespins and the tag and then I sponged around the tag.  I used our Petite Petals punch and the flower from our Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack for extra embellishments  I used Crystal Effects to attach the DSP.  After it dried, I added a protective coat over the top of the clothespins, to protect the papers.

Using white Baker's Twine, I made a little tassel for the tab.  Put this all in a little cello bag, add a cute little tag and ribbon with it and you've got a wonderful little gift for a special someone.  

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3 Squares Card

Are you ready for another fun card today?  We'll be making this one at my June 13 card class.  This one sports a lot of cute little details that are all quick and fun to do, not to mention more of our wonderful new In Color ribbons.  Take a look.

I've used the flower punch from our new Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack to punch a cute little flower in each square and then I added a rhinestone in the center of each one.  The squares and the top, smaller white layer of the card are popped up on dimensionals.
Tip:
Punch the flowers first.
Then punch out your squares.

The 3 ribbons are used as what we call Levi tags.  This is such a cute way to use one of the techniques from my Ribbon Techniques Album.  The 'Many Thanks' text is from one of our new photopolymer stamp sets called Another Thank You.  I love it!

I've used some of the papers from our Moonlight DSP Stack to decorate a coordinating strip on the inside of the card as well as the envelope flap.

Who wouldn't want to get this for a thank you?

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Loving our New In Colors!

Before we get started today, be sure to look over on the left on my blog page and see sneak peeks for my next classes!  I really am loving our new In Colors!  They are rich and vibrant and gorgeous.  Today, I have some more fun projects I want to share with you that I've been doing with our new In Colors.  First of all, it was love at first sight when I saw our new In Colors ribbons.  They feel so silky smooth and are just beautiful.  I covered a piece of CS with a strip of each of our new In Colors ribbons.  After smoothing down all the strips of ribbon, I trimmed the layered ribbon piece to fit a couple of card projects I had in mind.  

Then, I started to work on my first card.

The 'Hi' greeting comes from our new photopolymer alphabet called Metro Type Alphabet.   Because it's photopolymer, I could line up both letters on my clear block and stamp the word all at one time.

I added several layers to the front of the card, to pull together all the ribbon colors.  I added a decorative look to the inside of the card, as well, along with a coordinating flap on the envelope.  The striped DSP is from one of our new paper stacks, Moonlight.

Then, I stepped up the card for a nice, finished look.  Just adding 3 little flowers with pearl centers changes the entire look of the card.  The adorable little flowers are from our new trio of punches:  Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.

So... I had more pieces left, after I cut the ribbon layered piece for my card.  What else could I make?

Come back for my next post and see another card I made with the ribbons layer.  I still have these little strips left.  What should I make with these???  Wouldn't you agree with me?  These new colors are yummy!!!

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