Five Days of Dapper Denim, Day Four

I hope you didn't think I'd been kidnapped by some form of Dapper Denim.  Actually, I got a nasty stomach bug that put me out of commission for a week.  I'm back and ready to go on with more luscious Dapper Denim.

I used the Acrylic Block Technique for the background behind my tree.  You can search my blog for other examples of this technique.

I used Marina Mist and Always Artichoke for my colors on the background.  Once it was dry, I stamped the tree and the text.  I love the touch of the rhinestones on this card.  I used the embossed design to guide the placement.

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Acrylic Block Technique Cards, Part 3

Today, I have a 4!/2" square card for you.  It still fits into a regular sized envelope or you could make an envelope for it using our Envelope Punch Board.  I had too many ideas floating around in my head for Acrylic Block Technique cards, so I just went with the envelope I already had on hand.  This card features a tree from our Thoughts and Prayers stamp set.  This is another 'must have' stamp set.  It's just beautiful.  Here's my card: 

The background features blues and greens and the card base is Mossy Meadow.  I thought the design just begged to be a square card.  I love this tree.  I still have a large version of it with our retired Decor Elements in my dining room.  I will keep it until it's time to paint again.  It looks gorgeous in there.

I love how this card turned out.  It would be perfect for anyone enduring a long, serious illness or going through a difficult time in their life or for a sympathy card.  I left the inside of the card completely blank because, when you need to send this type of card, you need to take the time to write a personal message.  I cannot begin to tell you how much it means when you are on the receiving end of such a card.  I know many stampers who just don't like to make this type of card at all but, honestly, I cannot think of a time in one's life when such a card is needed the most and means the most.  Do it!  You'll be glad you did.  

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Acrylic Block Technique Cards, Part 2

For today's card, I got out the stamp set that has had the longest run of all our Stampin' Up! sets --- Lovely As A Tree.  It's easy to see why it's been loved by so many for so long.  It's a gorgeous set.  I especially love the pine tree stamp and that's what I used today.  I loved how this one turned out.  

I used blues and greens for my Acrylic Block Technique.  The card base and the ink on the trees on the inside of the card and the envelope are all Mossy Meadow.  The ink on the tree (and text) on the card front is our new Archival Black.  I love it!  It creates a nice, strong image, which is just what you want when you're using a black.

By adding a layer of black under the white card front, it makes it all come together and really brings out the beautiful tree image.  If you haven't tried this technique yet, what are you waiting for?  Get going and enjoy!

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Mossy Meadow Thoughts and Prayers

Before I share today's card with you, I just want to say that our Scraps and Prayers group had a wonderful time last night.  What a great group of ladies.  Everyone did a super job on the project and I'm already looking forward to next month's patriotic layout project.

Now, for today's card:  Using our Thoughts and Prayers stamp set and a bit of sponging, I created a beautiful window card.  With this card, it's all the added little details that bump it up a notch.

I used our new Baked Brown Sugar Baker's twine for the card.  It's extra thick and gorgeous.  For the button, the Baker's Twine was too think to go through the holes, so I tied a knot and attached it with Liquid Tombow.  I frayed the ends of the twine and love the look!  Can you see some gold accents?  That's done with our Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.  I love that set because you can do so much with it!

I used one of our oval framelits to cut the window in the front of the card.
I sponged Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist and Mossy Meadow onto the white CS, stamped my image with black StazOn ink, and attached it to the inside of the card.
It was a challenge photographing this card because the wind picked up and I nearly lost it twice as it started to sail over the railing and into the bushes.  Yikes!

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