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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Vintage Timeless Elegance Card

Are you ready for another vintage card today.  We enjoyed making this one at my class, too.  It features our beautiful Timeless Elegance DSP.  

I kept this one simple and let the beautiful paper be the star.  The sentiment is heat embossed and the black strip is embossed with our Lovely Lace embossing folder, one of my absolute favorites.  

The color story is a striking Sahara Sand and Black --- very elegant!

I have two more cards to share with you from our class and then you will have seen them all, so be sure to come back for my next posts.  

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1 Card / 2 Versions

I have 2 versions of a very bright and pretty card for you today ... again, we're still using framelits dies to help create the cards.  Check these out and let me know which one you like the best.  

My color story is a beautiful one, based on the Designer Series Papers (DSP):
Pacific Point
Wild Wasabi
Daffodil Delight 

In real life, you can see a beautiful shimmer and sparkle to the flower petals.  My ink pad was nice and juicy so, while the ink was still wet from stamping, I sprinkled Iridescent Ice EP over it and heat embossed it.  I did not emboss the center of the flower, to give it contrasting textures.

I've coordinated the inside of each card as well as the envelopes, using DSP.  So... which one do you like the best?

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A Vellum Thank You Card

Today's card has a strip of vellum along the front, as well as a cut vellum flower for the focal piece.  All the vellum is colored on the back.  

I also cut an envelope liner out of DSP and then added another cut vellum flower to the inside of the card.  

The little 'thank you' banner is embossed with gold EP and then colored with watercoloring.  It is cut from watercolor paper... a scrap.  Saving and using scraps of watercolor paper makes for great little tags and/or banners on your cards.

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Coloring Techniques, Part 1

Are you ready to take some time to work on coloring techniques?  Then you're in the right place.  I'm going to share my entire Coloring Techniques Album with you, along with several cards made using these techniques.  Before we get started, I have to say what a great day I had yesterday... having lunch and visiting with my sweet MIL and then spending the evening stamping with great friends... wonderful day, wonderful class... life is good.  Then, I got up and weighed in today at a new loss of 22 pounds.  Yay!  So, back to stamping:)

I've divided my album into 3 sections...
- inks
- markers
- special techniques
These are all wonderful ways to add color to a project.

I've divided my technique journal into 3 sections:
- inks
- markers
- special techniques
Today, let's get started with section 1, INKS.

The first way I've shown to add color is by stamping onto a contrasting color of card stock that is slightly lighter than your ink.

Here's the coordinating card made using this technique.

We made this card last night at my class.  It was a big hit!

Keep checking back for more techniques.  I have 14 more to go!

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Cards with a Surprise, Part 1

Today, I'm off on a new little series for you --- all about cards with a surprise.  Today's card is one I made for Christmas, but it could easily be converted to a birthday card.  I love how it turned out!  

The bow is actually attached to the card insert.  When you pull it up, there's room for a stamped message and a note from you.  This was made with our Winter Frost Specialty DSP and could easily be a birthday card by just changing out the stamped sentiment.  You can 'tie' on any kind of embellishment.  How about a little stamped birthday cake instead of the snowflake?

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Stuffing and Stamp-A-Stack... Card 1

As I write this post, my house is filled with the beautiful smell of stuffing.  My husband's Sunday School class is hosting our church's Thanksgiving Dinner tonight and he is making tons of stuffing --- one of his specialties.  While I fight the urge to go gobble some, let's take a look at one of my Stamps-A-Stack cards for this Sunday afternoon. 

Because Stamp-A-Stack cards need to be able to be made a little more quickly, I rely heavily on dies and punches to make the cards quick to assemble but still quite nice.  This one features our Festive Flurries dies, several punches and some Season of Style DSP.  A nice thing about the 3-D tree is that it will fold flat to put into an envelope.  Here are all the Stamp-A-Stack cards.

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Color Inspiration, Part 3: Sketched Birthday

Let's continue my little series today with more color inspiration and using it to guide our artistic creations.  So far, I've shared color inspiration from Aaron digging in the yard and Aaron and Olive Jane playing on the deck.  Today, we'll see how I used color inspiration from Aaron and Ben in their new pool.  These are super fun colors to use.  It doesn't get much more vivid than this:)

Here's my card project:

My color story:
Pacific Point
Gumball Green
Tangerine Tango
Marina Mist 

I added a Whisper White top layer, to stamp my images and then attached the banner and the scalloped piece with dimensionals.  The ribbon is wrapped around just the white layer.  I will admit that I hadn't used this stamp set yet.  In fact, I had to put it together before I could finish my card.  I really enjoyed using it, especially the balloons.  Sorry, Oprah.  I hear you're afraid of balloons.  I just happen to like them.

Here are the photos for my color inspiration:

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Color Me Christmas / Color Me Super Cute

Isn't this little guy just stinkin' cute?  He's one of the images we'll be using on our projects today at my Stampin' Party / Open House.  With the gorgeous Season of Style DSP and the lined envelope, how can he NOT be cute?  Little cards like this are perfect for tags on gift packages, gift enclosures, or as ties on gift bags.

Gotta run now, but I'll be back with tons more to share with you.  I've had a super productive week and finished many of the projects that we'll be making in upcoming classes.  Also, I'll be sharing what's coming up for September.  As always, there's a lot of stampin' fun headed your way!  

A Mini Album from Coasters

Today, I have a cute little coaster album to share with you.  We made this at my Scraps and Prayers class a few days ago.  It starts with 7 coasters.  You can add photos and/or journaling to both sides.

Here's a close-up of the front cover.

This is one side of all the coasters, opened.

... and the other sides.

As you can see, all the papers coordinate beautifully.  I love this Eastern Elegance DSP.

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Coastal Cabana

Today, we continue our series on our new colors with Coastal Cabana, a very pretty and very trendy color.

Color Coach color story for the card on the left:

• Coastal Cabana
• Pumpkin Pie
• Crushed Curry

Color Coach color story for the card on the right:

• Coastal Cabana
• Calypso Coral
• Smoky Slate

Which color story do you like the best?  As for the images, I love the cute little fish.  These cards are a good example of how varied my tastes are in design --- from fish to beautiful flowers in nature.  

 

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