Friday, January 26, 2018

Feature Friday

Can you believe this is the last Friday of January? I have a few projects for you today. With everything I've posted this month you should have some great Valentine cards and such for next month. Also some great ideas for some fancy birthday cards and for weddings and anniversaries as well!

So just a reminder, I'm using the Bloomin' Love Stamp Set and Bloomin' Heart Thinlits this month as my Product of the Month. I just love this bundle and did so much with it when it came out, I thought I should dust it off and use it again! Unfortunately you can't purchase it as a bundle, but they are both still available! I'm going to warn you this is a LONG post! I thought I'd show you some old samples I had from when this set first came out.


To start off, I'm showing you some swaps I had in my stash. Some of the items, may no longer be available, but you could easily use alternative product. 


This first card added the flowers on top of the die cut and die cut a heart from the Sweet and Sassy Framelits to go underneath to help pop the detail of the floral heart.


This one uses an embossing folder we no longer carry along with the Blushing Bride Glimmer paper.


I think this card was from a class we did when the set first came out. That's the envelope also stamped and embellished! This used some DSP that coordinated with the stamp set too along with that amazing glimmer paper! (I still have it!)


So here are some new samples for you! This first one is a small treat holder. Pretty simple using the Scallop tag topper punch and the gorgeous Painted with Love Designer Series Specialty paper. Every sheet on one side has gold foil and it's a heavier weight then our regular DSP. 

Here is a great simple card. I inked the small heart first in VersaMark and then in Real Red and sprinkled clear embossing powder on and heat set. Then I die cut it with the Sweet & Sassy Framelits. The "Love You" I used white embossing powder.


This last card, another simple one. Here I die cut the heart then die cut it again with the Bold Butterfly. I die cut with the vellum at the same time, just to save a step. I also added the clear epoxy shapes that's in the Occasions catalog.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope these projects got your creative juices going and you make some wonderful Valentine cards and treats. I look forward to your comments. You can find all these products (except the retired items) in my STORE or look below for all the items I used on the projects.  If you don't have a demonstrator, I've love to be yours. There are all kinds of benefits for shopping with me. Check out the VIP Host Code and your Wish List for more details.





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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Paper Pumpkin Alternatives!!!

Well I had a chance to play around with my January Paper Pumpkin kit. I wanted to get some ideas online, but I'm having problems with my internet! So I went through some old swaps (I've got a bundle!) to get some ideas. What a great resource! I really need to do this more often!


Here's what the kit makes.


Here is the contents of the kit.

I thought this was a cute kit. A little untraditional as far as the colors go, but still is a pink. They open on an angle and have a white card that's scalloped at the top to right a note on. You can easily put a gift card in it as well. One of the holders has copper hearts and the other is white strips. The ribbon has a copper edge to it also.



 So here are the cards I came up with. While looking through my swaps I came across several that had this diagonal cut to them and thought, this should be a snap! I used my heat tool to get the adhesive apart to make it easier to cut it. I was tempted to cut the one "Happy Valentine's Day" stamp, but didn't. I masked it when inking and after I stamped the Valentine's section I should have cut it apart. I'm sure it would have stamp much better. I used some Copper Metallic thread behind the envelope to give it some interest and put the ribbon through the whole that's suppose to hold the holder together.



For this next card I cased a card we did last year using the DSP that was in the Occasions at the time. I added a piece of copper foil behind the vellum banner that was included in the kit.

For both these projects, I didn't add much in the way of other materials. The card bases and layers and a few other things. Here's the photo again of the kits contents.



I'll work on some more alternatives with this kit. I do really like the colors. They're not ones I would usually choose, but thought they worked well together.

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I hope these cards have jumpstarted your creativity! I'm so glad you stopped by and look forward to your comments. If you have any questions, or need help with re-creating any of these projects, please contact me. If you don't have a demonstrator, I'd love to be yours! I have a monthly VIP Host Code to earn FREE product and card kits with qualifying orders. Below is a list of all the extra products I used to make these cards.







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