From The Top

Hello. 

Waffle flower has knocked it out of the park with this die.  It was released a while ago, but it is new to me.   It is just a fun new take on a pumpkin.  I used orange, green, and brown ink to sponge the edges of the die cuts to add more depth.   The sentiment is from Riley and co.   It just seemed like it was made for this die cut. 

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More Mosaics

Hello, 

Earlier this week, I shared the blue and white card I made with the mosaic card kit.   I had a bunch of left over tiles so I wanted to see what I could make with them.   I popped the blue tiles up on the gray background.  I love the blue/grey/white color combo.   What do you think?   I know I'm not done creating with this set yet!

Stay in Bed

Hello, 

I thought this was a really sweet set from Hero Arts.   The set comes with four different animals ,but I chose to do the bear.  He looks so sweet tucked in for bed.  I hope he feels better soon.  

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Leprechaun

Hello, 

I've been playing around with some die cutting again.  These die cuts really came to life when you add some ink to the edges of them.   I also added detail lines to them with a green and white gel pen.  

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Owl Love

Hello, 

I have a card that I LOVE.  I copied it from the spellbinders packaging...so I can't take any real credit for the design.   I guess I picked out the colors.   My favorite is the background.  It is Island indigo from stampin up . It has been retired for years, but I LOVE how it compliments the owls.  There are also otters in the set.  I might have to try them next!  

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Monster Love

 GRRREEtings, 

I have a Monster of a card to share.  This die and stencil set are from Spellbinders.  He is really easy to put together.  I thought for Valentine's Day I couldn't resist using pink and red.   What other colors would you made this card in?

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Lots of Balls- two ways

Greetings,  

I'm notoriously bad at making cards that center around sports.   I'm trying to do a little better.  For Father's day Spellbinders came out with a masculine die set that centered gold and fishing.   I knew that several of my students had golfers in their family so I knew that we needed to get the golf dies out and get to work   One of the coolest design feature of the set is that Spellbinders also came out with a golf ball wax seal.  If you didn't like the wax seal you could choose to use the traditional die cut look.    Which look grabs you more? 

 The  I'm slowly over the years collected some fun sentiments.   I think everyone was able to find something they liked.  

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Fall some moments are gold

Happy Fall Greetings,  

I love playing with  color.   I saw this color combination on a sweatshirt of a stranger walking around town the other day.  I loved the way the purple played off the other yellow and the browish gold.    I made a mental note and couldn't wait to give it a try.  I wish I had a picture of her sweatshirt, but I think I captured it pretty well.   If you are going to try it at home I used Daffodil Delight from Stampin up.  Honey from TE and Plum from Gina K.   All the stamps are from Unity

Have a creative day friends

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Take me to the Sea

Greetings! 

Summer is my favorite time of year.    I've had this beachy embossing folder just sitting on my desk and I couldn't let the season slip by without using it.   I also wanted to try it with my favorite technique. I love the finished look of this card.    Here is how I got it...

I inked up a white panel of card stock with blueprint sketch mermaid lagoon and salty ocean and tea dye inks.  Then I ran it through the embossing folder.  I then re-inked it with the same inks.  I like how the raised sections picked up the ink differently than the flat paper.   Once the ink was dry, I used a white pigment ink pad and gently drug the pad across the paper. Only the highest point of the design caught the white ink.    To finish it all off I die cut some seashells and a sentiment to add to the card.  I wanted the background to be the star of the show, so I didn't want anything to take away from it.   

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Cutting Edge

Welcome, 

I have a real short post today.    This die is made by stamping up (so sorry I don't know the name).  It comes in two two pieces.  At first I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the large chunk of space.  Then I remembered I had a few really large sentiments that I rarely use.  They fit perfectly.   I added one clay red heart to each one of them.  I really like how they turned out. I think I might make more of them.  

Cardinal with Bow

Using one of my favorite techniques again... .  I rubbed white ink across an embossing folder.  It covers it with a light frosting of ink.  It kind of looks like snow.   The little cardinal is from My Favorite Things.  He has a little buddy that I put on another card that I put on a card that I will share tomorrow. 

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Dragonfly

Hello friends, 

This card has become infamous.  I had no idea when I brought it to class what it would become.   This is a die set from Spellbinders.  It cuts the wing segments into five segments for each wing.    It seems straightforward until you have several people cutting them from many different colors.  It is easy to mix the pieces.  It turns into an odd jigsaw puzzle.    We had fun with it.  It has become a long running joke in our class.   

I've since learned that you can also color the bands in.  It is way easer than die cutting them.  We might try this again next year, but do the coloring method again next time.  

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Sending a Smile Your Way

Hello,  

Just a quick card to share today.  I found this card sketch on pinterest.  It is such a simple sketch.  I love that it make the butterfly the focal point.  It was however really hard to find paper in my stash that worked for this technique.   Most of Stampin up paper is double sided.  I don't have much Stampin up designer paper. I'm sure you could use anything, but part of the magic is the monochromatic theme going on here. 

If you were to try this, what would you do?  I really want to explore this sketch more.  Help me brainstorm.  

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Puppy Love

Hello, 

I've been wanting to play with this dog die set for while.   It is called intertwined dogs by Waffle flower. The dogs open up to reveal a hidden gift card.  You could hide anything you want behind the puppies a hidden note or maybe a photo. 

I used just a little brown ink to sponge on the dogs to add some depth.  I kept them pretty simple.  I'd like to make this card in a few more colors. 

  

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Another Scrap Buster... and pretty card!

Hello friends, 

Do you have a ton of scraps that clogs your bins?  My desk and constantly covered in scraps of card stock that are left over from projects.   I love these smaller dies make use of this otherwise wasted paper.   In this case I wanted to remind can expand the use of your colors.   We often think of green when we think of stems... but look how awesome they look in shades of blue.   I accented the card with a wax seal that was a mix of blue and pink.   The center of the flowers are diamond dots. 

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Flamazing

Hi!

It seems like each summer an a new animal becomes trendy.   We've done sloths, penguins, hedgehogs, and this year it seems to be the flamingo.   Don't get me wrong, I love it.  I love seeing all the new products and creations.  It is like a celebration of that animal.  As far as I'm concerned let's make it official.  🦩🦩🦩. 

Technique Junkies is not to miss out on a trend and they have released some Flamazing Flamingo stamps of their own.   I love the sentiment because it could be used for anything.  It could be a birthday or just a general greeting on its down.  It is so versatile and I think it will get a workout in my craft room this season.  

To create the backgrounds I used Nuvo Pigment Powder.   This powder is highly pigmented powder that reacts with water.   There is a couple of ways you can use this powder, but my favorite is to sprinkle just a tiny (I stress tiny) bit of powder onto watercolor paper.  Then spray the paper with water.  You can move the paper around to move the pigment on the paper.   It isn't an exact science... but I love that you can an organic background instead of a controlled piece.     I used Spellbinders Flamingo die on the blue piece and the stamped the Flamingos on the pink.   I love them both. 

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Flamazing

Flamingos

Paper:

paper from Stampin' Up

Ink:

Versa clair: Amazon

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

White gel pen:  Scrapbook or Amazon

Copic Opaque White

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

Nuvo Pigment Powder

White Splatter

Spellbinder Flamingo

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HOOMAN

Welcome friends, 

This is for all my cat loving followers.   There is nothing new about cats in a bookshelf.  However Waffle flower made it so easy to create.  The created a series of stencils that work together to create the books and then stamps with just the best book titles to add when done.    I hope that they have a dog version in the works.  It makes me wonder what the dogs would be doing.   Sleeping on the couch?  What do you think? 

Materials:

Waffle Flower

Cat Dies

Book Titles

Bookshelf

Stencils

Pet Thoughts

Paper:

paper from Stampin' Up

Ink:

Versa clair: Amazon

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

White gel pen:  Scrapbook or Amazon

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

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Most Expensive

 Hello!

It is release day at Technique Junkies!  Pat has another batch of amazing stamps.  I'm using my favorite today.  As soon as I saw it I had to make this card.  I've had this die set in my stash from Spellbinders for a long time.  It is a 3D shopping cart (I didn't use the 3D part).  There are a bunch of accessories that you can put in the cart to customize it.   It is perfect it looks just like my cart when I go to Costco.   Just a mix of items I didn't know I needed!   

I wanted to give this card a little bit of a purpose so I turned it into a fun fold.  When the card is opened, it reveals a hidden gift card inside.  I thought this would be perfect for someone who is going off to college, moving, or just bought their first house.  I thought on the inside you could write something about how the gift card could help out.  What do you think? 

I hope you stop by and see all the other talented makes from the designers (links below).  If you love this card please consider using my code to let me know and save and additional 10% on top of the sale price! 

Materials:

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Costco

Paper:

paper from Stampin' Up

Ink:

Versa clair: Amazon

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

Spellbinders Right Facing Shopping Cart Dies and Accessories

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Check out all the cards made by other members of the design team:

                                                                        Technique Junkies

Debra

Jeanette

Shalana

Pat

Pam

Patti

Michael

Darlene

A Trip Around The Sun

Hello friends, 

These cards were from a kit that I purchased from Taylored Exressions a while back.  They do not sell it as a kit anymore, but the individual items are available.   The part of this card that I think is magic is the background panels are able to be foiled.   I used a holographic gold foil that catches the light really well.   The rays of the sun are stenciled.  The sun is stamped.. then die cut with the clouds.   It is a fairly easy card but the results are bright and cheery.  It has become a favorite! 

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My Bucket Runneth Over

Hi!

I can remember as a kid sitting outside and watching birds fight over the french fries my dad was tossing to them at a McDonald's Play-Place.  They were like little ninjas hopping out of no where to get the prized french fry.    As an adult, I know they are probably awful for the birds, but they sure where happy.   I must not have been the only kid with that experience because  Waffle flower released this die set called Happy Seagull.   You can fill their bucket with either fish or french fries.   I love both versions. 

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