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Does this look cool? I was playing around with some embossing techniques. I have so many cool embossing folders, I want to make the most of it. I was trying a technique called carved wood. I did it wrong the first time and my flowers are embossed. I made a second card where they are all debossed. I think they both look great. I'd love t hear what card you like better?
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Companies keep getting smarter and smarter. Stencils have changed paper crafting again. Companies have figured out that they can break them apart to layer them to color in complicated images such as this one. This card doesn't actually use a single rubber stamp. It isn't very often I can say that. The image is foiled to with a hot plate and gold foil. I used yellow diamond dots to accent the flowers. I love the elegance that foil gives to the card (it doesn't show up in the photos very well :🙁 )
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I have another catch-up card to share with you. This is a trifold fun fold that we made back in April. I made a bunch of these for Birthdays and for Mother's day. I love the fold. However, it was really tricky to get the cut straight. I tried a couple times to get it straight with my paper trimmer. I was unsuccessful. You guys know me... I wasn't happy. I recruited a professional engineer to help me (it is amazing to have one on staff). With his help, we got the math right and mastered this tulip garden. I love how the flowers cover both sides of the card. What do you think? What other designs besides flowers would you like to try on this card?
Hi Gnomey! I hope you are having a wonderful summer. I've been enjoying all the summer things including the new summer gnomes. This Garden gnome jumped onto my desk and was just begging for some color. I did a little creative cropping to get him on this card. The butterfly was originally meant to on the right side of the gnome... but thankfully we was willing to flutter around to the other side. I actually think he balanced the card out really well.
I used some soft tie dye decorative paper as back ground paper. I think it added to the summer vibe. I hope you liked this garden gnome.. I can't wait to see who is next in my gnomie pile.
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I'm still playing catch up on the blog. Things in our lives are starting to calm down a little bit (THANK GOD). I'm so happy to have a second to catch my breath and hopefully allow myself to find an equilibrium again.
Today's card was from last month's technique class. It is faux watercolor technique. This whole card is done with stamps... no painting involved at all! The stamp set is from Concord and 9th. The stamps are cleverly designed to give an uneven impression giving a watercolor look. I love watercoloring, but it is nice to have a quick and easy alternative at times too.
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How do you feel about monograms? I've never really had an opinion about them until now. Spellbinders came out with a set of letterpress dies. I think they are so pretty. I also love how they paired them with sentiments so they can be used in alternate ways.
I'm in a penpal group and I thought that I would make each of my friends a card that showcases their first initials (don't worry they should have already received them by this posting).
I letter pressed each letter and then used perfect pearls to color the flowers yellow. They have a real soft shine to them. I used diamond dots to accent the center of the flowers. I felt like they needed some extra shine. I'm not sure I'm in love with the black but I tried silver and gold and wasn't sold on those either. I'll have to keep working on it.
I hope the girls love their cards. I really enjoyed making them for our team. Do you guys have penpals? How long have you been writing?
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This is just a real quick post today. I couldn't resist sharing. I just love this card. Stampin up released this Poppy Paper a few years back. I happen to find a partially used pack of it at a garage sale this Spring. I just finished the card off by adding a sentiment. The paper did all the hard work. Thank you all for stopping by!
-Chris
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Today if the first day of SUMMER! It is my favorite season. I love swimming, playing outside with the kids, the warm and long days that end in beautiful sunsets. I hope I can capture the magic of summer in my cards.
We have been having a drought and the flowers are not growing really well in Upstate NY, so I decided to create my own garden. I used an OLD set from Spellbinders to die cut all the flowers.
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Today is release day at Technique Junkies. This release is awesome! There are so so many fun stamps. The mermaid stuff if my favorite! I've saved some of those cards to share with you later this month. Today I'm sharing the cards I made with the Flower frame. This stamp has so much detail. I really wanted showcase the detail. I chose to do that with an old technique called "Pulling Pastels".
I covered an entire piece of cardstock with chalk. Then stamped the image in versamark. The versamark is sticky and pulls the chalk off the paper. Showing all the detail in this beautiful stamp. I hope you love it. Stop by and see what the other team members created.
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Other: Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue) Tacky Glue
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Encouragement cards are something I make often. I try to send cards to friends and family who I know are struggling. Sometimes it is those reminders that keep us going! This sentiment was perfect for the Thistle Border. Happy Stamping friends!
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I'm a bit farther behind in blogging than normal. I hope to catch up here in the next week or so. This card is one perfect for this time of year. it is so SPRINGY! I stamped the background image in light blue onto light blue paper. Then inked up the word SPRING in dark blue and stamped it on top of the light blue. Stamp positioners make magic happen! I used Flower Dies to die cut paper from bright papers. I used Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue) to assemble all of the pieces. To add a bit of sparkle I added glitter Gel Pens to the veins of the flowers. This card shines! I hope this inspires you to start making some Spring cards.
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I love this new sentiment from TJ Designs. As you get older you realize how true this sentiment really is. I embossed a white piece of cardstock with the daisy embossing folder. Then is used my blending brushes to apply a soft coating of ink. The ink did create a soft halo around each daisy... but that doesn't bother me. I think it adds to the look. What do you think?
I finished the card off with some yellow stickles. Do you remember those? I haven't used mine in a while.
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I've been inspired this month to dig through older things and use them. I have an older stamp set by Altenew called Garden Treasures. I used Pearl-ex or Perfect Pearls to make it look nice and shiny.
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I just can't enough of this wildflower stamp! I can't decide which of these cards I like more.
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Hi Crafty Friends,
This idea has been floating around on pinterest. I had to give it a try. It was a little tedious to glue on all the butterflies, but the end result is stunning. I finished it off with a retired sentiment from FSJ.
