Wednesday 31 August 2016

Christmas Pine & Merry Tag with copper

I find neutral colours really soothing, especially at Christmas when they create an elegant contrast to all the reds and greens.  I will always love traditional Christmas colours but every so often I find my eyes need a rest!
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The greeting is heat embossed with the gorgeous copper embossing powder

The 5.5" square card is made from Crumb Cake cardstock.  I do like this size because I can get a nice square card from a piece of A4 cardstock.  I added a layer of Very Vanilla, then Copper Foil Sheet followed by a piece of Candy Cane Lane DSP.  Since I love the Copper Foil so much and know I'll be using a lot of it - I decided to employ a little trick to stretch it as far as possible.  I removed the centre of the square before adhering the decorative paper to the top.

I cut the pine branches in Garden Green and Wild Wasabi cardstock and layered them onto the top of the card using the Fine-Tip Glue Pen.  I used the glue towards the bottom end of the sprigs, leaving the top ends free to add some dimension to the card.  

I cut one of the pine cones from Copper Foil Sheet and adhered it under some of the branches.

I cut the Merry Tag with Very Vanilla cardstock and also in Garden Green.  I used oddments of the Copper Foil (strategically placed under the die) to cut the star and the base.

Using the Layering Circles dies, I cut a circle of cardstock just a little smaller than the tag and adhered them together.  I then used the Fine-Tip Glue Pen to insert and adhere the green and copper elements of the tree design.

I placed Stampin' Dimensionals on the back of the tag.  I looped some cord around one of the branches and adhered it to the back of the tag before sticking the tag to the card front.  I haven't yet purchased the Baker's Twine Trio Pack (but it's high on my wish list!) so I had to use a retired silver cord on this card.

Thank you for visiting!
'Til next time
Stephanie

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Monday 29 August 2016

Jar of Love shaker card for Kitchen Tea

This card is for another kitchen tea - it's another shaker card, this time using the Jar of Love bundle.
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This shaker card uses no foam strips

The sequins I used are a mixture from the new Fancy Frost pack and the Brights pack - I picked out mostly hearts in the Melon Mambo and blue colours.

I again used Sarah-Jane's tutorial for making the shaker element with no foam.
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The inside of the card

Inside the card I stamped a greeting from the Designer Tin of Cards stamp set and filled the corners with flourishes from the same set.  I used a Melon Mambo marker to add a little colour to them.
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The main colours of the card are Island Indigo, Soft Sky and Melon Mambo

I finished the card with some of the Enamel Shapes in Metallic silver and Melon Mambo.

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Stephanie

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Sunday 28 August 2016

Sheltering Tree reflection

 
 
How to create a mirror image when stamping your cards. Wendy Cranford www.luvinstampin.comWelcome to the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Wendy Cranford - we are thrilled to have Wendy join us this month and so excited to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by her .  We hope you find great inspiration from the projects.


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  This is Wendy's beautiful card that inspired me.

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I dotted some White Craft Ink into the sky with a small brush for subtle stars
I will be giving it to my wonderful husband for Fathers' Day.
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I used the piece I cut from the edge of the panel to decorate the inside of the card
The techniques used are sponging and the reflection technique.  There are many great tutorials available for this technique which simply involves stamping the silhouette image onto a shiny surface such as a a piece of Window Sheeet, acetate or (as I do) the plastic sheet that forms part of the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, turning it ink side down, positioning it and rubbing so that the ink transfers to the cardstock.

I hope you've enjoyed this card and I welcome your comments. 

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Thanks for visiting
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Stephanie

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