Blended Birthday Blooms

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Part of the image has been cut out to allow it to overlap the frame

Birthday Blooms remains one of my very favourite stamp set and the new Stampin' Blend alcohol markers have added another layer to my love affair with this image!

If you've been following my posts, you'll know that I hate to waste anything!  So this card started with a little scrap of Basic Gray cardstock which I had used to cut with one of the Lots of Labels dies for this card.  I hadn't centred the die when I cut it nor had I left enough space to cut a frame with a larger die.  So I simply trimmed the sides and then used one of the larger dies in the set to shape each end which left me with a cute little frame.

I then cut all the layers for my card and on the Whisper White layer I masked one side of the frame before stamping the image with Memento ink and colouring with the Stampin' Blends in Pool Party and Smoky Slate.

Masking and stamping the image

I loosely positioned the frame and drew around the inside with a pencil then used a craft knife to cut around the parts of the image that I wanted to overlap the frame.

Having slipped the frame around the image and adhered it, I glued the white layer to the Basic Gray layer before popping the cut parts of the image up on Mini Stampin' Dimensionals.  

Stampin' Dimensionals lift the cut section and the underlying Smoky Slate layer provides a shadow

The greeting is stamped with Basic Gray ink and the base card is Soft Sky.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie


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Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$33.00

Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies

$45.00

Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

$12.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Card Stock A4 Soft Sky

$14.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

$6.00

Splitcoaststampers Creative Crew Challenges - July 2015 - Part 1

LIFE'S A PICNIC

With the Northern Hemisphere heading into Summer, the focus this month is on the sights, smells, colours, places, food and family that Summer brings: Summer birthdays, graduations, family reunions, a day at the beach or just a backyard BBQ with family and friends!

Play along with the Creative Crew to get those creative juices flowing!
See the Creative Crew Gallery here for further inspiration.

Double Porthole card

CCREW0715CF, CreativeCrew, SUO - Catalog Focus
Anything foodie related, a stamp set, punches, you name it!

Sprinkles of Life really is turning into one of my "go to" stamp sets - I love it because it's so versatile!  Here I've stamped and coloured the image using Chocolate Chip, Perfect Plum and Elegant Eggplant.  The candle is Tip Top Taupe with a Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry flame.  I added Dazzling Details to the icing. 

I really don't know what this fold should be called but I call it a double porthole.  The base cardstock is Tip Top Taupe with three designs from the Go Wild DSP stack.

How I did it:

1. I started with a 6" x 12" piece of Tip Top Taupe which I scored at 4" and 8" (neatly dividing it into three).  
2. I folded both sides in towards the centre, overlapping them with the left side on top.
3. I adhered a piece of DSP to the top flap.
4. I unfolded the card, used the second largest Lots of Labels framelit and carefully positioned it on top of the top flap and ran in through the Bigshot so that only the top layer was cut.
5. Using Perfect Plum cardstock I cut a frame using the largest and second largest of the Lots of Labels framelits and adhered it to the front of the card.
6. I refolded the card and lightly drew around the inside of the cut with a pencil to help me centre the die cut in the second flap.  
7. I wanted to leave a frame of Tip Top Taupe showing around the inside edge when the card is closed.
8. I opened out the card again and centred the third largest die in the set and ran it through the Bigshot.
9. I cut a piece of DSP to size, held it in position on top of flap 2 (with the smaller die cut), folded the top flap over and lightly drew around the inside of the cut shape again.
10. Then I placed the DSP in the Bigshot with the second largest die in position directly lined up with the pencil marks) and ran it through. 
11. Then I adhered the DSP to the second flap, being careful to line it up with the die cut in the front flap.  So now I had decorated my second flap but still kept the Tip Top Taupe frame that I wanted. 
12. I cut another Perfect Plum frame by repeating step 5 and adhered it to this second layer.
13. I centred a piece of Whisper White to the inside of the card and then cut a third piece of DSP to size.  I didn't want any of this DSP to show when the card is closed, so I repeated steps 9 & 10 and then adhered this DSP to the Whisper White.
14. I then added a Perfect Plum frame by repeating step 5.
15. I then closed the card before I adhered the cupcake, to help me position it where I wanted within the frame I had just created for it.
16. I placed a piece of Whisper White on the back of the card to provide somewhere to write a message.
    

    

    Sprinkles of life & Go Wild DSP

    
    The sentiment is from Endless Birthday Wishes.  I stamped it in black onto a 1" strip of thick Whisper White and then trimmed just the ends with one of the Tags & Labels Framelits (I've included instructions for this below).  Then I edged the resulting label with Tip Top Taupe and attached a couple of Perfect Plum Candy Dots (even they sound foodie!).  I repeated the process with normal Whisper White cardstock (without the sentiment and candy dots!) but just a tad longer.  I adhered the longer layer with snail and then added the top layer with dimensionals.

  

Sprinkles of life, custom made label

Making a symetrical label with the Tags & Labels Framlits:

1. I stamped my sentiment on a 1" strip of cardstock.  
2. I then fed one end of the strip through the framelit so that only the end of the strip was under the cutting blade (making sure it was straight).  I cranked just that end through the Bigshot to avoid leaving any impressions on the rest of the strip.
3. I then repeated the process on the other end of the strip.

Custom made
label, Step 3

Custom made
label, Step 2

Custom made label - to simply extend the length
of the die cut, stop at this step

CCREW0715DF, CreativeCrew, SUO - DSP/Colour Focus
Cucumber  Crush, Hello Honey and Watermelon Wonder - for more inspiration use the Cherry On Top DSP Stack!

OK, I'm going to be brutally honest here - I really don't like Cucumber Crush; either on its own or in combination.  So..... I've really struggled with this challenge. I'm not thrilled with my results but I'm happy that I managed to produce something.  I suppose the flowers, wall and leaf give it a very loose outdoors connection, then we have to make a leap to picnic!

Beautiful Bunch, Striped Scallop Thinlit

The base card is Cucumber Crush layered with Whisper White and Delightful Dijon (which was embossed with the Brick Wall embossing folder.  The two layers from Lots of Labels Framelits are Whisper White overlaid with the Cucumber Crush Colour Me Irresistable card.

The leaf is stamped in Garden Green onto Cucumber Crush using the Vintage Leaves stamp set and cut with the matching Leaflets Framelit.  I also added a little bit of Delightful Dijon cut with the Striped Scallop Thinlit.

The large flower is stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink onto Watermelon Wonder cardstock with the Beautiful Bunch stamp set and cut with the matching Fun Flower Punch.  I added the largest of the Metal Rimmed Pearls to the centre.

The two smaller flowers are cut from the Watermelon Wonder Cotton Paper with the Petite Petals Punch and then scrunched up around a really small brad.

I wanted to add a bow but didn't want to use the Dotted Lace Trim, so I used the now retired Stitched Satin Ribbon in Crushed Curry which seemed to do the trick.

The remaining two July Challenges follow in Part 2.

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Several Shades of Grey!

There are so many beautiful stamp sets and papers in the new catalogue that I'm like a kid in a candy shop at the moment!

Yesterday I had some time to play and decided to try the Timeless Elegance DSP.  I just love it!  It's so gorgeous it really does all the heavy lifting for you, making it really quick and easy to create a beautiful card!  How good is that?!

In just a short space of time, with the addition of of the Watercolour Wonder and Awesomely Artistic stamp sets I made these three cards.

By just letting the beautiful prints on the DSP do all the talking, I could have made even more!

I used the Out of the Box technique to cut out the stamped panel with the new Lots of Labels Framelits.  I stamped the dragonfly with versamark onto Very Vanilla card, applied heat & stick powder and then dazzling diamonds.  I highlighted around the wings with an aquapainter and basic grey ink.

Awesomely Artistic stamp set

I watercoloured the Awesomely Artistic foliage with Sahara Sand and Basic Grey inks.  The die cuts were edged with Basic Grey ink.  I stamped the frame and the word "Friend" from the Awesomely Artistic set and cut it out with the matching framelit from the Project Life Cards & Labels Framelit set.

Happy Birthday is from the Sprinkles of Life set.  Since it's photopolymer I was able to bend it to fit the Bitty Banner Framelet.

I layered the Timeless Elegance DSP onto Basic Black cardstock and then onto the Sahara Sand card base.

Watercolour Wonder Stamp Set

 The sentiment on the striped card is from Birthday Blossoms.  I hand cut the Very Vanilla layer to points and layered it onto Sahara Sand cardstock cut with another of the Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits.  Then I applied two of the smallest of the metal rimmed pearl embellishments.  I stamped the Watercolour Wings butterfly with Sahara Sand, Basic Grey and Black.

The Timeless Elegance DSP is layered onto Basic Black and then onto the Sahara Sand card base.  Both the butterfly and the sentiment are popped up on dimensionals.

Watercolour Wonder Stamp Set

For the last card, the Timeless Elegance DSP is edged with black ink and layered onto the Basic Grey card.

The sentiment is from That Thing You Did and I stamped it in black directly onto the DSP.

The Watercolour Wings butterfly is stamped in black and Basic Grey.  I then picked out parts of it with the 2-way glue pen and applied Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  The wings are popped up on dimensionals.


In the next few weeks I'll post more pictures of what I make with some of the new products.

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