Wednesday, 8 May 2019

Delightfully Detailed Blueberry

Another fond farewell - this time to the gorgeous Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut paper.
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Saying farewell to the gorgeous Delightfully Detailed Laser Cut paper
I used a sponge brayer to add Blueberry Bushel ink to the delicate paper and then adhered it to a watercolour background.  I always have a bunch of backgrounds stacked in a corner.  I think this one had Bermuda Bay and Blueberry Bushel inks - so I used those colours for the rest of the card.

The white frame is cut with the Stitched Rectangles dies and I've added some Blueberry Bushel ribbon as well as the Granite Gray ribbon.

The greeting and label are from the Darling Label Punch Box. TIP:  I used a Blueberry Bushel Stampin' Write Marker to ink up just the swirl on the stamp and stamped it upside down on top of the sentiment.

TIP:  To colour the edges of the label I used a ruler and a Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blend alcohol marker, just freehanding around the curves.

Click here to see/purchase all of the retiring products while they last.  They'll only be available until 2nd June or while stocks last.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Sunday, 5 May 2019

Very Vintage Quartet

Who doesn't love a card set?  They make such great gifts!  I wasn't actually planning to make a set but I liked the first one so much that I just kept going!
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A set of four cards featuring the retiring hostess stamp set - Very Vintage
I really just set out to say a fond farewell to a retiring stamp set that I like very much - the hostess set called Very Vintage.
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This version of the Very Vintage card featured silver heat embossing and Silver Foil Sheet
It's a very quick and simple card.  All the elements of the Very Vintage stamp set are heat embossed onto Basic Black cardstock.  Then layered with a matching Foil Sheet or cardstock and adhered to the Basic Black base card. 
I then added some coordinating bling - sequins, rhinestones or pearls.
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This gold version of the Very Vintage card is embellished with Gold Metallic Pearls and Gold Foil Sheet
The greeting panel is punched out with the coordinating Darling Label Punch but I wanted to add a layer behind it.  So I cut piece of foil or cardstock 1/4" larger than the widest part of the label and adhered the label to the centre.  Then I carefully punched away the corners with a 1/2" circle punch.
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This version of the Very Vintage card uses Copper heat embossing and Copper Foil Sheet
with some Adhesive Backed Sequins
TIP:  I cut out the centre of the foil sheet layers to make my precious foil go as far as possible!
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This white version of the Very Vintage card was actually the first one I made
I added some Adhesive Backed Sequins for a bit of bling
TIP:  Remember to swipe the black cardstock with an Embossing Buddy before stamping with the Versamark.  This will ensure that the embossing powder only sticks where you want it to stick.

Retiring products will only be available until 2 June or while stocks last so you might want to take a look at the Last Chance Products.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Friday, 3 May 2019

Share What You Love Farewell

The Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper is so beautiful that I've used it for loads of projects.  It's such a generous quantity of papers though that I've still got plenty of this gorgeous paper left and, sadly, it'll be retiring on 2nd June.

So I'm busy making projects to use it up!  This is one of them - it's very simple and lets the paper speak for itself.
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The beautiful Share What You Love suite of products will be retiring on 2nd June
The base card is Crumb Cake and each panel of of the pretty paper is layered onto Rich Razzleberry cardstock.

The Tranquil Tide circular frame has been kicking around on my desk for months (it was a by-product when I decided to use a smaller circle than I'd originally intended on a previous project!).

I added some of the Rich Razzleberry Velvet Ribbon to a piece of Burlap and cut into an arrow shape.

For bling, there are Share What You Love Artisan Pearls and the beautiful little silver roses from the Share What You Love Embellishment Kit.

If you're wondering about that little "buckle" - it's a combination of Stitched Labels dies.

The retiring products will only be available until 2 June or while stocks lasts, so take a look at the Last Chance Products now.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Wednesday, 1 May 2019

Wonderful Romance All Stitched Up

Wonderful Romance is another retiring stamp set, so I thought I'd give it a bit of love.
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The Wonderful Romance stamp set will be  retiring on 2nd June

I Stamped onto Whisper White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.

The base card is Highland Heather and I cut a frame using the Stitched Rectangles dies and Gorgeous Grape cardstock.

The word "thanks" is cut from Mint Macaron card with one of the Well Written dies and I added a little bow of Mint Macaron twine from the Nature's Twine set.

Remember to take a look at the Last Chance Products (like the Wonderful Romance stamp set) that will be retiring and only available until 2nd June or while stocks last.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All items used in this project are available for purchase in my online store