Hi, everyone! This month's Design Team Color Challenge is based on the Christmas Paper Collection 2014. When the Christmas Dove Dies were released earlier this month, I knew right away that I wanted to create a 'suspension' card with the dove free-floating. I'll share with you below step by step how I did this.....it's important to "get the horse in front of the cart".
I chose two different patterns from the paper collection....the snowflake pattern for the dove background and a coordinating pattern for the sentiment panel and the 2-sided dove. To create the two-sided dove, I simply cut one dove from the pattern side and another dove from the back side of the designer paper, then sponged the edges of both patterned pieces. The snowflake paper and white mat were adhered to the front of the kraft card; the dove outline die was taped down and run through the die cut machine.....with the card open (unfolded). I then (temporarily) adhered the inside layers, placed the die back into the same position on the front and cut out the opening. (Note: I could have cut through all five layers at once, however, I was concerned that the paper would warp.) I carefully removed the inside designer paper, attached string at the top and bottom of the dove cutout, then adhered the snowflake paper back down with permanent adhesive to hide the string. The decorative dove pieces were then adhered together, with the thread in between. The dove now swings loosely in the cut-out opening. Baker's twine was added, along with a sentiment cut from the 'Inspiration Words' Dies, matted with the Pennant Flags Dies and Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies. Note: The Die-Resizing Technique was used to shorten the banner....click HERE for my simple tutorial.
For the sentiment panel inside, I used the same paper as for the dove, stamped the scripture from 'Keep Christ', then added a few snow crystal cut-outs from the Christmas Dove Dies. The designer paper panels were all cut with the Double Stitched Rectangles Dies and the white mats were cut with the Pierced Rectangles Dies.
Thanks for stopping by today! To see the rest of the Designer samples for this challenge, click HERE and HERE.
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! May all of you be filled with gratitude for the countless blessings we receive each and every day! To show my gratitude to you, my little band of faithful readers, I will randomly choose someone (sorry, US only) from the comments in this post to receive some blog candy (crafty supplies and cards created by me). You have until Sunday, December 1st, to comment. I will post the winner's name and ask you to email me.
Now, on to today's card. You all know that I am obsessed with alcohol inks. I created an AI panel on Yupo paper, using red, orange, a bit of green, and gold mixative, then die cut the leaves with the Divinity Designs Custom Stitched Leaves Dies (retired) and edged each with a gold marker. The sentiment from 'Hello Friend Stamp/Die Duos' was gold embossed then cut out with the Double Stitched Ovals Dies. The background panel was stamped with the Wood Background then cut out with the Double Stitched Rectangles Dies. Gold cord and gold sequins tied everything together.
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Hi, everyone! This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Susan aka Suzstamps....congrats, Susan! I chose Susan's very first upload in her gallery to case.....I loved the beautiful clean and simple layout and doodled edges!!! For my card, I began by cutting a scratch paper mask with a square cut-out. Aqua Ink was sponged inside the square, then the flower stamp from 'Pressed Flowers' was inked with markers, spritzed, then stamped. The reverse mask was removed, the sentiment from 'Part of My Story' was stamped, then a journaling pen was used to doodle around the edges. Two tiny pearls were added as an embellishment. (Note: both stamp sets are from Stampin Up.....got them free with my cardstock and supply order....yay!)
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Hi, everyone! Though I'm very late posting, last week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast was Lora aka alora......congrats, Lora!! I cracked up when I saw this cute and comical chicken card and decided to turn the chickens in to zombies so I could use my Zombie Boy set which I just purchased from Whimsy Stamps a few weeks ago. The background was created by using the Wrinkle Free Distress technique with purple, green, and brown Distress Oxide Inks. The zombies were stamped with Stazon Jet Black, fussy cut, then water-colored and popped up with foam tape. I also used the following custom dies from Divinity Designs LLC: Pierced Rectangles and Sentiment Strips . I will save this card for my nephew's birthday next month....he will get a kick out of it!!
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Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Acorn online store......I chose this beautiful scarf.....the colors reminded me of a sunset. For my card, I began by sponging the background sky with navy, lavender, pink, orange, and yellow. A reverse mask was used to sponge the sun, then a torn piece of scratch paper was used to sponge random cloud lines. The sponged panel and sentiment panel were cut with the 'Double Stitched Rectangles' Dies. The 'Farm Fence' and 'Grass Lawn' dies were used to complete the background scene. The vintage truck and flowers from 'Loads of Love' Stamp/Die Duos were stamped with Stazon Jet Black, cut out, water-colored, then popped up with foam tape over the scene. Three lavender hearts (cut with the same stamp/die set) were added. (Note: all stamps and dies are from Divinity Designs LLC.) The truck windows, hubcaps, and heart centers were coated with a clear glaze pen.
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Hi, everyone! Welcome to the November New Release party for Divinity Designs LLC!! This release is full of winter cheer for sure!! To see the entire new release, gorgeous samples, plus info on how to win some goodies, check out THIS POST.
Here are the items featured in my card sample below:
For my sample, I have created a fancy fold design with the following products: Keep Christ stamp set, Christmas Paper Collection 2019, and these custom dies: Four Panel Card with Layers, Christmas Dove, Letter Board, Scalloped Rectangles, and Pierced Rectangles. The card base was cut from a 12x5-1/4 piece of white cardstock; the pretty layers were and colorful mats were cut from the new paper collection; the dove and snowflakes were cut from the Christmas Dove Dies set; the letters were cut with the Letter Board Dies set; stickles were used to highlight the dove, snowflakes, and designer paper layers. The scripture stamps were both inked with teal, 'stamped off' onto scratch paper, then inked with lavender before stamping. This created a blended coloring which matched the colors of the designer paper.
This is the 'open' view. (Note: Though I did not take a photo, the two center panels on the back were also layered with designer paper for a completed look in case the card would be displayed.)
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