More Inspiration from March New Release from Divinity Designs LLC

Hi, everyone!  As March comes to a close, I have two more samples to share from the Divinity Designs LLC March release.  For April, the Special Occasion of the Month will be combined with the April new release.  Stay tuned on April 7!!!

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More Samples from the March Release from Divinity Designs LLC!

Hi, everyone!  Today I will be sharing more samples created with the goodies from the March New Release from Divinity Designs LLC:

Products used:

Stamp/Die Duo: Bold Blessings; Paper: Shabby Chic Rose Bookmarks Paper Pad; Dies: Gatefold Pop Up Card with Double Layers, Pierced Circles, Circles. 

Products used:

Paper: Blossoming Bulbs A2 Card Fronts; Dies: Slatted and Eclipse Oval Dies, Happy Birthday and Layers 2 Dies, Butterfly Layering Combo 3 Dies, Clouds and Raindrops Dies (tiny hearts), Pierced Rectangles Dies, Matting Rectangle Die, and A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer Dies. 

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Blessings,

 

Divinity Designs LLC Special Occasion of the Month - St. Patrick's Day!

Hi, everyone!  It's time for the next release in the Special Occasion of the Month series by Divinity Designs LLC.  If you'd like to save a little money, check out the subscription details HERE!  This month's occasion set is St. Patrick's Day.....the girls have made some awesome, creative samples....check them out HERE on the website or HERE on Instagram!  Kelley also released a fun new paper pad to coordinate with this set!  Enjoy!

My first sample features my favorite designer paper pattern from the Shamrock Greenery A2 Card Fronts, along with the St. Patrick's Day clear stamps and the following dies: Quilted Background, Matting Rectangle, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer, Double Stitched Circles, Circles, Clouds and Raindrops, Pine Branches. I used four tiny hearts from the Clouds and Raindrops Dies and a snip from the Pine Branches Die to create each die-cut shamrock.

 

My next sample was a bit challenging but fun.  The sentiment was stamped onto the designer paper from the Shamrock Greenery A2 Card Fronts, die cut with the Slatted and Eclipse - Square Dies.  Here are the steps in order for assembling the pieces:  1. Cut and emboss the designer paper panel with a Pierced Rectangles Die.  2. Stamp the sentiment. 3. Cut with the Slatted and Eclipse Square Dies. 4. Adhere the full panel (minus the square cut-out) to the ivory mat. 5. Apply thin strips of Scor-Tape onto the cut-outs while the paper is still inside the die.  6. Carefully peel off the outer layer of the Scor-Tape so that the strips stay in the die. 7. Line up the entire square back into the designer paper. 8. Press the strips to the ivory mat.  9. Lift the dies and remove the top frame. 10. Add Foam Mounting Tape to the top designer paper frame. 11.  Carefully line up the frame over the strips and adhere.  Whew!  When using designer paper only with the new slatted dies, I use the same method, but you don't have to be quite so picky matching up the design!  To finish the card, black baker's twine was added, along with hearts cut with the Layering Hearts Dies.

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Blessings,

 

Divinity Designs LLC February New Release!

Hi, everyone! January flew by and now it's time for another New Release from Divinity Designs LLC! Please check out all of the new goodies plus lots of awesome project photos HERE on the website or HERE on Instagram.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

My first project features the following products:

Stamps: Pray More

Paper: Stained Glass Petals A2 Card Fronts

Dies: Double Pocket Card Caddy, Slatted and Eclipse - Square, Slatted and Eclipse - Circle, Butterfly Layering Combo 2, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer, Pierced Oval, Mini Card and Double Layers

Misc: Adhesive Sheets, Foam Mounting Tape

 (There are multiple photos so that all of the angles could be seen.)

 

 

My next card features one of the awesome patterns from the Watercolor Forest A2 Card Fronts pack, the new Tree Border Die, and the Slatted & Eclipse - Rectangle Die set, and the Happy Birthday with Layers Dies. My trick to lining up the pieces of the slatted dies is to leave the designer paper in the die after cutting, add double sided tape to the strips, line up the die with the mat layer, then press the strips to the mat layer.  Lift up the die and remove the die cut frame; add foam tape; line up pattern and adhere to the lower panel. Additional products used: Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer, Blending Brushes, and Foam Mounting Tape.

Next up is a Slimline design featuring one of the gorgeous patterns from the Floral Favorites Slimline Card Fronts paper pad, paired with the With Deepest Sympathy and Layers Dies and Butterfly Layering Combo 2 Dies.  Other dies used: Slimline Pierced Rectangles, Slimline Scalloped Rectangles, Slimline Card Base.  

Last but not least, a card featuring the Pray More stamp set, the Slatted and Eclipse - Oval Die set, a pretty pattern from the Iridescent Rainbow A2 Card Fronts paper pack, and the Peony Die Set.  Other items used: Pierced Rectangles, Dies, Matting Rectangle, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer, Blending Brushes, Adhesive Sheets (for the top layer of the peonies), and Foam Mounting Tape.

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Blessings, 

 

Alcohol Ink Eclipse Birthday

Hi, everyone!  Today I would like to share another eclipse card (yes, I'm obsessed with both the eclipse technique AND my alcohol inks!!)  I began by spritzing rubbing alcohol over a Yupo paper panel, then adding alcohol inks here and there, some drops and some lines.  Since the alcohol was spritzed first, it made the alcohol inks more fluid and I blew them around a bit.  Once the inks were dry, the panel was cut out with the Divinity Designs Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies; one of the dies from the 'Birthday' Stamp/Die Duos set was cut out of the inked panel, then four more times with indigo cardstock.  The Yupo panel was adhered to a indigo panel. One of the turquoise 'birthday' die cuts was glued into the cut out, then the alcohol ink extra cut out pieces (loops inside the letters) were inserted into the indigo word.  The other indigo die cut 'birthdays' were layered with the alcohol ink 'birthday' on the top.  To make it a true 'eclipse', the tiny pieces from your top piece are to be glued down into the bottom layer to show dimension.  The sentiment panel was cut from the 'Treat Tags Dies' set, using the Die Re-sizing Technique to customize the size of the tag....see a tutorial here.  Three hot pink pearls were added after everything was matted and put together.

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Blessings,

Divinity Designs LLC March New Release!

Hi, everyone!  Wow, a new month is here already!  You know what that means....it's New Release time for Divinity Designs LLC!  It's a super fun release again this month.....check out the entire new release HERE, plus gorgeous samples from my designer sisters, and info on how to win some goodies!

Here are the products featured in my projects for today:

First up is a card which features the 'Birthday' Stamp/Die Duos set and the DD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies.  I began by adding drops and lines of various alcohol inks and rose gold mixtative onto a piece of Yupo paper.  The colors were blended slightly with a paintbrush dipped in rubbing alcohol.  Once everything was nice and dry, the Birthday die was cut from the Yupo paper so that I could do the eclipse technique.  (Tip: if you do the eclipse technique, be careful not to lose any of the tiny pieces inside of the letter loops since these pieces will be glued back into the bottom layer of cardstock.) The die was used three additional times with turquoise cardstock; all of the die-cuts were layered with the alcohol ink layer on top.  The small sentiment stamps from the set were heat embossed with pewter embossing powder to coordinate with the metallics in the alcohol ink panel. Two brass brads were added to coordinate with the copper mats.

Next up is a gift set created with the Test Tube Treats Dies, Test Tubes - Small, Test Tube Treat Stamps, Treat Tag Sentiments 3, Flower Burst Mixed Media Stencil, Scalloped Circles Dies, Circles Dies, Scalloped Squares Dies, Squares Dies, and the Spring Flower Paper Collection 2019.  The treat holder was super fast and easy to make....cutting, embossing, and assembling the cardstock base and designer paper layers took about ten minutes! It was easy peasy!  The adorable little daffodil image from the treat stamps set was stamped twice, cut out with a small circle die, then matted with a scalloped circle.  Sentiments for both the card and treat holder are from the Treat Tag Sentiments 3 set, cut out with the Test Tube Treats Dies set.  The tags can also be purchased separately in the Treat Tags Dies, but I love that the Test Tube Treats Dies already includes them! For the card, the base was cut out with the new Scalloped Squares Dies, matted with a panel cut with the Squares Dies.  Yellow and peach was sponged over the Flower Burst Mixed Media Stencil, while the panel was still inside the die; tiny green pearls were added to the image panels and to the centers of the sponged flower bursts.

This cute set was created with the same "ingredients" as the daffodil set, minus the designer paper.  I began by stamping half of a page of peeps on white cardstock using a ruler for spacing (every 5/8" the peep was centered).  I then used the Wrinkle Free Distress Technique: yellow, pink, and lavender ink pads (plain ole dye ink) was swiped onto a craft mat, spritzed with water, then the peeps cardstock mopped up the ink. When the cardstock was dry, the treat holder layers were cut out.  For the decorative piece on the front of the treat holder, I used the purple cut-out which was leftover from cutting the treat holder base, stenciled one of the flower bursts in lavender, fussy cut one of the yellow peeps from the WFD panel, then layered it onto a Scalloped Circle die cut. Since I had quite a few colored peeps left on the sheet, I fussy cut five of them, with different color variations and popped them up over a panel which was cut out with the Double Stitched Squares Dies, then dry embossed with the Flower Burst Mixed Media Stencil. Yep, you can dry emboss with the stencils.....yay!!  The peeps are sitting on a strip cut with the Bitty Borders Dies.  The lavender mat was stenciled (Flower Burst) with Versamark, then clear embossed and cut out with the Scalloped Squares Dies.

Below is the 'More is More' version of the peeps card, using the popped up Wrinkle Free Distress peeps and a 'Less is More' version on which the peeps were stamped directly onto the lightly stenciled panel then sponged (using reverse masking). The second version was super quick since there were less steps involved. Feel free to click on each photo for a larger view.

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Blessings,