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I've been working in my yard and relaxing on the deck these past few days - when no creating was going on - because of the good weather. We've taken a turn though and it rained all night, which was nice because everything is so dry! We're suppose to get some snow tonight and that's not so welcome! But that's May in Alberta! I'll just huddle in my craft room and use some more of my new products.
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That's it for today,
Stay warm, stay dry, stay safe!
Joan
The flowers and greeting have been embossed in silver and the lacy piece in gold. I've made the tag longer today and tied it with both the silver and gold Simply Elegant Trim. The tag has been popped up with dimensionals.
Nothing much else to add today - the card really was quick and simple.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Thanks for stopping by.
Joan
Today I pulled out a couple of pieces of the Simply Elegant Specialty DSP. I've combined Basic Gray/Silver and Gold which I don't think I've ever put together before. The flowers have been embossed in gold and fussy cut.
The new Elegant Tag punch is going to be quite versatile now that I've learned how to make different sizes of the tag and shapes. Here I've shortened the tag because the greeting was small and I wanted more of the gold and silver Simply Elegant Trim to show.
To make the tag longer you would do the same thing except with a desired length. The width of the tag is 1 3/4". Rather than putting the cardstock through the proper opening of the punch, turn it over and insert the cardstock through the bottom of the punch into the slits available....and punch
Turn the punch around and do the same thing for the other end. Here you can slide the cardstock to the length you are looking for. I didn't have anything in particular in mind when I was doing this, but I will use the tag on a future project.
Here I've shown the original size of the tag (in Calypso Coral) and the tag I just made.
Another option is to have the fancy design at both ends of the tag. Using various widths and lengths of cardstock you can create a number of different designed tags. I'll work on creating some and share them with you.
Finally, I always stamp the corner of my envelope and I've started to stamp the inside of my cards also. For this set I've embossed the flower in gold.
That's it for today. I still have a couple of stamps in this set to play with so I will probably share them tomorrow.
Thanks for stopping by,
Joan
I've stamped the flourish in Basic Gray; as well as the greeting on Petal Pink card stock. The shape that the greeting is on is the punch that goes with this suite and I've tied it with my favorite Petal Pink Organdy Ribbon. This punch is a unique shape, but it's quite versatile - which I'll eventually show.
For the flowers, I inked the stamp using our markers since it is a negative image. I then cut out the images with snips and used dimensionals to adhere them to the card.
We're waiting for some new furniture to arrive today, so it's going to be another busy day.... first waiting and then putting it together and getting it into place. But busy is a good thing.
Hope things are a good kind of busy in your world.
Thanks for stopping by, Joan
Today I'm letting the Designer Series Paper do all the work. This paper comes from the Beauty of the Earth Suite in the new catalogue. The above card is quick and simple using one of the sheets that can be cut in half to get a forest of trees in wonderful colours. The little tag comes with the coordinating Beautiful Trees dies. I've cut the Night of Navy piece as a layer. The colours I've used for this card are Cinnamon Cider for the base, Merry Merlot for the mat along with the Night of Navy. I've wrapped the card with Linen thread as a bit of embellishment.
I've used the Many Messages stamp set with the coordinating Die. This stamp set has 19 different greetings on one stamp each with it's own little tag. You can either stamp them all at the same time, or do what I've been doing and only stamp certain ones.
When the greeting I want is in the middle of the stamp I end up with more greetings then I need.
Next I place the die over the stamped image and tack it down with a piece of Washi tape. My embossing plate has a bit of a warp in it (as they tend to do) and so the Washi tape ensures that the die stays in place and I don't have to do the job twice.
I could have used any of the greetings I ended up with, but I made my selection and will keep all the extras to go through at a later date. There's also nothing that says you can't use more than one greeting on one card! I like all these little tags because they fit easily into small places. You don't have to wait for the new catalogue to come out to get this set either. It's in the Mini Catalogue so you can get it right now.
That's it for today. It's going to be a busy weekend since we're helping our daughter move into a new house. Exciting!!! So I'll see you again on Monday. Thanks for stopping by,
Joan
I'm sharing two cards today created with the Color & Contour Bundle.....mostly. I love when there is a stamp (for me it's particularly a single flower) that can be used to easily create your own DSP. When I'm doing this I always start in the centre of the card stock and work out. You can always stamp off the edges to fill in empty spots, it's hard to fill in central holes without overlapping. I've stamped the three focal flowers in black; coloured two with a stamped off black and the third with Daffodil Delight. The strip of Daffodil Delight has been embossed using one of the Greenery folders. The greeting is from the Color and Contour stamp set, but I've used the larger round label from Tasteful Labels. The labels and the flowers have been raised with dimensionals and, although it's hard to notice in the picture, the Daffodil flower has three rhinestones in the centre just for some added bling.
This card uses Pale Papaya as a base with Soft Succulent coordinating with it for the splatters, ribbon, gems and leaves. The splatters are included in the stamp set. I think there is only one size of scalloped retangle that I haven't used from this bundle. It is slightly smaller than the one used in the middle here which has been raised using the Foam Adhesive Strips.
That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by.
Joan
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