Tuesday, July 28, 2015
GOLDEN MILE-STONE
A family friend recently celebrated a BIG birthday. Of course, my contribution to anyone's birthday is normally a card (of course!). This was for a male friend so I couldn't go too blingy, but I still managed to get a little bit on there by using gold - embossing, foil and twine. I also added glitter and Crystal Effects to the birthday number, but that was hard to capture in the photo.
I kept the card colours neutral and I added sponging around the outside of each layer to give it dimension. Then I carried the theme to the inside of the card as I love to do.
I used foil again to frame the inside piece, and brought the banners from the outside to the inside as well.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
LOVELY LAYERS
I recently purchased Stampin' Up!'s Coaster Board. It is not a product I have ever felt I had a use for, but was I wrong! I wanted to create a card with lots of layers and that coaster board saved me a lot of time!
I loved this colour combination of Pool Party and Tip Top Taupe and I went for a layered look in my stamping as well, by stamping an image twice without re-inking in between. This enables you to get a dark and light variation in colour and is how I created my background piece.
Another layer I added was the sentiment, by stamping, cutting out and popping it up on dimensionals.
The last layer was the word "You". I die cut this from my stamped background. And then I die cut three words from the coaster board. Wow! Once I glued them all together, I had a nice thick word which sat well above my card front that I could pop back into my card. I didn't have to muck around cutting and gluing multiple layers of cardstock! This technique is called Inlaid Die cuts. I ran a Tip Top Taupe marker along the edge of the word to give it more definition.
I will always make sure I have a pack of Coaster Board at hand now. You can find it on page 148 of the Stampin' Up! main catalogue and it's only $10.75 for a pack of 8 6" x 8" sheets. It die cuts beautifully. I can't wait to explore what else I can do with it!
If you would like to order one or more of the items I used to create today's project, simply click on the items above to be taken to my Online Store. If you live anywhere in New Zealand, I would love to be your Demonstrator. Please allow "Demonstrator contact" so I can thank you properly when you place your order!
The last layer was the word "You". I die cut this from my stamped background. And then I die cut three words from the coaster board. Wow! Once I glued them all together, I had a nice thick word which sat well above my card front that I could pop back into my card. I didn't have to muck around cutting and gluing multiple layers of cardstock! This technique is called Inlaid Die cuts. I ran a Tip Top Taupe marker along the edge of the word to give it more definition.
I will always make sure I have a pack of Coaster Board at hand now. You can find it on page 148 of the Stampin' Up! main catalogue and it's only $10.75 for a pack of 8 6" x 8" sheets. It die cuts beautifully. I can't wait to explore what else I can do with it!
Thursday, July 9, 2015
DOTTY FOR FLORALS
I don't know what is wrong with me, but for a girl who doesn't normally use a lot of florals in her work, I am loving all the floral stamps in the new SU catalogue!
I was heavily influenced by Teneale Williams with this card. I loved her bold polka dot background and the multi coloured thank you. I changed my colours up, added a stamped banner background to ground my thank you sentiment and finished it by wrapping the Bakers twine around the base of the banner. I carried the gorgeous floral theme through to the inside of my card too, which you just see peeking out. If you like this set too, "A Whole lot of Lovely", I would love to help you earn it for free, as it is one of the new Reward sets in the catalogue. Let me know and we can set a date!
If you would like to order one or more of the items I used to create today's project, simply click on the items above to be taken to my Online Store. If you live anywhere in New Zealand, I would love to be your Demonstrator. Please allow "Demonstrator contact" so I can thank you properly when you place your order!
Saturday, July 4, 2015
60 IS ONLY 15 IN SCRABBLE
My husband recently celebrated a big "0" birthday and I came across the "60 is only 15 in Scrabble" saying on Pinterest. Well, let me tell you, I couldn't get it out of my head! What do you do when that happens? Run with it, of course! So here is the card I came up with.
I remembered these awesome cork tiles I had in my stash and hadn't used yet. I coloured my Scrabble board so that it had a vintage feel to it (rubbing salt into the wound, perhaps, lol). I have used the Scrabble sentiment on the inside of the card, but forgot to take a photo before I wrote in it, sorry! I think I managed to tick all the right boxes - male, birthday and funny!
If you would like to order one or more of the items I used to create today's project, simply click on the items above to be taken to my Online Store. If you live anywhere in New Zealand, I would love to be your Demonstrator. Please allow "Demonstrator contact" so I can thank you properly when you place your order!
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