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Boys Toys

Posted on April 9, 2023 1:06 PM by Julie 1 Comment

A masculine slimline card for a special man or boy, featuring a filmstrip die & a fab motorcycle. Helpful tip on assembling the die cuts, too.

Happy Easter! A big congrats to Heather, the newest Featured Stamper (FS844)! She has a wonderful gallery full of scrapbook pages & after much browsing, I chose THIS page to case for my card. I kept the filmstrip layout but instead of pictures, I made clips of a motorcycle to fill my frames.

So for my slimline card, I die cut the filmstrip then added a thick cardboard behind it to elevate it. I die cut all the parts of the motorcycle & put together 3 of them. I arranged them to look as if the camera was catching it as it rode by. I added the greeting in 2 parts to the last couple of frames. The copper layer was embossed w/ a diamond plate embossing folder.

The bikes were all cut to fit inside the popped up filmstrip. I didn’t want to take the chance on messing it all up when I stamped the greeting, so I put it on separate pieces of white & fit them inside the filmstrip.

Here is a handy trick that made putting these bikes together a lot easier. I put a piece of sheet protector over the package w/ the bike picture & taped it to my glass mat. Then I assembled the pieces of the bike right on top of the picture.

Since the pkg picture is the exact size, I knew the pieces would all be in the correct places. The sheet protector kept the glue off of the pkg & I was able to wipe it up easily off the sheet protector.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Dad Phrases

Paper: Staples 110# white, glossy black, metallic copper, mirror silver, brushed silver

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Motorcycle, Stitched Slimline, Slimline Filmstrip dies, Crossover II, Misti, Sizzix Diamond Plate embossing folder

Staples 110# White Card Stock	Stardream Paper	Mirror Board	MISTI	Memento Inks
Sizzix Diamond Plate/Riveted set 657848

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Real Flowers

Posted on April 7, 2023 9:32 PM by Julie 1 Comment

A pink floral card using flowers stamped onto real pressed flowers (on watercolor paper) then die cut.

For the Inspiration Challenge, we’re visiting Dans le Lakehouse & Pinterest Board where I found THIS picture.

My pink floral card started w/ a piece of watercolor paper I had run thru the die cut machine to press real flowers into the paper. I did this a year or so ago so I don’t remember which flowers I used but they had such lovely pinks & purples. I stamped the petunias directly onto this then die cut them. For the leaves, I used a couple of green watercolor pencils & a water brush.

The large offset circle is a new die & I cut the striped paper w/ the larger section & plain pink w/ the smaller one. The colors in my flowers went really well w/ the lovely floral paper in the background. I stamped the greeting directly onto the striped section.

The petunias & split circle were both popped up just a bit.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps –Petunia Blooms set

Paper: Staples 110# white, pink, dp (Rubbernecker Stamps – Welcome Spring paper pad)

Ink: Versaclair nocturne

Accessories: Rubbernecker: Stitched Rectangle, Offset Circle w/ Stitch,Petunia Blooms dies, MISTI, Crossover II

Staples 110# White Card Stock

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Hibiscus Hugs

Posted on March 31, 2023 9:36 PM by Julie Comment

A card w/ lovely big blooms & a fab new die set for the layers. I also show how to change a previously pink flower into a red flower.

It’s my turn to host the Inspiration Challenge (IC904) & I chose Playing Card Decks & their Pinterest Board. I was thinking..hmm April Fool’s Day which led me to Joker which led me to Playing Cards & here we are. I selected THIS pretty deck as my inspiration. It’s a poppy but it reminded me of this pretty new floral set which may or may not be a hibiscus but it looks like one from above & that’s my story & I’m sticking to it.

Originally I had colored this in pinks but I went back in & added some reds to change it up. (You can see the original pink color in the Copics pic below.) I die cut 2 white layers & backed them w/ peach layers. The hibiscus was fussy cut & it and the top layer were popped up a bit.

It’s an easy card since I let the layers do all the work.

Here are the Copics I used:
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