• Best Flowers

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    Pretty blue and purple dimensional flowers above a white wood plank lower section. Would be great to use as a birthday, Mother’s Day, Thank You or even Graduation with this greeting. 

    A big congrats to Darlene, the newest Featured Stamper (FS896)! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept flowers & layout, but used die cut flowers instead of stamped flowers, different dies & moved the greeting a bit.

    To make my card, I die cut the different flowers & leaves out of scraps of the different colors. I wanted a little variance in the colors, so I used detail brushes & inks to add a little shading, then shaped them before putting them together. The wood planks were arranged on the bottom section & I added a narrow strip of marbled paper on the left side. The greeting was stamped and layered w/ some nesting tag dies.

    Thanks     so much for stopping by!


    Supplies:

    Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Simple Floral #1 set
     Paper:  Staples 110# white, scraps of lt blue, dk blue, lavender, purple, yellow & pink, Brass & Bliss: Marbled Perfection paper pad
    Ink: VersaClair nocturne, Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Color Fuse ink set #5, #6, #7
    Accessories:  Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangles, Simple Floral set, Spring Flowers, Wood Planks, Nested Tag set dies, Detail Blending Brushes,  MISTI 




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  • Everything You Do

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    A flowery card for Mother’s Day, birthday, or a thank you to someone special. The top layer w/ the diagonal cut is not as hard as it looks, so I took extra pics to show the steps.

    It’s my turn to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC957) & I chose On Sutton Place & their Pinterest Board where I found THIS lovely picture.

    The top white panel was cut before I stamped the flowers. Since I was trying something new w/ the dies, I didn’t want to have to start over w/ coloring the flowers if it didn’t work out. Here are the instructions for how I did the diagonal half cut background.

    After I used the largest rectangle to cut the entire front, I placed the smaller rectangle evenly on top. Then I used a smaller top cutting plate, placed it diagonally from corner to corner, and ran it thru the machine. Since only half of die was covered by the top plate, it only cut that half. Above pic is how it looked after cutting only half.

    I took a ruler w/ a metal edge, placed it diagonally from corner to corner of the cut, and used a craft knife to cut the diagonal.

    Yay! It worked perfectly. Then the flowers & greeting were stamped on the uncut diagonal half. I masked the short jar of flowers then stamped the tall one behind it. All except the edge of the tall one on the right. Since they’re both glass, you’d still be able to see that edge thru the top jar.  I placed the plaid cut background behind the opening, then the scraped acrylic paint background under all of it. This is a background I made a long while back. Basically, you put drops of acrylic paint on card stock, then scrape across the paint w/ a tool. I used a credit card & metallic shimmer acrylic paint.

    Here are the Copics I used:

    Thanks so much for stopping by!


    Supplies:

    Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Flowers & Vase set
     Paper:  Staples 110# white, lt blue 
    Ink: VersaClair nocturne, Memento tuxedo black
    Accessories:  Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangles, Plaid Cover dies,  MISTI, Copic Markers, sequins, metallic shimmer acrylic paint



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  • Easter Ducks

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    A sweet little Easter card with adorable little spring ducks. Mama duck in her Easter bonnet is pulling her duckling in a cart of Easter eggs.It would be easy to swap out this greeting for Mother’s Day.

    It’s my turn to host the Featured Stamper Challenge (FS895), so a big congrats to Sioban! She has a fabulous gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the ducks, cart & circle element, but I used different dies, turned it vertical & added a designer paper background.

    The ducks & flowers were cut out of white & colored w/ Copics. The parts of the cart were cut using a few shades of brown & I did cut the length of the cart & moved the wheel in toward cart for a better fit. The big cracked egg that the duckling is sitting in is actually the artist palette. The shape was perfect for a large egg & I cut the tops in a zigzag w/ a pair scissors. The inset piece of the palette was also a perfect egg shape, so I colored 3 of them & stuck then in the cart w/ some sprigs of grass. The circle background behind the ducks was stamped w/ the faux watercolor images & ink that I spritzed w/ water before stamping, for a softer look.

    I always look through my dies & images to see what I can use when I don’t have exact thing I want, so don’t be afraid to rearrange or alter your stamped images or dies to get the look you want.
    Here are the Copics I used on my die cuts:

    Thanks so much for stopping by!


    Supplies:

    Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Faux Watercolor Squares set, Chicks & Eggs set
     Paper:  Staples 110# white, Brass & Bliss: Welcome Spring paper pad
    Ink: VersaClair nocturne, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse set #7 & set #10
    Accessories:  Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps:  Stitched Rectangles, Circles, Stitched Circles, Spring Ducks, Wooden Cart, Grass #2, Small Flowers #6, Books & Flowers dies,   MISTI, Copic Markers




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