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You are Special

Posted on June 27, 2025 9:49 PM by Julie Comment

This is an easy, stenciled card for someone special. Either as a thanks, birthday or just because. The background is a 3 part stencil and I used the inks on star dream card stock for a shimmery finish. A little hard to photograph but so pretty in person.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1021, we are visiting Casely & their Pinterest Board. They have some really cute phone cases and I chose THIS one as my inspiration. It reminded me of the stencil I used.

To make my card, I die cut a couple of sizes out of ivory star dream then used the inks & 3 part stencil on top of it. This card stock has a coating, so I highly recommend heat setting it to keep it from smearing. It also softens the brightness of the ink colors. The greeting was embossed with clear powder & the teal backing used the same die. I cut it twice & attached it offset a bit. Two narrow teal layers were added behind the ivory star dream.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Hello There (greeting)

Paper: Staples 110# white, ivory Star Dream, teal, ivory

Ink: Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks Set #2, Set #4, set #5, Set #9, Set #10, Versaclair Warm Breeze

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Hello There, Stitch Dot Rectangle dies, Lg & Detail Blending Brushes, Floral Abstract Stencil, MISTI, clear embossing powder

Hello There set 37010	Hello There dies 37010D	Floral Abstract Stencil 4405	Large Blending Brushes	Detail Blending Brushes
Color Fuse Ink set #2	Color Fuse Ink set #4	Color Fuse Ink set #5	Color Fuse Ink set #9	Color Fuse Ink set #10
Stitch Dot Rectangle dies 5821-03D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Versafine Clair ink	Ranger Embossing Powder
MISTI	Stardream Paper

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Camping Life

Posted on June 21, 2025 9:52 PM by Julie Comment

This is a fun little camping card, perfect for summer vacations. Great for those outdoorsy friends or relatives and add a birthday or thank you on the inside and they’ll love it. Make your little retro camper any color you choose or match your paper.

A big congrats to watts55, the newest Featured Stamper FS959! She has such a fun gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the camper & polaroid frame, but used dies instead of stamps, changed the colors & made mine summer instead of fall.

To make my camping card, I die cut the camper pieces out of yellow, white & a metallic navy, with silver & black accents for the wheel. Then it was just a matter of piecing them together. For the camper body, I cut the top off of the yellow version & added it on the bottom of the white w/ the metallic navy strip as the divider. It was a little too big to place inside the polaroid frame so it’s popped up & added on top w/ the greeting below. I added some dk navy designer paper behind it, along with some white trees & a yellow moon. A narrow yellow layer behind the navy, finished it off.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Great Outdoors set

Paper: Staples 110# white, rust, lt blue, yellow, metallic navy & silver, black, dp Brass & Bliss: Off the Grid paper pad)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Retro Camper, Polaroid, Stitch Dot Rectangles, Sun Moon & Clouds, Three Pine Tree Forest, Polaroid dies Misti

The Great Outdoors set 37028	Retro Camper die 5519-02D	Stitch Dot Rectangle dies 5821-03D	Rainbow & Clouds die 5613-06D	Three Pine Tree Forest die 5164-01D
Polaroid die 5512-04D	Off the Grid paper 2008	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	MISTI
Scotch ATG

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Birthday Toucans

Posted on June 20, 2025 9:43 PM by Julie Comment

Today, I have a fun little birthday card featuring a pair of cute little toucans. These birds are part of a terrific tropical birds & greenery set & there are so many uses for these. The entire card is die cut & paper pieced. The only thing colored was the little party hats on the toucans.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1020 we are visiting Aspen & Arlo gift wrap shop. I was inspired by THIS wrapping paper. I didn’t have puffins but I did have Toucans which are a cute stand-in.

To make my birthday card, I die cut two toucans & their parts & flipped one over. I ran the flipped one thru the embossing cycle to help flatten it before I paper pieced them together. The designer paper, a piece of white & a piece of butter yellow were die cut w/ a new set of frame dies. I used 2 different papers, the black confetti for the large panel, and a dotty piece for the piece behind the smallest white one. The present was cut was out of the reverse side of the dotty one. I used the Birthday Owl Add ons for the present. There is a party hat die but it was the wrong scale for the toucans, so I stamped & die cut the party hats from the Party Raccoon set. A pretty easy card to make, just arranging the die cuts & paper piecing the toucans. They are popped up one more layer.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Party Raccoons set

Paper: Staples 110# white, butter yellow, Brass & Bliss: It’s Party Time paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Nested Frame set, Party Raccoons set, Tropical Birds & Leaves, Build an Owl set, Owl Birthday Add ons dies, MISTI, Copic markers

Party Racoons set 37003	Party Racoons dies 37003D	Tropical Birds & Leaves dies 5817-01D	Nested Frame #1 5819-01D dies	Build an Owl die 5335-01D
Build an Owl Birthday Add Ons die 5335-04D	It’s Party Time paper 2012	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Copic Sketch Markers	MISTI
Scotch ATG	AC color card stock	Memento Inks