Make a quick, any occasion card using a framelit or thinlit. For this card, I used the Balloons Framelits Dies but any shape will work. Cut the shape from card stock and layer patterned paper behind. I used the Birthday Bash Specialty Designer Series Paper for this card. Embellish as desired with ribbon, rhinestones or whatever you wish. Place your desired greeting inside to complete the card. Think hearts for your valentines, flowers for birthdays, stars for graduations, mustaches for masculine c and more. Oh, the possibilities!
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Card making is easy with a fun product like theArtisan Embellishment Kit. The kit includes die-cut cards, rosette, lace and velvet trims, doilies, pearls, metal and clear buttons and resin flowers. How can you not be inspired to make cards like this one?
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If you will be hand delivering your cards, why not replace the envelope with a vellum Mini Treat Bag made with the Stampin’ Up! Thinlit from the 2015 Occasions catalogue.
I used two of the available Sale-a-bration items for each of these mini treat bag and card sets – the Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum Stack and the In Color Accessory Pack.
This first card set features Lost Lagoon a new 2014-2016 In Color.
The Mini treat Bags were made from Vellum card stock and embellished. I found it best to adhere the bags together with mini glue dots as they showed through the least.
The Mini Treat Bags are a little smaller than a traditional medium envelope so my finished card size is 5″ x 3-1/2″, a perfect fit for the treat bag.
I colored behind the vellum with a marker since the design was so detailed. You need to allow the inks time to dry before assembling your projects. The butterfly was stamped on vellum and punched out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch.
The greetings are from the A Dozen Thoughts stamp set.
For this Mini Treat Bag and Card set, I colored behind the Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum with daubers using Blackberry Bliss, Melon Mambo and Hello Honey inks.
The buttons and twine are both from the In Color Accessory Pack, free during Sale-a-bration which ends March 31st.
I used the Circles Collection Framelits to cut out the circles and then scored them in half to wrap around the bag.
For this set, I used BlackBerry Bliss, another 2014-2016 In Color as the main color.
To get started with the five new In Colors – Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow and Tangelo Twist, I recommend purchasing the card stock and classic ink pads kit.
Sometimes a card just comes together and everything works the first time. This is one of those cards, I’m happy to say.
My starting point was to create a square frame on a card. I knew that a border along the side would work as well so I started cutting card stock. The card is a traditional 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ and the long side piece is 2″ x 5-1/4″ with the stamped Whisper White piece on top measuring 1-3/4″ x 5″.
Next step, the square frame. I cut a square piece 2-3/4″ x 2-3/4″ and then cut out the inside of the square with a Stampin’ Trimmer measuring a 1/4″ in from each of the four sides. The square inside of the frame is 2″ x 2′ and the top layer is 1-7/8″ x 1-7/8″.
The stamp set I used is Nature’s Perfection, a set of 5, which is free right now during Sale-a-bration with a $60 order. I stamped the flower image onto the border piece several times each in Real Red, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray and Memento Tuxedo Black before coloring the flower with an Aqua Painter and Real Red ink. The center flower was made the same way except I stamped only once with tuxedo black ink.
To finish the card, I added a “many thanks” greeting from Another Thank You and three black Candy Dots.
This card has the exact same measurements but I decided to feature gold on this card including the gold foil sheets, designer gold foil vellum and gold encore ink.
The butterfly is also from the Nature’s Perfection stamp set and “thanks” is from Another Thank You. I love the font used for this greeting.
So now, my question to you, gold or not? Which card is your favorite?
In yesterday’s post, I used the ghosting technique with stencils. Today I wanted to show you the same ghosting technique with stamps instead.
The first card uses the Flower Patch stamp set and inks in Bermuda Bay, Island Indigo and Wild Wasabi. I really like how the center of the flowers turned out with the Itty Bitty Accents Epoxy Stickers. I used the 1/4″ Circle Handheld Punch to cut out Strawberry Slush card stock and place it behind the stickers. You’ve got to get these.
For this Serene Silhouettes card, I actually stamped twice off the Whisper White image, once in Daffodil Delight and once in Cajun Craze.
I embellished the card with the Daffodil Delight Seam Binding and a greeting from the Another Thank You stamp set punched out with the Large Oval Punch.
Although both of these card use the same technique, the look was altered by using a bold solid stamp for the first card and a line art stamp for the second.
the appearance of a ghost or secondary image, especially one appearing as a white shadow.
I think one of the very best deals in the Stampin’ Up! catalogue is the Decorative Masks found on page 205. Only $3.95 for a set of two you can choose from either Hearts & Stars or Dots & Stripes. Or for the price, buy both sets!
Great for creating backgrounds, use the stencil with a sponge dauber to make an easy pattern. You can design a tone on tone look like blue ink on blue card stock, pick contrasting colours like red ink on yellow card stock, pick several tones in the same colour family like I did below or create a rainbow of color.
And if you want to take the background a step further you can create a really neat effect with the ghosting technique.
Simply place the stencil onto Crumb Cake card stock and with a sponge dauber apply Whisper White craft ink. It helps to use a bit of easy to remove tape to hold the stencil so it doesn’t slip. Once you have applied all the ink, remove the stencil and allow the ink to dry completely. You can use a heat tool to speed the drying time. Clean the stencil with a bit of water.
Next, align the stencil back over the dots but this time shift it off slightly from the Whisper White ink so some of the Crumb Cake card stock is showing. Apply your choice of colored inks over the stencil using another sponge dauber.
For this card, I used Calypso Coral, Bermuda Bay and Daffodil Delight inks.
To finish the card I added a greeting from the For Being You stamp set which was heat embossed with white powder on Vellum card stock. This is one of the four new free items you can pick from during Sale-a-bration 2015 which ends March 31st.
I wanted to try the ghosting technique with a stencil that has more open area so I made my own stencil with the Striped Scallop Thinlit and a Window Sheet. I added a shim underneath the platform on my Big Shot to ensure the window sheet cut out completely.
For this card I used Pink Pirouette, Strawberry Slush, Melon Mambo, Rose Red and Cherry Cobbler inks.
I used small pieces of painter’s tape to keep the stencil from moving.
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