Tuesday, October 6, 2020

In the Pines - Snowman Season (inside)


Have you started making your Christmas cards yet?  It's never too early.  On Sunday, I had my October workshop and my club members made this card using the In the Pines Bundle with Shaded Spruce ink.  For the inside of the card, we used a sentiment from the Snowman Season "Hoping this season builds heartwarming memories" and "Season's Greetings is from the In the Pines set.  The 3D Evergreen Forest Embossing Folder was sponged with the Sponge Brayer before running the Whisper White cardstock through the Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine.  The beautiful Green Foil was cut from the scallop Layering Ovals.  The gals really liked this card.


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Monday, October 5, 2020

Snowflakes Wishes - Standard Card and Slimline card

  
It's not the time for Snowflakes in the air just yet, but it is time to make Christmas cards with the new Snowflakes Wishes set.  As a demonstrator, I do monthly swaps with other demos and I received the standard card from a fellow demo, Cooki  Osinski a few months ago.  At the time, I was wanting to create the Slimline cards, so I thought why not try to create her card doing a Slimline and I really like the results.  She used the Winter Snow Embossing Folder and I was wondering how I could use it in a Slimline card since the card would be longer than the embossing folder.  No problem!  All I did was emboss it once and then turn it around to emboss the other side.  The only problem was there was a line in the middle, so the Highland Heather cardstock cut using Stitched Rectangles would cover it up.
She also used the Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper to die cut her snowflakes.  How come one of them is Highland Heather?  You can get that effect by using Versamark, Clear Embossing, Highland Heather ink, and the Heat Tool.  I don't know if that was the way she did it but it was the way I did it.  Although, I think she did several more coats than I did.  The sentiment is stamped with the new In-Color Misty Moonlight The Snowflake Splendor DSP also adds a lot to this card and I would have never put these two colors (Highland Heather and Balmy Blue) together, but I really like them, don't you?

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Friday, October 2, 2020

In the Pines - Three Trees

October is here!  It's been a rough year for everyone and it's getting closer to the holidays, so I've made another In the Pines card using Shaded Spruce ink.  It just seems to be my favorite color for stamping trees.  I love pine trees and used to have one in my front yard, but unfortunately, a few years ago we had a hard frost that destroyed my tree and I had to have it cut down.  I guess I should replace it because I think my birds would love it.  This card has three pine trees that I stamped with the 2-step stamping technique.  Then I ran it into the Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder, Sponge Brayered it on the logo side with Shaded Spruce ink and ran it through the Big Shot.  Then I added the sentiment above.

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Monday, September 28, 2020

Poinsettia Petals - Plush Poinsettia Specialy DSP

Poinsettias are one of my favorite Christmas flowers.  My husband would always buy me one for my birthday in December every year and it would last for months.  This one is made with Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive Stampin' Blends instead of the traditional red.  The Poinsettia Petals comes in a bundle with the Poinsettia Dies.  I used the Plus Poinsettia Specialty DSP as the second layer.  It is a beautiful paper.  I used the new Banners Pick a Punch for the sentiment.  I also used the Beaded Pearls for the center of the Poinsettia.  This card was inspired by Patsy Waggoner on Pinterest but changed somewhat

 

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Glow of Harvest with Painted Pumpkins

This is a card using the Designer Series Paper Glow of Harvest, which was $5 with an order of $75 or more.   Then, I used the masks to make ...