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MAKE MINE BLACK & WHITE

Hello to each of my crafting friends. Thank you for popping by today. I am so pleased that you take the time to visit my page.

It is a Wednesday and that means it’s time for a Freshly Brewed Project Blog Hop. This week’s theme is Black & White.

This is the perfect theme to use the Beautifully Penned 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper that is one of the FREE products in the August and September Sale-a-bration Brochure. You can add this to a minimum $90 order (before postage) as your Sale-a-bration gift.

For this project I decided to make a version of a Triple Layer card.

I chose three different patterns from the DSP bundle to accentuate the black and white. The pieces of DSP were adhered to a Basic Black layer. Before they were layered up using Black Stampin’ Dimensionals, a length of Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon was wrapped around the spotted layer.

For this card I chose not to have all layers symmetrically arranged.

The greeting is from the Biggest Wish Stamp Set and was boldly stamped using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink onto Basic White cardstock. This piece also had Black Stampin’ Dimensionals used to lift it up from the card front.

A second length of the Glittered Organdy Ribbon was cut in half and slightly frayed. I added a length of Silver Simply Elegant Trim to the ribbon and tied a bow before securing it in place with a Mini Glue Dot.

Some additional DSP was added to the card insert and the envelope.

I wasn’t sure if I should add some Silver Metallic Pearls or not. After I finished taking these photos, I decided to see what they would look like. They looked good, so I left them in place.

Make sure that you pop across and see what the other Freshly Brewed Project team members have created.

What did you think of all of our Black & White projects? Which one will you make?

Until next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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HATS OFF

Hello to each of you and thanks for popping by.

My project this morning was to make a birthday card for my eldest daughter to give to one of her friends.

II combined the Biggest Wish Stamp Set with the Hat Builder Dies.

This was also a great way to use up some of my remaining Well Suited Designer Series Paper. This is a very simple fun fold card that has a Night of Navy card base and two panels of the DSP. A second piece of Night of Navy cardstock is attached to the left hand panel of the card. The birthday greeting, from the Biggest Wish Stamp Set, was stamped on a piece of Basic White cardstock. I used my Stamparatus so that I could ensure a well inked image.

I wanted to add some strong pops of colour to the card, so I cut five caps in bold colours. The caps were stacked with Stampin’ Dimensionals so that there was added height on the card front.

When the card is opened there are five more caps stacked inside.

I’m happy with the how bright the hats look. This makes the card very cheerful. I hope my daughter likes the card and her friend is pleased to receive it.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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#SIMPLESTAMPING

Hello my lovely crafting friends! I am delighted that each of you has returned to see my latest project. If this is the first time you have popped by, welcome – I hope you like what I have shared.

Today’s birthday card is definitely an example of #simplestamping – ink, stamp and paper. Although, I did cheat and add a little Baker’s Twine.

I used the Biggest Wish Stamp Set and the Natural Textures Stamp Set (an exclusive Host set). I used Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad to stamp the textured background for this card front. Using my Stamparatus, I used the hinge stamping technique to repeat the ‘happy’ greeting down the left hand side of the card front.

I stamped ‘BIRTHDAY’ using the same ink and card stock, before trimming it down. After adding Stampin’ Seal behind the birthday greeting, I looped some twine from the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack. Once the sentiment was prepared, Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to allow it to be lifted up from the card from for added height.

The Very Vanilla card insert and envelope were stamped, using the same textured image. This time only the top part of the stamp was used. I was surprised by how interesting this short fringed image looks. It makes me want to think of other ways to repeat this.

This #simplestamping card only requires a few supplies beyond the card stock. For this card – the stamps, ink and twine.

I think this would make a perfect masculine birthday card. What do you think? Who would you send this card to? I hope that you leave a comment sharing the answers to these questions.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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Stamparatus
[148187]
$85.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00