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TIME FOR A NEW CARD MAKING TECHNIQUE THIS TUESDAY

It has been loads of fun looking for different techniques to share each Tuesday. Today I have a colouring technique using bleach.

I used an Early Espresso card base and Early Espresso ink to stamp the large floral image on to the bottom left-hand corner of the card.

Two more were stamped on to smaller pieces of the Early Espresso cardstock and die cut.

Each of the floral images were then lightly ‘painted’ with bleach. This lightens the cardstock colour. In this instance, a dark chocolately pink was the result of bleach colouring.

The two bleached floral images were die cut before being scrunched to pop up on the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I took the ledger-styled piece of DSP and cut it for the card front. Then I carefully tore a large curved shape that could be positioned across the top and down the side of the card front.

The birthday greeting was stamped and cut using the smaller banner die from the Sending Dies set.

Finally, I took a length of Petal Pink Organdy Striped Ribbon, cut it in half lengthwise and tied it inot a tight bow with trimmed ends. A Mini Glue Dot holds the bow in place.

The card insert and envelope have some of the large floral image stamped using Early Espresso ink.

I’m not sure yet, but I may add some embellishments to the card. What do you think? What should I add?

Tomorrow is Wednesday – a wonderful day to share challenge and blog hop projects.

Until then, 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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IT IS MONDAY & TIME TO SHARE A SCRAPBOOKING PAGE DESIGNED FOR A MEMORY

When I looked at the Abigail Rose 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper, there was one design that I knew I wanted to use for a scrapbook layout. It is the sheet that looks like a vintage ledger page.

Here is the layout –

I strated by mounting this piece of DSP onto a 12″x 12″ Petal Pink cardstock to give the page reinforcement.

Then I cut a piece of Petal Pink cardstock to 6-1/2″x 4-1/2″ as a background layer for a photo. I partially stamped the large floral image on the base DSP layer and then calculated where to stamp the ‘rest’ of the image on to the Petal Pink cardstock. I used Early Espresso ink for these stamped images.

Three more large flowers were stamped, coloured with Stampin’ Blends and then die cut. As soon as they dried, they were bent and crumpled a little. Stampin’ Dimensionals were positioned on the back. Then I positioned them on the page, as you can see.

Finally, I used the totally amazing new Alphabest Bundle – Alphabest Stamp Set and coordinating Best Label Punch. It was so quick and easy to stamp and punch out the ‘congratulations’ for this page.

The vintage ledger appearance of this DSP designed page is fantastic.

I can see this layout being used for a graduation scrapbook page and I know that I have some wonderful photos of both our daughters at their respective Bachelor’s graduation ceremonies.

This was a wonderful page layout to create. I will need to make a second one so that each of our daughters have the same graduation memory.

Tomorrow is Technique Tuesday and tomorrow I will be colouring with bleach.

Until then, 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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STEP IT UP SUNDAY

Today I have two stepped up versions of my Saturday #simplestamping cards to share with you. This week I’m focusing all my projects on the Abigail Rose Suite Collection.

Watch this product video so you can see the whole suite in all its glory.

For the first card, I cut a layer of Smoky Slate cardstock. Then I cut a piece of Abigail Rose 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper.

The smaller flowers and leaves were coloured using Mint Macaron and Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends.

After this coloured layer was adhered to the Smoky Slate, I took a length of Petal Pink ribbon from the Cotton Ribbon Combo Pack and wrapped it diagonally around these layers, securing it with Tear & Tape. Then it was adhered to a Basic White Note Card & Envelope.

Using a different DSP design, I was able to use the largest of the dies from the Cottage Flowers dies to cut the three flowers that were coloured and popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The birthday greeting was stamped and cut using one if the Sending Dies.

I used the leaves image to finish the inside of the card and envelope.

Three Polished Dots (retired) were added to the card front.

I love this close up of the DSP because it shows the subtle flecks of Early Espresso.

The second card includes some fun ribbon tricks.

The 7/8″ Natural Finish Ribbon has such a soft texture. The first way I used the ribbon was to cut a length in half and pulled away some of the threads to leave a great frayed effect. Then the two lengths were adhered to the DSP layed with the frayed edges facing out.

I pulled a couple of the inner threads and drew them up to gather the ribbon into a circle.

The flowers and leaves were stamped and cut before I coloured them. Using Stampin’ Dimensionals, I layered them up from the front of the card.

the greeting was stamped twice and die cut to separate the words. A few Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals were enough to pop them up.

The card was finished with some Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels.

Check out the texture of the ribbon!

Tomorrow is Memories on Monday. So I will have a scrapbook layout for you then.

Until then, 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.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$19.25