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POST KNEE – PROJECT THREE

Hello and thank you for popping by. I may have been M.I.A. for a week but I am so excited to share another project with you – I hope that you like it!

For today’s card, I decided to use the Elegantly Said Bundle – a stamp set and punch bundle. I also used the Designer Series Paper from the Suite.

ELEGANTLY SAID BUNDLE (ENGLISH)

Here is the card that I made.

For this project, I started by cutting 1-3/4″ strips of Basic Black cardstock. I trimmed short, narrow wedges from each end of the cardstock so that I could easily slide the narrow end into the punch to cut just this shape. Then I used my Paper Trimmer to cut three of the pieces at 3″. I kept the fourth piece to use later for the sentiment.

I used Versamark, White Embossing Powder and my Heat Tool to stamp the floral image on each Basic Black piece. Once done, I used Stampin’ Blends to colour each floral image – Daffodil Delight, Fresh Freesia, Polished Pink and Soft Succulent. The Polished Pink was much brighter than the other two colours, so I used the Colour Lifter to tone back the pink a little.

Before I attached these elements, to the layer of Simply Elegant Designer Series Paper, I wrapped a length of Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon around the DSP. There are tiny slivers of the ribbon peeking from between the stamped elements. The sentiment was also stamped and heat embossed before being trimmed back to a much smaller size and attached to the card front. I tied a small bow using a length of Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon and attached it, as you can see, using a Mini Glue Dot. The final touch was to add three areas of 2021-2023 In Colour Jewels.

These are some of the products I used to make this card. What do you think?

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
Heat Tool
[129056]
$50.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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COLOUR INKSPIRATION #98

Hello and welcome! Thank you for popping by for my latest project.

It is Colour Inkspiration time – this is #CI98. THese colours are so gorgeous .

May be an image of flower and text that says '#98 COLOUR SPIRATION CHALLENGES Magenta Madness Flirty Flamingo Pear Pizzazz Soft Sea Foam Gray Granite'

I decided to stick with the idea of florals for my project. This challenge was the perfect opportunity for me to use the Elegantly Said Stamp Set from the brand new 2021 – 2022 Annual Catalogue.

I added colour directly to the floral stamp using the Stampin’ Write Markers™. A quick ‘huff’ and then stamp. I repeated this 11 times to create my own DSP. Then, another two times for the envelope and on the card insert.

The lace-like trim image was stamped in Gray Granite and the birthday greeting in Flirty Flamingo.

Before I adhered the stamped layer to the Pear Pizzazz card base, I attached the tied and trimmed Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon. Then I popped the birthday greeting panel up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. The last thing was to attach some Metallic Pearls for some subtle bling.

A pretty birthday card and another Colour Inkspiration Challenge complete.

What do you think? Do you like the floral stamp?

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]
$17.00
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GLOBAL DESIGN PROJECT #290

Hello and welcome. Thank you for popping by. I’m sure that you will find today’s elegant.

It is Sunday and therefore a Global Design Project challenge. The second Sunday of the month, for a GDP challenge, is a sketch challenge.

For my project, I decided to use the new Simply Elegant Suite.

SIMPLY ELEGANT SUITE COLLECTION (ENGLISH)

I used one design from the Simply ElegantSpecialty Designer Series Paper and the Elegantly Said Stamp Set. The DSP was cut to use as a layer to be adhered to the Basic Black cardbase. I love this design which is made up of a collection of gold and black dots.

I started by staming the image onto Gold Foil Sheet using Jet Black StazOn. This was then cut using one of the Layering Circles Dies. The Basic Black and White Vellum layers were also cut using this die set. These were then layered, adhered and then trimmed before using a double layer of Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop them up onto the card front.

The sentiment was stamped, with Versamark and then heat embossed in gold, onto White Vellum. I used one of the dies from the Meadows Dies to cut the sentiment. A second piece was cut from Gold Foil Sheet and placed under the vellum layer. The left side was trimmed back and then this piece tucked under the circle layers.

Looking at these images, I can see that the sentiment layer has drifted and is not straight – a situation that has been corrected. It’s amazing how a tiny move can look so jarring.

If you know me, you will know that I usually finish my cards by adding a few embellishments and stamping an image on the card insert and envelope. This time I used the Matt Black Dots for the card front.

As the suite name says, this card is simply elegant. What do you think?

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
Meadow Dies
[155852]
$66.00
Heat Tool
[129056]
$50.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00