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TODAY IS TUESDAY AND IT’S TIME FOR SOME TIPS & TECHNIQUES

Today I have a combination fun fold and partial die cut card.

Partial die-cutting is a great way to mix it up when crafting with dies. This is where the metal die is placed on the cutting pad as usual but instead of being completely cut, the top cutting sheet is positioned so that an uncut area is left.

TIP: The trick is to use either a pencil line or fold line to let you know how far toroll the die and cutting platform and plates through your Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.

For this card, I used a fold line to align the die I used from the Thoughtful Expressions Dies. Make sure that the top plate only goes up to the fold line before you run it through the machine. This way you will achieve a partially cut piece.

The Boho Blue card base was folded before partially cutting the label piece. Then I cut a Basic White label piece and adhered it over the Boho Blue.

I cut two more labels – one using one of the Designer Series Paper designs and another, slightly smaller one, in Basic White.

The sentiment was stamped on the Basic White label and I secured some folded Moody Mauve Textured Ribbon behind the panel.

I stamped, die cut and coloured three of the floral elemnts and wrapped around the left hand side of the card.

To finish the front of the card I added some Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels, coloured with a dark Moody Mauve Stampin’ Blend pen.

When the card is opened out, there is a Basic White panel and a piece of coordinating DSP.

When folded back, I added half a Basic White label and another stamped, cut and coloured floral element.

I used the same DSP to finish the back of the envelope.

Tomorrow I have another card to share with you.

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’S MONDAY & THAT MEANS IT IS TIME TO HIGHLIGHT SOME NEW STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS

This week I am highlighting the Poetic Expressions Suite Collection.

I started by CASeing one of the projects from page 60 of the January – April 2024 Mini Catalogue.

I made the gift bag that you can see in the top left hand corner of the ima

I often forget about the 2023 – 2025 Im Colour Treat Bags so it was great to CASe this project.

What do you think of my version?

Next, I wanted to take the gift bag and convert it into a card.

I started by sliding off the belly band and cutting down the gift bag to create a panel to adhere to the front of a Boho Blue card base.

Then I cut down the belly band to add a second panel to the card.

Next, I stamped, cut and coloured a hummingbird and several flowers. I also die cut some leaves and small flowers.

The greeting was stamped on to a piece of Wild Wheat cardstock and then I cut the banner end. I also die cut the Basic White label using the largest of the label dies in the Throughtful Expressions Dies.

I assembled and adhered all of these elements into place using Multipurpose Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals and Mini Glue Dots.

I used both the Designer Series Paper and gift bag remnant for inside the card and the back of the envelope.

To finish the card I added some Champagne Iridescent Dots to the front of the card.

Tomorrow I have another Poetic Expressions project to share with you.

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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Paper Snips
[103579]
$19.25
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SATURDAY IS ALL ABOUT SHARING SOME CHALLENGE PROJECTS

Today I have my submission for this week’s Global Design Project Theme Challenge – Balloons.

At first I planned to use my new Hot Air Balloon Bundle but I can’t find where my dies have got to.That probably means that I should give my craft space a good tidy up.

So, instead, I used my Beautiful Balloons Bundle – you can never have too many balloon stamps and dies in your collection.

i wanted to make a clean and simple card for this challenge.

I started by stamping the balloon images in Parakeet Party, Sweet Sorbet and Tahitian Tide. Then they were cut using their coordinating dies.

My new Online Exclusive Sweetly Scripted Cling Stamp Set arrived on Thursday so I was able to use it for the balloon streamers.

I also die cut three balloons in the matching cardstock and embossed them with the Basics 3D Crosshatch Embossing Folder.Two of these were adhered inside the card and the third on the back of the envelope.

Finally, I added some Parakeet Party embellsihments from the 2022 – 2024 In Colour Pearls.

Monday I will start sharing projects using Poetic Expressions Suite Collection.

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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