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Poppy Elegance

2/10/2020

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When I think of poppies, the red poppies in the fields in France come to mind. But these light pink poppies exude elegance. Paired with a primarily white on white color scheme, these cards are stunning in their simplicity. Not only that, but they were quick and easy to put together too! 

All of these cards use the following supplies:
Inks:
  • Tuxedo Black Memento
  • Petal Pink
Stampin' Blends: 
  • Light & Dark Petal Pink
  • Light & Dark Granny Apple Green
Stamps:
  • Painted Poppies
  • Parisian Beauty
  • Here's a Card
Dies:
  • Stitched Rectangles
  • Stitched Shapes
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Thanks
These beautiful poppies are stamped on a greeting from the Parisian Beauty stamp set stamped in Petal Pink. 

Cardstock:
  • Whisper White: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" folded in half, 5" x 3 3/4", scrap
  • Petal Pink: 5 3/16" x 3 15/16"
Tips:
When stamping the words on the left of the card front, stamp off on a piece of scrap paper first. Then, stamp onto the card front. 

The "thanks" is cut using a Stitched Rectangle die, however it was too long for the words. So, after cutting it, I lined the edge of the die along where I wanted the end cut off and ran it back through my Big Shot.
Poppy in a Square
This card uses only Whisper White cardstock. White is layered on white to create a subtly layered card front.

Cardstock:
  • Whisper White: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" folded in half, 5 5/16" x 4 1/16", scraps
Tips:
Stamp the poppy and leaves on scraps of cardstock. Color them and then cut around them carefully leaving a small border.

The words in the background are from the Parisian Beauty stamp set. Vary the placement of the stamp front left to right to create the varied edges on the left and right.
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Hello There
This card has only two layers. This card is so quick and easy, but still absolutely elegant.

Cardstock:
  • Whisper White: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" folded in half, 5 5/16" x 4 1/16"
Tips:
This card uses the masking technique. I stamped profile poppy on two post-it notes and cut them out on the outline. Then, I stamped two of these profile poppies on the card front. I covered them with the cut-out ones on sticky notes. I then stamped the other poppies over top of the post-it notes. Finally, I removed the sticky notes to reveal the line of poppies. 
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The Gang’s All Meer for Some Quick Cards

2/6/2020

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I love these little meerkats! They remind me of my actually cat standing up against the sliding glass door, begging to come in or out. They're just so stinkin' cute! And the little lizard with his tongue out? Yup, I just can't get enough of him. Did you know that you can get this stamp set for FREE?!? Now through the end of March, you can choose The Gang’s All Meer as your free item with a $50 order as part of the Sale-A-Bration promotion. 

All of these cards use the following supplies:
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
Stampin' Blends: 
  • Crumb Cake Light & Dark
  • Soft Suede Light & Dark
  • Flirty Flamingo Light & Dark
  • Old Olive Light & Dark
  • Color Lifter
Linen Thread
Layering Circle Dies
​Stitched Shapes Dies
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Each of these cards uses a technique called masking to create layered images. Start by stamping the image on a sticky note. Then carefully cut along the image's outline. (It's ok to cut off the meerkats' ears and hair and the pricky bits of the cacti.) Then, stamp the image you want to be in the front on your card. Usually this image is lower than the one you want in back. Then layer your cut out post-it note image over the stamped image on the card. Stamp another image that you want behind the first image. Peel off the sticky note to reveal your layered images.
To get the Meerkat stamp set, be sure to check the Sale-A-Bration rewards in the lower left of your screen after you've ordered at least $50 in product. 
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Just Popping In
This card features a window from the card front to the interior of the card where this little meerkat is popping his head out. 

Cardstock:
  • Soft Suede: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
  • Crumb Cake: 5 1/4" x 4"
  • Whisper White: 5 1/4" x 4"
 Tips:
Cut the larger circle out of the piece of Crumb Cake cardstock first. Then, adhere the Crumb Cake cardstock to your card front. Next, cut the smaller circle from the Soft Suede card front by positioning a smaller circle die inside the hole already cut from the Crumb Cake cardstock. Adhere the piece of Whisper White on the interior of the card. Finally, close the card and stamp the meerkat in the middle of the circular hole. 

Use the Light Crumb Cake Stampin' Blend to color the sand under the meerkat. Then go over it with the Color Lifter to make it lighter. Add a little Light Flirty Flamingo to the meerkat's cheeks to give him extra personality!

Happy Birthday Lizard

Surrounded by cacti, this little lizard is sticking his tongue out to say happy birthday!

Cardstock: 
  • Old Olive: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", folded in half
  • Flirty Flamingo: 4 15/16" x 3 11/16"
  • Whisper White: 4 3/4" x 3 1/2", 5 1/4" x 4" (interior), plus scrap
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Tips: 
The full sentiment stamp says: Happy Birthday to a Stand Up Guy. Carefully ink only the "Happy Birthday" and stamp it on a scrap of Whisper White cardstock. Then, stamp the greeting above it and cut with the smallest circle from the Stitched Shapes dies.

Adhere the Whisper White card front to the piece of Flirty Flamingo. Wrap a piece of Linen Thread around these 3 times and secure with tape on the back. Adhere this card front using Stampin' Dimensionals to the card front. Also use Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the greeting. 
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From all of us...

A whole group of meerkats cover this "Thinking of You" card that is perfect to send from a group of friends or co-workers.

Cardstock:
  • Crumb Cake: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
  • Soft Suede: 5 3/16" x 3 15/16"
  • Whisper White: 5" x 3 3/4", 5 1/4" x 4" (for interior), scraps
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Use different combinations of the Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, and Light Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends to color the meerkats in order to make them different shades of brown.
Color the sand under their feet with the Light Crumb Cake. Then, go over it with the Color Lifter to make it lighter. 
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Simple Stamping - Mambo Wild Rose

6/9/2019

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You don’t need a craft room overflowing with supplies to create beautiful cards. All it takes is stamps, ink, and paper. It’s as simple as that! I created this gorgeous card using the To a Wild Rose stamp set, Melon Mambo and Soft Suede ink, and whisper white card stock – plus a little bit of painter’s tape. ​
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​To create the white edge on your card, use painter’s tape to cover the outside edges of the card. Then stamp your images.

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The To a Wild Rose stamp set has three stamps for the rose and coordinating leaves. The stamps are made to create variations in color. For this card, I only used two of the stamps. The third stamp is an outline stamp. I love the way this rose looks without the outline though! (Ok, I love it with the outline too. It’s simply a gorgeous stamp set!)
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The stamps are also Dist-Ink-Tive stamps. The images have a photographic appearance. Because of this, you can use the same color ink (like I did) to stamp both of the layers, and it will still give you variations in colors. 
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​Back to our card. If you remember, I had taped the edges and stamped the roses. 
​When you peel away the tape, you are left with a clean white edge, perfectly framing your stamped images. 
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To finish this card, I added a strip of whisper white cardstock that I had stamped the greeting on. It’s as quick and easy as that!
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While it’s simple to create beautiful cards with limited supplies, I have trouble stopping there! So, I created two more cards using the same background. 
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​​For the second card, I used a punch to cut out the greeting and attached it with satin ribbon and some Stampin’ Dimensionals. I also added a few rhinestone jewels to give it a little sparkle. 



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​The final card isn’t any more difficult to make, it just uses even more supplies which allowed me to give it even more texture. I used the coordinating Wild Rose dies to cut out the leaves and little branches from Soft Suede and velum cardstock. I also used the Layering Circle dies to cut out the greeting and mount it on Melon Mambo and vellum cardstock. I added a strip of white and Melon Mambo cardstock to the card and used the Subtle embossing folder on the Melon Mambo to give it the look of rough fabric.

All three cards are elegant and easy to create!
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