Monthly Archives: March 2019

Delightfully Detailed Laser cut designer series paper

I had a card class last night – I was having too much fun to remember to take photos! – and we enjoyed a chocolate orange cake. But this isn’t a cookery blog!  One of the cards that I was super pleased with was also much admired especially for the ease of production. I got the idea for a frame from Selene Kempton I believe.

Liz Bailey - My Elegant Cards - Delightfully Detailed laser cut DSP- Part of my story

The Delightfully Detailed laser cut DSP has 8 sheets, 4 each of 2 designs. One of the designs has 6 panels and I cut these out (carefully cutting off the other strips so that I can use them later). I added a couple of dots of multipurpose glue to hold it in place on the powder pink cardbase and then added a frame cut with the rectangular stitched framelits dies (LOVE these – $35 for 13 double stitched rectangles) using very vanilla. I added a good amount of snail to the back of the frame and that holds the DSP nicely in place. All that was left was to stamp the sentiment from Part of my story (a Saleabration offering, so you have about 10 days to grab it) and emboss in gold. I did another card to use up the rectangle that was cut out which also has stitching on it.

We loved this card so much that I made a few more during the class using different panels from the DSP.

Liz Bailey - My Elegant Cards - Delightfully Detailed laser cut DSP- Part of my story  Liz Bailey - My Elegant Cards - Delightfully Detailed laser cut DSP- Part of my story

Aren’t they lovely and so easy to make a number quite easily. So the question is which do you like the best? I’m still undecided!

 

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Perfectly Paired in pastels

I liked the Perfectly Paired baby card from Sunday (which I coloured with blends) so much that I decided to make another  only this time using watercolour pencils for a more traditional look. I have 2 work colleagues who are expecting in April so I need some more!

Perfectly Paired in pastels

I laid down the colour and then used a blender pen to smooth out the pencil lines, adding more when necessary. This time I used an early espresso mat on top of the petal pink card base. Page down and see the one coloured with blends, which do you prefer?

The blends are more intense and easy to get the colour down. But the pencils are easier to avoid colour  bleeding and therefore easier to use.

It’s a great set for baby cards, Perfectly Paired, 148712 for $19.

 

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Perfectly Paired

A friend of mine has just had a baby which gave me an excuse to get out Perfectly Paired. It’s an adorable set as you can see.

Liz Bailey - Perfectly Paired

I decided to use the blends because I have a lot of colours and spent a happy hour coloring in a couple of the images. Although a baby usually means pastel monochromatic cards, I wanted to go with vibrant colours. This meant stamping in memento ink and since the stamp is quite large, I decided to mount it on my stamparatus to ensure that I got a good image – it’s a good thing I did, the crocs were a bit shy and had to be inked up again.

Here are the blends that I used, both light and dark unless otherwise stated ($9 for the combo packs mentioned below):

Pool Party (144605)

old olive (144597)

lovely lipstick (147281)

soft suede (147273)

smoky slate (145058)

dark mango melody (147944; $4.50)

ivory (144606; $4.50)

and the stamp set is Perfectly Paired (148712; $18)

I matted in black and placed that on a lovely lipstick card base. Then I decided it needed some sparkly so I added some wink of Stella to the water.

Sale-a-bration is always a marvelous time – for every $50 you spend on product, you can choose a special free Sale-a-bration item – this is in addition to your stamping’ rewards (assuming your order or party is at least $150). There are also some bigger ones available with a $100 purchase. It ends at the end of the month, so take a look soon. If you spend $150 with me by the end of Sale-a-bration you are invited – or you get a package sent – to my Sale-a-bration celebration.

It’s also a great time to join: you get $175 of product of your choice for just $99 and the shipping is free. Email or call me if you have question.

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Liz