Embossing Paste

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Okay, I know that I was planning to do a post highlighting each of the cards from the So Sayings kit (and I will) but I am so excited by this card, that I had to share it with you today. I was not sure that the embossing paste and I would get on and didn’t put it on my first order but I got some yesterday. And wow, is it fun?! AND easy to use.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Embossing Paste - Pattern Party Decorative Masks - Celebration Time - Celebration Thinlits Dies

I used one of the palette knives and put a little of the embossing paste onto a silicone craft mat and added a couple of drops of powder pink ink refill, adding a little more until I got the shade that I wanted. I mixed it well although I’m planning on making a card where it is NOT all perfectly mixed in, I think that will be fun too. I then used some post-it note tape to hold down one of the Pattern Party Decorative Masks on top of my thick whisper white card base and just applied the paste on top, spreading it like butter. Having read the warnings, as soon as I was done applying the paste, I went to rinse off the mask, the silicone mat and the palette knife – and not a moment too soon. It really dries fast.

Another new purchase was the Celebration Time stamp set which I overlooked on my first time through the catalog. It’s awesome especially with the matching Celebration thinlits dies – here I’ve stamped the image in berry burst on powder pink and cut out the cake using the thinlits. There are some really fun shapes to cut out here. I’m almost giddy with excitement – there’s so much to play with that it’s hard to know what to do first – there are new tools and I love all the new in colors! I popped up the cake on dimensionals and then added some of the new berry burst glitter enamel dots.

I’m really pleased with how this turned out – isn’t the texture wonderful? And there are three more designs in the pattern party decorative mask set to play with…

Don’t forget that we have bonus days running this month – you get a coupon for every $50 you spend. Don’t give up a 10% discount!

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Also, remember the amazing joining offer of $52 extra supplies plus a free Christmas stamp set worth $20 making that Starter Kit a steal at $99 plus tax for $197 worth of product and free shipping.

Christmas in July

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is ZDSGJ9U3 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). In addition, if you spend $50 this month, I’ll send you the metallic sequin assortment. Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

 

Vertical Greetings

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This card is actually the first card in my one sheet wonder challenge and not what I planned to share today. I was going to share all the Soft Sayings Card Kit but the UPS man brought me a Stampin’ Up! order and I need to play with it some more! So this is a shorter post. Tomorrow I’ll share the kit with close ups of each card and comments on tips that I found or changes that I made (probably). So today is a quick card showing how versatile Vertical Greetings is.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Vertical Greetings - Delightful Daisy DSP

I matted the piece of Delightful Daisy DSP with a piece of night of navy and then tied the crushed curry chevron ribbon around all of that, tying it in a knot. Then I stamped the greeting before gluing the focal point to the card – it’s too hard to use the stamp-a-ma-jig over the thickness of the mat and ribbon and I wanted to ensure that the sentiment was perfect first. I’m thinking that this design is going to work well with numerous other papers and ribbons.

Don’t forget that we have bonus days running this month – you get a coupon for every $50 you spend. Don’t give up a 10% discount!

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Also, remember the amazing joining offer of $52 extra supplies plus a free Christmas stamp set worth $20 making that Starter Kit a steal at $99 plus tax for $197 worth of product and free shipping.

Christmas in July

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is ZDSGJ9U3 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). In addition, if you spend $50 this month, I’ll send you the metallic sequin assortment. Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Delightful Daisy DSP

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Here’s another of my cards made with my single piece of 12 by 12 Delightful Daisy DSP – this one is just a little strip.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Delightful Daisy DSP - Bunch of Blossoms - Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

Just a little strip of DSP, it may be, but doesn’t it make the card? I used multipurpose glue to fix this to the night of navy card base – a little wiggle room helped to ensure I had it lined up correctly. Then my favourite sentiment from Bunch of Blossoms also in night of navy and cut out with the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies. I added another oval behind of daffodil delight and the final touch was a bow using the new crushed curry 3/8 inch chevron ribbon.

Don’t forget that we have bonus days running this month – you get a coupon for every $50 you spend. Don’t give up a 10% discount!

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Also, remember the amazing joining offer of $52 extra supplies plus a free Christmas stamp set worth $20 making that Starter Kit a steal at $99 plus tax for $197 worth of product and free shipping.

Christmas in July

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is ZDSGJ9U3 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). In addition, if you spend $50 this month, I’ll send you the metallic sequin assortment. Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Soft Sayings Card Kit

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The Soft Sayings Card Kit is the new kit in the catalog and it’s wonderful! I’ve already made all TWENTY of my cards and I had a lot of fun doing it. It’s an all inclusive kit providing all the pieces that you need plus ink plus stamp set – all you need to provide is glue and scissors to cut the twine. A kit is great when you just want to create but don’t want to think! And for $35 for the kit which makes 20 cards and then leaves you with a stamp set, it’s tremendous value.

Here’s the official Stampin’ Up! video with Holly showing off the kit:

In a piece of brilliance, Stampin’ Up! have also put together a refill kit – everything you need to put together another 20 cards with envelopes. Everything, in fact, in the original kit bar the box, clear block, ink and stamp set. And it’s only $21.

I’m planning an evening with friends putting together more of the kits – so much fun. If you want to do the same and you order a kit from me, I’ll throw in a little surprise gift with your thank you card.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is ZDSGJ9U3 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). In addition, if you spend $50 this month, I’ll send you the metallic sequin assortment. Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Layering Leaves Dynamic TIEF

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Here’s a card that’s unusual in that it showcases many products; and it’s not unusual in my inability to move away from the new incolors! The card base of this is fresh fig which I ran through the big shot in the Layering Leaves Dynamic TIEF (Textured Impressions Embossing Folder) after lightly spritzing the card with water to get a deeper impression and to help the card fibers to emboss cleanly.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Layering Leaves Dynamic TIEF - Delightful Daisy DSP - Lovely Words thinlit dies - Lovely Inside and Out

I love green and purple together and here we have old olive with the fresh fig. The DSP is another piece from my one sheet wonder challenge using a sheet of Delightful Daisy DSP and I matted it with a piece of old olive. The sentiments are from a bundle – Lovely Inside & Out bundle which consists of some great words and images plus the ability to cut out three great words. The cutouts are actually designed to create negative space behind them and to be enclosed in a shape (heart, circle, oval) but here I snipped out the word to use on its own. I actually have the word friend twice – under the fresh fig there’s a slightly offset gold foil friend just peeking out to add sparkle. And for a finishing touch, the beautiful fresh fig 1/8 inch sheer ribbon. I love this ribbon – I thought it was probably a little too thin to be used much but it seems to be on a lot of my cards and I’ve ordered another color of it!

Don’t forget that we have bonus days running this month – you get a coupon for every $50 you spend. Don’t give up a 10% discount!

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Also, remember the amazing joining offer of $52 extra supplies plus a free Christmas stamp set worth $20 making that Starter Kit a steal at $99 plus tax for $197 worth of product and free shipping.

Christmas in July

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is ZDSGJ9U3 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). In addition, if you spend $50 this month, I’ll send you the metallic sequin assortment. Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz