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My Hero with Emerald Envy Embossing

This stamp set is named My Hero, which is a great name because it’s the charity set. For each set bought, Stampin’ Up! donates to the Ronald McDonald House Charities (over a million dollars so far) so you need to buy it. Not only because of the charity donation, but because it’s a fun set.

Stampin' Up! Weather Together

Here’s an image of the complete set:

Fun right? Today I used the umbrella and I used a trick that I saw on Pootles’ site. She mentioned a much easier way to emboss any colour. First you use the embossing buddy and then tap your image onto a versamark pad and then onto the colour that you want. After you stamp it, you add clear embossing powder to the card and then heat it. Voila. Heat embossing in whatever colour you like. Sam says that she’s been doing this for three years and hasn’t seen any issues with her ink pads. That’s good enough for me! Heat embossing in every colour here I come!

Once I’d heat embossed my image in deep rich emerald envy, I cut it out with the Umbrella Weather Framelits dies.  Next I used the archival basic black ink to create the umbrella handle (it’s two images) and cut that out as well. After gluing my umbrella to the whisper white, I used more basic black to add the raindrops from the Weather Together set. The whisper white then had a basic black mat before I adhered it to an emerald envy card base. I used a sentiment from the same set inside the card. I think this card would perk up someone who was sick. Hopefully!

You need this set. LOL. I feel like the famous posters calling people to sign up.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies for GDP

Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies for what? Yes, GDP, it’s not some kind of designer paper, but the Global Design Project which I enter every now and then. I really should enter more often, they have fun challenges.

Stampin' Up! Sunshine Wishes thinlits dies and Blooms and Bliss DSP

Here’s the banner which inspired this card

Don’t you absolutely LOVE this DSP? I can see actually running out of it which would be a first! The whole package is absolutely gorgeous – blooms and bliss DSP in case you’re wondering. It’s a fairly fast and CAS card – I cut a piece of the DSP 4″ by 5.25″ which means I can make 6 out of a piece of paper by the way and glued it to a rich razzleberry card base. Both the flower and the sentiment are from the Sunshine Wishes thinlits dies set and they are also in rich razzleberry. I also tried it in sweet sugarplum but it didn’t give me the pop I wanted.

Stampin' Up! Sunshine Wishes thinlits dies and Blooms and Bliss DSP

This photo gives you a good look at the envelope – I used the 1.5 inch piece left from my 4 inch strip to cut out a number of butterflies using the same thinlits set. I tried three, but one was the right number for the envelope. So I had some left. Where to use them?

Stampin' Up! Sunshine Wishes thinlits dies and Blooms and Bliss DSP

Of course, the inside. For one of them at least! The sentiment comes from the My Hero set which is a set you need. It’s this year’s charity set – when you buy it, Stampin’ Up! will donate $3 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. I love that they do this and always buy the designated set. It’s good to give back.

If you haven’t got a catalog just email me at lizbaileycards@gmail.com and I’d be happy to send one along. The catalog is online (the button’s over there on the left) but it’s nicer to sit with a coffee and a highlighter to make notes. I’d definitely add today’s products to the list. Oh yes, I did!

I’ve been playing with the detailed floral thinlits dies again – come back tomorrow for another example.

See you tomorrow,

Liz