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Designer Tin of Cards with Washi

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I mentioned recently that I wanted to use more washi and so this card started with the washi tape. In this case, it was from two suites – I have the floral boutique designer washi tape and the Pop of Pink designer washi tape. And I also wanted to use my Designer Tin of Cards set which so far hadn’t been inked up.

Stampin' Up! Designer Tin of Cards

I read on Pootles’ site recently that on the incentive trip, Pam Morgan demoed the Floral Boutique DSP and suggested treating the navy as a neutral – “navy and white and a pop of bright” and I thought that was an excellent idea. So after I’d put down a piece of the Floral Boutique DWT (Designer Washi Tape), I added a strip of the Pop of Pink DWT. I made both pieces long enough to wrap around the whisper white top layer. Well actually, the first piece wasn’t and I reclaimed that and used it on the envelope. Waste not, want not!

Next I stamped out the beautifully written sentiment from the Designer Tin of Cards set in night of navy on a piece of scrap which I cropped with a circle framelit. I cut another same sized circle from night of navy cardstock so that I could layer them.The night of navy one is glued to the card whereas the whisper white circle is popped up with dimensionals. To continue the pop of pink, I added three enamel shapes in melon mambo to coordinate with the washi tape.

To continue the idea of a pop of bright, I used melon mambo for the sentiment inside the card – this is from one of my favourite sets, Watercolor Wishes.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Blooms and Bliss DSP

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Happy July! I’m really not sure how we got here so quickly but I am looking forward to a 4 day weekend here for July 4th. I’m expecting to play with my supplies for a fair proportion of it. Can’t wait! I also plan to work on my photography – I have a lightbox and 4 lights but it’s not producing the quality that I want. So I need to work on that. Today I’m sharing a quick and easy (and easily mass produced) card using the beautiful Blooms and Bliss DSP and the ever faithful Watercolor Wishes stamp set.

Stampin' Up! Watercolor Wishes and Blooms and Bliss DSP

This card just fell together because I’d cut the paper already to use the other side in a class and I had an extra. The soft colours of mint macaron, sahara sand and island indigo are really beautiful together here and I wanted to show case the gorgeous DSP. So I merely added it to an island indigo card base without any extra matting. I did try various mats but it detracted from the overall card and drew attention from the DSP. So, I went clean and simple. I then stamped the much used sentiment from the Watercolor Wishes stamp set (it comes exclusively in the awesome Watercolor Wishes kit) in island indigo onto a scrap of whisper white and matted that with a scrap of island indigo. I popped it up with dimensionals and I was done.

Stampin' Up! Watercolor Wishes and Blooms and Bliss DSP

I hope that you have a fun weekend planned with some time for crafting.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Small detailed floral thinlits

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As I said yesterday, I’ve been continuing to play with the Detailed Floral thinlits dies. This time I took the small floral piece and used it twice, once at the top and once at the bottom of my piece of very vanilla.

Stampin' Up! Detailed Floral thinlits dies and Watercolor Wishes

Next I took the mint macaron ink and stamped the sentiment which is, yet again, from Watercolor Wishes. I really do have other sets! I glued this onto a cardbase of mint macaron using my 2 way glue pen. I need to find a replacement for this since I like that (unless you squeeze it) it doesn’t come out in globs and it almost never oozes out from under what you’re gluing. It just leaves a layer of thin glue which does exactly what you want – stays in place and holds what you’re gluing. I also use SNAIL, fast fuse and tombow for various purposes, but none of them are perfect replacements for the 2 way glue pen. If you have a recommendation for a glue you love, please let me know.

I wanted to add just a little something to the space and remembered that I still have some leftover mint macaron enamel dots from the last catalogue. Perfect. Take a look amongst your leftover embellishments – you’re sure to find something there if you’re anything like me!

See you tomorrow when I’m using Playful Backgrounds,

Liz

Detailed Floral thinlits and the new incolours

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I was so tired after an extremely busy week that I didn’t even make today’s card last night. So this morning after extra sleep, I finally got to play with the contents of the box which UPS delivered on Thursday. I kept coming back to the detailed floral thinlits which were still out from Friday’s card and decided to use the so far unused third piece of the set to make today’s card. I also broke out flirty flamingo, a new colour which I hadn’t used before.

Stampin' Up! Detailed Floral thinlits dies and Watercolor Wishes

I cut a piece of flirty flamingo a quarter inch smaller than the card base (4″ by 5 1/4″) and carefully placed the floral die on top of it. Then I added the third piece which creates the curvy border and cranked these through the big shot. After a little attention from the big shot die brush to release all the little pieces it was good to go. Before gluing this to my piece of whisper white, I first stamped the sentiment from Watercolor Wishes in flirty flamingo. Actually, initially I was going to use very vanilla but the different look of the flirty flamingo on the vanilla just didn’t quite work with the piece of flirty flamingo that I’d die cut. No worries, I just switched to white. Perfect. After the stamping worked, I glued the die cut onto my piece of white and then attached that to a flirty flamingo card base.

I didn’t much like this colour to start with, but here, I love the look. Sometimes it takes a little time to warm up to some of the new colours. It definitely hasn’t taken me any time to love these new thinlits dies!

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Paper Pumpkin May 2016 alternate 6

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For this alternative use of the Paper Pumpkin May 2016 kit, I looked for some DSP which would work with the die cut. Most didn’t work due to having too large a pattern but this piece of the new Pop of Pink Specialty DSP worked a treat. And it’s amusing to use bright pink with the Many Manly Occasions kit!

Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin May 2016 - Many Manly Occasions and Watercolor Wishes

Quick and easy to do – I cut a piece of DSP a smidge smaller than my usual insert of 4″ by 5 1/4″ and then stuck it onto a whisper white insert. Then I used the glue dots provided in the kit to attach it to the inside of the die cut card. I added the whisper white because this piece of DSP has a mostly black reverse side and I thought it a bit too harsh for a birthday card!

Next I used my current favourite birthday sentiment from Watercolor Wishes and stamped it badly in melon mambo. As in the h of happy birthday had a smudge. So it was time to look at my embellishments to see what would work to cover this and found the now retired botanical garden jewels. Perfect. They jazzed up the card rather well, hid the error and left me with only 3 jewels for one more card. I’ve almost finished a pot of embellishments. Amazing!

Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin May 2016 - Many Manly Occasions and Watercolor Wishes

I used a random number generator this morning and it selected number 1 which is Rita. Thanks to all for your comments, they were fun to read.

Rita said “Congrats! I have been making cards for over 20 years. I get so much pleasure out of making a card and giving it to someone. People are so appreciative to receive them”

Rita – just email me your address at lizbaileycards@gmail.com and I’ll mail the cards to you.

See you tomorrow,

Liz