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Stretch Your Dies — Masking & Dry embossing

By on March 26, 2015 in Paper Crafting

So this was a fun idea to mask off the shape, then ink in the inside, then dry emboss the dots around the shape. I don’t know if that makes sense, but I loved making this card.

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I image those balloons are carrying that funny bird away!

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Stretch your Dies (day 7) — Alphabet Dies

By on March 23, 2015 in Paper Crafting

Jennifer McGuire showed us a great trick for getting alphabet dies all lined up. I was so happy…and I had to give this one a try right away.

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This one is a birthday card for my sister-in-law (she better not see this until after Wednesday!) I thought this one would make her smile.

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A little Lawn Fawn alphabet, a Little Paper Smooches bird, a Neat & Tangled embossed sentiment, add some gems….and you get a fun, happy card! And do those letters look well lined up, or what?! (I used a T-ruler and some post-it tape to get them just right) Thanks for a great class today, Jennifer!

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Stretch your Dies (day 6) — Inlaid Background using border die

By on March 23, 2015 in Paper Crafting

I’m loving this Online Card Class: Stretch your Dies. I don’t have a lot of dies, so this is right up my alley.

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Today I was impressed with Debby Hughes’ technique of using a border die to make an inlaid background. I used a new die from My Favorite Things to do this. This was a fun one!

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That “happy” die is from Studio Calico…isn’t is a great font?! I was going to use some sequins on this, but my Liquid Pearls jumped right out at me for this one. I think it’s a happy card.

 

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Stretch Your Dies (day 4) — Patterned Paper die cutting

By on March 23, 2015 in Paper Crafting, Uncategorized

So I’m going a bit out of order! I am waiting for some packages to come in so I can finish up some homework. While I wait, I thought I’d just go ahead and post some other cards for class.

Today we learned about using a small die cut to enhance patterned paper. Such a great idea! But I have to admit, I was a little nervous about this one. I didn’t want to “mess up” the patterned paper.

I ended up die cutting only 3 little blossoms on this paper to see through to the glitter paper beneath it. What do you think?

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I’ll be back to list the supplies I used on this one in a bit!

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Hi Pretty Pink Posh

By on August 25, 2014 in Paper Crafting, Uncategorized

Today I thought I’d enter the Pretty Pink Posh Cutting Edge Challenge. I’ve had these dies from Pretty Pink Posh: Stitched Duo dies 1 and Stitched Borders 1 and I wanted to make a pretty shoppe scene.

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It took me a while to make this look like I envisioned. I just LOVE this new gold polka dot vellum! And these dies from Pretty Pink Posh make it so easy to create a sweet window scene.

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You may not be able to tell in the picture, but the background is embossed with stripes to look like the siding of a building. I just used my Martha Stewart scoring board to add the “lines.”

That gold “hi” is a die from My Favorite Things (Happy Hellos) and it was so difficult to get a great picture with the gold foil paper! But I love all the gold with the black & white. I’ve always wanted a pink cruiser bicycle (funny, huh?) so I had to add that to the scene.

Can you just imagine shopping at such a chic store?!

Supplies Used:
Dies: Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Duo 1 dies, Stitched Borders 1; My Favorite Things Happy Hellos, Silhouette cut file bicycle
Sequins: Pretty Pink Posh 4 mm Pink Peonies;
Ink: Distress Markers Black Soot; Sakura Metallic gold pen
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