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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Vitalized Vellum Technique

I've had the time this week to try different things for my next stamp club weekend. I saw this technique over on Flowerbug's Inkspot. LeeAnn called it "Vitalized Vellum" because you used vellum card stock. You can see details over on her blog (see my side bar). I first tried it with the bird from Good Friend, but I didn't really do anything for me. So I tried the butterfly from God's Beauty and was much happier with it. I used the in color Kiwi Kiss and Pacific Point (trying to use is all up).

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Daisies

Jackie inspired this card. She made one using the diasies die and the big shot, and designed this cute little pot using the wide oval punch. You can see her card here. For my card, I used the Tea Party designer paper and Lovely Liliac cardstock.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Round Rose

I am trying to use up my in colors before they retire. I had a full pack of Pacific Point so decided to use it for one of the stamp club projects coming up in two weeks. I will show them how to make the circle card, how to use the new Stampin' Up! circle cutter, how to do the watercolor technique, and a short cut to embossing with color and clear ep. That's alot of info in one little card!!

Sunday, May 24, 2009

CCB07 Challenge

Lil' Inker is hosting this week's reative Cute Bloggers' Challenge. I specifically wanted to do this one because I have signed up with SCS to do this swap at convention. We had to create a card with just ONE layer of paper. That's not always easy for me with all the wonderful designer paper SU has to offer. But sometimes you just need a quick card. Well I knew right away that I wanted to use this new die for the Big Shot. It is called (um, let me look and see what it's caled) the Curly Lable Bigz XL. This die allows you to determine the placement of the curly lable cutout. I used the Cheep Talk set and the words from the A Little Birdie Told Me set. Ink and marker colors are Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun and Real Red. Words are in Basic Black. Its hard for me not to use ribbon, so that was my embellishment, real red grosgrain.
When you open the card, you can see the little bird sitting on a branch and saying "it's your birthday".

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Mojo Rose

I had time to play in the stamp room tonight. The cable was out, so I missed alot of season finales. Did I miss Dancing With the Stars? Who won? I can't believe the cable was out, it's not even raining!!!! It's a good thing I had some things on the DVR to watch. I like the stamp while I watch tv. It's called multi-tasking, right? This card is for the Mojo Monday sketch. I just love this watercolor technique. So simple!

Kiwi kiss cardstock, Walk in the Park dp.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Pop Up Christmas Tree

This is the first card I've made with the pop up cake die. Several people were really thinking outside the box with this one. I decided I wanted to try and make a christmas tree with it.

I made it just the way it calls for a cake, then added a free cut a triangle for the top of the tree. I decorated it with buttons. It sure does make a thick card, though.