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Category: Techniques
Today's card uses the Reverse Stamping or Mirror Image Technique with the cat image so that you can have two cats looking at each other. I have been promising to create a video showing this technique. Scroll down to view the video. Supplies: Stamp Set: Nine Lives, Botanical Layers, Oceanfront Cardstock: Smoky Slate, Basic Black, … Continue reading Reverse Stamping with Nine Lives and VIDEO
It has been quite a while since I took part in the Sketch Challenges at Splitcoaststampers so I thought it was time to get back into it. Here is the Sketch. Click on it to go to Splitcoaststampers and check it out. Here is my take on it. The mini slimline card base is 18cm … Continue reading A Mini Slimline Card for the Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge.
It is quite a while since I made one of these easy Swing Flip Flop cards. Keep reading to download the instructions and measurements. This is the closed view. This is open from the outside. This is open from the other side. This style of card can be made with any shape of frame dies. … Continue reading How to create a Swing Flip Flop Fancy Fold Card with PDF Tutorial
Stamping on coloured cardstock is an easy way to create a WOW look without a lot of effort. For this one I have used a piece of Purple Posy cardstock (retired) as my art panel. It would work just as well with any light coloured cardstock. Images from Dainty Delight were stamped with Memento Tuxedo … Continue reading Stamping on coloured cardstock
The Let's Go Fishing Designer Series Paper contains lots of patterns and creates a great card without having to add much extra. (It is not just for masculine, but for any fishing enthusiast.) Today I have used it to create a Gate Fold card. Measurements: Card Base (Pebbled Path): 21cm x 14.8cm scored at 5.25cm … Continue reading Gate Fold Card with a Fishing Theme
Today I have a Panel Pull Out Fancy Fold Card. The original instructions come from a tutorial at Splitcoaststampers here. I have adjusted the measurements to suit our A4 cardstock. Here it is closed ... fully open Measurements: Card Base (Early Espresso): 10..5cm x 14.8cm Layer 1 (Calypso Coral): 8.5cm x 12.8cm Pull Out Panel (Very … Continue reading Panel Pull Out Fancy Fold Card
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