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Tag: Handmade Greeting Cards
Today's fancy fold is very popular at the moment. I have created both landscape and portrait versions. For this post, I will showcase the portrait version. Stay tuned for the landscape version next week. Side 1Side 2Side 3Side 4Looking down The card folds flat to 14.8cm high by 10.5cm wide - a standard card size.Supplies:Stamp … Continue reading Pinwheel Tower Fancy Fold Card
In the new catalogue there is a pack of 2021-2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum. There are 10 sheets of 12"x12", 2 of each of the five In Colors - Evening Evergreen, Fresh Freesia, Pale Papaya, Polished Pink and Soft Succulent. They are beautiful to use on their own or embossed as I have done here. … Continue reading Dry Embossing on Shimmer Vellum
Today I have a couple of quick and easy cards using die cuts and Designer Series Paper. Take a standard size card base (21cm x 14.8cm scored at 10.5cm) in Mint Macaron for the first card and Pale Papaya for the second one.Attach a piece of Hand Penned Designer Series Paper (3cm x 14.8cm) to … Continue reading Quick and Easy Cards with Penned Flowers
I have used the Sailing Home stamp set and coordinating dies for the Sketch Challenge at splitcoaststampers.com this week. The sketch .... My card .... Tips: I used second generation stamping (for all but one image) on the rope with Sahara Sand ink on Sahara Sand cardstock.The images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on … Continue reading Masculine Card for the Sketch Challenge at Splitcoaststampers
You saw some pretty purple pansies in an earlier post. Today's card has orange pansies. This was another card from the recent pansy themed class. The pansies have been stamped with Calypso Coral and Pale Papaya ink with centres of Daffodil Delight and layered on a polka dot background of You're A Peach DSP.The leaves … Continue reading Orange Pansies
A recent Technique Challenge at splitcoaststampers.com called for building a brick wall with an image - no stamp or embossing folder for the bricks. It is based on the Splitcoaststampers tutorial here. I made my bricks square just for something different. Here is my card ... The image from Shaded Summer was stamped on Very … Continue reading Brick Wall with Shaded Summer
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