#PicturePerfect

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! I have birthday card w/ a sort of vacation theme today. For the background, I did a variation of the Bokeh background, I used a stencil I made quite a while back by die cutting different sizes of circles in a piece of copy paper. I sponged  the Distress inks thru the various sizes of circle masks, then I added a few sponged circles on top using white Brilliance ink. For the smallest circles, I used a pencil eraser. 

The little snapshot was made by die cutting a rounded square out of a rectangle die cut. I stamped part of the Palm Tree line on the back of a piece of vellum w/ Stazon & attached it to the back side of the frame.

Here's a look at the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs - Picture Perfect Day, Palm Tree Line (inside– Sunny Day Birthday Greeting)

paper: Staples 110# white

ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Distress inks tumbled glass, broken china, cracked pistachio,  twisted citron, mowed lawn, Brilliance moonlight white

accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics B, rectangles, rounded squares, circles dies, MFT cute cameras dies, sequins, ribbon, Sizzix Sizzlets classic alphabet (hashtag)

Picture Perfect Day 084E	Palm Tree Line 228P	Sunny Day Birthday Greeting 592G	Staples 110# white card stock
Memento Inks	Recollections Cardstock	Distress Inks	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132
Spellbinders Rectangles Lg. S4-132	Spellbinders Lg Circles S4-114	Spellbinders Rounded Squares S4-408	Brilliance Inks
Sizzix Sizzlets Classic Alphabet dies	Sequins	Ribbon

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June Wedding?

Good morning!

Today I've done some wedding/anniversary cards, very simple

 barely any coloring.  I used a silver color pencil and 

some Zest-it to blend.

Below I have a picture tutorial of how to make this easel card.

DRS stamp: To Have and Hold 1071G, Silhouette Bride & Groom 026G and 

Single Rose 774G

The dies on both cards are from Spellbinders.

DRS stamps: Wedding Ring Ensemble 028G, Dogwood Branch 1092H 

and Medium Script Anniversary 784E

I used some gold Twinkling H2Os to put just a bit of color on the flowers.

Make the usual 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 (A2) card base then score the top again at 2 1/8".

Place a die that will fit, without going to the edges of the 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 top.  The middle of the die should be on the score line at 2 1/8" and place the cutting plate right at the score line as shown below.

This will ensure that the die only cuts to the score line.

The rest is self explanatory just looking at the
photos below.

Fold on score line to a mountain.

The last thing to remember on any easel card is to make a "stop" 

on the inside by popping something up, a layer, flower or anything like that.

On my cards above I have a popped up layer.  The "stop" should be at 

about the half way mark so that the front of the card stands up properly.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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Focus on Hope

Today I have a Bible Journal page made with the new God Bless You Cross.  I am reading Priscilla Shirer's Devotional, Awaken, and this is a quote from that book.  I think it is super positive so I wanted to include it in my Bible.  The scripture I focused on here is Romans 5:5 - a message of hope.  To make this page, I swiped walnut stain and Sahara Sand ink on some aluminum foil and misted with water.  I then smashed the foil into my page.  After it dried, I did my journaling. 

Next, I stamped the cross and colored it up with water color pencils.  A very easy to do page and I really like how it came out.

Hugz,

Nancy

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Cats and Flowers

Hi Everyone,

Cats are the popular animal in the lives of my friends and extended family. My aunt, two cousins, both nieces and two friends all have kitties as parts of the family. So, naturally my card for an upcoming birthday had to include a cat :)

I stamped, colored and fussy cut Purrfectly Comfortable Kitty and attached her to a background that was embossed with paw prints and stamped using the Small Cat Print.  I added a couple of rows of gems and a bit of glitter glue to her collar for some girlie bling.  A die cut speech bubble and the Pawsitively Birthday Greeting finished it off. 

One of the ladies that belongs to my rec center where I walk everyday is having some surgery, so I made this get well card with her in mind.  I chose a pastel lavender base card and simple monochromatic color scheme.  

I stamped the Dogwood Branch a bunch of times and then proceeded to fussy cut the blossoms, added a bit of lavender embellishment to match the card base.  I embossed the background panel and added the flowers using dimensional foam tape, embellishing them with some glitter in the center.  

And I have to say that I really prefer the sentiment of "Hope Your Feeling Better", over "Get Well Soon!"  It's so much less demanding...lol!  Whenever I've gotten a card like that, I always want to say, "I'm trying!" :) :) :)  Seriously though, sending cards handmade cards is a special art, and anyone I've ever sent one to, no matter what the greeting says, is always super grateful indeed!

Happy Stamping friends!
Karin 

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Birthday Bouquet

Happy Monday everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. We have finally had a couple of consecutive days with sunshine and more normal temperatures. It's beginning to feel like spring!

I went to a local craft store the other day to get one specific die. Well, you can probably guess what happened. I did get that die set, but saw something else and well..... Here are a couple of birthday cards I created using this new fun flower die from Gina Marie.

First I worked on the backgrounds by adding a few colors of TH Distress Oxide inks to some Glossy paper. Once the panels dried I rubbed on some TH Distress Micro Glaze. The glaze really brings out the color and makes it more permanent.

Next I die cut the flowers (all one die) from the white and black panels. I used the outline die just to emboss the edges to give the flowers a bit more definition. The Birthday Wishes greeting was stamped with Versafine Onyx ink on the white panel and heat embossed in white on the black panel.

I really like how these turned out. Thanks for stopping by today.

blessings,
shelia

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Bee Happy

Welcome!

I'm thinking if we all wish reaalllly hard we just might actually see some spring weather soon.  I was totally thinking about spring as I made my card for today, so I've done my part :)

I started my card by stamping our Daisy Bloom and Bitsy Bee on separate pieces of white card stock using black ink, coloring and fussy cutting them.   Once my grey layer was cut to size, I added a strip of black card stock and stamped our Spring Bee Happy Greeting above and below.  Before mounting the daisy I added a yellow flower brad to the center and added a little curve to the petals using an embossing stylus.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Sue

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Piggy Grad

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! It's getting to be that time of year..time for the Pomp & Circumstance march across the stage. I remember it well...mainly because I was in the band & played it for a lot of graduating classes! In the graduation spirit, I have a fun grad card today.

Normally, this pig image has a party hat along w/ a balloon but since I fussy cut him, I cut off the party hat. The small balloon was stamped again w/ lt blue ink, colored & fussy cut. All the other balloons were made by die cutting 2 sizes of balloons in a piece of copy paper & using the negative as a stencil. After I sponged the Distress inks thru the stencil I added some Wink of Stella to some of them. 

The greeting was stamped at the bottom & I used Copics to make the shadow underneath. A few grad caps & some drawn balloon strings & I was done!

Here's a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs - Birthday Party Pig, Dream Big (inside- Brush Mortarboard, Bright Graduation Greeting)

paper: Staples 110# white, black

ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Distress inks tumbled glass, broken china, cracked pistachio, spun sugar, shaded lilac, twisted citron, squeezed lemonade

accessories: Copic markers,  Spellbinders A2 modern stationery dies  Misti, small grad cap punch, ODBD Balloon dies (used as a stencil), Wink of Stella

Birthday Party Pig 354G	Dream Big 041F	Bright Graduation Greeting 780F	Brush Mortarboard 287G
Staples 110# white card stock	MISTI	Memento Inks	Recollections Cardstock
Distress Inks	Balloons & Streamers dies	Happy Birthday Die	Spellbinders A2 Modern Stationery dies S5-219
EK Success small grad cap punch	Copic Sketch Markers	Wink of Stella

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