Friday, February 26, 2021

70th Birthday Card Using Fine Art Floral Suite

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 I needed a 70th Birthday Card today for a lady who loves flowers, especially red ones and the first thing that came to mind was the beautiful Poppy Parade coloured blooms from the Fine Art Floral Suite. I had a sheet of the Golden Garden Designer Specialty Acetate all lined up with one of the beautiful floral designs in Poppy Parade, so I just needed to make sure they were still aligned properly and then cut a 4" x 5 1/4" panel for the card front for my Poppy Parade card base.

I almost had my card right there! To find out what else I did with it, read on:

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  • I stamped one of the smaller floral design from the Art Gallery stamp set that is part of this suite on some Basic White cardstock with Poppy Parade and Old Olive for the leaves (which die cutting basically eliminated).
  • I did the second step of the 2 Step Stamping using Versamark and added Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set it.
  • Using the Family Party stamp set I stamped the "70th" in Versamark ink and heat embossed it in Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and did the same with the sentiment from Butterfly Wishes.
  • I die cut the whole thing with the largest label from the Tasteful Labels dies. (Yes, I used it again! It's becoming my most used die set very rapidly!!) and die cut the same shape in Poppy Parade cardstock to use behind as a backing. I just cut it in half horizontally and adhered each half separately to the top and bottom of the label.
  • My embellishment is a bow in the gold trim from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack.
It's quick but classy looking and one that anyone could put together easily, thanks to the beautiful DSP and Acetate overlay.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Nothing's Better Than Shutter Card for March's Newsletter



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 Well, it's newsletter writing time again and I need another photo tutorial to share with all the subscribers to my monthly newsletter, so I designed a shutter card using the Nothing's Better Than Bundle.

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A shutter card is a fun fold card that has a mechanism whereby, when it is opened, a shutter opens, like on a camera, revealing the image behind it.

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Here's a little video showing the action:


And a close up photo of the card before it's open:

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Without giving away too many details, because you will get all the details in the free photo tutorial by subscribing to my monthly newsletter (also free):

  • The card base is appropriately Early Espresso and folded gatefold fashion.
  • The outer panels and some of the inside panels are covered with the Love You Always Specialty Designer Series Paper
  • The belly band is also Early Espresso covered with the Rococo Rose version of the same specialty DSP.
  • The sentiment is die cut using one of the Tasteful Label dies. The word Coffee and the coffee cup are die cut on Foam Adhesive Sheets to pop them off the paper. The dies are part of the Love You More Than dies that are bundled with the Nothing's Better Than stamp set.
  • The shutters, inside the card, are stamped using an assortment of small images from the Nothing's Better Than stamp set.
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If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

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