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Hot foiling on cards is fun and easy!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. As soon as I received my order of the new hot foil dies and foil from Stampin’ Up I wanted to try it out to see if it was easy to use so that I could incorporate it into my classes. I also have the SA Papercraft Fair coming up that I want to demonstrate the new system at. So I tried it out with the dies I had ordered, and the 3 different foil colours: gold, silver and light pink. I tried foiling regular cardstock, two-toned cardstock, vellum and basic...
Easy fun fold card to suit any occasion or theme
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I created this card for a make and take at my monthly Aussie Crafters team meeting, showing a simple layout that can be used with any Designer Series Paper and any stamp set(s). It can be stepped up by adding ephemera or die cuts, or extra layers. It appear to be a simple card, but actually it has a front flap that opens like this: I made this card to suit our Australian standard size. Measurements: Night of Navy card base: A5 (14.8cm x 21cm) scored...
Elegant, all occasions cards using Kintsugi Inspirations from Stampin’ Up!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I created these cards for a class featuring stamps, dies, embossing folder and patterned paper from the Kintsugi Inspirations suite of products from Stampin' Up! These products make it easy to create elegant and peaceful birthday, get well, or sympathy cards. For the first card I was inspired by a design made by Susan Campfield, a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in the USA. I adapted the design to suit the standard Australian card size, which is A6, or 14.8cm x...
Autumn themed card ideas
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I created these cards for a class featuring the Autumn Leaves stamps and dies from Stampin' Up! For the first card I was inspired by a design from Brian King who used an older set of leaves and background stamps. I created the background by masking off the top and bottom of my white panel and using a texture stamp with Basic Beige ink multiple times across the exposed areas. It really looks like tree bark in real life. The card base is Cajun Craze, with a...
All occasion cards using the Spotlight on Nature bundle from Stampin’ Up!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Here are the cards I created for my online class featuring the Spotlight on Nature stamps and dies. For the first card I was inspired by a card I saw from Create With Christy. I thought I would add some texture to the background by using an embossing folder on the panel after I stamped the leafy image over it. I added the embossed panel to a basic white mat to tie in with the white focal point and to make the background stand out more from the Pretty...
Create cute animal cards with the Pets & More card class
Hi, Thanks for stopping by my blog today. This class features the Pets & More stamp set from Stampin' Up! This stamp set contains some cute animals and fun accessories. It is a special reversible stamp set, which means you can fill in the image with colour by using the reverse (flat) side of the stamp. The first card shows where I used the reverse side of the stamps to colour in the images. This works well for symmetrical images. I created the woodgrain background by swiping a Pecan Pie...
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