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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

EARTHEN ELEGANCE & TEXTURES

For today's card I used several different designs from the Earthen Elegance Designer Series Paper. In fact, everything you see on this card with the exception of 3 narrow strips of Cajun Craze cardstock is from the Earthen Elegance Designer Series Paper (DSP).

I started by creating the background with the Basic Border Dies and used a narrow strip of Cajun Craze cardstock between the two different DSP patterns.

The little shelf is made from a 3rd DSP pattern also sitting on a Cajun Craze strip.

The two flowerpots are two more varieties of the Earthen Elegance DSP.

The handles on the shorter pot are made from a scrap of the same Pretty Peacock DSP design and the sentiment is stamped with Cajun Craze ink on a scrap the same speckled pattern as was used for the right left of the card front.

The ferns in the pot were stamped with Cajun Craze ink on Basic White and die cut with the coordinating Earthen Textures die.

A piece of linen thread was wrapped four times around the shelf assembly and tied in a bow.

Three copper-colored Brushed Metallic Dots finished the card front.

To decorate the inside of the card I stamped the Cajun Craze ferns again and then die cut the short pot from a scrap of the same DSP a was used for the tall pot on the card front.

It may seem like there are a lot of bits and pieces to this card, but when you let the Designer Series Paper do the work for you, it makes it easy to create a beautiful card.

Use this link to download a free copy of the tutorial for today's card.

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Tuesday, July 4, 2023

TECHNIQUE TUESDAY - VINTAGE

Today is the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop at Crafty Collaborations and our Theme is "Vintage".

I'm not sure if my card would be classified as vintage by some as it may not have enough grunge and torn edges, but there is something about the background colors and design that reminds me of my childhood. (I think it was a comforter in my bedroom.) So, since I am old enough to be considered "Vintage", this card must be vintage, too.

The technique that I used for the background on this card is called Debossed Inky Resist, and I think that anything that includes the word "inky" to describe it can certainly qualify as vintage.

This is a really fun technique that makes beautiful backgrounds for your cards. I shared the technique on YouTube in the Premier of my Learning with Friends series. If you missed it and would like to see how to make a Debossed Inky Resist background, you can watch the video below.

Although this technique can be a little messy (your fingers will likely get inky), it is a lot of fun. I love techniques where you never know exactly how something is going to turn out!

Once the background was finished, the rest of the card could not be easier.

I used the Earthen Texture bundle to stamp the flowerpot with Calypso Coral and then quickly die cut the fan and two ferns. The "fan" is cut from the Pretty Peacock design in Earthen Elegance Designer Series Paper. One fern is cut from foil and the other is cut from Pecan Pie cardstock.

The Wavy Jute Trim which is part of the Earthen Elegance Suite was wrapped around the Debossed Inky Resist background a couple of times to complete the card front.

When I made my Technique background sheet, I made it a little larger than I needed, so once I trimmed it to the desired size a had a little strip leftover to trim the inside of the card.

If you would like a written tutorial for today's card, you can use this link do download a free copy.

Now, I hope you will continue to hop along with the Crafty Collaborations Team and learn some more fun techniques. Enjoy!

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Monday, July 3, 2023

MOODY MONDAY FOR SIMPLY MONDAY

Do you love Mondays, or do you dread them? I tend to look forward to Mondays because it means I have a whole week ahead of me to get my To-Do list done. But I know a lot of people dread Mondays. So, whether your look forward to them or dread them I hope you like today's Moody Monday card.

This week I will be featuring the Earthen Textures Suite of Products. The stamp set has some simple boughs and branches which provide a lot of versatility, and the two pots have beautiful texture, and I also love the two different shapes. But my favorite product in this suite is the Designer Series Paper. The colors are so warm and are perfect to mix and match without the stamps and dies.

For today's Simply Monday card I chose the Moody Mauve DSP as the background for my card front. I have not used this new In-Color much yet, so I decided it was time!

I used the Decorative Circle Punch to create a mask and then with my Blending Brushes made a light Moody Mauve sky over which I stamped one of the branches twice with Pebbled Path ink.

To finish the card, I stamped the birthday sentiment from Go to Greetings (these definitely are a GO TO stamp set). If you don't have this stamp set yet, you "NEED" it. Check it out in the Product List below. It has four different, commonly used sentiments that come in three different sizes so there is always one that is just the right size for your project. Additionally, the Script Fonts are elegant and beautiful!

True to form for Simply Monday, I also kept the inside very simple. I used the same DSP and matted it with a strip of Moody Mauve cardstock.

This sentiment is from another of my "go-to" sentiment stamp sets, Something Fancy. And this particular sentiment is probably one of my favorites. Sometimes birthday sentiments are a little cliche, but I love that this sentiment "nothing fancy, just love" is a little unique and perfect for many different occasions.

If you would like a tutorial for today's card with all the dimensions and step-by-step directions, you can download a copy by using this link.

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