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Sunday, June 25, 2023

FERNS & A FUN-FOLD FOR SHARE IT SUNDAY

This week my featured Stamp set is Marvelous Nature. Today also happens to be the Crafty Collaborations Share it Sunday Blog hop, so I'm sharing one of the cards I made using Marvelous Nature.

The Crafty Collaborations team is comprised of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world. We collaborate on projects and Blog Hops and the last Sunday of each month is the Share it Sunday Blog Hop.

Today's card is a tonal monochromatic card made with the colors Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon and Pool Party.

The fern Image on the card front was made using sponge daubers and these three colors to ink the stamp which was then stamped on Basic White cardstock. I thought the ombre effect gave a bit of interest to the image.

The Fun Fold is a Gate Fold with a twist! When it is closed it is a gate fold, but when you slide off the belly band and open the card, the fun begins. I love how this fold stands up for easy display!

I used designer series paper from the Inked Botanicals DSP. The Leaf Stems on three of the inside panels were die cut with the Textured Floral Dies. Sentiments are also from Marvelous Nature.

If you would like a tutorial for this Fun Fold, you can download a copy at this link. It includes all cutting dimensions, step-by step directions, and a sketch to help you with the scoring. A complete Product list is included on the tutorial as well as at the end of this post.

Now it is time to Hop Along with the rest of the Crafty Collaborations team and be inspired. Enjoy!

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Friday, June 23, 2023

GLAMOROUS LADYBUG

Ms. Ladybug today is all decked out in her best silver and gold jewelry, and she is ready to party in the ferns.

Her ferns were made with the Debossed Inky Resist Technique. I found this technique recently on Splitcoast Stampers, and it was new to me, so I wanted to try it. It is similar to some other emboss resist techniques, but it adds the twist of using an embossing folder to add VersaMark ink to Watercolor Paper in the "debossed" areas of the embossing folder. Then you heat emboss with either clear or white embossing powder. Typically, with an embossed resist technique we use Blending Brushes, Sponge Daubers, or some other similar tool to add the ink colors after heat embossing, but this technique also has a unique way of adding the color.

Yesterday on the Premier of my new series, Learning with Friends, I demonstrated how to do this technique. To learn how to make your own Debossed Inky Resist backgrounds you can watch the replay on my YouTube Channel using the video link below.

As I indicated above, Ms. Ladybug is all dressed up in silver and gold. Her body is heat- embossed in gold and her wings are heat-embossed in silver.

The large leaf from Hello Ladybug is stamped in Shaded Spruce, which is one of the several different greens I used in the Debossed Inky Resist Technique, and it is also the color of the cardstock behind the Technique Sheet.

I added a few swirls of gold cord from Simply Elegant trim behind the leaf to provide an illusion of movement. I wanted to keep my Ladybug focal point and the sentiment small because I really wanted to showcase this pretty technique.

The inside of the card was kept even more simple with a single Shaded Spruce stamped sentiment from Sunny Sentiments. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that this stamp set was retired until I went to write up this post, but that's OK. (Sometimes it is difficult to keep track of what recently retired.) You should always use whatever sentiments you have.

I added a single Shaded Spruce mat to give the finishing touch. If you know me, my mantra is "no naked insides", and the sentiment looked lonely all by itself surrounded only by white. So, I felt it needed a little bit of color to set it off.

I hope you have enjoyed this week's cards made with the Hello Ladybug stamp set and Ladybug Builder Punch. I also hope you learned a few new things to try in your own card making because that is my goal.

If you would like a tutorial for today's card, please use this link to download a copy.

A list of the products I used is shown below. To learn more about any of them or to purchase a favorite, just click on the image and it will take you to my store where you can learn more.

Product List

Hello Ladybug Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

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Ladybug Builder Punch

[157698]

Go To Greetings Cling Stamp Set (English)

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Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

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Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

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Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

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Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

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Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

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Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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Versamark Pad

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Basics Embossing Powders

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Metallics Embossing Powders

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Simply Elegant Trim

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Fern 3 D Embossing Folder

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Silicone Craft Sheet

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Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

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Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

PRETTY IN PINK

I needed a card last week for a color challenge, and since I was already making cards with the Hello Ladybug stamp set, I decided to ease my workload and have one card do double duty.

I made a simple Fun Fold card. The smaller front panel was die cut with the Deckled Rectangle dies and it attaches and opens with the narrow hinge on the left.

Below are the colors of the color challenge.

The card base and one Ladybug were made with Basic Gray, and the front flap, hinge and the 2nd upper Ladybug were made from Smokey Slate.

The 3rd color of the challenge was Bubble Bath, so I gave both Ladybugs Bubble Bath Wings and some Bubble Bath flowers to fly around. On my Monday card I used the Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper, and I used another design from that collection today to provide the background for the inside of the card. Isn't the ombre Bubble Bath pretty?

The Ladybug stamp set includes a daisy stamp which I used for both the card front and the inside of the hinged flap.

A touch of Berry Burst ink on the tips of the petals adds a little more depth and dimension to the daisies.

All flowers on the card have centers of Iridescent Rhinestones which gives them a nice, but subtle bit of sparkle.

This was a fun FUN-FOLD card to make. It's simple and doesn't require any complicated scoring, cutting, or folding. I also like the fact that it gives you three different surfaces to decorate so you can create a bit of a "story" as you turn the page.

On my daisies I added a few speckles to provide additional dimension and depth. If you missed the video on how to easily make speckles with your Stampin' Write Markers, you can catch the replay below.

If you would like a tutorial with all the dimensions and step-by-step directions, please use this link to download a copy.

Refer to the following list to see all the products that were used. I did use a recently retired Medium Size Daisy Punch to punch the front daisy and the top layer of the inside daisy, but it would also be easy to fussy cut if you do not have that punch.

Product List

Hello Ladybug Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[157693]

Go To Greetings Cling Stamp Set (English)

[158763]

Ladybug Builder Punch

[157698]