Stampin' Up Thank you Thinlits - Masculine Thank you Card

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I was in need of a masculine thank you card and needed it quick.  Anyone who knows me knows I do not make cards quickly.  I was so proud of myself with this card.  I thought through the design and constructed it all in under 10 minutes and love the final result.  

I started by die cutting the Thank You Thinlit from white craft foam. I love using craft foam because it gives wonderful dimension and does not add much weight for mailing.  I cut a piece of Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack to A2 size and put it in my Stamparatus so I could easily layout exactly where I wanted to stamp the branch from the Petal Palette Stamp Set  in relation to the the Thank You die cut .  I stamped the branches with Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad then splattered the panel with Whisper White Craft Stampin' Ink Refill and an Aqua Painter.  I used the Heat Tool on low to ensure the all the craft ink was good and dry then glued my Thank You die cut angled and centered on the completed panel. 

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Stampin' Up Merry Christmas to All & Swirly Snowflakes

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I love making Christmas Cards!  I am a bit behind on birthday cards but can not resist making Christmas cards so, to fulfill my need I created this quick and simple Christmas card.  I cased a layout I saw recently on Jessica Frost-Ballas' blog.   I loved the elegant simplicity of it.  I started my card by blending Night of Navy and Balmy Blue ink on a Whisper White card base using a Stamping Sponge.  I masked the card base at the fold to prevent ink from getting on the back of the card.  Once the ink was good and dry I splattered the front with some of the new Frost White Shimmer Paint.  I really love the new shimmer paint.  There are so many things you can do with it.  While I waited for the shimmer paint to dry I die cut the snowflake border from the Swirly Snowflake framelits out of Sparkle Glimmer Paper and Silver Foil.  I also the Holiday die  from the Merry Christmas to All bundle from Silver Foil. After the shimmer paint dried  I put the card base in my Stamparatus and lined up all of my die cut pieces on the card front so I could determine the placement for the Happy stamp.   I heat embossed the Happy sentiment with white embossing powder.  I glued all of my die cuts on the card base then finished it off with a tiny silver sequin over the I of the Holiday die cut.  That was it, super quick and easy. 

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Stampin' Up Watercolored Lemon Zest and Lemon Builder Punch

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My card today features the Stampin' Up Lemon Zest stamp set and Lemon Builder punch. I love this set.  The images are perfect for creating a watercolor effect with minimal effort.

I started by randomly stamping several of the lemon slice and leaf images on watercolor paper.  I also stamped a few lemon slice, leaf and full lemon images on a separate piece of watercolor paper so I could use the Lemon Builder punch to cut them out.  I then used my Aqua Painter to lightly go over all of the images giving me that soft watercolor effect and splattered some of the Granny Apple Green in on the background.  I punched out the images that I stamped separately before I went over them with the Aqua painter so I could move the color to the edges.  

While the images were drying I stamped one of the jars from the  Jar of Love stamp set on Vellum Cardstock with Versamark ink then and heat embossed it with White Stampin' Emboss Powder.  I used the Stamparatus to line up my sentiment on the jar then stamped it with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with White Stampin' Emboss Powder as well.  I die cut the final stamped image using the Everyday Jars Framelits. 

I trimmed a small strip of the Brights DSP Granny Apple Green striped cardstock on the diagonal and scored it a few times to create the bendy straw.  I also cut a few strips of the dotted Granny Apple Green paper and added it to my card base on each side.  I trimmed my watercolored panel  and added it to my card base with Stampin' Dimensionals.  I added all of my cut pieces and finished off with a few clear sequins from my stash.


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Stampin' Up Blended Seasons Christmas

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I am loving the Blended Seasons bundle!  For this card I stamped vertical borders of the holly swag stamp along the edges of my card base in Old Olive.  I colored them using Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler and Real Red watercolor pencils.  When I finished coloring I lightly brushed over the coloring with my Aqua Painter.  When my watercoloring dried I added a bit of dimension to each berry with the Fine-tip Glue Pen and set it aside to dry while I worked on the rest of the card.  I cut a trip of plaid from the Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper for the center of the card. I cut a few pine sprigs and berries from the Pretty Pines Thinlits to add to the oval I die cut from the Wood Textures DSP using the Stitched Shape Framelits.  I stamped the oval with a sentiment from the Christmas Pines Stamp set in Sahara Sand. I wrapped the oval and pine sprays with Linen Tread then layered them together.  I created a faux ribbon out of a scrap piece of Real Red cardstock that I embossed with the Subtle Embossing Folder and layered it under my main oval focal piece.


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