Sweet & Simple Thank You Card

Hello! Thank you for visiting my blog! And thank you so much for voting for my card--it placed fourth in Kylie Bertucci's June International Blog Highlights competition!! I can now participate in Kylie's Top Ten Winners Hop! I am honoured to be part of a group of such creative designers from all over the world. (I have posted my winning card at the bottom of this blog entry, in case you haven't seen it.)

Sweet & Simple Awash in Beauty Thank You Card

I just love our Awash in Beauty Designer Series Paper! The prints are beautiful--so bright and cheery! And they help you to make very quick cards!!

This print is gorgeous, and doesn't need much to jazz it up! I cut a "fence" from the Chic Dies in Basic White. 

The sentiment is from Lovely You, and it is cut with one of the Chic Dies. I added some Brushed Bronze Butterflies, and some Glossy Dots Assortment embellishments.

Here is the card I submitted for this month's contest. Thanks again for voting it into fourth place! To see more photos and directions for the card below, click here.

Full Directions for My Sweet & Simple Card:

1. Cut the following layers:
• Merry Merlot cardstock: 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4"
• Polished Pink cardstock: 5-1/4" x 4"
• Basic White cardstock: 4" x 3"--die cut with Chic Die, 2" x 1-1/2"--die cut with Chic Die
• Awash in Beauty DSP: 5-1/16" x 3-13/16" 
2. Layer the Polished Pink and DSP layers on the Merry Merlot card base.
3. Stamp sentiment in Polished Pink, and adhere to card front with Dimensionals.
4. Trim the white die cut fence into two 1" pieces, and adhere to bottom of DSP. 
5. Add three pink Glossy Dots and three Brushed Brass Butterflies to card front.

I'd love for you to comment below, if you have a moment. 😊 Then be sure to check out the other Top Ten Winners' creations!!

Shopping Links for the Sun Prints Card:

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Product List

Awash In Beauty 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158973] $16.50	Chic Dies [158815] $51.00	Lovely You Cling Stamp Set (English) [152525] $33.00	Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146979] $12.75	Polished Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155710] $12.75
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [155712] $11.00	Glossy Dots Assortment [158827] $11.00	Brushed Brass Butterflies [158136] $13.50

Coast to Coast Creators Blog Hop - He's All That Emboss Resist Card

Our June Coast to Coast Creators Blog Hop features our new 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue (you can peruse this by clicking on the photo of the catalogue to the right). This weekend I co-hosted a fabulous He's the Man two-day Stamp Camp with 7 very talented designers! We demonstrated 16 wonderful cards, and had a fun time making these cards together with a great group of participants! Today's card uses the same stamp set, but I thought I'd try a different colour scheme this time.

I am on a bit of an emboss-resist kick these days. I saw a sample using this stamp set in our Annual Catalogue which inspired me, and made me decide to use this technique (even though that's not the technique they used). The card above is the second card I made, after I was unhappy with the results of the first card--I felt that I needed to do a little more pre-planning... However, when I looked back to my first try later, I decided I kind of liked it after all. Here's my first effort:

I heat-embossed both of these cards with clear embossing powder--for the top one I added Balmy Blue ink with a Blending Brush before I embossed, then added more colour after embossing; for the second card I embossed first on the Shimmery White Cardstock, and added layers of colour after.

The white was a little too stark for me, so I added
Balmy Blue ink before embossing in the card below.

You can see that these compasses are slightly blue,
and not as stark as the photo above.

For the top card, I inked the area below where the sentiment
would be with Parakeet Party, and the rest with Balmy Blue.

Full Directions for My He's All That Card:

1. Cut the following layers:
• Night of Navy (or Parakeet Party) cardstock: 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4"
• Parakeet Party (or Night of Navy) cardstock: 5-1/4" x 4"
• Shimmery White cardstock: 5-1/16" x 3-13/16" 
2. For the top card, add Balmy Blue and Parakeet Party ink to the Shimmery White cardstock with a Blending Brush (as shown in the photo above). Dry the ink with a heat tool (so embossing powder doesn't stick where it shouldn't).
3. Stamp sentiment and then the compasses (being careful not to overlap--unless you want that effect) with Versamark ink, add clear embossing powder, and set with heat tool. (For the second card, you'll stamp and heat emboss before inking the Shimmery White layer).
4. Add Parakeet Party, Starry Sky, and Night of Navy ink as desired to background using a Blending Brush. Be sure to start off the edge of the paper, and apply ink gently in a circular motion. 
5. Use Stampin' Seal to adhere Parakeet Party (or Night of Navy) cardstock layer to Night of Navy (or Parakeet Party) card base.
6. Cut two 7" lengths of Linen Thread. Fold each in half, and then loop them together, and tape ends to the back of the layer.
7. Adhere Shimmery White layer to mat.
8. Add three Rustic Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots to card front.

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Product List

He's All That Cling Stamp Set (English) [159071] $30.00	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $25.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $17.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $11.00	Parakeet Party Classic Stampin' Pad [159208] $11.00	Starry Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [159212] $11.00	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $11.00	Linen Thread [104199] $7.00
Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101910] $13.75	Parakeet Party 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159259] $12.75	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $12.75	Rustic Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots [159082] $11.00

Nature's Prints Thank You Card

Hello!! Thank you so much for visiting! I've entered this card in Kylie Bertucci's June International Blog Highlights contest! I hope that if you like my card, you will vote for me! Please click on the button below to go to Kylie's blog, and vote by clicking on the top right corner of the thumbnail of my card (#7), until you see the heart turn red. Thank you so much for your support!!

Nature's Prints Thank You Card:

Well, I guess you can tell by my recent posts that I love the Nature's Prints bundle, which is part of our new Sun Prints Collection! I recently demonstrated several emboss-resist techniques at our team meeting, and I decided to use one of my favourite techniques for today's card--using Blending Brushes with heat embossing.

If you visit my blog regularly, you know that the colours in this card are my favourites! I used Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Pacific Point, and one of our new "In Colors", Orchid Oasis. I love how the card turned out! And it's so easy to do with our Blending Brushes!!

The Metallic Woven Ribbon is another new product in one of our new colours--Tahitian Tide. I think it goes well with the card. I also used our new Iridescent Pearls to finish the card. Full directions and shopping links for this card are below.

Thanks very much for stopping by--and for voting!!! If you like my card, please click here--then remember to click on the top right corner of the thumbnail of my card (#7) until the heart turns red--that way you know that your vote is registered:

Please click here to vote for my card.

Full Directions for My Nature's Prints Thank You Card:

1. Cut the following layers:
• Bermuda Bay cardstock: 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4"
• Shimmery White cardstock: 5" x 3-3/4"
• Pacific Point cardstock: 5-1/8" x 3-7/8" 
• Basic White cardstock: 3" x 1-3/4" (for sentiment)
• Orchid Oasis cardstock: 3" x 1-3/4" (for sentiment mat)
2. Stamp leaves and flowers along bottom and right edges of Shimmery White layer with Bermuda Bay ink. Completely dry ink with a heat tool (so embossing powder doesn't stick to the Bermuda Bay area)
3. Clean stamp, and use it to stamp in a similar area with Versamark ink. Add white embossing powder, and set with heat tool. 
4. Add Pool Party ink to background using a Blending Brush. Be sure to start off the edge of the paper, and apply ink gently in a circular motion. Add Bermuda Bay and Pacific Point ink, focusing on leaves and flowers, and then add some Orchid Oasis to the flowers only. Wipe excess ink off embossing with a paper towel.
5. Cut 16" piece of Tahitian Tide 1/8" Metallic Woven Ribbon, wrap around Shimmery White layer about 1" from  the left edge, and tie into a bow. 
6. Use Stampin' Seal to adhere card front to Pacific Point cardstock layer, and then to Bermuda Bay card base.
7. Stamp sentiment on white with Pacific Point ink and then die cut with Nature's Print label die.
8. Use the same die to cut another label with Orchid Oasis cardstock, and then cut this label vertically, and glue to back of white label, separating the pieces by about 1/8" at the centre. Add to card front with Dimensionals.
9. Add three Iridescent Pearls to card front.

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and for your support!! 😊

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Shopping Links for Supply Items: 

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Product List

Nature's Prints Cling Stamp Set (English) [158793] $34.00	Natural Prints Dies [158800] $51.00	Nature's Prints Bundle (English) [158801] $76.50	Blending Brushes [153611] $17.00	Tahitian Tide 1/8'' (3.2 Mm) Metallic Woven Ribbon [159197] $12.25
Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101910] $13.75	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131197] $12.75	Pacific Point 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [111350] $12.75	Orchid Oasis 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159267] $12.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $11.00	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $11.00	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $11.00	Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin' Pad [159214] $11.00	Iridescent Pearls [153549] $10.25