Emboss Resist with Doodled Backgrounds (D1861)

I love creating my own pattern paper! In today's Tips and Techniques Thursday video learn how to use the background stamp set, Doodled Backgrounds (D1861), to create your own version of one of the patterns from Into the Wild, July's featured paper pack.

Supplies used

Heat Tool Z4252

Ranger™ Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder  Z2088

Anti-static Pouch Z4220

VersaMark™ Ink Pad Z891

All-Purpose Mat Z2045

VersaMat™ Z1279

Tips and Techniques Creating Backgrounds with Heat Embossing

Tuesday Tips and Techniques will be moving to Thursday, however there is one last Tuesday technique to share - Creating pattern paper with a background stamp.

I used my Stamp of the Week (week of June 24th) Doodled Backgrounds (D1861) to create a small pattern piece for the Into the Wild, You're Awesome Cardmaking Workshop Your Way card number one.

The version created using the embossing with a background stamp technique showcases stars on the Sapphire cardstock piece across the top and bottom.

Supplies used:

VersaMark™ Ink Pad Z891

Ranger White Fine Embossing Powder 

Anti-static Pouch Z4220

Heat Tool Z4252

My Stamp of the Week - Doodled Backgrounds D1861

With Design Space Friday, I am moving my Stamp of the Week announcement to Monday! MY Stamp of the Week (I love sharing some of my favorite stamps with you!) is

Doodled Backgrounds D1861. 

Have you ever created a pattern paper using a stamp set? Well, Doodled Backgrounds actually showcases one featured pattern from each of the FOUR paper collections found in the Seasonal Expression 2!!

Today's card features the True Love paper collection and the coordinating doodled background from the stamp set.

And did you notice I shared another stamp of the week stamp set?

Enjoy

Shirley

Design Space Friday features Wavy Overlay

Design Space Friday showcases a wavy overlay. This overlay is created with free shapes and uses the tools slice, weld, align, arrange, and contour.

I host a Design Space challenge in my Facebook group, would you like to join? Click HERE

Stitched Flowers and Sugarplum Flash Sale

The Stitched Flowers (Z4064) Thin Cut dies are back in stock!! 

Here is a card created layering three of the stitched flowers, one leaf cut twice once from the back and once from the front of our double sided Sage (X5993) cardstock and the stitched circle (Z4181) and plain circle (Z3318) thin cut dies - click HERE to see all available thin cuts

JUST IN TIME for a 35th Anniversary 24 hour 

FLASH SALE 

that starts today, June 21st at 4 pm CDT!

Supplies used:

True Love Paper Collection

My Cup of Tea (Z4077 with thin cuts/C1779 stamp ONLY)

Sapphire ink (Z2848)

Gold Embellishing Thread (Z4054)

3D Foam Tape (Z1151)

Tombow adhesive (Z3326)

My Favorite Stamp - Wild & Punny

 Oh my how quickly time flies! 

Here is MY favorite stamp of the week - Wild & Punny 

D1865 STAMP ONLY 

or Z4082 Stamp with thin cuts (available while supplies last)

The card recipe is from the June featured paper collection, True Love, inspired Cardmaking Workshop Your Way, Thinking of You (G1181).

Adding Sugarplum glitter paper and changing the stamp set to Wild & Punny, you can create cute alternatives to the card kit cards.

Where Happiness Blooms

This week's featured stamp set is Where Happiness Blooms (D1864 stamp ONLY - Z4086 Stamp with coordinating Thin Cuts)

The card uses the NEW subway tile embossing folder (Z4055), the circle thin cut (Z3388) and the shaker card frame thin cut (Z4310) with featured Sweet Girl (X7246B) paper collection.

Where Happiness Blooms water can with flowers is a three step stamp image, start with the watering can in Charcoal, the leaves in Fern, and the flowers in Peach.

Enjoy

Shirley

Happy Birthday in Peach

Another To My Besties (S1905) birthday card using Peach and a little Ballerina.

The Happy Birthday sentiment stamped in Charcoal with a little accent heart stamped in Peach ink.

Enjoy

Shirley

Birthday Blues

Blues and greens make great alternatives to the pinks of Sweet Girl. 

I love using the different font styles of the image Birthday and Happy. Creates a great visual.

I used a Sweet Girl Chipboard element from the Complements finishing with a bow created from the NEW Sapphire Twine.

To add contrast, I used the wood grain striped zip strip (the 1/2" x 12" labels on our paper).

Enjoy

Shirley

Little Aussie Kangaroo and MORE

Each week I will share one of my favorite stamp sets from the NEW Seasonal Expression 2!!

This week is all about Little Aussie (C1795 - $14.95) and the cutest little animals ever!! There are cute sentiments, stars, hearts, and arrows.

The first card uses the Stitched Rectangle thin cuts (Z4260 - $26.95). Each thin cut rectangle creates a center piece and a frame. The Fern center and the White Daisy frame are used in other cards, love having no scraps!!

and don't forget the inside and the envelope!

Enjoy 

Shirley

To My Bestie

Happy MAY!!


 Our Stamp of the Month for May is all about celebrating our friends!!

Balloons, beautiful sentiments, bouquets and flowers and if you look close, our bestie image and the balloons and bouquet fit nicely together.

My first project is my version of a card we created at our Seasonal Expression 2 Idea Book Launch event. The center piece was stamped with the scallop border image and a dotted line was added from a stamp from my stash. 

Celebrate was the perfect sentiment as we celebrate a new month and a NEW Seasonal Expression 2 Idea Book!

You will receive a FREE Idea Book with your first order!!