The decorative edge punched on the back of the card peeks out when the card is closed, adding interest & spunk! |
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Friday, June 10, 2022
Happy Wishes
Sunday, May 1, 2022
Happy Spring
Enjoying some Spring colors and crafting even while snow storms and wind howl outside our windows!
I really love this Phyllis Harris stamp from Unity Stamp Co, I have used it a lot!! It is nice and big so it doesn't take much more than to stamp it and complete a card! And it is filled with childlike J O Y !Saturday, April 23, 2022
Lining it Up
This post is mostly just sharing the finished products of my earlier efforts. If you would like more description here are links to 2 other blog posts & how I accomplished the look 💗
https://hi-regards.blogspot.com/2018/09/addicted-to-linear-border-stamps.html
https://hi-regards.blogspot.com/2017/08/stripes-fun-with-linear-stamps-and.html
Monday, April 18, 2022
A Day Full of Friendship
What I like most about these Shower invites is the Golden Angel Wings embossing powder from Lindy's Stamp Gang. It is one of those rare and unique finishes that shimmers with a translucent glow over various colors creating soooo many variants.
I wanted to take a quick second to share how beautifully this embossing powder changes depending what it is applied over.If you're looking for some portion of the stamps I used on these shower invitations I've kept it easy since most all of the stamps are from Unity Stamp Co. (again!) The fluffy dresses, the raining hearts (clipped from the bottom of a cloud), the scalloped frame, the sentiments 💗
Saturday, April 16, 2022
He has Risen Indeed!!
- Clear heat emboss your image onto paper. I have used water color paper, heavy card stock (110lb), and lightweight (85lb) and all have worked well for me, but there are slight variations between regular and watercolor papers. Today's roses are on light weight cardstock.
- Paint your paper with water reactive color. In this example I used a paint brush to apply watery color with a splooshy effect --- respecting the outlines. Pre Colored sprays will give you a more random look
- Spritz with a little water and let dry (to some of these I added shimmer powder to the water!)
- use a heat safe surface, placing the image face up and covering completely with a clean piece of copy paper before ironing over it (on high heat)
I have found that even my "fails" turn out so pretty!! Oh, here's another hint. If you like the white lines to be more "blobby" then press your versamarked stamp with MORE pressure. This will spread out the lines as you squish the rubber down to the paper! If you like a more crisp line then be sure to ink 2 or 3 times - with LESS pressure. You'll know as soon as you slide the embossing powder across it and can adjust your pressure from there!
Saturday, April 9, 2022
Slim Line Note Card Keeper
I had so much fun making Alana personalized Note Cards I thought it would be good to make her a box to keep them in.
I love the "slim line" shape so it was really fun to see this box come to life! I made it about 1/2 an inch larger than the cards so they wouldn't fit too tightly.
A ribbon is anchored on the inside bottom. It can be pulled to easily lift the cards if they're too nestled for fingers to pry them out! Alana can use it for future items too, like photos, etc.
I don't know if there is a name for the method of box building I use, but to get crisp and sturdy sides I like to cut each side piece separately. then line the edges of the box bottom with masking tape and put the sides in place on the exposed tape. It's super fast and simple to then fold up the sides into the box shape and fortify the outside with a few strips of tape.Before adding decorative paper I like to decide if I want the corner fortifiers to be on top of the papers as decoration or under, and invisible. If they won't show then they go in first and if they are to be decoration then I add them last. I follow the same plan for the box top making it about 1/16th inch larger than the top.
For this box I hid all the corner reinforcements except for the outside only on the box top. I used a die cut scroll to accent as it reinforced!