Welcome to The Twelve Days of Christmas (in July)! Over the next 12 days I'll be showcasing projects to help you get a head start on your holiday crafting so that you are ACTUALLY ready when the holidays arrive this year.
This first project uses the Stampin' Mist Ghosting technique.
If you aren't familiar with this technique be sure to check out my video tutorial by clicking the Tutorials tab above. For this particular look I began by sponging Pool Party, then Island Indigo, Dapper Denim, Night of Navy and Elegant Eggplant inks, finishing with the Pool Party all over the panel at the end to pull all of the colours together. I stamped my ghosted images using the snowflakes from the Flurry of Wishes stamp set.
The vellum element is die-cut using the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits. On Whisper White card stock, I stamped and heat embossed in silver the medium and two smaller snowflakes, punching them out with the Flower Medallion and Snow Flurry punches respectively. The sentiment is stamped in Night of Navy ink and die-cut using the Lots of Labels Framelits. The only embellishments here are some silver metallic thread and a few rhinestones in the centres of the snowflakes. The card is built on a Smoky Slate card stock base.
On the inside I added a Whisper White card stock panel on which I stamped the medium snowflake again in Smoky Slate ink and then stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy over top.
Be sure to stop by tomorrow for more festive inspiration!
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Now for a project...are you sick of cards using the Swirly Bird bundle yet? Hope not, because I have one more to share with you. Then I promise I'll showcase some of the other thousands of fabulous products in the new catty. This is another one we'll be making at my class that features this bundle next week end...
Can you believe how many different images you can create with this set? The kit is yet another fun and versatile one. Here I've stamped the kite in Dapper Denim and Peekaboo Peach ink and then fussy cut it out. The string is also stamped in Dapper Denim and the little bitty bows are Peekaboo Peach. I love those two new In-colours together! The clouds are punched from vellum using the Tree Builder and Cupcake Builder (retired) punches.
My favourite thing about this card is the background. I REALLY wanted to use the new Seaside TIEF with it's wavy pattern, but alas, my new catalogue order hadn't arrived yet; so I had to improvise. I diecut some scrap card stock using the long wavy Thinlit in the Swirly Scribbles set and then used it as a stencil. I daubered Dapper Denim ink to create a wavy pattern...and I love the way it turned out! I added a diecut piece in silver foil over top and it looks just like a gust of wind blowing my kite along. The sentiment is from the Love & Affection stamp set and is stamped in Dapper Denim ink and die cut using the Project Life Cards and Labels Framelits. I added a bit of silver metallic thread for some sparkle.
On the inside I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped another of the sentiments from the Love & Affection set and added another kite.
This card makes me happy...and it is sure to make the recipient happy too! Have a fabulous day and don't forget to order your $7 Paper Pumpkin kit before the deal disappears tomorrow at midnight!
Happy Sunday! I hope you are having a fabulous weekend. Things here have been craaaazy busy, but good. I held my retired product sale and new catty launch yesterday...so much fun! I love seeing people's reactions to the awesome new products. I have TONS of new projects to share with you this week..|I'm .having lots of fun with my new goodies!
Today marks the start of a new sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps. I LOVE this sketch...so many awesome possibilities:
Here is my take on it:
I have been wanting to make a boat card using the Swirly Bird set for a while now and this was the perfect opportunity! I stamped my boat in Dapper Denim, Crushed Curry and Real Red ink and then fussy cut it out. The sun is stamped in Crushed Curry with a little bit of Pumpkin Pie daubered around the edges.I layered the focal image on some Real Red card stock to pull in a bit more of the red...very nautical, no? I added some Crushed Curry card stock behind the matted focal image. The background Whisper White layer is embossed using the Softly Falling TIEF and is layered on a Dapper Denim card base.
To create the water, I used the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits and die cut twice; once with Pacific Point card stock, and once with Marina Mist. Then I used the negative pieces from the Marina Mist one to fill in the spaces on the Pacific Point die-cut. I love the effect that creates. The sentiment is from the Sunburst Sayings stamp set and is stamped in Dapper Denim ink. I added a little silver button (retired) and some Cherry Cobbler baker's twine.
On the inside I stamped the boat again but this time created the water using the spatter image from the Swirly Bird set. I stamped it in Marina Mist and Pacific Point ink several times along the bottom edge of the Whisper White panel. The sentiment is from the Endless Thanks stamp set and is stamped in Dapper Denim and Real Red ink.
Be sure the check out the rest of the Sunday Stamps design team's projects and then give this challenge a go. It is a fun sketch to work with! Have a super Sunday!
