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A BIRTHDAY CARD BY SPECIAL REQUEST

The card I am sharing today was made by special request. I love it when family and friends ask me to make cards for them to give to a specific person.

For this card, a shade of purple was the only requirement – so I chose Gorgeous Grape and Highland Heather. to coordinate with the Violet Dreams Designer Series Paper.

This is such a beautiful collection of products and I’m looking forward to creating more projects with them.

This card measures 6″x6″ and has a custom envelope.

I decided to make a fun fold card so that I could decorate the panels with different DSP.

I used the Words & Wishes Dies to create the birthday greeting.

I’m looking forward to giving this to my daughter so that she can give it to the mother of her partner.

Tomorrow I am going to start sharing some projects that I have made using a different product suite.

Until then, happy stampinh.

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TIME FOR CELEBRATIONS

Weddings and birthdays always call for some special card creations.

First to some weddings – my youngest daughter asked me to make a card for her friend’s upcoming wedding.

I started by choosing the papers I would use – Lunar Lustre, Shimmering Stripes, vellum and Lost Lagoon.

The panel of Shimmering Stripes was embossed using the So Swirly Embossing Folder (last chance).

I used two of the Branching Out Dies to create the layers that I decorated with die cut Boutique Blossoms leaves and the initials of the bride and groom.

Although retired, the Lost Lagoon Soft Cording was perfect for this card.

I made a custom envelope for the card and decorated in a similar way to the card.

The ‘Mr & Mrs’ from the retired To Have & To Hold stamp Set was used for the front of the envelope.

I used the Stampin’ Positioner to stamp the greeting in Lost Lagoon and then Versamark before sprinkling some clear embossing powder and heating it.

The card and envelope were embellished with some of the Adhesive-backed Blooms.

After finishing this card and being really happy with the way it looked, I repeated the process and made a second card for my nephew’s wedding later in the year.

I’m looking forward to these cards being given to the lovely couples.

This is why cardmaking is so special to me.

Tomorrow I have a birthday card to share.

Until then, happy stamping.

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BACK IN ACTION AFTER A SIX MONTH BREAK

It has been a long time since I shared any of my paper creations. I have been crafting on and off but it’s time to start sharing again.

Today’s project is for the latest Colour INKspiration Challenge.

Hello and welcome to another Colour INKspiration Challenge!

This is the colour palette for #CI212. This inspiration comes from an image was chosen by crew member Monica Formosa.

Picture credit – https://elenorra.com/products/betsy-wall-tiles

For my project I decided to stick to the image and recreate the tiles.

I used the 1″ circle die from the Capturing Smiles die set to cut loads of circles from the chosen colour palette, as well as a little black.

Some of the circle portions were popped up with dimensionals to add some varied height across the card.

I definitely need to start keeping a list of everything I use for each project because I have completely forgotten the stamp set I used for the greeting and the embellishments. But, I do remember that I used the BLack Iridescent Ribbon for the bow.

Starting from Monday I will return to my regular project posts – I hope that you will join me.

Happy stamping!