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TUESDAY IS MY DAY FOR CARD MAKING TIPS & TECHNIQUES

As I mentioned yesterday, I am featuring the Harvest Home Garland Kit and ways to use it that do not result in a garland!

The technique today is BLACK ICE.

I cut two panels of the Earthen Toned Metallic 12’x 12″ Specialty paper and then embossed them – one using the Soft Waves 3D Embossing Folder and the other with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Foder.

Then I dragged the Jet Black StazOn ink pad across the embossed surfaces. This is the Black ice technique

TIP: If it has been a while since you have used your StazOn, make sure you reink the pad and make it nice and juicy.

After adhering the embossed and inked metallic panel, I took a length of Basic Black twine, from the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack, and separatd the four strands. Then I wrapped the strands around the stem of one of the foil leaves and tied a bow. I used some Black Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach the leaf to the card.

The ‘thank you’ greeting, from the Loveliest Tree Stamp Set, was stamped onto a small piece of the Specialty Paper and cut with one of the Nested Essentials Dies. A few more dimensionals were used to add the greeting to the card front.

I added some black dots, from the Neutral Matte Dots pacl, to the front of the card.

Then some of the foil leaves were added to the card insert and back of the envelope.

The next card is a variation on the first one – it uses the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder, more of the foil leaves and a different greeting, from the same stamp set.

TIP: Use a number of layered dimensionals to lift each leaf up higher than the one before.

Instead of using the separated twine to tie a bow around the leaf stem, I looped them behind the greeting panel.

Just like the first card, I added the Neutrl Matte Dots to the card front and foil leaves inside the card and on the back of the envelope.

It has been s long since I used the Black ics technique and I am so pleased that I have rediscovered it.

Have you used this technique before?

If you have please share your creations.

Tomorrow I have a new project to share with you, as well as some of the katest updates from Stampin’ Up!

Until then, happy stamping ad scrapbooking.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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MEMORY KEEPING IS MY GO TO MONDAY FUN

Another week and another great product to showcase.

This week I am taking a kit and doing something completely different with it.

I am using the Harvest Home Garland Kit this week for my usual weekly project shares – a scrapbooking layout, cards and a 3D item

I knew the leaves contained in the kit would be perfect for a scrapbook layout.

Somewhere, I have a number of photos taken on a trip to the US where we visited the New England region during ‘fall’. So I will be able to add some of these to this page. Then I can add some hand written journaling around the wreath.

I used a Very Vanilla 12″x 12″ Two-tone card as the base.

Then I used a bowl to sketch the outline for the wreath.

I started by roughly positioning the leaves around the circle before going back and adhering them in place.

The acorn embellishments were cut in half and glued in place.

The photo placement panel combines Basic Gray, Soft Sea Foam and Basic White layers.

The title uses Cajun Craze Two-tone card, Adhesive Sheets and the Mini Alphabet Dies.

The final feature is a triple Linen Thread bow.

Tomorrow I will have card to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

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FRIDAY IS THE DAY FOR FUN FOLD CARDS

Today I have a super, simple pop-up card to share with you.

Like many of this week’s projects, this card has a Basic Black base and gold foil and Basic Black panels.

I transferred the gold ‘mesh’ design from the Metallic Textures Rub-ons to a piece of Basic Black card. Then I used one of the squares, from the Stylish Shapes Dies, to cut it out.

Then I cut a gold foil square using the next largest square die. These two squares were then layered up with dimensionals and then popped up on the card front.

The greeting was made using the Sweet Blooms Dies. I attached Adhesive Sheet to the back of both the gold foil and black card so that I could layer them effectively.

I attached another of the black squares on the back of the envelope.

I transferred the gold feather/branch to the card insert.

The pop-up mechanism was so easy to make. After attaching the mechanism inside the card, I added the third black square with the gold ‘mesh’ transfer.

I’m not sure what I am planning for next week as yet but I will be back next Monday to start the week creatively.

Until then, happy stamping and scrapbooking.

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