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TODAY IS TUESDAY & IT’S TIME FOR SOME TIPS AND TECHNIQUES

Today I wanted to share a quick and easy technique with you.

When I discovered that the Bright & Beautiful 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper was perfect for this bundle, I chose one of the designs to use for this card – well, several sheets of this paper design.

The technique is PAPER TEARING. Essentially, I tore strips of the DSP from side to side.

TIP: By lifting the paper as I tore it, I was able to expose the white inner area of the paper.

Then I adhered each strip of paper, from dark to light, creating a wave-like pattern.

After creating this wavy background, I chose to adhere it to a Basic White panel.

Then I used the wavy die, from the Beach Day bundle, to create the foreground layer. I took the Dark Pecan Pie Blend Pen to add flecks of colour to the ‘beach’.

The palm tree was made by die cutting the palm leaves from Pretty Peacock card stock and the trunk from Pecan Pie card.

The deck chair was stamped onto a piece of the DSP and cut using the coordinating die.

After stamping the greeting, I cut it using one of the Autumn Leaves Dies. Then I added Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back of the greeting anf placed it on the card front.

I added a strip of the torn DSP on the card insert and stamped a deck chair on the back of the envelope.

Finally, I added some of the gems from the Tinsel Gems 3 Pack to the card front.

Tomorrow I have another card to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping.

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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Paper Snips
[103579]
$19.25
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TECHNIQUE TUESDAY – TIME TO TRY ANOTHER TRICK

As I work my way through the myriad of card making techniques, I am rediscovering some that I have not used in such a long time.

Today’s Technique Tuesday is all about the Triple Layer Card Technique.

Remember that this week I am featuring the Sentimental Swirls Stamp Set. It is great – it has 27 stamps – one major swirl image and four versatile greetings. There are two small swirls that can be used to extend the main swirl.

Then there are 20 more, small stamps – 10 are outline images and 10 are infill stamps. They include two different floral styles, five different leaf styles and a bird. This ensures an amazing range of combinations for all of your projects.

For this card I used just 5, of the 27, stamps. The images were stamped, in stages, using Versamark. Gold embossing powder was sprinkled over the stamped image and heat embossed. This process was repeated until I was happy with the overall image.

The Triple Layer Technique involves cutting the 5-5/8″x 4″ stamped and embossed panel into three, separate rectangle. I used my Stitched Rectangle Dies to do this.

I measured the two smaller rectangles and calculated the sizes of Gold Shimmer Vellum needed to adhere to the back of those two pieces. As soon as these two layers were assembled, I was able to add the three layers to the card base. The largest was adhered diectly on to the base. The next two layers were both added using Stampin’ Dimensionals to layer them up.

Before the smallest layer was added, I wrapped a length of gold Simply Elegant Trim several times around it and tied a bow.

The birthday greeting was heat embossed on a piece of Gold Shimmer Vellum using gold embossing powder. IT was secured on the card front using Stampin’ Seal+.

The small flower was stamped on the card insert and envelope, using Versamark and gold embossing powder.

The final step was to add some gold Metalic Pearls.

I think this has turned out to be a very elegant birthday card. What do you think?

Tomorrow is Wednesday and that means that it is time to share What’s Happening this Wednesday. Wednesday is my day to share blog hops and challenge projects.

Until then, happy stamping.

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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Heat Tool
[129056]
$50.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00