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CACTUS OVERLAY CARD

Hello to each of you. Thanks for popping by to see my latest post.

Today, I want to share another card that has a die cut cactus overlay. The POTTED SUCCULENTS DIES has a large overlay die that is an impact element for any project. I shared an earlier card that had the overlay with water colouring below.

This cards is really very uncomplicated.

The card base and overlay are both Basic Gray. A piece of the DSP from the FLOWERING CACTUS PRODUCT MEDLEY was used. The cactus was also cut from the DSP using a die from the same medley.

My go to STITCHED RECTANGLE DIES was used to cut the sentiment.

As I said, this is an uncomplicated card design. I think the white outline around the cactus helps to lift it up from the overlay – it seems much cleaner this way.

Who, in your life, makes the ordinary extraordinary? I’m thrilled that I have a few of them in my life.

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.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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A 3D FLOATING & FLUTTERING PROJECT

Hello to each of you who have returned to see my latest project – this time it is a 3D project. If you are new to my posts, I apprecitate that you took the time to check it out.

I die cut a centred panel from the Floating and Fluttering butterfly panel from the card I shared on Thursday.

Then, I had to think about how I could use it on a project. I’ve been looking at lots of different blogs and Facebook posts and Pinterest posts. AND, although I have seen these before, my attention was drawn to faceted bags/boxes.

This is how I melded these two concepts together.

The die cut section has one butterfly image that has some Cajun Craze in its colouring, so this is the card stock colour Iopted for. Then I stamped the butterfly bundle image several times across the card stock.

Once this faceted gift box was assembled, I punched the two holes across the top to insert and tie some braided linen trim.

The sentiment is from the MANY MESSAGES STAMP SET and coordinating DIE.

Finally, I added a few MATT BLACK DOTS to the colourful butterfly panel.

I can’t wait to make some more facted gift boxes.

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.

Product List
Messages Die
[154422]
$59.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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SWITCHING TECHNIQUE

Hello – thanks for popping by.

Today I am showcasing some cards I made on one of my recent Facebook Live presentations. You can find it on my mmmstampintime Facebook page. It is in two parts because I had some streaming issues (it was Wednesday January 20).

I used the CORNER BOUQUET STAMP SET. As I was watching Emma Goddard’s Live, a few days earlier, I began to formulate this card in my mind. I made the first two cards as my samples before my Live presentations.

Until I can find the right term for the technique I used, I’ll simply call it a switching technique. I placed a 3-1/2″x 5″ piece of Basic White card stock onto my STAMPARATUS and positioned the floral stamp in the corner.

For the first panel I stamped the image using Garden Green.

Then I replaced it with a second piece of card stock, in exactly the same position. This time I coloured directly onto the stamp using my Stampin’ Write Markers™ – Garden Green, Mango Melody and Real Red. I applied each colour in turn and was able to reapply the ink if it needed more colour.

The next step was to cut the card stock using the third largest, of the eight, STITCHED RECTANGLE DIE. For the second piece of card stock I used the outer remnant from the first piece of card stock to ensure the second cut was in the same position.

The next step was to position the third smallest, of the eight, to cut the inner rectangle. To ensure the second inner rectagle is in the precise position I overlaid the outer frame from the first outer frame. (If you have no idea what I’m trying to explain watch the second part of the Facebook Live).

SAMPLE CARD

Here comes the switching. My first card has the coloured frame adhered to a piece of Garden Green card and then popped the all Garden Green stamped image inside the frame, lifted with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

And, this is the second card.

SAMPLE CARD

I coloured and stamped the flowers so that I could fussy cut them before lifting them with small pieces of dimensionals.

For the sentiments, I was able to use some of the leftover MANY MESSAGES greetings that I had from an earlier project. The MANY MESSAGES BUNDLE is a fantastic way to have prestamped and die cut greetings on hand.

I stamped the small, individual floral image inside the card three times using Real Red. When I am restocked with Basic White C6 envelopes, I will do the same on the front of them.

ONE OF THE TWO CARDS I MADE LIVE

For my Live I chose a different colour palette – Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green and Mango Melody.

The sentiment comes from the SIMPLY SUCCULENTS STAMP SET and is cut using one of the POTTED SUCCULENTS DIES.

Which colour combo do you prefer?

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.

Product List
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad
[141397]
$11.50
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00