I’m pleased to announce that Kay Miller and Gayatri Murali will be Guest Designers for upcoming challenges at The Cutting Edge! And there’s a Comment Contest over on The Cutting Edge blog – head on over for the details on the prizes and how you can enter to win.
Month: June 2014
Seattle Skyline – Miss You Card
Today, I’m sharing a card inspired by the CASE Study Challenge #196 with the colors from Color Throwdown #297.
I’ve had this Seattle skyline die, purchased at Impress, a local stamping store, for quite awhile. I had my son, who is in Boulder for the summer, in mind when I crafted the card. It is sunny in Seattle in the summer. 🙂
Supplies: Neat and Tangled Sunburst and Everyday Labels stamps
Penny Black Great Day
Today I’m sharing a card created with Penny Black stamps and die cuts featuring the combination of coral and turquoise.
I created the card background with Distress Inks which were applied to watercolor paper, spritzed, and dried and then more color was applied. Once the panel was dry, I heat embossed it using the Penny Black Dotted Fusion [#40-278] background stamp. I die cut the dragonflies with the Flutters [#51-006] set from watercolor paper that had been similarly colored with Distress Inks in shades of blues. The circle was cut from watercolor paper and stamped with a sentiment from the Amazing [#30-243] stamp set.
Let’s Go Sailing
I’ve had the pieces for this card sitting on my worktable ever since starting the In Detail post on die-cut card making sets. As I mentioned in that post, I’ve been using the Blueprints 13 stitched rectangle die a lot!
I dry embossed Bazzill cardstock with the Memory Box Wave stencil and cut it with the stitched rectangle. I played around with a variety of colors for the boat, the letters, the banner, the sails and the sailboat flag. It took longer than you would imagine to evaluate colors for the hull, letters, a sails, …. before settling on this combination!
I’m entering this card in the Card Concept “Use A Nautical Theme” challenge. My style is Clean and Graphic.
Speaking of die cuts, there’s still time to enter The Cutting Edge Guest Designer Challenge! Head on over for details.
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Heard You’re Moo-ving
Today, I’m sharing a card created with Poppystamps dies to be sent to a friend who is moving, hence the punny sentiment.
I used the pine landscape die to create the cow’s pasture as it would look here in the Pacific Northwest. The original Carnation Farms is located nearby in Carnation, Washington. I created the sentiment on my computer and used the Classic Ribbons die to cut it into a banner.
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