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Spellbinders/Fun Stampers Journey – Shark Week

Hello! Suns out, fins up! Today I am sharing two summer-themed cards created with the Shark Attack stamp set. I thought these would be fun for the 31st edition Shark Week, which kicks off July 28. I previously shared a card using this stamp set in this post.

On my first card, I stamped the shark image on an ink-blended background.

I blended Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide inks on white cardstock.
I stamped the shark image on to the panel with Archival ink.
I heat-embossed the sentiment on to black cardstock, which I cut with a circle die.
I popped the sentiment on to the center of the card base with foam adhesive.

For the second card, I stamped the shark image on to a white card base with shades of blue ink.

I started at the top of the panel stamping with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. Without moving the stamp, I overstamped the image with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink. (Prior to stamping the background, I ran a test. I stamped the image with dye ink, dye ink and then oxide, oxide only, and oxide with dye ink over. Of those four, I like the combination of first stamping with the dye ink and then stamping with the oxide image the best.)
I continued down the panel using the same system with Broken China, Salty Ocean, and Blueprint Sketch.
I heat-embossed the sentiment on to black cardstock, which I cut with a circle die. The circle is slightly smaller than the circle on the first card.
I popped the sentiment on to the center of the card base with foam adhesive.

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Penny Black – Watercolored Flower Teddy

Hello! Today I am sharing two cards showcasing the Penny Black “Flower Teddy” stamp set. I recently had some time to watercolor (during a power outage) and decided to tackle this image.

On the first card:

I stamped the image on Cold Press paper with VersaFine ink.
I used a variety of Distress Inks to color the image (I have three storage tins full of the mini pads), as well as Kuretake watercolors.
Once dry, I fussy cut the image.
I used patterned paper for the 4 1/2″ square card base to which I added a dry-embossed 4″ circle. I added the teddy bear image with foam adhesive.
I heat-embossed the sentiment and cut it with a banner die.

On the second card:

I stamped the image on Hot Press paper with VersaFine ink.
I colored the image with Distress Ink and Kuretake watercolors.
Once dry, I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine ink and cut the image, on which I had added a blue wash background, to 4″ square.
I added the watercolored panel to a 4 1/4″ square dry-embossed background.

Ideally I would be practicing watercolor, Zig market coloring, and/or Copic coloring on a weekly basis!

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Penny Black – Thank You Bunches

Hello! Today, I am sharing a garden-themed card created with Penny Black products. I’ve combined die-cut elements from the Penny Black “A Garden” set with a sentiment from “Special Sentiments.”

- I colored white cardstock with Distress Oxide inks and cut out the individual pieces.
- I assembled the pieces with glue.
- I stamped the sentiment on the card base and added Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink to the center of the panel.
- I adhered the shelves and the items on the shelves to the card.

With different colors, different arrangements, and a different sentiment (or even the same one), you could create a completely different card. I went bold with my colors, as teal and red are two of my favorite colors to use on cards.

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Spellbinders – Paul Antonio

Hello! Today, I am sharing projects created with supplies designed by Paul Antonio for Spellbinders.

My first two cards showcase the Thank You stamp.

This is a fun hand-lettered sentiment that lends itself to a variety of approaches. I chose dark cardstock on which to heat-emboss the sentiment; I chose background papers with the same colors.

For both CAS cards:

I heat-embossed the Thank You sentiment, which I cut with the largest die in the Classic Squares set.
I matted the sentiment with a 3 3/4″ square in white.
I added the sentiment to a card base covered with patterned paper, which was created digitally (Designer Digitals papers). The cards measure 4 1/2″ square.

On my next two cards, I used the Booklet Binding die set to create sentiment labels.

For both cards, I cut a background with the Lucky Clouds die.

On the first card, I heat-embossed a sentiment on Candy Apple cardstock and cut it with the smallest die in the Booklet Binding set. I added a bird cut with a die in the Robin and Rosy Mug set.

On the other card, I heat-embossed the Everyday Script sentiment on Whip Cream cardstock and cut it with one of the label dies in the Booklet Binding set. I used a larger die in the set to cut a label from Brush Gold cardstock as a mat. You can really see the edge detail in the gold label!

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Penny Black Hanging Planters

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Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS card showcasing the Penny Black Hanging Planters die set. Who knew macrame would make a comeback?! I remember learning how to macrame in the early 1970s. My mother bought at least one macrame book with complicated patterns for massive wall hangings (which we never made).

I heat-embossed one of my favorite sentiments (Stitched Flowers set) on SU Dapper Denim cardstock.
I cut the frame, using a 4″ x 5 1/4″ rectangle die (from a now-retired MFT Blueprints set) and the largest oval in the Spellbinders Oval Nestabilities set, from Gina K Coral Reef cardstock (included in the multi-pack). I dry-embossed the frame with the Taylored Expressions Weathered embossing folder.
I cut the planters from Gina K Turquoise Sea. The plants were cut from Gina K Lucky Clover (included in the multi-pack) and SU Cucumber Crush cardstock. I cut the macrame hangers from SU Very Vanilla. The small flowers were cut from SU Poppy Parade and Gina K Coral Reef. I assembled the pieces with glue.
I assembled the heat-embossed panel, the frame, and the planters and adhered the assembly to a SU Very Vanilla card base.

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