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Paper Smooches – Cacti Scene

Hello! Today I’m sharing a die-cut scene created with the Cacti die set from Paper Smooches. This card is a change of pace now that Valentine’s Day is in the rear-view mirror.

I colored white cardstock with a variety of Distress Inks and cut it with dies in the Cacti die set.
I added the needles and blooms to the cacti and placed them into pots.
I stamped the Fun and Flirty sentiment on to the card base.
From a horizon line, I applied Distress Inks for the sky and for the ground, masking with a vellum strip.
I added the cacti and other plants to the scene.

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Hello! Today I am sharing a Valentine created with a variety of Lawn Fawn products including the Mom + Me stamp set. I’ve had a lot of fun digging out various supplies to create more non-traditional, less formal Valentines.

I stamped the owl and tree stump from the Mom + Me set, colored the images with Copic markers and colored pencils, and cut the images with their coordinating dies.
I cut the card base with the largest die in the Outside In Stitched Scallop Square Stacklets set.
I cut a 4″ square with the Lawn Fawn Dotted Square die set and embossed it with the Woodgrain Backdrop die.
I cut a heart from patterned paper.
I stamped the Mom + Me sentiment and cut it with a banner die in the Extra Sentiments set.
I cut small hearts using dies in the Wonderful Window and the Speech Bubbles sets for accents.

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Penny Black – Die-cut Valentine

Hello! Today I am sharing a die-cut Valentine combining several die sets from Penny Black .

I cut the pieces of the #51-501 Hanging Planters from colored cardstock and cardstock to which I had applied Distress Inks.
I cut the XOXO sentiment with a die in the #51-294 Filled with Love set from red cardstock.
I cut the hearts with dies in the #51-090 Little Ornaments and the #51-281 What’s in Your Cup? sets. (Finding these little hearts was a happy discovery.)
I cut the yellow frame with the square frame in the #51-422 Stitched Square and Circles set and a circle die.
I sponged Tumbled Glass ink on to white cardstock and added the panel to the back of the frame.
I added the assembled planters, tucking the tops of the macrame hangers under the frame.
I adhered the sentiment with foam adhesive.

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Paper Smooches – February LOVE Challenge

Hello! Today I am sharing a card which I’m entering into the Paper Smooches LOVE Challenge.

I’m going to start with what I like most about this card – it expresses love without being a traditional, romantic Valentine.
With the Paper Smooches Coffee & Tea die set, I die-cut the tea pot, tea bag, cups, and snowflakes. For the teapot, I cut the pot twice, the second time trimming off the bottom part to make the lid.
I stamped the Winter Sampler sentiment and blended the sky by masking off the lower area. I applied the ink from the top.
I embellished with snowflakes cut with the Snowflakes die set.
This card is 4″ square. I wanted the elements to be close together to feel cozy and warm.

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Penny Black – Watercolored Golden Dance

Hello! Today I am sharing a card featuring a watercolored floral image from the Penny Black stamp set #30-562 Golden Dance, cut with its coordinating die.

I stamped the #30-562 Golden Dance image with VersaFine ink on Cold Press paper and watercolored it with Distress Ink reinkers and Gansai Tambi watercolors.
Once dry, I cut the image with the #51-533 Golden Dance Cut Out.
I cut the floor with the #51-433 Wood Floors die from cardstock, which I had colored with Distress Oxide inks.
I blended Tumbled Glass ink on to the card base and stamped a sentiment from the #30-418 Stitched Flowers stamp set.
I adhered the floor (and its base board) to the card base and added the watercolored flowers with foam adhesive.

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Paper Smooches – Cacti Scene

Lawn Fawn Valentine

Penny Black – Die-cut Valentine

Paper Smooches – February LOVE Challenge

Penny Black – Watercolored Golden Dance