cardmaking - Right as Rain

Hip Hip Hooray – Glitter Balloon Die-Cuts

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS card suitable for a number of occasions – birthday, graduation, retirement, promotion – created with several different balloon die sets.

I used balloon dies from an Avery Elle set, a Penny Black set, and a Paper Smooches set to cut the balloons from metallic glitter paper (bronze, copper, silver, and gold) included in the Assortment Glitter pack.

I cut the balloon strings from black cardstock with a balloon strings die. The balloon strings are gathered together with a bow (created with a die in the retired Avery Elle Finished Frames set). I stamped the sentiment, from a Stampin’ Up set that is now retired, in black ink on Sea Salt cardstock.

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Hello Bluebird – Happy Fall

Hello! Today, I am sharing a card featuring the fox image from the Hello Bluebird Fall Friends stamp set. This is the second card I have created with the set, see my first card here.

I stamped the fox, pumpkin, and leaves, colored them with Copic markers and colored pencils, and cut the items with their corresponding dies. For the card base and the background, I used patterned paper from a Carta Bella set; I added a frame, cut with a die from a now retired MFT set, from the Lawn Fawn Paper Bag cardstock (a darker Kraft color that I really like!).

I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock and cut it with the smallest die in the Lawn Fawn Rectangle Stackables set.

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Fall-Themed Die-cut Thanks

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS fall-themed thank you card showcasing the Hello Bluebird Gallery Frame 3 die set. The die set includes two frames and six different fall items. I paired four of the items – acorn (I cut two), two leaves, pumpkin – with the Big Thanks sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.

I cut the items from soft finish cardstock and colored them using sponge applicators with a variety of Distress Inks. I popped the items up with foam adhesive in four of the openings and adhered the Thanks sentiment across the middle with glue adhesive. I used a wood-grain embossing folder on the card base for texture.

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You Da Best – Picture Book Panda

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS card showcasing the Simon Says Stamp Picture Book Panda die. The card could be used for a variety of occasions.

No stamping on this card at all! I used the You Da Best die set for the sentiment. The card base is from a Pebbles patterned paper pack. The glitter paper is from an assortment pack. For texture, I dry-embossed the black cardstock strip, used to ground the panda.

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Spellbinders – A Sweet Christmas

Hello! Today I am sharing three CAS Christmas cards of the same design featuring the Gingerbread Boy from Sharyn Sowell for Spellbinders. For all three, I used patterned paper backgrounds and a sentiment from the Concord & 9th Holiday Cheer set, which I stamped and cut with a circle die.

I crafted the gingerbread people from three different materials – cardstock (Lawn Fawn Paper Bag), felt (Taylored Expressions latte), and glitter (Elizabeth Crafts Desert Gold). For the eyes, buttons, mouth, … I used glossy cardstock for the gingerbread boy crafted from glitter and cardstock and felt for the gingerbread boy crafted from felt.

There would be fun to include with a gift of freshly baked gingerbread!

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