cardmaking - Right as Rain

Hat’s Off to the Grad

Hello! Today, I am sharing a die-cut graduation card showcasing Taylored Expressions products including the Build an Emoji and Caps Lock – Grad die sets.

Here’s how I made the card:

I cut the emoji with the Build an Emoji die set from Lemon Meringue, Oreo, and Sprinkles cardstock.
I assembled the emoji and added a grad cap cut with the Little Bits – Hats Off die.
The background was cut from Sprinkles cardstock with the Shining Star Cutting Plate.
I placed the emoji grad and die-cut Grad Confetti on a circle, cut from Sugar cube cardstock with one of the Stitched Circle Stacklets dies. I adhered the assembled circle to the Shining Star background.
I added the GRAD letters, cut with Caps Lock – Grad from silver foil cardstock, with foam adhesive, to the background.
I added the assembled panel to the Oreo cardstock card base.

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Hello, Beautiful

Hello! Today, I am sharing a card featuring the Simon Says Stamp Spring Flower Burst stamp set (part of the Sending Sunshine release) colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.

To make the card:

I stamped the Spring Flower Burst images with Intense Black ink on mixed media paper and colored them with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. I colored first with a darker color and then with a lighter color; for example, Persian Blue blended with Light Blue and Wine Red blended with Pink Flamingo. I used both the cluster floral image and individual floral images from the stamp set.
I cut the images and adhered the individual flowers over the cluster floral image with foam adhesive for additional dimension.
I colored the card panel background with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide ink and added the blooms to the background.
I scored the card base on the left (not a tent-fold) and added the floral panel to the card base.
I heat-embossed the MFT Essential Sentiments sentiment on Black Licorice cardstock and cut it with one of the banners in the Extra Sentiment Banners set. I added the sentiment banner over the floral images.

I previously shared cards made with the Spring Flower Burst stamp set in this post and this post.

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Taylored Expressions – Happy Father’s Day

Hello! With June just around the corner, I figured it was time to start in on Father’s Day projects. Today, I am sharing a CAS Father’s Day card featuring Taylored Expressions supplies.

Here’s how I made the card:

I stamped the Cutting Edge – Stars Stamp & Die Combo image on Sugar Cube cardstock and colored it with Copic markers.
I die-cut the stamped and colored panel.
I die-cut the Caps Lock – Dad from Blue Corn cardstock. I also die-cut the letters from foam.
I heat-embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder on Candy Corn cardstock, which I cut with one of the Double-ended Flag Stacklets dies.
I dry-embossed Sprinkles cardstock with the Lots of Stars folder for the card base background.
I added the Caps Lock – Dad letters, (to which I adhered the foam letters for dimension), and the sentiment strip to the card front.
I attached the card front to the card base.

Hello Gorgeous and a Sale at Ellen Hutson

Hello! Today, I am sharing a project featuring a combination of some of my favorite Essentials by Ellen supplies and letting you know about a Memorial Day sale at Ellen Hutson!

Let’s start with the savings! The sale runs from today, Friday, May 25, through Monday, May 28, 2018. Save 20% off orders of $75 or more with the code betterthan!

Now for my project!

I created a CAS card featuring the Bold Blossom dies paired with the Gourd-jus dies and a heat-embossed sentiment from the Hello Gorgeous stamp set. I cut the blossom backs with the Bold Blooms Matching dies.

Have a terrific weekend!

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Die-Cut Thank You with Butterflies

Hello! Today I am sharing a card featuring the Simon Says Stamp Adeline Butterfly die and the Big Thanks dies.

To begin, I stamped the Flower Explosion background with white pigment ink on Neenah Desert Storm cardstock. For the butterflies, I colored white cardstock with Distress Oxide inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, and Worn Lipstick, which I cut with the Adeline Butterfly die.

I used the Big Thanks die to cut Black Licorice and vellum for the sentiment. To ground the butterflies on the background, I dry-embossed a die-cut circle.

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