Category: cardmaking

Countdown to Confetti Day One

It’s Countdown to Confetti time! Today I’m happy to introduce two awesome stamp sets – Puppy Love and Heart to Heart – both with Confetti Cuts die sets and perfect for Valentine’s Day cards! Want to know what’s in store for this release??……SIX stamp sets, EIGHT Confetti Cuts and Quick Card Panels!!

Let’s start with Puppy Love!

I stamped the adorable dogs in the set, colored them with Copic markers and cut them with their Confetti Cuts. I used another die in the set to cut a heart, which I added to a tag cut with Tag Me. I attached the “Love” die cut, cut with the Heart Love Pretty Panel, to the banner cut with Tag Me. That little heart was cut using a die in the Love Note set.

For my next card, I stamped one of the fabulous, and very much on trend, hearts from Heart to Heart and cut it with its corresponding die. I cut a Straight Stripes Pretty Panel in light pink and backed it with a vellum panel, cut with a die in the Class Act set. The little heart was cut using a smaller heart die in the Heart to Heart Confetti Cuts set. I attached a “Love” die cut, cut with the Heart Love Pretty Panel, to the banner cut with Tag Me. I attached those elements to a Happy Heart Day Quick Card Panel, which I adhered to the card base. I particularly like the sturdy weight of the Quick Card Panels – they nicely support the combination of elements, much better than patterned paper would.

Penny Black Hooray Skyline

Today I’m sharing a card made entirely with Penny Black dies that would be appropriate to celebrate a variety of events such as a birthday or a promotion.

For the background, I made a stencil with the smaller cloud in the Penny Black 51-033 Silver Linings set. I used a sponge dauber to apply white pigment ink through the stencil onto blue cardstock.

I created the skyline with the 51-017 Downtown die. I backed the die cut with white cardstock.

I cut the balloons with the Penny Black 51-004 Uplifting die set. I cut each color twice (for extra depth) and attached thread to their backs. I taped the threads to the blue panel and then attached the skyline over them.

I cut the sentiment twice using 51-038 Hooray. After adhering the sentiment to the skyline, I added some Wink of Stella for a bit of shimmer.

 

Mojo Monday Meets ColourQ

Today, I’m playing along with Mojo Monday 378 and ColourQ 273. I like that tropical-feeling color combo so much, I had to play along again!

The card width is around 4″ and it’s a tad taller than 6″. I almost always make tent-fold cards, but I wasn’t able to for this card due to its height. I used the Paper Smooches Flower Dies and a Stampin’ Up sentiment stamp. The Poppy Parade banner was stamped with a Stampin’ Up background stamp for tone-on-tone texture.

Tropical Thank You

Today, I’m sharing a Thank You card created with tropical-color die cuts. (It’s my way of dealing with the winter!)

Tropical Thank You

I cut the Taylored Expressions Beach Border (the palm background) for the portrait orientation; it is wide enough for a card in the landscape orientation.

Supplies: My Favorite Things Joy Ride die set, Taylored Expressions Beach Border