Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Snowflake Wishes Unusual Color's

I have a few more Christmas cards that I am sharing. These don't use traditional colors of red and green but out of the box colors, or at least I think they are out of the box colors!

Basic Gray is the base color here. Gray for Christmas is not a normal color but I do love the way it turned out. the Basic White is embossed with Winter Snow embossing folder which retired in early January.


Magenta Madness is so bright! For the strip, I stamped the snowflakes with Magenta Madness. I stamped them twice before re-inking which is how I got the two toned colors. I used a blending brush to add more color to the strip. I stamped the main snowflake twice without re-inking and die cut. I did put some Wink of Stella on the large snowflake. 


One of the dies cuts the pieces away instead of cutting out an image. I die cut a piece of Mint Macaroon and layered it on Shaded Spruce. More Wink of Stella is added inside each space for more sparkle.


I know it's hard to think about Christmas cards in June/July but it's always good to get ahead of a very busy season! You don't have do everything but just a couple of things to make the busy season easier!

The supplies are all listed below. You can click on the pictures to go to my online store to purchase these supplies and much more.

Happy Stampin'!
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Forever & Always

Forever & Always has this beautiful script that I fell in love with so I purchased this set. I haven't used it as much as I had planned or hoped. I should have known though that soccer would take up my time! (And that is OK as I love watching my girls play!)

I started by stamping the love on the Basic White sheet several times, creating my background. I die cut the label and stamped the greeting. The flower was stamped, die cut and colored. I used the Petal Pink blends to color the flower. The flower is also covered in Wink of Stella.


This is a super fun fold card called an impossible card. It's super simple to make.  Start with a 4-1/4" by 5-1/2" piece of cardstock. Score the cardstock on the 4-1/4" side at 2-1/8". On the 5-1/2" side, cut at 2-3/4" down to the score line. Turn cardstock so that the other side of 5-1/2" is on top and cut at 1" and 4-1/2" down to the center score line. Twist the cardstock creating the card base. Designer Series Paper: Cut a 4" by 3-1/4" piece. Along the 3-1/4" side, line up the right side at 3/4" and cut from 1-7/8" down. Rotate 180 degrees and repeat. Along the 4" side, line up the left side at 1-7/8" and cut down from 3/4" to 2-1/2". Remove the left piece. Rotate 180 degrees, line up the left side at 1-7/8" and cut down from 3/4" to the bottom of cardstock. This should create the layers for the card base. 

I did a Facebook Live making a different card but it will show you the cuts and folds. You can watch that video HERE


This is the back side of the impossible card.


Bleach painting is something that I did a long time ago but I haven't done in a long time. It's good to try those older techniques again or maybe they are new to you and you are trying for the first time! Just make sure you are wearing clothes that don't matter if you get a little bleach on them.

Start by heat embossing your images. Use a paint brush or water painter to place the bleach where you want it. Allow the bleach to dry. Every color cardstock will bleach out a bit different. The Stampin' Up! papers are colored all the way through so they really have a different look to the bleached area. I have a Facebook Live creating this card. You can watch it HERE.


This bundle is retiring and won't be available after June 30. Get you bundle before it's gone!

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Happy Stampin'!
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