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November 14, 2020
Create a Vintage Style Card With Embossing Folders
Even though I make cards in all kinds of styles (one of the things I love about rubber stamping) vintage style cards are my favorites. Today I want to show you a way to create a vintage style background using embossing folders.
First, let me show you my finished card.
For this background, I used the beautiful Parisian Flourish 3D embossing folder with Very Vanilla card stock. This technique works best with bolder embossing and with the 3D folders.
Posted in Creativity | By Paula Cannon
September 19, 2020
Casing the Catalog with the Postage Stamp Punch
I really like the card featuring the Posted for You bundle on page 81 of the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. I thought it would be a fun card for a class, too, so I could show how to change sizes with the Rectangular Postage Stamp Punch. But I usually make a few changes when I case a card, and this time I changed everything but the layout! (btw, CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything)
For starters, I used the Rooted in Nature stamp set. I love the Postage Stamp Punch and you can use it with so much more than its companion stamp set. I also wanted to do an autumn card for my September class.
Since I haven’t used Terracotta Tile much this fall, I started with that color, then picked the images and colors. You’ll notice I used the triple-leaf image twice. I used the Bumblebee marker to color and stamp two leaves for one postage stamp, then I stamped the full image for another postage stamp.
The other colors are Bermuda Bay, Cinnamon Cider and Pretty Peacock. All the images are stamped on Very Vanilla, and the card base is the Very Vanilla Thick cardstock.
Posted in Creativity, DIY | By Paula Cannon
October 19, 2019
A Vintage Card with Watercolor Pencils
My watercolor pencils solved a problem I didn’t even know I had when I started making this card! After I bought the Gather Together stamp set, I knew I wanted to use it with the script image from Very Versailles. As I started playing with the images, I realized I wanted a translucent color for my leaf. And I wanted to stamp everything for this card and not use a die-cut leaf.
That’s what I had in my head, so that’s what I tried to do. And I think the watercolor pencils created the look I imagined.
Posted in Creativity | By Paula Cannon
August 31, 2019
Are You Ready for Some Christmas Stamping?
It will soon be time for Christmas stamping! The Holiday Catalog goes live on September 4th and, of course, it has a great variety of wonderful holiday stamps. I know we have Halloween and Fall to get to first, but if you make your own cards its not too early to start thinking about what you’ll do for your Christmas stamping.
Today’s card is the one I made for our recent group meeting swap.
It features the new Toile Tidings suite of products. (more…)
Posted in Creativity | By Paula Cannon
May 30, 2017
Hats Off to Guy Greetings
At last month’s Monthly Stamp Class, one of the cards we made was this one, using the stamp set Guy Greetings and the Urban Underground designer series paper. Attendees could pick one of these three images for their card. It’s a pretty simple card to make with a classic design.
Here’s a little tip I shared for using the designer series paper (DSP). I cut the bottom portion to 3-1/2″ high by 4″ wide. The top portion is 2″ high by 4″ wide. Since class attendees could add ribbon or washi tape, that should be done before gluing the paper down.
Tip: position the bottom piece of DSP where you want it on the card front, with even margins on the sides and bottom. Add glue just to the top edge of the paper. Position the top piece of DSP so the margins are even on the sides and top. Adhere it to the glue line on the bottom piece. Now you have the two pieces in place at the right size. Wrap the ribbon or washi tape around the paper and secure in back. Attach entire DSP piece to card front.
The following week I hosted a gathering with friends and we did a birthday card swap. I just really like this card and I had enough DSP, so I used it for my swap. I picked the hats image. After all, this set has vintage images and back in the day gentlemen would typically tilt their hats in salutation, so why not a tip of the hat for a birthday? Plus, I had what I thought was a fun idea for the inside of the card.
Posted in Creativity | By Paula Cannon