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Decorative Borders Book Binding card with video tutorial

I shared this special card on a recent FB Live.  It features a few techniques and is a fun fold card too.  

It's made with the Decorative Borders stamp set seen here; a new favorite! 

When I saw this pretty leaves image I thought of creating a frame with it.  I show how on the video below.

This book binding fold is so easy; it's just one extra fold line! 

Measurements:

• Black card base 4 ¼” X 11” score at 4 ¼” & 5 ½”
• White 3 7/8” square, inside is 4" square
• Polished Pink 4”
• Parakeet Party 1” X 4

I used my Stamparatus to create the pretty border on the Parakeet Party strip and a Baby Wipe technique for the colorful flowers. The leaves are colored with Blends markers; note the pretty shading!  Parakeet Party & Granny Apple Green blends.

The greeting is from the Framed Florets set seen here.

There are so many ways you might use this set; I share a few more in the video below.  It would be perfect to decorate your envelopes too! 

Here's how I finished the inside of the card. 

Click here or on the photo below to watch the video. 

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Decorative Borders & coloring vellum technique with video

Last month our Flowerbug's Team swap theme was to use vellum or window sheets.  Here's what I came up with featuring the Decorative Borders stamp set seen here.  

I heat embossed the image twice with black embossing folder in two corners.  This is on vellum card stock. After it was set I colored in the images with Blends markers - Polished Pink, Granny Apple Green and Old Olive.  The corner image is small but it still took a bit of time to do them all.  I colored on the back side; no real reason except it's a little more forgiving. 

The greeting die-cut is from the Potted Succulents dies; the heat embossed image is from Color & Contour stamp set in the Annual Catalog. 

My measurements are:

• Card base 5 1/2" X 6 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
• Printed vellum 1 7/8" X 5 1/4"
• Vellum card stock 3 1/4" X 4 1/8"
• White front 3 1/2" X 4 1/2" , inside 3 1/2" X 4 3/4" 
• Black 3 3/4" X 4 3/4" 

Below is a photo of the pretty Decorative Borders stamp set.  There are so many ways you might use this set; I share a few more in the video below.  It would be perfect to decorate your envelopes too! 

Here's how I finished the inside of the card. 

Click here or on the photo below to watch the video. 

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Love Cats video tutorial with an easy but unique fun fold

We made this CUTE card at my February card clubs.  It really shows off the Love Cats stamp set seen here. 

 

I shared it on my FB Live yesterday (see video below). It's sort of a unique fold in that the card base is a quarter sheet and the Sweet Sorbet is smaller and opens; see?  

In order to get full, solid images I used the Stamparatus for the cats.  It makes a world of difference!  *Catch the tips in the video below.

*Other items used here are the Conversation Bubbles dies, Pastel Adhesive-backed sequins, Balmy Blue variegated ribbon, Stylish Shapes dies, White embossing powder, Heat Tool, Sweet Sorbet Blends marker

Measurements:

• Card base 8 ½” X 5 ½”
• Sweet Sorbet 8” X 5 ¼” scored at 4”
• White inside is 3 ½” X 4 ¾”
• DSP 1 ½” X 5 ¼”

I used the Happy Labels stamp set for the inside greetings.  It has some fabulous images; see it here.  

Click here or on the photo below to watch the video. 

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Dainty Flowers cards with time saving tips!

I made this pretty card in just a few minutes with 1/8 of a 12 X 12" piece of the Dainty Flowers designer paper.  That means you can get 8 cards from each sheet! 

I made the first cut across at 5 1/2".  Then cut each piece at 3" wide.  This gorgeous print is just one of many in this pack.  It's free with any $50 order during our Sale-a-Bration promotion from January 5th - February 28th.  See it here. 

   

If you don't have the ribbon color you want, color it with a Blends marker.  Our Blends markers come in a 2-pack of light and dark; try both to see which one fits your needs.  And did you know that if you go over it more than once you can get a darker shade?  This works on both paper AND ribbon! 

If you're making multiples of the same card AND heat embossing why not stamp & heat emboss multiples at the same time?  

I inked the greetings (from Dainty Delight) in Versamark ink and stamped on the Old Olive CS. Then covered in White embossing powder before heat embossing with the Heat Tool.  Now I could trim them into strips for my cards.  

Tip; you cannot do an entire page at once or the ink dries before you can get powder on it.  I did 4-5 at a time and it works fine.  It all depends on how fast you can cover it with powder.  

**Before stamping I swiped my card stock with the embossing buddy. This is an anti-static bag that prevents excess powder from sticking where you don't want it.  The embossing buddy is included in our Embossing Additions Tool Kit seen here. 

You can see more cards in this video I shared on Tuesday.  Click here or on the photo below: 

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I don't think I shared these cards yet; they're made with the pretty Framed Florets bundle seen here.  It's part of the Fitting Florets collection.  The bundle will return in the Spring catalog in January. 

It is currently available along with the pretty Fitting Florets designer paper.  This paper is available while supplies last or through January 4th. 

For the card below I stamped the floral and leaf images in Black Memento ink and colored them in with Blends markers.  The colors are Fresh Freesia with Granny Apple Green. 

The sentiment on the Black oval is heat embossed with White embossing powder.  I love the striking look of white on black! 

The next card uses the same sentiment and more of the Framed Florets dies including the pretty leaves.

Details:

• The embossing folder is the Whimsical Woodland 3D seen here; it's on sale for $4 while supplies last.
• The Cherry Cobbler frame die-cut is cut from the Festive Foils specialty paper seen here; it's also discounted from $10 to $4, while supplies last.  
• Colors include Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent, White & Cherry Cobbler. 
• I colored the White crinkled ribbon with a Cherry Cobbler Blends marker.  I love using Blends markers to color my ribbons! 

Here's a video where I shared multiple projects with this pretty collection. 

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My Flowerbug's Team amazes me with their incredible card swaps; each and every month their cards are super fabulous!  I shouldn't be surprised at this point!  

Our September Team card swap featured Halloween or Fall cards and I'll be featuring them for the next several days.  

Annette made this first card with the Best Witches stamp set seen here.  Look at her amazing coloring!

The colors include Highland Heather, Black & a bit of Granny Apple Green on the frog.  She used Blends markers for her coloring.  Love that face!

The designer is our Black & White Designs from the Holiday catalog.  The circles are from the Layering Circles dies. 

It's also a fun fold 'latch' card!  Here's the inside view: 

Measurements:

• Highland Heather: Card base 6 1/2" X 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4".  Side flap is3 1/2" square
• Black: 2 3/4" X 3 1/4" & 2" X 5 1/4"
• DSP: 1 3/4" X 5"
• White: front is 2 1/2" X 3", inside is 4" X 5 1/4"

In the photo below you can see how the right panel is 'latched' with the layered circle greeting to keep it closed.  

Next is a super cute card made by Candace with the Bewitching punch bundle seen here.  Unfortunately the punch is unavailable right now but it will be back!  I just love her playful circles layout! 

She used Gorgeous Grape, Pumpkin Pie, Black & Granny Apple Green.  She cut off the front flap with the Border Basics dies and added a strip of Gorgeous Grape with the same die-cut edge.  

The way she added the boots to be under the hat with this fold is genius!  

Measurements:

• Grape card base 5 1/2" X 4 1/4" plus a 3/4" X 5 1/2" strip for the zigzag die-cut border 
• White is 5 1/4" X 7" scored at 4 1/8"
• Circles are all die-cuts from the Stylish Shapes dies!  

Don't you agree that these cards are amazing!?  I'm so proud to share the creativity of my Flowerbug's Team!  More to come tomorrow!  

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Apple Harvest Fun Fold card

We made this sweet Apple Harvest card at my card clubs in September.  I love the bright colors paired with Black! 

The colors include Parakeet Party, Real Red and Black.  As you can see I gave them a choice of apple images on the front. The left card above has the large apple bunch and the right card below has a pair of apples with blossoms.  And inside the card is a single apple. 

The Apple Harvest stamp set is in the 2022 Holiday catalog.  The new Apple Blossom dies that coordinate with it are available in September with our Perfect Partners promotion.  See them here. 

All were colored with Blends markers - Parakeet Party, Crumb Cake & Sweet Sorbet.  I added a bit of color lifter on the large red apples to achieve a look of shine & reflection.

This card fold is super simple.  Just add an extra score line to your Black card base.  

Measurements:

• Black - 11" X 4 1/4" scored at 2 3/4" & 5 1/2"
• Parakeet Party 5" X 3 3/4", circle is 2 1/2"
• Cottage Gingham DSP 4" X 3"
• White 3/4" X 5" strip & 5 1/4" X 4" inside 

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A new fun fold card with This Birthday Piggy; join me Live tonight!

We're making this cool fun fold card tonight on my Stamp with Me live here on Facebook. It's called a 'pillar' fold card.  Join in and watch or prep your pieces and stamp along with me Live. 

I'm featuring the This Birthday Piggy bundle seen here.  You can get them separately also, but you won't save the 10% then.

The stamp set is in the 2022-23 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog seen here.   These coordinating dies are available in September with our Perfect Partners promotion.  See them here.   

The side pillars fold in toward the middle so it fits in a standard A2 size envelope.  

My colors include Polished Pink, Parakeet Party, White & Black.  The designer paper on the sides is our Black & White designs seen here. 

I used our Blends markers to color the images - Polished Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Basic Gray & Parakeet Party.  

See those neat confetti pieces?  Those are actually 'windows' die-cut in the White CS so the Pink CS shows through.  They're part of the Playful Piggy dies. Same with the grass, banner and pennants.  The stars are punched with the Witch Hat punch. 

Join me here tonight at 7:30 pm CT. 

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Use the stamp in a new way on this card! Hello Harvest projects

Here's a pretty card I shared on last week's FB live video; it features the Hello Harvest bundle. 

I cased the idea from my friend Dawn Olchefske; changing it up a bit.  The main floral image is stamped twice (once upside down) and the greeting covers where they meet.  You can see this image in the stamp set below. 

It might look like there's an entire strip of designer paper under the main card layers.  But it's just a few small pieces of the Rustic Harvest DSP at the top & bottom of the Vanilla card. Check out the Hello Harvest bundle here.  

I colored the floral image in with Blends markers in Daffodil, Fresh Freesia, Light Old Olive and Calypso Coral.  I also added a bit of color to the pretty greeting banner.  

Measurements are: 

• Vanilla 5 ½” X 8 ½”, 3 ½” X 4 ½” & scrap for greeting
• Espresso 3 5/8” X 4 5/8”
• DSP is 1” X 2 ¼”

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