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Silhouette Daisies

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Silhouette Daisies

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This CAS card features the daisies from the “Various Verses” stamp set from Gina K Designs (retired?) and a greeting from the “Painted Harvest” set from Stampin’ Up.  Both were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink on white card stock matted on black.    A sponged background of Gina K  Ocean Mist and Applemint inks added a pop of color.

Using the same layout, the same mask for the sponging, and the same daisy stamp, I switched up the colors and made a birthday card as well.

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On this version, the images were stamped with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink on white card stock.  (The greeting on this one is also from the “Various Verses” set.)  The ink for sponging and the card stock used was Gina K Peach Bellini and Kraft.

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Child Sympathy Card

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Child Sympathy Card

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I think sympathy cards are among the most challenging cards to make, and it is especially difficult if it is for the loss of a young child.  I recently needed a card to send to friends who lost their three year old granddaughter.  She had a rare, childhood form of kidney cancer but showed no signs or symptoms of having the disease, so her death was completely unexpected.  I cannot even begin to imagine what that would be like, and there is very little anyone can say or do to make it better.  So I really struggled with this card.

Ultimately, I chose this teddy bear image from the “Baby Bear” stamp set from Stampin’ Up and a beautiful sentiment stamp for the inside called “God’s Promise” by DRS Designs.  It says:

God’s Promise
“God didn’t promise days without pain,
laughter without sorrow, or sun without rain.
But God did promise strength for the day,
comfort for the tears, and a light for the way.
And for all who believe in His kingdom above,
He answers their faith with everlasting love.”

The bear image was created with 3 stamps that are layered on top of one another.  I used Gina K Kraft ink for stamp #1 (the most solid of the three stamps/lightest ink), Gina K Warm Cocoa for stamp #2, and Stampin’ Up Tip Top Taupe for stamp #3.  The greeting is from the “Sentimental Bouquet” stamp set from Gina K Designs and was stamped with SU Tip Top Taupe ink.  I used water color paper,  Stampin’ Up Tip Top Taupe card stock, and printed paper called “Tan Floral Tapestry” from Hot Off The Press/Paper Pizazz.

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Mod Squad Challenge – “Spring Theme” – A Top 3 Winner!

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Mod Squad Challenge – “Spring Theme” – A Top 3 Winner!

Mod Squad Challenge Badge-TOP3

(April 4, 2018)

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(The host/hostess picked the “Top 3” which will be featured on PINTEREST.)

Click HERE to see winning announcement.  (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

Click HERE to see original challenge post.  (Sadly, this site is no longer active.)

Click HERE to see the original blog post for this card project.

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Interactive Birthday Cake Card

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Interactive Birthday Cake Card

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(Inside:  Wishing you the Best on your Special Day)

This card was made with the Die-namics “Interactive Birthday Cake” die set that was part of the “Twice the Wishes” card kit (retired?) from My Favorite Things.  When the tab is pulled, the single layer cake becomes a double layer cake.

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Next time, I would probably position the cake a little higher and would put the greeting either under the cake or on the hidden top layer so you would see it when the tab is pulled.  I like the greeting above the cake when the top layer is hidden, but I’m not crazy about it being covered when the top layer is pulled up.  As I said, next time…

HERE is a video by Jennifer McGuire showing the die set and how to use it to create an interactive card.  (She also talks about how to make some of the elements by hand for a slider card like this without the dies.)

If you watch the tutorial video I just mentioned, you will see that MFT has these plastic slider elements that sandwich between the pull tab and the top cake layer which allow them to slide up and down smoothly in the die cut channel behind the cake.  These slider elements do not have adhesive on them, and the glue I was using didn’t seem to want to stick to the plastic very will, so I used foam pop dots (1/4 inch diameter and 1/8 inch thick) instead.

I tried fun foam on one card and foam tape on the other to raise the front panels to allow the slider tabs to slide.  Both worked well.

The greeting is from the “Notable Notes” set from Stampin’ Up and was heat embossed with versamark ink and Gina K white embossing powder.  The stamp originally had a cake with the words, and I cut the stamp apart (creating two separate stamps) so I could just stamp the greeting on this card.

The sentiment on the inside of the card is from the “Birthday Sentiments” set from Honey Doo Crafts.

The brown and white striped card stock is called “Party Time” from the Spring Fling Collection from Pebbles (#733104).  The tan mat is called “Nutmeg Boy Southwest Paper” from the Indie Chic collection from My Mind’s Eye (#IC0187).  I used Recollections heavy weight white for the card base, and either Gina K Blue Denim or Stampin’ Up Mint Macaron for the main panel behind the cake.  On the mint card, I used Recollections Printable Glitter Paper for the candles, flames, and cake trim.  I colored the flames with Copic E35 marker.

I tried to make the tab obvious for the recipient by making it extend over the top of the card.  As a result, I ended up creating a card that no longer fit in my standard A2 sized envelopes, so I needed to create a custom envelope with my We R Memory Keepers envelope punch board.  I started with an 8 3/8 inch square of heavy printer paper.  Normally, when using this punch board, you measure the first “punch and score line” and then use the notch on the tool and the previous line to create the next line.  Instead, for this envelope, I “punched and scored” the 1st and 3rd sides at 3 3/4 inches, and the 2nd and 4th sides at the 4 5/8 inch mark.  This created the perfect envelope (not too big, and not too small) to accommodate the tab.

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Heartfelt Thanks

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Heartfelt Thanks

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In a recent post, I shared a sympathy card I had made with just the outline stamp of one of the two-step images from the “Heartfelt Thanks” stamp set from Stampin’ Up.  Here is a card I made where I added color with the corresponding solid filler stamp.

I used Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany and Forest Moss distress markers to ink the outline stamps.  The solid stamp and greeting were inked with Forest Moss and Victorian Velvet distress ink.  (I created masks of the stem/leaves and of the petals so I could stamp each part separately to add two colors.)  I spritzed ink from the Forest Moss marker onto the stamped panel with my Tim Holtz marker spritzer tool.

The greeting is from the “Fabulous Flowers” set from Gina K Designs.  Card stock is GKD Dark Sage and white.  The printed paper is “Tan Floral Tapestry” by Paper Pizazz – Hot Off The Press.

The stamped panel was cut and embossed with a die from the Spellbinders “Classic Rectangles Large” set.

Here is a sample without the speckles:

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The greeting on this one is from the “With Love and Prayers” set from Gina K Designs.

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