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Lots of Dots Christmas Tree

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Lots of Dots Christmas Tree

(inside: Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year)

 

This card is kind of “a blast from the past” in that I had used this tree idea for a tag project back in 2014. At that time, I thought I’d create a pile of these trees and make them into more “mail friendly” cards. I got as far as stamping all the circles and attaching the gems on the triangles, and then I misplaced/forgot about them. After searching high and low, I found them last year, (misplaced them again, eventually found them!) and finally finished the cards. Why am I telling you this? Because, with all the the time that passed, I forgot/didn’t realize I had used an off-white card stock for the trees until AFTER I hand scored and stamped all the background panels and card bases on white and began to assemble all the cards! Sigh…

I used one of the polka dotted circle stamps from the Gina K Designs “Fabulous Holiday Fillers” stamp set (retired) and Gina K Christmas Pine ink to create the circles on the triangle panel.  I colored self-sticking, clear rhinestones with Copic marker R89 and adhered them in the spaces between the stamped circles. The layered star and trunk were cut with punches. The embossed/debossed lines on the background panel were added with my Scor board. The greeting is from the Patterned Pines stamp set from Stampin’ Up (retired), and the inside sentiment is from a Hero Arts set (CL359). Gina K Cherry Red and Christmas pine card stock was used along with Recollections Dove White (I think?) and white.

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Hanukkah Card in Blues and Gold

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Hanukkah Card in Blues and Gold

(inside: Wishing you all the joys this special holiday brings)

This card features paper from the “Festival of Lights” pack from Photo Play along with Recollections Matte Gold Foil and Midnight Navy. The greeting is from the Holiday Wreath Builder set from Gina K Designs (retired?), and the inside sentiment is a (long retired?) rubber stamp from My Heart Stamps for You.

Here’s a photo with a little more shine…

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Ghosting with Stencils

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Ghosting is a technique using water to remove color from an inked or water colored panel. There are several ways to do this technique. For my sample here, I used a stencil to apply the water to remove the ink.

First, I generously applied Vintage Photo Distress ink to water color paper. Then, I spritzed water on the back of my stencil and placed or “stamped” it on my inked panel.  Finally, I lifted the stencil, waited a few seconds, and blotted the panel with a paper towel to remove excess water.  The water lifted the ink where the wet stencil touched the panel.  The effect intensifies as the water/panel dries.

The nativity die is unbranded. The greeting is part of the Penny Black “Wonder Collection” stamp set that was a free gift with the Papercraft Essentials Magazine (issue 113) from September 2014.

I had inked up a few panels and used the extra panels to create two more samples.

This one was made with all the same supplies.

And I used a stamp from the “Tropical Getaway” set by Fiskars on this last one.

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Standing Die and Stamp Storage

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Standing Die and Stamp Storage

I am always amazed at how messy my desk becomes when I get going on a project and how often I’ve “lost” dies and stamps amongst the creative clutter! I created this stand-up storage tool on which to temporarily place the dies and stamps I need so I know where to find them while I work.

The black side is a magnet and can hold wafer thin dies (or other metal bits and bobs). The white side is a laminated surface and can hold clear or cling stamps. (You can also jot notes on it with a dry erase marker.)

It folds flat and fits in a regular A2 size envelope or card sleeve for storage. Because of this, I can keep it with my cutting plates and platform, and it is also great for travel when I craft away from home.

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Three Tees with Pop-up Scene

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Three Tees with Pop-up Scene

(Inside: happy birthday today – happy times all year!)

In addition to the golf-themed card front, there is a fun scene on the inside!

For the front, I used the ball and tee image from the “Golf Ball Tee Trio A6 Card” by Heartsewn (Silhouette Store item #82551). The greeting was cut using the “Happy Birthday Friendship Script” die by Memory Box. Core’ dinations Green Plaid was layered on Recollections Christmas Green and a white card base. The corners were rounded with a Fiskars 1/4 inch corner rounder punch.

The 3D golf scene on the inside of this card was created with elements from the “Shadow Box Card Golf Cart” file (Silhouette Store item #348019) and the “Pop Up Box Card Golf” file (Silhouette Store item #148379), both by Lori Whitlock. I used dies from the “Bam Box Pop-up” set (#1222) by Karen Burniston for the pop-up mechanism behind the cart and for the layered scalloped octagons.

The cardstock for the inside was Recollections Christmas Green, Grey Kraft, Kraft, white, and black, along with a scrap of lighter green and a blue index card I had in my stash. The sentiment is from the “Birthday Best” set by Stampin’ Up (retired) and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

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