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Hi everyone!! Just thought I'd drop in to show a couple of cards I've made.  Received quite a few new stamps and dies over the past little bit...too many really :)
I really wanted to use the new Paper Smooches Paisley dies, they are fab!!  I also need to improve my ink blending skills, love the look and I rarely do it.  I have an incredibly heavy hand and that IS NOT what you want to have while blending!
So I started by partial die cutting the paisley images onto watercolour cardstock (I initially thought I would watercolor this piece).

I changed my mind and decided to ink blend the background instead.  I picked out four shades of Distress Ink:  

Ripe Persimmon, Spiced Marmalade, Dried Marigold and Tattered Rose

I started from the bottom of my card base with the darkest color and worked my way up to the lightest.

 Now this is where things got tedious..applying itty-bitty Glue Dots to these die cuts. I wanted some dimension and I thought this would be easier than cutting foam tape.

Now this is where things started to unravel a bit.  I put a strip of washi on the base of the die cuts (the edge was a bit ragged).  Well, I didn't really like that so I found an orange piece of patterned paper from Avery Elle's Brights collection and cut a thin strip.

Well, I didn't get the hearts entered and I didn't like that either.  So I trimmed that little section away, which created kind of a neat look....don't get too excited.

So this is how it used to look!  I liked it!!  Then I wrecked it.  I chose the "miss you" sentiment from Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler.

Now I didn't want to use enamel dots or sequins.  I should have because they are removable.  So, instead I chose the Lots of Dots stamp set from Simon Says Stamp (love this set!)  I stamped the top three by the sentiment first...good.  Then thought the bottom right looked too bare.  Stamped three there as well.  Aaaand, not a fan.  Looking it at it now, I really don't mind it but at the time I just didn't like it.  

 So, I ended up adding a strip of black cardstock to the bottom and finishing it off with some stitching lines...which got very crooked!!!  So, thats the finished card.  I like it but I think I should have left well enough alone.  What do you think?

And I thought I would share the card I entered into the Simon Says Stamp current Flickr Challenge (#24)...Favorite Technique.  Did a bit of ink blending (again) and this time some Double partial die cutting.  I used the All Seasons Tree die, Stitched Squares dies and the "be" die with coordination sentiment set.

Hope you enjoyed!!

Stay Crafty!!

Simon Says Stamp

Paper Smooches Stamps

SSSflickrchallenge

Ellen Hutson Mix-It-Up Challenge with Paper Smooches

Today I'm sharing a card I made for the Ellen Hutson Mix It Up Challenge with Paper Smooches.  I had so much fun with this card!!  I was so very tempted to make a floral card until I went through my Paper Smooches stamps.  I came across "Boob Tubes", which I've had for awhile but haven't used.  I paired it up with the "Wish Big" stamp set from Ellen Hutson. This is what I came up with:

The sentiments, balloon and party hat fit perfectly into those tiny tvs!!  I stamped the "wish big" sentiment is VersaMark ink to create the background, filled in the hearts with a white gel pen and of course, added Glossy Accents to the tv screens!!

Stamps Used:  Wish Big (Essentials by Ellen)

Boob Tubes (Paper Smooches)

Hope you enjoyed!!

Laurie

Lawnscaping Challenge #109

Hello everyone!!  Today I'm participating in the Lawnscaping Challenge #109.  It's all about the Sparkle and the Shine!!

It's also sponsored by Ellen Hutson.  Which if I made add, I've fallen completely head over heels in love with the Essentials by Ellen line of products!!  

Before I get to the card, there is something you must know about me...I am terrible at sequin placement.  I mean terrible.  Whenever I try it ends up looking either silly or way over done. 

( The problem may be that I don't have different sizes of sequins because I'm not bad at adding enamel dots and rhinestones?)  So coming up with a sparkly, shiny card was a challenge for me!

I used Lawn Fawn's Heres the Scoop stamp set with the co-ordinating dies, Cole's ABC's dies and the Stitched Puffy Cloud border dies to create this card.

Now in order to actually have sparkle and shine on this project I used Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush on the ice creams as well as a dollop of Glossy Accents on each.  I used Crystal Stickles on the hearts and Sakura Glitter pen and the Clear Glaze pen on the letters...also used some on the dots of the patterned paper!!  Here's a close up:

So, there it is. A sparkly, shiny card with NO sequins and NO rhinestones!!

I had a lot of fun with this!!

Hope you enjoyed!!

Until next time...stay crafty!!

Laurie