Turtle

  Hello from design team member, Heidi.  Summer is here and bring on the beachy crafting!  One of my favorite stamp sets for this is I Brake for Stamp’s By the Sea Rubber Sheet.  It has fun images, especially this Turtle, in two sizes.

How I made this card was by first sponging blue ink over the center of my white card.  I used the same ink to stamp several of the little stamps on the back ground. I think I used the shell, the seahorse and the fish.  Then I splattered some water drops over top.

Second, I used a blue cardstock and die-cut it to a rectangle. I sponged the same blue ink around the edges here. I stamped and colored the turtle on white.  I trimmed it out.  I then added my sentiment and put the turtle right front and center.

I like to be able to mail flat cards, so I didn’t add anything else, but this card would look great with some knotted twin.

I hope you are enjoying your summer and summer crafting!

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Mask-u-line Floral Card Technique

 Hello! I have always thought that there is no reason why flowers should not be masculine.  Every guy I know likes flowers.  Anyhow, it is corny but I decided to use a flower and masking and make it sortof a masculine card. 

I used this HUGE Dahlia stamp.  It is such a great stamp, I use this one a lot.  

1) I used a grid to mask a straight section of my card front.  I used Mint Tape, and I didn’t even measure how wide it is.  

2) Stamp right over the tape so that the flower shows up on either side.

3) Using both the tape and a ruler, use a black marker or pen to draw a border on the flower.  I didn’t extend beyond the stamped image, but depending on what length of sentiment you will use, you totally could extend it, even to the edge of the card. 

4) Remove the tape and then stamp your sentiment in between the lines.  

I finished the card by coloring just little parts of the flower with a light grey and a green marker. I then matted the card front with grey cardstock and voila, a clean and simple Thank You card, suitable for any recipient.  Even a guy.

This card uses Quarter Sheet Dahlia stamp set and also the sentiment comes from Fall Rubber Stamp set by Pam Bray Designs.

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Hydrangea Trellis Card

  Hello!  I am going to share with you today a Trellis card.  These seem to be all the rage and I found out they are not difficult!

1) Start by creating a top fold card and folding it.  Cut 3.25 inches off the front flap.  

2) Create your trellis pieces.  You will need 5 pieces for your horizontal slats that are 4.25 x 0.5 inches, and then for the vertical slats, 2 pieces that are 3/8 x 4 inches, and then for the inside vertical slat reinforcement, 2 pieces that are about a 0.25 x 4 inches.  

So that is 9 pieces total.

3) Now you want to get some washi or low tack tape, and place it FACE UP on your card front.  You have your card folded, and then just arrange the 5 horizontal slats in place.  Start with the bottom one - line it up at the bottom of the back of the card, and then just eyeball the rest to be mostly even.

DO NOT stress out about exact perfect spacing.  

4) Then put dots of glue in place for your vertical slats and place the wider slats for your card front.  I used magnets to weigh these down, but you could use your stamping blocks.  Note that these pieces are too long!  That is a good thing and we will be trimming them later.

5) After a the front is dry, open up the card, and reinforce the inside with the thinner slats. These pieces also are too long and will be hanging off the bottom of your card.  Once it is fully dry, trim the excess.

6) Cut a piece of patterned paper to line the inside of your card.  It needs to cover the open areas, so it must be at least 4.25 x 3.25.  Attach this to the inside of your card.

7) Decorate as you wish!

I used a beautiful hydrangea stamp for the outside of my card.  I colored it and fussy cut it out.  

For the inside, I used a floral border stamp from the same stamp set.  I stamped this in light purple ink, and I did the stamping before I added my patterned paper, just to make it easier.  

I then used some sentiments to finish off the outside and the inside and I was done!

The stamps I used for my card can be found in the I Brake for Stamps store.

Half Sheet Hydrangea Stamp Sheet

Sentiments from Florals Sheet Flowers for You

What do you think? Will you try, or have you already tried a trellis card?

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No Stamping!!!

  Hello!  Today I wanted to make another clean and simple card, but this time, using some patterned paper scraps and ephemera.

I punched out three 1.25 inch squares of patterned paper.  I then cut white cardstock at 4 x 5.25 and embossed it.  This is optional, but I then used my paper scoring tool to scores some lines to be my guide for adding the square patterned paper pieces in a straight line.  It also adds a decorative border.  

After that, I just chose something from the coordinating ephemera pack to finish off my card.  Not ever card needs to be difficult!  

The paper pack and Ephemera is from Pam Bray’s Masquerade Line.

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Clean and Simple Strawberry!

Hello!  I hope you are having a nice springtime.  I was in a clean and simple mood today!

I love this strawberry border stamp and it is so easy to color and cut out.  The I Brake for Stamps store has a good selection of border stamps to choose from!  You can find them here.

I simply added a little border of patterned paper to the bottom, and matted the cardfront in red cardstock.  I think it is going to work great for my friend who recently broke her leg. 

Strawberry Border Stamp

Sentiment from Everyday Phrases

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Birthday Card with Stencil Butters

 Today I would like to share a card that is primarily stenciling.  I used two colors of stencil butter, which are found in the Blank Page Muse shop.  The ones I used are the pearl ones, and they are just sooooooo pretty!  The photos do not do this justice - it was so hard to capture!

I just randomly applied the two colors stencil butter over the stencil to cover the stencil, and then when I scraped off the excess, they blended and mixed to get a really pretty look.  The base for this was the silver glitter alcohol ink cardstock.  It does hold up well to stencil butter.

I didn’t want to cover up any of the pretty stencil, so I used a fun circle sentiment over top, matted the card in the same color turquoise cardstock, and called the card complete.

If you haven’t had a chance to try these stencil butters, they are really a lot of fun, and easy and smooth to use.  Thanks for visiting today!

The products I used in this card are:

The Crafters Workship Wave 6x6 stencil

Turquoise Stencil Butter

Denim Stencil Butter

I Brake for Stamps sentiment from Thinking, Happy, Get Well, Thanks set

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Spring Bunny Card

 Today I would like to share this cute spring bunny.  She is peaking out of a spring meadow.  

How I did this card was starting with watercolor paper.  I took 3 shades of Distress inks and sponged them on the side of my panel. I didn’t bother doing any masking or anything, just sponged them on and blended.  The colors are Scattered Straw, Mowed Lawn and Broken China.  I then splattered some clean water on to get texture, and then, I splattered some water colored with the Broken China blue ink to get some colored texture.  

After this dried, I stamped my bunny over top with Versafine Black ink.  I used water based markers to fill in the image and then blended it with a wet brush.  

After adding this sentiment on a green strip and matting with the same color, I finished the card with a few different tiny orange gems.  

I really like the spring look of this card!  I hope it gives you an idea too.

The stamp I used is from the I Brake for Stamps store and it is called Large Rabbit.  It is available both separate and as a part of this great set called MS110 Full Plate. You can use my affiliate code BPMHeidi to save 15%.

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