Faux Stitching Tips for House of Cards

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I'm honored to be representing House of Cards Team 2 and bringing you a tip on behalf of the team for our current challenge, Stitch It Up. Please do check out the group post here.

Border stamps are great for adding faux stitching to your project. They are quick and easy to use and aren't just for around the edges, they can be used to create great backgrounds too! Here I've used the same stamp set, Bohemian Borders from Stampin' Up!, as in my original card (see below for that one), to give you another example of how they can be used...

There are a couple others in the set that would work really well as frames and I'll be sharing another card with you, using those images, later in the month.

Card: Whisper White and Crumb Cake
Ink: Tempting Turquoise and Rich Razzleberry
Stamp sets: Bohemian Borders and Tag Talk
Tools: Bracket Label Punch
Adhesives: Tear & Tape and Stampin' Dimensionals

Original card, posted September 1st...

Challenges for today's card...
#199 AAG at Word Art Wednesday

I'll be back tomorrow with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Faux Stitching for House of Cards

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today is my DT offering for the latest challenge over at House of Cards. Our theme this month is...

You can use either real or faux stitching on your project and I immediately knew that the Bohemian Borders stamp set from Stampin' Up! would be perfect for the job!

Card: Crumb Cake and Whisper White
Ink: Rich Razzleberry and Tempting Turquoise
Stamp sets: Bohemian Borders and Tag talk
Tools: Bracket Label punch
Adhesives: Tear & Tape and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
#198 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#192 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#277 AAG at Craft your passion
#34 Lots of layers at Crafty Gals Corner

I'll be back on Friday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Scrappy Birthday

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Ever wonder what to do with all the thin offcuts you get when creating the mats for your cards? Do you even keep them? It might not surprise you to learn that I keep all mine. Originally it was with the hope of using them for sentiments, but now I've found an even better use for them; as the focal point and design on your cards...

Card: Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz and lots of snippets of Lost Lagoon
Ink: Pear Pizzazz and Lost Lagoon
Stamp set: Tag Talk
Tools: Bracket Label Punch
Adhesive: Fast Fuse and Stampin' Dimensionals

Challenges...
Paper Piecing at Night - Shift - Stamping
#162 Happy Birthday at DL.ART
#197 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#191 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground
#238 Sketch at Less is More

I'll be back on Wednesday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Emboss Resist With Petal Potpourri

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments! I'm honored to have you here and I truly do appreciate each of you more than you know!

I loved creating and sharing the emboss resist cards with you last week. So much so that I had to have a go with the Petal Potpourri stamp set too...

Card: Whisper White
Ink: Blushing Bride and Versamark
Stamp sets: Petal Potpourri and Tag Talk
Tools etc: White embossing powder, Bracket Label Punch and Stamping Sponges

Stamp the image in Versamark randomly on a Whisper White panel, cover with White EP and heat. Stamp the sentiment in the same way onto more Whisper White and punch out with the Bracket Label Punch.

Sponge ink over both the embossed panels and attach to the card base.

Challenges...
AG at TTCRD
#107 AG at 613 Avenue Create
January AG at 3 Girl Jam

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I'll be back tomorrow with the last of this week's Petal Potpourri creations, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Birthday Card With Petal Potpourri

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments! I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Regular readers might recall how much I love creating my own backgrounds and also using the Blendabilities markers from Stampin' Up! Today's card is created using both those techniques, with the new Petal Potpourri stamp set...

Card: Whisper White and Lost Lagoon
Ink: Lost Lagoon and Pool Party
Markers: Coastal Cabana Blendabilities
Stamp sets: Petal Potpourri and Tag Talk
Tools: Flower Medallion and Bracket Label punches

Stamp the flower image from Petal Potpourri randomly onto a panel of Whisper White and once onto a spare piece. Adhere panel to folded card base. Color the additional one with the lightest shade of Coastal Cabana Blendie and punch out.

Stamp the sentiment from Tag Talk on Whisper White and punch out. Punch piece of Lost Lagoon card and layer together.

Attach sentiment and flower to card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Challenges...

#130 Friend at CASology
#123 AG with a twist at Artistic Inspirations
#129 Birthday for a girl at Brown Sugar

All the products I've used to create today's card are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the images below to be taken straight to them.

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I'll be back tomorrow with another, very different card using the Petal Potpourri stamp set, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em

Gift card holders

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Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I truly do appreciate each of you more than you know.

The inspiration and indeed instructions for creating the gift card holders I'm sharing with you today came from another Stampin' Up! demonstrator, Caroline, AKA Crafty Hallett. They really are easy to make with the Envelope Punch Board and you can see how in Caroline's short video.

Instead of using a 6" x 4" piece of DSP as per Caroline's instructions, I've made mine from Very Vanilla card that measures 6" x 4 1/4". Before punching and scoring them I stamped the smallest star stamp from the gorgeous Bright and Beautiful stamp set in Rich Razzleberry ink. You can see my other creations using the stamp set here.

Then to decorate them I stamped the For You from the Tag Talk stamp set in the same ink onto more Very Vanilla and punched it out using the Bracket Label punch, before popping up on a couple Stampin Dimensionals.

I loved it that much I created some with Tempting Turquoise too before creating envelopes for them using the EPB.

Challenges...
#171 Any holiday at HIMCR
#118 2 or 3 word sentiment at Aud Sentiments
#95 AG w/ optional tags... at 613 Avenue Create

All the products I've used to create today's projects are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the images below to go straight to them.

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I'll be back tomorrow with another holiday themed project, so please do stop back then.

Hugs,
Em