Tasteful Textures with Tasteful Backgrounds and Flourish

This was sort of a challenging card to take a picture of,

given the dark colors.  I will say that Blackberry Bliss

and Night of Navy look great together.  

I used a die from Tasteful Backgrounds (page 196) to

create a negative image, placing a piece of See a 

Silhouette DSP (page 166) behind it.  I used the sentiment

from the coordinating Tasteful Textures set on page 135,

and layered it over an element from the Flourish Dies

on page 192.  Both the flourish and the card base are

Soft Sea Foam cardstock.

Detailed Peacock with Well Written

Please don't get frustrated, because yes, it's another peacock card.

For this project, I used the feathers from the Detailed Peacock

dies on page 192, to create negative spaces on my card layer.

I then placed a piece of Noble Peacock Foil Sheet (page 167)

behind, so that it would shine through the feathers.

I created the sentiment with the Well Written Dies on page 197.

Funny story... I finished the card and looked at it closely.

I had transposed the two words and the card read 

"wishes birthday".  Oh well, with a bit of yanking, I got the

sentiment pulled off and reapplied correctly.

See a Silhouette with Detailed Bands

As I've mentioned in the past, I really enjoy stamping with

my friends Mary and Jo.  We share product and advise one

another on our stamping projects.

The See a Silhouette suite on pages 132-134, with coordinating

Sweet Silhouette Dies on page 196 is a wonderful new

bundle.  I enjoy the coordinating See A Silhouette DSP,

because it seems to go with other themes and SU product.

In this example, I used the Detailed Bands Dies on page 192,

to frame the sentiment.  Adding this band in black helped

to highlight the focal silhouette image.

Stamp Off Tea Together Floating Card

Happy Stamp Off Challenge Day!   Today, Susan, Buffy and I

are showing off our favorite techniques.

First, I need to offer a qualifier.  This is my favorite 

technique in terms of how the final product looks. 

It is a WOW technique.  However, making a card using

this technique can be a challenge.  

This technique goes by the names Floating Frame card or  

Press N Seal because

it usually calls for use of Press N Seal material to keep

the stamped images together, in order to apply them

to the framed layer.  It has been my experience that the

Press N Seal can pull the stamped images apart, which

I get more than frustrated about.   So

I skip that step, add a bunch of dimensional to the stamped images and just lay out them on the die

cut Stitched Rectangles (page 196) frame.   You can 

trim them even with the stitched rectangle frame, or leave

them hanging over the edges, as I've done in this example.

I created numerous flowers with the Tea Together 

stamp set on page 113.  These flowers are PERFECT for

this technique, because of their size and shape.  Then I

arranged them on the stitched rectangle frame.  I picked up

individual flowers, added dimensionals and then laid

them back on the frame.  You have to make sure that the

images that you use are not too tiny to apply dimensionals to.

I hope that you have enjoyed today's project!  Now please

click on over to see what Buffy and Susan have to show you.

Noble Peacock with

Every once in a while, I have to pull out Noble Peacock

(page 24), and the coordinating Detailed Peacock Dies

on page 192.    This is such an elegant, effortless bundle.

In this example, I combined Granny Apple Green with 

Pumpkin Pie, adding a few extra stems from the 

dies to the Peacock tail.

  The sentiment comes from my favorite You Always

Deliver set on page 59.  I really felt that that sentiment

goes well with a bit of Peacock happiness.

The background layer was run through the Pinewood Planks

3D Embossing folder on page 199, pairing the Peacock with

a bit of rustic woodwork.

To a Wild Rose

I love hanging out and stamping with my friends

Jo and Mary.  We share stamps sets and stimulating

conversation.  This is one of Mary's favorite stamp sets,

To a Wild Rose on page 141,

and I will admit that it is pretty easy to create with.

This is a 2-3 step stamping set, which Stampin' Up!

came up with years ago.  It is still one of the best

techniques ever because you can easily layer

shapes and colors.  It makes a very elegant card, quickly.