Kristina Werner of Online Card Classes had some great tips on using bold patterned paper on your cards. One of her techniques was applied on this card: the patterned paper was cut into 4″ x 3/4″ strips and adhered to the card base. I didn’t want to cover up this striking background, so I finished [...]
Entries Tagged as 'clean & simple'
Pattern Play Day 3
March 21st, 2013 · 3 Comments
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Pattern Play Day 1
March 18th, 2013 · 7 Comments
Online Card Classes started their Pattern Play class today, and Jennifer McGuire inspired me to create this card as my homework for Day 1. I placed three heart dies on top of a stack of four different patterned papers and cut them out at the same time. I only made one card today, but I [...]
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Fleur-de-Lis Mojo
March 9th, 2013 · 3 Comments
I got this crazy idea to use lots of fleur-de-lis designs on my Mojo Monday entry card this week. I stamped, heat embossed and die cut this magnificent stylized lily to create a very mailable encouragement card for my nephew in Belgium. Stamping the background in VersaMark ink (to be clear embossed later) was a [...]
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E.J.’s First Birthday
February 27th, 2013 · 2 Comments
This card was mailed to E.J., who is celebrating his first birthday today! The cute cupcake image from Verve’s With Love set was just perfect for a first birthday card. I used the sketch from the Viva la Verve! Week 1 challenge, and papers from Gina K. Designs. I colored the image with Copic Markers [...]
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Make the Most of Yourself
February 25th, 2013 · 1 Comment
Verve Stamps released new stamps and dies on Friday, and I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw a package from Verve in my mailbox today (Monday). Talk about fast shipping! I just had to make a card with some of the new dies right away, so I combined a Viva la Verve sketch with [...]
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