Tuesday, March 5, 2024

New ON-LINE EXCLUSIVES

 

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There is no fixed end date for Online Exclusives! Some products will be reordered when inventory is low, and others will only be available while supplies last. 


After you watch this video about the Flowering Zinnia Suite Collection, I know you will be ready for spring!




Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Forgotten Dies - COUNTRYSIDE CORNERS


How did we forget the Countryside Corner dies? 



We used the Countryside Corners Bundle that included the stamp set and the pretty DSP when it first came out last spring to make this card.





But then the dies got lost in the drawer with the other forgotten dies.

Until now!






You don't have to use the Countryside Corners stamp set with the dies to make pretty cards.

I used three different sizes of dies to make this birthday card.

Looks pretty simple, right?


Until you open it.....


 and discover it's a gatefold card!




I wish I could take credit for designing this, but I found this great video by Elaine's Creations on YouTube that explained how to do it. But I did change up the embellishments, DSP and colors to make it my own!



The oval verse and punch from the Filled with Happiness stamp set works well with the different sizes of the Countryside Corners dies.





I made a stencil with one of the dies, then used Lemon Lolly ink and a blending brush to color the center of the inside of the card.

Getting the outside openings to line up correctly was a bit tricky, but worth it.







The oval and bird are adhered with dimensionals so they pop up through the front opening.

This card is similar to a card I saw made by Micheele Last on the Facebook page, Stampin' Through the Catalog. Stampin' Through the Catalog is run by three SU demonstrators who post projects featuring each set from the current catalogs!  Check it out sometime.







Forgotten Dies - SOMETHING FANCY

Looking for something fancy for your next project? You can't go wrong when you use the SOMETHING FANCY dies and the SOMETHING FANCY stamp set. (See what I did there?)


Just look at all the things you can do with the dies! 

Tags and labels galore!







And look at the fancy tag tops!



The stamp set has 10 great sentiments. I especially like the belated birthday verse, lol!







Let the labels do all the work by keeping it simple with pretty DSP.





Sunday, February 18, 2024

Forgotten Dies - TAILOR MADE TAGS


I found more forgotten dies! I'm sure I got the Tailor Made Tags dies to use at Christmas time for gift tags. 

Each tag has four different sizes which can be used to make to many great projects.



Non-Christmas tags are even more fun to make!

The striped tag was easy to make by simply adhering colorful cardstock strips to a piece of white cardstock, then cutting out the tag with the die and adding a circle with a message.

And of course I had to make a truck to use on the red and black plaid bag!


But tag dies can be used on cards too.

I used this tag as a label for this pretty birthday card. I like to use a couple, maybe even three, tags at once to add color and dimension.









Tailor Made Tags

#155563    $22.00





Thursday, February 15, 2024

Mini Alphabet Die Fun

I have had several alphabet dies over the years, so didn't think I needed another one until I started seeing projects made with the new Mini Alphabet Die from the Jan-April mini catalog.



The difference with this alphabet set is that all the letters are on one die.

On one hand, I guess you could say this is really wasteful if you only want a few letters. But on the otherhand, you instantly have a lot of letters to use for other projects!





I took the Easter Bunny card that I posted earlier in the Basic Borders post and added letters to the bottom of the card and a few hearts to the top.







This happy card is made with colorful Stylish Shapes squares and white mini letters. The "birthday" is from the Wish Big stamp set.

I got this idea from a post by Paper Happensitty on Pinterest.


And the bright Thanks card is cased from Paper Daisy Crafting. 

I just love the bright colors in both these cards!





There really is a lot you can do with this die. When you have a minute, check out some of the creations on Pinterest....you will be happy you did!


Mini Alphabet Die

#162934    $34.00