Bada-Bing! Paper-Crafting!: foil frenzy

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Thursday, August 3, 2017

Carols Of Christmas Foil Frenzy Cards - Stampin' Up Global Artisan Design Team Hop

Hi stampers! I know it's always Christmas in July but today we have Christmas in August! The Artisans are at it again with the Carols of Christmas stamp set and card front builder thinlit dies. We hope to inspire you to purchase these and get a head start on your Christmas crafting! It's really never too early for that. Every year in December, I wished I'd started just a little bit earlier :-) Customers can get them RIGHT NOW! And remember, when you buy the bundle, you save 10 percent!

Take a trip around the globe with us and see what we've got for you. Don't forget to use Google Translate to keep up with what's going down!

What I really love about this bundle, is how well it works with things already in our annual catalog! I went pretty traditional last time with my cards so I set out to do something a little less traditional this time around. As I was browsing my supplies, I noticed that the soft sky foil frenzy paper with the dots looked like falling snow! And then I realized the lemon lime twist sheet with the triangles looked like little Christmas or pine trees, does it not????

For my peace on Earth card, I went with a soft sky and tranquil tide color combination. I think it's a bit non-traditional but still kind very wintery! For my ribbon, I just ran a strip of adhesive down the middle of my tag and put my ribbon down on it, looping it around the way I wanted it.

I had to use the deck the halls stamp on the "Christmas tree" card! And I thought the ornaments were the perfect touch with the greenery. I think these little ornament dies get overlooked for some of the "cooler" die cuts in the set but they are totally cute! And I love that you can cut three out at once, so a total of six in one cut! I'm all about the efficiency! I actually pulled out the SAMJ to stamp the little accents in tranquil tide, can you believe it? ;-)

I also really love the color combo here of garden green, lemon lime twist, and black. The sentiment stands out nice and bold! Lemon lime twist may be my new go-to Christmas color!

I also really love the little boxwood embellishments. They are so cute. I just unwound one here and cut it to the length I needed it. I then attached it with a few mini glue dots. My ornaments looked kind of naked just hanging there :-) Problem solved! Our mini glue dots were PERFECT for popping them up. They are my favorite thing in the whole catalog! A couple of rhinestones were the finishing touch!

I do hope you've enjoyed my projects and I'm sure you're going to enjoy Miriam's when you visit her in the Netherlands!

Here's a handy list as well ;-)

Tanya Boser

Happy stamping!

Product List

Carols Of Christmas Clear-Mount Bundle

[146037]

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[131203]

Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[102584]

Foil Frenzy Specialty Designer Series Paper

[144125]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad

[131181]

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[126973]

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

[144085]

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

[144086]

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies

[138281]

Delicate White Doilies

[141701]

Tranquil Tide 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon

[144136]

Boxwood Wreaths Embellishments

[144176]

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

Clear Faceted Gems

[144142]

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Embossed Card - Stampin' Up Global Artisan Design Team Blog Hop

Hi stampers! It's time to hop around the globe with the Stampin' Up Artisan Design Team again! You may have come from Mercedes' blog where you saw her adorable project but if you didn't, don't worry, just keep clicking! And don't forget to use Google Translate to see what we're going on about ;-)

Today we are featuring the happy birthday gorgeous set which is part of the foil frenzy suite.

I just LOVE this stamp set, thinlit, and DSP! I couldn't wait to get my hands on the stamp set and this is by far my favorite ADT project to date so I can't wait to share it with you!

EEEEEEP! Isn't it just fabulous stuff? I wanted to do something a little different with my card so instead of using the die cut as just that so I used it to emboss! Did you know you can do that? You CAN and it's really easy!

All you need to do is cut out your happy birthday like normal using the big shot (I used thick whisper white but regular CS works too) and then you'll place that cut out under your paper to emboss with the silicone craft sheet. Now, every big shot is a little different in pressure so you may have to experiment a little to see what gives you the best impression. But that's it! The sandwich goes like this:

Big shot platform
Cardstock shims - if needed (my machine is pretty tight and I used three sheets of CS)
Cutting plate
Die cut
Cardstock
Silicone craft sheet
Cutting plate

You'll notice some splattering around the happy birthday. I did that with my markers and simply flicked the brush end of the marker inside the lid, very carefully of course. I also used my die cut again to protect the embossed image. I simply sat it on top of my embossed image before I flicked the ink. You can also see how shiny the DSP is here. It's tricky to photograph because it's so shiny!

My flowers were stamped with berry burst and tangerine tango. I stamped the solid image off once and then the outline is at full strength.

It's time to hop on over to Miriam and see what fabulousness she has waiting for you!