Picnic Time

Another sweet little set in the Occasions Catalogue is this Picnic Basket. It comes with matching framelits so you can layer up your basket easily with cut-outs. I did add dimension to a few items by using Stampin' Blends over the ink used. I then added some blends over the French Baguette and picnic tea-towel. You can see from the close-up that I used Crystal Effects on the wine bottle and wine glasses. For such a simple, clean card, there's a lot going on!

Recipe
Stamps: Picnic With You
Ink: Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Cherry Covler, So Saffron, Tip Top Taupe
Cardstock: Shimmery White, Crumb Cake, Old Olive
Accessories: Big Shot, Picnic Basket Builder Framelits, 3/8" Mini Chevron Ribbon, Crystal Effects, dimensionals

Barn Door

I literally gasped a little when I saw the sliding barn door stamp set in the latest mini catalogue from Stampin' Up! I need some "thank you" cards and opted for a retired set called "Petite Pairs" for the sentiment behind the barn door. The sliding mechanism is simple. I purchased these washers for under $2 from Amazon and used the Stampin' Up video as a guide. The background is made with the 3D embossing folder called Pinewood Planks, I sponged it a little with crumb cake to add a little dimension.

The first card I made, I just stamped the barn door on Crumb Cake with black ink and mounted it. It looked really great but had no dimension, so I stamped a second door and used my 2 Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends to add shadows and dimension to the door. It worked really well and looks a lot better now!

Recipe

Stamps : Barn Door, Petite Pairs (ret)

Ink : Crumb Cake (sponging), Memento Black, Old Olive (wreath), Wisteria Wonder (flowers)

Cardstock : Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Basic Black

Accessories : Big Shot, Sliding Door Framelits, Pinewood Planks 3D Dynamic Textured Impressions EF, Stampin' Blends, mini dimensionals, washers, fine tip glue