Tuesday, January 16, 2018

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

Monday, January 15, 2018

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