I have shared a number of cards using the very popular Eclipse technique – typically it uses letters but it does take a little time to assemble. Using a punch makes a very quick and simple way to create this lovely 3D effect.
I broke out the beautiful Painted Harvest stamp set and used 3-step stampin’ to create the sunflowers. Read on to find the video tutorial………………….. Continue reading
I cannot tell you how much I love the Painted Harvest Stamp set – I find my hand hovering over it when starting a card, I have forced myself to give the other, equally beautiful, stamp sets a chance to star but today I gave in and picked Painted Harvest to create another Eclipse Card, using the rich palatte of purples in Stampin’ UP!’s color family.
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Christmas is behind us for another year 😦 but I hope everyone had a good day!
There are folks who have birthday’s around the weeks before and after Christmas, my maternal Grandmother’s birthday was actually born on Christmas Day ~ she would have celebrated her 109th birthday this year. and it was her wedding anniversary as well, I think they married in 1929! I often think that they get a little short-changed, so I made a very special card for those ‘Christmas/New Year Babies’ Continue reading
This time next week we will be celebrating Christmas Day 2017 so time to share a Christmas Card. While Reds and Greens are traditional colors for the season I like to also use some more contemporary colors as well, so today Pool Party and Pear Pizzazz are my featured colors for this card. Continue reading
The Eclipse Technique is very popular at the moment and despite the WOW of the main message popping out of the front of the card, is surprising easy to do. I made this card early in October , for obvious reasons with it being pink, but I do love pink and brown together – such a soothing combination. Continue reading
Over the last few months I have been using the Alphabet Framelit Dies for a lot of projects for my classes and for my recent 1 day Stampin’ Getaway projects.
This is a set with 37 pieces, 26 letters and 11 punctuation marks and symbols, perfect for making banners. pennants as well as the very popular Eclipse Technique – I shall be sharing some cards using this technique in later posts 🙂
It is such a useful set to have but at $99 plus shipping and tax it is a little on the expensive side for one hit……….. SO ……… I am excited to offer a SHARE………………..
