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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Let's start at the very beginning - Day 5

So far we have made several cards using only 3 images and 3 sentiments and using either Whisper White or one of the Brights colours card stock. We have stamped in Soft Suede and so far I think we can say that they all look pretty good. So now we are going to step it up a wee bit. On the very first post with the starter kit suggestions, you may remember I had put down Sponges. Now we are going to use them, I could have used them on the first few days cards but I wanted you to feel comfortable with just using the ink with a stamp without introducing something else that may just be a little daunting to a beginner.
(by the way if you are not a beginner and just following along, I would love any comments that could help our beginners)

Let's start at the very beginning zena kennedy independent stampin up demonstrator

segment sponges zena kennedy independent stampin up demonstrator

There are 3 sponges in the bag and if you cut them into segments you can get 8 out of each sponge. This will give you enough for all the colours as you progress.

Sponging gives another dimension to your cards. When you use the sponge, ink it up on your ink pad by dabbing a few times and then hold the the card close to the edge and flick the sponge over the edge. Flick all the way around, go lightly at first as you can always add extra colour but you can't take it off.

strips of card zena kennedy independent stampin up demonstrator

Let's start at the very beginning strips zena kennedy independent stampin up demonstrator

Above I have made the same card the only difference is one is landscape and one portrait. Below, again the same layout but this time we are using scraps of our card stock.

Let's start at the very beginning card scraps zena kennedy independent stampin up demonstrator

card strips zena kennedy independent stampin up demonstrator

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Day 5

Monday, March 16, 2015

Let's start at the very beginning - Day 4

Did you know that for every $90 you spend on products you will receive a FREE product. If you haven't bought your starter kit suggestions yet then now until the 31st March would be a good time. The 31st March is the last day of Sale a Bration and then all the FREE products are gone for another year.

Now let me show you what I made today with the stamp set. The first card, I used Melon Mambo as my base card. I then stamped some images out on the Whisper white card and cut them out as a square. I cut out a Whisper White square just a touch bigger as a mat. I raised both these layers with dimensionals. It could also look good if you used Melon Mambo as the mat.

The second card is another male card although I would be happy to receive it. The base card was Tangerine Tango, next layer was Tempting Turquoise, next layer was Old Olive. I stamped two of the images on to Whisper White and glued to Old Olive mat, then I stamped the duck again and cut it out. The duck was then raised up with dimensionals and stuck on to the stamped duck. The colour layering carried through to the sentiment. Don't be scared to try colours together you might be pleasantly surprised.

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Day 4

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Let's start at the very beginning - Day 3

Have you been playing?
I hope so. Let us have a look at a couple of more layouts. This time we are using Whisper White base, and using all the images on an Old Olive layer. Each panel is raised up on dimensionals. The second card uses only one of the images and the sentiment is stamped straight onto the base card.

Why not try putting both the images together. Stamp a sentiment and use a colour from your pack. Use dimensionals to raise this layer up from the Whisper White base card.

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Day 3

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Let's start at the very beginning - Day 2

So let us see just how easy it can be to produce some beautiful cards using all your starter kit supplies.
Yesterday you saw these two cards. The Old Olive card has a stamped layer and then the sentiment has been matted on to a piece of Old Olive and raised with Dimensionals. The Whisper White is just a reverse with the addition of an Olive Green layer. Same design, different layout and colour, pretty easy don't you think?

Old Olive base Let's start at the very beginning zena kennedy independent stampin up demonstrator

Day 1 Let's start at the very beginning zena kennedy independent stampin up demonstrator

Male card zena kennedy independent stampin up demonstrator

Pacific Point base zena kennedy independent stampin up demonstrator

Now let us try another layout. This one would make a nice male birthday card. The first one is using Whisper White card as the base and then pacific Point card as the mat layer behind the stamped images. The second one is using the Pacific Point card as the base and then the stamped layer.

So what do you think? Change the base card and you change the entire look of the card.