Let's start at the very beginning - Day 23

Disaster has struck!!!
Well maybe not a true disaster but over the Easter weekend I have mislaid my paper and card I was using for these posts. Have you ever put something down and then when you go to pick it up the fairies have taken it, then when you have searched high and low, there is is staring at you. Well that is usually what happens to me but in this case the searching high and low has produced nothing.

As I do not have any more of the Moonlight Designer Series paper stack I am going to have to change  the paper I will use. This will not affect what you may be doing if you have bought the stack as the designs are still the same. What do you want to bet that as soon as I have made up the first lot of cards the original DSP turns up.

Look at the amount of cards we have made so far.

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Happy Easter my crafting friends

I hope you all had a good Easter break doing what you wanted and got your fill of chocolate. Talking of chocolate what do you think of this cute little Easter basket? I can't take the credit for it, I went to a class put on by a fellow Paper Angel Gaye Schrader and this was one of the projects.

 

Can you believe it, they had Pink Pirouette shredded paper in the cheap shop that matched the card stock perfectly. The cute bow is made from the new Bow Builder Punch that is fast becoming my second favourite Stampin' Up! tool.

We also made a cute little Easter card and since then I have made a few more using my oval dies.

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The DSP stack has a variety of designs and colours and as I said in Day 21 this allows you to bring in more colours. The card base is Basic Gray from the Naturals pack and the grid paper DSP is also Basic Gray. The corners were rounded by popping into the Oval punch.  Once the image was stamped it was punched out with the Extra large oval punch. Do you see the Pumpkin Pie oval behind the image? I punched out the oval, cut it in half and adhered it to the back of the image making sure it showed a little top and bottom.

The next card I stamped one of the flowers on a piece of DSP and punch it out. I also stamped the flower randomly over the Soft Suede. I adhered a strip of DSP behind the Soft Suede.

This is the last post of Let's start at the very beginning until after Easter. I hope you spend these next few days with family and friends as I will be doing. See you all after Easter with some more ideas.










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Let's start at the very beginning - Day 21

Ok back on Day 14 I suggested you needed a few more products one of those was Designer Series Paper (DSP). These are great little stacks, terrific for the fronts of cards. Now let me show you what we can make out of just a couple of strips.

This first one I have created as a portrait layout. The DSP was cut down and then each end was snipped to create the banner ends. I stamped out the sentiment onto Whisper White card and then punched it out using the Extra large oval punch. The strips and the oval were all raised on dimensionals.

 

This next one I have created as a landscape layout. The DSP was again cut down and then each end was snipped to create the banner ends. I stamped out the sentiment onto Whisper White card and then punched it out using the Extra large oval punch. The strips and the oval were all raised on dimensionals.

I then ramped everything up a bit by sponging around the edge of the white card front and the oval. Pretty cool don't you think?

The stack I chose has other colour families as well as the brights but by using the Naturals card as a base card you now get a few more different colour combinations to your collection.
Check out some of the different stacks at my Online store. Each stack has 48 sheets, 4 each of 12 double-sided designs. 4-1/2" x 6-1/2".










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Let's start at the very beginning - Day 20

20 days WOW!! I do hope you are enjoying these daily posts. I would love some feedback on what has been the most helpful. Do you feel like you are ready to move on even further, using more tools like punches and what about some ribbon and a bit of bling.

Well they will come so just stay tuned in.

Here are a few of my favourite cards that I have created over the year. Something to give you some inspiration when you feel you are ready to spread your wings.

  

 

 

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Let's start at the very beginning - Day 19

Let's take a break from my cards and have a look at a video that Stampin' Up! has put out on masking. I have shown you how to mask with sponging and ripped paper over the last few days, but this is something a bit different. So rather than reinvent the wheel by creating one myself, take a look at this video and be impressed.

Please note that the Blendabilities that are being used in this video have been withdrawn due to manufacturing issues. Also if you want this stamp set then today is the last day to order it. It is a FREE stamp set from Sale a Bration and can only be earned by spending $90. So don't miss out if you want it. Hop on over to my online store and be quick about it.













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Baby Wipe class

 Oops I thought I had already posted this but I had left it in draft.......

I love doing something a bit creative and sharing it with my friends. The Baby Wipe class was a fun class and everyone loved all the cards they made. Because one of the classes was before Valentines day I offered my ladies the option of making a Valentines card as well.

This is it, I recon it could be used for any occasion. All you need to do is change the sentiment.

Here are the rest of the cards we made. I quite like the fussy cutting of the flowers.

 

This last one was created by placing a piece of Whisper White on the baby wipe. It makes such a great background, don't you think.

I'm looking forward to my next lot of classes. We will be doing Faux Silk. I love that technique and have a few ideas on some yummy cards. Here are the class details.