Die Cut Blooms

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It’s Summer Time!

It’s officially Summer Time! Let’s celebrate with a Summer card. This card uses the Lifes a Breeze stamp set. I used Bordering Blue textured cardstock as my base. I LOVE our textured paper. Wanna know why? It stamps beautifully. Ya know, if you are a textured cardstock fan, you will love Stampin’ Up!s. While it has a nice textured feel, it still stamps pretty smoothly. I really like it.

This is a pretty basic card, but great to start the summer off. Thanks for stopping by. It’s a great day to get your stamps and start creating. Enjoy!

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Just add a little GLITTER!

My glitterphobic friends are cringing right now. I can hear them now, "not another glitter card!" Sorry gals, I can’t help it. This was a really fun card. I haven’t used this GREAT stamp set in a long time. Bud Basics is on the retired list and I am a little sad to see it go. It is great for watercoloring as well as 2 step stamping. I love to watercolor this big flower. This was one of the cards we did in my Watercolor Crayon class. To make this card, I used the key tag punch to make a window for the flowers underneath. Using Naturals White cardstock I stamped the flower images in Black Stazon and watercolored using Apricot Appeal Watercolor Crayon. Once dry, I used my VersaMark and inked the entire cardstock. I used Irridescent Ice over the VersaMark and then heated it. I placed this piece underneath the window. I used Irridescent Ice on the single flower as well. Really makes this card pop. So pretty!!
All supplies are Stampin’ Up!

Have a GREAT day!

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Stamp away on the Pretties!

If you have the Pretties Kit you will love what I am going to show you. I just love every piece in the kit. The flowers are by far my favorite. There are tons of ways you can use the flowers as well as change their color. These flowers can be dyed with Markers, Crayons, Ink Pads and Pastels. You can also dye them with your reinkers. One of my favorite things to do with the flowers is to stamp on them. With this card I stamped the Stitched Background stamp directly onto the flower using Handsome Hunter ink. I love how delicate the Stitched Background is and then once stamped on the flower it makes the flower just as delicate. I challenge you to pull out your pretties kit and try something new with them!!

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Get Excited New Demos

Our group has been blessed with a ton of new demonstrators last month. I worked today on getting some cards ready to send to them. I am so excited about the adventure they are getting ready to embark on. For those of you that are already a demonstrator, you know that feeling when you get your kit. You are so excited to tear through the boxes and just look at all the pretty stuff inside the box. New demonstrators are really a breath of fresh air and I love taking in their excitement they have about the journey they are beginning. To all the new demos in the Stamping by the Sea group… WELCOME!!!

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