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  • Gratitude Month–Thank You Card using Kinda Eclectic and In Colors

    Gratitude Month–Thank You Card using Kinda Eclectic and In Colors

    Happy November!  As I mentioned yesterday, I’m kicking off my Month of Gratitude with a free gift for you and a project tutorial.  Today I’m sharing a card I created as a different way to use your Kinda Eclectic stamp set and have a neat thank you card that you can use for guys, girls, and any time of the year.

    November Gratitude PDF Tutorial – Kinda Eclectic Thank You Card

    Project Tips:

    • Stick with a color family or In Color set (in this case the Stampin’ Up 2014-2016 In Colors) to make your background and for complimentary cardstock colors.  This gives you a variety of colors but you know the tones will work together no matter how wild you get with you stamping.
    • Use the starburst stamp from Kinda Eclectic to make a great background layer to your cards or projects.
    • Use the starburst framelits to cut out on of the stamped starbursts and do it off center.  This makes it more visually interesting, especially when you add an accent like the wooded elements.
    • When stamping on wooden pieces, use STAZON ink to prevent yucky bleeding and fuzzing of the ink.

    So, click the link above if you would like the full tutorial for this project.  And if you would like to order anything, don’t forget I have a special gift for you each week with orders.  This week, you get a cool ribbon sampler from the Holiday Catalog as my thank you to you!

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    Just shop in my online store or email me your order at jennifer@nwstamper.com and use hostess code UCJDBQH4 and when I start mailing out Thank You gifts you’ll receive this special bundle free in your mailbox! Smile

    Gratitude Month Gift

    And check back on Wednesday when my Fun n’ Crafty stampers are putting together a small blog hope focused on gratitude projects!  It should be great!

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    Card Supplies Used:
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  • A Masculine Card with Six Sided Sampler

    A Masculine Card with Six Sided Sampler

    Quick, name a stamp set that you just had to have but have since used once – or not at all!  For me, that has been the Six Sided Sampler stamp set.  I saw lots of cool things done with this set and I loved the hexagon punch that coordinated, so I picked it up last fall.  and I think I’ve used it about twice!  Thankfully, my friend Sarah Naber came to my rescue with this awesome inspiration that is great for guys or gals!

    You know me, I love clean and simple cards – especially if they have lots of great details that are subtle but really add to the card.  And boy does she deliver!

    It is a little hard to see in the first picture, but I like how she stamped the Cherry Cobbler cardstock with the Woodgrain stamp  and then she embossed the Island Indigo cardstock with the Alphabet Press embossing folder

    Add a touch of Linin Thread for one last bit of texture.  Such a great color combination (Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler, Island Indigo, Crumb Cake) and use of those hexagons.  I think I have some inspiration to play with again!

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    Stampin’ Up! Supplies Used
    Stamps – Six Sided Sampler, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Woodgrain
    Ink – Cherry Cobbler, Island Indigo, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake
    Paper –Cherry Cobbler, Island Indigo, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
    Accessories – Big Shot, Alphabet Press embossing folder, Hexagon Punch, Linen Thread


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  • Spring Birthday Card with Six-Sided Sampler

    Today I wanted to share with you a fabulous card I received this month as a swap card from fellow stamper, Stacey Lane!  She joined my Fun n’ Crafty stampers last fall and creates the most amazing cards!  Seriously, I need to start attending her classes. Smile 

    But each month our group does a swap where you send one or two cards to other folks in the group and get a couple ideas back your way.  This is the card she sent me this month:

    Isn’t it fantastic?

    So, here is the awesome part… see that patterned background?  That isn’t designer paper – THAT IS STAMPED!!

    She used the Six-Sided Stamper stamp set and hexagon punch to make this card.

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    Now, it seems like a lot, but the nice thing is that if you stamp and punch a bunch of random hexagon images, you can glue them down to a larger piece of paper – say a 5.5” x 8.5” piece of scrap paper and then cut it up to create a background for multiple cards.

    I also love some of the touches she added like

    • Sponging the hexagons in Smoky Slate, which really softens the look of the card
    • Embossing the banner with the Decorative Dots embossing folder (free with an order as part of Sale-a-Bration)
    • Using a toothpick to create a dimensional stick for the banner
    • Using Pool Party core’dinations cardstock for a textured mat behind her stamped background.

    So, now it is time for me to break out this stamp set again and try it out in a non-masculine style (which is what I normally think of with this set. 

     

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      Stampin’ Supplies Used

    Stamps – Six Sided Sampler, Simply Sketched (hostess set)
    Ink – So Saffron, Pool Party, Smoky Slate
    Paper – Whisper White, Pool Party Core’dinations cardstock (subtles collection), Smoky Slate
    Accessories – Hexagon Punch, Big Shot, Decorative Dots embossing folder (sale-a-bration), Stampin’ Dimensionals