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  • Mix & Matched Gold for the Perfect Friend Card

    Mix & Matched Gold for the Perfect Friend Card

    Alright, we’ve reached the last day of my 10 days of Celebration of my 10 years of being a Stampin’ Up demonstrator!  I have been sharing projects and ideas over the last few days and hopefully you’ve found some fun ideas to try.  Now, since this post was supposed to go live yesterday (whoops!) I’m extending the deadline to enter all the giveaways until 9pm pst tonight.  So, make sure you have followed the links near the end of this post to enter all of the prior days by leaving comments on the blog and then leave a comment for todays as well.

    I am also offering a free gift with purchase on all orders today – you get to pick your favorite gift that I offered over the last 9 days to be your freebie!  If you round your order up to $50, don’t forget you’ll be earning a bonus days coupon to boot!  So, stack on the extras while making a dent in your wishlist. 🙂Bonus days! Spend $50, get a $5 certificate to use in September

    Today’s Project – Gold & White Friend Card

    Elegant friend card with Springtime Impressions

    I was blown away by the card I’m sharing with you today.  It was created by my friend Breelin Renwick – who is an amazing stamper – for a swap.  It is such a good example about how little touches of gold can really make a huge impact on the finished look of your card!  This card mixes and matches the gold foil in the doily, punched out leaves using gold foil paper, and the gold mini sequins.

    Elegant friend card with Springtime Impressions gold foil leaves

    The sentiment and stamped flowers is from the Love What You Do stamp set and it goes so perfectly with the rest of the items from the Garden Impressions suite.  I will admit, the watercolor impressionistic flowers and designs from this suite doesn’t call to me when I see it all together like in the pictures in the catalog; but changing out the stamp set and using the designer paper and the dies as a pop of texture and color really works for me!  It makes for a stunning, soft background that lets your shinier elements really stand out, don’t you think?
    Elegant friend card with Springtime Impressions embossed die cut

    But the hidden amazing touch is the *embossing* using a thinlit die!  Can you see it in the picture above?  The large, corner die that cuts out flowers and leaves was instead used to emboss the paper, making a pretty raised texture without the need for fussy gluing.  To get this effect, you need the Big Shot Embossing Mats.  They come with a guide that tells you how to use ANY of your dies for embossing instead of cutting.  The embossing mats are a mix of silicone and thin plastic sheets that allow you to get just the right shim where your dies can be pressed into your paper to give the raised impression but not pressed so hard that they cut your paper.  So awesome, right?!

    I’ve used the embossing mats before in class, so I promise I’ll post more project ideas with them soon!

    Make it at home!  Here are the supplies you’ll need:


    LAST DAY – Anniversary Celebration

    Its the last day of my 10yr Anniversary Celebration!  I was a little behind on getting day 10 out, so you have until 9pm PST TODAY (8/9) to get your comments and orders in before I draw winners tonight!

    Quick links to enter for the first 9 giveaway gifts here:

    Day 1 giveaway | Day 2 giveaway. | Day 3 giveaway | Day 4 giveaway | Day 5 giveaway | Day 6 giveaway | Day 7 & Day 8 giveaway | Day 9 giveaway

    DAY 10 GIFT– Free gift with a $40+ order – YOUR CHOICE!
    Pick any of the gifts from days 1-9 and you can choose which you would like with your order TODAY ONLY!

    you must use host code 3XPZF4KW for orders under $150
    Shop here

    Peaceful place watercolored card

    DAY 10 GIVEAWAY – WIN A SPOOL OF BERRY BURST METALLIC EDGE RIBBON!

    TO ENTER – Leave a comment on this blog post sharing what type of project you think you’ll be working on next to be entered to win!  Winner drawn randomly on 8/9/2018.

    Berry Burst Metallic Edge Ribbon

    Don’t forget – you can go back and enter all 9 of the previous days giveaways.  You have until 9pm PST tonight to get your comments in. 🙂  Good luck!Thanks for reading! Shop Stampin' Up by clicking here

     

  • Springtime Impressions Butterfly and Vellum Card

    Springtime Impressions Butterfly and Vellum Card

    We are on our last day of our family trip and I realized we were so busy yesterday that I didn’t get day 7 of the anniversary celebration posted…oops! Well, today I have a pretty card to share with you and I have 2 days of giveaways at the end of the post. So check it out and then leave one comment for each of the giveaways. 🙂

    Pretty Spring Impressions Butterfly Card

    This card is a fun way to mix and match all the different types of goodies in your craft room! It uses your patterned paper (Garden Impressions), your embossing folders (Layered Leaves), your ribbon (metallic combo pack), dies (Springtime impressions), and even vellum and the new Petal Pink Rhinestones!

    Love what you do butterfly card
    One of the things that is hard to see from the picture is how pretty the butterfly is! It is first die cut out of the Petal Pink cardstock, then die cut again out of Vellum cardstock. Use a glue dot to adhere the Vellum to the pink cardstock. Then you can cover up the spot of the glue dot that shows through with one of the Petal Pink Rhinestones. It becomes a softer butterfly and the rhinestone makes a perfect match with the layered metallic ribbons (layer the Tranquil Tide over the Petal Pink)!

    So pretty, right?!

    Before I head into the anniversary giveaways, I thought I’d share some of what I was doing to celebrate. 🙂 The card says “Love What You Do” and it is true for me. It gives me the flexibility to travel when it fits for my family (when my husband can take time off) and I could work from the road. In this case, we were talking advantage of the summer break to take the kids to visit their cousins in Florida. We got to check out Universal Studios and hang out on a sandy beach. My inner child was so happy. 🙂

    Family with SpongeBobFamily at the Florida beach

    Tomorrow we are back home and I’ll have more new projects to share and 2 more days of the Anniversary Celebration!

    Anniversary Celebration

    I hope you have been entering each day.  I’m so grateful for everyone who has been a part of my 10 year adventure and I want to give to as many people as I can to give back to you. 🙂

    You have until August 8th to stop by each of the 10 anniversary blog posts and leave a comment to be entered to win that day’s giveaway item.
    ***I’ll be drawing for all 10 items on 8/9 and then posting the winners! ***

    Enter for the first 6 giveaway gifts here:

    Day 1 giveaway | Day 2 giveaway. | Day 3 giveaway | Day 4 giveaway | Day 5 giveaway | Day 6 giveaway

    DAY 7 GIFT– Free gift with a $40+ order – 1/2 spool EACH Tranquil Tide & Petal Pink metallic ribbon!
    you must use host code 3XPZF4KW for orders under $150
    Shop here

    DAY 7 GIVEAWAY – WIN A FREE PACK OF THE NEW BASIC BRADS!

    TO ENTER – Leave a comment on this blog post sharing what item from the Stampin Up catalog do you have on the top of your wishlist to be entered to win!  Winner drawn randomly on 8/9/2018.

    DAY 8 GIVEAWAY – WIN A FREE PACK OF CORRUGATED ELEMENTS!

    TO ENTER – Leave a comment on this blog post sharing your favorite snack to have when you are crafting to be entered to win!  Winner drawn randomly on 8/9/2018.

    Come back tomorrow to check out the Day 9 celebration giveaway!


    Make it! Here are the supplies you need for today’s card:
    Product List



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