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Hello friends and happy Friday! I hope you have fun things planned for the weekend ahead! Today I am on the Birch Press Design blog with this card using the new Adornment Pumpkin dies.  I looooooove how this card came out, if I do say so myself! While the pink alcohol ink pumpkin is a little more vibrant than I had initially intended, it works. That's the thing with alcohol ink, you never quite know what you're going to get and they can be a bit unpredictable in how they move and dry as you blow them around. Card details:*A full list of supplies is located at the end of this post. The base of this A2 sized card was made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth alcohol ink. Using Layer Plate A (the top layer) of the Herbarium Plate Layering Set, I die cut this from white cardstock and then mounted a sheet of magneta cardstock behind it before adhering it directly to the card base. I die cut the solid pumpkin from a scrap piece of an alcohol ink background I had in my craft bin and then die cut the frame using pink glitter cardstock from the 6" x 6" Glitzy Glitter paper pack. I adhered the two layers together with a fine tip liquid glue.  I created a pumpkin stem from espresso brown cardstock and leaves from both green cardstock and green glitter cardstock. There was a lot of piece work here using these smaller contour dies. Next, using the new Oval Leaf Branches Contour Layers, I die cut leaves from pink glitter cardstock, espresso brown carsdstock and the same green and green glitter cardstock used on the leaves. Then I pieces all the layers of the leaves together (again, a little bit time consuming here to do all these small details, but SO worth it in the end). Then it was just a matter of adhering all the small branches and leaves into a pattern that was pleasing to the eye.  I stamped the sentiment "forever grateful" in magenta ink on white cardstock and used oval punch to punch it over before adhering it to the pumpkin with 3M foam adhesive. This sentiment is from the Brush Sentiments clear stamp set.  I love using non-traditional colors to create holiday or seasonal cards. Pink is perfect in lieu of traditional orange pumpkins. Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day! XO, CrystalProducts used:
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Hello friends and happy Wednesday! Today I am sharing a card that I designed using the Lumina Layering Set from Birch Press Design. Unfortunately, when I made this card, I did not realize these plates have retired, so you are no longer able to purchase this exact die, but perhaps my card might inspire you to try a similar layering die, or use a combination of these fiery colors. I can recommend the Enchantment Plate Layer set or the Viola Plate Layer set both by Birch Press Design in lieu of the layering plates I used.  Card details:The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I then covered the white card base with a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" piece of Basic Black cardstock. I Cut Layer A (the top layer) of the Lumina Layer Plate with yellow cardstock. I cut Layer B (the middle layer) from orange cardstock and I cut Layer C (the bottom layer) from orange glitter cardstock.  I adhere the three layers of the die together with LineCo fine tip liquid adhesive. This is my go-to liquid adhesive for card making. It is actually a well-known book binding glue, so it works exclusively well on paper products with out warping or damaging paper.  I adhered all three layers of the Lumina plate to the black background. For the sentiment, I used the Find Joy Word and Outline die. I die cut the back shadow layer from orange cardstock and the top layer from white cardstock. I adhered the two layers together and then mounted the sentiment to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.   Initially when I created this card I thought it reminded me of the sun, or sunflowers, but I love how vibrant and bold the colors are against the black background. I hope you have enjoyed today's card. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day! XO, CrystalProducts used:
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Hello friends and happy Monday! Today is a very exciting day for me (because I love Halloween SOooooo much) and the owners at Whimsy Stamps, because today is our first release for the upcoming Halloween season! Let's take a look at the spooky cool products you can now find on the Whimsy Stamps website:  6" x 6" BOOkeh Paper PackWhimsy Stamps 6x6 designer paper packs - "BOOkeh" - designed by Deb Davis for Whimsy Stamps. © Whimsy Stamps. 30 single-sided sheets of high-quality papers with a beautiful sheen. 15 designs/2 sheets of each. Perfect for card making, scrapbooking, and or paper hoarding. Acid and lignin free. Individual sheets packaged in clear bag.  Batty Die SetWhimsy Stamps Die Collection "Batty Die Set" designed by Deb Davis and Denise Lynn for Whimsy Stamps. This is a set of 7 dies - set includes 5 different flying bat dies and 2 dies with various sets of eyes. Create shaker cards with the negative shape space, or use the solid shapes with or without eyes for spooky and cute Halloween cards and scrapbook pages!  Boo Ghosts Stamp SetClearly Whimsy Stamps Collection "Boo Ghosts" image and sentiment set designed by Krista Heij-Barber for Whimsy Stamps. High quality photopolymer clear stamps, use with an acrylic block Approximate size in inches: 4 x 6 polymer sheet.  Cat-o-Lanterns Stamp SetClearly Whimsy Stamps Collection "Cat-O-Lanterns" designed by Crissy Armstrong for Whimsy Stamps. © Whimsy Stamps. High quality photopolymer clear stamps, use with an acrylic block Approximate size in inches: 4x6 polymer sheet.  Halloween Night Stamp SetClearly Whimsy Stamps Collection "Halloween Night" designed by Crissy Armstrong for Whimsy Stamps. © Whimsy Stamps. Coordinates with our Halloween Night Outline Die Set, sold separately. High quality photopolymer clear stamps, use with an acrylic block Approximate size in inches: 4x6 polymer sheet. *Note - this stamp set has coordinating outline dies (sold separately).  October 31st Stamp SetClearly Whimsy Stamps Collection "October 31st" designed by Deb Davis - Amped2Stamp for Whimsy Stamps.Set of 6 large sentiments all featuring October 31st to mark the haunting date of Halloween. High quality photopolymer clear stamps, use with an acrylic block Approximate size in inches: 4 x 6 polymer sheet.  Nested Webs Die SetWhimsy Stamps Die Collection "Nested Webs Die Set" designed by Deb Davis and Denise Lynn for Whimsy Stamps.This is a set of 5 dies - set includes web shaped dies, decreasing in size - each die cuts a solid web shape. Use to create a matte layers or windows on your projects. Thin metal dies perfect for all your card making and crafting projects. Must be used with a die cutting machine, such as Cuttlebug, Big Shot, or Wizard. Please note, that it is common for long and/or thin die shapes to bend or warp when used in die machines. This should not cause any issue with the effectiveness of the die when used properly.  Be sure to check out Whimsy Stamps Instagram page and website to see some faBOOlous samples from the amazing Design Team using these new products! Hello friends! I will begin teaching regular card making classes at the awesome Butterfly Reflections Ink store in Kingston, New Hampshire this fall! We have our first Halloween themed class designed (see image below):  *Details: All are welcome to attend, no experience is necessary. Your class kit includes everything needed to make these four cards (including a shaker card, and a wobble card), plus envelopes. Verbal and written step-by-step instruction will be provided. All you need to bring is your favorite double sided adhesive, foam adhesive, craft scissors and clear Wink of Stella (optional).
RSVP's are a MUST and space is limited, so call Vanessa at Butterfly Reflections, Ink to reserve your spot today. I look forward to creating with you! Hello readers! Today I am sharing one of my "oldie but goodie" favorite dies from Birch Press Design. (*Unfortunately this die is no longer available, sorry!) As much as I despise birds (shhhhh!), I do admire the peacock simply for the gorgeous plumage of its quills. I mean who wouldn't want to shake their booty and boom instant wow factor! : )  Just look at the detail in those feathers!  Card details:The base of this A2 sized card was made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. On a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of the same white cardstock, I heat foiled the Gilded Grace Hot Foil plate with gold foil. I only used the large background piece (and not the center cut outs) for this card. Then I created the layers of the peacock using a variety of teal and purple cardstock from the Ocean Blue 6 x 6" paper pack and Vibrant Violet 6" x 6" paper pack. For the top layer (Layer A) and the main body of the peacock I used a teal glitter paper from the Glitzy Glitter 6" x 6" paper pack. I then adhered the peacock to the card with 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.   For the sentiment I heat foiled the Hello Sugar Script with purple foil on white cardstock. I used the coordinating die to cut it out and adhered it to the card with foam adhesive.  Swoooon, she's so pretty! Birch Press Design just came out with a whole new release geared toward the upcoming holidays and I can't wait to get into my craft room and begin creating. Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day! XO, CrystalProducts used:
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