Showing posts with label Oh So Succulent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oh So Succulent. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Control Freaks Mothers & Friends


It's time once again for the Tour de Freaks, and this month we are focusing on Moms, or friends, or moms of friends, or friends who are like a mom.... any of them! We have a small group today, only five of us on the tour. Did you just land here from Wendy's blog? Weren't her projects just the sweetest?! If you click the link at the bottom of each blog, you'll go full circle and end up back here.

My Mom loves succulents, so of course I had to make a card with succulents for her for Mother's Day. The Oh So Succulent stamp set and matching dies are retiring, but I just checked and they are still available *as of the time of this post*. And here's a tip: Normally, purchasing a bundle is the better bargain, but right now the stamp set and die are deeply discounted and a MUCH better deal separately! Just sayin'.


Up next is a sneak peek at the Eastern Palace Suite that will be available for customers to preorder starting May 1st. It's a great way to get an exciting little taste of what is coming in the new annual catalog!


I love the combination of Tranquil Tide with a bit of Lemon Lime Twist. The yellow green looks really good beside the blue green. Surprisingly, Mr. Big didn't have anything to do with this card. I liked the simplicity of the stamping (with a little accent from the Eastern Gold Vinyl Stickers and Metallic Enamel Shapes) so much that I didn't want to use the Eastern Medallions Thinlits Dies. Shocking, I know!

Up next is Melissa Davies' blog, RubberFUNatics. You don't want to miss what she has to share!

http://rubberfunatics.blogspot.com/2017/04/controlfreaksapr2017.html

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Oh So Succulent Farewell


I was oh, so sad to see that Oh So Succulent is on the retiring list. I think I've gotten more use out of this bundle than any other bundle in recent memory. It seemed to be very popular, too, judging from all the pins on Pinterest. With the exception of the ink, everything on this card is retiring. I don't understand why..... just give me a minute......

Smiley from Millan.Net

Okay, I've pulled myself back together. Mr. Brown is bringing some goodies to me this afternoon that will help. I got to pre-preorder the Eastern Palace Suite that is going to be in the new catalog, and it will be available for anyone to preorder starting May 1st! More info on that later, because I'm off to get ready for stamp club tomorrow. Have to design three card projects for my ladies. Thanks for stopping by today!


Sunday, April 9, 2017

Mom


I've seen several cards lately that have large letter die cuts, with just the bottom portion stamped. I thought it was a cool look, so I made this Mother's Day card using the same technique. It really couldn't get much easier.....just stamp along the bottom of some white cardstock, use the Large Letters Framelits to cut out the greeting, pop it up on dimensionals for some visual interest, and boom - you're done!

You can use DSP for the background, or emboss it, as I did here. You could even leave it plain, so the greeting would really pop!

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Monday, March 6, 2017

Birthday Beautiful Day


I'm stepping outside the Stampin' Up! box today with this Beautiful Day stamp from Altenew. This rose from the bits box was stamped, but not colored, so I pulled it out and went to town with some Copics.


It was topped off with the gold glitter brush from CTMH, then the blossom and leaves were fussy-cut and attached to the stitched circle (also from the box).


I thought the band of gold foil looked nice, but when I added the strip of glimmer paper, it really made the card pop!

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