Crafting Up the Coast

The sentiment on this card is from the all inclusive Kit, Watercolor Wishes, page 8-9.  I used the Christmas Specialty DSP, page 172, and cut out the images with the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, page 194.  I used Mint Macaron and Peekaboo peach card stock.  I embellished with the Pearl basic jewels and the in-color enamel shapes.  I used the layering Ovals Dies, page 193 for the sentiment.

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This is another card we made at club classes this past week.  I used the DSP, This Christmas Specialty, page 172 and the back ground base is Mint Macaron.  I used the new Layering Square framelits, page 193 for my image and the sentiment.  The image was cut out with the Flourish Thinlits, page 194 and the sentiment is from Flourishing Phrases, page 49.  Ink is Archival Black and Basic black card stock was used to create the scalloped background.

The black images on the inside of the card were also cut from the Flourish thinlits and the flower, along with the stamped images are from the Flourishing Phrases set.

Really great items to use, when you are cutting very intricate dies, like this, are the precision plate, and the Die Brush/ foam mat, both on page 190.  Makes fast work of little chards that normally stick to the cutouts.  I love what fellow demo, Brenda Quintana calls it, Shrapnel. LOL

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Another card created with Best Birds, page 53.  In addition, I used the set Timeless Textures, page 120.  The tree Stump is from Foxy Friends, page 57.  On the base card, which is Peekaboo Peach, I used the same color ink with a stencil cut out from Flourish Thinlits, page 194.  This is one of my favs as far as stamp sets from the new catalog.  Colors I used are Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Peekaboo peach, Flirty Famingo, and Watermelon Wonder.

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I created this card with the set Birthday Fiesta, page 11 of the AC.  The DSP, page 173, is called Festive Birthday and the images were cut out with the framelits, Fiesta Time, page 193.  Colors I used on this cute little guy are Sahara Sand and Crumb Cake.  Card stock is Whisper white, very vanilla and Tempting Turquoise.  In addition, I used the copper Metallic thread to finish off the card.

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I stamped this butterfly, page 145, on Watercolor paper and used the colors, Peekaboo Peach and Sweet Sugarplum.  Two of my favorite new in-colors.  The Background DSP is from  Playful Palette, page 174.  The leaves from Pop of Paradise, page 85, are embossed in gold.  The sentiment is from Birthday Banners, page 15, and cut out with matching framelits, Bunch of Banners, page 193.

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I submitted this card for the SUO challenge to use something from the new catalog.  Here I used the new in-color Dapper Denin and Flirty Flamingo.
I am crazy about this set, Best Birds, page 53, because the matching thinlits are so awesome.  It has 5 different bird thinlits that you can choose from and they are so cool! What really sets this apart is the sentiments included with the set.  Pretty much every occasion is covered.
This is another one of those sets that you can get a 10% discount by purchasing the set and thinlits as a bundle.  Incredible deal if you are looking for versatility. Keep watching as I will be using this set quite often in my blog.  I love it!

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I am so glad they carried over the PP set Endless Thanks, page 42.  I needed to send out a thank you to one of my customers and wanted to use the set, Swirly Bird, page 152, and grabbed my go to set for thank yous.  I used the DSP 6″ X 6″ Paper stack, Playful Palette, page 174 and the matching Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, page 194.  I love these thinlits, you only have to surf the web to find tons of cards made with these and the Swirly Bird set.  You can get this as a bundle (142353) and save 10% by purchasing both as a bundle.

Yesterday the card I posted was made with this same set.  As I mentioned it can be purchased as a bundle with the Thinlit dies, Swirly Scribbles.  I have used them in this card, along with the cute little bird.   This is also a Two Step stamping set.  The possiblilites are endless with this set.

This was my shoe box swap with my downline and sidelines this past Sunday.  We had lots of wonderful samples made with items from the new catalog.  I will post some of them in the next few days.  This was created with the set, Pop of Paradise.   I love to use Gold, white and black together.  Hope you like it!

That is the name of this set.  Another Sneak Peek!  It is one of the new sets that you will be able to purchase on June 1st.  I love Flamingos and on this one I used a new In-color, Sweet Sugarplum.  Don’t you just love it?  Matching Ruched ribbon is so easy to use and make bows with.  In addition, the DSP that matches this set is a dynamite paper stack with all the new in-colors.

This is a Hostess set from the OC that you can get if you are a hostess of a workshop or book party of $150.  This is so applicable to what we do.  I know I always look at a card several times before I decide that I am NOT adding anything else to this card. You can find this set, Love you sew on page 51 of the OC.  Colors I used are Calpyso Coral, Sahara Sand and Basic Black.  Embossing folder is Elegant Dots, page 174 of the AC.  The cut out shapes are made with the framelits, Tags and Labels, page 173 AC.

I have been so enthused with the new Occasion’s Catalog and the new DSPs from it that I totally forgot about this paper.  Here I used the gorgeous DSP, Farmers Market, page 143 of the AC.  The stamp set is from the OC and is “A Nice Cuppa,” page 35 of the OC.  The really rad framelits dies, Cups & Kettles are so cool.  You can get both the stamp set and the framelits for a 15% discount if you buy the bundle.  So many possiblilities!

If you go back a few days you will see this same card with a different take for Easter.  I was playing around with the set, Happy Home, page 21 in the OC and when I used this in the opening I really liked how it looked.  The colors are also perfect for the background which is English Garden DSP page 142 in the AC.  The butterfly is cut out with Blushing Bride card Stock and Blushing bride Glimmer paper, page 17 of the OC.  I used the Butterfly Framelits and Thinlits  page 172 in the AC.

I just found this in my media of photos and posting it becuase I obviously forgot to post it a while back.  If you remember seeing this let me know.  At this age, forgetfulness is a regular thing around here.LOL
Anyway, the balloons are punched out with the Balloon Bouquet punch page 13 of the OC and the vellum DSP is from the SAB catalog, page 4, Botanical Gardens DSP Vellum stack.  I used the Sunburst Thinlits die on page 25 of the OC on the vellum.  The sentiment is from the set, Suite sayings page 41.  I shredded the beautiful pool party Glitter ribbon, page 9 of the OC.
Look for some really cool samples tomorrow.  My Downline and Sidelines are getting together and holding a Shoe Box here at my house.  Look forward to seeing what everyone designed.

On this card I created a faux layer by taping off the edges with frogtape and used Pool Party ink with a sponge.  The flowers were from the DSP Botanical Gardens, page 27.  They were cut out with the matching framelits, page 26.  I used Cajun Craze and Whisper White card stock.