Here are a few of the cards I've created that use Sale-a-Bration items:
Driving By stamp set and Simply Marbleous patterned paper:
You can probably tell which products are my favorite 😄; how about you?
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Slim-Line card - that's something I have not written about yet, even though they are all the rage. So today I'm jumping on that bandwagon with a slim-line card I made for my sister.
First of all, confession time - I bought this gorgeous Artfully Composed patterned paper along with the fabulous Tropical Layers dies...and totally neglected to order the coordinating Artfully Layered stamps. Duh! They even come as part of a bundle (saving me 10%), and somehow I missed it! Head slap!
So this card used some new and some retired products - I now have the stamps, so I will create again and use the RIGHT stamps!
But in the meantime:
Slim-line cards are longer and narrower cards. I started with a piece of 8-1/2" x 11" cardstock (Thick Basic White) and cut it to 7" x 8-1/2". Then it was scored at 3-1/2", so the finished card is 3-1/2" x 8-1/2". That gave me lots of room to add the pretty paper.
I love the leaf dies! The black open-leaf design and the large palm leaf (cut here in Just Jade) remind me of the tropics.
I used my retired Timeless Tropical stamps and matching dies for the palm trees and pineapples, along with the cute "aloha" greeting. There are larger palm trees in another set of dies (Palms dies) which I also have, but they didn't really fit on this long, narrow card. So retired it is!
One of the really cool things about the Artfully Composed paper is that many of the patterns match the dies, and can be cut directly from the paper without stamping. I'm going to give that a try next!
Check out the Artfully Composed bundle (and don't forget the stamps! 😉). I know you'll love it as much as I do!
As I mentioned the other day, I have been drawn to the word "relax" this week, so here is a second card telling me to take it easy:
I love the beachy sunset - Oceanfront paired with my Blending Brushes and a masked sun let me create the background. And check out those little pieces of Sea Glass - such a cute embellishment for a beach scene!
My new Palms dies were just the ticket for those silhouetted palm trees (true story - I forgot to order the stamps that coordinate, so I had to make them as silhouettes; the stamps are on their way!) and I created a Basic Black frame using two sizes of the Stitched Rectangle dies. The palm trunks are adhered to the back of the frame, and then the fronds reach to the front of the frame with Dimensionals giving them a lift.
Next week we are expecting more cold weather, with the highs only about 41 degrees...brrr! I have no doubt I'll be turning to my "beach in my head" and will be creating more tropical cards to help keep me warm!
What stamps to you turn to on cold, dreary days?
