Priscilla's Papercrafts: June 2023

Friday, June 30, 2023

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

Almost Gone!

Yes the Designer Series Paper Sale is almost over! Just a few more days to save 15% on select patterned papers.

Don't miss out!

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Good Feeling Lemons

I know, lemons don't "feel good" (and they really don't taste good by themselves, either). But when you combine them with other ingredients, they can be great! So when I combined mine with Good Feelings (the stamp set), look what I made:

Fun? You bet!

My granddaughter just returned from a school trip to Italy (I'm SO jealous!). And she brought me the cutest Christmas ornament - a lemon from Sorrento. I love it! And had to make her a thank you card.

I still had a piece of the now-retired Tea Boutique patterned paper, and it was perfect for my card. So I cut it from 6" x 6" to 4" x 5-1/4" and mounted it to a piece of Garden Green cardstock. This was adhered to a Thick Basic White card base.

But I had a 2" strip left over and didn't want to waste it, so I made little "wings" for under my greeting panel.

They are all popped up:

Do you love that greeting panel?

I stamped "thank you" from Good Feelings and then added some lemons and leaves from Sweet Citrus. And yes! Those lemons are part of a 4-piece stamp (4 lemons on one stamp) so I had to selectively ink just the full lemon.

And inside:

Some more "selective inking" of the lemon slices. I love how this came out!

Sweet Citrus added to Good Feelings - what a great combo!

Product List

Good Feelings Cling Stamp Set (English)

[158737]

$24.00

Sweet Citrus Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[160641]

$23.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

$9.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$9.00

Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[102584]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$9.00

Stitched Rectangles Dies

[151820]

$35.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins

[160387]

$8.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Dear Friends

Dear Friends,

After being flooded with "bots" this past week, I'm taking a week off of blogging in order to see if they stop researching my blog. I've been getting over 1200 hits a day, and none of them seem to be looking at anything specific (my stats are showing this to be true).

So hopefully by not posting anything for the next week, these "visitors" will lose interest.

Please follow me at Priscilla's Papercrafts on FaceBook, as I will continue to post there. And I will try another post next week and we'll see where this goes.

My apologies for any inconvenience, and I truly hope you'll be back when I resume my posts around June 26.

Thanks for your understanding.

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Am I Die Challenged?

So I got the new Patchwork Pieces dies (set of two) the other day and thought it would be fun to experiment with them. They looked very simple - one cuts a starburst pattern and the other cuts "waves" of paper. Easy peasy, right?

Well not exactly.

Don't get me wrong - the dies are extremely easy to use. They cut like a dream, and the pieces are actually attached by a tiny dot of paper in the middle, so why was it so difficult to create this?

Actually, it wasn't...or at least it wasn't once I figured out what I was doing wrong.

You see I started with one piece of patterned paper (double sided, as almost all of our designer papers are). So once I cut it out, I flipped over every other piece in order to have both patterns available.

And then I got totally stuck and confused. I just couldn't get all the pieces lined up right AND (duh!) since the pieces have "stitch marks" around the outside of them, flipping them over had the stitch marks on the wrong side. Again - DUH!

But I persevered. And I finally figured that if I actually CUT two patterns, it goes together beautifully! (AND you have enough pieces to create a second card!)

I used the Brights 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper in Azure Afternoon. I pulled apart the pieces, spreading them slightly, and mounted them to a piece of 3-3/4" x 5" Basic White cardstock. Perfect!

This piece was then mounted to a slightly larger piece of Azure Afternoon, which in turn was added to a slightly larger piece of Lemon Lime Twist before adhering to my Azure Afternoon card base. Whew!

Circle Sayings (on a white circle cut with the Reach for the Stars dies) was stamped, and then I added the little candles from Sentiment Silhouettes dies. The scalloped circle was cut with the All That dies.

Two strips across the center of the card had some Tinsel Gems 4 pack added.

I love the end product, even if the "getting there" was painful 😩. But now I know the secret (and you do too!) of how the sunburst die works, so next time really should be easy peasy!

The Patchwork Pieces dies are a stand-alone set (no coordinating stamps) but should not be overlooked. They are fun and will really add a WOW factor to your cards. Give them a try!

Product List

Circle Sayings Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[161348]

$24.00

Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Pad

[161663]

$9.00

Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161643]

$12.50

Azure Afternoon 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161719]

$10.00

Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144245]

$10.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.50

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119683]

$10.00

Patchwork Pieces Dies

[161592]

$35.00

All That Dies

[159078]

$28.00

Reach For The Stars Dies

[161185]

$34.00

Sentiment Silhouettes Dies

[158733]

$35.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$128.00

Tinsel Gems Four Pack

[161623]

$8.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

A BIG Anniversary

40 years! Yeah, I would say that's a BIG anniversary, wouldn't you?

Today marks the 40th anniversary of my brother and sister-in-law's wedding. And yes, they are still happily married 😊

So I had to make a special card:

What do you think? Dramatic? Cheerful? Happy? Celebratory?

These were all the feelings I was trying to convey, and I am thinking I got it right.

First, those numbers. I know...retired dies. But sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do, and these dies will live in my stash forever - they are THAT good!

I cut them and then used Blends, lightly coloring and blending all the way down the die-cut. But the rest of the card is so simple!

The numbers are mounted to a simple Basic White circle (the now-retired Layering Circle dies, which will also live in my craft room forever!). Then a skinny layer of Basic Black.

The black frame was cut with the Radiating Stitches dies, one of my favorite dies. And check out that little heart! Also from the Radiating Stitches set, I cut it out and heat-embossed the "love" in white.