Floating Strips

 Have you heard of the "Floating Strips" technique?  This is where you adhere strips of cardstock to a piece of Window Sheet (clear acetate) so when you add it to your card with Dimensionals it appears that your strips are "floating".  Look:

This is one of the cards we made in my August Card Club class, and it's so pretty!  We started with the piece of 3-1/4" x 3-1/4" Window Sheet and 10 quarter-inch strips of cardstock.  They were glued to the Window Sheet leaving a small space between each strip.  

The card base is Very Vanilla Thick cardstock.  Then there is a piece of Very Vanilla that had a hole cut in the center using the Layering Circle dies, which was then embossed with the Brick embossing folder.  We added Dimensionals to the back of the brick-embossed cardstock and laid it over our Window Sheet so that it was centered in the circle.  Then it was added to the card base with Dimensionals.  

A little greeting (from Beauty of Friendship) and some Stitched Leaves along with some Metallic Dots and a little bow finished our card.

Try the "floating strips" technique for something a little different.  I guarantee you won't be disappointed!

Product List

Beauty Of Friendship Photopolymer Stamp Set

[154983]

$22.00

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147091]

$7.50

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100702]

$8.75

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105117]

$8.75

Mango Melody 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146989]

$8.75

Cinnamon Cider 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[153078]

$8.75

Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115316]

$8.75

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[144237]

$8.25

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101650]

$9.75

Layering Circles Dies

[151770]

$35.00

Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder

[149643]

$10.00

Stitched Leaves Dies

[153567]

$35.00

Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots

[156506]

$9.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$120.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Today's the Day!

 It's time!  Time for the new 2021-2022 Annual Catalog from Stampin' UP!  Yes, you can now place your orders!  Yippee!!!

And with the release of the new catalog, I have some samples to show you from the gorgeous new Beauty of the Earth Suite of products.  

When I first saw Beauty of Friendship, I thought "autumn".  The trees, the fabulous Beauty of the Earth patterned paper, the dies--everything about the suite made me want to create in reds, oranges, yellows and greens.  

But then...I got to looking more closely and I decided to play a little more.  And I came up with an entire year of cards, season by season.  So let's take a look:

Spring:

This card is full of promise and springy colors.  From the tree, stamped in Soft Suede and Pear Pizzazz to the lightly textured background (lightly sponged with Pear Pizzazz), I love the simplicity.  

Summer:

A row of trees (just a piece of the patterned paper) mounted on Cinnamon Cider and some more of the designer paper makes a very simple card.  I just added a few of the Sequins for Everything to add a little punch.  

Fall:

I used the large tree die for this card.  I used Blending Brushes on Very Vanilla cardstock, using the tree canopy die to create a mask for the clouds (Misty Moonlight with the Blending Brushes).  The grass is Mossy Meadow with Blending Brushes.  And then that "under canopy" of the tree.  I blended Mossy Meadow, Merry Merlot and Bumblebee inks with the Blending Brushes, and cut it with the die.  The tree was added (cut from a wood-look piece of the patterned paper) and then the outer canopy, cut with the detailed die and more of the designer paper.  Very easy, and so effective!

Winter:

A Misty Moonlight base with Basic White cut with the new Scalloped Contours dies (there are SO many sizes and edges!).  The background is another piece of the Beauty of the Earth patterned paper, and then the trees:

I stamped them with Versamark ink and heat-embossed them with White Embossing Powder.  Then I cut them with the die - easy!

So you can see how versatile this suite is.  Need masculine cards?  No problem.  Need Christmas cards?  We've got you covered!  

Beauty of Friendship and the Beauty of the Earth suite are available now!