Sunday, February 5, 2017

Another High Tide?

Yes, I just can't get enough of this set!  I keep stamping lighthouses and then I have to do something with them; so you may just get sick of my creations!  (Previous cards here and here)

This time I stamped it on a small piece of Whisper White paper:

And I did a lot of sponging.  The lighthouse was stamped in Marina Mist and Night of Navy (so cool!).  I then masked it (stamped it on a piece of sticky note and carefully cut it out, and placed the mask over my lighthouse) so I could sponge a sunset.  I had already stamped the water and sand, so I also laid pieces of sticky note paper over the stamped images and then went to town with lots of colors:  Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Island Indigo, Elegant Eggplant and Night of Navy.


I mounted my panel to a piece of Whisper White.

The card base is Night of Navy; a piece of Marina Mist took a trip through the Big Shot with the Seaside Embossing Folder, and I stamped the sentiment from Watercolor Wishes on Crushed Curry cardstock using Night of Navy ink.  The little seashell is from Seaside Shore (and was cut using my contraband Dave's Dies).


Enamel shapes in Crushed Curry and Night of Navy finish off this lovely card.

Like lighthouses?  Get High Tide, and see if you can stamp just one!  I dare you!

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Saturday, February 4, 2017

Designer Tee Meets High Tide

Just playing a bit here:

You already know that I love High Tide because I love lighthouses (see this post).  So I was playing with my lighthouses and wanted something else for a sentiment - something fun and light.  Designer Tee to the rescue:

"Don't quite your day dream" was just right!  And during Sale-a-Bration, you can earn this cute stamp set FREE with a qualifying purchase of just $50.00!

High Tide is a beautiful stamp set; here I stamped the lighthouse in Real Red ink.  It was masked and the water and sand was stamped, a "sky" was sponged, and the grass and birds were added.

The main panel is mounted onto a piece of Dapper Denim Designer Series Paper from the In Colors Paper Stack.  And it's all adhered to a Real Red card base.

Go ahead...day dream!

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Thursday, February 2, 2017

Valentine Decor

It's February, month of Valentines, and I thought I would share a little Valentine decor with you:



First I must apologize for the photos--this 12" x 12" frame was hard to photograph--I kept getting "lamp reflections" on the glass.  So bear with me, as some of these pictures will look a bit elongated.

I picked up this 12" x 12" frame at a local craft store.  Then I started with a piece of 12" x 12" Whisper White cardstock, and built my design.

Using "vintage" pieces of designer series paper, I cut various patterns to 3" x 3".  This would give me a 1" border all around my squares, along with a small border between each.


I chose three colors, based on the colors in the DSP - Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White and Calypso Coral along with touches of Gold Foil.  Using the Layering Squares framelits, I created mats for the squares, and then I found punches, framelits and thinlits to use in each one.



Once done with the squares, I carefully lined them up (I LOVE our Grid Paper; it was easy peasy using a 16" ruler across my paper and lining up along the lines on the grid paper) and adhered them.

Then I stood back and congratulated myself on a pretty piece of February home decor!

Here's what I used:


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