Category Archives: Birthday

Playing with string

You will discover, once you find your old phone book, that playing with string with the String Theory technique is addictive. In just mere moments you can have quite a number of layers ready to make into cards. Here’s my first post on the technique and here’s Lydia Fiedler’s blog post which includes her video.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - String Theory - Celebrate You thinlits dies

I used a piece of twine that was natural and gold again and doused it in bermuda bay ink. The metal in the twine definitely adds to the effect by not taking up the ink. I made two loops in the twine and then another towards the bottom of the card, topped it with a second card and put it into my phone book. Then (using a glove!) I used one hand to press down on the phone book and the other to pull out the twine. I really loved the effect of two separate petals (?) at the top of my image. The space left was perfect for this sentiment from Picture Perfect Birthday also stamped in bermuda bay. I of course mounted this on a bermuda bay card base.

It’s a good idea to wear gloves. It really is, BUT then it’s easy to add smudges of ink as I did on the top piece of card. So I cropped it, mounted it on a black piece of card and added a sentiment from Vertical Greetings. You can see that they are mirror images but they look very different.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - String Theory - Vertical Greetings

I hope that you’ll have a go with the String Theory technique, it’s loads of fun. Just find a phone book, some gloves and see what you produce. I’d love to see what you come up with.

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I hope you enjoyed today’s project.

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Remarkable You

Remarkable You is a set in the current annual catalog and it’s perfect for colouring. Here I was still on my brusho kick, colouring everything in sight. I stamped the flower a few times before I got a decent image – at this point I didn’t have my stamparatus and I was wishing for it! I have it now although it’s at home (unwrapped) and I’m over in the UK visiting family. Luckily my sister has one…

liz bailey Remarkable You, brusho

I sprinkled some gamboge and yellow onto a block and used an aquapainter to color the flower. The moss green was on another block and had a tiny sprinkle of prussian blue. It’s really fun to add just a sprinkle of another colour and mix your own shade.

The sentiment is from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous set – such a pretty typeface.

I made the image pop by adding a tiny black mat and then putting that on an old olive card base leaving plenty of the old olive showing.

I’m still addicted to the brusho crystals but sometimes I take a break and do other things!

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Happy Wishes

I have a super simple card to share today – although, surprisingly, it uses ribbon! I love to look at the ribbon spools, I keep them in front of me on a holder my father and brother made, but I rarely use it. Some of the spools even have bows on the ends – I tied them and held them over cards to see the effect. And then changed my mind. But today’s card using the Sale-a-bration set Happy Wishes is simple enough to carry off a ribbon. And that seems to be my thing. Mostly, a ribbon makes the card too fussy so I have to go very simple.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Happy Wishes

So I inked up the beautiful main stamp in berry burst and added the birthday under it. To tie in with the silver edged berry burst ribbon, I added a piece of silver foil and lots of white (well berry burst) space. A simple card but not too simple because of the ribbon.

I’m trying to make a card using ribbon AND sequins as a challenge from my friend Claire. It’s a tough one! But I’m determined to make one. What kind of challenges do you set yourself in your card making?

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Flora and Flutter – Paper Pumpkin December 2017

Here’s the Stampin’ Up! video for the December Paper Pumpkin kit, Flora and Flutter. It’s a fun kit to put together.

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Move Me Thinlits Dies

Today I’m sharing an exciting and unusual product that was new in the annual catalog, the Move Me Thinlits Dies. The name really tells you what to do with them – as you move the stamped piece behind the window that the thinlits cut out, your butterfly (or hummingbird) actually appears to flutter. It’s really clever!

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Move Me Thinlits Dies - Happy Birthday Gorgeous

The important tip is to run the thinlits through 4 times – and after the second time, turn the card with the die a quarter turn so that the slats are being cut in a different direction now. As long as you do this, the slats will cut out perfectly. The other major point is the stamping – the two striped images line up. I concentrated on the body of the butterfly and it was easy to ensure that the stripes fit together properly. This ensures that the butterfly flutters properly.

I used real red and daffodil delight for my butterfly and for the sentiment and flowers which are from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous set. It took me a while to make a card with this set because it seemed as if it would be tricky, but it’s really not. And it’s such a unique effect.

Here’s the inside piece:

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Move Me Thinlits Dies - Happy Birthday Gorgeous

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Liz