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Dragonfly Dreams Swap Card

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Today is the first full day of Onstage Live here in Amsterdam and we’ve been swapping like crazy – little gifts amongst the team and cards and 3D items with the general population. It’s a lot of fun. So since people have already seen it, it’s time to share my swap card which features Dragonfly Dreams. And, you’ll be surprised to hear, emboss resist!

Dragonfly dreams

I started by stamping the detailed bee from Dragonfly Dreams in versamark and then sprinkled in the gold embossing powder and heated. Then I took so saffron, calypso coral and rose red and a full aquapainter and coloured the background. Once it was completely painted and I’d removed the excess color from on top of the embossing, I went over again with more so saffron which softened the look. I originally then matted this on basic black and mounted it on my whisper white card.  But then I made a pillow gift for my sister using a copper bee and decided to use the stitched shapes dies to cut it out. I preferred the look and since I’d only completed construction on one card and just a couple of matted bees changed my mind on the card. Here’s the original look – I much prefer the stitching and a wonder black border. What do you think?

Dragonfly dreams

I finished this off with the sentiment also from Dragonfly Dreams.

See you tomorrow,

I’m off to go and talk all things stamping now,

Liz

 

Dragonfly Dreams

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Oh I’m so excited!! I’ve actually finished my swaps and also two pillow gifts for my room-mate (my sister) and I get on a plane later today. I can’t wait to meet up with my sister Caro, her upline Eimear, (who I met almost three years ago at one of her team meetings that she kindly invited me to and has since then adopted me as part of the team), Claire, (who I’ve never met but we talk on FB a lot; she is a genius at emojis), Ali and a few more of Eimear’s downline. I’m really bummed that my best friend Julia had her days off revoked and is missing out, but we’ll make sure that we get all the stuff that she would’ve got – the catalog, the freebies and so forth. Not sure how to bring the camaraderie though. But onto today’s card using Dragonfly Dreams.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Dragonfly Dreams - Bunch of Blossoms

It’s uses another piece of the watercolor paper that I showed on Sunday, this time one that’s got more of the island indigo than bermuda bay. I trimmed it down a little so that I could mat it with Bermuda Bay and then an odd thing happened. I forgot (that’s not the odd part!) that I had used island indigo and grabbed a dapper denim cardbase and I really liked how it looked. Before I glued, I realised my error and pulled out island indigo – and it just didn’t look as good. Fascinating that the addition of water and the merging of colours changed it enough that dapper denim needed to be the card base!

I then used the Bunch of Blossoms for the sentiment which is stamped in island indigo onto watercolor paper. The clear embossing allows the colour of the watercolor paper to show through and so very vanilla just doesn’t quite match. I kept the sentiment small so as not to detract from the fun background. I popped it up with dimensionals so that it didn’t seem too insignificant though!

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is A2XGZS79 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Inside the Lines Colored

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I saw a Facebook Live with the CEO of Stampin’ Up!, Sara Douglass, a few days ago and she was doing an emboss resist card using the Brushstrokes stamp set. Since I seem to be addicted to that technique at the moment, how could I not have a go?

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Inside the Lines - Brushstrokes - Bunch of Blossoms

I took a piece of Inside The Lines DSP, which was a paper from Sale-a-bration, and used the versamark and the Brushstrokes stamp before sprinkling the clear embossing powder and heating. I then used the cucumber crush dauber to add some colour to the paper. It really wakes up the paper. Fun. I then added a cucumber crush sentiment from Bunch of Blossoms which I cut out using the Stitched Shapes framelits dies. A little baker’s twine bow in cucumber crush finished the card which was added to a cucumber crush card base.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is A2XGZS79 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Inside the Lines DSP

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I’ve been colouring the Inside the Lines DSP for the last few evenings, relaxing at my kitchen table after stressful work days. It really does help. There are days when I get home from work and my “creativity gene” is blown out and I find I can’t design a card. I can copy one I’ve already made or put a stamp set together but now I find, I can colour. And that is actually being creative – much more fun than tidying up or building a wood block stamp set!

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Inside the Lines DSP - Suite Sayings - Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

I pulled out a bunch of watercolor pencils and decided to stick to pinks and reds for the flowers, so melon mambo, rich razzleberry, real red, calypso coral and old olive. I also used a blender pen. It’s been a lot of fun colouring my own DSP – I have no idea why I took so long to pull out this paper. I also have no idea why I didn’t design the card first and not color the parts under the sentiment, but I guess it wasn’t about the final product but about the journey. I encourage you to pull out the Inside the Lines DSP and relax yourself. And once you’ve done that, you’ve the base for a pretty card – I put mine on a base of old olive and used Suite Sayings in melon mambo for the sentiment. I kept it pretty simple with the stitched shapes framelits dies because the DSP is the main part of the card.

In case you’re wondering about the pot – it’s one that my father made for my mother to keep things in on her bedroom dresser. He’s pretty awesome with the lathe!

Don’t forget that today is the LAST day of Sale-a-bration; so the last day to get a FREE product for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping), the last day to get an EXTRA free $25 of product when your order hits $250 and the last day to get TWO FREE STAMP SETS when you join the Stampin’ Up! family.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get a selection of ribbon and sequins (6 yards in all) when your order is $30 or more; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 34ANVEHC (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Tasty Treats Specialty DSP

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I’ve been trying not to hoard my DSP, but I do struggle to cut into the special papers in the specialty ranges – for example this embossed shiny piece from the Tasty Treats Specialty DSP where the cherries and some of the strawberries have a lovely shine.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Tasty Treats Specialty DSP - Frozen Treats Framelits Dies - Cool Treats - Layering Circles Framelits Dies

I wanted to showcase this paper, but on the other hand, it’s quite busy so it needed a large frame. I cut the DSP 1 1/2 inches smaller than the watermelon wonder card base so that I have a deep border and then added a pear pizzazz frame which is 1/8 inch larger than the DSP giving a teeny border that just sets it off nicely.\

The sentiment comes from the stamp set Cool Treats with the adorable little strawberry being cut out using the matching framelits, Frozen Treats. I did try cutting out a pear pizzazz strawberry and layering on the top, but it didn’t look as good as the watermelon wonder one so my little strawberry is more aesthetically pleasing even if not botanically correct! I cropped my circle using the layering circles framelits dies and then used the same dies to get the teeny scalloped border in pear pizzazz again to pull everything together. Popping the circles up on dimensionals just finished everything off perfectly.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Tasty Treats Specialty DSP - Frozen Treats Framelits Dies - Cool Treats - Layering Circles Framelits Dies

We’re down to the last couple of days in Sale-a-bration. Now is the perfect time to stock up for the rest of the year and earn freebies at the same time. I’m about to put in “just one more” order myself!

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get a selection of ribbon and sequins (6 yards in all) when your order is $30 or more; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 34ANVEHC (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue.

See you tomorrow,

Liz