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Beautiful You post-it note holders

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Yesterday I shared the card that I sent out to all the people who came shopping with me last month and by now they should all have received their packets which also included this post-it note holder which I decorated using the Beautiful You stamp set. It has some lovely sentiments.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Beautiful You - Fancy Frost DSP

This also uses the retired Fancy Frost DSP. I don’t usually share retired products, but I didn’t think it through! At the time that I made these, the DSP wasn’t retired! So I measured my post-it notes (including the depth) adding an 1/8 inch to make it easier to open and scored appropriately. If I remember correctly they are 3 inch squares so the first score line was at 3 1/8 inch and then it’s 3 inch from the opposite edge. I then used sponge daubers to bring out the pattern using elegant eggplant or bermuda bay. The cover is only glued on the back but I found that the easiest way to get them lined up was to put the edge of the post-it notes with the glue into the middle portion, get that lined up and only then push down the cardstock with the fast fuse on it. The decoration uses Beautiful You onto cardstock the same colour as the ink heat embossed in gold and then cut out with the stitched shapes framelits dies. A double bow of (now retired also) twine attached with a rolled up glue dot finished them off perfectly. And here’s the reason behind my colour choices.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Beautiful You - Fancy Frost DSP

If you received one of the packets, I hope you liked the contents and are enjoying playing with your free stamp set.

I hope that you all enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free handmade cards; the current one is PNF6CKRH (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, 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. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Fancy Frost Specialty DSP

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Well I’ve gone for all the catalogs today – the annual, the soon to be retired Holiday and the upcoming Occasions! After playing with the Hey Chick stamp set yesterday, I wanted to make another card and sometime last night I thought of the window framelits and having the chick peeking in the window. I was wondering what to do for wallpaper when I thought about texture which led me to the Fancy Frost Specialty DSP which is retiring and currently 20% off at $10.80.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Fancy Frost Specialty DSP - Hey Chick - Hearth and Home thinlits

I took a piece of the fancy frost paper and used the Hearth & Home thinlits to cut out the window. Then I did the same with a piece of so saffron and continued the colour by lightly using a sponge dauber onto the textured paper. Next I stamped my chick with archival basic black and then used the same two watercolour pencils as yesterday, daffodil delight and pumpkin pie but added some rich razzleberry to the ends of the chick’s hairdo.

To construct the card, I placed everything where I wanted it and then removed the window frame. I added glue to the back and then put it back in its spot. This meant that I had the chick stuck to the window frame in the right place and could just add the wallpaper around the frame. Easy. After adding this all to a rich razzleberry card base I felt that there was something missing. I’d wanted to add the sentiment but it wasn’t going to work over the texture until I remembered the classic label punch. A quick stamp and the addition of an enamel shape and it was perfect.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Fancy Frost Specialty DSP - Hey Chick - Hearth and Home thinlits

Don’t forget the great close out sale currently going on and also the offer from me – a new, free stamp set. Just spend $40 with me and use the workshop code CBUJ4GTP, and you get to select one of Hey, Chick, Delicate Details or Designer Tee which I’ll send you for free once I close out this workshop on January 3rd. Check here for the details and also pictures of these stamp sets. If you spend $60, I’ll send you the pearl or rhinestone basic jewels as well. Email me at lizbaileycards@gmail.com to let me know which of the sets you’d like and whether you’d like pearls or rhinestones (if you’ve earned them), or I’ll just select one at random.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is CBUJ4GTP (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Fancy Frost Specialty DSP gift box

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I’m hoping that you’re a little more organised than I am and have already sent all your Christmas cards and now you’re onto packaging. I know that a lot of people give gift cards because then the recipient can get exactly what they want but just putting the gift card in a card gives away what it is instantly. Hence I’ve created a little box which holds a gift card with room for a few candies or hazelnuts (nuts being my personal favourite for disguising shapes, especially walnuts) so that your giftee doesn’t know that it’s a gift card the minute you give it to them. Of course you could use the box for anything small, but I designed it for a gift card.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Fancy Frost Specialty DSP - Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies - Tin of Tags

I wanted to feature the fancy frost specialty DSP but also have the glorious contrast of emerald envy. The box measures 3 1/2″ by 2 1/2″ and is 3/4″ high. The base is a piece of card stock measuring 5″ by 4″ and you score around each edge at 3/4″. Fold and burnish the score lines well and then cut up on the red lines. You can cut out a teeny tiny wedge from both sides of the square to make the box neater if you like.

fancy-frost-box

Then put glue on your four little square tabs and construct the box. The lid is constructed in the same way but you have to decide if you want to see some of the bottom of the box peeping through. I decided to have the lid overhanging by half an inch to reveal a quarter inch of emerald envy. After adding 1/16 inch (the smallest mark on the trimmer) to give enough ease to allow the lid to fit nicely, the size needed was 4 9/16″ by 3 9/16″. Since we want a half inch overhang, score each side at half an inch. Fold, burnish, cut and glue as before. Your lid should fit perfectly.

Fill your box and then wrap the ribbon around. I’m using the emerald envy from the 3/8″ silky ribbon taffeta combo pack, a set of 2 ribbons currently at half price at $4.50. To finish off my box, I used the Tin of Tags stamp set for the sentiment which I cut out with the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies. I used a glue dot to stick the label to the underside of the ribbon so that it slides off along with the ribbon.

Here’s another view showing the fancy frost paper a little more

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Fancy Frost Specialty DSP - Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies - Tin of Tags

I’m really pleased with how this came out – it’s easy and quick to make and fun to disguise a gift card.

Don’t forget the great close out sale currently going on and also the offer from me – a new, free stamp set. Just spend $40 with me and use the workshop code CBUJ4GTP, and you get to select one of Hey, Chick, Delicate Details or Designer Tee which I’ll send you for free once I close out this workshop on January 3rd. Check here for the details and also pictures of these stamp sets. If you spend $60, I’ll send you the pearl or rhinestone basic jewels as well. Email me at lizbaileycards@gmail.com to let me know which of the sets you’d like and whether you’d like pearls or rhinestones (if you’ve earned them), or I’ll just select one at random.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is CBUJ4GTP (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

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When I got home last night, my latest order had been delivered from Stampin’ Up! And this one contained the brand new Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies released early on November 1st. Stitching has been a trend for a while and I was thrilled that these have been released because whilst I’m not about to start actually stitching on a card, I do love the look of the stitches.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies - Fancy Frost Specialty DSP - Christmas Greeting Thinlits - Totally Trees

Also in my order was the Fancy Frost Specialty DSP which was brought to my attention by my adopted upline, Eimear. Actually Eimear is my sister Caro’s upline but that UK based team has kindly let me be part of their fun and are encouraging me to go to the Live Onstage event in Europe with them next April. You can’t split up sisters now can you?! And yes, I double dip – I’m going away this weekend to MY upline’s cropping event, one that my sister has gone to as well. The stamping community is very friendly. Anyway, back to the card…

I very lightly sponged the fancy frost specialty DSP in always artichoke using a sponge and glued that to an always artichoke card base. I stamped one of my favourite trees from Totally Trees onto whisper white and cut it out with my brand new Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies and created an always artichoke mat using the layering ovals. The merry comes from the Christmas Greetings thinlits and it’s been cut out in cajun craze. To tie it all together, I used an enamel shape in the same colour. Since I was going to have the sentiment overlapping the image, I glued everything down flat. I look forward to playing some more with the stitched dies tonight.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is GWTDK7RM (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz