It’s time to bid a fond farewell to another pairing – the Paisleys and Posies stamp set and the Paisley Framelits dies – neither part will be in the upcoming catalog, so if you want them, get them now. Here I made my own background with a number of the beautiful stamps and then highlighted one of them with a copper die cut.
Here I added some colour with the stampin’ write markers
And here’s one showcasing one of the beautiful sentiments in the set
This one showcases a die cut from the Paisley framelits dies
I hope you enjoyed today’s projects – if you need this stamp set and the dies, hurry before they are out of stock. Whilst the stamp set is guaranteed until May 25th, the dies are as supplies last.
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In case you haven’t guessed, I’m on vacation this week which ought to mean that I have extra carding time and I’m more efficient than usual. Not so. I seem to be posting later and later. My sister is visiting and although we’ve planned days of carding, today is the first day of actual doing rather than just talking!
I wanted to showcase not only a carrying over item but also one on the clearance rack. The Petals and Paisleys Specialty DSP is currently still available and is 30% off but the stamp set in the same suite, Paisleys and Posies is carrying over. There are matching framelits which are also carrying over but if you want the bundle of framelits and stamp set, you need to get it by January 3rd because the bundle pricing is going away.
Here I cut a piece of the copper embossed DSP (it’s one of the sheets which make this paper collection specialty) and amazingly had a piece of copper foil leftover to match. It required just a half inch trim off the length and it was perfect. I tried (again) to pull in a copper foil embellishment which I’d cut with the matching framelits but it was not working – this one had been on my leftovers pile for a while! Instead, I used the sentiment from Paisleys and Posies and heat embossed it in copper and then cut it out with the stitched shapes framelits – love the effect the stitching gives. Often the stitching is enough but this is such a flashy card, it needed another oval, this time of copper foil. It’s a fairly simple layout, but with all the copper shining, it’s a pretty special 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.
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I’m feeling a little sad today; sometimes people behave in a totally unacceptable and hurtful way and your only choice is to walk away. But when you walk away, you’re always walking away FROM something that you probably liked; hence the sadness. So I wanted to focus on positives today and made this card to celebrate them – isn’t the sentiment beautiful? And I am now possibly ADDICTED to the paisley framelits dies and the matching Paisleys and Posies stamp set which can be bought together as a bundle.
I started by stamping the sentiment in versamark and sprinkled on the copper embossing powder. This meant that I had my placement down and could just fit all the paisleys and posies around. So I stamped a random assortment of the images in old olive, filling in spaces with some of the little stamps. But then I wanted to elevate one of them and match the copper by adding copper foil. I found that I could cut out a copper foil paisley shape which perfectly borders one of the stamped shapes – as long as you cut it out with its framelit and make it a touch smaller than it started. I glued this onto the copper with glue dots (it slides around otherwise) and then popped this up with dimensionals. Whilst I was cutting out the foil, I also cut out some of the other shapes and they are beautiful in foil. I’m certain I’ll be playing with these at the weekend or very soon – they won’t stay long on my “use later” pile.
This card might look familiar if you have looked at everything closely in the Holiday catalogue – I CASEd a card on page 46. If you don’t have a catalogue and would like one (and you’re in the US), let me know and I’ll pop one in the post.
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Happy Thursday and it’s time for a new challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches. This week it’s a colour challenge
And here’s the banner which inspired my card:
Quite a tricky combination of colours isn’t it? I felt that they needed to be separated but together and the paisleys were the perfect option. I first stamped the sentiment in bermuda bay and then stamped the paisleys in the archival basic black (twist your stamps on the ink pad and THEN tap tap tap for a better coverage). After that it was a relaxing time simply using my stampin’ write markers to colour in portions of the design. I left lots of white (or very vanilla in this case) space to keep the card CAS and to balance the colourful lower half. A wider than usual border of the card base helped to tame the busy-ness of the paisleys and the skinny black mat framed it all nicely.
Why don’t you have a go at these colours and see where they take you? It would be fun to see you in the gallery.
I sat at my craft table yesterday to make a few cards and looked to some challenges for some inspiration. This card was born of two of them. I don’t think either came first, it was more reading my list of challenges that inspired it.
I’ve stamped the pineapple before the retirement of hello honey and mossy meadow and so I went looking for replacements. I found them in delightful dijon and always artichoke. In fact, with clear embossing, always artichoke isn’t far off my beloved mossy meadow which is good to know! I first inked up my stamp with versamark and then added the two colours to each half of the image. I didn’t have to be too precise because the banner was going to cover the change of colour. I then sprinkled on clear embossing powder and heated for a really lush look. The photos really don’t show the shine very well at all. The banner comes from Paisleys & Posies and I stamped it in delightful dijon and cut it to size using the stampin’ trimmer then popped it up on dimensionals. Then it was time to decide on the card base and either would have worked well but the Pineapple looked best with both colours together.
I encourage you to take a look at the challenge sites and have a go yourself. It’s a lot of fun and, if you’re like me and on occasion sit staring at your stamps wondering what to make next, it gives a direction to your carding.
