Tag Archives: Vertical Greetings

Playing with string

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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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Vertical Greetings

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Vertical Greetings is a stamp set from last year’s annual catalogue which I was thrilled to see carry over into this year’s. It’s unusual in that the greetings are, well, vertical which can be extremely useful. I also love the images of the neat adorable topiary. And they are good for Christmas cards. Last night I had one or two (well eight) people over to start on holiday cards but since the new catalogue isn’t live until September, I didn’t want to taunt them with images that they couldn’t order. So out came Vertical Greetings and the Holly textured embossing folder.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Vertical Greetings - Holly TIEF

The group was divided as to how to ink up the stamp; some used the straight edge of the ink pad to carefully ink up the desired part of the image and then used the second ink pad for the rest. Others used markers. It’s just a personal choice. But the real red and old olive look awesome together on this image and if there’s a slight issue where the colours change, the old olive 1/8 inch sheer ribbon bow covers it perfectly! We made the old olive pop a little more by adding a mat in the same colour. This then went on top of the real red piece that was dry embossed with the Holly TIEF and then placed on a real red card base. The finishing touches were a few sparkly rhinestones.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project.

Click on the buttons below to join my team, shop or learn how to earn free stamp sets and bundles. This month’s host code is ZWHGFAYW.  It’s also above the Shop Now tab in the menu on the left. Just copy and paste it or type it into the box at the bottom of your order where it says HOST CODE and then click apply.

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Vertical Greetings

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This card is actually the first card in my one sheet wonder challenge and not what I planned to share today. I was going to share all the Soft Sayings Card Kit but the UPS man brought me a Stampin’ Up! order and I need to play with it some more! So this is a shorter post. Tomorrow I’ll share the kit with close ups of each card and comments on tips that I found or changes that I made (probably). So today is a quick card showing how versatile Vertical Greetings is.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Vertical Greetings - Delightful Daisy DSP

I matted the piece of Delightful Daisy DSP with a piece of night of navy and then tied the crushed curry chevron ribbon around all of that, tying it in a knot. Then I stamped the greeting before gluing the focal point to the card – it’s too hard to use the stamp-a-ma-jig over the thickness of the mat and ribbon and I wanted to ensure that the sentiment was perfect first. I’m thinking that this design is going to work well with numerous other papers and ribbons.

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Also, remember the amazing joining offer of $52 extra supplies plus a free Christmas stamp set worth $20 making that Starter Kit a steal at $99 plus tax for $197 worth of product and free shipping.

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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 ZDSGJ9U3 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). In addition, if you spend $50 this month, I’ll send you the metallic sequin assortment. 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.

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Liz

Naturally Eclectic DSP

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The Naturally Eclectic DSP is a wondrous mixture of colors that I’d never think to put together, but which I adore. Here we have emerald envy, lemon lime twist and soft sky with whisper white. What a fabulous combination.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Naturally Eclectic DSP - Vertical Greetings

I was really pleased with a card that I CASEd from the catalog (page 33) so I decided to use the layout again. Here’s my earlier card. I changed it up a bit but still used DSP as the background and added that to an emerald envy card base.

The top layer was a piece of whisper white which looked “right”. I held a piece of the new half inch lemon lime twist ribbon along with my happy birthday over a scrap of whisper white to figure out the width!  The length was the same as the piece of Naturally Eclectic DSP – 4 inches. The sentiment is from Vertical Greetings, stamped in emerald envy. I added a mat 1/8 inch wider to pull it all together.

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 NJ99GP9Q (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). In addition, to celebrate the new catalog, if you spend $50 this month, I’ll send you the fresh fig 1/8” sheer ribbon. 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

See you tomorrow,

Liz

 

Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper

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I was looking at my DSP, which rightfully is probably a mountain and wondering why I don’t use it much. I certainly look at it a lot. But what good does that do anybody? I can still still look at it if I’ve made it into a card and shared it here but there’s loads that hasn’t been cut. So I hacked into another piece from the Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper - Vertical Greetings

I had thought that this paper was a bit loud for a full layer but as a partial layer, it’s gorgeous. It’s 3.5 inches wide with a daffodil delight mat which is 1/8 inch bigger. Due to the watercolor nature of the paper, some of the colors are blended together or paler than usual so I not all of the official colors worked as a mat. The daffodil delight is perfect though. And although the watermelon wonder didn’t work as a mat, it is perfect for the greeting which comes from Vertical Greetings, a set that I’m thrilled is in the new catalog. I’m also happy that the thick whisper white which I used here as a base, must’ve been a hit since Stampin’ Up! is introducing thick very vanilla.

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 7UYN7HEJ (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). In addition, to celebrate the new catalog, if you spend $50 this month, I’ll send you either the clear or gold faceted gems FREE (let me know which you’d like). 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