Month: May 2018

I love anything that reminds me of the sea…here is a wonderful suite called  TRANQUIL TEXTURES with simple images and embellishments designed to give your projects gorgeous texture with rich color from the 2018-2019 SU Annual Catalog.  This set appeals to all ages.  Keep it simple or add the shaker element and a simple sentiment on the outside and it is perfect for any teenager or young person.  Choose to embellish with netting, coral spikes, and seaweed textures to turn your card into a work of art that will be appreciated and admired by your recipient.  This set also fits well with any nautical themed cards.  If you love anything from the sea…this is a set that can’t help but grab your imagination.

I wanted to present two projects which are easy to make and will delight anyone.   The first project is an easy Octopus Card that can be simple or you can take it to “wow” with a couple extra steps and embellishments.  My “how to” video walks through all the steps for making this card.   The second project is an under-the-sea shaker card that is fast and easy if you follow all my steps in my video tutorial as the second card in the series of projects featuring the TRANQUIL TEXTURES Suite.  The Stamp-a-ratus makes aligning the shaker cut out with the stamped image on the inside of the shaker card.  I have made several shaker cards using this tool and it is wonderful!

 

FAST and EASY Octopus Card…from SIMPLE to WOW!

 

To create this simple card I used:

NIGHT OF NAVY, FRESH FIG and WHISPER WHITE cardstock using the standard card size of 5.5″x4.25″ and layers at 5.25″x4″ and 5″x3.75″.

NIGH OF NAVY, FRESH FIG, and MINT MACARON inks

The Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper has great patterns and textures that lend itself to this project as well as other projects as well.

SILVER FOIL SHEETS

METALLIC PEARLS

SILVER METALLIC  THREAD

For coloring use:  STAMPIN’ BLENDS Alcohol Based Markers in RICH RAZZLEBERRY and PINK PIROUETTE.

CLICK HERE FOR “HOW TO” VIDEO: 

 

 

Under-the-Sea Shaker Card

 

 

TRANQUIL TIDE, FRESH FIG, NIGHT OF NAVY, and WHISPER WHITE cardstock.

The base card (Tranquil Tide) is the standard card size of 5.5″x4.25″ and layers at 5.25″x4″ (Whisper White) and 5″x3.75″ for the Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper.

NIGHT of NAVY, FRESH FIG, and MINT MACARON inks for stamping.

SILVER FOIL SHEETS

TRANQUIL TEXTURES SPRINKLES

METALLIC PEARLS (new catalog)

VELLUM PAPER

3″x3″ WINDOW SHEET

LONG FOAM ADHESIVE STRIPS

You will also need a BIG SHOT and the PRECISION BASE PLATE.

CLICK HERE FOR “HOW TO” VIDEO: 

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My Cinco de Mayo Workshop started with a challenge from my Downline, Kathryn M. to build 2 baby cards from the below paper picks.  We have mutual friends that are expecting this fall and we wanted to put together some easy card designs that we could use for both boys and girls — by just a color switch.

The stamp set we both really liked was the “Moon Baby” set which is a retiring product and will unavailable on 31 May!  I couldn’t believe they were pulling this set because after putting these cards together I fell in love.

CHALLENGE 1:

We choose MELON MAMBO and WHISPER WHITE to frame some lovely soft pink paper that Kathryn had in her workshop.  The paper is not a SU product; but I am always amazed at how well SU colors can be combined to work with other brands.

 

I used the STAMPIN’ BLENDS markers to color my image and the BROTHER SCAN N’ CUT to cut our images.  When working with easy line images like these which do not come with framelits,  I like to stamp a sheet on Whisper White and use my Scan n’ Cut.  I used PINK PIROUETTE (light) for the face and both LIGHT and DARK for the clothes.  IVORY was used for the hair.  I used a POWDER PINK SHIMMER RIBBON type to hang the cloud from the top of the card.  the sentiment was stamped on WHISPER WHITE and cut with the TREE BUILDER PUNCH.

CHALLENGE 2:

Use the PAINTED WITH LOVE Designer Series Paper (145580) (5″ x 3.75″) to create another card.  Here I used POWDER PINK as the base card (5.5″ x 4.25″) with GOLD FOIL as the layer piece (5.24″x 4″) which when I punched with an old retired STAR BORDER punch from SU…made a great “starry starry night” background for the card.   I added a strip of glimmer gold ribbon (a retired SU product from last year’s OCCASIONS Catalog) just to add some more sparkle.   With “Wink of Stella”…for even more shimmer on the moon…the card was perfect!

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