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Decorated Poppy Moments Journal with Tutorial

Since we sequestered at home, I decided to get creative and decorate the front of one of Traci's new journals for her birthday.

Traci loves the fall colors so I chose Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry to work with.

I used the Simply Scored to create the diagonal pattern in the background.

I scored at every 1" interval.

There is a very simple way to create the diagonally scored background.

Once you have the Simply Scored Board in place, choose one of the sides of card stock.

Place it onto the Simply Scored Board so that each of the two ends of card stock is on the same number.

Each end of this particular piece is at the 6" mark.

Score from left to right at 1" intervals.

For the second side, each end of the card stock is at 5 1/4".

Score from left to right at 1" intervals.

This technique works with squares, rectangles,any size and any shape of card stock.

 

The Dies that I used for the numbers are from a very old set that retired long ago.

Some things, you just never let go of, right!!!!!

 

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Celebrating Traci's Birthday

Three weeks ago, I young woman who I know from school, moved in with me!  Oh Happy Day!!

Yesterday was her birthday so we did a number of things to celebrate!

Traci's techy ability is the reason you all are seeing videos again from me!  I am so grateful for her being here for a number of reasons.

Another Happy Birthday, Traci!

That's right!  Her birthday candle is in a sweet potato because she isn't eating sugar for awhile!

I cut two HUGE roses from my front bush for her birthday.  Here is one of them.

When I cut it this morning, it had beautiful dew drops on the petals.

We've had a fun day!!  So happy to be able to celebrate with you, Traci!

Thank you for stopping by!

Over the Moon and Under My Umbrella

The Over the Moon Set is also one of my favorites so I decided that it would be a lot of fun to have one of the cows holding the umbrella!

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Let's Get Creative with the Under My Umbrella Bundle!

The turtle from the Back on Your Feet set is just perfect for the inside out umbrella!

• I stamped the umbrella onto the Magnolia Lane Paper with Early Espresso ink because it shows up a little better than the black.  I also stamped the greeting in Early Espresso. Black is also fine.  It just wasn't showing up as dark.
• The handle is punched out of Mossy Meadow which matches the main card.
• The light green on the turtle is my Pear Pizzazz Stampin' Write Marker. 
• The darker green is the Light Mossy Meadow Stampin' BLend Marker on page 179.
• I used the light Balmy Blue Stampin' Blend to add the blue under the turtle.
• I stamped the rain in Seaside Spray pad.  It's one of the newest in colors.

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Under My Umbrella

Under My Umbrella is a recent favorite set of mine.

• The Granny Apple Green and the Daffodil Delight really speak of Spring, don't they!!
• WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO MASK AN IMAGE?
• Stamp the boots first and then put a mask over them.  To create the mask, stamp the boots on grid or typing paper and then cut them out.  I put a tiny bit of adhesive on the back of the paper that I just cut out and placeD it over the boots.
• Now stamp the flowers in the boot.  Part of the ink will go onto the mask for the boots.
• The same thing will happen when you stamp the flowers to the left of the boots.  A little bit of the image will get stamped onto the paper over the boots.
• Pull off the mask and the boots will be whole and complete and the flowers will end up looking like they are "in" the boots or "Behind" the boots.
• HOW TO FORM THE UMBRELLA SO THAT IT IS DIMENSIONAL
• First stamp the umbrella stamp in Daffodil Delight ink onto Daffodil Delight cardstock and punch it out.
• Punch a second umbrella that is plain...no stamping necessary.
• Layer the two umbrellas together and bend them into a bit of a curve.
• Add several little dimensionals right in the center of the back.
• Add adhesive to each end of the umbrella.
• Now when you add it to the card, it will have some dimension to it and add a lot of interest to the card.
• HOW DO I GET AN ENVELOPE THAT MATCHES THE 5"X 3 1/2" CARD SIZE?
• The smartest thing to do is to purchase the Note Cards & Envelopes listed below.  There are 20 in the package.  The white cards are 5"x 3 1/2".  Use the front of the card to cut out the scalloped rectangle.  Use the back of the card to cut the white piece to write on inside the card.  Now you've used the white card and you also have an envelope to match the card size.

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Last Day of Sale-a-Bration!!!

I am showing you a card out of the Flowering Foils that I just remade.

This is so soft. 

There is a little bit of a glare on the card because of the foils.

I am mounting the Flowering Foils flowers on white card stock before I cut them out so that they are a little sturdier for mounting on dimensionals.

Here is my original card.

I changed the braid from silver to Blushing Bride cardstock.

I repositioned the flowers and used sponge daubers to color them in instead of the markers.

However, I did use the Blushing Bride Stampin' Write marker to color in the buds

I changed the ink for the leaves from Old Olive to Pear Pizzazz and used my Stampin' Write marker to color in the tiny leaves.  I used the sponge daubers for the larger leaves.

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Daisy Punch Thank You

Many of you chose the Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper during Sale-a-bration.

I decided to combine one of the papers out of the pack with our two Daisy Punches.

Simple Card.  Fun to make!

I love black and white papers!  I put this card together pretty quickly.  The leaves were cut out with the Poppy Moments Dies.

I cut the designer paper at 5 1/8"x 3 7/8" to place onto the basic white card.

The Thanks is from Good Morning, Magnolia. 

You'll see everything listed in the supplies below.

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I have listed below the  products that were used on these cards.

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Under My Umbrella

My friend, Carol Wheeler made this beautiful card using the Under My Umbrella set.

She sent me her picture from her home in N CA via email. I couldn't get it into photoshop to crop and enlarge it, but I think you can see it pretty well.

She cut out the scalloped rectangle with the Stitched So Sweetly Dies.  She stamped all of the flowers, cut them out, and added them to the umbrellas.  Beautiful!!

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Music From the Heart

Here is one more idea that I love made with the Music From the Heart set.

It's just a little bit different, but very easy to make.

• The black and white Golden Honey Designer Series Paper (DSP) is 4"x 5 1/4".
• The Real Red is 4"x 5 1/2"
• Measure up 1 1/2" from each side and put a tiny pencil mark.
• Measure the center point of the 5 1/2" side (2 3/4") and make little pencil mark.
• Cut from pencil mark to pencil mark on each side.
• Then you can decide if you want to use one of the Layering Squares Dies like I did or you could use one of the Layering Circle Dies, too.
• Stamp the piano and cut it out with one of the Layering Squares Dies and add it to the center of the RRed c/s.
• I added three medium rhinestones to the RRed c/s.
• I decided on this one to simply have the greeting inside of the card.

I have listed below the  products that were used on these cards.

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Third Release for SAB

It's finally time for Sale--a-Bration to come to an end.  But before it does, Stampin' Up! has released a third and final set of products you can earn for free.  The flyer is below and you can download it. 

 

Then, visit my online store here to see all the other wonderful Sale-a-Bration products available. 

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