Mixed Media Floral Memories & More card demo

 Today's Facebook Live features the Mixed Media Florals Memories & More card pack. This card pack includes 50 options (front & back of 25 cards) plus 4 sheets of stickers - both sentiments and other elements.

 

I used the cards above to create this card.

The card base is Basic White 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4". The Calypso Coral mat is 4" x 5 1/4". The two black and white florals are cards from the set trimmed to 2 1/2" x 3 7/8" then glued to the Calypso Coral. The floral center strip is cut from one of the cards and trimmed to 1/2" x 3 7/8" and matted with Basic Black 7/8" x 3 7/8". The Calypso Coral circle is cut with the largest Stylish Shapes circle die and the stamped image is cut with the next largest Stylish Shapes circle die. Watch the video to learn how to cut the overhanging blossom then mount the image onto the Calypso Coral. This piece is mounted onto the center strip using dimensionals. The sentiment, from Hope You Know stamp set, is heat-embossed with White Detail Embossing Powder onto a 5/8" x 3 7/8" Basic Black strip. Brushed Metallic Butterflies finish off this card.

 Give this card set a try. You'll find lots of ways to use these cards. Next week's Stampin' Thursday will feature using them to create a scrapbook page!

 If you have any questions, please leave a comment and I'll get back to you...or e-mail me at suzyzoo@verizon.net.

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Stampin' Thursday Mystery Make It Together

 This month's Mystery card is a simple card with so much potential. Here is the list of supplies that you will need.

*5 ½” x 8 ½” Basic White or coordinating color cardstock scored 4 ¼”

*4” x 5 ¼” different colored cardstock

*3 ¼” to 3 ½” die cut circle white cardstock or small print coordinating DSP

*Image to fit on circle (pre-printed, die cut, fussy cut, and colored)

*Sentiment piece white cardstock app. 2 ¼” – 2 ½” in length 

 *Sentiment…whatever you want

 I hope that you will follow along with the YouTube video to make your card.

So SPOILER ALERT! If you have finished your card, then scroll down to see the three samples that I showed in the video!

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This is the card that I made on the video. I used Cajun Craze, Smoky Slate and Garden Green. The image is from Inspirational Sketches, I colored it then fussy cut it. The sentiment piece comes from Unbounded Love and the sentiment from Hope You Know. The circle is cut with Spotlight on Nature dies and the greenery using the Bough Punch.

 This card uses a Basic White card base and Calypso Coral card front. The circle is using Serene Love DSP, currently on the Last Chance list and cut with a Spotlight on Nature die. For my sentiment I used the Thoughtful Moments dies and 3D Embossing Folder. The image is from Spotlight on Nature and I used 3 Brushed Brass Butterflies.

 

 

 

 

 The last sample uses the Storybook Friends images. The card base is Wild Wheat, the card front is Early Espresso and the circle is Crumb Cake cut with a Stylish Shapes die. The sentiment comes from Beach Day. I stamped fish on the card front using a Gone Fishing stamp. I also distress all the pieces with Early Espresso ink. The card is finished off with a Linen Thread double bow. I thought this made a great masculine card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you make a card using this Mystery Card, I'd love for you to post a photo on my Facebook Group page in the album Mystery 3.20.25

Color Combos

 Do you ever get bogged down using the same colors over and over? I love blues and greens, so I tend to turn that direction. To get myself out of that rut, I have started looking for different color combos to try out. A challenge called Color Fusers has helped me with this. So today I’m going to show some different color combos and demonstrate using one.

 Here's a list of some of the color combos that I have gathered...most of them from the Color Fusers  Challenge.

BERRY BURST   LOST LAGOON   BLACKBERRY BLISS

AZURE AFTERNOON   DAFFODIL DELIGHT   PUMPKIN PIE

 PETUNIA POP   SUMMER SPLASH   PEACH PIE

BUBBLE BATH   COASTAL CABANA   SOFT SEA FOAM

POOL PARTY   ORCHID OASIS   FRESH FRESIA

GARDEN GREEN   REAL RED   CHERRY COBBLER

BUBBLE BATH   PRETTY PEACOCK   POOL PARTY

PUMPKIN PIE   POPPY PARADE   SHADED SPRUCE

My YouTube video features the cards below made using some of these combos. The Easter Greetings butterfly card is demonstrated on the video

 

This first card uses Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon, and Blackberry Bliss. I used ink and blender brushes and Sketched Butterflies cut from Basic White. The Basic White cardbase is 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4". The Berry Burst mat is 4" x 5 1/4" and the Basic White cardfront is 5" x 3 3/4". I heat embossed the sentiment from Storybook Friends in black. There are 3 Basic Rhinestone gems to finish the card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This second card uses the combo  Azure Afternoon, Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight. The cardbase is a Z-fold in Azure Afternoon. See this older video demonstrating how to do the Z fold. I used the Terrific Toadstools bundle to create the focal image and added clouds from Under the Moon stamped in Basic Beige. The birds are from Scenic Pumpkins. The DSP is from To Market and the ribbon is Daffodil
Delight. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The next card features Petunia Pop, Summer Splash and Peach Pie...all current In Colors. I used the smallest Stylish Shapes square die to cut the cardstock pieces. The stems and leaves use Autumn Leaves dies and Summer Splash cardstock. The sentiment is stamped on white, bannered and matted on Summer Splash cardstock.

 

 

 

 

The last sample I did features Bubble Bath, Pool Party and Pretty Peacock. I used the new Mixed Florals stampset and a background stamp from Spotlight on Nature. The black mat and the Basic White cardfront are cut with 2 of the Deckled Triangles.

 

I hope that you will give some different color combos a try. I'd love to know what combos that you have used. You can put that in the comments below! Thank you for visiting my blog.

 

 

 

 

Stampin' Thursday Masking Tape Technique

This is a fun technique, albeit a little messy!! So have a wipe handy!

The supplies you'll need are a cardbase, Basic White 5 1/4" x 4" (2), a small sentiment piece of Basic White, stamps, 5 ink pads that coordinate, a dark ink for your image and sentiment, a larger image stamp and a sentiment stamp. You'll also need the narrower masking tape.

To see this technique, you should watch the YouTube video.

 

Here is the first sample I shared.

  This card was made using Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Shy Shamrock Flirty Flamingo, Pretty in Pink, starting with the Pool Party.  Once I completed the colors all the way down, I stamped the shepherd image from Shepherd's Care. I also used one of my circle dies (I think this one was Deckled Circles) and stamped the sentiment also from Shepherd's Care. I mounted the sentiment with dimensionals. I used two of the colors on the inside piece as well as the flap edge of the envelope. The card base is Coastal Cabana.

This is the card I demonstrated on the video. The colors turned out darker than I anticipated but you can at least see how the technique is done. The card base is Petunia Pop. I looked on the Color Wheel and used the two colors around Petunia Pop as well as the colors across the wheel from it. I used Berry Burst, Petunia Pop, Fresh Fresia, Granny Apple Green and Lemon Lime Twist. I used Pebbled Path for the image (from Quiet Meadow) and the sentiment. 

Like I said, the colors turned out darker than I anticipated but I still think this technique creates beautiful cards!

The demonstration can be seen on YouTube or on my Facebook page.

I hope you'll give this technique a try. I think you'll love it! Next time I'm going to try blues and yellows!

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10/31/24 Sketch Challenge Facebook Live

 Today's Facebook Live uses a card sketch to create our card.

Here is the sketch.

The measurements for this sketch are: card base 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4";                           rectangles (cut 3) 2 1/2" x 1 3/4"; any size circle or sentiment piece.

You can, of course, add images, ribbon, gems...whatever you need to complete your card!

This is the card that I created on the video. I used Mediterranean Blooms (I think I said 'Citrus Blooms" on the video!) on a card base of Night of Navy. The butterflies are from Sketched Butterflies as well as the sentiment, and the sentiment piece from Thoughtful Expressions. The inks are Blueberry Bushel and Highland Heather (the colors on each side of Night of Navy on the Color Wheel!

 

 

 

The first sample that I showed used Humble Home and  Nests of Winter DSP. The card base is Moody Mauve with a Crumb Cake card front. The house was punched from the DSP and stamped with Pebbled Path The gems are the Flat Adhesive Backed Pearls that I colored with Moody Mauve Stampin' Blend. The ribbon is a retired Misty Moonlight ribbon. 

 

 

 

And the 2nd sample card uses the Nests of Winter DSP.

The birds are fussy cut from the DSP. The sentiment piece is from Autumn Leaves and the sentiment from Winterly Treetops. The ribbon is retired Pool Party . The card base is Coastal Cabana and the mat is Smoky Slate. 

 

So I hope that you will try this sketch out with your choice of DSP. There are so many possibilities!! 

 

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