An Unusual Thank You

We are not wine drinkers at our house, so really have a limited idea of what we like.  While we were at the store on New Year's Eve, thinking of picking up something to ring in the new year, the wine expert (or whatever his badge said) at Safeway asked if he could help us.  We told him the one wine we kind of like, and he recommended Stella Rosa.  Oh My Goodness, we loved it!

So, I thought it only right to make a special thank you card for him.  I didn't want it to be too splashy, one should not spill their wine, so I made it very simple.

I made the wine glass by die cutting vellum cardstock with the Circles Collection Framelits and cutting off just a bit from the top, to make the bottom of the glass.  I cut a small thin strip to make the stem.

Using my 2 1/2" Circle Punch, I punched a piece of Rich Razzleberry and the cut it down to a proper serving size!

I was very careful on placing the glue dots so that they wouldn't show through too much and it seems to have worked well.

The Bohemian Designer Series Paper is what I used for a pop of color and Bermuda Bay for a mat.

Thank you for looking in today.  Happy Thursday!

~ Donna

Vellum Butterflies

I spotted this beautiful card by Deb Valder and fell in love with it!  I just knew I had to make some and now I want to make even more.  Aren't they beautiful?  I changed up the sentiment - nearly anything will work with this card and I changed up the gold by adding the Gold Sequins.  Deb used the Gold Dazzling Details.  Thanks Deb for the great card idea!  I love it!

I started with Whisper White card stock cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4".  The Pistachio Pudding layer is 5" x 3 3/4" and the top layer of Whisper White is 4 7/8" x 3 5/8".

 

 

I stamped the two flowers from Painted Petals with Strawberry Slush and the leaves in Pistachio Pudding.

The butterfly is attached down the middle with two small glue dots and left loose everywhere else.  Add a pretty bow using Strawberry Slush Thick Baker's Twine and sequins trimmed off the Gold Sequin Trim with a dot of Liquid Tombo (aka Green Glue).

I also added Stampin' Dimensionals under the Pistachio layer to pop it up from the main card base.

Being Whisper White, there's plenty of room on the inside to write a nice letter or note to someone special or just as a simple thank you or hello.

Thank you for looking in today.  It's FRIDAY!!

~ Donna

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Flower Shop Vellum

I love the softness and springlike beauty of these cards.  Vellum can add so much to a card, have you tried using it yet?  With this card I stamped with VersaMark on vellum and then using Whisper White embossing powder and then set it with a heat gun.  

Remember to use your hidden paper for stamping and punching.  Since it's hidden, no one will know but you!

Thanks for looking in today.  Don't forget to take a look at the Retired Lists and get your favorites before they're all gone!

~ Donna

Flower Shop

$23.95

Field Flowers

$24.95

Pansy Punch

$15.95

Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die

$7.95

Peaceful Petals

$28.95

Simply Sketched

$14.00

Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$8.50

Wisteria Wonder 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock

$6.95

Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Large Oval Punch

$15.95

Extra-Large Oval Punch

$16.95

Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents

$4.95

Versamark Pad

$7.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$4.75

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Vellum Flowers

Yesterday I showed you how important the Embossing Buddy is to making beautiful embossing.  Today you'll see the cards I made from the flowers.

This is so easy to do and has a fabulous look to it.  Let them think you spent hours making this beautiful card! 

• Begin with our White Vellum Cardstock (101856) and using VersaMark (102283) and the Secret Garden Stamps (w-131940 / c-129144), stamp your image then emboss with white embossing powder (109132) and the Heat Tool.  The Vellum stays wet longer so you can actually do 3 or 4 flowers at a time and it will stay wet enough for you to put the powder on.  DON'T FORGET to use your EMBOSSING BUDDY (103083) FIRST!

• After your powder is set up and shiny, turn the Vellum over and using a sponge dauber (102892) color the back of the flower (the side without the embossing).  This too will take a while to dry so you can use your heat tool (129053) on that as well to get it dry faster.  Learn from my experience, be sure it's dry or you could end up with ink where you don't want it.  :)

• Once it's good and dry, take your flowers to the Big Shot (113439)and using the Secret Garden Framelits Dies (129372) cut your flowers out.  To help them stay in place how about checking out the new Magnetic Platform (130658 - available May 31st).  The strong magnets inside keep your Framelits and Edgelits right where you put them.  In the meantime, a nice post-it note holds them in place pretty well.

• Next, stamp your Whisper White (5 1/4" x 4") with your favorite sentiment and the leaves from the Secret Garden stamps.  Then run your paper through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder (117335).

• You'll find that the adhesive doesn't want to work well with the ink on the back of the Vellum, so you'll want to use a brad in the center.  Then you can either poke the brad through the white base or you can put a dimensional onto the opened brad and adhere it to the card for layering.

• Adhere the Whisper White to your card base.  I used Strawberry Slush cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4".

I hope you enjoyed this project.  Once you try it I think you'll enjoy trying other projects with it as well.  I love using the Vellum and how pretty it makes things look.

Happy Wednesday - Counting Down to Friday and the New Annual Catalog!

~ Donna

Embossing Buddy - The Best Buddy Ever!

Did you know that the Embossing Buddy is your very best buddy ever when it's time to heat emboss with embossing powder?  I was skeptical at first, but after making a couple of really awful attempts without it, I've decided to never use my embossing powders and heat gun without my Embossing Buddy!

Here's a sample of how different a project can be with and without using our EB.  The flowers on the left were stamped with VersaMark, powdered and heated after using the Embossing Buddy.  The flowers on the right were just stamped, powdered and heated without the Embossing Buddy.  You can clearly see the extra powder that didn't shake or tap off before heating and ended up being a permanent part of the flowers.  

Luckily, I'll be using the Framelits that go to this set and they will eliminate the "overspray" (for lack of a better term!) in my final product.

Come back tomorrow to see the pretty cards that were made with the flowers from Secret Garden (w-129141 / c-129144) below.

Today's Recipe:
Embossing Buddy (103083)
Vellum Card Stock (101856)
VersaMark Pad (102283)
White Embossing Powder (109132)
Heat Tool (129053)

Thank you for checking in today. Only two more days (May 31st) and we can all begin ordering from the new catalog!  I can hardly wait to start whittling down my list.  Yayyy!

Happy Tuesday!

~ Donna