Lacy Tree Christmas

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For this card I started with a step card using the CS25 Center Step Die.  All the stamps I used are from SweetStamps.com and the ink I used is Satin Rose Shades Dye ink.  I stamped the background design using one of the stamps from the S601 Decorative Elements set, this set of stamps has 7 beautiful design elements that are awesome for creating backgrounds, borders or just stamping alone.  I used a course pouncer on the sides of the card then stamped 9074 Vertical Joy.  I used the Satin Rose ink direct to paper and also sponged the ink on a piece of white card stock.  I stamped the 8006 Lace Tree using Distress Embossing ink and heat embossed it with Fine Detail White EP, then hand cut the tree and used foam dots to attach it to the front of the card.  I used the same piece of colored paper to cut out the B148 Holly Lace Flourish die from Cheery Lynn Designs and used Krylon Adhesive Spray to layer it on the card.

For the inside of the card I used more of the colored paper I made than layered on a piece of white card stock that I sponged and pounced with ink.  I stamped it with the 957 May the Peace and used the corner of the element stamp in the corners of the paper.  To finish it I added more of the Holly Lace Flourish. 

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Black Magic/Chalkboard

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Use white dye ink or white EP, then color over the white areas. Here are two splitcoast tutorials: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/blackmagic/ and http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/chalkboard_technique/

Background paper is Bo Bunny Country Garden.  I stamped the 4003 Bold Blooms Tall Corner stamp from SweetStamps.com on black card stock using Distress Embossing Ink and heat embossed it with Fine Detail White EP.  Pitt Pens were used over the embossing to add color.  I used the same technique on the one of the butterflies from the S600 Fanciful Butterflies set.  Delicata Golden Glitz ink applied with a course pouncer on the black card stock for added color.  Black photo corners were used to attach the colored piece to the background paper.  To finish the card I added pearls and used Krylon Adhesive Spray to attach the 98256 Pepita Border from Memory Box.

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In Her Easter Bonnet Silhouette

For this card I started with a piece of gray card stock that was embossed using the 723159 Bradshaw Embossing Folder from Couture Creations.  After embossing the paper I used Nightfall Shades Dye ink direct to paper to highlight the embossed areas.  I also embossed a piece of white card stock, hand cut around the outside of the frame and used the Nightfall ink to highlight the raised areas.  I used Distress Embossing ink to stamp the silhouette of the 6005 In Her Easter Bonnet stamp from SweetStamps.com on black card stock and heat embossed it with Fine Detail Clear EP then hand cut the silhouette.  I attached the white oval to the card using foam dots and then attached the silhouette to the oval with more foam dots.  The flower in the lower right corner was made from the B181A Embellishments #1 Stamen dies.  I cut these from black and gray card stock, using a black marker to add highlights to  some of the gray pieces than layered them to form a flower.  I finished it with a resin rose from Kaiser Craft.  The flower in the upper left corner is an antiqued silver bottle cap topped with another resin flower.  The flourishes were cut from the DL151 Victorian Romance Flourish die from Cheery Lynn Designs.  Ribbon is a piece of fancy black ribbon I had in my stash of things.  Card measures approximately  5"x7".

Patriotic Sparkles

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Thought this would work for a good Fourth of July card with all the sparkle.  I used the following products:

Glitz 6X6 Happy Travels Paper pad
Glitter Sticker sheets in Blue and Silver
Stamp-9107 Holiday Sparkles Duo
Distress Clear Embossing Ink
EP-Valentine Sparkle
Cheery Lynn Designs B181 Build a Flower set #1 (used the stamens for the fireworks)
MFD014 Rectangle 3 Multi Frame die
Flourishes from Marianne's LR0116, LR0111 and LR0112
Red Pearls, Silver Rhinestones and Royal Blue Liquid Pearls
Misc items Candi Fix Foam Dots, Micro Glue Dots, Embossing Pal Anti-Static Pouch and Ribbon

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Sparkly Peacock

For this card I die cut the FRM137 Peacock from Cheery Lynn Designs from black card stock.  I followed the directions for Stacey's Sparkling Stained Glass Technique found in the projects and instructions section on the SweetStamps.com web site.  The only difference was I didn't cut 2 pieces for my peacock, I just layered it to the Super Sticky tape and a piece of 36# vellum and hand cut around the oval.  After I colored the backside of the vellum using Distress Markers (Peeled Paint, Faded Jeans, Broken China, Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutters)  I applied Vellum 2 Adhesive Spray to the backside and layered it to a piece of white card stock and hand trimmed around the oval.  The corners are from the B175 Lace Corner Deco J set from CLD.  I mounted them on the backside of the peacock using tape.  The Turquoise background design is the E123 Eccentric Circles, the leaves are the B179 Iris Leaves and the flower is the stamens from the B181 Build a Flower set all from CLD.  For the flower I cut 3 sets of stamens, 1 in black and 2 in turquoise, on one set of the turquoise stamens I added some color using a Black Soot Distress Marker before removing the pieces from the paper to give them a spotted effect.

Birthday Card and Gift Box

For both the card and gift box I used Kaiser Crafts Up, Up and Away 6x6 paper pad, Rub-ons and Printed Chip Board.   The sentiments are 9079 Fancy Birthday and 9119 Full of Smiles from SweetStamps.com. Tea Dye Distress ink was used on the stamps and the larger French Flair on the inside of the card is from the XL12 French Flair Stacker die set from Cheery Lynn Designs.  The bottle caps and twine were from my stash.

Finished Box

Inside of Box

Inside of Card