by Tracy | Aug 1, 2019 | Glitter Queens Blog Hop, Layering Squares Dies
It’s the beginning of a brand new month which means it’s time for the Glitter Queens Blog Hop! This month it’s all about Shaker Cards!
I started with a card base of Thick Whisper White cardstock. I like to use this thick paper any time my base is white because it’s sturdier and with the extra weight of a shaker card, it’s a good choice. The next layer is a piece of Calypso Coral that was placed inside the Mosaic 3D embossing folder and run through a die-cutting machine.
To create the window, I used the Layering Squares Dies, one inside the other as indicated in the image below. You’ll need a clear Window Sheet to keep all the sequins inside so I used a piece that measured 2-1/2″ x 2-1/2″. To attach the Window Sheet, I added Multipurpose Liquid Glue all around the edges of the rectangle. Then I added our Foam Adhesive Strips on each side of the rectangle.
Once I figured out where I wanted my Iridescent Sequins to go, I shook them out onto the card base – I wish I had added a little more than I did. Next, I peeled off the backing on the rectangle and attached the window to the card.
The sentiment was stamped in Calypso Coral ink using the stamp set Parcels & Petals and cut out with the Stitched Rectangles Dies. The flowers were stamped in Memento Ink onto Whisper White cardstock using the stamp set, Tea Together. They were colored in using Stampin’ Blends: Calypso Coral Dark and Light, Granny Apple Green Dark and Light and Pineapple Punch Light. The flowers were cut out using the Tea Time Dies. I got these dies when they were a Sale-a-bration free gift. I’m so glad they can now be purchased in the Annual Catalog!
The smaller flower was attached to the frame of the window using Snail and the larger one has Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back. A shaker card may look like it’s really hard to make but it isn’t! I hope you’ll give it a try!
Supply List
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I hope you’ll continue around the hop! Sheila is up next!
Dawn Griffith
Tracy Bradley – You Are Here
Sheila Myers
Beth Bolinger
Cheryl Pierce Smith
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See you on Monday! Have a great weekend!
by Tracy | Aug 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today’s card uses Mosaic Mood Speciality Designer Series Paper. Wow, this paper is so pretty with raised designs and shiny accents!
I also used the stamp set Tasteful Textures. Don’t you just love the sentiment?
One of the coordinating colors in the Mosaic Mood Designer Series Paper is Terracotta Tile so I used cardstock in that color and ink, also in that color, for the sentiment.
The Terracotta Tile butterfly was created using the Butterfly Beauty Dies and a die-cutting machine.
Supply List
If you need any stamping supplies, I’d love to be your demonstrator! You can place an order by clicking any of the images below to go to the homepage of my Stampin’ Up! online store. If you have questions about products you’re considering purchasing or ones you’ve already purchased, I’m just an email away (click the Email Me button on the sidebar of my blog).
Measurements
- Terracotta Tile cardstock: 11″ x 4-1/4″
- Basic Black cardstock: 5-1/8″ x 3-7/8″
- Whisper White cardstock: 3-3/4″ x 5″
- Basic Black cardstock: 3-3/4″ x 1-3/4″
- Mosaic Mood Designer Series Paper: 3-3/4″ x 1-1/2″
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by Tracy | Jul 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s very easy to make the beautiful lace background on my card today using the Stitched Lace Dies and a die-cutting machine.
Once the background was cut out, I used Multipurpose Glue to add dots of glue all around the back. I’ll be honest, I was a little intimidated at first wondering how I would adhere it the cardstock but it worked out well. Lots of little dots of glue equals a card front that isn’t going to fall off!
The base of the card is Blueberry Bushel, one of the 2018-2020 In Colors. I used that color again for the sentiment and the piece the sentiment sits on, both of which were cut out using the Stitched Nested Labels Dies. Three Noble Peacock Rhinestones in Blueberry Bushel were the finishing touches!
Supply List
If you need any stamping supplies, I’d love to be your demonstrator! You can place an order by clicking any of the images below to go to the homepage of my Stampin’ Up! online store. If you have questions about products you’re considering purchasing or ones you’ve already purchased, I’m just an email away (click the Email Me button on the sidebar of my blog).
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Measurements for Today’s Card
- Blueberry Bushel: 11″ x 4-1/4″ & a scrap for the piece underneath the sentiment
- Whisper White: 5-1/4″ x 4″ & a scrap for the sentiment
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Thanks for stopping by today!
by Tracy | Jul 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s Tutorial Tuesday but before I share my free tutorial, I wanted to remind you that the Starter Kit promotion is still going on! If you like getting a discount on products you buy, then you’ll love what you’ll receive when you purchase the kit! Here’s just a few of the perks you’ll receive when you purchase the $99 Starter Kit if you purchase it by August 31, 2019:
- $155 worth of Stampin’ Up! product (that’s $30 more than usual). You pick out what YOU want!
- $10 Product Coupon Code to use the month after you purchase the kit
- Free Shipping on the Starter Kit
- Early access to the Holiday Catalog! You’ll be able to preorder products in just a few days beginning on August 1, 2019. The catalog goes live for everyone else on September 4, 2019.
- At least a 20% discount on everything you purchase
- Quarterly Stampin’ Success Magazine filled with stamping ideas
It is such a good deal that it would be wrong if I didn’t tell you about it! It’s absolutely risk free. I always get asked if you have to start selling Stampin’ Up! products once you buy the kit. My answer is, only if you want to! If you don’t, then you can just buy for yourself AND get a discount.
I have more information here which includes some frequently asked questions if you’d like to take a look.
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Tuesday Tutorial
This week’s free tutorial is the card I posted last Thursday. If you missed that post, you can see it here. This is a fun layout because you can change up the colors and Designer Series Paper and get a different look!
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Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!
by Tracy | Jul 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Happy Monday!
I’m feeling nostalgic because today is the first day of school! For 22 years I was an elementary school teacher. I retired seven years ago and in some ways it feels like a lifetime ago that I had a classroom full of children and at other times, it feels like just yesterday. My life has completely changed since the day I left my classroom for the last time. Months after retiring, our first grandchild was born and now we have three! We moved 400 miles away from a home we lived in for 28 years so that we could see our grandkids regularly and so that they’d know who we are. Several years before retiring, I became a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. I remember very clearly, drooling over the catalog and wishing I could craft all day long and be a full time demonstrator. My wish came true and I love it! I can craft whenever I want (in between babysitting those precious grandchildren of mine). Life is good!
So as today begins, I’m thinking of my school teacher friends and all the kids with their new lunchboxes and new school supplies as they get ready to start the school year. To anyone starting school today or in the next few weeks, have a wonderful first day and a school year full of fun and new memories!
Onto Stampin’ Up! news!
There are only days left until Bonus Days are over. This promotion only happens once a year and it will end on Wednesday.
What are Bonus Days? For every $50 you spend this month, you will receive a $5 Bonus Days coupon and there’s no limit to how many you can earn! Once you place your online order, you’ll immediately receive an email from Stampin’ Up! with your Bonus Days coupon codes (one for every $50). Keep these in a safe place because in August (later this week), you’ll be able to use them but you’ll need those codes!
It’s a great time to get ink pads, dies or stamps you’ve had your eye on. Or stock up on cardstock you regularly use. Plus you’ll receive a card kit from me with all the paper and embellishments needed to make the card below (your kit will be in either Rococo Rose, Terracotta Tile, Pretty Peacock, Seaside Spray or Purple Posy). Click here to place an order today and start earning Bonus Days coupons! Use my host code below and you’ll receive an extra card kit!
Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
