Spellbinders Decorative Holly Frame and 5×7 Holly Frame

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Beverly

This is my first Christmas card for 2015, and it features the Spellbinders Decorative Holly Frame die set as well as the Spellbinders 5″x7″ Holly Frame die set. Yes, the names of the dies seem one in the same. However, they are two separate die sets, as you can see near the bottom of this post. I think the card is very attractive. What do you think?

The size of the Christmas card is 6″ x 6″ as the frame from the Spellbinders Decorative Holly Frame die set is too large to fit on a smaller sized card.

I think the Stampin’ Up! Soft Sky card stock is beautiful and the perfect color for this card. The splashes of red on the card make it pop! Do you agree? I used Stampin’ Up! Whisper White Card Stock for the Spellbinders Decorative Holly Frame cutout, and embossed it in several places with Stampin’ Up! Soft Sky ink. Notice the raised elements on the card in the following picture. To get some dimension on the card, I recut the die and created duplicate bells at the top and the ribbon at the bottom of the card.

Maybe you can see the raised elements better in the picture below.

I made the Soft Sky poinsettia with Spellbinders Shapeabilities Layered Poinsettia dies. I used the Spellbinders 5×7 Holly Frame die set to create the small red poinsettia at the bottom-right of the card. I also used this die set to create the holly vine that rests on top of the sentiment. In an attempt to create a shadow of the holly vine, I recut the holly vine using the Stampin’ Up! Sahara Sand Card Stock. I glued it underneath the Soft Sky holly vine, allowing 1/16″ of the Sahara Sand holly vine to show. The sentiment on the card front is from a retired Stampin’ Up! stamp set, Come to Bethlehem.

The inside of the card is embellished with another Soft Sky holly vine that I attached to the Whisper White Card Stock. The inside sentiment comes from the Stampin’ Up! Reason for the Season (139730) stamp set.

The pictures below are of the Spellbinders Decorative Holly Frame and the Spellbinders 5×7 Holly Frame dies.

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God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs

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Beverly Polen

Breast Cancer Awareness-Guneaux Designs Sliced Rock Technique

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Beverly

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I decided to create a card that features Guneaux Designs Sliced Rock Technique. I think the card is quite cheerful, which is what a breast cancer patient would need in the way of a card. When I was recovering from breast cancer, I thoroughly enjoyed receiving cheerful cards. They lifted my spirits.

Using my Guneaux Designs Sliced Rock Technique, I started making the card by stamping a floral image on a small piece of Stampin’ Up! Whisper White card stock. The floral image is from the Stampin’ Up! Flower Shop stamp set. Using various shades of pink, I colored the flower and began implementing the Guneaux Designs Sliced Rock Technique. You can see that I started creating the “rings” around the flower with two shades of pink and ended with shades of yellow and green.

I stopped with the technique when I reached five rings around the flower. I did this so I would have room for my heart design around the sliced rock floral design and to be able to stamp the Ribbon of Hope stamp around the flower. I used Versamark Ink and White Embossing Powder for the ribbon.

To form the heart around the floral design, I placed a heart-shaped Post-It note over the flower. Afterwards, I used a brayer to apply Pink Pirouette Classic Ink across the Whisper White card stock. Then I formed the shape of the heart with Ranger Yellow Stickles. I think the yellow stickle helps the floral design to pop on the card.

For the sentiment on the Breast Cancer Awareness card, I used the HOPE stamp from the retired Stampin’ Up! Strength & Hope stamp set.

PRODUCTS USED FOR THE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS CARD

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Stamps – Flower Shop (130942), With All My Heart (retired – card inside), Strength & Hope (retired), and Ribbon of Hope (retired)

Breast Cancer Awareness-Guneaux Designs Sliced Rock Technique

Stampin’ Up! Flower Shop (130942)

With All My Heart and Strength & Hope

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Card Stock – Whisper White, Pool Party, and Daffodil Delight

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Pink Pirouette and Pool Party, and various other inks

Accessories: Brayer, White Embossing Powder, Photo Corner Punch, Post-It Notes, Stickles, and Spellbinders Die (inside of card).

God’s Blessings!