Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Quick and Easy Graduation Thank You Card

A Jillian Vance Design

Hello everyone… Today with a quick and easy Graduation Thank You card only that I only use die sets, no stamping.

I started with adding the white and black stripes patterned paper on a white A2 card base using dries-clear Adhesive Glue.

And then I cut out a black fun foam using Bold Thank You {DIE}alogue Word Die and added it on the card with adhesive glue. I added one cute graduation cap on the card that I cut out using the Mini Grad Cap Die.

This is an easy and quick card that you can mass-produce to express gratitude after the graduation party. I also share this card over A Jillian Vance Design Blog today. I hope you all can enjoy it there…

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Posted on Monday, May 21, 2018

Things With Wings and Rainbow

CUTplorations May Challenge

Hello everyone…This whole month of May, we are the 31 Days of Celebrating Spring at STAMPlorations Blog. All the blog hop, linky partyies and challenges have one theme: Things With Wings. And today I have another Things With Wings card (plus some rainbow) to share with you.

On my card, I used For The Birds , For The Birds Dies, Luggage Tags Nesting Dies from STAMPlorations. For the background, I created a watercolored wash with watercolor paper, Distress Ink Oxide Ink and water using smooshing technique. After that I trimmed it and added it on white card.

Then, on another watercolor paper, I painted the rainbow colors with Koi watercolored paint. I only use 3 primary colors: Red, Yellow, Blue. I blended them to create the secondary colors: Orange, Green, Purple. This is a fun and quick way to create rainbow, and my daugthers LOVE to do this with their own watercolor paints.

I dried the watercolor panel with craft heater and then I cut it using the Luggage Tag die.

After that, I stamped the sentiment from For The Bird stamp set on the tag with Versafine Onyx Black using my MISTI, and I also stamped another sentiment on a white cardstock and trimmed it into sentiment banner.

I die cut the bird using the For The Bird Dies out of black cardstock, and after that I added some white acrylic paint splatters with fan brush. For the branch, I used the negative die cut that I cut out the image from previous project as a stencil. I traced it with Faber-Castell Black PITT Artist Pen. Then, I added the bird on top of it. (go here to see the project)

I added some more white acrylic paint on the tag with fan brush to give some extra texture on the background.

My tag is done. I hope you all get some inspiration today to create a project to share with us at CUTplorations May Challenge. For more inspirations, make sure to head over to the STAMPlorations blog to see the projects from the team.

Before you go, I have a coupon code for you to save 20% of your order at STAMPlorations store. Use this code: STAMPGIRLHELEN when you check out. This code good for all regular and sale-priced stamps, stencils, and dies.

THANKS so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!

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Posted on Monday, May 21, 2018

DIY Canvas Tote Bags For Teachers With Cutting File

The Cut Shoppe

Hello everyone… Cannot you believe that this School year reaches its end? For sure, we are so totally all the teachers for all what they have done to help our children to grow. For them, I made these canvas tote bags that filled with gifts for our beloved teachers!

I dressed up these three canvas tote bags with glitter heat transfer vinyls (HTV) that I cut them with cutting files from The Cut Shoppe: School Rules, You’ve Been Schooled, All Caps Alpha, Friends Forever, Words To Live By.

Creating these canvas tote bags is super fun. I love the options what I can do with digital cutting files on projects I want to create. I am sharing the full detail how I created them over The Cut Shoppe Blog today.

I hope today’s projects give you some inspiration to try something new with The Cut Shoppe cutting files! Thank you so very much for stopping by today. Have a fabulous day!

Posted on Friday, May 18, 2018

Blossom and Flourish ~ CAS Card

Graciellie Design Digital Stamp

Hello everyone… I hope you all have been having fabulous Spring season! We are enjoy some flowers that have sprung at our back porch.

Today, I have another card I created using the new Desert Rose Digital Stamp Set from Graciellie Design.

I started with creating the watercolored background using Distress Oxide Broken China and water using smooshing technique. It is simply dab the ink on the craft mat, spray with water, dab the watercolor paper, and dry between adding colors to crate the texture on it. After I was done adding colors on it, I dried it again with craft heater, trimmed it into 5 1/4″ x 4″, and I added it on the A2 White Card using dries-clear adhesive glue.

For the flowers and sentiment, I opened the files with picture editing software, resized the flowers and sentiment to fit on the card, and then printed them on heavyweight white cardstock using inkjet printer in black and white color. Before I colored it, I dried the ink with craft heater, or you also can let it dry half day or over night. You can plan ahead if you want to work with digital images.

I added just the Metallic Melon Gelato on top and bottom of the flower petals, and added some of the Green Tea Gelato on the leaves. Just add a little bit on them and I used my finger to smudge the colors all over the image, it is like coloring with finger. After that, I fussy cut them with micro-tip scissors.

I trimmed the printed sentiment into sentiment banner with paper trimmer.

I put together the flowers and sentiment with dries-clear adhesive glue, and I added them on the card with white fun foam and adhesive glue for the 3D dimension effect. I finished the card with some Pearl gems.

I love how this CAS card turned out and I hope you do, too. Before you go… Gracie is having a Big Birthday Sale at her Etsy store, everything is 50% OFF until May 31st, and Big Birthday Giveaway on her Facebook Page and Instagram.

Thank you so much for stopping by… Hope you all have a wonderful day!

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Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2018

Precious Remembrance – Imagine Crafts Blog Hop and Giveaway Day 2

Hello everyone… Welcome to Precious Remembrance Shop and Imagine Crafts Blog Hop! This is a collaboration blog hop from Precious Remembrance Shop Design Team and Imagine Crafts Design Team.

Today is our day 2 Blog Hop. We have 2 Days blog hop events. If you are here today and not yet seen the Blog Hop Day 1, you can go here to see my first project.

I have another End Of School Year themed project to share with you today. This one is gift tags for teachers that I created using School Days Stamp Set, Totally Stamp Set, and VersaFine Clair ink Pads!

First, I cut out these tags the largest size of Tim Holtz Tag Dies out of heavyweight cardstock. For the background, I stamped the lines from School Days Stamp Set with VersaFine Clair Nocturne using MISTI stamping tool.

I stamped the image from School Days Stamp Set with VersaFine Clair Nocturne, sprinkled with clear embossing powder, and then heat set them with craft heater.

I colored the images using StazOn Cleaner that I mixed with VersaFine Clair Cheerful Ink Pad, VersaFine Clair Paradise Ink Pad, VersaFine Clair Glamorous Ink Pad, and VersaFine Clair Summertime.

I dabbed the stamp cleaner and ink on the craft mat, and then I picked them up with small round brush.

After the colors dried, I fussy cut them with micro-tip scissors and added on the tags with 3D foam tape.

I stamped the sentiment from School Days Stamp Set with VersaFine Clair Glamorous Ink Pad, and I also stamped stars from Totally Stamp Set with VersaFine Clair Cheerful Ink Pad on the sentiment tags that I cut out using the Tag Dies Set. I added them on the tags with dries-clear adhesive glue.

The word “totally” is from Totally Stamp Set that I stamped with VersaFine Clair Nocturne on white cardstock and I fussy cut them with micro-tip scissors. I added them on the tags with 3D foam tape.

The tags are done and ready to be put on each gift bags for my daughters’ teachers. This week is their last week of school and we are so very grateful and thankful to have amazing teachers! We appreciate all their hard works this year.

***GIVEAWAY***