It's lovely to get some happy mail amongst the bills and advertising material. When I opened each of these little beauties they certainly brought a smile to my face. A big thanks goes out to all the 'senders'. XX
How sweet ... and how thoughtful ... AND ... how well deserved, Bronwyn! It's always lovely to get happy mail. Hugs xxaxx PS I am still having computer probs ... after a major crash! Access to the internet is frustrating me ... even though my dh has solved the main probs. Off to scroll through what I have missed over the last few days ... but with so much to catch up on ... I don't have time to comment on each post, sorry! Hugs xxaxx
Photo Wallet and Butterfly Easel Card The Colour Combo for Just Add Ink's 57th Challenge Butterfly Easel Card I designed a butterfly easel card for my latest project at UStamp with Dawn and Friends using the Punch Bunch Stamp Set . For this challenge I popped the little butterfly from the Bliss Set , added some pearls and stamped the gorgeous flourish from the same SAB stamp set to form the background pattern for both die cut butterflies. I also sponged around the edges with River Rock Ink. PS: Thanks again to Nancy Riley for choosing this card as one of her iPicks for this week! Inside the Photo Wallet This would make a Lovely Hostess Gift (especially for a scrap-booking enthusiast) Complete with Photo Mats Instructions for the Photo Wallet can be found HERE . My Tutorial for the Butterfly Easel Card can be found HERE . Project Recipe for Photo Wallet and Butterfly Easel Card Stamps: Bliss (SAB), Fresh Cuts Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, River Rock Card Stock...
This card uses SU's Blushing Bride card stock and ink, the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die and Antique Brads . The sentiment is from the stamp set, Butterfly Prints and I have used the textured impressions embossing folder, Finial Press in this example. If you wish to see my tutorial, it is only available as a pdf file, with the purchase of the Larger Butterfly Easel Card Tutorial. Unfortunately, a few websites have copied my entire tutorial and published it without my consent, including all the photos and instructions. It's just as well I add a watermark to everything. So, after two years of sharing the love, I feel I need to remove the instructions from this post to avoid any further plagiarism. Thanks for your understanding. ........................................................................................................................................................... Disclaimer: My tutorial does not replicate the one that...
Here's a mini tutorial for a Two Tags Die Easel Card which I put together this afternoon. I hope you find it useful. This card features a lot of brand new, Sneak Peek items so I have entered it into the SUO Challenges which is all about using your favourite new stamp set. I fell in love with this new Hostess Set called Simply Soft when I first clapped my eyes on it and I have teamed it up with some gorgeous new DSP. Simply Soft Two Tag Easel Card Instructions 1. Cut out a piece of card stock 3 1/2" x 9" and score along the longer side at 4 1/2". 2. Fold along the score line. 3. Align the folded side just inside the straight edge of the larger tag and run it through the Big Shot to get the base of your easel card. 4. With a piece of card stock that measures 3 1/2" x 4 1/2", cut out a complete tag. 5. Emboss/embellish the single tag which will form the front of your card. 6. On the card base, fold the top score line upwards as in the above photo...
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PS I am still having computer probs ... after a major crash! Access to the internet is frustrating me ... even though my dh has solved the main probs. Off to scroll through what I have missed over the last few days ... but with so much to catch up on ... I don't have time to comment on each post, sorry! Hugs xxaxx