Kissed Impressions Elegant Bouquet Card

I love a good background!  Oh yes, I do!  Especially when there are lots of textures and patterns and layers involved.  And, I love experimenting with different background techniques and combining them whenever possible for even more possible effects.  So, the other day, I discovered a unique way to combine Sizzix Impressions Embossing Folders with …

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Darla’s Bliss with Framed Tulips Card

A quick post today, featuring another card made with the Bliss Sale-A-Bration set.  This one was created by Darla Eigenschink.     I love the soft and elegant color combination she choose with the Blushing Bride and Basic Grey.  And, I had to give you a closeup of the bliss sentiment…she colored it with markers, using …

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Blossom Petals Dry Embossed Vellum Flowers

Last week, I showed you a fun way to use heat embossing on Vellum card stock to create beautiful flowers with the Build A Blossom stamp set and Blossom Petals Punch: Build A Blossom Embossed Vellum Flowers. Today's project also features embossing on Vellum Card Stock, but this time it's with the Finial Press Impressions …

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Build A Blossom Embossed Vellum Flowers

You may have seen some projects on the internet using the Build A Blossom stamps and Blossom Petals Punch, but I wanted to try something a little different…how about some vellum flowers!    How do you like this translucent, Perfect Plum flower?!  The large size of these blossoms are really quite eye-catching on cards—can you …

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Amanda’s French Patina Card

Happy Valentine's Day!  Today's project wasn't made to be a Valentine, but it could be used as one.  It's certainly filled with "amour!" I'm absolutely loving the patina technique and the baja/suede color combination, so please indulge me as I show you one more version that I created as a birthday card for my niece, …

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Become A “Scrapper”—Bliss Shimmering Patina Card

It always amazes me how quickly my work space goes from about 2×5' to about 2×5"!  I feel so good when it's cleaned off, then within the hour, it's a complete disaster again!  I know many of you can relate, right?  Right?!!!!  *crickets* So, yesterday, I finally spent some time clearing off my crafting table. …

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