I had a super busy week and weekend…more on that later…but I took some time to play this afternoon!!! I'm playing with my new loot….from the upcoming Occasions Mini Catalog (available to you Jan 4th) and our fabulous Sale-A-Bration mini (starts Jan 24th)!!!
Here's a brand new stamp set called LOVE & LAUGHTER – an amazing wedding/engagement stamp set that comes with a coordinating jumbo wheel – WEDDING WORDS. Although I didn't use the jumbo wheel on this card…I have it and can't wait! We also have some super cool new embossing "STRIPS" called ADORNING ACCENTS…with matching EDGELIT DIES!!!! Are you gasping at the anticipation yet??? This little ribbon is from the Sale-A-Bration promotion – part of a two pack – YOURS FREE WITH A $50 ORDER!!!
OK – so back to my card…I used a masking technique on this one to make an oval template. I die cut a piece of typing weight paper in the Ovals Originals Die (shown below). Now – all three of the ovals are cut at once…so I taped two of them back into my paper. I centered the template over my piece of Whisper White cardstock, inked up my new NETTING BACKGROUND stamp with Baja Breeze ink and stamped. Or should I say, layed my cardstock on top of the background stamp and rubbed with a flat hand to get the image onto my layer…this is how you should always use the big background stamps. It's so much easier – I never have luck trying to stamp with these babies like you use other stamps.
I stamped the bridal dress in Calypso Coral ink because my COLOR COACH (shown below) told me that this was a color that went with Baja Breeze. I use my COLOR COACH all the time – if you don't have one (GASP) – I highly recommend them! Cut out the dress and used the 2-Way Glue Pen and Dazzling Diamonds to add the bling it needed…the photo just doesn't do this card justice. I popped my dress on a couple Dimensionals to give it some extra dimension…of course.
Next we have to talk about the ADORNING ACCENTS embossing strips and edgelit dies…OMGosh!!! They are soooo amazing. I embossed the strip of little hearts – then ran the scalloped edges embosslit through the Big Shot to get the decorative edge at the bottom…super easy! Last but not least – I sponged a little Baja Breeze on my embossed hearts and added the greetings.
Now – who's getting engaged? I'll keep this one…for the next engagement announcement!
Here's my oval template…
Check back tomorrow to see the details on these cards….all made with the NEW SPRINKLED EXPRESSIONS SAB FREE stamp set and our new FASHIONABLE HEARTS embosslit!!!
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MY WEEKEND…OH MY…we had a houseful yesterday and a BLAST. We celebrated Christmas with my step kids and their families. Heres' a photo of the whole gang…this was the first and only group photo of all of us that I took. Everyone was smiling and had their eyes open! A miracle in itself…but a little someone stuck their finger on my lens before I took most of our photos…so there's a blurry spot in all the photos…I have to laugh!
Back row: Scott (son-in-law); Stephanie; Steven; Steve Front row: Anna; Molli; Me with AJ on my lap; Hailey; Kelly (daughter-in-law) with Molli on her lap; Austin with Porter on his lap.
We always have a fun meal…I made a huge pork tenderloin my mom gave me – half in gravy and half in BBQ sauce – both were delicious – cheesey potatoes – chips & dip and lots of appetizers. We always eat, unwrap gifts and then play board games. This year each adult brought a $10 gift that we used for game prizes…funny thing…Stephanie won a $10 scratch off lottery ticket, Steven won a Solea Mexican Grill gift card that Steph wanted to trade with him, then Anna won a Shopko gift card that she wanted to trade with Steph…when all was said and done – Steven won $50 on the lottery ticket!!! We found out that Anna is horrible at being rushed and we roared with laughter everytime it was her turn. My favorite game of the night was called "5 Seconds" – it was really fun – so much laughing (I highly recommend this one).
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