Sharing My VanIsle Meeting Make & Takes

OK, I said I would share with the Make & Takes that I made at our last meeting.

This first card has a very interesting, and very fun technique using three marbles with a drop of Ink Refill on each in a wide full size wood block stamp case. You lightly attach your paper to one side and then close the case and roll the marbles around. You do that for each colour you wish to use, one case for each colour. It's addictive, and so fun to see what pattern you get each time.

This next Make & Take is a match book large enough to hold a gift card, folded bills, or in this case a sample of lotion.  The stamp set "Enjoy the Little Things" was used to make this. It's a quick and easy project and is great for hostess gift at a dinner you have for your friends, parties, showers, etc.

I didn't get the ribbon at the Make & Take so this Sale-A-Bration Baker's Twine is all I had to used for this project.

I love the colours on this Ink Resist card. I would have loved to use So Saffron for the card base, but being one of the last to get to this Make & Take, I ended up with a white card base. Inks used were So Saffron, Pool Party, & Mint Macaron. This "Awesomely Artistic" stamp set is next on my order list!

The last Make & Take I'm showing you is like a two page card. The "Grateful Bunch ? Blossom Punch bundle is used for this card.

Isn't this a great idea!? I plan to create my own designs using this style of card base.

Are you inspired with any of these? Have fun casing them or creating your version of these.

REMINDER: In two weeks Sale-A-Bration will be over, so be sure you have all your free product and maybe extra as gifts for your creative friends and family members!

Happy Stamping!

2016 Sale-A-Bration Sneak Peek - What I Love - Part Three

If you are looking for this week's WEEKLY DEALS, they will be post a little later today. But I'm going back to the "What I Love" sneak peek series.

For this card I went to light to the colours of So Saffron, Pink Pirouette, and a little Blushing Bride for the ink resist panel popped up on the card.

In this close-up, perhaps you can better see the 'Gorgeous Grunge" spots heat embossed in gold, as is the sentiment on the vellum strip. The sentiment is from the "Enjoy the Little Things" stamp set.

I added pearls and sequins hoping to add a bit of a glamorous look.

For this inside, I blended the same colours around the edge to create a bit of a frame around the gold heat embossed sentiment, also from the "Enjoy the Little Things" stamp set.

So, that's it for this card. A fairly easy card to create. I have more still to come. Be sure to check in later today for the WEEKLY DEALS.

Here is what I've used for the making of this card.

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Don't miss out on the weekly deals being posted after this.


Happy Stamping!

2016 Sale-A-Bration Sneak Peek - What I Love - Part Two

For today's "What I Love" Sneak Peek card, I've also included another stamp set from the 2016 Occasions Catalogue - "Enjoy the Little Things" for the sentiment.

To create the white sentiment strip, just position a masking strip (I created mine from a 5" x 3" pot-it-note) and stamp your images with it in place. When you remove it, you have a nice clean strip to stamp you sentiment onto.

Here is a close-up so that you can see it better.

Whenever you use a lot of bright colours, they pop out best when matted with black, as you see on this card. This is popped up using dimensionals as you see below.

As you will see in the next photo, I used another of the sentiments from "Enjoy the Little Things" plus the sliver of a black frame. I know that some of my class customers are rolling their eye, lol, because that means working with 1/16ths or 1/32nds of an inch. Sorry, but sometimes that looks best to me. For you, if you want a larger frame, go for it.

With the exception of the two stamp sets used, everything I used to create this card is below.

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It's fun, to share with you, the things I'm making as a Sneak Peek for you of the new product coming up in the 2016 Occasions & Sale-A-Bration Catalogues. Hope you are enjoying it too. Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday the 9th when you come to pick up your catalogues and browse at some of the new things that will be available to you on the 5th.

Happy Stamping!

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