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Clean & Simple Blog Hop; Pretty Pop-Up dies

Welcome to the Control Freak's May blog hop!  The theme is Clean & Simple projects. 

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You may have just arrived or hopped over from Wendy's blog.  I'm sure you loved her unique projects. 

For some reason when I think of clean & simple I lean towards mostly white projects.  I've been wanting to play with my new Pretty Pop-Up dies so here is what I came up with for my first project: 

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It's almost all white; just a few accents of Balmy Blue & Petal Pink.  These Pretty Pop-Up dies do not cut all of the way through; they provide detailed texture and a 'peak' behind the die-cuts.  

I added a bit of color to some of the flowers and butterflies with Balmy Blue & Petal Pink light blends markers.  To get them to pop up a bit I pushed each die-cut outward with my Take Your Pick tool.  I adhered this 4" X 5 1/4" piece to a smaller piece of Balmy Blue card stock using mini dimensionals.  

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The greeting is from the Nature's Thoughts stamp set and on a die-cut from the Natural Prints dies.  I added a 1/4" strip behind this to bring in a bit of Balmy Blue. This card might not be considered true clean & simple but it does only have a few layers!  Ha!

I stuck with the Balmy Blue & White them for my second card but added a bit of Gray Granite with the Abigail Rose designer paper. 

I used the smaller oval die for this card and used one of the single dies for the White butterfly.  

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The greeting is stamped on a circle die from the Picture This dies and is from the Nature's Thoughts stamp set as well. There is a piece of Vellum card stock behind the Balmy Blue layer. 

You can see some of the dies I used in the photo below: 

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Thank you so much for stopping in today; I hope you enjoyed seeing these Pretty Pop-Up die projects!  

I hope you'll stick with the 'hop' to see all of the projects!  Click here to see Melissa's projects or on the icon below.  

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  • Fabulous Holiday Catalog Open House & BOGO event – tomorrow, Sept. 4th!!

    Tomorrow is my annual BOGO sale, combined with the new Holiday Catalog open house!  The deals are incredible!

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    Here's how it works. For every dollar you spend on my retired Stampin' Up! products you can choose new FREE products from the catalogs or online merchandise.  It's amazing!  

    I've saved up a year of products for this annual event. I have lots of designer paper, stamp sets, kits and more.  

    If you're near me in Minot, ND I hope you'll stop in and bring a friend too! There will be product displays, free cards with orders & as always lots of yummy treats. 

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    *The new Holiday Catalog goes live tomorrow, September 4th. And so does the new Scrapbooking line too!  (see link below) 

    **Leftover product will be boxed up for my Mystery Box sale coming later this month

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  • Unique fun fold card with the new Regal Winter suite – free project sheet & video too

    I shared the neatest fun fold card on last week's video.  It features the upcoming new suite called Regal Winter from the Holiday Catalog.  This catalog goes live on Wednesday, September 4th. 

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    My colors were inspired by the beautiful Regal Winter designer series paper. Fresh Freesia, Blackberry Bliss & White. 

    It looks like a normal card front doesn't it?  It's not!  The right side has a fold to it and the edge is tucked under the diagonal layer. 

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    Isn't that neat?  And it's super easy to make too, but to understand it you may have to watch the video below. Or click here to see it.  

    Here's the view of the inside once opened.  That center Blackberry Layer is attached to only the left side. The DSP strip is centered on it and helps you center the whole piece between the two outer flaps.  It's easy; watch the video! 

    **I'll be sharing two more pretty cards featuring this new suite on Tuesday's FB Live video (Sept 3rd). If you're on Facebook I hope you're following me.  If not find me here. 


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    I created a free project sheet for you; click on the following link to download or print it.  Download Regal Flora Diagonal Latch card

    Below is the video for this card and another neat idea with the Full of Life DSP. Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube Channel while you're there.  I post a new video each week! 

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  • Incredible Seagull fun fold card with measurements!

    Lori made this adorable card for our August card swap.  

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    It looks like a normal card front doesn't it. But wait!  It opens up like this:

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    Isn't that neat?  The side flaps sneak under the front panel. 

    She chose the use the Lily Pond Lane designer paper for her card.  It's actually on sale right now – but the sale on our Designer Papers end tomorrow!  See all of the papers on sale here. 

    She added a white layer in the back for signing. It needed to be able to fold for the card to work so there's a crease in the center. 

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    She used the Charming Duck Pond stamp set for her images & greetings. It's part of the Lily Pond Lane suite. 

    Measurements:

    • Card base – 2 pieces at 4 1/4" X 8 1/4" score at 2 1/4", 4" and 6 1/4" – the widest flap is on the left and right sice when the 2 pieces are sitting next to each other. 
    • 4 1/4" X 4 1/4" front. Glue onto the middle of the folded pieces to hold them together. 
    • White – 4" square for back of card
    • DSP 4 X 4" front, 2 at 1 1/2" X 4" inner panels & 2 at 2" X 4" outer panels 

    Thank you for the measurements Lori!  Here's an view of this neat card from above. 

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    I hope to make one of these cards on a video soon.

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