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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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  • A unique fun fold card made with Celebrate with Tags bundle!

    Celebrate with Tags was the featured bundle on last week's FB Live.  I shared this unique fun fold card: 

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    The candles, the dotted background and the stitched rectangle die are all from the Celebrations Tags dies.  Unfortunately these dies are now sold out.  I am so sorry if I'm teasing you!  

    The Celebrate with Tags stamp set is available & will be carrying over through May. See it here.

    Here's another photo from above with measurements too.  

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    Scroll down to watch the video; or click here.  

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    Below you'll see the video; click on the photo to watch it. It includes this fun-fold card and two tags made with the Celebrations Tags dies.  

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  • Easy Ornament cards with video tutorial

    Have you ever made an 'ornament' card?  They're quite easy if you have a circle die or punch.  The possibilities are endless; just like real ornaments!

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    I shared how during last week's Stamp with Me Live.  Follow me here on FB to catch my weekly videos. I challenge my followers to share their version of an ornament card by January 2nd to get in on door prize drawing.  Share yours here. 

    You can use designer paper, dies or just greetings to embellish them.  

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    Here are a few more I made on the video:

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    I love the greeting dies and the fact that it has snowflakes that can be cut out fully or just partially like the right one above. 

    Click on the photo below to watch the video. 

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    I was thrilled with the Birthday Card Organizer kit Stampin' Up! created and knew it would be super popular.  I was right; they are now out of stock.  It will be available again; but we don't know when. 

    I ordered a bunch of these kits and have jazzed it up for a kit to go this month.  

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    The basic Birthday Organizer kit includes the card organizer (it has 12 months & 14 pockets for cards), adhesives, adhesive-backed sequins & everything needed to make 12 cards & envelopes. 

    I'm adding 4 bonus cards & envelopes, a spool of Sahara Sand ribbon and all pre-cut pieces needed to complete the design element on the front of the card organizer.

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    In the PDF tutorial you'll also see a few alternate designs for the 2 card designs included in the base kit. Of course it also includes instructions for the bonus cards and design element on the front. This PDF is sent to you immediately after payment via email. 

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