Clean & Simple Blog Hop; Pretty Pop-Up dies

May 19, 2022

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

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 SMART way to use your 6 X 6″ paper with this neat fun fold card; video too!

August 31, 2022

On yesterday's FB Live I shared three unique fun fold cards. See that video here on my YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe too!

This card is probably my favorite fold. It makes the BEST use of your 6 X 6" designer paper!

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I chose to feature the Butterfly Kisses 6" DSP in the 2022 Annual Catalog by Stampin' Up! It's filled with bright colors & fun prints with printed butterflies you can cut out!

It coordinates with the Build a Butterfly dies and the Best Butterfly Bundle seen here.

I chose to use Starry Sky with White & Parakeet Party for my main colors. The 'pull out' tag for the front is from the Tailor Made Tags dies seen here.

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For all of the cards in the video I featured the Charming Sentiments bundle seen here. It's filled with great greeting images and lots of coordinating dies that cut them out perfectly!

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Click on the photo below to watch the video and see how to make ALL of these neat fun fold card ideas.

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Blessings of Home & Flowers of Home dies projects

August 30, 2022
Look at this pretty card I made on last week's Facebook Live.

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Lots of pretty details on this card:
- Blessings of Home stamp set & Flowers of Home dies for the leaves
- I used watercolor pencils & blender pen to color the floral image
- the gold honeycomb sheet is from the Sweet Sunflower Paper Pumpkin kit; it was a free gift add on
- I used the gold honeycomb sheet to add a pretty, blended background using Balmy Blue ink & a Blending Brush
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The Flowers of Home dies are in the 2022-23 Annual Catalog but also available free with a $100 Stampin' Up! order during Sale-a-Bration. See them here. This option ends on Wednesday, August 30th. See all of the Sale-a-Bration options here.

The stamp set & dies are available in a bundle too.

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I made a second card using mostly the Flowers of Home dies.

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I cased the card from Sue Mohr; I thought it was simply elegant way to create a 'wreath' around the oval sentiment.

The oval dies are from the Fabulous Frames dies seen here. When you cut out the oval it creates both the frame and the inside; two pieces with one die!

I textured the White layer with the Quatrefoil embossing folder seen here. It's so pretty and works perfectly with these flower & leaves die-cuts.

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The colors I used are Balmy Blue, Pear Pizzazz, Polished Pink and Fresh Freesia.

Tip; when adding these delicate die-cuts use just a tiny but of Multipurpose Liquid glue.

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Remember that these Flowers of Home dies are free with any $100 order through Wednesday, August 31st.  Sale-a-Bration ends that day.

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Inventory Status Report for August 29th

August 29, 2022
There are 2 more days left of Sale-a-Bration!!

Here's an update on Stampin' Up! product with an Inventory Status Report:

Unavailable items – these will return when in stock; most in September
- 2022-24 In Color Matte Decorative Dots
- Balmy Blue & White 3/8" double stitched ribbon (Holiday catalog)
- Festive Pearls (Holiday catalog)
- Brushed Metallic 12 X 12" card stock *on the SAB list
- Distressed Gold 12 X 12" paper
- Lights Aglow 6 X 6" specialty paper (Holiday catalog)
- True Beauty stamp set
- Hello Harvest stamp set (Holiday catalog)
- Blossoming Happiness dies
- Stylish Shapes dies
- Sending dies
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Low Inventory:
- Aspen dies (on the SAB list)
- Silver foil 12" specialty paper (on the SAB list)
- Tombo liquid glue
- Metallics embossing powder
- Versamark ink pad
- Texture Chic specialty designer paper
- Happy Forest dies
- Palms dies
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