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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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  • CUTE package shaped fun fold card!

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    Have you ever made one of these 'gift shaped' fun fold cards?  They're so unique & look just like a boxed gift!  You could do this card for birthday's, babies or weddings also.  

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    Yesterday I focused on the Basic Border and Tailored Tags dies for this projects. See that neat zig zag trim?  I also used the Tidings of Christmas DSP and Tidings & Trimmings stamp set.  

    I show how to put this together on the video below.  You can also see it here on my YouTube channel. 

    The Basic Border and Tailor Made tags I used here are discounted through Thursday, November 18th.  

    • Basic Border dies seen here were $29 and are now $23.20
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    The measurements are in the photo above but watch the video below to see how to assemble it.  There are a few tricks on this unique fun fold card! 

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    And below is the video; it's the first project I share on this FB Live replay! 

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  • Easy Tri-fold card with a pocket and video tutorial

    I LOVE this special project today!  I made it on FB Live yesterday but you can see it here on YouTube now too. 

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    It features the Whimsy & Wonder DSP, Merriest Moments stamp set, Iridescent Snowflakes, Basic Border and Tailor Made Tags dies.  

    They're tri-fold pocket cards made with a 5 1/2" X 12" piece of Designer Paper.  I used the Whimsy & Wonder specialty paper seen here. 

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    Here's the inside view of the pink card on the top left.  I love how it shows off both sides of the Designer paper.  

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    They feature multiple tags and a pocket for either a tag, gift card or photo!  

    The Basic Border and Tailor Made tags are discounted through Thursday, November 18th.  

    • Basic Border dies seen here were $29 and are now $23.20
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    The belly band slides off along with the snowflake & tags/ribbon so you can open it up to reveal the pretty inside:

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    And below is the video; it's the second project I share on this FB Live replay! 

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  • Fun & Unique Christmas tree from scraps!

    Check out this amazing card Tracey made using scraps of Heartwarming Hugs Designer series paper!  

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    She cut 1/4" strips from her DSP and arranged them across a stamped & textured White card stock layer.  She used the Merry Melody 3D embossing folder seen here.  The stamped images are from Very Versailles.  

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