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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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  • Another Stunning Fall Framed Sampler project!

    Here's the second Framed Sampler project from the swap my Flowerbug's Team held earlier this month.  they always impress me with their talent. Check out the first one here. 

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    I love each and every one! 

    We chose to use colors in the Gilded Autumn specialty designer paper for our swap.  We could create any shape or design we wanted to within the Fall theme.  It seems to always work out that we have a nice variety of sizes etc.

    Thanks for stopping in!  Have a wonderful weekend!

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  • Wow; look at this gorgeous Fall Sampler!!

    Earlier this month my Flowerbug's Team held a Fall Sampler swap.  We each created one element and made multiples of it for everyone in the swap.  These swaps are super fun to make!  The only rule we have is that everything is current Stampin' Up! product and the colors coordinate with the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper.  

    Look!!

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    Isn't it amazing!?  We had enough people to make two!  I'll share the other one tomorrow.

    I adhered each piece on a 12" sheet of the In Good Taste designer series paper.  This texture style paper is on sale right now in October!  But there's just two days left to get it!  Go here to order yours. 

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  • Fall cards are easy with my Life is Beautiful stamp set

    Here's the last card this week with my Life is Beautiful stamp set. 

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    I chose to use the colors in the gorgeous Gilded Autumn specialty designer paper; Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Vanilla and Mint Macaron.  This pretty paper was out of stock but it's back now; get it here while you can!

    Details:

    • The pumpkins are fussy cut from one of the sheets in the Gilded Autumn DSP
    • The leaves are inked in Cajun Craze and Mint Macaron and stamped off once or more for a lighter hue
    • the greeting tag is die-cut with the Ornate Frames dies. 
    • The grass image on the bottom is from the Field of Flowers stamp set

    Measurements:

    • Early Espresso card 5 1/2" X 8 1/2"
    • Very Vanilla 4 3/4" X 3 1/2"
    • Mint Macaron 5" X 3 3/4"
    • Cajun Craze 5 1/4" X 2" 

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