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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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  • Woot! Join me for a new catalog tour & swap share via Zoom Friday at 7 pm CT

    I'm hosting a local New Catalog party on Saturday afternoon and thought I'd gather with my long distance friends Friday night via Zoom. 

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    *Save the date & set your alarm for Friday, January 5th 7 pm CT

    I have lots to share on the Zoom including the following:

    • a Spring Catalog walk through we'll do together
    • Lots of card samples from both catalogs
    • Special offers & prizes!
    • A fun Scavenger Hunt!

    Here's the link to the Zoom this Friday evening at 7 pm CT. 

    And here's the Scavenger Hunt you can print out.  Download Jan-apr 24 scavenger hunt  

    I hope you can join me Friday night! 

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  • Everyday Details Fun Fold card

    I hope you enjoyed your New Year's weekend. We had a nice 3 day weekend with no plans at all. My husband was in the mood to clean and organize so we did lots of cleaning, boxing up donated items and taking down outside Christmas lights.

    Plus we made some fabulous meals, put together a puzzle and watched some of our favorite shows. I love a relaxing yet productive weekend! 

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    This is one of the swap cards I made last month.  I joined 6 swaps and had to make around 18-22 of each. 

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    It features the new Everyday Details bundle and the new Rock & Roll designer paper. Both are new products in our upcoming 2024 Spring catalog – it goes live on Thursday, January 4th!   

    I stamped the nest image on one of the die-cuts in the bundle and the greeting on another.  

     

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    Other details:

    • White card base is 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" scored at 3" & 7 1/4"
    • Rock & Roll DSP is 2 3/4" X 5 1/4"
    • Coastal Cabana is 1" X 5 1/4"; textured with the Basics 3D emboss folder
    • The eggs are colored with Wink of Stella and Coastal Cabana ink. 

    Here are all of the swaps in one photo!

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  • Happy New Year!! Sharing a successful Fundraising Event!

    Happy New Year!!  

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    I hope your new year is filled with Peace, Good Health, Happiness & Prosperity 

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    I thought I'd share the event we held on December 16th. My local friends and I held a big fundraising Holiday Bazaar to benefit a few local non-profit organizations.

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    It was held at our church and as you can see it was jam packed with fabulous handmade crafts & goodies. We offered tons of crafts, gifts, handmade cards, baked & home-canned goods, cookie trays & more.  Plus we had a silent auction, vendors and lunch! 

    It was a great success as we raised over $3200 for our charities! It was a fun-filled day and the time & effort was well worth it to support our local non-profits. 

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