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 pretty Autumn Toile card with easy layout; new from the Holiday catalog!

September 5, 2025
I joined a bunch of online card swaps for the new Holiday and Online Exclusive products and here is one I made.

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It features the new Autumn Toile designer series paper and a few more new products too.

Which layout do you prefer?

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Here are the measurements:
- Early Espresso card base 5 1/2″ X 8 1/2″ score at 4 1/4″
- Early Espresso layer 3 1/2″ X 3 1/4″ & 1/2″ strip
- Cajun Craze 4″ X 5 1/4″
- DSP – 3 pieces at 1″ X 3″
Products used:
- stamp set/bundle – Branching Out seen here
- Autumn Toile DSP seen here
- Traditional Labels dies seen here
- Gathering Leaves embossing folder seen here
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Gathering Moments swap; I love creating my own paper!

September 4, 2025

Here’s a pretty card I made for one of the online swaps I joined last month:

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I used the new Gathering Moments stamp set with the new Traditional Labels dies.

The card stock colors are Lost Lagoon, Timid Tiger and Very Vanilla. Inks are Timid Tiger, Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock and Pecan Pie.

After stamping I used a Blending Brush to add Lost Lagoon ink around the edges and on the greeting die-cut too.

I love creating cards for swaps! I find it very relaxing to make multiples of my creations.

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You can see this stamp set here. It has a set of dies as well. See the Traditional Labels dies here.

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I’ll be sharing many more cards with this pretty new bundle next week.

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Holiday Catalog & new Online Exclusives are available!

September 3, 2025

So much is happening – starting today!

1. Finally you can order from the new Holiday catalog & New Online Exclusives!

Demo’s could pre-order for weeks and now it’s available for everyone!

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2. See our newest Online Exclusives here. There are lots of products for the fall & holiday season including 3 new beautiful suites, 7 new bundles, scrapbook kits & more!

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3. Look at this fabulous new card making kit! It’s a stamping kit with a stamp set, clear block, Secret Sea ink spot and 10 cards & envelopes!

Plus look at the organizer box! Amazing! See it here

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4. Another new kit is available today – it’s called the ‘Road to Christmas’. If you’re looking for quick & easy holiday cardmaking this kit fits the bill!

No stamping necessary. It includes 8 cards; 4 each of 2 designs. See it here.

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