Crafting Resolution #2 Designer Cuts

The next card kit I'm going to complete is also from Stampin'Up called Designer Cuts.  This is a set of 8 laser cut cards.  I decided on real simple layout to highlight the delicate cut outs.

I could not resist making Valentine cards with the heart laser cut cards.  I cased a card I saw a while ago.  It's stunning and oh, so easy.  I made two of these.  The red glimmer paper really makes the cut out heart shine.

The next card can also be for Valentine.  For this one, I followed a tutorial by my upline Patty Bennett.  I used vellum colored with markers and attached it behind the cut out heart.  It's like stained glass when light shines through it.

The close ups.

I haven't done the other laser cut design.  Hopefully, I'll get to them next week and cross them off my to do list.  I'm currently focusing on my swap for my January 19th group meeting.  I'm still playing with layouts and designs and trying to finalize one that will meet the 10-minute criteria.

Until the next post..........Cheers!!!

irene

Crafting Resolution #1 - Everyday Elegance

I gave up on making New Year's resolution years ago because I never keep them.  But recently when I was putting away all the supplies that I managed to scatter all over my work area I made a crafting resolution.  The first one was to complete all the card kits I have been hoarding.

I'm happy to say that I completed one kit in the last couple of days.  The card kit is called Everyday Elegance by Stampin'Up.  I can't even remember when I got this kit.

I started with the Cherry Cobbler cards.  I colored the image with Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive markers and was quite happy with the result.  I've forgotten the stunning look you get from multi-colored stamped images.  The layout is simple and took no time to put together.

I finished all four cards quickly.  The only variation is the sentiment - three happy birthdays and one thinking of you.

Onto the Baja Breeze cards.  I stuck with the floral theme and picked hydrangea for this set of cards.  I also colored the stamp with Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive markers.  I manually cut around the flower and stem and set it on the card with dimensionals.  Added the ribbon and the sentiment.  I have to say that this is gorgeous in real life.  I'm glad I took the time to fussy cut around the flower, sooo worth the effort.

The next card is a different layout.  I masked the stem and leaves of the flower and used Baja Breeze ink pad to inked the flower.  Then I color the stem and leaves with Old Olive marker.  When I stamped it on a white card stock I got a two-tone image.  Yikes!  I forgot to clean the stamp before inking it with another color.  But this was a good mistake since some hydrangeas are two-tone.

After that unplanned two-tone effect, the single color image just looked flat so I had to re-create my mistake to make the other two cards.

These four were a bit more work than the first four and you can see the difference.  I just love how they turned out!

Hope you enjoyed today's project.  Coming up next is the other card kit I have been saving.

Until the next post.............   Cheers!!!

irene

All supplies used were from Stampin'Up.