Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

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Week 23 – Flirty Flamingo

Today’s slimline cards use the Perforating Tip which attaches to the Take Your Pick Tool. This is a product that many don’t see in the catalogue and I wanted to highlight it as a useful tool.

Card 1 – I used the Perforating Tip to run a wavy line through the selected pieces of 2023-2024 Brights 6″ x 6″ DSP with 4 different patterns.

I cut a layer of card 18.5cm x 7.5cm and added Seal+ around the edges and down the centre. Then I layered the different patterns down the card. Trim off the edges hanging over.  Glue this to a 19cm x 8cm Basic White Matt. This is added to a matt of Azure Afternoon, 20cm x 9cm then glued to the Flirty Flamingo card base, 21cm x 20cm, scored at 10cm.

I used the Forever Forest dies to diecut the trees. I felt in needed something else, so I added a 9cm round Deckled Circle die cut in Vellum. I added the largest tree to the centre of the circle with dimensionals. The trees either side are glued directly to the vellum. Add glue to the back of the vellum behind the diecuts so it doesn’t show through. Add this to the lower section of the card. I added Wink of Stella to the 2 smaller trees and a Gold Star Trinket to the centre tree, as well as some Iridescent Adhesive-backed discs.

The sentiment is from the Christmas Classics stamp set, stamped in Flirty Flamingo ink and fussy cut, then adhered with mini dimensionals.

Card 2 – Using the same idea, I thought about using this wavy curve with blending brushes and inks to create a similiar, but more subtle background. This card turned out even better than I had hoped.  I took a scrap piece of card and used the Perforating Tip to run a wavy line through one end to use as my template. I cut a piece of Basic White card to 20cm x 9cm and placed it on my work mat and used post it notes to create a 1cm border, but also to hold it down. I used Flirty Flamingo and Azure Afternoon inks with the blending brushed and added the colour, starting at the bottom and working my way to the top. Note, that I flipped the template over to use the 2nd colour.

Once I had the ink up to the top and removed the post it notes to reveal a crisp white border. I stamped the trio of trees from the Forever Forest stamp set in Misty Moonlight ink.

The sentiment is from the Above it All stamp set.  This was glued to the card base and I added the Gold Star Trinket and the Gold ribbon bow.

Decorate the inside and the envelope with some left over pieces/stamped images.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next Wednesday for inspiration using Fresh Freesia.

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Product List
Stamps: Above it All, Forever Forest*, Christmas Classics
Dies: Forever Forest*, Deckled Circles
Card/Paper: Basic White, Flirty Flamingo, Azure Afternoon, Misty Moonlight, Vellum, Brights 6″ x 6″
Inks: Flirty Flamingo, Azure Afternoon, Misty Moonlight
Other:  Take Your Pick Crafters Tips (Perforating Tip), Blending Brushes, Gold & Silver Trim Combo, Wink of Stella, Adhesive-backed Star Trinkets, Iridescent Adhesive-backed Discs, Paper Snips, Multipurpose Glue, Seal+, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy, Bone Folder, Sponge Daubers
* can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

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