Seas Dies

Hi everyone,

I was asked to make a card with mermaids. These cute mermaids are long retired but thought they were perfect when using with the current Seas Dies (#157857).

The mermaids are from the (retired) Magical Day stamp set. I stamped them using Tuxedo Black Memento ink (#132708) onto Basic White card (#159228). They were coloured with Stampin’ Blends - Polished Pink (#155520), Highland Heather (#154887), Daffodil Delight (#154883) were used for the bodies. I used SU1000 (#158465) for the face and arms, and SU600 (#159462) & SU700 (#159463) for the hair. These colours with the numbers are a variety of “skin tone” colours and range from light to dark. The co-ordinating (retired) Magical Mates Dies were used to cut the mermaids.

I adhered Adhesive sheet (#152334) onto the blue/green Supple Shimmer Specialty Paper (#158068) before cutting this with a Seas die (#157857). I dry embossed the beautiful Mother Of Pearl Specialty Paper (#157666) with the (retired) Seabed Embossing Folder. I attached the Supple Shimmer paper to the Mother Of Pearl card. I daubered the edges with Coastal Cabana ink (#147097) then attached this to the Basic White base card. 

I stamped the sentiment from the (retired) Friendly Hello stamp set and cut it with a Pretty Pillowbox Die (#156321). The sentiment and mauve mermaid were attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108) and the other 2 mermaids with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

“Love what you do and share what you love.”

lesleyjendra.stampinup.net

lesley.j.jendra@gmail.com

Hand-Penned Petals

Hi crafty friends,

Here is a variation of yesterdays card. I had extra Shimmery White Embossing Paste (#145645) which I had coloured with Fresh Freesia ink refill (#155612), so did a second card front for another card, so here it is.

Check yesterdays post as to how I did the embossing with the Mask from the Butterflies & Flowers Layering Decorative Masks (#158142).

I stamped the floral image from the Hand-Penned stamp set (#155070) with Tuxedo Black Memento ink (#132708). This was coloured with the following  Stampin’ Blends - Granny Apple ren (#154885), Flirty Flamingo (#154884), Fresh Freesia (#155518) and Daffodil Delight (#154883). The coloured image & leaves were cut with dies from the Penned Flowers Dies (#155557). I adhered Adhesive Sheet (#152334) to the Granny Apple Green card (#147014) before cutting the leaves. The flowers were attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104330).

The shimmery card is from the Supple Shimmer 12”x12” Specialty Paper (#158068). This was attached to the Basic White base card (#159228).

The sentiment is from the Home & Garden stamp set (#157910) and stamped with Flirty Flamingo ink (#147052). This was cut with a Waves Die (#158840). The White Glittered Organdy Ribbon (#156408) was threaded through the label and wrapped around the cardfront. I used Stampin’ Dimensionals under the sentiment.

“Love what you do and share what you love.”

lesleyjendra.stampinup.net

lesley.j.jendra@gmail.com

Very Versailles & masking technique

Hi stamping friends,

I have been using the masking technique again on this card.

I used the larger heart from the Bouquet Of Love Dies (#157641) to cut a piece of scrap card and a piece of photocopy paper. This can be done at the same time. These were used for the masks. I placed the piece of scrap card with the heart cut out onto the Basic White card front (#159228). I used Polished Pink ink (#155712) and a Blending Brush (#153611) to create the heart. I removed the scrap card and replaced it with the photocopy paper as this is thinner and is a better mask when stamping. (See below).  I stamped the verse from the Very Versailles stamp set (#149275) with Crumb Cake ink (#147116) on top of the heart.

Then I placed the heart from the photocopy paper over the pink heart and stamped the foliage also from the Very Versailles stamp set onto the card with Pear Pizzaz ink (#147104).

Next I dry embossed the card front with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder (#152718), then matted it with Polished Pink card (#155711) and attached it to the Basic White base card.

The smallest heart was cut with a Sweet Heart die (#157623) and the other heart with a die from Bouquet Of Love. I used Polished Pink card for both these hearts. Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108) were used to attach the larger heart to the card and a Mini Glue Dot (#103683) for the small heart.  The Supple Shimmer Specialty Paper (#158068) was attached to the card front. “Happy Anniversary” from Elegantly Said stamp set (#155095) was stamped with Polished Pink ink and cut with another die from Bouquet Of Love, then attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The embellishments are the Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels (#158130).

TIP: When stamping & dry embossing the card front, stamp first then emboss. If you emboss first you won’t get a good stamped image because of the uneven surface.

“Love what you do and share what you love.”

lesleyjendra.stampinup.net

lesley.j.jendra@gmail.com

Supple Shimmer Specialty Paper

Hi again friends,

If you like some glitter on your cards you will want to get your hands on the beautiful Supple Shimmer 12”x12” Specialty Paper (#158068). This pack consists of pink and blue glitter paper and both have been used on this card. This was very difficult to photograph with all the glimmer so looks much nicer in real life.

Another beautiful paper is the Mother Of Pearl 12”x12” Specialty Paper (#157666) and I have used this for the background. This was attached to the Basic White base card (#159228). I adhered Adhesive Sheet (#152334) to the blue shimmer paper before cutting with the die from the Sea Dies (#157857) then attached this to the Mother Of Pearl Paper. The Pink Shimmer Paper was cut with the seahorse die from the Sea Life Dies (#155684). This was attached to the card with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

“Thinking Of You” is from the Soaring Swallows stamp set (#157804) and stamped with Coastal Cabana ink (#147097). I cut this with a die from the Beautiful Shapes Dies (#158046) and also attached it to the card with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. Instead of adding embellishments I used the dots from the die cut.

“Love what you do and share what you love.”

lesleyjendra.stampinup.net

lesley.j.jendra@gmail.com