Hello, Friend 6x6#14

In today's high-tech world, we take so many things for granted, including our friendships. A quick text, wave, or email fools us into believing that all is well. Still, if you want a lasting friendship, it will take a bit of nurturing, such as a few hand written words to say hello. What are your thoughts?

Stamps:

   Life Is Grand

Paper:

   Peekaboo Peach A-2

   Basic Black 3-1/4" Sq.

   Playful Palette DSP 1-1/2" Sq. (4)

   Whisper White 5-1/4 x 4 (Inside)

Ink:

   Emerald Envy

Technique:

   CAS

Accessories:

   Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Button

   Fast Fuse

   Adhesive

This card used 4 pieces from Layout #6:

As you can see, I turned two of the squares over. I adhered them onto a Basic Black square and then added a Pumpkin Pie Corduroy Button that was sitting in my stash. This was then adhered to my card front.

I then stamped the sentiment on the bottom of the card. I adhered the Whisper White panel to the inside of the card.

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Birthday Palette 6x6#12

Happy Birthday! A new layout is born for card #12. Take your 6x6 sheet and cut it into 1-1/2 inch squares. Take one square from this layout to create card #12. 

Stamps:

   Life Is Grand

Paper:

   Blushing Bride A-2

   Playful Palette DSP 3" Sq., 2" Sq., 1-1/2" Sq., 1" Sq.

   Whisper White 5-1/4 x 4 (Inside)

Ink:

   Archival Basic Black

Technique:

   No Left-Over DSP Layouts

Accessories:

   Fire Circles Rhinestone Brad

   Dimensionals

   Adhesive

This is what the new Layout #6 looks like:

Note that you will make 4 other cards using these squares.

First, I gathered my squares from the other layouts: 1" square from layout #3, a 3" square from layout #5, and a 2" square from layout #2.

All four squares are adorned and kept together with a Fire Circle Rhinestone Brad. Obviously, they are arranged from the largest to the smallest. If you do not have a brad, you can simply adhere the pieces together. 

I then stamped my sentiment on the bottom of the card and adhered the Whisper White panel to the inside of the card.

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Wishful Cafe 6x6#1

 Wishful Cafe is card 1 of 30, using the 6x6 Playful Palette Designer Series Paper Stack by Stampin' Up! I watercolored the image and matted it with Basic Black. What do you think?

Stamps:

   Mediterranean Moments

   Life Is Grand

Paper:

   Very Vanilla A-2

   Playful Palette DSP 3-1/2 x 4-1/4

   Basic Black 2-1/2 x 3-1/8

   Watercolor 2-1/4 x 2-7/8

   Whisper White 5-1/4 x 4 (Inside)

Ink:

   Jet Black StazOn

   Sweet Sugarplum

Technique:

   Watercolor

Accessories:

   Aqua Painter

   Dimensionals

   Adhesive

This card uses Layout #1:

The circled number refers to the card number where the DSP is placed upon. Note that this DSP sheet is also used on cards 2 and 6.

First, I stamped and watercolored my image. Once it was dry, I adhered it to the Basic Black piece. 

I then adhered the DSP panel to the top of my Very Vanilla card front.

I stamped the sentiment on the bottom of the card front using Sweet Sugarplum.

I then adhered the matted image to the top center of my card using dimensionals.

I adhered the Whisper White panel to the inside of the card. You may choose to omit this and write directly onto the Very Vanilla card base. 

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Grand Life

 Whenever I play with a new technique or tool, I create many panels that will be placed in a pile for use as scratch paper. Since I was challenged to rescue a mistake, I took one of the panels and stamped on it. I then wrapped some jute twine around it and adhered it with some fast fuse to my card base. What do you think?

Stamps:

   Life Is Grand

Paper:

   Peekaboo Peach A-2

   Whisper White 5-1/4 x 4 (2)

Ink:

   Blackberry Bliss

Acrylic Paint:

   Orange

   Blue

   Brown

Technique:

   Gel Press 

Accessories:

   Jute Twine

   Fast Fuse

If my memory serves me well, when I made this panel, I was playing with my gel press and trying to create texture on the background. So, I used a large, coarse watercolor brush to spread my colors. I also used a stamp to try a create an impression. I guess it is not too bad when it is combined with a few other elements.

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Make a Bokeh Wish

Applying a watercolor wash to a background will always yield a unique and creative card. Here I combined it with a bokeh technique. You can find a bokeh technique at SCS: Bokeh Technique. 

Stamps:

   Life Is Grand

Paper:

   Whisper White A-2

Ink:

   Balmy Blue

   Blueberry Bushel

   Smoky Slate

Technique:

   Bokeh

Accessories:

   Sponge Dauber

   Stamparatus/MISTI/Stamp-a-ma-jig

   Aqua Painters/Water Painters

First, I applied Balmy Blue as my watercolor wash background. I let it dry.

Next, I added the Bokeh dots using Smoky Slate and various circle sizes.

Lastly, I stamped my sentiment using Blueberry Bushel. 

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