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with Carolyn Crann Arnold

Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Ottawa, Ontario
(613) 902-7683 or e-mail Carolyn
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Bird Builder Punch

I can’t tell you how long the Bird Builder Punbirdpunchch has been sitting on my shelf, before I used it.  Hmmm, too, too long, I can tell you that much.  Look at how cute these little birds are! Adorable! Right?!  These cards came from a punch art class I ran recently and showcases how versatile one punch can be.  My favourite is the love you more than chocolate card.

The tulip card uses the ‘wing’ as petals. Wouldn’t that make a beautiful Mother’s Day card!  Or a terrific Easter Card.

Quick Tip: Use a sponge dauber to add ink to the edge of the punched piece to add shading and depth.  It makes a world of difference to your finished card.

The Love You More than Chocolate card, I heat embossed a feather stamped from the Four Feathers stamp set bundle, then punched part of the image out with the bird punch. Added a die cut feather, some Epic Day washi tape and one more feather stamp for the focal point. The sentiment is from the Lovely Amazing You stamp set.

Remember to keep creating, sharing and inspiring! Happy Monday!

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Lotus Blossom – 3 Week Count Down to End of Sale-a-bration

Yikes! It has been too long since I have been here blogging and sharing with you all.  Sorry for that.  Life seems to be on fast forward these days.  I just realized that Sale-a-bration is on fast forward as well and is ending in 3 short weeks.  Double Yikes!!!

So, to celebrate Sale-a-bration, here is a card to say Thank You, to all of my wonderful customers and fellow card makers for sharing Sale-a-bration with me.
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The Lotus Blossom set featured is one of those amazing SAB sets that you can earn for FREE with a $60 order, before shipping and taxes. Isn’t it beautiful?

 

I softened the lines of the stamp set by stamping it first on watercolour paper and then using an Aquapainter filled with water. The aquapainter acts like a paint brush and the ink bleeds/blends together creating a soft watercolour effect. The more you use the aquapainter the softer the lines become. Tip: Stop blending when you achieve the desired softness.  There is a fine line between the watercoloured effect and a blurry mess.  🙂

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Happy Sale-a-bration to you all.  Enjoy the last few weeks of this amazing promotion and snap up those terrific freebies that Stampin’ Up spoils us with.

Thanks for letting me share with you!

Just dropping by to say ‘Hi!’

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This card embraces a trend right now to highlight white space and not fill up every space on the card with embellishments, stamping or embossing.  This technique keeps things simple and clean, a look that really appeals to me.  What do you think of this card?

There is very little stamping, in fact, only one stamp was used from the Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set.  Stamp that one striped stamp in black then add three pieces of coordinating Sweet Sadie Washi Tape.  The Hi Bubble was created with two sets of dies, Chalk Talk Framelits dies and the Little Letters Thinlits, along with your trusty Big Shot machine.  A few other accessories used were the Bitty Butterfly Punch, Basic Gray Baker’s Twine and Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Let me know if you recreate this card or a version of this card. I would love to hear from you.

 

 

Butterfly Basics 2

WMButterfly3-001We created this Butterfly Basics card during my class last week and it was a big hit. I think it may have been the bright, bold, happy colours that everyone enjoyed so much.  It helped beat back those Wintery blues.  This is a pretty easy card, with only  layered stamping as the technique. Colours used are: Melon Mambo: ink & cardstock, Tempting Turquiose ink, Old Olive ink and Daffodil Delight cardstock.

created about 10 more of these and took them to Leadership and used them as some of my general swaps.  Swapping cards with other demonstrators is a wonderful way to learn about new styles, techniques and meet new stamping friends.  Swapping, is one of the highlights of a Stampin’ Up! home office event for me.  It can be for you too, just ask me how you can join my team!

Remember to inspire, create and share!