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Coffee Time by Laura Fulcher

Fun card from Laura Fulcher using H777 Coffee Time, B13250 Pour Sip Sigh, CC188 Calico, CC196 Lg. Speck background and E13235 Coffee Ring.

 

 

Hi guys!  Today I want to talk about layering Cover a Card stamps to build up a background.  For my card, I started with a kraft notecard and stamped the Calico background on top (CC188) with brown pigment ink.

I liked the Calico a lot, but it looked really regimented for the card I was designing.  I decided to add the Lg. Speck background (CC196) on top of it using the same brown ink.  You can really see the difference you get by adding a second pattern to the mix.  You could use two different inks for this technique for a completely different look.

Next, to tie in with my coffee theme, I stamped the Coffee Ring image (E13235) onto my background with Hero Arts Latte ink (perfect name, right?) 

For the finished card, I added the Coffee Time stamp (H777)) and the Pour Sip Sigh saying (B13250).

 

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Winner!!!

Thank you to everyone who entered our It Must Be Love Challenge, all of your projects were spectacular!

I think everyone was a winner, but alas I had to choose just one, so.....

The winner is...E. Marie!

Please email Jeanne within 7 days for your Gift Certificate info.

Marie used Cover-a-Card Rose Lace (CC087), Cover-a-Card Thick & Thin (CC008) and Ladybug Vine Heart (D6337) for her adorable card.

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Happy Trails by Vicki Garrett

 

Fun card from Vicki Garrett using Outhouse, Happy Trails and Crinkle Paper!

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Thankful by Dina Kowal

We have a beautiful project from Dina Kowal today!

Dina used Pumpkin Pair, CAC Vines Vertical, Thankful & Thank You for Thinking.

I watercolored the pumpkins using Distress Markers, and stamped a few background  images with the marker ink from my palette.

The card is a Pop-Up Book Card, and in general, foldy cards hate me... but this one was surprisingly friendly. Inside the card there are just 2 cut lines, and the score lines were easy to follow.

Once it's all folded in the right directions, the center section looks like an open book.

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Halloween Shaker Card by Ellen Taylor

We have a spooky and fun shaker card to share from Ellen Taylor today using Cover A Card Spider Web CC141, Creepy CL554, Witch Brewing DIE230-M, Halloween Hill Die029-P , Large Square Shake It Pouch SHP01and  and Large Square Shaker Overlay SHC01.

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Thanks So Much by Daniela Dobson

Check out Daniela Dobson's Beautiful Backgrounds Challenge card using Cover-a-Card Ornate Floral and  Greetings Top Edgers. Gorgeous!

I wasn’t sure how it was going to look stamped in black ink, but I was going to give it a try.

I colored the white parts with my watercolor paints.

For the sentiment, I used one of the brand new dies Greetings Top Edgers. I die cut it from black glitter paper. I layered it over a piece of white cardstock covered with washi tape. As a final touch I added enamel dots to the flowers.

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Perfect Pear by Karen Amidon

Karen Amidon uses Print Pear D9418, French ScriptH9396, Canvas CC073.

 

 

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Special Friend by Jeanne Streiff

Lovely fresh colors in this card from Jeanne Streiff usings: D16022 Flower Basket, C9490 Special Friend, F6548 Small Gingham & CC119 Cover-a-Card Daisies

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Winner Winner!

We have a winner! 

Thanks to all the players of the "Masculine" Challenge!

Great projects... you guys outdid yourselves once again!

We have the BEST challenge players!

Our winner is... Stamping Sue

Please email Jeanne for your Gift Certificate info.

Here's is Sue's gorgeous tag!

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Full Bloom by Daniela Dobson

 Daniela Dobson shares a beautiful die cut card!

Daneila used Cover-a-card Wood Grain CC034, Daffodil Bouquet E8576 and Silhouette 15 butterfly D5565 for her card. 

 

I cut the banner border using my Cricut Expression and stamped it with Cover-a-card Wood Grain CC034. I stamped the Daffodil Bouquet E8576 on watercolor paper and painted them with watercolor. The Silhouette 15 butterfly D5565 is stamped with blue ink an cut out.

 

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Blue Dahlia by Jeanne Streiff

Fun mixed media card to share today from Jeanne Streiff!

Stamps used: Impression Obsession (H9715 Darling Dahlia, CC078 Cover-a-Card Round Floral)

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Dragonfly Thanks by Laura Fulcher

Love this masculine card from Laura Fulcher! Laura uses D1339 Dragonfly, B5630 Thanks, E5552 Silhouette 2 and CC032 Medallion Cover a Card.

 

About five years ago, I taught a masculine card class and was determined to include a floral card into the mix.  After all, my favorite stamps tend to be flowers, leaves, butterflies, and dragonflies.  Why buy something special just to make a "guy" card?

For my card today, I used some of my favorite stamps and changed the color palette so that it would be a good masculiene card.

You may not have noticed, but I use this leaf stamp a LOT (Silhouette 2 E552).  It is just such a practical stamp to have/use.  I started with kraft cardstock, stamped the Medallion Cover a Card (CC032) on top with Memento Luxe Toffee Crunch ink and then stamped the leaves on top with Colorbox Chalk Creamy Brown ink.

When I finished stamping the leaves, the card looked like this:

I wanted to add a bit more interest to the leaves, so I added several shades of  brown Prismacolor pencil on top of the stamped leaves so that they looked like this:

To finish the card, I stamped the Dragonfly (D1339) and saying (Thanks B5630) with Memento Luxe Espresso Truffle ink.

 

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Love Card by Dina Kowal

We have a beatiful die cut card from Dina Kowal today.

I used the Love Border Word die as the focal point on my card, but this is actually the negative cut. I pieced in the floating pieces to fill out the word a little better, scored around the edges of the upper panel, and added some trim from my stash along the angle of the straight cut.

 

I used this week's Splitcoast tutorial for Whitewashing on the background - it's white embossed, then painted with white craft ink and highlighted very lightly with dye reinkers. The background stamp I used is Cover-a-Card Roses.

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Yellow Brick Road by Jeanne Streiff

Jeanne  Streiff shares a fun card for her take on the Inspired By a Song Challenge. Jeanne's card uses  the following IO products: CC083 Cover-a-Card Distressed Brick & CL431 Oz Collection I

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Goodness by Jeanne Streiff

Happy Monday!

We have a a sweet card from Jeanne Streiff today using H8724 Gentle Rose and  CC107 CAC Thin Chevron. It's so easy to create a background with Cover-A-Card stamps!

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Happy Birthday by Dina Kowal

Dina Kowal uses CAC Damask, Gift Bag  and CAC Birthday Words for this sweet birthday card.

For the background I used patterned cardstock. I embossed CAC Damask with clear powder, and scraped over the piece with white acrylic paint. I'll share that tutorial later this month. I completely forgot I had CAC Birthday Words in my stash - it was all the way in the back!

Here's a closer look at the gift bag - it's watercolored using Shinhan Premium Watercolors and embellished with a little snip of tissue paper.

 

 

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I Miss Your Face by Jeanne Streiff

Here is Jeanne Streiff's take on the new IO Challenge.

IO products: C3999 Miss Your Face, E7728 Apple & CC034 Cover-a-Card Wood Grain

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Design Team Feature Thursday - Laura Fulcher!

Our Featured Design Team member today is... Laura Fulcher!

 To see Laura's full project and how she made it, click HERE.

Here's a peek:

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Morning Sunshine by Jeanne Streiff

Jeanne Streiff has a sweet rooster card for us today using the Impression Obsession Mega Mount, CC156 Sunburst, H1917 Rooster.

Birthday Time by Jeanne Streiff

Jeanne Streiff shares a fun Birthday card today.

Impression Obsession stamps and dies used: WP493 It's About Time ,   CC070 Cover-a-Card Birthday Words, CC113 Cover-a-Card Graph Paper, DIE089-N Alarm Clock

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