Cocoa & Crafts Dainty Delight #4

Hello there! I just got back from my mission trip to Mexico. Thank you so much for praying for me while I was away. It was a wonderful trip and I hope to be able to share some of the experience with you sometime. 

Here is the last project for this month's class. (It's still February, so I'm not late. 😁) As I mention in the video, I can't take credit for this design. I fell in love with Jacque Williams card she did for the Colour Inkspiration challenge. I just adapted it to fit on one of our embossed gift bags. You can see her card here. 

Very simple measurements for this one:

• Sahara Sand layer- 4 1/2 x 4 1/2
• Basic White layer- 4 1/4 x 4 1/4

Because of my traveling, I will not be having a Cocoa & Crafts class during the month of March, but I will have the sign up ready for April's class later this week and I hope to be posting other projects throughout the month of March. Be sure to check out my Stampin' Up! store front tomorrow as there will be some new online exclusives available. I can't wait to see what they are!

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Cocoa & Crafts Dainty Delight #3

Hello there!! First off I would like to say welcome to those who are new to my blog. For some reason my YouTube channel has had some new views and subscribers all of a sudden, so if you have made your way over here to my blog as well, welcome!

Secondly, I will not be home when this goes live. Lord willing, I will be on a mission trip to Mexico and I would appreciate any and all prayers for those of us going, along with my handsome hubby who will be home alone for a while. Here's a picture of me and our foreman working on the church foundation 3 years ago. This year we will be painting inside walls! Yay!

Now, on to this week's project. This card has several layers, but it's a pretty simple card to put together. The little bit of torn paper across the bottom helps to add texture and interest without a lot of bulk. 

Once again I used our watercolor pencils to color in these dainty little flowers, and I finished off the card with some champagne rhinestones. I love how they change a little in color according to the project they are on. On some projects they take on a brown/gold tone, but on this one they look a bit more orange/coral in color. 

Card Measurements:

• Card Back Coral Piece- 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
• Card Base- 5 3/8 x 8 1/4
• Front Coral Piece- 5 x 4 torn across the bottom
• Front Basic White Piece- 5 x 3 7/8

Depending on my time management, I am hoping to get next week's video uploaded and ready to post before I leave tomorrow, but if not, it may be a day or so late next week. I apologize in advance if it is late. Thank you again for praying for my trip. 

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Cocoa & Crafts Dainty Delight #2

Hello there! Today we are working on the second project in this month's Cocoa & Crafts. I think this is my favorite of the four projects. I love all the layers and texture.

This card starts out with some blending and water splattering to get a nice back drop for our flowers and it is finished off with more of the For Everything Fancy Sequins and some dew drops made with our Fine Tip glue pen. As I said, lots of pretty texture on this card. 

What do you think? Can you see the "dew drops"? Hope you like it. 

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Cocoa & Crafts Dainty Delight #1

 

Hello there! It's been a little while, but I am back today with another round of Cocoa & Crafts. This month we are playing with the Dainty Delights stamp set. It's so pretty, and this first card is super simple and quick. 

The measurements are pretty simple. The front panel is 1/2 inch smaller than the card front. 

• Card base: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
• Front Panel 5 x 3 3/4

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Fun Fold Friday-Nature's Harvest

Hello there! I'm here today with a super easy Fun Fold Friday. By simply adding one extra fold line to a typical card, you get a card that opens up so you can see the front and inside at the same time. 

I used the pretty Nature's Harvest stamp set for this card and used our watercolor pencils and blender pens to color the flowers. It makes for a simple, yet elegant card, I think. 

To get the single flower on the inside I masked off the tallest flower with tape and just carefully inked the one on the left. I could have used a Stampin' Write Black Marker, but I was afraid it would bleed a bit when using the Blender Pen as it is a water based ink. 

The extra fold for this card is right in the middle of the front panel, so the card folds in a Z. The front decorative panel is only adhered on the left and is just a bit larger than the inside panel so as to hide it when the card is closed. 

What do you think? A super easy way to add a little something extra to a card. 

Card Measurements:

• Card base 4 1/4 x 11 scored on long side at 2 3/4, 5 1/2
• DSP panel 4 1/4 x 2 3/4
• Merry Merlot panel 3 1/4 x 4 3/4
• Both Basic White panels 3 x 4 1/2

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Throwback Thursday Legendary Ride

Hello there! I'm back today with a little Throwback Thursday for you. My handsome hubby needed a thank you card this week and he wanted it to have a camera on it. So I pulled out my retired Pun Intended stamp set to create the card on the right. 

I cannot take credit for the design as I cased it from Elizabeth over at Seeing Ink Spots. I just changed up one of the colors and used different dies for the background cut-outs. I used Pale Papaya instead of the retired Peakaboo Peach, and I used Tasteful Labels dies instead of the Tags and Labels framelits. I also stamped my camera on separate paper and fussy cut it out rather than stamping it directly on the background piece. 

I then decided I wanted to use the same layout with a current stamp set, so I got to play with Legendary Ride again. For this card I opted to use watercolor paper instead of Shimmery White. I brushed a wash of Smoky Slate, Garden Green and Balmy Blue to simulate asphalt, grass and sky. I stamped the sentiment and the little grass cluster (which you can barely see in this photo behind the front tire) onto the background once it was dry and then die cut two squares from the Stylish Shapes Die set. The squares were popped up from the background on Stampin' Dimensionals. The motorcycle was stamped and cut separate and lifted on another layer of Dimensionals. A simple watercolor on the grass cluster on the inside and this card was done. 

What do you think? This card could easily be done without the die cut shapes in the background, but I think it adds a little more dimension and interest to the card without overpowering it. 

One little note, when stamping on textured paper such as our watercolor paper, or stamping with a solid image like the motorcycle, I HIGHLY recommend using the Stamparatus so you can stamp several times to get a nice solid image.  Also, make sure your ink is dry before you run it through your die cut machine so you don't end up with an ink shadow like my sentiment above. 😣

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