Trend 3 - Geometric

From Heidi...

I hope you all had a great week and are enjoying the weekend. We've got rain this a.m., which is a nice change from the sunshine. Well here's the last of the "trendy" cards that I made. If you like geometric shapes, this card has plenty going on. It was fun to look through our stamp sets and see which ones would work best for a geometric look. I used the stamp sets "Background Samples" and "Simple Shapes" to the solid and designs. I couldn't have done this without my old faithful "Stampamajig'... what a great tool! I used stitching on this card, as well, wich gave it an artsy look. I used Kiwi Kiss, Close to Cocoa and Sahara Sand with black accents.

We had a good week. We had a custom order for 80 gift tags this week. We worked assembly line style and I was surprised at how quickly we got them finished! Thanks again for looking!

Fun Tangerine Note Cards

From Adriel:


Winter is almost over and here in Arizona it's not really hard to imagine spring... it already feels like spring. Besides, winter this year was only like a week long (at least it felt that way)! So, as we are nearing the end of February, these cards seemed happy and "spring-y".


Again, I used some white textured CS, which I'm really liking! It's adds some, ahem!, texture to a project! I just stuck with simple for these cards and I liked how they turned out. They are 3x3 cards (I really like that size!) and I actually didn't use any dimensionals on this card! GASP!! I can't remember the last time that happened! But it just goes to show that you don't always need dimension, but some interest definitely. I chose to cut up the sentiment into strips to add more interest. I also added a couple of small rhinestones and a bit of stitching. The Tangerine Tango CS is a bit on the dark side, so I added Whisper White CS inside for writing on.

Recipe:

Friendship Blooms (Retired Sale-a-Bration set from last year)

Tangerine Tango CS

White Textured CS

Bashful Blue CS

Whisper White CS

Tangerine Tango ink

Night of Navy ink

Tombow Glue (for the rhinestones and sentiment strips)

Sewing machine

Blue and White Thank You's

From Heidi...

Here's a set of 5 thank you cards I made last week. The Brilliant Blue with Kiwi Kiss makes a great combo, especially on the white. I was going to use the Stampin'Write markers to color the flower on the stamp set, but I don't have the Bold Bright markers, yet. So I used my blender pen and ink pads to color in the Brilliant Blue with the Regal Rose. I used Kiwi Kiss and Old Olive for the stem and leaf. I really like the effect. I crimped the Brilliant Blue CS to give some texture to the card. Thanks for looking!

A Wedding Card

From Adriel:

Hey! It's been awhile since I posted on here! We've just been busy with life and our business lately and I have been busy managing our online stores and such. We recently sold the card I'm going to show you and I wanted to share it with you!

So what do you think? I love this color combo! It's so classy and at the same time, different!

Here's what I used:

Pale Plum CS

Perfect Plum CS

Kiwi Kiss CS

Basic Gray CS

Whisper White CS

Basic Gray ink

Perfect Plum ink

Pale Plum ink

Versa Mark ink

White embossing powder

All Holidays (mr & mrs)

I don't remember for the leaves and little flowers... may update later!

Fundamental Phrases ("congrats" inside)

Noteworthy ("decorative designs" inside)

White satin ribbon

Curly Label punch

Photo Corner punch

Scallop edge punch
Corner rounder

Another Color Family of Card Candy

From Heidi...

I have a few more pieces of card candy to share with you this week. I used a different card layout and different colors for this set of card candy. Enjoy!

More Card Candy!

From Heidi...

Here's another piece of the card candy we made last week. Again I am simply using the basic card design...

and adding a different piece of card candy...

and I end up with a completely different card! I love it!

As Promised...Card Candy

From Heidi...

I love Card Candy (aka scrapping or card embellishments). We spent a morning with several other ladies and made about 12 pieces of card candy each, plus embellished photo corners. I used 2 color families. Family A - Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Old Olive; Family B - Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive.

Once your Card Candy is made, making a quick handmade card is simple. Especially if ahead of time, you make up several different card bases to place your Card Candy on. This is the basic card design base for Family B.

After I place a piece of the Card Candy onto the basic card...voila! Plain becomes special and all within minutes. I don't know if any of you have heard of making 30 meals ahead of time for the upcoming month, but Card Candy reminds me a little bit of that. When you're short on time these are very handy, or if you've got a scrapping project and need little embellishments, these look great, plus they're already made. Staying within a family of colors really helps because you already know that everything already coordinates together.

A Quick birthday card

From Heidi...

We're getting ready for a card candy class this week, but wanted to share this quick birthday card I made. I actually used a piece of the card candy on this card, which is why I wanted to share it. I used a 3-color family for this card: Tempting Turquoise, Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip. I used a simple layout, which the card candy can be used on. Just by making a few minor changes I can make an entirely different looking card... very fun, and time-saving as well.

I'll be sharing some of the card candy next week with various card layouts, as well as scrap layouts. These little embellishments are nice to have on hand, especially when you need a quick a card and time is limited. Thanks for looking!