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Beautiful ornaments

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Beautiful ornaments

Three cards to share today, using the PLN ornaments die set. The background on the first card is from the Kaisercaft Christmas jewel card paper pack (16x16cm). It was matted on silver mirror cardstock, from which the ornaments were also cut. All the papers used for this card come from the Kaisercraft Christmas jewel pack. I fussy-cut the poinsettas in the top right corner from one of the sheets and added a bit of Stickles for shine. The the stars on the third card used the star background die. I used silver mirror card stock for the ornament and the...

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Combining flower dies

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Combining flower dies

 

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Quilted hexagons and poinsettias

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Quilted hexagons and poinsettias

The hexagons were cut from paper scraps using SS Quilted hexagon dies. Poinsettias and sentiment: SS Poinsettia stamp and die bundle. I used two colours ink from the Altenew red Cosmos mini ink set and gold heat embossing for the poinsettias. Thanks for visiting. I love to read what you think of my projects so please do let me know by leaving a comment.

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Delicate flower frame and turquoise butterfly

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Delicate flower frame and turquoise butterfly

Card base: A5 scored and folded on 10,5 cm - curious metal (shimmer) card stock Flower frame die-cut from curious metal card stock an matted onto mint shimmer card stock. Flowers in left corner made using Heartfelt Creations Flowering Dogwood stamp an die set, using Versamark embossing ink an bridal embossing powder. I use silver micro beads in the centres. Butterfly made using the shimmer technique demonstrated in last week's post - Sara Signature dies will be back in stock by middle August. Thank you for visiting. If you enjoyed the post, please leave a comment. Warm wishes Marie Smith

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Vintage flowers in coral shades

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For this card, I created a background paper on velvety smooth card stock by using one of the stamps from the Altenew Vintage Flowers set and Frosty Pink from the Altenew Red Cosmos ink pad set. I used a stitched square die for a finishing touch. This was matted onto peach shimmer card stock square, also die-cut with a square stitched die, before adhering to the cream card base. The flowers and leaves were stamped using different combinations of the ink pad colours and layering stamps. Here is a close-up of the flowers. After die-cutting these elements, they were arranged...

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