Hi friends! Happy Friday! I hope you're having a great start to your weekend. There are lots of good sales in the retail world, so if you're shopping I hope you shop victoriously. {grin}
Speaking of deals, Not 2 Shabby has some fabulous Black Friday bundles up for grabs at a fantastic price. I had the privilege of curating one of the bundles with a few of my favorite products and you can pick it up at a 35% discount right now! Some bundles are up to 50% off, so be sure to check them all out at the link above. Plus orders of $60 or more will get a free gift!
I think this bundle of beautiful stamps, paper, ephemera, and enamel dots would make the perfect gift for a crafty friend, but also is very versatile in the type of cards you can make with it. I made three cards to share today for the launch of the sale.
The first card uses the big butterfly from the Spread Your Wings stamp set. I colored the buttefly with Copic markers and then cut with my Scan 'n Cut machine, accenting with some glossy glaze and glitter. I love that the A Walk in My Garden paper pad has both beautiful prints and several coordinating solid papers making it super easy to craft with. Here I used one of the peach solid papers and stamped the flower stamp in the background with a coordinating ink color to make my own patterned paper. I added a sentiment banner cut with the EZ Wonder Dies #1 Add Ons, then finished with a strip of designer paper and some sparkling enamel dots.
One of the beautiful things about Not 2 Shabby products is that they all mix and match so well. Neither of the ephemera packs that I selected for the bundle were specifically designed to coordinate with this paper pack, but they do so beautifully! (For even more options, you can extend your bundle by ordering the A Walk in My Garden Ephemera that was designed to go with this paper collection.)
I started by embossing the sentiment in white onto one of the green solids in the paper pack. Next I cut it out using one of the square dies from the EZ Wonder Die #1 Add Ons. I then collaged different pieces from the two ephemera packs included in the bundle to make my little scene. I just love those butterflies, don't you?
For my third card, I picked out a few of the scraps from my previous two cards and started playing. I didn't want to cut into a new piece of paper and didn't have enough for the green mat, so I swiped some Cathering Pooler spruce ink onto white cardstock to make the mat. Then I used the ink left on my craft sheet from swiping to create the smooshed background on distress watercolor cardstock.
The hugs die is from the EZ Wonder Die #1 Add Ons and I stamped just the sending portion from one of the sentiments and cut it out to complete the sentiment. I finished with a couple pieces of ephemera and some more of those fabulous sparkling enamel dots.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you found a little inspiration here. Have a wonderful day!
- Julee
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