Papertrey Ink June Release!

 

I am honored to have been invited as a guest designer for the Papertrey Ink June Release! There are so many great products in this release, here are the cards I made.

The toucan is from Feathered Friends 24 die set which includes the palm fronds. The frame is Penciled Outlines stamp and die set, the sentiment is from the Floating By Sentiments stamp set. The stick is from my yard 😂.

My 2nd card is made with the Graceful Butterflies stamp set. I stamped and heat embossed the butterflies, then watercolored them. The background die is the fabulous Lotty Dotty Border Bling die. I strategically placed colorful scraps over the dots and diecut them, placing them into the negative space. I cut several extras so some are stacked. The palm fronds are from the Feathered Friends 24 dieset. The sentiment is from Floating By sentiments, several great sentiments for summertime cards. 

Isn’t the swimming pool adorable? The float toys are from the Floating By stamp set. I love the watermelon, which can also be a lemon or lime slice. 

Now the star of the show is the pool water, created with the Pool Water stencil set. I made a reel showing how I made my background with acetate, alcohol ink placed on top of distress inked cardstock. You can check it out on Instagram. 

This shabby chic card is made with the Vintage Postage Stamp set. I enjoyed making the postage stamps. The sentiments in this set are really sweet. The background letter is made with Crackle Paste and the Script Background Stencil. 

The parrot is from the Feathered Friends Mini 24 stamp set. A very easy to layer set. I paired it with the palm frond from the Feathered Friends dieset. The background is the 

Lotty Dotty, this time I pulled dots of acrylic paint down the paper to create these random lines. 

Visit my Instagram @susanbcards to see my Pool Water reel!

Thanks!

Momenta Layered Icons & Frames Slimline Card

I used 2 sets to make this slimline card. The first is the "Layered Icons & Frames Slimline" die set. This set is a great value, the main piece is this 3-window slimline die, I also used the slimline stitched rectangle, which is shown in the photo above under the windows.Used together they make an elegant focal point. There are a total of 17 pieces in this set, a great value under $20 at Hobby Lobby. The other 15 pieces are squares, circles, etc. Great basics on their own that also fit inside the windows. Here is a photo of some of the other dies, (I didn't take a photo of the 2 circle dies.)

The 2nd set I used is the Momenta "Floral Stems Layered Dies" There are 13 pieces in this set, flowers and stems/leaves. I diecut the leaves and placed these first.

 You can make some lovely bouquets with this set. I cut the flowers from scrap pieces of inked paper. I always save the little scraps, it makes it easier to create a card. 

A tip: using inked paper adds color variation to your diecuts, which looks more interesting than solid cardstock. I sometimes use solid colored cardstock but if I want to kick it up a notch use inked paper. You can see I inked the aqua background paper, too.

I think the 3-window die makes a special card and is a great basic die. You could just put a sentiment one of the windows rather than a diecut, too.

Another idea is to use the same diecut in each of the 3 windows, just change the color, for example a blue butterfly, a yellow butterfly and a pink butterfly.

 

That's all for now, I hope you like my card! I'm on Instagram @susanbcards where I post several times a week.

Thanks for visiting!

A Full Front Shaker Card Using Momenta Birthday Dies

 

The card on the right is a full front shaker card. It's nice to make these pouches and have them on hand, you can later glue whatever diecuts you want to the front. Here I used the Momenta Happy Birthday dies available at Hobby Lobby.

This is a piece of cardstock cut to 4.25"x5.5". I attached double sided tape to all 4 sides. I cut a piece of cellophane about 1/4" larger on all 4 sides and centered the card onto the cellophane.

Take the backing off 3 sides and attach the cellophane securely. Leave 1 side open to pour the sequins into, then secure the final side.

Here's the filled card. You can keep these on hand and attach diecuts or sentiments as needed!

Here I've attached the balloon frame diecut.