The Olathe hostess for April fell in love with waterfall cards, and I can certainly understand why... it's not everyday you find a card that can do somersaults! Guys and kids are especially impressed with these. You can find a nice little review tutorial at dawn griffith waterfall card.
To make a landscape background, we used the branch from Easter Blossoms, the humming bird from Elements of Style, and - did you recognize it? - Pocket Silhouettes for the foliage along the bottom. If you thought you noticed a bit of shimmer there as well, you're correct - I demonstrated the faux mother-of-pearl technique using Stampin' Up's versatile Shimmer Paint on glossy cardstock. It adds just the right amount of subtle shine. IMHO, of course! -Kathy
Our hostess for April asked if we could do two things: First, focus on ways to use the stamp set "Pocket Silhouettes"; and second, create some thank you cards to make available to cancer patients. So we made three cards this month.
The first example uses a quick template created with a punch and a scrap of chipboard to anchor the images in a patch of color applied directly to the card. These single-layer cards are so quick to whip out that we made two, one to keep and one to give away.
We also made the card in the second photograph (using buttons in place of grommits), adding a bit of layering in different colors to give it another look entirely.
Stay tuned and I'll post a couple of additional examples of cards made with this very versatile set.
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Meet Kathy
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I have a list of "1001 Unpursued Careers" and only one lifetime! Currently I demo for Stampin' Up! and teach classes in paper arts here at the studio, chauffer a teenaged daughter, write poetry, care for my Mother (age 89), mix 29 flavors of scones, long to travel and practice the Argentine tango!
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Meet Monique
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Though not new to paper crafting, Monique recently jumped in with both feet by becoming a Stampin’ Up demonstrator and joining Idyllwilde Design Team with two other great women. She absolutely loves it! Outside of her rubber stamp addiction, she works at a consulting engineer firm, indulges in Mexican food way too often, and enjoys spoiling her two four-legged children of the feline persuasion.
