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This gorgeous floral set invites you to add your personal touches with your favorite coloring techniques. In addition to infusing your artistic flair, you can customize the “tie-on” tag with a huge variety of sentiments and sayings. There is truly something here for any season or occasion.
Available for purchase July 15th. CLICK HERE for further product details.
This collection of unique sentiments are designed to coordinate perfectly with the Infinity Frames dies (sold separately). Stamp the sentiments directly onto the frames or onto a small strip trimmed from the frame and added onto a whole frame for dimension. You even have the option of using more than one sentiment to fill the frame all the way around. With the multiple occasions covered here and the various sizes of frames, you will turn to these classics again and again!
Available for purchase July 15th. CLICK HERE for further product details.
The Ways to Say series is a set that gives you multiple ways to express a certain sentiment. This set features many ways to express the sentiment “congratulations”. The sentiments are perfect for adding to cards to send your congrats to friends and loved ones.
Available for purchase July 15th. CLICK HERE for further product details.
Now that I've made all of the formal introductions, let's get onto the projects!
Fo my first card I couldn't wait to use the Infinity Frames. I have been wanting something like this for a longtime as a paper crafter and knowledge this will be an important basic in my collection. I love that I can use one, two or more frames and they are all perfectly cut the same thickness. There endless options for nesting and layering. One of my favorites is the full size frame that coordinates perfectly with an A2 sized card. It gives the edges of the card a nice clean, even border every time.
I stamped the flowers from Stemmed Statements on the card front first and colored them with Copic Markers. The smaller frame was the perfect size for this sentiment.
- STAMPS: Stemmed Statements, Infinity Frames Sentiments (available July 15th)
- INK: Fresh Snow, True Black
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Classic Kraft
- OTHER: Comic Markers
I love the script that Heather uses for all of her Ways to Say sets, so on this project I decided to use that as a major focal point for the card.
I also used the geranium from Stemmed Statements, colored here with Copic Markers.
- STAMPS: Stemmed Statements, Ways to Say: Congratulations (available July 15th)
- INK: Palette Noir
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Pale Peony
- DIES: Stemmed Statements die, Ways to Say: Congratulations die
- OTHER: Copic Markers, Baker's Twine
Any watercoloring technique looks beautiful with the Stemmed Statements, but I am really partial to the emboss resist technique with them.
I had always wanted a clover image to use with a "Good Luck" sentiment, so here it is!
The soft blue watercoloring in the corner helps to ground the floral images.
- STAMPS: Stemmed Statements (available July 15th)
- INK: VersaMark
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Lavender Moon
- DIES: Stemmed Statements die
- OTHER: Twine, ZIG True Color Brush Markers, Watercolor Brush
Laurie Schmidlin is joining me today, featuring Infinity Frames Sentiments and dies.
Laurie always does stunning things with black and this card is certainly no exception. The striking black and gold scheme really brings out the detail of the floral elements. The way the frame grounds everything and helps to balance out the focal point makes the Infinity Frames die set a must have!
- STAMPS: Infinity Frames Sentiment, Stemmed Sentiments
- INK: Versamark
- PAPER: True Black, Luxe Gold Adhesive Sheets
- DIES: Infinity Frames, Stemmed Sentiments
- OTHER: Gold Detail Embossing Powder
The colors Laurie selected just pop from the Kraft carsick background. It would have been easy for the sentiment to get lost but by placing it on a black banner, it stands out and draws your attention to the bottom of the card.
- STAMPS: Infinity Sentiments, Give Love
- INK: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Kraft, Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Pale Peony, Berry Sorbet, Raspberry Fizz, Harvest Gold, Honey Nut, Limeade Ice, New Leaf, Parakeet, Versamark
- PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Kraft, True Black
- DIES: Infinity Frames, Give Love
- OTHER: White Detail Embossing Powder, Sequins
I love the way Laurie used the frames in a non-traditional way and created this beautiful modern collage. Note that the sentiment included in the Infinity Frames Sentiments set can be used both inside the frames and on the frames, giving you endless design options.
- STAMPS: Infinity Frames Sentiments, Stemmed Sentiments
- INK: True Black, Versamark
- PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Watercolor Paper
- DIES: Infinity Frames, Stemmed Sentiments
- OTHER: Black Detail Embossing Powder, Black Rhinestones
Keeway Tsao is joining me today, featuring Stemmed Statements.
Keeway has such a wonderful touch with her watercoloring skills and this project certainly highlights that. The background complete with speckles was done in such a way that it leads your eye down towards the sentiment.
- STAMPS: Stemmed Sentiments
- INK: Versamark
- PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Watercolor Paper
- DIES: Scripted Die
- OTHER: White Detail Embossing Powder, Watercolor
I am loving how Keeway paired a couple floral elements together from Stemmed Sentiments and used twine to "tie" them together along with the sentiment. It's little details like this that allow you to add a sentiment in a creative way without having it overpower the delicate florals.
- STAMPS: Stemmed Sentiment
- INK: True Black, Versamark
- PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, True Black, Watercolor Paper
- DIES: Stemmed Sentiment
- OTHER: White Detail Embossing Powder, Copic Markers, Twine, White Gel Pen
The sponging and masking Keeway used on the Mix & Mat: Postal die-cut was done in such a way that the the two opposite corners that feature the sentiments is what is emphasized. The slight angle that she tilted the mat contributes to the design immensely.
- STAMPS: Infinity Frames Sentiments, Stemmed Sentiments
- INK: True Black, Blueberry Sky
- PAPER: Stamper’s Select White
- DIES: Stemmed Sentiments, Mix & Mat: Postal Dies
- OTHER: White Gel Pen, Pattern Paper
I hope you have enjoyed all the creations that I have shared with you today! What do you think of the new Stemmed Statements floral set? Don't you love the ease of adding your sentiments to the small tie-on tags? And of course there is the new Infinity Frames... don't you love the versatility? We would love to hear your initial thoughts on everything we introduced! Please leave a comment on this post to tell us what you think of the new products and you will be eligible to win big!
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