Angela's PaperArts: Stampin' Up! Alphabet a la mode Valentine's Day card

If you're running behind with your Valentine's Day cardmaking, this is a simple card which doesn't require any special Valentine's Day stamps.  All you need is some letter dies, like the Stampin' Up! Alphabet A La Mode dies to create the word 'LOVE', some paper and embellishments of your choice.

I also used the Country Gingham Designer Series Paper, Poppy Parade ink, Blending Brushes and a double stenciling technique to create this card.  

TUTORIAL: The steps to make this card are

1. Make a square card base and layer some Country Gingham Designer Series Paper on top.
2. Hand cut or diecut a large heart shape and use the negative of the diecut as a stencil.
3. Using Poppy Parade ink and Stampin' Up! Blending Brushes, blend ink inside the diecut heart shape onto some Basic White cardstock.
4. With the heart stencil still in place, overlay the inked heart with another stencil and use the Blending Brush to add more Poppy Parade ink.  This resulted in the diamond shapes appearing on the heart with tone on tone colour.
5. Mat the heart cardstock onto some Poppy Parade cardstock.
6. Wrap some linen thread around the heart.  This becomes a base to place the LOVE letters.
7. Diecut the LOVE letters from the Alphabet a la mode dies in Poppy Parade cardstock and adhere onto the card on top of the linen thread.
8. Adhere the heart cardstock onto the card base.
9. Add some little resin hearts to complete the card. 

By using alphabet dies to create a card's sentiment, you don't need to have a special stamp set on hand.  These techniques, both the double stenciling and using alphabets for sentiments, can be used to create cards for any occasion, not just Valentine's Day.

If you're not familiar with ink blending or using blending brushes, you can learn all about it from my video tutorial here.

The products used on these projects can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia. 

Just a reminder that Sale-a-Bration ends on 28 February 2023.  Any eligible product order of $90 or more can select from various Sale-a-Bration items for free to be added to the order.  There's no limit as to how many free Sale-a-Bration items you can earn as it's based on the total of your order. Here's the newest Sale-a-Bration items to be added as further options for selection.  You can see all the Sale-a-Bration items here:

There's also three great value joining specials which may be of interest to you too. You can find all the information here, or feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

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Angela's PaperArts: Whimsical Woodland Masked Christmas Card

I wanted to highlight how cute the Stampin' Up! Whimsical Woodland 3D embossing folder is on these cards.

I used a masking technique to create the coloured centre piece to highlight the embossing on both of these cards.  For the card on the left, I used metallic gilding polish from my stash for a bright finish.  For the card on the right, I used a Stampin' Up! blending brush to blend three inks for a softer look. 

Which do you prefer? 

Here's the brighter version with a metallic gilding polish centre.

Here's the ink blended version with three different Stampin' Up! ink colours.

You can also use paint and other colouring mediums with this masking technique.

The products used on this project can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia. 

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Angela's PaperArts: Stampin' Up! Artistically Inked mask card

I've been doing more masking and ink blending again using a diecut as my mask and featuring the Artistically Inked stamp set & co-ordinating dies bundle.

I used the beautiful floral spray diecut from the Artistic dies set which is part of the Artisically Inked bundle used on this card as my mask and added ink using my Stampin' Up! Blending Brushes.

After adding ink

Once I removed the mask I was left with the negative image which I turned into a birthday card.  I could have left the mask on the card, but I'll share with you next time how I used it to create another card - I basically got two cards out of the one technique using both the positive and negative images. 

A close up of the 'negative' inked image once the mask was removed.

 

Tip:  So if you don't have the right plastic mask, use one of your dies instead to create what you need.The products used are currently available and can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia.

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Angela's PaperArts: Happy World Cardmaking Day - Stampin Up Angels of Peace bauble

Happy World Card Making Day.  Are you crafting today?

I enjoy ink blending and using masks so thought I'd feature a card using these techniques today.  Here's the finished card.

I used one of the Stampin' Up! Delicate Bauble dies as a mask, my Stampin' Up! inks & Blending Brushes to create the bauble background.  

The holly and poinsettia are from the Poinsetta Dies set and the stamped images are from the Angels of Peace stamp set.

I layered the image over the gorgeous Whimsy & Wonder Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Tip:  So if you don't have the right plastic mask, use one of your dies instead to create what you need.  The products used are currently available and can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia. 

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Angela's PaperArts: Quiet Meadow sympathy card

I created this simple card for a challenge where I needed to use masking and ink blending techniques to create a sympathy card.

The card features the Stampin' Up! Quiet Meadow stamp set and co-ordinating Meadow Dies along with a Soft Succulent, Basic White & Basic Black colour scheme.

The products used are currently available and can be purchased from my online store if you live in Australia. 

From 1 July - 2 August 2021, a select number of Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper (DSP) packs will be discounted by 15%.  You can see all those on sale here. 

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Stampin' Up! Blending Brushes tips & techniques

If you're wondering if you need Stampin' Up!'s new Blending Brushes, hopefully my new tips and technique video below will answer your questions.

These Blending Brushes are now my 'go to' ink blending tool and I explain why in the video, along with tips on how to get a nice smooth ink blend.  If you purchase a set of these Blending Brushes from me, I'll email you a two page PDF tips document on how to care for and use your brushes.

With Sale-A-Bration in full swing, now is a perfect time to get a set or two of the Blending Brushes as for every $90 spent on product, you can select a free gift from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.  

Online classes for Australian residents will also resume in February 2021.  Please contact me if you're interested in learning papercrafting.  

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