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Downline Meeting Shares!

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Carol Payne

One of the big features of our Downline Meetings is sharing, and taking pictures of those shares. Here are a few that my 1st level downline, Linda Reaney, shared at our meeting. This first card uses the free SAB set, "Bliss". along with Very Vanilla Rosette's, Basic Pearls, and the Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Folder!

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Linda used the "Newsprint" Designer Series Paper from page 175 of the Big Catalog as the background for this beautiful Daffodil Delight Build a Blossom flower punched with the Blossom Petals Punch, both form the Occasions Mini. She added an Antique Brad from page 187 of the Big Catalog along with Dazzling Diamonds glitter!

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Linda also shared this cute "peek-a-boo" card using the "Create a Cupcake" stamp set and the "Build a Cupcake" punch, also from the Occasions Mini! She used "Playdate" Designer Series Paper from page 175 of the Big Catalog as her inspiration for the card.

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These were just a few of the samples that Linda shared with our meeting!

I'm planning to start posting on Saturdays all the time, so come back tomorrow to see what Cathy shared!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Petals-a-Plenty Christmas Tree!

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Carol Payne

As promised, here is my mini-tutorial for creating an embossed Christmas Tree using the Petals-a-Plenty Textured Impressions Folder and the Big Shot!

I started by using my Hobby Blade and the Cutting Mat to cut two tree-shaped triangles out of a piece of thick cardboard from one of my packages of Candy Candy Christmas Designer Series Paper. The cardboard needs to be pretty thick and sturdy so it can take the place of the bottom acrylic cutting pad.

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I attached these two triangles to each other with Sticky Strip.

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I then attached the triangle to the positive side (petals popping UP!) of my Petals-a-Plenty Textured Impressions folder with Dotto repositionable adhesive. You want your triangle to be on the bottom of your sandwich going through the Big Shot, (this pic shows everything upside down). Insert your cardstock as shown in the picture so you can perfect the placement of the tree. Flip this all over and run through the Big Shot with this sandwich order: cardboard triangle attached to Impressions Folder, Impressions Folder with cardstock in middle, acrylic cutting plate.

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Here's your Petals-a-Plenty Christmas Tree!

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Use the journaling tip of a Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Marker to just barely apply color to the dots in the centers of the poinsettias and between the flowers. You will have a few slightly embossed petals around the main tree image, but you choose where you want your tree to begin and end by where you color the dots and later where you put the Two-way Glue and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter!

This pic shows part of the tree has had Two-Way Glue applied and sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds Glitter so you can see the difference of with and without the glitter!

We stamped the inside with a verse from Seasonal Sentiments, and surrounded it with snowflakes from Snow Swirled, all in Cherry Cobbler ink!

After adding a strip of Cherry Cobbler punched with the Dotted Scalloped Ribbon Border and a strip of Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper, we added a greeting from Snow Swirled punched with the Wide Oval punch, matted on a Cherry Cobbler Decorative Label. The finishing touch is a Basic Jewel Rhinestone on the top of the tree!

That's all for today! I hope to be back tomorrow with the cards from my November Punch Class!

Until then, have a Stampingrox! day!