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Back to Black Throw Back Thursday

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I let myself get so caught up in the fun of the spring and sale-a-bration catalogs that I neglected one of my favorites.  Digging into old product and paying homage.

Back to Black

It might be hard to tell just what is retired here, because it looks familiar.  Well, the pool party paper used here is the retired version.  If you look closely, you can see some of the texture.  Remember that?  Just a subtle thing, but nice.  Also, how about all of that bling?  I was quite generous with the rhinestones, even the retired ones.  Yup, the large rhinestones.  When they hit the clearance rack, I bought a bunch.  It will be sad when that stash is gone, but that won’t be any time soon.

Back to Black

I might have used all of the floral punches, but one.  Have to love a good floral card and matching box right?  Now it just needs something fabulous to go inside.  How about some jewelry or truffles?  I like it.

Back to Black

If you want to re-create any of these, just get out your back to black dsp, all of your floral punches, pool party paper and matching ribbon, and a healthy stash of basic rhinestones.  I took the guesswork out of the box and used my box punch board.  You might notice all the lift.  Of course there is a serious dimensional party going on here too.  So, join in!

Have a creative day!

Moana

B.Y.O.P. Trio

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How about waking up to this bundle of sunshine!  I’ve noticed that I have migrated to yellows quite a bit.  It must be a bit of spring fever in the air.  I know it is only February, but with how warm it has been, everything is bright and in bloom.  Just like this bundle.

B.Y.O.P.

This awesome stamp set B.Y.O.P. has the best sayings ever.  If you are a gift card giver, this is the set for you.  It has sentiments for everything and they range from funny to nice to just right.  I’m telling you, just awesome!

B.Y.O.P.

The products are pretty basic here today.  I think it is obvious that I love flowers.  There are four different floral punches and even a floral die cut.  Yup, I love flowers.

B.Y.O.P.

The color scheme is all about crushed curry.  That is one of the colors used in the free designer series paper pack.  The ribbon and buttons are also from a coordinating set.  Also free.  Don’t you love that?

B.Y.O.P.

So, no matter what kind of gift giver you are, this totally works.  But really, giving a gift card can look kind of tiny, even though it can be just right.  Why not give it a beautiful wrapping?

Have a creative day!

Moana

Big News with Lots of Favorites

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Today’s projects are all about trying something new.  Coastal Cabana isn’t new, but making it be my only color on a project sure is.  I have been trying to help myself get out of my comfort zone.  It makes me crazy sometimes, but I am finding that I like the results more often than not.

Big News

I used the same embossing folder, just put my brayer to work differently.  I rolled in directly onto the folder for this one so the embossed dots would stay white.  That made me smile.

Big News

Then I embossed my whisper white paper and put the inked brayer right over the top of the embossed dots.  That made me nervous.  I usually go for the secured success route and I saw many options for error.  There is a tiny smudge under my ribbon on the left, but not really a big deal, right?

Big News

I pulled out the Big News stamp set.  It is huge, two boxes of stamps.  But yes, admittedly, I hadn’t used one of them.  For shame.  I was also brave and didn’t ink the edges again.  Very difficult, but also liberating.

Big News

Another product I hadn’t used yet was the tab top framelits.  They just turn anything into cute file folders.  I really loved how the tops came together.  I just used a little strip of the glimmer paper and it worked perfectly.  I finished it off with the flower from the bitty punch pack and the lovely free ribbon from the sale-a-bration accessory pack.  I love earning free product!

Have a creative day!

Moana

Big Day for Park Lane DSP!

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Happy Birthday to Who?  The lucky folks who are getting these lovely cards.  I hadn’t had the park lane designer series paper out for some time, but I sure do love it!

Big Day

I like how the different patterns lend themselves to a masculine for feminine look, but not entirely.  It makes it really versatile.

Big Day

The Sale-a-bration free stamp set Big Day is one you will want for sure.  This cute little cake on a stand is just one of the stamps.  The candle is separate, so you can put on however many you want, or can squeeze in.

Big Day

Then, bring on the blendabilities for the perfect coordinating look.  Both cards are accented with linen thread and crumb cake paper.  The card base is naturals white.  That stuff is so beautiful, and a great deal too.

Big Day

I used the bitty accents punch pack to make those cute flowers out of more crumb cake and put a basic pearl inside each one.  Even the one inside.  I punched the stamp with the 2″ circle punch and bordered it with crumb cake using the 2 3/8″ scallop punch.  It went together really quick.

Drum roll please, I didn’t sponge anything!  If you know me you know that is so out there.  But I really liked it this way.  Try something new yourself now!

Have a creative day!

Moana