Elegant or Edgy

Hello! I have two cards for you today that couldn’t be more different from each other. Even though they are two distinct styles, I had a lot of fun creating them both. The first is serene & rustic, while the second is bold & modern. After checking out the two cards, leave me a comment below and let me know which style you prefer. I love them both because I have a blast experimenting with all sort of styles of cards. 🙂

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Elegant

The supplies used on this first card are the Crazy About You Stamp Set, Brick Wall Embossing Folder, Butterflies Thinlits Dies, Big Shot Machine, Banner Triple Punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Sahara Sand Cardstock, Soft Sky Cardstock, Pink Pirouette Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Glue Dots, Stampin’ Sponges (cut these into quarters), Crumb Cake Ink, & Sahara Sand ink. Both inks were sponged over the brick embossing to create the shabby chic look. Sentiment is stamped in Crumb Cake Ink.

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Edgy

 

      

The supplies used for this second card are Blackberry Bliss Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Metallic Sequin Assortment, Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Big Shot Machine, Hello You Thinlits Dies, and 2014-2016 In Color Thick Baker’s Twine. The last item is a retired Sale-A-Bration product from earlier this year.

Even though you can’t CASE (Copy And Share Everything) this card exactly, I really wanted to share this technique because you can still replicate the wrapping and stacking of the bakers twine with bakers twine from the current Stampin’ Up! Catalog. You can check out Stampin’ Up!’s current thick bakers twine offerings on p.158-159 of the Annual Catalog, or click over to my Online Store and entering “thick bakers twine” into the search box. I find the texture of all that thick bakers twine is really eye catching.

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I hope you enjoyed these two cards. If there is a product or technique you have been wondering about, please leave a comment below and I will do my best to incorporate it into a card for this blog.

Joyful stamping!

~Stephanie