Brrrrrrr.... I hope you are staying warm! We haven't gotten the brunt of this latest cold front, but it is still colder than usual. I may have to change my normal breakfast fare. I usually drink smoothies, but they are chilling me to the bone right now! Seems a little unhelpful to burrow under blankets in front of the fireplace and drink a ice cold smoothie, right?!!
I have a fun bundle to share today that will hopefully warm us all up. It's a motif that we are drawn to, but really don't use much in our homes these days and that is doilies! I have several that were crocheted from relatives in years gone by. They are exquisite in the delicate stitches and patterns. I used to scatter some of them about in my home but have gradually gotten away from that as I've tried to de-clutter the look just a bit. The stamp set I want to show you is much less involved than the real thing which no doubt took hours and hours to make! This bundle is a wonderful combination of stamping and die cutting to create some beautiful doily motifs for your crafty projects. Here's what I came up with yesterday as I was playing with this set:
I wanted to use our wonderful two new purple shades for this card. I used the lighter one, "Highland Heather" and stamped off on grid paper first to make my doily image even lighter. I randomly stamped on my background paper. I then used the darker purple, "Gorgeous Grape" for my sentiments. So separate the two halves of the sentiment, I punched one out and popped it up with dimensionals. You could also put the second part of the sentiment on the inside of the card. For the flower sprig, I colored my stamp with Stampin'Write markers and cut it out with the coordinating die. There is also a fabulous little bow framelit that I really liked!
This card was a creation of leftovers. I had previously embossed this Powder Pink cardstock with the leaf folder and then ended up not using it for something else. I decided to pair the pink with Basic Gray. I tried out some of the doily framelits in Very Vanilla card stock and then added a simple sentiment. I decided my background need something so I used pink on pink with the Buffalo Plaid stamp. I also added a bit of the Powder Pink ruffled ribbon to each edge. For being such a random set of ideas, it did come together in the end!
I wanted to see what one of the larger doily dies would do so I cut it on some Whisper White card stock. As I suspected, it cut out the center and left a round border edge of doily. I backed this with some Bermuda Bay card stock to go with my Frosted Floral Designer Series Paper and then used a punch for my sentiment.
This was actually the first card I made with this bundle. I wanted to see what the largest doily would do. It's in two pieces which allows you to cut out the entire doily or just cut a doily edge and leave the middle part intact. I cut the entire doily out of Grapefruit Grove foil paper, then inked up the floral sprigs with Stampin'Write markers and again cut a bow. I thought the "Nature's Poem" was the perfect background with it's soft colors.
I was glad I purchased this bundle. We have had similar doily bundles in the past that I've passed on so I'm glad I got this one. I think there are a lot of things you could do with it. I'm anxious to spend some more time with it soon!
I have some custom work to keep me busy the rest of this week. My veterinarian would like some pet sympathy cards and another new business in the Gallatin Valley would like some custom cards to include in their orders to customers. I do some custom work each year and really enjoy it. I recently finished 80 cards for my local ophthalmology clinic which included birthday cards, sympathy cards and "good job" cards for their employees. Please contact me if you would be interested in some custom cards for your organization or business. I'd love to brainstorm with you and see if we can come up with something perfect.
Meanwhile, stay warm and stamp often!
Sarah
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