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Showing posts with label Tim Holtz dies. Show all posts
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Monday, November 18, 2013

Bendi Fold for Thanksgiving

Hello My dear Stamper Friends:
I am bringing to you a Bendi Fold for this Thanksgiving season!

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As a guest author, I  featured a VIDEO tutorial for "Splitcoaststampers" of the Bendi fold card  back in May 2013

and I am extremely pleased to see how many of you have being inspired by this shape and have come up with your own designs  and even "invented/added" extra ways  to display this card from the basic concept!



This is the case of my dear friend, Carol who contact me showing me her "version" of the "Bendi" fold...she named it as a "tent topper bendi fold"...ingenious!

In return, from her concept, I got the idea to make a higher back for the "Bendi" basic  form......
and that is how my card has this taller back that I made with a Tim Holtz "vintage cabinet" die paired with the "hanging sign" and the "flourishes" die to "hang" the "bird cage" from them...

This is the view of the center panel....


I love when we share all these ideas, this is how creativity gets nurtured...

You can see Carol's idea / her version of her " topper" in this Christmas "tent topper Bendi fold"  post / masterpiece that she created at her Blog "Chocolate, Crafts and Bears"

The background papers, first were sprayed with "perfect pearls/pewter" mist and then I  stamped using a Hero Arts stamp background with "Versamark" and then applied "Perfect Pearls" powders in gold and copper. The shimmer in person is so nice...
remember to spray the whole with a fixative...


On the opened right side of the card....
The pumpkin comes from a "Cuttlebug" embossing and die combo and here I used my "Panpastels" to color it, the vibrant colors are so exquisite...


On the opened left  side of the card....
The pumpkin was colored in green and The swirly leaves are "Spellbinders"...



Can you guess how I did the wheat ? 
I took the "Delacie border" die from Memory Box and I cut the picks of that border and place them on top of each other to make them to look like wheat! great isn't it?
see the die below on the supplies list...


This is how it looks opened...


On the front I used a "Stampendous" set of clear stamps and I stamped the sentiment with "Versamark" ink and rub the "perfect pearls" gold and copper (same technique used on the background on the center panel of the card)


And this is how it looks closed...


 
I made this Halloween Bendi card as well...check it out!  just in case you missed it!

Thanksgiving is approaching very rapidly and I am so excited...this is one of my all time  favorite American holidas!

Ok my friends, love to see your creations, let me know if you make one of these....it is all about sharing/exchanging and getting each day a little bit more "knowledgeable" :) in what we like to do!


TO WATCH CLICK HERE ON VIDEO



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NOTE: the pine cone is a "retired" die from "Spellbinders"...







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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Happy Palm Sunday!

Hello Dear Stamper Friends:

I am bringing to you a "Palm Sunday" card...!

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Today is "Palm Sunday" and the beginning of "Holy Week"...as it is known is some Christian countries...It is the entry of Jesus In Jerusalem...

On this day is it customary to distribute palm leaves, which they will be blessed and kept for next year to be burned and make the ashes for the next year for Ash Wednesday -- the palms,  symbolize triumph, and the ashes, symbolize death and penitence. 

I have so many memories of  my childhood from this day...
I remembered specially the intricate woven figures that the people used to sell at the exit of churches or on the markets. ..I admire the craftsmanship of those  woven palms...they were real works of art...see pictures below...



So, I  Decided to make something to commemorate today's celebration ...I made this simple cross in paper but I needed to do something else...so I went and look around my stamp room  and this is the card that I came up for today's festivity...



I use the Hero Arts stamp "Three Ferns", perfect match for my cross and I paired it with some die cuts from my "Silhouette" machine...which matches Hero Arts stamps...



The technique that I used is called "Emboss Resist": I heat emboss the ferns with white embossing powder and then I distressed some of the background with inks... the effect is quite pretty...
and I cut the ends with a Tim Holtz edge die...and add "Stickles"!



To make the cross I watch this You tube video

Ok I hope you liked today's card... I enjoyed very much doing it ...


Supplies:
Silhouette Images:
Fern: Design ID #6760