Floating Frame Cards

We made these gorgeous cards at a class in April using the Floating Frame technique.  With this technique you get two for one!  After stamping and coloring your flowers, they are die cut and placed on your cardstock close together, completely covering it.  (Dry the ink with a Heat Tool to set it and prevent it from sticking too tightly to the plastic wrap and peeling off.)  Press a piece of Press 'N Seal plastic wrap firmly over the flowers, especially in between the images.  Run through die cutting machine to cut out desired shape in the center.  Cut off any flowers that hang over the edge of the cardstock and carefully peel off the cardstock.  Generously place Dimensionals on the flowers and leaves.  Adhere to card front and gently peel off the plastic wrap.  Stamp sentiment in the opening.

Use the center portion that you cut out to create a second card with a sweet frame around it!  Two for one! 

I used the retired Petal Palette and Petals & More Thinlits for the flowers on this card, but you can use any floral images that you can group together.  The sentiments used are from Strong and Beautiful (#148732) an Itty Bitty Birthdays (#148618).  Choose your favorite Stampin' Blends marker colors to create the look you desire.

Thanks to Jennifer McGuire for her inspiration to create these beautiful cards!

Grad Cards

Here are a couple great graduation cards I made for this past weekend that I would like to share with you. 

 This elegant card was made using the Layering Alphabet Edgelits combined with Gold Foil Paper, Night of Navy and Thick Whisper White cardstock.  I also used the Stitched Rectangle Dies for a little extra detail.  I used Itty Bitty Birthdays for the sentiment popped up with Dimensionals.  I love the elegant look this combination created with the layers of the Night of Navy made with the Layering Alphabet Edgelits!  You may have to enlarge it on your screen to see the detail.

This second card creates a fun, whimsical mood using the retired Alphabet Embossing Folder, and two retired stamp sets:  Bravo and Gorgeous Grunge.  It's easy to create this card using any school colors.  For this card, I simply inked the embossing folder with Night of Navy ink and ran it through the Big Shot with Whisper White cardstock.  Then in random patterns I sponged Balmy Blue, Night of Navy and retired Island Indigo ink over the raised letters.  Embossing the "tire tracks" from Gorgeous Grunge at various angles using retired Pewter Embossing Powder gave it a graffiti feel.  I felt it needed a little more shimmer so I inked up the splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge with Champagne Mist and Frost White Shimmer Paint.  Then I continued that shimmer on the inside around the "Congratulations" stamped in Night of Navy. 

Which one is your favorite?

Floating Frame Cards

These are Floating Frame cards and were done at my April class. All the images are colored and placed on the first card base with Dimensionals, then the center frame is cut out. The section that is cut out forms the center of card #2 with a little frame added for interest. There is a little more involved to set up the first card requiring the use of Glad Press 'n' Seal and another layer of cardstock that we learned in class. I used Petal Palette stamp set for the flowers. Strong & Beautiful and Itty Bitty Birthdays were used for the sentiments. Do you have a favorite?