Hi! Welcome to my blog. Today, I’ve been doing the “dotting i’s and crossing t’s” stuff. Don’t get me wrong — I love that part too. I was just saying to an Australian friend this morning, I love my job! It could be “just” creating — I love that! But for me, an added bonus is all of the additional things that I get to do and learn because of the way I choose to run my business. What does that mean? It means I’m a girl who needs to use lots of different parts of her brain. I’m lucky to have most of my needs met right here!! For my “you’ve been a good girl, now you get to create time”, I played with Perennial Birthday in Black White and Red.
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Perennial Birthday in Black White and Red
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I have wanted to play with this set as soon as I saw it in the Occasions Catalog.
But, I kept getting distracted by other things I needed to do first.
To keep that from happening today, I put the stamp set on the top of the stack.
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Though I usually talk to you about my creations from the bottom up,
the reality is that I usually create from the top down.
Here, I started with a Stitched Shapes Whisper White circle.
After inking the stamp with flowers, leaves and berries with Versamark,
I used my Stampin’ Write Markers to color the outlines.
Once I stamped, I heat embossed in Clear.
The other flower is a single, so I inked in Versamark and then Cherry Cobbler
before heat embossing.
Tip: Be sure to clean your stamp between inking so that
you don’t get Cherry Cobbler on your Versamark pad.
Next, I used light and dark Stampin’ Blends to color in the flowers and the leaves.
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Moving down, I added a Basic Black Scallop Circle.
Then, I tucked in Garden Green leaf punches.
Next, I added a swirl of Mini Sequin Trim.
Under that, I added a Real Red layer with a stripe of Pick a Pattern washi.
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Perennial Birthday in Black White and Red
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And going back to the beginning, I used a Basic Black base
layered with a piece of Petal Passion designer paper.
To finish, I colored some White Perfect Accents and used them to add splashes of color.
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Thanks for stopping by today and checking out my Perennial Birthday Black White and Red card!
See below for product details.
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Then…
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