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Stretch your Dies (day 5) — Masking Stamped Images

By on March 26, 2015 in Paper Crafting

First, stamp your stamp on masking paper. Then air brush (or use distress ink) to color the background. Remove masks, stamp your image….and Voila! This card turned out cute, I think: I popped up the sun near the bottom of the card…just for a little fun. May your days be filled with sunshine,

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Stretch Your Dies (day 2) — Flower dies within a larger die

By on March 26, 2015 in Paper Crafting

I was waiting for these flower dies to come in just so I could try this technique by Kristina Werner. May your days be filled with sunshine,

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Stretch Your Dies — Masking & Dry embossing

By on March 26, 2015 in Paper Crafting

So this was a fun idea to mask off the shape, then ink in the inside, then dry emboss the dots around the shape. I don’t know if that makes sense, but I loved making this card. I image those balloons are carrying that funny bird away! May your days be filled with sunshine,

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Stretch your Dies (day 7) — Alphabet Dies

By on March 23, 2015 in Paper Crafting

Jennifer McGuire showed us a great trick for getting alphabet dies all lined up. I was so happy…and I had to give this one a try right away. This one is a birthday card for my sister-in-law (she better not see this until after Wednesday!) I thought this one would make her smile.   A […]

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Stretch your Dies (day 6) — Inlaid Background using border die

By on March 23, 2015 in Paper Crafting

I’m loving this Online Card Class: Stretch your Dies. I don’t have a lot of dies, so this is right up my alley. Today I was impressed with Debby Hughes’ technique of using a border die to make an inlaid background. I used a new die from My Favorite Things to do this. This was […]

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Stretch Your Dies (day 4) — Patterned Paper die cutting

By on March 23, 2015 in Paper Crafting, Uncategorized

So I’m going a bit out of order! I am waiting for some packages to come in so I can finish up some homework. While I wait, I thought I’d just go ahead and post some other cards for class. Today we learned about using a small die cut to enhance patterned paper. Such a […]

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