Pure Bliss

The end of the school year has arrived.  My boys will be ending school this week.  So last week I worked on teacher gifts.  I have made a set of cards for each of them and will be giving a gift certificate for McNally Robinson Books as well.  This is one of the cards in the card set of five.  I find the photo doesn't do it justice.  IN REAL LIFE, the cork matches much better to the Crumb Cake card stock and the butterfly is Baja Breeze.  Here it looks almost like Pool Party, one of the new In Colors.   Oh well.  Still learning to take proper photos.  :(

Supplies:

Stamps:  Bliss (SAB 2011), Thank You Kindly (retired)

Paper:  Whisper White, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Ink:  Whisper White Craft, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso

Accessories:  White Embossing Powder, Pearls, Dimensionals, Cork, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Big Shot, White Bakers Twine, Distresser, Stamp-a-ma-jig

I haven't decided which set I will be giving to whom.  Maybe I'll let the boys decide.  You can find a card almost identical to Card Set #1 HERE.  

Card Set #1

Card Set #2

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Triple Butterfly Bliss

I saw THIS card on Splitcoaststampers and just had to CASE it.  What a lovely design.  I'm sad to say that I didn't come up with it myself.  ;)  As you can see I did make a few changes.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Bliss (SAB), Thank You Kindly

Paper:  First Edition DSP, Crumb Cake, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla

Ink:  Marina Mist, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Early Espresso

Accessories:  Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Scalloped Border Punch, Button, Linen Thread, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

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Elegant Black Magic

Another one with the Black Magic technique and Bliss stamp set.  The butterfly uses this technique.  I stamped the flourish in Whisper White ink and then embossed in white embossing powder.  I stamped the word "bliss" in Versa Mark ink , so it is very subtle on the Crumb Cake card stock.  To create the scalloped edge, I scalloped the edge of the Crumb Cake card stock of which the main image is stamped on.  Then I scalloped the edges of two strips of card stock and adhered them on to the stamped card stock.  The ribbon covers the line/top edge of the scallops so you cannot see where I adhered them.  

Supplies:

Stamps:  Bliss

Paper:  Elegant Eggplant, Crumb Cake, Basic Black (butterfly)

Ink:   Whisper White, VersaMark

Accessories:  Elegant Eggplant Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestone Brad, Scalloped Edge Punch, Dimensional, Water Colour Pencils, Rhinestones, Glue Dot, White Embossing Powder

4-1/4 x 5-1/2 card

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Black Magic Bliss

Here's another card using the Black Magic Technique.  This time I used the Sale-A-Bration set, Bliss.  All that detail took a while to colour.  :)

Supplies:

Stamps:  Bliss

Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, First Edition DSP

Ink:  Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories:  Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Dimensionals, Distresser, Sponge Dauber

4-1/4 x 5-1/2 card

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