Split Card Design - New Technique

I saw this technique on Pinterest and watched a couple of You Tube videos.  It's a really easy technique!  Really Easy!
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 Here you can see the colors I used.  The first thing I did was stamp all the flowers and leaves.  I used the stamp set To a Wild Rose.  It's a 2 step stamp though it's actually 3 steps to stamp the entire flower.  I just used the outline and detail.  I didn't stamp the entire background piece.

 After each piece was die cut, I took a piece of Whisper White and cut it to 5 1/4 inches by 8 1/2 inches.  The video I watched said to draw a line down the center of this piece.  I scored it so I wouldn't have pencil on my background piece.

 

Overlapping this center line, using the Tombow Mono Liquid glue, adhere the flowers and leaves in a collage type look.   When you have a well-covered piece, use a guillotine cutter (a slide cutter won't work here) to slice the design in half.  Cut the "empty" edge so that the card is 4 inches wide.

 Here you can see the mounted and finished cards placed together they way I had them glued up.  Below it shows them split to make 2 cards.

 Ultimately I glued up two pieces of cardstock and because of the Split Card technique, I ended up with 4 cards which is what I needed.

 We'll be doing this at my next club meeting.  I'm actually using these as Thank you cards for my club members!  I always mean to make Thank You notes to go with their orders, and then I get busy and forget.  This time I'm ready!

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Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986] $8.75	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $7.50	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $7.50
Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad [126952] $6.50	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $7.50	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $7.50
To A Wild Rose Bundle [151073] $54.00	Around The Corner Photopolymer Stamp Set [147464] $16.00	Parcels & Petals Cling Stamp Set [149317] $21.00

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Christmas in July - July 23, 2018

 I'm featuring two greens on this card because ivy greens are much darker and shinier than evergreen needles. 
The stamp set is still a favorite of mine called Watercolor Winter.  I've made many cards from it over the years.  This is an updated version with new dies and a new technique.

 I used the Stitched Die to cut out a piece from the base and used my Stamparatus to stamp all of the holly and berries pieces.  I used the Shaded Spruce and Cherry Cobbler markers to color then stamp the holly pieces.

 The evergreen needles were stamped in Garden Green randomly to cover the background.  I cut a piece of real red from the layering dies to frame the holly and berries.

The new stamp set Around the Corner is featured on the inside of the card. 

This set of six cards is very special!  There are now 100 cards for July so far!  We'll have to see how many I end up with by the 31st.
100 Christmas Cards in July.



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Christmas in July - July 20, 2018

Eighty-five!  The cards I'm featuring for today make a grand total of 85 cards so far for July. I again used one of the sheets of 12 x 12 from the new Under the Mistletoe DSP.

This should look like a wrapped present with a tag.  The red strips of embossed paper should be the ribbon around the package with a tag and bow.

 A 2 inch tag was WAY too big for this card, so after I punched the tag topper, I measured the Delicate Lace die to find the width and cut the tag down to that size. 

 The bow comes from a birthday stamp set, and the sentiment below comes from a stamp set called Ready for Christmas.
Where did that bow come from?  Picture Perfect Birthday!  It's a two-step stamp
It was actually my second option because I can't find my Bow Builder punch!  It's gone missing.  It will turn up, but now I had to find another option.

When using two sentiments at a time, line them up on the grid paper, and stamp away! I also used Around the Corner here for the corner pieces.  I really love that stamp set!



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Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146981] $8.50	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482] $8.50	Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper [146921] $11.00
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $7.50	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084] $7.50	Delicate Lace Edgelits Dies [147053] $29.00
Night In Bethlehem Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145282] $21.00	Ready For Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set [144823] $27.00	Around The Corner Photopolymer Stamp Set [147464] $16.00
Picture Perfect Birthday Photopolymer Stamp Set [145519] $17.00	Tufted Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [146335] $9.00	Tag Topper Scalloped Punch [133324] $23.00
Gold 1/8" Ribbon [134583] $5.00

Christmas in July - July 4, 2018

This stamp set Merry Patterns was one of my favorites this last year.  A big frustration is that it was not in the Holiday catalog, and was only released in mid-December (as I remember) for Hostesses.  It's really a gorgeous stamp set with lots of possibilities.

I made 5 of these cards, and copied exactly a card I had for sale at my Craft Fair booth in April.  It's definitely a multiple stamp card.   The candles alone take 4 different stamps to complete, and the 'tis the season piece takes 2 stamps to complete.  I've stayed with the red and green - but you'll see this again in jewel tones.  I envision wines and purples and blues. 

 

 I hope you enjoy this card.  I really love the design. 

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Christmas in July - July 3, 2018

 First the plain, then the BLING!

I'm using a current stamp set today!  It wasn't intended to be a Christmas stamp at all.  It's the sunflower stamp from Painted Harvest! 

I initially stamped the wreath on the cardstock and decided it was WAY too boring so I got out my stitched dies and cut it.  I then cut a red frame with a scalloped edge. 
As I took the picture, I still needed to add the bow.  I made it from red/white striped twine and placed it at the bottom of the wreath.

As I said yesterday, I LOVE Shaded Spruce!  I used it here to make the wreath.  The first layer is stamped off, and the second layer to give dimension is stamped full strength with the ink.  I love that dimensional look.

 Around the Corner shows up again for the inside of the card along with a retired sentiment set called Versatile Christmas.

Here's the bling!  I still wasn't finished with the Painted Harvest wreaths, and wanted to try another color combination.   On this card, the wreath was stamped first with Granny Apple Green, then stamped with Shaded Spruce over it.  On each little set of berries, I added a very small rhinestone. 

I also added some multi-colored rhinestones to give the sentiment some sparkle as well.  Each star at the top got a treatment with Wink of Stella for even more shine.

I also made 7 of these Christmas cards because after the original six, I wanted to try the other color combination.  I believe one of these will be one of my club cards.  Just sayin'.


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Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.75

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.50

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

$7.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

$5.00

Painted Harvest Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

$30.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

$35.00