Background Stamps

Background stamps are a wonderful way to enhance your designs.  You can use a bold ink color on light cardstock, tone on tone, or a variation.  It is fun to play with all the different combinations.

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Chantilly Swing Card

 

This is a swing card using our Chantilly paper.  The swing card base is cut with the Artiste Cricut Cartridge at 5 ½ inches.  The swing cards are on page 52 of the Artiste booklet (the S key) and this particular shape is Accent 1.  The decorative oval shape on the front and inside of the card is cut from the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge page 62 Oval 5 and is cut at 2 ¼ inches.  I have a cheat sheet that I received from another consultant that lists the different swing cards and their corresponding shapes and sizes.  I will include that in another post and I will try to find her name so I can give her the credit she deserves.

I apologize for the quality of the pictures.  I hope to have it corrected before my next post.

 

Please hop on over to Stephanie’s blog next:

      
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Betty Locco                 scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com
Jean Murphy               stampandscrapjeanie.blogspot.com
Cindy Leek              savingmemorieswithcindy.com
Meredith Hainsworth    craftyschemings.blogspot.com
Joyce Houck             Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com
Nickie Hoffer            nickiehoffer.blogspot.com
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My First Convention

I attended my first Close To My Heart Convention this year and it was a blast.  The Convention was at the Coronado Springs resort in Disney World.  We got a sneak peak of the new Idea Book and all the great new papers, stamps, and products.  We have a new Cricut Cartridge that will be available August 1st.  As a consultant we are able to purchase it this month.  Even if you are just a hobbyist there are so many perks to becoming a consultant.  Feel free to contact me for details.

Stitch is my favorite Disney Character - mischievous enough to be fun and kind hearted enough to be loveable.