Easy Build Your Own Shadow Box with New Poppy Posy Bundle

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Easy Build Your Own Shadow Box with New Poppy Posy Bundle

The new Summer Collection is now available from LDRS Creative. My favourite from this collection has to be the Poppy Posy Bundle. Love all the bits and pieces and wanted to put a card together that used all of the elements. This type of shadow box is fairly simple to build once you’ve worked out the dimensions. The first time I made this shadow box it took a little while, fiddling and some trial and error to make the dimensions work to fold and fit into an A2 size envelope. Lucky for you I have all the dimensions all worked out and laid out below.

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Beyond the Card: Felt Ornament

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Beyond the Card: Felt Ornament

Hello there, Sam back with yet another card using the Holiday Floral Co-ordinating Dies. I have really enjoyed playing with the Holiday Floral Stamp and Dies they are so versatile. So many amazing ways to combined both stamps and dies or to use them separately.

Recently I have been experimenting a little with sewing felt. This is very much stepping out out of my comfort zone, but I have enjoyed the process and learning a new skill. As you will see I haven’t quite perfected sewing a straight line yet. So lets go beyond the card and sew a felt ornament. A bonus surprise for the recipient not only will they receive a card, but an ornament they can hang.

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Your Next Stamp Christmas Release: Bonus Ornament

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Your Next Stamp Christmas Release: Bonus Ornament

There is a super fun new release from Your Next Stamp that arrived in the online store last week. Hopefully you have had a chance to check out all the new stencils, stamps and dies and also the sale. The holiday is always a fun release and so many amazing ideas to craft with for the holiday season. Today I have a card that takes advantage of the Winter Scene Ornament Set and gives the recipient a two for one. They receive both a card and an ornament they can hang. There are so many options for creating a scene within the ornament. Your Next Stamp even has a collection of pre-created scenes that can be added to the ornament and the little snow globe die. Today I choose to create my own scene.

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Tropical Shadow Box

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Tropical Shadow Box

I love shadow box cards; they stand up well, the frame border creates perfect white space around a scene and the layers provide wonderful depth to the scene. The Gone to Maui Exclusive Kit with its adorable critters and elements combine perfectly with the beach scene from Scenic Backgrounds II to create the cutest little shadow box card. This type of shadow box is fairly simple to build once you’ve worked out the dimensions. The first time I made this shadow box it took a little while, fiddling and some trial and error to make the dimensions work to fold and fit into an A2 size envelope. Lucky for you I have all the dimensions all worked out and laid out below.

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Your Next Stamp Christmas Release: Tweet Shadow Box Card

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Your Next Stamp Christmas Release: Tweet Shadow Box Card

Out of all of the cards I have created for this release, this one has to be my favourite. These cute little birds are so perfect for a shadow box card. It took a little while, fiddling and some trial and error to make the shadow box dimensions work. I wanted the card to be the right size to fold and fit nicely inside an A2 envelope. But so worth the effort, I really love how the card turned out with the square shape on the front.

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Your Next Stamp May Release Preview: Farmtastic

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Your Next Stamp May Release Preview: Farmtastic

Welcome to Day 1 of Your Next Stamp May Release. I am having fun playing with Farmtastic stamp set and the barn die which works perfectly with the set.

So the barn die is the perfect size to use with the farmtastic farm animals. However I wanted to sneak a peak at life inside the barn. So I recreated the barn doors for the exterior of my card and used the barn die to create a complimenting tag.

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