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A Muted Garden

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I find the combination of these shades of blues and taupes to be very soothing:

Maui Stamper Botanical Blossoms Timeless Elegance

  • Stamps:  Botanical Blooms
  • Color palette:  Very Vanilla, Tip Top Taupe, Soft Suede, Pool Party, and Island Indigo
  • Accessories: Botanical Blooms framelits, Big Shot, Designer Pearls, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Timeless Elegance DSP

Maui Stamper Botanical Blossoms Timeless Elegance

How can you go wrong with these beautiful shapes? I cut out a stack and started playing.

Maui Stamper Botanical Blossoms Timeless Elegance

There’s no greeting for now. I’ll add one when I’m ready to send this card. I like to have a stash on hand that I can personalize with just the right greeting.

It’s SO Timeless!

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i can’t resist this paper! It’s the perfect background for anything and everything:Maui Stamper Serene Silhouettes Timeless Elegance Greetings Thinlits

  • Stamps: Serene Silhouette, Hello (retired SAB 2016)
  • Color Palette: Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow, Tip Top Taupe
  • Accessories: 2 1/2″ circle punch, Greetings thinlits (retired and sold out, sorry!), Linen thread, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Timeless Elegance DSP

Maui Stamper Serene Silhouettes Timeless Elegance Greetings Thinlits

I really like this layout.  You may have seen it – and a few variations – a time or two this month {wink}

Same card, different layout

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My gate fold card from earlier this month began life as a simpler layout:

Maui Stamper Everything Timeless Elegance

The color scheme and stamps are the same,but I added a little piercing and the Very Vanilla seam binding.  The more I use the Timeless Elegance DSP, the more I’m tempted to add a couple of packs to my last Retiring Products order!

Maui Stamper Everything Timeless Elegance

Funny, it seems that paper piercing had fallen out of favor. I hardly ever think to add it to a card, and I seldom see it in the work of other paper crafters. Do you still use it?

We’re proud of our grad

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Our son graduated this month and Mr. Maui Stamper and I are immensely proud of him.  Of course, a special card was in order:

Maui Stamper Beautiful Ride The Journey Begins

  • Stamps:  Beautiful Ride, World Map
  • Color Palette:  Notre Dame Blue and Gold 😄
  • Accessories: Aquapainter

Maui Stamper Beautiful Ride The Journey Begins

We’re proud of all three of our children – seems odd to say that when they are all adults.  I call them my chickens, and I’m always happy when we are all together. It’s been a good month.

Circles and Squares

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I’m still playing with the Everything set from the April Paper Pumpkin.  For this gate-fold card, I chose to layer a circle onto a square – not my usual combination, but I’m happy with the result:

Maui Stamper Everything Paper Pumpkin April 2016

  • Stamps:  Everything
  • Color palette:  Watermelon Wonder, Tip Top Taupe, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry
  • Accessories: 2 1/2″ circle punch, corner rounder punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Tip Top Taupe lace, Timeless Elegance DSP

Maui Stamper Everything Paper Pumpkin April 2016

The Taupe lace is very soft and has nice stretch and give, so you can knot it and then manipulate it to your liking. I think I’ll be able to get away with regular postage if I add a single card stock layer in front of the bow before I put the card in the envelope.

Blackberry Birthday

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The Everything stamp set that was included in the latest Paper Pumpkin really does cover, well, anything:

Maui Stamper Everything Paper Pumpkin April 2016

  • Stamps: Everything Paper Pumpkin bonus)
  • Color palette: Blackberry Bliss, Blushing Bride, Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey, Very Vanilla
  • Accessories: Gold thread, Timeless Elegance DSP

Maui Stamper Everything Paper Pumpkin April 2016

I’ve worked hard this year to use as much of my DSP stash as I can. I tend to hoard it – for what, I’m not sure. How about you?  What’s the oldest DSP in your stash?

Time is slipping away on the Retiring List. Last day to order is May 31st!

A little vintage love

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I don’t do a lot of vintage design. I’m drawn to the style but have a hard time adding the necessary bits and layers that define it. 

Maui Stamper Timeless Textures Little Letters

  • Stamps: Timeless Texture, Birthday Blossoms
  • Color Palette: Very Vanilla, Lost Lagoon
  • Accessories:  Big Shot and Little Letters Thinlits, Rhinestone Jewels, Aquapainter, Stampin’ Write markers, Pansy punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Maui Stamper Timeless Textures Little Letters

 I markered the word “you” from the phrase “celebrate you” and used the Aquapainter to add a little extra color to the flower.

Here’s a hint: when you’re using framelits or Thinlits to create negative space like these letters, put a sheet of thin paper (printer paper works well) between the cutting pad and the thinlit. It will protect your project from embossing any stray cut marks on your cutting pads. 

I’m gonna miss this sweet little bird

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I have a bit of a thing for birds.  It’s taken me a while to learn the ones that frequent my back yard, but I’ve made good if not perfect progress.  I love to hear them when I wake up in the morning.

Maui Stamper An Open Heart Thanks

I watercolored this fellow using my Aquapainter and watercolor paper.  He doesn’t look like any bird I’ve seen, he just makes me happy the way he is.

Maui Stamper An Open Heart Thanks

The Greetings Thinlit has sold out but last time I checked the rest of these beautiful supplies were available.  You can shop HERE.

Sparkly Congratulations

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I designed this card to be a multi-application “Congratulations” that I can keep in my stash for that last-minute card occasion.  The colors are neutral but sparkly, making it celebratory for either gender.

Maui Stamper Shiny Balloon Bravo

  • Stamps:  Bravo (retiring 5/31/16), Balloon Builders, Be the Star (retiring 5/31/16)
  • Color Palette:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Smoky Slate
  • Accessories:  Balloon Builder punch, Confetti Stars Border punch, Silver Foil paper, Gold Glimmer paper, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Maui Stamper Shiny Balloon Bravo

You might be noticing a trend.  I’ve been working towards making cards that are flat enough to mail without extra postage.  I want to SEND them, not admire them!  I’ve found that elements raised with Stampin’ Dimensionals fare best when an extra piece of card stock is placed over the front of the card in the envelope.

So make a card – and send it!

Shop HERE.

Thinking of you, Little Koala

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This sweet face is on the list of stamps to retire on May 31st.  I’ll be keeping Kind Koala in my permanent collection:

Maui Stamper Thinking of You Koala

  • Stamps:  Kind Koala (retiring 5/31/16)
  • Color Palette:  Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Blushing Bride, Daffodil Delight
  • Accessories:  Neutrals Designer Series Paper (DSP) pack, Watercolor paper, Aquapainter, White Perfect Accents, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Sharpie, Wink of Stella

For the most satisfying results, you really need to use Watercolor paper with the Aquapainter to color a larger image like the Koala.  Watercolor paper allows you to move the color around, to add and even subtract color.  I find I can get acceptable results on Whisper White if I’m working with small images, but if you work the color too much the finish of the paper will start to get rough.  The Watercolor paper is much more forgiving.

Maui Stamper Thinking of You Koala

I used a yellow Sharpie to color the White Perfect Accent.  It did the job, but the more I look at it the more I think it needs to be a different color.  Or perhaps it just needs to be another COLOUR.  That may be my problem right there.

Bring this sweet little face into your life right HERE.