Tropical Frame Leftovers

Tropical Frame Leftovers

by | Apr 25, 2019 | Big Shot Ideas, Techniques

The other day I shared a post showing the “floating frame” technique that I shared with the South Burlington stamp club. This is the second card that the club made using the center rectangle that is left over when you die cut to create the frame. I love...
Tropical Frame

Tropical Frame

by | Apr 18, 2019 | Big Shot Ideas, Stamping, Techniques

The stamping blog-o-sphere has been all abuzz with the “floating frame” technique. This card is my first attempt. Actually it took me 3 tries at this design to get something that I was happy with. A brilliant non-Stampin’ Up! You Tuber shared a video...
Valentine’s Reveal

Valentine’s Reveal

by | Feb 14, 2019 | 3-D Projects, Big Shot Ideas, Tutorials

I hope that you’ve been enjoying my recent posts where I’ve been sharing the bits and pieces of this sampler. I’ve been seeing these show up in various stamping blogs and social media, and with a nudge from a stamping friend, I decided to give it a...
Building the Foundation

Building the Foundation

by | Feb 11, 2019 | 3-D Projects, Big Shot Ideas, Tutorials

All those pieces of art that I’ve been creating need to go somewhere, so I had to make a pretty spot to hold them. My frame that this is going in is 12″ x 12″, which is perfect for a full sheet of DSP. I added some cardstock layers and some lacy...
Swinging Heart

Swinging Heart

by | Jan 25, 2019 | Big Shot Ideas, Stamping, Techniques

I’m not going to blog about “swinging” in the 70’s sense (if you know what I mean). I’m using that word here to describe a bit what is going on with this card. You can’t tell from the picture, but the right side of the heart is...
Christmas Wishes for you

Christmas Wishes for you

by | Dec 24, 2018 | Big Shot Ideas, Stamping

This was the more complicated project that the South Burlington stamp club made at the last gathering. I was a little worried about doing more Christmas, but they were actually relieved to have one more card in their stash for last minute sending. Thank goodness! I...