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Tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing amazing projects featuring Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper, most of which is in the current promotions where you can buy 3 packs of Designer Series Paper and receive a pack for free! Only available until the 30th of September.
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Sometimes I’m reluctant to use Design Series Paper in my card making because it’s just so beautiful I don’t want to cover it. So my solution for my cards tonight is to frame the paper instead!
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I’ve used my favourite Designer Series Paper from the Annual Catalogue: Bird Ballad DSP.
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You can take a closer look at this stunning paper in this short video below.
I made the same sized frame for all four cards, using two of the rectangle stitched dies. Each card features a different piece of DSP from this set, mounted onto a rectangle of Pool Party card stock. Foam adhesive strips made it easy to lift the frames above the image, giving the effect of a picture frame.
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In card one I used mini dimensionals to pop up some fussy cut images from the DSP and finished the card off with a bow of linen thread and a pool party rhinestone from the the Holiday Rhinestones Basic Jewels.
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In card two I simply used more of the dimensionals from the Holiday Rhinestones Basic Jewels – this time in cherry cobbler – to add a bit of bling to the flowers.
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Cards three and four have the stamped “thank you” from the co-ordinating Free as a Bird stamp set, die cut out with the smallest oval in the stitched shapes framelits.
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All these photos were taken outside in my garden today – it is spring here and my garden is full of birds and blooming with colour. Because the DSP for card four was more of a background pattern I fussy cut a couple of the birds and adhered them to the edges of the frame for some visual interest and dimension.
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Here’s another shot of my stunning clivia!
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Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the very talented, Caroline Manwaring.
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If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:
That’s such a lovely way to show off the DSP, gorgeous colours and stunning cards.
Oh my goodness Catherine, your framed cards are beautiful and stunning!!! These would make a gorgeous gift set. They are all fabulous and I may just have to CASE them – I love them all. Just a WOW project!!!
Such a lovely set of cards Cathy, I love the way you have put the frames over the DSP to create a picture, very effective.
Chris x
Your cards are gorgeous Cathy, I love how you have framed the DSP it is a fabulous way to make cards!
Oh wow, your cards are really lovely! Framing the DSP was a fabulous idea, and I love the extra little touches in each one.
Gorgeous Cathy, I love your set of framed, Free as a Bird cards. The Pool Party background with the white frames are very coastal.