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"MOVING ON" doesn't mean I'm leaving Stampin' Up! or you, but it does mean I'm moving my blog from right here on TypePad to right here on WordPress. The new blog name is StampinG With Blythe. (You don't need to capitalize that "G".) There are quite a few reasons for the move but the main one is putting a "g" in my blog name.
It might seem a small thing but I'm guaranteed it'll be worth the effort. This blog, Stampin' With Blythe will remain open for several months, maybe longer. ALL previous posts have been migrated to the new blog. All new posts will now be posted on the new blog. Again: www.stampingwithblythe.com.
I'll still be stamping in My Country Loft Studio. I'll still be having classes in my home or yours. I'll still be stamping at the Mi Wuk Library on the 3rd Thursday of the month, 1-3 p.m. I'll still be available via email (blythe@stampinwithblythe) or phone (above in my banner) or via my online store here.
Ahh......email! I have also updated my email to reflect the addition of the infamous 'g'. blythe@stampingwithblythe.com. You can use either one since both are now 'live'. As soon as I make new business cards, however, the blythe@stampinGwithblythe.com will be on them.
You'll be seeing a new banner and totally refreshed blog set up. And the exciting thing: I have done it totally by myself! I've had lots of guidance from John Sanpietro and his blogging boot camps (allof them over the years!) and my daughter-in-law, Khris Cochran of DIY Bride. I actually think she breathes WordPress (my new blog host). Yes, she's a guru. There is still some fine tuning to be done; it'll all be sorted out as I find something that needs tweaking. Feel free to let me know if a link doesn't work. I'm going cross-eyed trying to catch all the possible glitches.
TypePad has been very good to me and for that I thank them. And now it's time for you to click right here and check out my new blog. There will be a few more instructions when you get on over to my new blog, www.StampinG With Blythe (That 'g' isn't a typo---it's just a reminder!)
Thanks for being a reader of my blog. I do it all for you. Plus, I have fun putting it together.
CAUTION: It's addictive, at least when using the Hexagon Hive Thinlits Die. I've seen this technique around and finally decided to just go for it and try it out!
The French word ombré means to shade. In art, the ombré style refers to color gradation and usually involves three distinct shades of the same or similar colors. So, here's my little take on ombré.
I started with the Hexagon Hive Thinlits Die and several color groupings:
Pistachio Pudding, Pear Pizzazz, Wild Wasabi
Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Crisp Cantaloupe -- the hardest to pull together
Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay
After I started my first card, I decided to play around with 2 additional color groups:
TIP #1: You'll really need to add a piece of waxed paper between the card stock you are cutting your Hexagon template from and the die itself. Otherwise it's very difficult to remove the card stock from the die. Trust me. Or......ask me how I know! :)
TIP #2: Using either a Stamping Sponge or a Sponge Dauber, start in the lower right corner of your card stock, using the lightest of your selected color group. Sponge on a diagonal, working your way up the card.
Here are my individual cards:
This was the hardest to do--I just couldn't get a good blending on the Crushed Curry and the Crisp Cantaloupe.
The 'Happy St. Patrick's Day' greeting is from a long ago retired Stampin' Up! set called More Great Greetings. It even had a 4-digit part/order number and is still stored in an old style stamp storage box.
Hmmmmm.....I wonder which stamp is missing. I only count 19 stamps!
To get the shamrock, I used the Pansy Punch, cut off 3 petals, and reattached one of the removed petals at a different angle. I hand cut a stem and just Snail glued it to the back. The shamrock and stem were attached to the card front with Dimensionals.
TIP #3: Take note of the difference in the sponging between the sponge and the dauber. The dauber gives a thinner, crisper line whereas the sponge has a wider, fuzzier, less precise 'line'. Different tools for different looks I'd say!
Now then, are you ready to try some ombré stamping? I have another idea in mind that I'll work on in the next few days and get posted. It's really fun! It's also fun to use the exact same layout for 3 different cards, 3 different colors and have 3 different looks.
This color indicates the item is in the 2014 Occasions Catalog.
See you tomorrow and thanks so much for stopping by again today. And if you need any supplies for these cards, be sure to go my Stampin' Up! online store. Just click on the shopping basket in the upper right sidebar or just click right here!
If you've been reading my blog for awhile, you know our family has circled and is doing everything it can to offer help and support for my 17 year old grandniece Annika. She experience a 'brain bleed' due to an AVM (congenital malformation of arterial veins) in early October 2013. She's been in a coma ever since but is responding to therapy in little ways now. At home.
A friend of my sister's is hosting two fundraising dinners in a week or so, so Janet has made book mark thank you tokens so the donors/diners can remember, as they are reading, how much their kindness means to the family.
She made the banner (once cut out) text in My Digital Studio:
And then she cut out bookmarks using the Angled Tag Topper and Scalloped Tag Topper punches and retired bits of Designer Series Papers and ribbon. Each guest can choose the bookmark of his/her choice.
It's very hard to offer a large enough thank you to folks who have offered such kindness to Annika and her family. And for this group: the hostes, Gayle, is an excellent cook. It's a win-win for all.
Thanks for stopping in on this lovely Friday. I'm always happy when you do! :)
And so, what not? If you love stamping, regularly purchase Stampin' Up! products, OR don't purchase as many as you'd like to perhaps, would like to earn come extra income (the amount is up to you), would like to be your own boss and decision maker........ Then now would be a great time to think about becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!
During Sale-a-Bration you can join Stampin' Up! and receive your custom created starter kit for only $99. You'll get to choose up to $150 worth of Stampin' Up! products as well.
This offer will END on March 31, 2014. If you've been thinking about becoming a demonstrator, don't miss out. Call or email me and let's talk. I've been a demonstrator for 18 years come April. Yes, I love it. I've seen lots of trends come and go and I never cease to be amazed at the new ideas that come along.
Please give me a call and we can see how SU! will work for you!
I'm very active with my local fire department auxiliary. We raise funds to purchase 'necessary items' for our department, from washing machine and dryer to turn-out protective clothing for when the crew is out at a fire.
One annual event that we present is a Fashion Show featuring women's clothing (of course) from a local business. And what do we need for this event? Tickets and a program cover. Who have they turned to for the last bunch of years to create these items? You're right. Moi.
My Digital Studio to the rescue. I used the Established Elegance Stamp Brush Set. It is just perfect for our Grandma's Attic theme. My ultimate goal was to create as "vintage-y" a look as possible in a rather short period of time.
You can see that I manipulated the sizes of the images and made them quite different for the tickets and the program. It was fun to be able to use three of the images to complete my projects.
See those flowers under the words? One of the fun things you can do with My Digital Studio 2 (MDS2) is color in images as you choose. I also colored the dress form for the program way below.
My Digital Studio has retained all of Stampin' Up!'s colors, retired or current, since its inception. No, it doesn't have those old, old colors like Rocket Red, but it does have Yoyo Yellow.
The photo below shows how I took my original ticket, which I had created at 3-1/2" x 2" (above), and copy/pasted it into a business card template that I found in my iPages program (I use a Mac).
And this is the cover of the program:
It's 'off-center' because it's actually an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet in the landscape position and fills only the right half of the page. Print, fold, and you have a program cover. These will be printed locally. Be sure to click on the image above for a larger view.
If you're interested in trying out My Digital Studio think about this: You can 'purchase' or 'rent' it for a 30 day trial. Check it out here.
I will also be happy to share tips and how-to walk throughs with your purchase of the My Digital Studio program.
Once my new blog is released (another week or two) you can see my banner and 'click here' buttons that were created in MDS. With patience you can do almost anything!
Thanks for stopping in today and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. :)
If you like to shop for deals, then check out these great deals at a great price:
Click here to check them out individually. Just click on the ones that interest you for larger images and more details.
Just a few comments:
If you're only wanting circles, the framelits are actually a better deal since you get more circles for your buck. But, they only cut one piece of card stock at a time (and sometimes two). The die will cut fabric.
You'll need the basefor the Dress Form Pop-n-Cuts if you don't already have it.
Be sure to check these out soon---remembering that the Deals of the Week are a first come first served commodity, as in....... items are available only while supplies last.
HAVE YOU NOTICED that, when I list supplies for a project lately, I've been breaking out the tools from the embellishments? They really are quite different. Tools are what one NEEDS to create a layer, an accent piece, a specific look............ Embellishments are what you add to make your card pop, to add extra interest and charm to a card or scrapbook page.
Card Stock, Designer Series Papers, Envelopes, Glimmer Papers, Watercolor Paper
STAMPS
Packaging?? Where would you categorize these?
Kraft Gift boxes
Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps
Cello Bags
Tag a Bag Gift Boxes
Tag a Bag Gift Bags
Coaster Board
Journals
This wasn't quite where I intended to go with this post but it certainly made me think as I perused the 2013-14 Catalog from back to the front of the ACCESSORIES SECTION.
Regardless, whether it's a TOOL or an ACCESSORY/EMBELLISHMENT, they're all important when it comes to making an interesting piece of hand-crafted art. Could you create a card, tag, 3-D item or scrapbook page without some sort of an embellishment? What would it be? Let us know! Please.
Don't forget to change your smoke alarm batteries as you move your clocks forward one hour. You can get up and do it at 2:00 a.m. or do it before you go to bed.
Here's another way to help you remember which way to move your clock:
Good luck on arriving to your Sunday events on time!
When I was at Stampin' Up!'s Leadership conference in Houston in early January, I received a lot of cards. Actually, I swapped for a lot of cards. I took about 30 cards to swap with other attendees plus another hundred or so to exchanged with fellow Sudsol members. Today's card is one of my favorites, from Dava Tutt, a demonstrator from the Houston area. She got to drive to the conference.
Dava is on the left, her friend Karen, on the right. Both are deaf. We met about 5 years ago in Phoenix and look forward to seeing each other at Stampin' Up! events. When you're all stampers there is no problem communicating!
Here's Dava's card:
SUPPLIES:
STAMP SET: Perfect Pennants
CARD STOCK: Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper
INK: Bermuda Bay
TOOLS: Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Banners Framelits Dies, Dimensionals, Paper Trimmer
ACCESSORIES: Basic Jewels: Rhinestone, 1/8" Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon, Epic Day This and That Designer Washi Tape
All items in this color are from the 2014 Occasions Catalog.
This is really an easy card: prepare all of your pieces, layer them onto your card and you're done.
I did a little experiment on this post. I use a Mac and I use iPhoto for all of my pictures. The upper photo was saved (and exported) as a 'web-sized' pjg. The lower photo was saved (and exported) as 'current'. Now I know the lower photo will be larger when you click on it and the upper one will not.
This is where I need your help: From your point of view, did they both load onto your computer at the same pace or was one appreciably slower or faster? I can't tell from my end.
Do you have tools that are always within an arm's reach from your work space? Kind of like little things that you couldn't quite create without? You might not need all of them all of the time, but you do need each of them at some time.
Yes, I definitely have mine. For years I used one of those Pampered Chef Tool Caddies. I actually "graduated" to two of them. But then I got a "Martha Stewart" carousel for half price from my sister who had purchased it (for halfl price) and then decided it wouldn't work for her. I had it stashed in my stamping area for at least at year before I decided to put it to work or get rid of it. Well, I won't be getting rid of it. It holds so many of those indispensible, go-to tools right in front of me.
Bone folders, special pens (gold, silver, chalk), spoons-in-the-drawer for embossing powders or glitter
Aqua Painters, blender pens, those elusive Paper Piercing Tools. Confession: I have 3 of them because I kept losing them.
Paper snips, rubber trimming scissors, pencils, pens, and always an upsidedown Tombow anywhere liquid glue.
My assortment of rulers. All sizes for all purposes from my 6" clear Sudsol ruler to 12" Stampin' Up! ruler, to 20" flatter generic ruler for those long lines or squaring up cutting lines for my big old Carl Cutter. That's a story for another day.
Styluses and tweezers: they can "hide" if not tucked away in their proper places.
Won't you share with us all what YOUR indispensible tools are? Those items you use frequently when you're stamping or scrapbooking?
Thanks for stopping in today. I hope you enjoyed seeing my indispensable tool caddy. It really does make my creating time so much easier. I'm thinking that various "re-purposed" glass jars, covered with Designer Series Paper and trimmed with some ribbon and embellishments, would be a great way to keep tools right at hand if you don't have a tool caddy.
I received many beautiful cards for my birthday in January. Today's card was a 'stunner'. And I misplaced it! When I found it the other day, it was in a wise, secure place which wasn't with the other birthday cards. Go figure.
Thank you Janice, aka JRR, for this beautiful card! Be sure to click on the photo to see the details.
SUPPLIES:
STAMP SET: none
CARD STOCK: Very Vanilla, Whisper White
INK: none
TOOLS: Big Shot, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Expressions Thinlits Dies (from Holiday catalog: RETIRED -- ugh), Punches: Blossom, Pansy, Boho Blossom; Snail Adhesive, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Trimmer, Small Scallop Stampin' Trimmer Rotary Cutting Blade
ACCESSORIES: Basic Jewels: Pearl
Putting this card together is pretty cut and dry: cut all the pieces out and layer them as shown.
TIP: (1)To attach the LOVE Expressions Thinlit Die, place teeny little dots of Tombow liquid glue to the back side (yes, really!) and gently place it on your card. I often use tweezers to manipulate my delicate images like this one. (2) If you're going to send this card through the Post Office, be sure to place some sort of protective padding over the Pearl. I'd suggest using a piece of cardboard backing cut to the size of the card and placing it in front of the card. I'd also (overkill) tape a few layers of gauze or something soft on the cardboard where it will cover the pearl.
I would never have thought of using Whisper White and Very Vanilla together prior to seeing this card. I know I'm going to have to try it though. The combination would make a lovely wedding card. If you use this color combination, please share it with us. Just send it to me in an email and I'll post it for everyone to enjoy.
You’ll find plenty of “normal” as well as wacky reasons to send cards throughout the month by checking out these fun reasons to celebrate.
March is NATIONAL CRAFT MONTH -- we all know what that means!
It's also Deaf History Month, National Optimism Month, National Ethics Month and Irish-American Heritage Month
March 1-16 is the Ididerod Race
Week 1: National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week---or Send a Card of Appreciation Week!
Week 2: Universal Women's Week
Week 3: World Folktales and Fables Week
Week 4: National Cleaning Week (sounds like fun huh?)
WEEK 1:
March 2: Dr. Suess's birthday
March 4: Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday)
March 4: National Grammar Day*
March 5: Ash Wednesday
March 7: Fun Facts about Names Day
WEEK 2:
March 8: National Women's Day
March 9: Read Aloud Day
March 9: Daylight Saving Time Begins at 2:00 a.m.
March 11: Johnny Appleseed Day
March 12: Plant a Flower Day
WEEK 3:
March 15: Incredible Kid Day
March 15: Ides of March
March 17: St. Patrick's Day
March 20: International Earth Day
March 20: Spring (Vernal) Equinox
WEEK 4:
March 26: Make up your own Holiday Day - and send a CARD!
March 30: I am in Control Day
*(National Grammar Day: Warning: This is a rant but it's serious to me. Please join me in a simple but chalk-board screeching campaign: understand the difference between 'who' and 'that'. Let's start a grass-roots, cross-country and cross-Canada, fight, or at least be aware of, the tumbling of this grammatical issue. I hear news readers and commentators making the boo-boo too and it makes me nuts! People are WHO. Inanimate things and animals are THAT. It's that simple. "I have a friend WHO likes to make cards." Not "I have a friend that likes to make cards." Ohhhhhhh, nails on a blackboard (aka chalk board) to me. Listen and you'll hear it. I had a marvelous 8th grade English teacher who reinforced my love of grammar and that love stills reigns supreme today. By the way, I found a fun grammar page/quiz that tested usage of who, whom, that and which. Oooops, I got 7/9 right and my mistakes were between that and which. I love learning!)
Enjoy March. Now I'll get out to My Country Loft Studio and do some stamping!
Don't miss out on these new Deals of the Week releases:
Remember, these deals are available whilel supplies last. Check them out here a.s.a.p. if you're interested in any of them!
Don't forget to check out today's new downloads for My Digital Studiohere.
Have a great Tuesday everyone. What will you be creating? I'd love to see something that YOU create sometime. Just send me a photo in an email and, with permission, I'll post it for all of our readers to enjoy.
This Burlap and Blooms Simply Created Wreath is one of those 2014 Occasions Catalog items that I just couldn't decide if I wanted to purchase or not. But that dilemna got decided for me when I was 'gifted' the kit as a thank you for a project I led. Woohoo!!
I popped it open and had it all put together in about 5 hours from start to finish.
Here's what I found inside the packaging:
The main tools you'll need to put it all together are a Hot Glue Gun and Stampin' Up!'s Silicon Craft Sheet. And some patience. But the finished product is even prettier than I expected.
I like to take my photos outside in natural light, but when you finish the project later in the day, that light it hard to find. I finally had to come inside (below) and hang the wreath on a plain wall. It shows it off nicely and I can point out a few learning points.
The instructions of the back of the cover sheet are quite good. HOWEVER.....
Instruction #1: Fringed Flower:
Fold fringed flower in half. (OK)
Adhere edges. (OK, after you peel off sticky strip and fold in half. Do NOT crease.)
Peel strip from top adhesive and roll tightly. (OK)
When you get to the end, add another folded strip and continue rolling. (NOT OK because to me it implied that you roll all THREE fringed flower pieces together. When you get to Instruction #5, you are directed to arrange flowers and then glue to the wreath. [OK--except] Look at the photo and you'll see that there are 8 fringed flowers. And when you look closer, you'll see that there are two fringed flowers of each color, one slightly larger than the other. AHA! One of each color has 2 flowers rolled together and the third one is rolled separately. That way you will get the 8 flowers.
Fan petals. (OK)
Instructions 2, 3, 4, and 5 are good and don't require extra tips.
Bottom line: I really like this wreath and now have it hanging on a window next to my desk in our great room. I'll find a better place for it soon but it the meantime I love looking at it while I'm at my computer!
I hope I've inspired you to want to make one of these wreaths. You can find it in my Stampin' Up! store right here. For $17.95 it offers a lot of springtime smiles!
Tomorrow, Tuesday, my monthly newsletter comes out. It's got some exclusive ideas that will not be shown here on my blog. How can you get a copy? Be sure you're on my mailing list by 4 a.m. on Tuesday. The sign up form is over on the upper left sidebar. (And no, I don't share your email address with anyone.)
As you may know, we live in California, at 4500' elevation, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, gold country, with the Stanislaus National Forest boundary in our back yard. There are literally thousands of cedar and pine trees on our property (just under 1 acre) ranging from 2" (or less!) to well over 100 feet. We must rake, at least for a June inspection, the forest floor 100 feet minimum from our house and any 'out buildings' like garage, woodshed, and a shed for stuff. My husband is a 'raking fool', raking all year round, loading his pick up truck and "hauling slash" (the piles of needles and oak leaves) down the hill about 15 miles to 'the slash pile'. Yes, I help 2/3 of the time.
We've enjoyed rain and wind for the past two days and finally, thankfully, the winds blew many of the stuck pine needles from way up in the trees and the driveway was covered. I knew Russ was outside raking or sweeping his little heart out. He came in the house after about an hour, all excited said, "I've found something NEW to do with the pine needles. Come and look!"
Now isn't that just priceless? I was watching a movie (Quartet -- excellent) while he was outside being creative.
Have a great Sunday. I'll be back tomorrow. Welcome to March! ~Blythe
Have you come upon this viral video yet? It was a spoof, created by two Swedish comedians, that just went viral. Go figure!
My grandsons, Austin (9-1/2) and Landen (5), l-o-v-e the song, sing it incessentaly, and performed it last Friday night for their school talent show. In honor of their presentation, I created my version of a 'What does the fox say?' card, using the Life in the Forest stamp set from the Occasions Catalog to give them when we all got home. (too crazy around the house to give it to them beforehand!)
SUPPLIES:
STAMP SET:Life in the Forest, Just Sayin', Hardwood background
CARD STOCK: Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Smokey Slate, Whisper White
TOOLS: Big Shot, Word Bubbles Framelits Dies, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Fringe Scissors, Circles Collection Framelits, Paper Snips, Blender Pen
ACCESSORIES: none
This color = 2014 Occasions Catalog
It really isn't a hard card---just kind of copy copy copy. I cut out the fox and then when attaching him to the inside of the card, I did not glue his little head down. Then I kind of forced it through the hole in the fence. It pulls back to the inside of the card as the card is opened.
I'd love to know what you think about this card? (That's something like "I'm begging for a comment or two!")
Woohoo! I made thank you cards for all those who attended (or even those who couldn't attend) my birthday celebration on the 26th of January. I knew I wanted to do the thank you cards using My Digital Studio but wasn't quite sure exactly what I wanted them to look like when I began.
There were so many parts of the party I wanted to honor and so many people whose presence made me feel so special....... What to do? So this is what I did:
I made a tri-fold card, filling both the front and back with random photos and a few words. Be sure to click on the photos to see a larger image. It's not going to be a whole lot larger but definitely large enough to see many of the details. If you'd like to see a larger version, please leave a comment below with an email address, and I'll send it to you privately via email post. To save your aggravation, I've kept the blog images at a size proper for web purposes. But to repeat, even if I uploaded a very large image, it still appears the exact same size you're seeing above. I have no clue why!
Rather than leave a blank space on the card itself for a personal note, I attached a post-it note for each recipient, thanking them personally for being there.
Crazy stamper that I am, person in need of a little embellishment or bling, I added Dazzling Details to the 'candle tiara' I was wearing. The Details offered the necessary bling!
This was a day in my life that will never be forgotten. It actually carried right on for the next few days, with a trip to the Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, thanks to my cousins who surprised me by coming from Ohio for the event. I made an 8" x 8" My Digital Studio soft bound book commemorating that event. I'll be sharing a few pages from it soon just because it was also fun to make and is a nice memory.
If you haven't tried My Digital Studio, but are seriously thinking you'd like to give it a try, let me know. I'd love to do videos, an on-line class (via Skype or FaceTime) or by screen shots to get you going. It's amazing! You can also check out MyDigitalStudio.net (free) for many get-started, or get-more-advanced, training videos! Did you know there is a FREE 30-day trial version (full access to the software) available? Check it out here and have find out how creative you can be for yourself.
And, last but not least, the fourth card we made at my stampin' class in My Country Loft Studio on the 19th of February:
This card can just as well be a Sympathy card or a Birthday card. For my swap card above, I chose the place the greeting to the left of the image.
For our birthday card class we changed the greeting to 'birthday'.
Sharon chose to place her greeting in the upper portion of her card. She also used some colored Rhinestones. How do you do this? Simply color the individual stones with a Sharpie Marker! Any color you have will do. You can also color the Basic Pearls.
ACCESSORIES: Basic Jewels: Rhinestones, 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim (P. Pudding)
If you have any questions about the card or the 'how-to', please ask. It's really an easy card. The most difficult part is wrapping the Ruffle Stretch Trim around the top layer of the card front. "Draw" a horizonal line of Snail Adhesive along the base of the flower/plant. Then gently lay (do not stretch the trim ribbon) the center of a 4-3/4" piece of Stretch Trim in the center of the adhesive and carefully position it to the left and right. Wrap the tails around to the back of that layer of card stock and secure them with more adhesive. Then attach the layers to each other and to the card front with Snail Adhesive.
I hope you liked this card. It's one of my favorites. When I first saw that 'smear' image in the Happy Watercolor stamp set I could see it as a sort of background layer. It works perfectly. I like to flip it so that little 'pokey-out' part is turned to the left and then to the right when stacking several colors of the image. It's ok to let the stacked layers overlap a bit as well. What will you do with that image?
Finally, here is the third of the four cards we made at my stampin' class already nearly 2 weeks ago!
SUPPLIES:
STAMP SET: Serene Silhouettes, Simply Sketched Hostess set
CARD STOCK: Basic Black, Smokey Slate, Very Vanilla, Modern Medley Designer Series Paper
INK: StazOn Jet Black
TOOLS: Snail Adhesive
ACCESSORIES: Basic Jewels: Pearls
I really like the look of varying the sizes of the layers of card stock on a card. For this card the first layer (Basic Black) is 5" x 3-3/4"; next, Very Vanilla layer is 4-7/8" x 3-5/8"; next, Basic Black is 1/2" x 4-7/8"; finally, Modern Medley Designer Series Paper is 1" x 4-7/8".
For the Pearls I looked for a pattern in the Modern Medley DSP and then spaced the pearls accordingly.
Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. If you need or want any of the items used in today's card, please hop on over to my Stampin' Up! online store here.
