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Sunday, March 22, 2020

Stamping with Jen Masculine Thank You Card

Good afternoon! It is Sunday March 22, and it is like no March 22 I have ever known. As the world deals with Covid19 and we standby and watch with anxiety bordering on panic of how this is going to unfold, we are unable to do much to help other than listen to what authorities are asking us to do. But, we can help in our own little way. I decided that I would spend my time creating cards. Thank you cards to give to doctors, nurses, pharmacists, first responders, cleaning staff, grocery store staff, gas attendants etc etc. Those that are going to work, so that we can be home and hopefully safe. I am still working, but from the safety of my home.

So, as I was trying to focus on crafting, I decided that I would make a card for the staff at my doctor's office and for him. He always talks to my son about fishing, so I know he likes fishing. So I designed this card for him. I have others to show you for the nurses and other staff at the office too...

So I simply used the sponge brayer and bartered the Flowering Foils Designer Series Paper with Mossy Meadow. I stamped the greetings from the Ornate Thanks stamp set using Versamark and then heat embossed with copper. The fish from the Best Catch stamp set was stamped in memento and then coloured with blends.

For the inside, I stamped the sentiment using mossy meadow and then simply cut out the fish and rushes with the Catch of the Day dies..and voila, a simple, masculine thank you card you can give to any fishing enthusiast :)....

Here is a close up of the fish that I coloured using blends....so easy to do with the blends!

Hope you enjoyed this card. Please watch my video below for tips and tricks and make sure to leave a message and follow my You Tube channel to see more of my posts!!

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Monday, March 16, 2020

Kylie's Demonstrator Training International Blog Hop - Stamping with Jen Flowering Foils - Just Add Color!

Happy March!! I cannot believe we only have a few weeks of Sale A Bration left :(, where has the time gone? Here in Canada, it is the start of March break. So kids are on school holiday for a week. However, with the Covid19 outbreak, schools have been closed for an additional two weeks. So kids are home for three weeks!! Hope this attempt at reducing transmission works!! I hope all of you are healthy and avoiding some of the chaos and panic that has erupted here. It is pretty crazy times. But back to stamping!!

For this months blog hop I decided to showcase the Flowering Foils DSP that was part of the second release for Sale A Bration. I LOVE this paper and it screams "colour me!!!" to me. By the way, if you are feeling a bit more stress these days, colouring is an amazing stress reliever, give it a try.

For the first card, I used the Well Dressed Stamp Set, also from the Sale A Bration Second release. For the DSP, I coloured using the light Night of Navy Blends. What do you think?

To make this card you need:

Stamps and Dies	- Well Dressed (Item # 152300) - Stitched Rectangle Dies (item # 148551)
Cardstock and Paper	BASE LAYER - NIGHT OF NAVY (item # 100867); 5 1/2“ X 8 1/2“, scored at 4 1/4 FIRST LAYER - Flowering Foils Specialty DSP (Item # 152312), 4” X 5 1/4” INSIDE - WHISPER WHITE (item # 100730) 4” X 5 1/4” TIE LAYER - NIGHT OF NAVY, 1 1/2” X 3 1/2 “ scrap - whisper white and night of navy for stamping and layering of tie and sentiment
Ink and Colouring	Night of Navy (item # 147110) Soft Suede (item # 147115) Stampin’ Blends Light night of Navy (item # 144036)
Tools	Die cutting machine

For the next card, I used another sheet from the DSP pack. This time, using a sponge brayer I coloured the background using Highland Heather. I also used the border from the Tabs In Blooms (another Sale A Bration second release item) to silver emboss the sentiment before punching out using the Label me Lovely Punch.

To make this card you would need:

Stamps and Dies	So Sentimental (item #151691) Tags in Bloom (item # 152292)
Cardstock and Paper	BASE LAYER - Rich razzleberry (item # 115316); 5 1/2“ X 8 1/2“, scored at 4 1/4 FIRST LAYER - Highland Heather (item # 146986), 4” X 5 1/4” Second LAYER - Flowering Foils Specialty DSP (Item # 152312), 3 3/4” X 5” INSIDE - WHISPER WHITE (item # 100730) 4” X 5 1/4” scrap - whisper white and vellum (item # 101856) for stamping and leaves
Ink and Colouring	Rich razzleberry (item # 147091) Highland heather (item # 147103) Versamark (item # 102283) Stampin’ Emboss Powder - silver (item#109131) Stampin’ Blends Light Rich Razzleberry (item # 144584)
Tools	Die cutting machine Embossing buddy (item # 103083) Heating tool (item # 129053) Leaf punch (item # 144667) Sponge brayer (item # 141714) Label me Lovely punch (item # 151296)
Additional Items	Tricolor ribbon (item# 149708) Stampin’ Dimensionals (item # 104430)

For those of you that live in Canada and would like to make these cards, I have provided a link at the bottom of this post to my on-line store for all there materials needed to make these cards.

I hope you like these cards and can see how easy it is to use the Flowering Foils Specialty DSP from Sale A Bration.

Thanks for visiting Stamping with Jen with Jennifer Kirk. Please hop on to the next blog to see what creative projects we have come up with!!

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