The Top Note AGAIN???

I just have to say, "I love the top note die!!" I made another card with it tonight. Last time I cut the cardstock 2 ways to make a square-ish element. Tonight I thought, "hmm, what happens if I cut it 4 times??" Well, the shape I got kind of reminds me of a sun. If only I had Life's a Breeze...

Here's the final product:

I even decorated the inside.

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Baroque Motifs stamp set; tangerine tango textured, basic gray and whisper white cardstock; basic gray and tangerine tango classic ink pads; big shot with top note bigz die; vintage brads; stampin' sponge; coluzzle; stamp-a-ma-jig

Updates...

So, I learned today that some of you may be trying to leave comments without success. I took a look at my settings and, sure enough, I was excluding anyone without a blogger account. I updated my settings and they should work now. So, please, please, please leave a comment *begs her insecure inner-self*.

Please let me know if you have any problems. Of course, if you don't know me personally how will you ever let me know...since you can't leave a comment? Oh the conundrums of the blogging world.

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More Big Shot Fun

I made this for a co-workers birthday next week. I cut the textured baja breeze and very vanilla with the top note sizzix die, turned it 90 degrees and cut again leaving a square as opposed to a rectangle. All layers are sponged with close to cocoa ink. I also used a new technique I learned at convention make & takes. I inked the flowering branch stamp in baja breeze, used my blender pen to remove the baja ink from the stems and inked them using the close to cocoa marker...huff and stamp.

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It's Your Birthday (retired) and Eastern Blooms stamp sets; baja breeze textured, close to cocoa and very vanilla cardstock; baja breeze and close to cocoa classic ink pads; close to cocoa marker and blender pen; chocolate chip polytwill (retired); Big Shot and Top Note die; snips and rounded corner punch

So, you think you're a Big Shot...

I am just so, so, SO excited about Stampin' Up! teaming up with Sizzix to bring us the Big Shot, as well as exclusive Stampin' Up! only dies!! Tonight I played with my Big Shot and wanted to share what I made.

First a Christmas card. I know it's still early, but I'm planning to do duplicatable Christmas cards at the October Stamp-a-Stack and wanted to flesh out some ideas. This card uses the SU! exclusive Bigz die "Top Note" and the card is a standard 4.25" x 5.5". I stamped the tree in versamark and embossed with white EP, sponged the edges of the Night of Navy Top Note with white craft ink and threaded the wide olive ribbon through a hole made by the horizontal slot punch. I like the simplicity but it seems to be lacking somthing.

Hmmm...maybe it needs glitter...

Card #2 also uses the top note, as well as the birds and blooms sizzlits set (also a SU! exclusive). I folded my base before sending it through the big shot and kept the fold inside the cut area to leave it intact. I sponged the edges of the pale plum base with matching ink. The flower is die cut from apricot appeal designer series paper (SS 08, retired). I used the little sponge tipped stick in my pastels to add pumpkin pie ink to the edges of the flowers, curled the edges and layered them, adding a little bling in the center with a rhinestone brad. The leaves are also cut using the birds and blooms die set. I stamped a little of the Baroque Motifs vine under the flower for interest and tied on a 1/4" olive ribbon. My original intent was to make this a vertical card...like so:

But I kind of like it horizontal as well...

Which do you prefer?

Christmas card: Lovely as a Tree stamp set; kraft and night of navy cardstock; versamark and whisper white craft ink; Big Shot and Top Note die; 5/8" old olive grosgrain ribbon, horizonatl slot punch, white EP, dimensionals and stamin' sponge

Flowered Note: Baroque Motifs stamp set; old olive and pumpkin pie classic ink pads; old olive textured and pale plum cardstock; apricot appeal dsp; rhinestone circle fire brad; old olive polytwill ribbon; dimensional and stampin' sponge