Mar 11, 2015
Guest Blogger: Miriam Prantner Day 1
Happy Wednesday, crafty friends! We are so thrilled today because the lovely and talented Miriam Pranter is joining us this month as a Guest Blogger. She brings with her a wonderful eye for design and will be sharing her take on current trends and inspiring us with some beautiful projects.
Plus, to welcome Miriam to the TE Blog, we’re giving away some of the products she used on today’s card! Keep reading for all the details…
For those of you who don’t know Miriam, she has been scrapbooking for over fifteen years and is an avid cardmaker as well. She loves to try new techniques, but likes to keep things clean and simple, even when experimenting. Miriam shares her home with her husband Andrew and their two daughters, Ellie (7) and Carina (4).
And now, notes from Miriam on today’s project…
For my card this week, I wanted to re-create a stamping technique I’ve seen a lot of recently in which small stamps are used to fill in a shape. I thought I’d try this idea using dies.
The Little Bits – Flowers & Stems dies were the perfect product to use for this. I started by cutting a bunch of shapes and then I used them to create a mock up on a scrap piece of paper from which I could refer to along the way.
I used the stems to create the shape first, and then filled in the center of the heart with the flowers.
The die-cut flowers and stems were colored using Copics and then inlaid into the die-cut panel.
The sentiment (from the set Pieces of My Heart) was embossed on a strip of vellum, the ends of which were wrapped around the panel.
I used some of the bright yellow/orange paper from the Build A Scene Paper Pack as a mat, but it was a little too bright, so I added a panel of vellum over it to soften it. The entire die-cut panel was then popped up with foam tape over the vellum.
Would you like to try re-creating Miriam’s inlaid card? To help you on your way, we’re giving away a Pieces of My Heart stamp & die combo set and a Little Bits – Flowers & Stems die set to one lucky winner!
How to Enter: Leave a comment below telling us what in your life makes you feel complete by Friday, March 13, 2015 at 11:59 pm PST.
We’ll choose one lucky winner at random to win a Pieces of My Heart stamp & die combo set and a Little Bits – Flowers & Stems die set! We’ll announce the winner here on the TE Blog next week. Good
luck!