How to make an easy Eclipse Card

Eclipse cards are the latest trend in card making and words and letter cards abound all over Pintrest and other social media sites.

So I thought I would show you how to make an easy and simple Eclipse Card with any die that you have.  For this card I chose one the  of the large dies from the Vintage Leaves  set.

Tips for success with Eclipse Technique.

1. Die cut your image out of the piece of cardstock and place it back in the cardstock to work with
2. Use small stamps to add your images and leave some white areas.
3. Remove your die cut once you have completed your stamped design and cut out at least one other die of the same image and glue together to give height to your finished project.
4. You can use dimensionals as an extra height on the project or just cut another die cut and mount on project.

As you can see from this clean and simple card I stamped the trees at the bottom and added the sun at the top both slightly on and off the leaf image.  The sentiment sat nicely in the middle the leaf was cut twice in the white and then a black to add the highlight and then was put on using dimensionals.

 With a little piece of twine for finishing touch it makes a lovely card.

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Stampin Up In The City

Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrafting.

Today is Bank Holiday weekend and the sun is shining and it has been and still is a glorious sunny day.  The trees are still green and so is the grass after the rain that we had in the past few weeks. With that in

mind I made this lovely card using In the City.  This lovely 60 image stamp set is just so versatile and not just for city cards there are some lovely trees.

Emerald Envy and Lemon/Lime Twist are great ink pads and the row of trees remind me of Farnham Park where I walk my dog daily. There is a row of tree called the Avenue and I have ridden with my children and grandchildren along there on bicycles.

Nature is so beautiful especially on a sunny day.

The set I used is an hostess set which you can purchase at a special price if your order  comes to over £150 so a great way to club together with a few friends and place an order to get this set.

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Have fun and happy crafting.

In The City Hostess stamp set

Stampin Up In The City

Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrafting.  Todays card is using the In The City stamp set andI have created a lovely New Home Card.

I have stamped out just two of the 60 images in this set in black and Sweet Sugarplum, coordinated it with a square from the Stitched Shaped Framelits Dies added a bow in Fresh Fig which coordinates beautifully.

If you notice the background it is made using a sneak peek of the fantastic Year of Cheer washi tape. 5 reels of gorgeous metallic which are just perfect to add a metallic touch to any project.

1st September the new catalogue launches just get in touch and I will send you onw out so you are ready to add some of these goodies to your stash on1st September.

Here is a video with just some of the goodies to wet your appetite.

Stampin Up In The City

Stampin Up In the City Hostess stamp set

This is probably one of the funnest and most felixible stamp sets and it contains a whopping 60 stamps.  A lot of these stamps are two step which means that you stamp the outline image and then use the second stamp to fill in the image. 

Now to get hold of this fab stamp set you have to spend £150 or more and then you can get this set.  You can club together with friends and place one order however you want to do it spend £150 and the hostess set is yours  to purchase.

So I have created a selection of cards using some of the images from this set.  Very simply stamped and then coordinated with some cardstock in the same colour as one of the images it make for a lovely modern clean and simple look and I love how the two step stamps allow you to colour the image easily without having to painstakingly colour each one.

In The City Stamp Set

Check back tomorrow for a lovely card using this set for a New Home card.

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