Bonjour (Rachelle Green)

Bonjour

by Rachelle Green


I love using dies to create scenes. The Frantic Stamper December die release used with some previous releases and the happenings in France inspired me to make this card. I started with the solid light blue cardstock to simulate a blue sky and then used the the airplane and clouds from the Village Sky die set. I used adhesive craft foam for the clouds and Gold foil paper with the La Tour Eiffel die. Trendy Jean-Marc and the Bicycle die were the perfect compliment to give the feeling of "tooling" around Paris on a Fall day. Finally I added the Bridge Railing and Bonjour to finish this card. What does the scene bring to your mind? It was fast and easy using Frantic Stamper Precision dies.

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

FRA-Die-09549	FRA-Die-09748	FRA-Die-09755	FRA-Die-09762
FRA-Die-09751	FRA-Die-09002

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A Thankful Scene (Jen Carter)

A Thankful Scene

by Jen Carter



Hello! Happy October! Today I wanted to share a card appropriate for the Autumn/Fall season.

For this card I started with the new Framed Four Square Windowdie from Frantic Stamper.  I used that die to cut the blue striped patterned paper to create the windows.



I knew that I wanted to create a scene with some of the dies from the village set.  I took a piece of navy cardstock and first die cut it with the Starfall Reverse Cut die (probably one of the dies from Frantic Stamper on the top of my LOVE list, as there are just so many ways to use it!).  Then, I again used the Framed Four Square Window die to cut the navy windows.  I backed them with yellow cardstock to make the stars pop. 



I positioned the navy pieces where I wanted them and then cut the moon with the Village Sky die set.  I cut two sizes of trees with the Village Trees & Shrubs die set.  These dies are perfectly sized to create scenes using this square die!  The house is from the Suburb House die collection.  You've seen me use it before, I really like it! :) I added a little puffy blue heart as an accent on the house. For the sentiment I die cut the beautiful Thankful with the Thankful word die.  I used some of the stars that were cut when I die cut the navy cardstock as accent pieces to frame the Thankful sentiment.



Here is a side angle.  You can see the dimension (and a loose corner on the bottom piece...oops!).

Thank you for stopping by the Frantic Stamper blog!

We'd love to see what YOU are creating with the Frantic Stamper line of dies and stamps. Join us on Flickr and upload your creations to share with the Frantic Stamper community. We do ask that your projects include dies and/or stamps that are from the Frantic Stamper line.

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

FRA-Die-09634	FRA-Die-09614	FRA-Die-09549	FRA-Die-09550
FRA-Die-09095	FRA-Die-09605

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You Can't Control the Wind (Rachelle Green)

You Can't Control the Wind

by Rachelle Green

I've been experimenting with different size cards lately. This card measures 4x4. After cutting and folding the base, I stamped and colored, with Copic Markers, the sailboat from the Frantic Stamper Clear Stamp set By The Sea.

I fussy cut the boat and then layered it between two layers of paper cut with Frantic Stamper Precision Die Stitched Scene Builder Edgers to simulate waves in water. To finish the scene off I added clouds and a plane from the Frantic Stamper Precision Die Village Sky set as well as a sentiment from the By The Sea Clear Stamp set. The card size is one I'll certainly revisit in the future.

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

FRA-Die-09403

FRA-Die-09549

FRA-CL-016

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It Takes a Village (Jen Carter)

It Takes a Village

by Jen Carter


Hey everyone!  I have been excited to share this card with you.  I love house/building dies and stamps.  So you can imagine how excited I was when Frantic Stamper released a whole series of dies (and a stamp set to coordinate) that are houses, buildings, businesses, landscape items, dies for the sky, etc!  

This is the first card that I put together using these products.  One of the things that I really like about these dies is that you can go with just a silhouette type look where you choose not to add any details or you can paper piece to your heart's desire (like I did with the church and minimally with the other buildings).



I wasn't sure when I started how many buildings I'd use in the scene, so I first cut my hills using the Stitched Scene Builder Edgers die set and placed it on my card front where I wanted them to be.

*Tip:  I only put adhesive on the bottom part of each hill so that I could tuck in the buildings where I wanted. This allowed me to move them around without "committing" myself to a placement until the very end.

The buildings I used for this card are the Village Candy Shoppe, Church, Firehouse, and Book Shoppe.



Here you can see how I have a little dimension on the buildings.  Don't you just love that teeny tiny bike (from the Village Wheels set), airplane (from the Village Sky set) and that little lamp post (from the Village Park & Traffic set)!?

To create the clouds, I inked up the back of the cloud stamp with white pigment ink from the coordinating On the Village Road stamp set,  stamped it on my card front, then used a white eraser to even out the ink and make it look more fluffy.  Then, I cleaned the stamp, turned the stamp over to the "intended" side, and stamped the details on top.  It really softened the clouds & added some dimension to them.

Another thing to notice is that on the yellow building, the Candy Shoppe, you can lift up that little rectangle piece at the top and make it 3D.  I chose not to do that on this card but I will use that fun detail on other cards and projects!

There are SO many fun dies in this set, many of which I was not able to fit on this card!  I hope you'll check out the Village dies andOn the Village Road clear stamp set from Frantic Stamper!

Thanks for stopping by today!

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*** Materials for this project available at www.franticstamper.com.

FRA-Die-09543	FRA-Die-09541	FRA-Die-09540	FRA-Die-09545
FRA-Die-09539	FRA-Die-09538	FRA-Die-09549	FRA-Die-09403
FRA-CL-015

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