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Transformation Tuesday With Laurie Schmidlin

March 26, 2019      Papertrey Ink      4 Comments

Welcome to Transformation Tuesday!

We all have cards that don’t necessarily turn out the way we had envisioned or a project that we designed to be feminine that could be made masculine with a few tweaks. The idea is to show a project transformed into something fresh and new.

Join Laurie Schmidlin as she revisits a framed card design using Love in Bloom.

“After creating the Congratulations card for the December release, I knew there were a few things that I should have changed.  I wanted to have a softer background as well as a smaller card base, which are the things that I did on today’s cards.  I feel that both of these changes really allow the heart image to stand out more and not get so lost in the card.”

Supplies:

  • STAMPS:  Love In Bloom, Sentiment Staples: Just a Note
  • INK:  Sweet Blush, Lavender Moon, Raspberry Fizz, Green Parakeet, Aqua Mist, Spring Rain, Tropical Teal, Spring Moss, Versamark
  • PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, Vellum
  • DIES:  Love In Bloom
  • OTHER:  Sewing machine, White detail embossing powder, Stencil Basics: Dots

CLICK HERE to visit Laurie’s blog to see more!

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  1. Pooja says

    March 26, 2019 at 9:11 AM

    I loved both of them !! Simply Beautiful.

    Reply
  2. christal mclean says

    March 26, 2019 at 10:48 AM

    I fell in love with the first card and now, two more reasons to love this set! Just beautiful !

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  3. D. Suzanne Cox says

    March 26, 2019 at 11:24 AM

    Beautiful cards! I like the pastel colors.

    Reply
  4. Linda R says

    March 26, 2019 at 7:41 PM

    Sometimes when I see “redos” on blogs, I like the original better….but your new cards are so amazing! They are just beautiful! I agree with all your points….not that the first card wasn’t nice–it was. But you improved it so much. I wish I had the ability to look at a card and see ways to improve it as you do. Thanks for the inspiration!

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