Clear and Simple Stamps

Day 9 | App-solutely Lemon Love

CSS DAILY DESIGNS: 25 Days of Inspiration

It’s been three years since the Clear and Simple Stamps Daily app first made an appearance on the crafting scene. Each day the app features a brand new project complete with instructions and photos. You can save to your favorites for quick reference, and search through previous months for even more inspiration.

In celebration of the CSS Daily App, we have 25 Days of inspiration. That’s right we are bringing the App to the blog! Each day the design team will feature fun projects and for an added bonus we will have a coordinating project on the app – it’s a great way to see even more fab inspiration using your Clear and Simple Stamps.

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App-solutely Lemon Love

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Today’s project is brought to you by designer Lori Tecler:

“Summer’s right around the corner and there’s nothing more refreshing on a hot summer day than a cool glass of lemonade  With that in mind, I created a pair of lemon themed projects perfect for giving to someone that’s super sweet.  My ensemble includes a coordinating card and treat made with the lemon images from the Perfect Harvest set and a fresh summer color scheme of golden yellow and lime.”

Visit with designer Lori Tecler for details on her lemon inspired gift set.

Day 6 | Fruit App-liques

CSS DAILY DESIGNS: 25 Days of Inspiration

It’s been three years since the Clear and Simple Stamps Daily app first made an appearance on the crafting scene. Each day the app features a brand new project complete with instructions and photos. You can save to your favorites for quick reference, and search through previous months for even more inspiration.

In celebration of the CSS Daily App, we have 25 Days of inspiration. That’s right we are bringing the App to the blog! Each day the design team will feature fun projects and for an added bonus we will have a coordinating project on the app – it’s a great way to see even more fab inspiration using your Clear and Simple Stamps.

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Fruit App-lique

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Today’s project is brought to you by designer Audrey Tokach:

“Summer is fast approaching, which means backyard barbecues and a need for having fun hostess gifts on hand! Since strawberries always remind me of the summer months, I created a coordinated hostess gift set with a fun tag and shape card inspired by my favorite summer fruit.”

Visit with designer Audrey Tokach for details on her berry sweet project…

Be sure to check out the bonus project on the CSS Daily App!

SW | Editor Faves

Style Watch

We’ve all seen a candy buffet. Usually at a wedding, right? You recognize it immediately – rows upon rows of color coordinated candy packed up ever so sweetly…a handmade banner draped across it, framing it all. It is sweet temptation at its best.

Here’s my thought. Why do I have to wait for another wedding to get my candy buffet fix? Welp – I’ve got the solution…

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Enter: Candy Buffet in a Box. All the deliciousness and appeal, shrunken down to fit into a cute box. Just so turns out that a few of my favorite CSS sets fit perfectly into this theme and I can’t wait to show you what I came up with.

Keep it Crafty,
Amber KG

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You know the drill…come visit me at  Damask Love
and I’ll have lots of yumminess waiting for you!

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Visit the Style Watch this month
for each edition of fun papercrafting inspiration for packaging.

And check back on Tuesday, April 30th for a super fab hop filled with even more CSS Faves!

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RIR | Cake Domes

CSS FAVORITES: Series 3 Review

It’s release in review time, and we love taking a look back at all the new items from the latest release. Join us each day this week for lots of inspiration and new ways to use a great mix of a few CSS Favorites…

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Cake Domes

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Build onto your sweetly decorated, paper-crafted cakes and treats for
a variety of occasions with this fun addition of glass dome images

• Cake Domes {$24}
• Set includes 21 stamps
• This set coordinates with: Cake Decorating | Cake Decorating Too | Cake Decorating Extras | Apothecary: Sweets | Apothecary: Holiday

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Love is Sweet

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Let’s face it – most folks have a soft spot for sweets!

What takes center stage at wedding, after the beautiful bride of course? The cake. What part of the meal do you most look forward to on holidays and at special events? That’s right…dessert, especially when grandma whips up your favorite cake.

Today we are using the Cake Decorating series to create a super sweet, calorie free Save the Date and favor.

The most important part of any Save the Date is the actual date! Using the Cake Decorating Too set, we created a subway print style announcement.

The stamped and embossed panel is layered onto a decorative border die cut using the larger Border: Eyelet, and adhered to a panel of 24 Karat Gold cardstock.

For the accompanied favor we worked with the wedding colors of My Style Blueprint, 24 Karat Gold, A Blanc Check, and Rouge Ruffles for a coordinated look.

We stamped a sweet love quote all over the Party Favor 5 gable box. Once assembled, we created a coordinating hang tag using the Cake Decorating series.

We started by die cutting just the base of the Cake die. With a partial cut, we stamped the cake plate and cake dome in I Steel Got It ink and trimmed out the dome are to make one complete image.

The cake was stamped and decorated, a hole punched at the top of the dome and adhere to the Party Favor with 24 Karat Gold Cord.

Incorporate fun themes and pops of color starting with the Save the Date all the way through to your last favor with the Cake Decorating series. After all, love is sweet!

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{LOVE IS SWEET SUPPLIES}

STAMPS: Cake Domes, Quotes II, Cake Decorating, Cake Decorating Too, Cake Decorating Extras, Taglines | CARDSTOCK: A Blanc Check, Rouge Ruffles, 24 Karat Gold, My Style Blue Print | INK: Rouge Ruffles, Perfect Little Black Dress, From an Anonymous Source, I Steel Got It | SIMPLE CUTS: Cake, Border: Eyelets, Party Favor 5, Favor Flags | RIBBON: 24 Karat Gold Cord | OTHER: Dimensionals, Sticky Notes, Hole Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, Copic Markers

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Design Team Inspiration

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Be sure to visit with designer Jennifer Rzasa’s as she shares
even more sweet inspiration using Cake Domes…

 Thank you for visiting with us today!

All products are available online {here}

Be sure to check back tomorrow for more CSS Favs Release in Review…

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CSS Daily App on iTunes

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Looking for even more inspiration?

Download the CSS Daily Papercrafting App 2.0.1 available on iTunes

{You can download the CSS Daily App 2.0.1 from iTunes here}

RIR | By the Glass

CSS FAVORITES: Series 1 Review

It’s release in review time, and we love taking a look back at all the new items from the latest release. Join us each day this week for lots of inspiration and new ways to use a great mix of a few CSS Favorites…

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BY THE GLASS DIES

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 A fun addition to the By the Glass series to provide coordinating dies
for the different glass and bottle images.

• By the Glass Dies {$18}
• Set includes eight dies

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TAGLINES: BY THE GLASS

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 Now you can create coordinated mini cards, tags and more
with the fun Taglines version of By the Glass.

• Taglines: By the Glass {$24}
• Set includes 44 stamps
• Mix and match with year-round, and all occasion sentiments

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Beer Notes

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By the Glass is such a fun series to create beverage related cards and projects. With the Final Four championship game tonight we have a couple of fun beer related cards, which could easily double as invites to come on over and watch the big game! Unfortunately, our beloved Buckeyes are not in the finals, but we always cheer for the Big Ten – notice we did not say the “M” word!

Along with creating with the new additions from the By the Glass series , we also love to mix and match sets. For this first card we used a few of our favorite sets to creatively mask our focal image.

In order to mask the bottles into the bucket:

1. Stamp the bucket image from Craft Room
2. Stamp the bucket image again onto sticky not paper, trim, and adhere to bucket
3. Stamp first bottle image in the center
4. Stamp bottle image 2x onto sticky note paper, trim and adhere one to the stamped bottle
5. Stamp your second bottle to the left of the first bottle, and adhere the second mask
6. Stamp the two outer bottles, then remove all masks

For the second card, we wanted to give our beer a little personality.  After all, each type of beer has different taste characteristics…so why not give your beer inspired card a bit of character.

Each word was created by stamping letters from Alpha Shadow and then a bit of hatching was added to the letters with a multiliner pen. These short diagonal strokes add a striking element of dimension, while the cute mustache from A Guy Thing is simply for fun!

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{BEER NOTES SUPPLIES}

STAMPS: Craft Room, Taglines: By the Glass, By the Glass, By the Glass Too, Alpha Shadow, A Guy Thing, Rag Doll House: Stand | CARDSTOCK: A Blanc Check, In the Limelight Green | INK: Perfect Little Black Dress | SIMPLE CUTS: Favor Flags, By the Glass, A Guy Thing | OTHER: Dimensionals, Sticky Notes, White Gel Pen, Multiliner Pen, Copic Markers

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Design Team Inspiration

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Be sure to visit with CSS designer Audrey Tokach as she shares even more inspiration using the By the Glass series with a fun hostess gift…

 Thank you for visiting with us today!

All products are available online {here}

Be sure to check back tomorrow for more CSS Favs Release in Review…

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CSS Daily App on iTunes

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Looking for even more inspiration?

Download the CSS Daily Papercrafting App 2.0.1 available on iTunes

{You can download the CSS Daily App 2.0.1 from iTunes here}

Boxes, Bags & Bows

We LOVE packaging! All is good in the world when one is handed a special treat wrapped in an adorable gift box, dressed up in a swanky favor bag, or presented with a pretty bow.  This week’s group project features cute and creative packaging. Join the design team, as we share projects showcasing {Boxes, Bags, & Bows}.  We’ve included a full list of participating CSS designers:

Today we get to mix our love of sweets with our love for papercrafting while creating fondant cupcake toppers with the new Bow Trio: Mini dies. That’s right dies are not just for paper. With a few quick and easy steps you can turn your CSS dies into tasty and decorative treats.

We started off by rolling out our fondant onto a cutting board. In order to keep the fondant from sticking, we sprinkled the board with a bit of powdered sugar. Once we reached our desired thickness (about 1/8″) we laid our die cut side down and rolled it into the fondant. Next we trimmed around the outside of the die with a sharp knife, and then peeled away the perfect cut to create our sweet little bow. You assemble the bow as you would if it were cut from paper.

Once the bows were created, we gave them a nice gold shimmer with a bit of Cake Graffiti by Duff of Charm City Cakes. As a Maryland based company and avid Food Network’s “Ace of Cakes” watchers, we were super excited to see that Duff has started his own line of products. A quick spray of gold food coloring and our fondant bow toppers are ready for packaging.

When the idea to create fondant bows came to mind, we immediately thought of wedding favors. You can easily adapt the colors and favor flag message to suit any event: birthday, holiday, baby shower, etc. It’s another great way to perfectly coordinate your favors to match any theme.

The Cupcake Wrappers and Toppers were both cut from Pearl White Metallic cardstock. The sentiment banner was a hybrid cut using the Tags 2 die to create the hole and the Favor Flags die to complete the banner. You can see previous projects {here} and {here} for “how-to” instructions.

The cupcakes were placed in a 3″ Clear Flat Bottom Bag, closed with the Toppers wrapped in 24 Karat Gold Cord. The sentiment is from the new Cake Domes stamp set.

*NOTICE: since CSS dies are made from metal and paint with a coating, we suggest that you die cut parchment paper to serve as a food safe layer between your die and the fondant.

We’d love to see your CSS die cut fondant treats! Be sure to scroll below for design team links to even more fun with Boxes, Bags and Bows…

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