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CSS FAVORITES: Series 5 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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Border: Eyelets

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Add a decorative eyelet border detail to any project.

• Border: Eyelets {$24}
• Set includes 2 dies

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Create-a-Plaid: Large

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Stamping a straight line across your cards has been nearly impossible…until now! Before you had to stamp twice and hope that your lines matched up. No more! With Create-A-Plaid: Large you can stamp a continuous diagonal across your A2 sized cards!

• Create-a-Plaid: Large {$24}
• Includes (3) sentiments and (10) stripe images
• Coordinates with Clear Block Set B for longer length blocks

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Just Because

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Stripes are always in season…even Rag Doll Emma agrees! Today’s project mixes a bit of traditional with touch of modern for a cute gift set.

With the larger stripes, we were able to cover our card base with a stripe pattern using this classic combo for color inspiration:

Once the card base was stamped, we added layered die cut circles from Shapes: Circles. The top circle stamped with Rag Doll Emma: Banner and Rag Doll Hats was colored in with markers and a simple sentiment was added…well, just because!

For our little favor, we used the 3.5″ square Glassine Bag. Now you may have noticed that this treat has a bit more structure, and you are right. With a few simple scoring lines at a 1/2″ on three sides, you can transform your flat bags and envies into stand alone treat bags.

To dress up the Glassine Bag, we stamped a matching stripe pattern from the card onto a die cut Bow Trio: Mini and adhered it to the bag.

You can’t go wrong when creating with stripes. They work great for making a bold statement or a simple embellishment. It’s one trend that will never go out of style…

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{JUST BECAUSE SUPPLIES}

STAMPS: Rag Doll Emma: Banner, Create-a-Plaid: Large, Fun Fungi, Rag Doll Hats| CARDSTOCK: A Blanc Check, True Blue Fan | INK: True Blue Fan, I’m a Princess Pink, Perfect Little Black Dress | SIMPLE CUTS: Bow Trio: Mini, Shapes: Circles | PACKAGING: 3.5″ Glassine Bag | OTHER: Dimensionals, Candy, Copic Markers

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Design Team Inspiration

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Be sure to visit with a few CSS designers as they share
even more inspiration with borders and stripes…

visit Jennifer’s blog

visit Laura’s blog

 Thank you for visiting with us today!

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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

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Rag Doll Willa | Thank You

Bow Trio dies are back in stock! We love all the excitement for the bow dies, even little Rag Doll: Willa is excited for the new Bow Trio dies – and designer Lori Tecler is joining us today to share a super fun project…

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Rag Doll Willa Thank You

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I have a project to share today using the new bow trio dies and I used both sizes of the bow dies along with one of CSS’s signature Rag Dolls to create a thank you gift ensemble.

The card features Rag Doll Willa: Thank as my focal image. To go with the card, I made a gift card holder with the Mini Tri-fold 2 die. Join me on my blog: Inking Aloud to learn all about how I created this adorable Thank You Gift ensemble.

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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

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Rag Doll Medallions

Rag Dolls and Medallions 2 are a perfect match! We are sharing a sweet set of note cards that will make the most adorable Valentine’s Day cards…

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Rag Doll Medallions

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We absolutely adore the open circle medallion image in the Medallions 2 set, that we wanted to use it with the Rag Doll characters to create a pretty frame.

We followed the same steps for each card and simply changed out the Rag Doll image and banner color:

• (4) 3.25″ square Kraft Like a Rockstar card bases were created, and (4) 3″ A Blanc Check cardstock panels were cut.
• Each medallion image was stamped in Perfect Little Black Dress ink onto the panels.
• The medallion image was stamped onto sticky note paper, and then the center was cut out to create a mask.
• Each Rag Doll image was stamped inside the opening, and colored with Copic markers.
• We then filled in the medallion image using a fine-tip, gold pen.
• A small heart from Taglines: Critters was stamped onto the shirt of each Rag Doll.

Four banners were die cut from the small, wavy Favor Flags die, each in a different color.

• Rag Doll Emma with an I’m a Princess Pink banner
• Rag Doll Wesley with a Leek-ed to the Press Banner
• Rag Doll Mia with a VIP Purple banner
• Rag Doll Jake with a Trendsetter Blue banner

A simple and sweet set of Valentine’s Day cards with a touch of Rag Doll cute factor to help get prepared for the upcoming holiday…

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{RAG DOLL MEDALLIONS SUPPLIES}

STAMPS: Love Cupid, Taglines: Critters, Rag Doll Emma: Banner, Rag Doll Wesley: Banner, Rag Doll Jake: Banner, Rag Doll Mia: Banner, Medallions 2 | CARDSTOCK: Designer Mix | INK: Perfect Little Black Dress, Trendsetter Blue, Leek-ed to the Press, VIP Purple, I’m a Princess Pink | SIMPLE CUTS: Favor Flags | OTHER: Dimensionals, Copic Starter Kit, Sticky Note Paper, Gold Fine-Tip Pen

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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

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Rag Doll Woodlands

Send a sweet care package this winter to let loved ones know you are thinking about them…

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Rag Doll Woodlands

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With the first series released in Collection 6, we knew pairing our Rag Dolls Scenes 1 with the birch tree backgrounds would make for a fun, winter-woodlands theme.

We started by creating a CAS-style note card set with our Rag Doll Carlie: Missed stamps. Since the images in the Rag Doll Scenes 1 are over-sized, we masked off the words from the Rag Doll image so that she would rest on top of the cute mushroom.

Next we die cut the A4 Envie Liner from plain typing paper, stamped the Reverse Birch Trees background in Pressed Greige Linen ink, and adhered it to the inside of a Kraft Like a Rockstar A4 envelope.

We thought it would be fun to create a sweet treat to send along with the card. Enter mushroom cookies – how fun to have cookies that looks like the real thing!

To package the cookies, we cut a 2 7/8″ x 2″ panel of  Kraft Green felt to line the bottom of the Clear Candy Bag. Two cookies were placed inside the bag, and a stamped Topper cut from Brown Leather Satchel cardstock was adhere to close the bag. A Favor Flags banner was die cut from A Blanc Check cardstock was stamped with the sentiment “mushroom” from Fun Fungi and “cookies” from Favor Flags in Haute Red Couture ink.

To create your own Mushroom Cookies you can download the PDF recipe. (A helpful hint…twist your bottle into the cookie gradually to maintain the mushroom stem shape.)

This tasty, woodlands inspired treat + Rag Doll note card makes for a great thinking of you gift.

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{RAG DOLL WOODLANDS SUPPLIES}

STAMPS: Rag Doll Carlie: Missed, Rag Doll Scenes 1, Simply Stated 2, Fun Fungi, Favor Flags / CARDSTOCK: A Blanc Check, Brown Leather Satchel / INK: Perfect Little Black Dress, Haute Red Couture, A Blanc Check, Pressed Greige Linen / ENVELOPES: A4 Kraft Like a Rockstar / SIMPLE CUTS: A4 Envie Liner, Toppers, Favor Flags / SIMPLE FELT: Kraft Green / OTHER: Dimensionals, Copic Starter Kit, Mushroom Cookies Recipe, Typing Paper, Clear Candy Bags

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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}

Rag Doll Sketch

Things are getting a little sketchy! We were pleasantly surprised to see this card featured as the CAS199 sketch challenge over on Splitcoast Stampers this week. We love the idea of turning a card design into a sketch. It’s super fun to see all the great interpretations that come from one simple sketch – so we decided to play along with our Rag Doll Mia stamp set…

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Rag Doll Sketch: Mia

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Hanukkah starts in just a few days, so we wanted to create a CAS style card and treat that followed the featured CAS199 sketch.

A sketch implies a plan right? In addition to having a simple sketch we pulled from our stash of CSS goodies to work with for today’s project.

The card follows the sketch very closely, using Rag Doll Mia: Banner for the main image masked inside the photo frame from Crafty Sentiments. We stamped the Star of David background onto a strip of Sterling Silver cardstock and stamped a sentiment background – all from the Hanukkah set in True Blue Fan ink.

For our gelt, we simply inserted a My Favorite Blue Jeans cardstock liner into the clear pillow box, added a few chocolate coins, tied a Sterling Silver wired ribbon bow, and added a stamped hang tag using Tags 1 and stamped a stacked sentiment from the Hanukkah set.

Want to play along? Create a project using the sketch and post it on the Splitcoast CAS Gallery using the tag# CAS199. We’d love to see what you create!

And we know we are a little early, but wishing those who celebrate a very Happy Hanukkah!

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{RAG DOLL SKETCH: MIA SUPPLIES}

STAMPS: Crafty Sentiments, Rag Doll Mia: Banner, Hanukkah / CARDSTOCK: A Blanc Check, My Favorite Blue Jeans, Kraft Like a Rockstar, Sterling Silver / INK: Perfect Little Black Dress, True Blue Fan / RIBBON: Sterling Silver Wired, Sterling Silver Cord /  SIMPLE CUTS: Tags 1 / OTHER: Dimensionals, Clear Pillow Box, Chocolate Coins

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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

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Rag Doll Ornaments

Let’s trim the tree! It’s officially holiday season, which means decorative lights are being hung from rooftops, poinsettias and holly wreaths are adorning doors and hallways, and Christmas trees are in high demand. This year, our Rag Dolls are giving a helping hand with a fun “Tree Trimming” party…

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Rag Doll Ornaments

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What’s a Tree Trimming party without a fun invitation that doubles as an adorable Rag Doll ornament?! Invite a group of folks over (all ages welcome) to help trim your tree. In fact, little hands are great for those low, hard to reach spots on the tree!

With just a few basic supplies from our CSS stash, we were able to create super cute, custom invitations. To start, we needed to create a holder for the ornaments.

The ornaments are your standard glass ball ornaments you can purchase at your local craft store. We measured our ornaments and created the holder to fit.

• Cut Cre’me de la Cream cardstock 2″ x 8.5″.
• Score your cardstock at .5″, 2.5″, 4.5″,, and 6.5″
• Next create a hole for the top of the ornament, and a front window. We used the button from Build-an-Ugly #2 (Twix) for the top, and Shapes: Circles for the front window.
• We drew pencil lines to create a cross-hair so that we could perfectly center the dies. A bit of removable tape was adhered to hold the dies in place while we die cut the openings.
• The top flap was adhered to the back panel to form the holder.
• We then cut a 2″ x 2.5″ panel of Cre’me de la Cream cardstock, stamped it with Designer Lines in Cre’me de la Cream ink to create a subtle background, and to also disguise the seam.
• And finally, we die cut a banner from Cre’me de la Cream cardstock, stamped it with the sentiment “trim the Tree” from Cart Pals: Occasions, folded the ends for dimension, and adhered the banner to the front of the holder.

We wanted our invitations to also double as ornaments that can be hung on a tree or displayed on an ornament stand.

• The second largest circle in the Shapes:Circles combo set was the perfect die to create our invitations.
• Die cut one circle from A Blanc Check cardstock for stamping your Rag Doll image – stamp and color with markers.
• Print your party details from the computer onto A Blanc Check cardstock, then stamp the lines and date/time/place/rsvp titles in Perfect Little Black Dress ink from the Party Elements: Baby stamp set. (We love how polished and pretty the mixing of typed and stamped invite details looks together – you could easily hand-write the information if you preferred.)
• Die cut the invitation details with the same size circle.
• Apply adhesive to the backsides of both circles, run a loop of twine, with the “u” towards the center of the circle and adhere both circles together.
• You can sprinkle in a little faux snow or glitter here if you like.
• Curl the invitation and slide through the narrow opening in the ornament. We used a pencil to help get a smooth curl.
• Once inside the ornament, used long nose tweezers to help reshape the invite so that it will flatten out inside the ornament.
• Thread the twine through the tiny holes on the ornament cap.  This is important because you also want to hide the metal prongs between the two circles where the twine if housed. Use the opening from the twine to tuck in the ends of the metal prongs. Tie the twine into a knot, once pulled through the cap, and this will keep your invitation sitting upright.

Once we got the hang of creating these little cuties, we had to make more.  One with Rag Doll Jake…

Rag Doll Carlie…

And Rag Doll Chloe – after all she is the host of this Tree Trimming party!

While the stockings might be hung from the chimney with care, we definitely had visions of Rag Dolls dancing in our heads for creating these fun ornaments.

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{RAG DOLL ORNAMENTS SUPPLIES}

STAMPS: Rag Doll Chloe: Banner, Rag Doll Carlie: Banner, Rag Doll Jake: Banner, Cart Pals: Occasions, Designer Lines, Party Elements: Baby / CARDSTOCK: Cre’me de la Cream, A Blanc Check / INK: Cre’me de la Cream, Perfect Little Black Dress / SIMPLE CUTS: Shapes: Circles, Favor Flags / OTHER: Glass Ornaments, Copic Trios, Faux Snow, Glamazon Green Ribbon

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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}