Hopping On The Slimline Bandwagon

Hello friends.  Have you joined in on the SLIMLINE bandwagon yet??  I had done a couple after first seeing them in blogland, but then STAMPLORATIONS came out with SLIMLINE STENCILS and had such a great deal on them (Buy 5 and get a 6th one FREE and then some other promotion that I missed but they sent me a 7th stencil FREE because of it...GREAT deal and super FAST shipping!!) that I just HAD to order a few! 

So I went a little crazy creating my backgrounds and then turning them into cards, so sit back and relax as this post is a little picture heavy!!

I used the BURST stencil with gray ink for the background on my first card, and then added the watering can from The Greetery's Sprinkled With Kindness and also the Sunflowers from The Greetery's BotaniCuts: Sunflower.  The die cut "happy" and birthday are also from The Greetery.

My 2nd card uses the FLAIR stencil...

I stenciled the background in ombre style with green ink and then added my flowers and leaves from Gina K's Love & Kindness stamp set.  The sentiment is from The Greetery's Birthday Blooms.

 I loved the whimsical look of this background stencil (Bubble Dance) and decided to pair it with The Greetery's Top Down Day stamp and die set. 

This is another FUN background stencil called Wavy Dots and I apologize that my photos don't capture better what I did with this card.  Because the rainbow background is so busy, I didn't want to add too much to it.  I decided to use an alphabet die set that I've had for ages and never used because the letters were SO big that all I could fit on a standard A2 size card was "HI", and that just didn't cut it for me!  But now on a long slimline card, these bigger dies worked beautifully and I die cut 3 of each letter (two in white and one from the top of the background layer) for added dimension.

I'm hoping you can see the "HELLO" a bit better in this photo?  Anyhoo, this card will definitely bring a smile to someone's face...if it doesn't blind them first, right?!!

This Christmas one is one of my favorites and uses the Beyond The Trees stencil.  I simply blended with Salty Ocean Distress Ink and then added a die cut sentiment in silver cs from Creative Expressions and a few die cut cardinals from PTI's In The Meadow die collection.  It doesn't show up in my photo, but I also sprayed this card with silver glimmer mist, so it really sparkles IRL!

My last card is a mini slimline tri-fold  (6 x 10 1/2 and scored at 3 1/2 and 7) and this was so much FUN to make! 

This cute little caroling mouse is from SU!'s Merry Mice set and the dsp is also SU!  The snowflake is from PTI's Fancy Flakes die set and the die cut windows use MFT's Peek-A-Boo Rectangle die. 

I'm adding my very 1st card to the current challenge over at The Double D Challenge where they are looking for SUNFLOWERS!

Thanks so much for sticking with me through this loooooong post, and I hope you all get on the slimline bandwagon as these cards are so much fun to make and fit in a regular business size envelope and only require ONE stamp!  Have a great weekend everyone!!

Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!