Hi Stampers! Today I have a very versatile card for you. Yes, mine is a Valentine card…better late than never! I should have posted this on Wednesday but life got in the way. 🙂
In class some of the participants made this lovely card into a birthday card…you can put any sentiment you want on it.
Open the first page and find this lovely flourish.
And finally the inside where you can put your sentiment. I left this particular one blank until I need it and then decide what I want inside.
This card may look difficult but really isn’t.
Here are the measurements for this card:
Powder Pink – 6 3/8″ x 5 1/2″, score at 2 1/8″
Whisper White – 8″ x 5 1/4″, score at 4″; (2) 2 1/2″ x 4″
Sahara Sand – (2) 2 3/4″ x 4 1/4″
DSP – 2″ x 5 3/8″ and 1/2″ x 5 1/4″
Use the photos to lay out your pieces then stamp and adhere.
This card is really lovely; I hope you will try making one.
Please try to stay healthy! The flu bug has hit my daughter and her family very hard…all 5 of them are down with the flu (mom, dad, 3 children). Unfortunately one of the girls also has pneumonia! This flu is nothing to fool around with so take care of yourselves.
Today I’m featuring three things. First this card is for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge #6 using the row with Shadow – Layers – Square. Then I’ve brought back a fold I used in the past (but I love it) – the Corner Fold. Lastly I’m using one of our NEW In Color cardstock colors – Lemon Lime Twist.
I’m really getting to like this Lemon Lime Twist more each time I use it. In person the Daffodil Delight butterfly looks so much better. Also, I apologize again for the bit of blur in the photo. I’m still working on the correct settings. This camera just isn’t as easy as I thought it would be.
Measurements for the Corner Fold: Card base – 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/2″; Black Cardstock – 2 3/4″ square, 1 1/4″ x 4″ strip, 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece for inside; Whisper White – 2 1/2″ square, 1 ” x 3 3/4″ strip, 3 3/4″ x 5″ for inside.
To make the Corner Fold: Place the card at the 3″ mark on your Stampin’ Trimmer, place the blade at 2 1/2″ and cut from 2 1/2″ to 4 7/8″, turn your card one quarter turn clockwise and place the blade at 3″ and cut from 3″ to 5/8″. Fold the corner down carefully making sure the corner is positioned evenly.
Stampin’ Up! Products Used:
Stamp Sets – Colorful Seasons, Daisy Delight
Ink – Daffodil Delight, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper – Lemon Lime Twist, Black, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight
I liked this card so much I decided to use it in my July classes. So, if you are attending class on either July 19th or 22nd you will be making this card!
I promise my next post will be using the Early Release Carols of Christmas bundle. The Thinlits in that bundle are awesome! Until then…
Happy Monday, Stampers! I hope your weekend was restful and you had some time to stamp. We had a glorious weekend weather-wise. I finished my swaps for the San Diego On Stage and prepped all my kits for our Pals Rage before On Stage Make & Take. I’m feeling pretty good. Then I remembered I need to make designs for my April class and for the Stamp Club I belong to (I’m presenting in May). Put that on my list of Things to Do! 🙂
I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire on Friday and on Saturday decided to try this new technique of making a faux shadow so the lettering almost looks puffy. After 5 attempts I finally got something I thought was presentable.
I decided to take the photos outside so that the copper sparkle would show. That’s a strip of leftover copper paper from the Holiday Catalog with Blushing Bride Embossing Powder and Copper Embossing Powder.
Now this shot really has the glimmer!
A little shadow from the lemon leaves but you get the idea.
This technique requires two layers of embossing with the second stamping a tiny bit off of the first. I tried Blushing Bride with Cherry Cobbler, White with Silver and the Blushing Bride with Copper – all on black cardstock. I also tried Clear with Blushing Bride on Rich Razzleberry – that was a disaster! My first attempt with the Blushing Bride and Copper didn’t look great so I tried it again and got this.
Basically what you do is: Embossing Buddy, Versa Mark ink, stamp, first embossing powder (in my case, Blushing Bride), heat, Embossing Buddy, Versa Mark ink, stamp, second embossing powder (Copper for me), heat and you have it! Remember to line up and then move over a bit for your second stamp. That is what gives it the puffed up look.
Jennifer McGuire has a great video and she gives very clear instructions.
Stampin’ Up Products Used:
Stamp Set – Time of Year
Ink – Versa Mark
Paper – Blushing Bride, Blooms & Bliss DSP, Copper Foil (R), Black
The trick to this technique is to use a photopolymer stamp since you really need to see through it to know where and how much to move over on your second stamp.
I’m always looking for new techniques and unique folds so this really approach appealed to me. I hope you enjoyed this card and will check out Jennifer’s video and try it yourself.
This will be a busy week for me. I’m really looking forward to our Make & Take on Friday with other Pals demonstrators coming in from various cities. On Saturday we will attend Stampin’ Up! On Stage here in San Diego. At that time we’ll get a sneak peek at the new annual catalog. Sorry, won’t be able to share online until June 1. On that day I’ll be able to put the new catalog up on the right hand side of my blog and say good-bye to the current one. This is always an exciting time of year.
I’ve had the Swirly Bird Stamp Set and dies for a while but just haven’t gotten into them too much. I made this card at a class with my upline, Peggy Noe. I liked it so much I thought I’d CASE it for my class.
We did this in Sweet Sugarplum and I’m beginning to think this is my new favorite color. This card is so light, clean and easy (except for all the different colors and stamps).
I jazzed it up a bit with some rhinestones. A little bling adds so much to a card. The inside is a piece of whisper white so that a handwritten message can be added.
Products used:
Stamp Sets – Swirly Bird, Time of Year (Hostess set)
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