From the monthly archives: October 2015
Here’s this week’s As You See It Challenge card! I hope you’ll hop on over to the challenge blog at www.AsYouSeeItChallenge.com and check out what the rest of the design team has to share, as well as join in on the challenge yourself! Lighthearted Leaves is my stamp obsession for fall and when I saw this color combo from fellow demonstrator, Teneale, I had to try it out! It may be my new favorite color combo!
The leaf is definitely the star of the card. I kept the rest very simple to let it shine! That’s really where all the time is on this card. It is stamped in VersaMark and white heat embossed onto Shimmery White cardstock. I LOVE how this paper takes watercoloring and also the shimmery shine that shows through as well.
Let’s talk dimension! I’ve become obsessed with the tip from Jennifer McGuire to use Fun Foam (yes, like the kind kids love!) behind large layers. She did a comparison with regular foam adhesive and with the Fun Foam where she actually mailed them to herself. The results were pretty interesting; regular foam adhesive really smashed in the mail, leaving any areas without foam adhesive sunken in while the fun foam card looked perfect. I ordered Fun Foam that day! So it is behind the main panel. I still LOVE Stampin’ Dimensionals for the smaller pieces on cards, like my leaf here.
The silver sequins were glued on with the new Fine-Tip Glue Pen in the Holiday Catalog. The sentiment was stamped with Lost Lagoon ink onto the Lost Lagoon cardstock. This tone-on-tone effect is striking and provides a bit deeper color than the VersaMark watermark look.
I’m going to try making my blog posts a bit shorter by not doing the full How To list. I’ve also added in a great feature that shows the products on my card – simply click on an item to see it in my Online Store. However, I am always thrilled when I find a card I love and the measurements to make it are given so I’ll continue that. As always, if you have any questions about the project, feel free to leave a comment and I’ll reply with the answer!
Cut List
Whisper White Thick Cardstock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″
Lost Lagoon Cardstock: 5 1/4″ x 4″
Season of Cheer DSP (Old Olive Pattern): 1 3/4″ x 4″
Silver Glimmer Paper: 1/8″ x 4″
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Awesome sale began today! 15% off STAMPS! Gotta love that. The only exclusions are the rotary stamps, hostess stamps, clearance rack stamps and the bundles (remember that bundles get you 15% off of both the stamp set and die/folder/punch).
SO…I thought I’d share my top 10 stamp sets!
Picture from Stampin’ Up!
1. Lighthearted Leaves (Holiday Catalog p. 44)
Photopolymer (#139712) $26.00 $22.10
2. Your Presents (Holiday Catalog p. 32)
Wood-Mount (#139803) $27.00 $22.95
Clear-Mount (#139806) $19.00 $16.15
3. Gorgeous Grunge (Annual Catalog p. 123)
Wood-Mount (#130514) $25.00 $21.25
Clear-Mount (#130517) $18.00 $15.30
4. Endless Birthday Wishes (Annual Catalog p. 6)
Photopolymer (#140273) $16.00 $13.60
5. Words of Truth (Annual Catalog p. 41)
Wood-Mount (#138758) $23.00 $19.55
Clear-Mount (#139397) $17.00 $14.45
6. Kinda Eclectic (Annual Catalog p. 127)
Wood-Mount (#139803) $28.00 $23.80
Clear-Mount (#139806) $20.00 $17.00
7. Teeny Tiny Wishes (Annual Catalog p. 95)
Wood-Mount (#128748) $37.00 $31.45
Clear-Mount (#127802) $27.00 $22.95
8. Petite Pairs (Annual Catalog p. 99)
Wood-Mount (#128706) $29.00 $24.65
Clear-Mount (#122497) $21.00 $22.95
9. Tin of Cards (Annual Catalog p. 110)
Photopolymer (#138946) $17.00 $14.45
10. Remarkable You (Annual Catalog p. 112)
Wood-Mount (#139891) $45.00 $38.25
Clear-Mount (#139894) $33.00 $28.05
BONUS: Epic Alphabet (Annual Catalog p. 132)
Photopolymer (#133663) $26.00 $22.10
CLICK HERE to head to my Online Store! Sale ends Friday!
This is an extra special week of the As You See It Challenge! I’m honored to be participating in Lola’s Challenge! My best friend, Tara, has a sweet niece named Lola who has been battling cancer for several years now. She just had a stem cell transplant and was in the ICU when we decided to do something special for her. Since she was in the ICU, we decided a virtual card shower would be better than sending her cards…possibly with bad germs!
So here’s the challenge…before Wednesday, October 21st make a card with something for Lola. Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness. Unicorns, fairies and pink are all things Lola loves! CLICK HERE to head on over to the As You See It Challenge site! Check out the other Design Team cards and PLEASE make and enter your own card for Lola! It’s so simple – you can pretty much put it anywhere online (as long as it’s public) and then just paste the link to enter your card! I set a goal of 100 cards for Lola so please share with everyone you know!
So that brings me to the card. I knew I wanted to include an image of one of Lola’s favorite things but I didn’t have any stamps with a unicorn or fairy…so I turned to the internet. A few searches and some really great things popped up! I chose this adorable Lucky Unicorn image from the Etsy shop 2CuteInk! Love it! I also found some great paper piecing files if you love to fussy cut or have a digital cutter. Or go with the fairy punch art route. If you want to play along, you can also use a FREE digi stamp too!
Besides the digi stamp and Copics I colored it with, everything is Stampin’ Up! I even used my new alphabet rotary stamp for the first time on this project! (Thanks for telling me I *had* to buy it, Amy!)
*I’ll be back with the supply list and measurements soon! 🙂
