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Hi there! A fun card today for the sketch challenge over at As You See It Challenges! I’m SO loving how this turned out for my dad’s birthday card! I also decorated the inside and the envelope so look below for that as well as a few videos for my Quick Tip Tuesday and Tool Time Thursday this week! (You can see both of them at the very end of this post!)
I used the Gently Falling Stamp Set, which is definitely one of the sets that I use frequently. It is SO simple to use. Either use the solid images alone, outline images alone, or use them together as I’ve done on this card! I stamped the solid images in Cajun Craze, Marina Mist, and Old Olive inks onto a 2-1/4″ x 5″ wide piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock. Then I stamped over them (I just eyeballed it – it’s fun for it not to be perfect) with the coordinating outline images in Baked Brown Sugar ink. I used my favorite Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set and the small splatters with Baked Brown Sugar ink to add some depth, stamping off on scratch paper each time before stamping onto my panel so the ink was lighter. Finally, I cut them apart into four strips measuring 1-1/8″ x 2-1/4″ and mounted them onto the Baked Brown Sugar panel measuring 2-1/2″ x 5-1/2″. I then used the Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, and Piercing Tool to pierce the back of the panel. Flip it over and the front has the “wrong” side of the holes. I really like to do this technique on masculine cards as it is a little rougher looking than the regular way of piercing.
The Woodgrain Background Stamp is stamped in Cajun Craze ink straight onto the Cajun Craze card base. I attached the leaf stamped panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I stamped “Dad” with the Sketch and Outline alphabets (Marina Mist for the Sketch and Baked Brown Sugar for the Outline) and then used the Chalk Talk Framelits Dies to cut it out. Check out my video below on how I made this long die shorter to better fit my short “Dad” title. I slipped some Natural Trim through the slot, tied it off with Linen Thread, and attached it with Stampin’ Dimensionals. *TIP: Since I’d used Stampin’ Dimensionals under the main strip, I used one on the left of the “Dad” sentiment piece and stacked them 2 high on the right. 🙂
The inside is super simple. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to combine 2 sentiments from the One in a Million Stamp Set and die cut it out with the Chalk Talk Framelits Dies. I then took a strip of Old Olive Cardstock and flagged the end with my scissors.
My final step was to create a matching envelope with the Envelope Liner Die. I’ll be posting that video tomorrow but will link to it here (Edited: check it out below). I LOVE how the set turned out! Super professional and simple but special enough for my awesome dad’s birthday!!!
I encourage you to play along with us over at As You See It Challenges! I LOVE what we’ve done so far and hope you’ll join us for some amazing challenges. This week is a sketch challenge, but who knows what’s coming next?!?
This card was entered into challenges at: Papertake Weekly, Stamp-n-Doodle, Creative Craft Challenges 2, Eureka Stamps, The Sisterhood of Crafters, ABC Challenges, 4 Krafty Girlz, Creative Moments, My Craft Creations, and Stamping for the Weekend.
Partial Liner Cardstock Sizes
Medium Envelope: 3″ x 5-3/4″
Note Card Envelope: 2-1/2″ x 5-1/4″
Square Envelope: 2-1/4″ x 3-1/4″
Supply List
STAMPS:
Gently Falling (Wood-Mount 128430, Clear-Mount 123804)
Gorgeous Grunge (Wood-Mount 130514, Clear-Mount 130517)
ABC-123 Outline Alphabet & Numbers (Clear-Mount Only 130568)
ABC-123 Sketch Alphabet & Numbers (Clear-Mount Only 130565)
One in a Million – inside (Wood-Mount 132052, Clear-Mount 126382)
Woodgrain Background Stamp (Wood-Mount 128763, Clear-Mount 127808)
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Very Vanilla Cardstock (101650)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Baked Brown Sugar Cardstock (131296)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Cajun Craze Cardstock (119684)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Old Olive Cardstock – inside (100702)
Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes (107300)
INK:
Baked Brown Sugar Classic Stampin’ Pad (131174)
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad (126965)
Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad (126953)
Marina Mist Classic Stampin’ Pad (126962)
ACCESSORIES:
7/16″ Natural Trim (129287)
Linen Thread (104199)
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Paper Snips (103579)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049)
Paper Piercing Tool (126189)
Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126199)
Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Magnetic Platform (130658)
Chalk Talk Framelits Dies (129983)
*Also comes in a bundle with the Chalk Talk Stamp Set at a 15% discount. Wood-Mount 132731, Clear-Mount 132730!*
Envelope Liners Framelits Dies (132172)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
Hi there!!! Are you enjoying my Friday posts for the As You See It Design Team? I’m sure enjoying making these projects with the awesome inspiration from the challenge blog. I combined this week’s color challenge with a few other ones so I’ll list those below. 🙂
Super simple card for you today! I LOVE the sketch from over at Retro Sketches and I thought a simple layout would be best for this bright and funky color combination of Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, and Gumball Green. I only used ONE stamp set on this project! (Ok, that’s like, a miracle for me!) I’ve been loving the fun and surprise of getting a new Best of set each month featuring a theme and best selling stamps fitting that theme from the 25 years SU! has been in business!!! The set I used here was the Best of Autumn! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! *Side Note: The Best of Christmas released on October 1st and is going to have to be mine!!! It’s so awesome!
As far as details, I have just a couple here. The greeting was stamped in VersaMark and heat embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder onto the Gumball Green cardstock. I added a couple of pearls to mimic the dots in the sketch. Then I used a temporary adhesive to layer the Gumball Green cardstock piece onto my leaf stamped Whisper White panel and used straight piercing template from the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (along with a Paper Piercer and Stampin’ Pierce Mat) to pierce holes that would outline the Gumball Green piece. It’s easier to see in person. Then I popped the Gumball Green piece up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and onto the Whisper White piece. This whole panel then was glued to a Pumpkin Pie card base. I tied some Whisper White Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon around the top to finish it off! (I did a bow instead of a knot this time to add a little more weight on the left side of the card to balance it a bit more.)
Head on over to the As You See It Challenge Blog and play along!!!
This card was entered into challenges at: Retro Sketches, Tuesday Throwdown, Dream Valley Challenges, Moving Along with the Times, Creative Craft Challenges 2, Pile It On Challenge, and Loves Rubber Stamps.
Supply List
STAMPS:
Best of Autumn (Clear-Mount ONLY 134390)
***Note: Buy 6 of the Best of… Stamp Sets and get any set $14.95 or under for FREE!***
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White Cardstock (100730)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Gumball Green Cardstock (126840)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Pumpkin Pie Cardstock (105117)
INK:
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad (131173)
Gumball Green Classic Stampin’ Pad (126861)
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad (126945)
VersaMark (102283)
ACCESSORIES:
Basic Pearl Jewels (119247)
1/4″ Whisper White Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (126877)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049)
Paper Piercing Tool (126189)
Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126199)
Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187)
White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109132)
Heat Tool (129053)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
Hi there! Super simple card with the sketch from the As You See It Challenge Blog today! Challenge #004…you’ve gotta hop over there and give it a try! 🙂 Check out what the rest of the AYSI Design Team has for you over at http://www.AsYouSeeItChallenge.com.
Ok, so the card…well I had the idea to use Festive Flurry for the 3 repeated elements you see on the sketch below. And I had tried embossing them on Cardstock Vellum and LOVED how they turned out! So I did that again. Use the Embossing Buddy to remove static from your paper, stamp the image in VersaMark ink, cover with Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder, and heat until the powder turns shiny! It’s like magic!!! Then I simply used the matching framelit to crop them out. I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach them to the Designer Series Paper from the Winter Frost DSP Stack. (If I made the card again, I would just use dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue as I had to cut the dimensionals into TINY pieces to put them on each end as the embossing made them curl up a bit.) Attach to some of my new favorite Silver Foil Sheets and then to the Pool Party card base! Pretty simple. The sentiment (from one of the BRAND NEW Photopolymer Stamp Sets!) is also heat embossed. I added a bit of the tiny 1/8″ Silver Ribbon to finish it off! True confessions time…if I made the card all over again, I would stamp the sentiment down a bit more and move both the main panel, as well as the ribbon down.
These cards would make FANTASTIC Christmas cards or in my case, I was thinking it would be great for Christmas thank you cards! Join us for the challenge over at As You See It! It’s so much fun and it gets the creativity flowing!!!
Supply List
STAMPS:
Festive Flurry (Wood-Mount 131778, Clear-Mount 131781)
Another Thank You Photopolymer Stamp Set (133454)
*Buy Festive Flurry as a bundle with the matching framelits and SAVE 15%!
Festive Flurry Bundle (Wood-Mount 133284, Clear-Mount 133285)
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Pool Party Cardstock (122924)
8-1/2″ x 11″ White Vellum Cardstock (101856)
12″ x 12″ Silver Foil Sheets (132178)
Winter Frost Designer Series Paper Stack (132183)
INK:
VersaMark (102283)
ACCESSORIES:
Basic Rhinestone Jewels (119246)
Silver 1/8″ Ribbon (132137)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Heat Tool (129053)
Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109131)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Festive Flurry Framelits Dies (132193)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
Hi! Are you ready for another amazing challenge from As You See It?!? Loving them so much!!! This one is another sketch challenge so I hope you’ll head over there and play along! You have nearly a week to get your submission in so give it a try!
I made this card unnecessarily hard because I had a brilliant idea that ended up not working out. I stamped the patterned arrow stamp from Oh, Hello twice in the center of the card and then masked off just one part of it to stamp on the outside of each side of that…seriously, if you want to re-create this effect, just stamp the stamp twice and then twice next to it! 🙂 I tried to create an ombré effect with Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, and Bermuda Bay inks. I sponge daubered on Pool Party onto the very bottom two patterned shapes, then Coastal Cabana. Then, when I stamped it the second time, I sponge daubered on Coastal Cabana then sponged Bermuda Bay on over the top of that and on the top two patterned shapes as well. 🙂 The only other technique I tried on this card was to cut the top note out of Bermuda Bay and Basic Black card stock and then cut around it at the stitching line on the Bermuda Bay piece. I sanded the edges with the sanding block and adhered it to the Basic Black piece. The Whisper White panel in the background is embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots folder. Some Basic Rhinestone Jewels colored black highlight the center and tie the black back in.
I hope you enjoyed my project for today and hope that you’ll hop over there to see the rest of the projects by the design team, as well as be inspired to be creative yourself. 🙂
I have a little bit of a double feature for you today! I started to make the Thank You card first and it just wasn’t working out for me, so I scrapped it and made the Thanksgiving card. I had the idea to replicate the space in the strip on the sketch with a punch and this punch and stamp set from the Holiday Catalog were a perfect match for the idea I had! I LOVED our sketch this week over at As You See It Challenges, so I hope you’ll join in and be inspired for our 2nd challenge EVER! 🙂 Click here and bookmark http://www.asyouseeitchallenge.com for new challenges every Friday! 🙂
A couple of little details about the first card…I used the Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper for the snappy, masculine-friendly patterned papers. I also stamped the outline oak leaf Gently Falling stamp (Love this versatile stamp set! Use just the solid parts, just the outlines or use them together!) in VersaMark and embossed with clear embossing powder. I stamped the main focal point from the Tags 4 You stamp set in the Holiday Catalog in Chocolate Chip ink on Crushed Curry card stock. If you look closely, you can see it’s shiny! Why? Because I used clear embossing powder and embossed quickly, before the ink could dry. Traditionally, you can’t emboss with dye based inks, but our new ink pad design (updated in June 2012) makes for juicy, but still fairly quick drying images that will accept the embossing powder! Just heat it up quick and you’re good to go! I cropped it out with the matching punch. The final touch was two Tangerine Tango Candy Dots and Candy Dot Brad Bases! I LOVE these!!!
On to my 2nd card…the problem card! I so badly wanted to use Stippled Blossoms as I’ve had it for about a year and never used it! (*GASP*) The sentiment is embossed with Pool Party Embossing Powder and the edges of the stamped panels are sponged with Pool Party ink to make them stand out against the Whisper White background. In the moments before I was going to throw it away, I had a brain wave to add the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder to the front of the card and the Whisper White taffeta ribbon too! I ended up with a card that I really, really like! *Crafting lesson: If a project isn’t going the way you’d like it to, put it down and move on to something else! Pick it up later and try to rework it into something you’re happy with! 🙂
Now for the sketch!
Supply List – Thanksgiving Card
STAMPS:
Gently Falling (Wood-Mount 128430, Clear-Mount 123804)
Tags 4 You (Wood-Mount 131820, Clear-Mount 131823) *Holiday Catalog*
Buy the Tags 4 You stamp set with the Label Bracket Punch in a Bundle and save 15%! (Wood-Mount Bundle 133293, Clear-Mount Bundle 133294)
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Chocolate Chip Card Stock (102128)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Crushed Curry Card Stock (131199)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Tangerine Tango Card Stock (111349)
Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper (132184) *Holiday Catalog*
INK:
Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Pad (126979)
VersaMark (102283)
ACCESSORIES:
Brights Candy Dots (130931)
Candy Dots Brad Bases (132293)
Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109130)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Heat Tool (129053)
Paper Piercing Tool (126189)
Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126199)
Label Bracket Punch (132153) *Holiday Catalog*
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
Supply List – Thank You Card
STAMPS:
Stippled Blossoms (Wood-Mount 132076, Clear-Mount 126747)
Perfectly Penned (Wood-Mount 128703, Clear-Mount 122892)
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Pool Party Card Stock (122294)
INK:
Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin’ Pad (131175)
Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad (126982)
VersaMark (102283)
ACCESSORIES:
3/8″ Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon (109070)
Pool Party Stampin’ Emboss Powder (129398)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Heat Tool (129053)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Stamping Sponges (101610)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folders (117335)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
The day is finally here! Our first sketch from the As You See It Challenge site is up, as well as all of the Design Team Members creations with it!!! I hope you’ll take the time this weekend to play along! We cannot wait to see what you’ve created. (If you have no idea what I’m talking about, check out my announcement HERE.)
If you read my Design Team Q&A, you know I said that my favorite stamp set is Gorgeous Grunge, but that I hadn’t actually inked it up! Sounds crazy, right? Well, I couldn’t wait to use it for this challenge!!! I paired up the sketch from our As You See It Challenge #001 with a color combination from the Stampin’ Up! Color Coach of Island Indigo, Basic Gray, and Elegant Eggplant.
Some details: I sponged some Whisper White Craft Ink around the edges of the Basic Gray mat and the Island Indigo flags to really make them pop. I also dyed some Whisper White Baker’s Twine with a mixture of Basic Gray Classic Ink Refill and rubbing alcohol. Stay tuned for a video on how to do this! Another little detail – the diagonal stripe stamp is stamped in Island Indigo, then onto a scratch piece of paper then onto the project. This technique, called stamping off, makes the image a little less bold and is great for collage stamping like this. The sentiment, from Hello, Lovely, was stamped on Whisper White and cut out with the Paper Snips. Did you see the Elegant Eggplant button? It’s from the brand new, redesigned Regals Collection Designer Buttons! They are better than ever! LOVE them!!! Also, the Gray and White chevron pattern (used for the flags) are from the I Am Me Designer Series Paper – one of my favorites in the 2013-2014 Annual Catalog! Lastly, the Island Indigo flags were embossed with the Alphabet Press Embossing Folder and the Big Shot. It’s a bit difficult to see in the picture but it’s beautiful in real life.
Check out the sketch I used to create my project below! The full supply list with links to the items in my Stampin’ Up! Store are below the sketch. I really hope you play along at the first ever As You See It Challenge! Check it out at the As You See It Challenge Blog!!!
Supply List
STAMPS:
Gorgeous Grunge (Wood-Mount 130514, Clear-Mount 130517)
Hello, Lovely (Wood-Mount 130240, Clear-Mount 130243)
PAPER:
8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Basic Gray Card Stock (121044)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Elegant Eggplant Card Stock (105126)
8-1/2″ x 11″ Island Indigo Card Stock (122923)
I Am Me Designer Series Paper (130138)
INK:
Basic Gray Classic Stampin’ Pad (126981)
Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin’ Pad (126969)
Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Pad (126986)
Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad (101731)
Basic Gray Classic Ink Refill (109121)
ACCESSORIES:
Regals Collection Designer Buttons (130029)
Whisper White Baker’s Twine (124262)
SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Mini Glue Dots (103683)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)
TOOLS:
Stampin’ Trimmer (126889)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (122334)
Bone Folder (102300)
Paper Snips (103579)
Craft Scissors (108360)
Stamping Sponges (101610)
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (113439)
Alphabet Press Textured Impressions Embossing Folders (130916)
Grid Paper (102787)
Stampin’ Scrub (126200)
Stampin’ Mist (102394)
Rubbing Alcohol
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