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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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