I needed a thank you card to give to my mom. Since she’s a StampinUp demo, I used all SU supplies.
A very simple, and one-layer, card.
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My last mother’s day card – this one for my mom (she reads my blog, so I had to wait til last minute to post).
I wanted to create a card that she would like – so I chose to work in patterns and layers. Patterns are not easy for me, so I used a paper pack so I knew the pieces would work together.
To add a bit of texture, I did a bookbinding stitch on the sentiment panel – using a Japanese Side Stitch. I like this stitch because even the inside looks nice.
Since I was mailing a package and not just a card, I could get a little lumpy with the accents. I added a bunch of rhinestones which I colored with an alcohol marker in a color very similar to Hello Honey which is used in the pattern papers.
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I decided to stamp today. Since I’m not stamping as much as I used to, I thought taking on a Christmas card challenge would be a good way to get my personal cards done (I don’t need many, but I don’t like to mass produce).
The latest Merry Monday challenge (#151) is to use a tree on the card.
I wanted to make a card that was almost white on white and the sentiment really popped. I stamped the tree image with a soft grey ink and the snowman and banner with darker grey ink. I colored the banner with Copics. To help give the card some texture, I embossed the panel with a falling snow folder.
The snowman was stamped with the mirror technique.
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Card 3 of 7:
Another stamp set I fell in love with: Ornamental Pine! Most of my pine bough images are small, so I easily justified the purchase of this set.
My design called for pine cones that would be the focal point. The pine cones in the stamp set were too small, so I pulled out Peaceful Wishes.
The kraft/crumb cake looking strip at the top is really the old gold paper SU carried (maybe still does??…too lazy to get my catalog from across the room).
This is the only card with ribbon, but, since the knot is small and fits between the popped up pinecones, I think it will mail fine.
Oh and the plaid is handmade (I was inspired by a Papertrey Ink Make it Monday video).
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Card 2 of 7:
I really love this image from the SU Holiday catalog….probably because I actually like the song 🙂
For the coloring of this image, I copied Tanja Kolar’s beautiful card. If I had that embossing frame I would have just completely CASEd the card.
I used what I had, and I really liked the idea of framing the image, so I made a frame using my favorite Stitched Rectangle dies. The tree is cut out and popped up – the white panel behind the tree is woodgrain embossed.
I loved this card so much I made an extra for my own stash!
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It has been so long since I stamped! I got lots of time this week – and I’ll share the results of my efforts over the next week.
This card was created for my mom’s December stamp camp.
My requirements were to use Wondrous Wreath. Mom had already used this set a month or so ago, so I wanted to make a card that didn’t look like that one.
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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #92 – colours.
And here is my take:
I always see bees when yellow and black are together, but I really didn’t want that this time. So I thought, “OK, if black is just a sentiment color that leaves yellow – lots of it….what can I use.” And of course sunshine came to mind.
I got to use some new to me stamps and dies and it was fun to put this together!
I really had no idea that the sun image from Kinda Eclectic was so huge – but I love that it is!
Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Lizy
Louise
Patricia
I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!
Thanks for stopping by!
A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).
This is my other Inkup Stamp Camp card. My assignment for this card was to use two embossing folders on the same layer (but not the selective embossing technique).
This one was definitely harder for me. Since the embossings would both be on the same panel, I knew the card would be mostly one color. I decided I wanted a bright cheery card – so a birthday theme it is!
I wanted a pop of color so I picked Coastal Cabana and worked it in by die-cutting a flower to accent the sentiment. Pops of white help add contrast as well.
My order of steps was to first stamp my greeting where I wanted it. Then I embossed the two ends. Lastly, I used a stylus and scoring board to add horizontal lines between the embossing and the sentiment.
If you are wondering how I picked the embossing folders, it essentially went like this: I wanted something fun since this was a birthday card, so my first choice was decorative dots. Going with the old adage “curves love corners”, I looked for a linear folder…and just a touch of woodgrain looked more like wavy lines, a la streamers. I thought those two would make a fun pairing for a party card.
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This is a card that mom will use in her upcoming stamp camp.
My assignment was to make a non-traditional color holiday card. Since Endless Wishes is coming back (it is in the Holiday Mini catalog), I knew I had to use that!
I paired up some bright colors with sparkly silver (because according to mom, everything is better with glitter ;).
Believe it or not, that snowflake panel took about 3 tries before I got all the pieces where I wanted them…random is never really random, lol!
The card base is Bermuda. I added a tiny strip of silver glimmer paper to the edge of the white panel. The sentiment is silver embossed (I had snipped the banner end, but you could use a die here too).
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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #87 – sketch.
And here is my take:
This is such a classic sketch, I decided to make my card fairly classic too.
I started by wrapping my card base with silver satin ribbon – it is secured with regular tape under the poppy panel. The poppy panel is outlined with a silver pen and the sentiment is silver embossed.
I watercolored the poppies; they are a bit darker in person.
Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Lizy
Louise
Patricia
I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!
Thanks for stopping by!
A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).