Whoo Hoo! Tomorrow is Friday! Today I wanted to share a card I made for the Can You Case It Challenge # 74 - Summer Fun. With the new Stampin' Up catalog that came out, I wanted to blend a new stamp with a stamp I already had in my stash. This card blends the "From Land to Sea" and "Wetlands" stamp set. I started with a background card base from Real Red. For the face of the card, I started by stamping the lighthouse image with Memento ink on the sticky part of a post-it note and used my paper snips to fussy cutting the image. I also punched out a 1/2" circle in the sticky portion of a post-it. I placed the images where I wanted them to show in my Whisper White card front. My Stampin' Up sponges were used to ink my sand, water, sky and sun. For the sand, I started with the Sarhara Sand ink, then lightly touched it with crumb cake to give it a bit of texture to represent sand. For the deeper water tone Marina Mist ink was used. I sponged around the lighthouse and was sure to secure the post-it image so that it did not move. I sponged the sky with the Soft Sky ink and lightly went over the 1/2" post it circle with the So Saffron ink. Once my sponging was complete, I used the grass and bird images and stamped the images appropriately. I removed the post-it's from the face of the card and stamped my light house image in Memento ink, using Real Red and Daffodil Delight blendabilities to finish the image. Using White Stazon, I sponged lightly around the base of the lightly and along the shoreline to represent the movement of the water. To finish the inking, I lightly sponged Basic Gray at the base of the lighthouse and used a Soft Suede marker to build the rocky base of the lighthouse. To complete the card, I added the Birthday greetings from the Wetlands stamp set and secured the face of the card to the card base. I know the instructions for this card are a bit lengthy, but I believe the card turned out beautifully. I hope you enjoy and Happy Stampin'!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Sunday! Weekends never last long enough! Today's card is for the Simply Stamp It Challenge # 23. This weeks challenge is a Sympathy card. I used the Stampin' Up hostess set "Best Thoughts" along with the sentiment from the "Wetlands" set. I stamped the images on Whisper White card stock using the black Stazon ink. The coloring was done by using the Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive inks and Blender pens. The butterfly used a variety of Stampin' Up inks colored in with the blender pens. The image was stamped in black Stazon. After all the images were stamped and colored in, I used the largest banner framelit to cut the image. I cut another banner slightly longer and thinner out of black cardstock. I placed the stamped image in front of the black banner and used fast fuse to adhere together. The card base is Rich Razzleberry. As another touch of white, I added the white bakers twine. After all placement has been completed, I added dazzling details to the inside of the flowers. I hope you all enjoy the card and have a wonderful week. Happy Stampin'!
When thinking about the project portion of this challenge, I wanted to create something that I thought men in my life might use. This pocket journal was created by using a miniature composition book purchased at the local Dollar General store (3/$1). I covered the outside in the Tip Top Taupe and layered the images. I added a couple of mini metal brads, used dimensionals to "pop" the image and added the natural twine to help keep the journal closed.
