Apr 29, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
I was in a monotone mood when I created this card yesterday. This is a good thing, because it’s very peaceful and relaxing. I was thinking about what I would do with the CAS(E) this sketch challenge. What would I put on the two corners with a sentiment in the middle?
I actually thought of the background first, and stamped the Post Script Background Stamp in Sahara Sand Ink on Whisper White cardstock. I knew I wanted the sentiment to involve “sending” (as in mailing across the miles), so I looked through my stamp sets for something with that message.
My stamp sets are separated into several categories, now that I’ve been with Stampin’ Up for 2 1/2 years. I found the perfect stamp set in my “soon to retire” stack. It’s the Butterfly Basics Stamp Set, which has been one of my favorites. Here’s my finished card:
Butterflies Sending Wishes Your Way
“Sending Wishes Your Way” is just what I wanted to say on the Post Script background. I stamped the words in Crumb Cake ink on Thick Whisper White cardstock, and used the square, Stitched Shapes Die for cutting. I made it a rectangle by turning the die around and doing a second cut. Does that make sense?
And, you guessed it! Butterflies would adorn the corners. They are wonderful, little, well-wishers, flying across the miles. I stamped the large, lacey butterfly, and the three small butterflies in Crumb Cake ink. Remember, I’m thinking monotone. The large butterfly has a die in the Butterflies Die Set, which I used for cutting. I used a punch for the three, small butterflies, making it very easy. If you look closely, you can see words are written on the butterflies. So cute!
I wanted some foliage around the large butterfly, and found a stem in the Petals & More Die Set, which I used for cutting five in Whisper White.
I had my parts, and it was time to assemble. I began with the Crumb Cake card base, followed by the Post Script Background. Next, I used Tear Tape to place a piece of Burlap Ribbon across the middle, and popped up the sentiment on top of it by using Dimensionals.
I used Tombow Glue to fasten the white stems, and Dimensionals for the large, and three, smaller butterflies.
Before photographing this morning, I added the tiny pearls to the foliage. And, my monotone, butterfly card was complete.
Thanks for visiting, and I’m sending good wishes your way!
Apr 27, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
I’m often singing “Oh Happy Day,” and Cat must have picked up on it. For those of you who know my Cat (Punch), this won’t come as a surprise. To make a long story short, I’ve been out of town, and Cat was waiting for me in my craft room, sitting in an “O” on my work table. I happen to know this “O” was cut with a Large Letters Die. The “O” was covered with a green and white leafy paper (Whole Lot of Lovely), so I found more of this paper to layer on a Pear Pizzazz colored card base.
Next to him, was an “H” die that he wanted to cut into a sunny, yellow piece of DSP, so the “OH” in the song title would be correct. I’ll go ahead and show you Cat’s design. He’s pretty proud of it, and wanted to show it off in some challenges.
“Oh Happy Day” Sunshine Cat
He admitted using yellow wasn’t his idea. There’s a challenge at the Global Design Project with a theme, “Show Me the Sunshine.”
He said this cheery song and yellow paper was as sunny as you could get!
The sunny, yellow paper had to be thick, because he wanted to sit on it, so I glued it to Thick Whisper White cardstock, before cutting the “H.” It was my idea to round the corners with our new Triple Punch, and raise it on Adhesive Strips. Cat was very happy with this idea of elevation. Before attaching his perch, he asked if I could add some grey Gingham Ribbon to match his fur. Why fight the craziness at this point? As you see, he got his way.
To complete the cheery song, I found “Happy Day” in an older stamp set, Perfect Pairings. The die from the Petals & More Die Set was just the right size.
Another confession, the layout wasn’t his idea either. There’s also a challenge going on at Paper Players, and Cat thought this sketch was puuurfect.
We need to hurry and get Cat’s entry posted, because it’s closing soon.
Before I took the photos, Cat wanted to add four yellow Enamel Dots, just to make sure it was sunny enough.
What would I do without my Cat? Looks like he’ll be around a while, because he’s in the new catalog.
I’d better get back to my craft room before Cat gets into all of my ribbon!
Apr 26, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
My grandson plays the bass guitar, so this musical birthday card is perfect for him. The guitar (Epic Celebrations stamp set) is the first thing I created for this collage. I stamped it in Basic Black Ink on Cherry Cobbler cardstock, and added Versamark to make it shine. After fussy cutting, I ran it through the Big Shot with the Hexagon Embossing Folder. It’s quite an instrument!
The words, “celebrate” and “you” are from the Celebrate You Die Set. The Sheet Music Background Stamp made the paper I used for cutting the words.
The card base is Thick Whisper White, layered with Wood Textures Designer Series Paper, and Cherry Cobbler cardstock that I embossed with the Simple Stripes Embossing folder.
I used two Stitched Shapes dies to cut one square from Wood Textures DSP, and one square from Tutti-Frutti DSP. The Treble Clef is from the Musical Seasons Die Set, and cut from Silver Foil.
I glued the strand of Silver Sequin Trim to the Cherry Cobbler layer, before gluing everything else down. The three Cherry Cobbler, Enamel Shape Stars were the final touch.
This will be my entry for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge. I chose the middle row down: Metallic (treble clef and Silver Sequin Trim,) Stripes (Simple Stripes embossing,) Free (everything else.)
For the inside, I repeated the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper. And, I cut more musical words from Sheet Music with the Happy Birthday Die. I dotted the “i” with a Cherry Cobbler Enamel Dot.
At the last minute, I decided to add a piece of Cherry Cobbler DSP to the envelope flap, so it’ll be ready to mail.
I had fun making this musical Birthday Card for my grandson. I hope you enjoyed my process!
Apr 24, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
The Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper is extraordinary! One of my favorite sheets is predominately Mint Macaron, a popular returning color. You can’t imagine how happy I am that it is back!
Share What You Love with Celebrate You
Mint Macaron is such a beautiful shade of green, I bought a pack of it when I knew it was retiring last year. So, I was prepared with plenty, and cut a piece in half (5 1/2 X 4 1/4) for this card base. Next, I cut a piece of this gorgeous designer paper (5 1/4 X 4), and used Snail Glue to adhere it to the card base.
The rest of the lay-out was determined by the challenge at Fab Friday. Here is their sketch:
I used another piece of Mint Macaron for the center rectangle. After contemplating different embossing folders, I decided on the Scattered Sequins. Now I have a shower of Mint Macaron sequins. Don’t they look real?
For the banner underneath the rectangle, I used the Banner Triple Punch with a piece of Pear Pizzazz. I embossed it with the Petal pair Embossing Folder.
The bow in the sketch was an easy choice, because I was dying to use our new Mint Macaron Nature’s Twine. I attached it with a Mini Glue Dot, and it is holding fast.
For the sentiment, I wanted to use paper words from the Celebrate You Die Set. I cut the word, “amazing” from the color, Old Olive, double layered it, and used Tombow for gluing.
If you haven’t heard, Old Olive is moving from the “Brights Collection” to the “Regals Collection.” I’m all about green, so as long as it’s in there, I’m happy.
I got carried away on the inside of the card, wanting to use another piece of the DSP. I cut a second banner, the same size as the one on the front. Don’t you love this designer paper? And, I cut “You” with a Celebrate You die, double layered, and Tombow glued.
“Happy Birthday” is from the Better Together Stamp Set, which I stamped in Tranquil Tide. I recently purchased Better Together, a two part set. It has many great sentiments, and will be put to good use. The question is, why did I wait so long?
Thank you for visiting me in my happy, Share What You Love, Mint Macaron world.
Apr 23, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
There’s a big clearance sale going on at Stampin’ Up! Just when you think you have everything you need, it goes on sale, and you HAVE to have it! Two of my favorite die sets from the Holiday catalog are on clearance, until they are gone forever.
This is one of the cards I made last year using those dies:
The Little Drummer Boy
Read all about it here:
My Favorite Little Drummer Boy Christmas Card
Musical Instruments Framelits Dies 144677
Price: $29.00 $17.40
Create die-cut musical instruments in record time with Framelits dies and the Big Shot.
Framelits Dies help you create detailed die cuts with just a few turns of the Big Shot handle.
* 6 dies
* Largest image: 3″ x 2-7/8″ (7.6 x 7.3 cm)
* Use with Big Shot
Card Front Builder Thinlits Dies 144674
Price: $30.00 $18.00
Create beautiful die-cut seasonal card fronts in record time with Thinlits dies and the Big Shot.
Thinlits Dies help you create detailed die cuts with just a few turns of the Big Shot handle.
* 11 dies
* Largest image: 3-7/8″ x 2-1/16″ (9.8 x 5.2 cm)
* Use with Big Shot
I should also let you know that the beautiful green color, Emerald Envy, is retiring. So, if you don’t want to miss out on this fantastic holiday color, add it to your order before it’s too late. Clicking on my “shop” button will take you to the Clearance Rack.
Have fun, and thanks for shopping with me!
Apr 22, 2018 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards |
Welcome to the Remarkable InkBig April Blog Hop. This month our theme is Bon Voyage Retiring In-Colors! You may just be starting the blog hop here at my blog – Su Mohr at Aromas and Art, or may have come from the person previous to me on the list. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all the projects.
Normally there are five “in colors” that retire. This year, Flirty Flamingo will be in the new catalog as a member of the Brights Collection. I’m paying homage to the four retiring colors: Dapper Denim, Sweet Sugarplum, Emerald Envy, and Peekaboo Peach.
Happy Retirement
Even though I’m celebrating the retiring “in colors,” the highlight of this card for me is the silhouetted girl. She is from the new stamp set, Enjoy Life, which instantly caught my eye. I love working with silhouettes, remembering how much I used the silhouette of the Little Drummer Boy from the Holiday catalog.
I stamped the backward girl in Dapper Denim on Thick Whisper White cardstock, and yes, I fussy cut her. It was also necessary to place a bunch of tiny pieces of dimensionals on her to give her strength.
She’s doing a fine job of holding the balloons. I made the balloons using the Balloon Bouquet Punch and dotted Designer Series Paper. It took some planning and “do-overs” to make her hold the balloon strings correctly. But, we did it!
The Enjoy Life stamp set also provided the grass, which and I stamped in Emerald Envy to match the card base. Our silhouetted girl is standing on the sentiment, “Happy Retirement,” from the retiring, Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. Fortunately, there’s a new stamp set, Itty Bitty Greetings, to replace it. It has 32 greetings, new fonts, new sentiments, so I’m happy. The Bunch of Banners Die I used for cutting is carrying over to the new catalog. Yay!
Are you curious about the entire color revamp? Click on this post to get all of the info.
Animal Outing Baby Rhino Debut and Color Revamp
The last detail for today’s card was embossing the envelope flap with the Oh My Stars Embossing Folder. Not only is it not retiring, there are 25 Embossing Folders in the new catalog, Yippee!
I want to thank you for taking part in our Remarkable InkBig April Blog Hop. Now hop along, because there are many amazing ideas and inspiration you don’t want to miss. Remember, you are on my blog – Su Mohr at Aromas And Art. Check the blog hop line up to see who is next on the list. Have fun!
