The weather is most definitely NOT saying Winter, but today’s card may “cool” you off a bit. It is such a fun set of bundled up critters.
Stamps
The All Bundled Up stamp set has such adorable animals, who are all “bundled” up with cute scarves and hats. It is definitely making me warm just thinking about it since the weather here in Georgia is anything but cool right now. However, we all need to begin thinking of our Christmas cards before long. And this stamp set would be great for any time of year that the weather is a bit cooler. Plus the sentiment gives a fun twist to the little raccoon’s outfit.
The raccoon is stamp stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black and then colored with Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends. His scarf and hat are colored using Soft Succulent and Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends. For a bit of semi-bling, but not really, I added the single snow flake to the raccoon layer. There are actually three different snowflakes on that stamp and they are used on the inside of the card. The sentiment is from the stamp set and is stamped using Pool Party Ink, as is the snowflake.
Paper
The colors used are from the piece of DSP. That paper is the Painted Christmas Designer Series paper, which is a carryover from last Fall Mini Catalog into the current one. By using the darkest color for the card base and coming forward with lighter colors gives a different look I think. And is not something I tend to even think about. Evening Evergreen is the base card with a layer of Soft Succulent. The strip of DSP is cut 5 X 1 3/4 and is adhered directly to the Soft Succulent layer. Simply leave the correct edging distance on the bottom and sides for fitting.
Embossing Etc.
To pair with the DSP layer I went with the Winter 3D Embossing Folder Duo. These two embossing folders are sized to work on the Mini Cut & Emboss Machine. This one is snowflakes and the second one is evergreen bows. Either would have worked, but I was thinking snow! The embossed layer is Basic White and is cut 5 X 2. It is layered abutting the DSP layer with the same distance on the sides and top. And even if it did not meet perfectly, the Natural Finish Ribbon covers the joining line.
To highlight the sentiment, I could not find two punches or dies to layer that fit in the area I had left. After debating I finally decided upon the Label Me Fancy Punch. The sentiment was cut using the punch and then a second piece was punched from a scrap of the Evening Evergreen. This piece was cut up the center. By layering these two pieces to each end of the sentiment, you get just enough of a frame of green. And you really do not even notice that none is showing above and below the white. For the final touch a single Festive Pearl was added on the sentiment layer.
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The card I am sharing today may have you wishing for Fall and cooler weather. Showcased are the Leaf Embossing Folder and Leaf Labels.
Leaf Labels
Nothing could be simpler than using these Leaf Labels as a focal layer on a card. These beauties come already cut, and even have a tag hole in place to use them as a tag. The hole is at the top point ,where I have strategically placed an Amber Gem. Speaking of the Amber Gems, they are included with the Leaf Labels! It is a two for one pairing. All I had to do was stamp the sentiment on the leaf and it was ready to go.
Designer Series Paper
This beautiful and bright piece of DSP is from the Sale-A-Bration paper named Rings of Love Designer Series Paper. It is FREE with a $50.00 order. By using just a strip, it goes a really long way in creating some beautiful cards for Fall. And all of the colors are bright ones. That is my choice for most card colors. Plus the bright plays perfectly to the Kraft paper of the Leaf Label.
Background and Embossing
The background of this card was created from the DSP of course. All of the colors were pulled from that little strip, as was the decision on the Embossing Folder. Crushed Curry was used to show off the beautiful leaves of the Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder. They blow softly across the card. Actually it is a large space folder so you can move your cardstock around a little to place the leaves in the best location. To compliment all of the layers, I went with Parakeet Party as the card base. The brightness offsets the Kraft leaf and ties in to the DSP colors.
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My project today showcases one of the new Fall stamp sets. It is the Hello Harvest Bundle and is perfect for anything Fall!
Stamp Set and Dies
This card has a few different things of interest. But since the star of the show is the stamp and die bundle, we will will start there. This is the Hello Harvest Bundle. It contains the Hello Harvest Stamp set and the Rustic Pumpkin Die set. Both are great alone or together. My favorite of them are the ones used on today’s card. They are the pumpkin with the sunflowers on top. It is as if we were using the pumpkin as a vase.
Both the pumpkin and the sunflowers were stamped using Early Espresso Ink and then colored with Stampin’ Blends. The Pumpkin didn’t really require any coloring. And the extra single leaf is included in both the stamp set and the die set. Adding the single leaf was to pull more of the Poppy Parade color into the layers.
DSP and Fold
The DSP of this card is a perfect match to the stamps. Between the colors and the images you could not find a better pairing. And the best part of this paper is that it is FREE! Yes, it is one of the Sale-A-Bration choices. The Rings of Love Designer Series Paper not only coordinates wit the Rings of Love stamp set in the Mini Catalog, but is also one of the SAB items. With a $50.00 order you can choose this as a Free gift.
The fold I have used looks similar to a Book Fold, but opens fully. The DSP piece is simply added behind the 1″ front flap. It allows for you to see the reverse side of the DSP when the card is opened. And to get more pieces from a 12 X 12 piece of DSP it is cut 4 X 5 1/2. That is only 1/2″ less than normal but gets you two additional pieces from a 12X12 sheet. The addition of the ribbon covers the inside of the card where the DSP and card flap meet. This allows for a “cleaner” finish.
Punch
Were you wondering what I used to create the pretty details on the Pumpkin background layer? It is really pretty and quite different from any corner makers we have. Best of all is that this came from a punch! It is the new Very Best Trio Punch. The punch was all that I used, but it comes as a Bundle with the Very Best Occasions Stamp set. The set is only sentiments and has a variety. We all love punches and great sentiments, or at least I do. So this is a must have from the Mini Catalog in my opinion.
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Welcome to InKing Royalty’s July Blog Hop! We’ve made projects that celebrate the fun of summer and are excited to share them with you today. We are a diverse group, so I know you’ll see a great variety of summer projects. After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
My first though of Summer Fun is outside where I usually ending up sweaty or dirty. Hopefully you will get a smile from my card even if you do not play in the dirt.
Watercolor Background
This is National Watercolor Month so I wanted to pay a bit of tribute to that with my card. Plus it gives a different look to the ink colors and my cute piggy. Using the Stampin’ Up! Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper, along with the Water Painters, I added Ink from Old Olive , Balmy Blue, and Pool Party Ink pads. By squeezing the pad while closed it pushes a bit of ink into the lid of the ink pad. Since I was not going for perfection (and it’s a good thing!) my watercoloring worked.
Stamp Set
One of my favorite stamp sets in the Annual Catalog is the This Birthday Piggy. Those pigs are so adorable! To go along with our Summer Fun theme, I decided that playing in the dirt with flowers is definitely a summer fun activity. This little piggy seems to be having a wonderful time doing that. To keep the Memento Ink from smearing with the water, I heat set the watercolor and then waited a few minutes afterwards before stamping the scene. Ms. Piggy and her surroundings are colored using Stampin’ Blends.
Paper
This DSP may be unfamiliar to you. It is part of a Free with a $100.00 order Sale-a-bration set. The name is Wonderful World Stamp Set and Wonderful World 12×12 Designer Series paper. They both feature beautiful floral images. Since I wanted the flowers with Ms. Piggy to pop, I went with Melon Mambo. This paper is the only one I found to have Melon Mambo included in it. So a win for me with a Free pack of paper.
Finishes
For the finishing touches to my Summer Fun, I added both items in a similar shade to Melon Mambo. The first is the beautiful Sweet Sorbet In Color 1/8″ Metallic Ribbon. It is wrapped around the layer twice. And there is a double loop bow to complete that part. The second finish is the pinkish Opal in the upper corner. That is from the 2021-2023 Opal Dots. Even Ms. Piggy needs a bit of bling!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Sheryl Abernathy at Elegant Sentiments. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!
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Today’s card is a challenge to create with an Outdoor Sport. That topic is not one that I have a lot of call to use stamps from that direction anymore. However, Let’s Set Sail came to the rescue. Sailing is definitely an outdoor sport.
This card and the challenge is for the Make My Monday Challenge. You can add your cards to the challenge as well. Click on the link and you will be taken to the site.
Stamps
The Let’s Set Sail stamp set is a fun one that is easy to create quick and easy cards with. The best part is that it is a Punch Bundle. The sailboat was made using the matching Sailboat Builder Punch. There are stamp pieces included in the set which match the punch, but I opted to simply punch them from different cardstock.
For the banner at the top of the card I did use a stamp from the set. The wording is great for a variety of meanings. To help it stand out a bit, I went with a different look for the sentiment. So there is no layering. Instead I went with making the sentiment into a banner. It only required leaving a little extra space on the bottom beneath the sentiment. Then simply cut a little way up in the center and then angle cut from each side. To finish this off, I added a staple for something different.
Paper and Ink
In designing the card the paper was the next step after the stamp set. After looking through all of the current DSP, I landed on the 2022-2024 In Color 6X6 papers. By using a couple of different pieces from those new In Colors they all tied together wonderfully. The base of the card is Starry Sky which fits with sailing. And to match the water I went with the polka dot look piece of Tahitian Tide. To give a faux texture look to the sails I chose the striped pieces of Starry Sky and Sweet Sorbet. The background layer of the sailboat is a flowery piece of the Sweet Sorbet also. Sadly the sailboat itself is simply Crumb Cake.
There really is not a lot of stamping on this card as I mentioned earlier. But the water is stamped using Tahitian Tide Ink. The pad is very juicy and as it dried the bubbles gave a bit of texture to the water. It is not something I would want on most occasions but here it works perfectly. The only other ink is the Basic Gray that is used for the seagulls flying in the distance, as well as the sentiment itself. This addition of , not quite black, is a little softer look than black itself would leave.
Measurements
The card base of Starry Sky cardstock is cut to 4 1/4 X 11 and scored at 5 1/2. For me at least DSP requires a layer between it and the card base. So the White layer is 4 X 5 1/4 with the DSP layer being 3 3/4 X 5. The stamped layer is 2 1/2 X 3 with the background layer being 2 3/4 X 3 1/4.
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Pretty Designer Series Paper can be difficult to cut. A Fun Fold card with a different front view requiring less cutting is the solution.
Paper
As you can see from the photo, this card is all about the paper! The Awash In Beauty Designer Series Paper is gorgeous. This pattern used is my favorite. Bold colors and flowers will always be my favorite and this fits the bill. Because this piece of the DSP is so pretty I did not want to cut it. (Have you ever had that though?) So the next best thing was to use as much of the sheet as I could. And I should say that this started as a leftover 6X6 piece from my paper shares.
What you see on the front is a 4 X 5 1/4 piece that I then cut 1 1/4 off of the right side. This card began as a Fun Fold, and you will see that when I share the open view. (Hopefully that helps to explain your confusion after my comment on cutting off a section.) The piece that was cut is adhered to the right side of the 4 X 5 1/4 inside layer. And here is the inside view.
Fun Fold
After seeing the open view I hope it makes my explanation of the front layer a bit clearer. The idea was for it to appear as a solid piece of the pretty DSP when closed. And then you see the Fun part when you open it. This fold is not a new one, but the way the DSP is adhered is not one I have seen previously. As I mentioned earlier, it came to me as a way to share more of the pretty paper.
To get this Fold, cut the base of Merry Merlot to 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, then score on the 8 1/2 side at 2 1/8 and 4 1/4. Basically it is a regular fold, the 4 1/4, and you then fold the front flap back on itself. To have the DSP layers meet properly, I layered the left side of DSP first. By aligning the top, bottom, and left side equally it was fairly easy. Next add the DSP strip to the right side of the White inside layer. Add your adhesive to the White layer and carefully slide it into the card while bring the top over. By using Multipurpose Liquid Glue I had a little wiggle room. I was able to match up the two pieces of DSP and make sure they were properly aligned.
Stamps and Dies
There is not a sentiment on the inside of the card as I sometimes leave them until needed. Especially for an outside sentiment as this one with the Just Because. But it could not be blank inside, even with the gorgeous DSP. So I added a flower from the set. This was created using the Balmy Blue and Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Write Markers. These are not available individually, but are available as a Color Family. And in my opinion they are a must have for adding more than one color to a Red Rubber stamp.
For the front sentiment I needed a layer, or layers, that would not take over from the DSP. These layers used were found in the Potted Succulent Dies. It was a great surprise that the sentiment fit perfectly in that slim die piece. And the fun shapes with stitching were just an added bonus. To finish off the card there had to be bling! Sometimes it is difficult for me to just use one bling. This was definitely one of those times with the flowers needing some love as well as the sentiment. So three Rhinestones were spread among the two flowers and the sentiment for equal bling.
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