Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #232. Our host for this challenge, Dawn, chose Metallic as the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Here’s an up-close picture of the sentiment on the front of the card:
I made this Z-fold card a more complicated card by adding the second flap. Take it from me, that additional flap is not needed. If I had to do it again, I wouldn’t include it, therefore I’m not going to include it on the measurements and directions.
Sentiments:
I used gold embossing powder for all the sentiments
Make sure you wipe your cardstock with an embossing buddy, found in the embossing additions tool kit, to remove any lint, fingertip oils, etc.
Then stamp your sentiments using VersaMark ink and cover each sentiment with gold embossing powder.
Make sure you flick the back side of the cardstock to remove excess powder
Heat set the powder
I’ve found that if I let the heat tool run for about 30 seconds before I try to heat set the powder, especially metallic powders, the process is much faster and I don’t have to worry about burning the paper or breaking the embossing
Measurements:
The Pebbled Path base measures 11 by 4-1/4 inches, scored at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2 inches
After I dry embossed another piece of Pebbled Path, I trimmed it to 3 by 4-1/2 inches
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 3 by 4-1/2 inches for the inside sentiment and your personal note
I used the Lovely & Sweet DSP (designer series paper) for this card
The front panel of DSP measures 4-1/8 by 2-5/8 inches
The inside panel of DSP measures 4-1/8 inches by 5-3/8 inches
Trim a coordinating piece of DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
Then, punch a 1-inch circle of contrasting DSP for the envelope seal and run it through your XYRON create-a-sticker
I fussy cut the gold leaves on the front of the card from the Lovely & Sweet DSP
Thankfully, the Lovely & Sweet dies perfectly crop both the stamped images and the images on the DSP
Assembly:
Unless otherwise stated, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere pieces together
Adhere the trimmed DSP pieces to the front flap and inside of the card base
Adhere the dry-embossed Pebbled Path cardstock to the front of the card by centering it on the flap and base
Adhere the fussy-cut gold leaves
Add dimensionals to the back of the seed pod spray and adhere
Trim the front sentiment to your desired length and then cut chevrons in each end
Add dimensionals to the ends of the sentiment banner and liquid glue in the middle
Adhere the sentiment
Using the front flap as a guide, adhere the white cardstock to the inside base
I’ve found the easiest way to line up the front flap and the white cardstock is as follows:
Add adhesive to the BACK of the white cardstock
Lay the white cardstock face down on the back of the front flap
Carefully fold over the back base of the card to adhere the white cardstock
Since you are using multipurpose liquid adhesive, you will have a few seconds of wiggle room to slightly adjust the white cardstock, if needed
Add a brushed brass butterfly to the front sentiment banner
With that, you’ve finished this coordinated Z-fold card, envelope, and envelope seal
Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #231. Our host for this challenge, Pamela, chose Coloring as the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Here’s my card:
A Quick Card:
The Petunia Pop base measures 4-1/4 by 11, scored at 5-1/2
The black mat measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
Crop the circle out of the black mat – no one will see the ugly underneath the top layer
The white cardstock measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches
Stamp the background in Petunia Pop using the Drizzling Droplets stamp set
Next, mask off the flap of the envelope, and stamp the droplets onto the envelope flap
Crop a white circle using the Stylish Shapes dies
The cover sentiment comes from the Beautiful Balloons stamp set and is stamped in Petunia Pop ink
Stamp the fluffy friend in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and let it dry
Color the fluffy friend in using the Basic Gray blends combo
Crop the friend and balloon (from the In Color 2024-2026 DSP) using the Fluffiest Friends dies
Crop a 1-inch circle from the In Color DSP and run it through your XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal
Use multipurpose adhesive adhere all the pieces except for the fluffy friend
Add dimensionals under the friend to adhere to the white cardstock circle
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside of the card
Stamp your sentiment using black ink and adhere to the inside of the card using multipurpose liquid glue
With that, you’ve finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #230. Our host for this challenge, Tee, chose Let’s Celebrate as the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Here’s my Let’s Celebrate card:
I needed a wedding card, and thought this flap fun fold would be gorgeous with this DSP (designer series paper). I love this whole suite of products, but I really think the DSP is my favorite part. The colors are gold foil, Pebbled Path, Pecan Pie, and Smoky Slate. Take a look at all this gorgeousness:
While I made the card for Make My Monday challenge, I am going to be entering it to the Creative Creases Challenge as well. This challenge is all about the anything goes with a fun fold, and I encourage you to enter your fun folds to the gallery using the link.
I found this fun fold latch card on Pinterest, of course, created by Stamp with Susie. Please click on her link because she’s got two cards using this fun fold. Don’t tell the recipients that the card wasn’t as complicated as it looks. At least that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.
Measurements:
Pebbled Path cardstock – 5 1/2 x 11″- score at 1-11/16″; 3-3/8″; 7-5/8″ & 9-5/16″ & fold for card base
HINT: The Stampin’ Up! trimmer has 16 tick lines per inch. Therefore, for the 16ths of an inch, just count the tick lines. Another way to measure out the 16ths is as follows: the 1-11/16 of an inch is one tick line before 1-3/4, and 9-5/16 is one tick line past 9-1/4.
I added another piece of Pebbled Path cardstock for the front panel of the card. Susie only used DSP for the front. I added my white and gold DSP to this panel and adhered it to the front scored and folded cardstock. I used a piece of cardstock measuring 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 and just trimmed down 1/16th of an inch on the long side. This made the front sturdier for the latch
The Pebbled Path and gold script DSP piece measures 1-1/2 by 5-3/8 inches.
Trim another piece of DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
Don’t forget to punch a 1-inch circle of DSP and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal
The mat layer of DSP on the inside of the card measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches
The white cardstock on the inside measures 3-7/8 by 5-1/8 inches.
You will need a 2 inch and a 2-1/2 inch punched circles for the sentiment on the front of the card.
Thankfully, the Lovely & Sweet dies line up perfectly with the DSP so I was able to crop two of the floral sprays for this card.
Stamping & Assembly:
The sentiments on the inside and the outside are gold powder set with a heat tool.
Rub down your cardstock using the powder pal (formerly the embossing buddy). This will allow the embossing powder to just stick to the VersaMark ink instead of oils or dust from your handling of the cardstock.
Stamp the sentiments using VersaMark ink
Cover with gold embossing powder. Make sure you flick the back of the cardstock to remove excess powder
Heat set the powder with your heat tool.
Use multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the pieces, except for the sentiment circles.
Add dimensionals to 2/3 of the circle on the left side only. Leave room for the flap to fit under the circle to create the latch
I finished the card by adding three brass butterflies to the front for interest
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal. I hope you try the card fun fold! I had so much fun with it that I made a thank you card with loads of layers since I am hand-delivering it. I’ll be posting that card, with a how-to video, for the Stampin’ Up! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop on going live at 05:30 on July 23, 2024. Come back to see that card, please.
Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #229. Our host for this challenge, Claudia, chose Cocktails or Ice Cream as the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Here’s my coffee ice cream card:
Honestly, I didn’t have anything for either cocktails or ice cream. Believe me I scoured my current and retired products and didn’t find anything to use. Therefore, I really needed my mojo to kick into gear and figure out what to do. I wound up combining the Lattee Love bundle and DSP, a cloud from the Bright Skies dies, and a sentiment from Kiddin’ Around. I figured since my very favorite kind of ice cream is coffee, this combination would work.
Measurements:
Trim a piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock to 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches and score at 4-1/4 inches.
Trim another piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock to 5-1/2 by 4-1/4 inches.
Crop a piece of Calypso Coral cardstock using a deckled rectangle die.
Use an embossing folder to dry emboss both the Lost Lagoon and Calypso Coral cardstock. I actually embossed both pieces together so the pieces would line up.
Trim the Lost Lagoon to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
Using the Latte Love DSP (designer series paper), crop a coffee cup.
Stamp a spoon on Gray Granite cardstock using Basic Gray ink. Crop with the Latte dies.
Crop two clouds for the ice cream using the coffee DSP and the cloud die from Bright Skies die set.
Stamp the sentiment from Kiddin’ Around in black ink on white cardstock. Crop using a Stylish Shapes die.
Trim a piece of DSP to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
Punch a 1-inch circle from coordinating DSP and run through the XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal.
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 5-1/4 by 4 inches for the inside of the card.
Assembly:
Unless otherwise noted, use multipurpose liquid glue to adhere pieces together.
Adhere the embossed Lost Lagoon cardstock to the base of the card.
Wrap a piece of Lost Lagoon ribbon around the Calypso Coral cardstock and tie in a square knot.
Line up the embossed pattern for the Calypso Coral cardstock and adhere to the front of the card.
Adhere the coffee cup to the Calypso Coral cardstock.
Dry fit your ice cream clouds and then adhere using black mini-dimensionals.
Adhere the spoon using mini-dimensionals as well.
Add dimensionals to the sentiment label so that they will straddle the ribbon and adhere.
Stamp a birthday sentiment on the white cardstock for the inside of the card and adhere.
With that, you’ve finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #225. I’m hosting this challenge, and I chose Florals as the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
I used the Lovely & Sweet stamp, die, and DSP (designer series paper) for this challenge:
Here’s my card:
I combined the Florals Make My Monday challenge with the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge. Here’s the challenge sketch:
I did turn the direction so I had a portrait orientation, mainly because I knew I wanted to use the floral spray from the Lovely & Sweet stamp and die set.
Measurements:
The Pecan Pie base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
After stamping and cropping the floral spray from the bottom of a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock, I ran it through the Cut & Emboss machine using one of the basics embossing folders.
Trim the embossed cardstock to 5-3/8 by 4-1/8 inches.
Trim a piece of the Lovely & Sweet DSP to 5 by 4-1/4 inches.
I angled my DSP so that the high side is 5 inches high and the low side is 2-7/8 inches high.
Trim a piece of DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
Punch a 1-inch circle of coordinating DSP and run it through your XYRON create-a-sticker to make the envelope seal.
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 5-1/4 by 4 inches for the inside of the card.
I used a piece of leftover white cardstock for the sentiment banner.
Assembly:
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces of the card together.
I stamped the floral spray using VersaMark ink and then covered it in white embossing powder, which I heat set with my heat tool.
Add dimensionals to the back of the floral spray.
Next, I stamped the sentiment using the happy birthday stamp from the Sweetly Scripted stamp set using Pecan Pie ink.
Add dimensionals to the end of the sentiment banner.
Next, adhere the angled DSP to the embossed cardstock.
Then adhere the floral spray using the dimensionals.
Add liquid glue to the middle of the back of the sentiment and add it to the front of the spray.
Trim the ends of the sentiment banner so they line up with the base of the card.
Adhere the embossed Pecan Pie cardstock to the base.
I stamped another birthday sentiment on the inside piece of cardstock.
Then, I stamped just a corner of the floral spray stamp on the white cardstock, and adhered it to the inside of the card.
Finally, I stamped the front of the envelope using the same partial floral spray stamp.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #224. Our host for this challenge, Caz, chose International Jazz Day as the theme. Never fear, anything with music, a dancer, a singer, etc meets the challenge theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Here’s my card:
I used the Zany Zoo bundle, and the balloons from Beautiful Balloons. The background of the card is hand-stamped using two stamps from Zany Zoo and black and Lemon Lime Twist ink. By the time I got it all put together, the background barely shows. I took my color cues from the Zany Zoo turtle. Often a card will evolve as I am working, and this one definitely was an evolution.
Measurements:
The Lemon Lime Twist card base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
The black mat measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches. I cropped the black front piece from the inside of the black mat using a deckled rectangle die. No one will know, and it takes just a bit of bulk from the card.
The hand-stamped background measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
Next, I trimmed a piece of the 6 x 6 inch Brights DSP to 5-1/4 by 2 inches. I also trimmed a piece of this DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. After punching a 1-inch circle using the same DSP, I turned it over and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker so it would coordinate with the flap.
I had the white dot embossed cardstock, and cropped it using the next smallest deckled rectangle.
The white cardstock for the inside measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
Stamping, Cropping, & Assembly:
The singing turtle was easy – the Zany Zoo dies will crop out different characters from the DSP, and I used the die for this turtle. I added dimensionals to the back of the turtle and the cropped stool on which he’s standing.
HINT: The mini-dimensionals need to be cut down into 3 pieces for the feet of the stool. The easiest way to do this is horizontally so that you don’t have to deal with the pointed corner sticking out.
The die set also has this fabulous curtain die set, which I cropped from Lemon Lime Twist cardstock.
After stamping the sentiment, I cropped it using one of the banners from the Stylish Shapes die set. Next, I added dimensionals to the back of the sentiment.
I adhered everything else using multipurpose liquid glue.
Adhere the black cardstock to the base, and then the hand-stamped background to the black cardstock.
After wrapping a piece of black and white gingham ribbon around the Lemon Lime Twist DSP, adhere it to the front of the card.
Layer the deckled rectangle die cut, the white deckled rectangle die cut, and the curtains using your multipurpose liquid glue.
Finally, add your sentiment, stool, and turtle to the front panel.
The inside sentiment comes from the Zany Zoo stamp set, and I stamped it in black ink.
Then, I thought the sentiment looked lonely, so I added three balloons from the Beautiful Balloons stamp set, and added the black strings. I think this is my favorite part of the card.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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Welcome to Just Peachy Stamping by Sue Jackson: an independent Stampin' Up demonstrator.
Through Stampin' Up!, I happily share my love of papercrafting through sales, classes, small stamping group meet-ups and workshops. I think that being a teacher in my "real life", I have a unique approach to sharing my fantastic hobby. I look forward to connecting with you!
