Welcome back to the Cardz 4 Guyz biweekly challenge. Our host for challenge #333, Melanie, chose spooky, or scary, or birds for the theme. The sky is the limit with these three options! When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the rest of the projects from the other design team members. As always, I’m blown away by the creativity and individuality when interpreting the challenges. We’d love to have you play along, so please upload your creations to our gallery.
I combined some new and some retired products for my “spooky” card, although I don’t really think it is spooky or scary.
Here’s my card:
Honestly, I just kept staring at the papers I have left from my Them Bones paper share. I was completely lost until I started looking at sketch challenges and found the Try Stampin’ on Tuesday’s challenge # 628. Once I had that sketch, everything else just fell into place rather quickly. I always love to participate in the TSOT challenges, and have been honored to have been picked as one of the top three a number of times the latest of which you can find here.
Here’s the sketch:
Measurements:
The Starry Sky base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
Trim a piece of the Them Bones DSP (designer series paper) to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
Trim a coordinating piece of DSP to 1-1/4 by 5-3/8 inches for the left panel.
The mat for the rectangle DSP piece measures 2-3/8 by 4 inches.
I trimmed the smaller, matted DSP according to the section of the pattern on the DSP. See the image below:
I’ve already used the Trick or Treat panel, and you can see that card here
I cropped a deckled circle from white cardstock for stamping.
The sentiment banner is the smallest deckled rectangle die.
I punched a 1-inch circle from a piece of 6 x 6 InColor DSP for the envelope flap.
Stamping & Assembly:
Stamp the skeleton heads from Cutest Halloween on the white cardstock in Smoky Slate ink.
Stamp the face using Starry Sky ink.
Crop the deckled circle. Outline the circle with a Smoky Slate Stamping Write Marker.
Use multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the DSP pieces.
Wrap Starry Sky and white baker’s twine around the DSP and adhere in the back using tear & tape.
Add dimensionals to the back of the circle and adhere to the front of the card.
After cleaning a piece of Starry Sky cardstock using your embossing buddy, stamp the sentiment, from a Banner Year stamp set, using VersaMark ink.
Cover with embossing powder and heat set using your heat tool.
Stamping a couple of cobwebs from the Banner Year stamp set in Starry Sky ink.
Crop using a deckled rectangle die.
Finishing the Inside and the Envelope:
I used the letters from the Letters for You retired stamp set in Starry Sky ink. There are some stamp and die sets with which I will not part, and this is one of them.
I stamped the spiders and webs from the Banner Year stamp set in Smoky Slate ink
Finally, I stamped more spiders and webs on the envelope flap and on the front of the card.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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Welcome to my blog! Today’s cards use the Try Stampin’ on Tuesday 622 sketch. For both cards, I used the All About Autumn Suite Collection found in Stampin’ UP!’s new September – December (2023) mini catalog. This suite is gorgeous! I’m so glad I purchased it when I had the opportunity during the pre-order period for demonstrators..
The Moody Mauve base measures4-1/4 by 11 inches, scored at 5-1/2 to create a tent card.
The Early Espresso base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
All the DSP patterns come from the Autumn 6 x 6 DSP packs. The DSP for both cards measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
HINT: For the diagonal stipes, it is much easier to just trim two strips of the DSP measuring 1/2 inch wide by 6 inches a long. Adhere them with liquid glue on the DSP background, then trim the overhanging edges.
i trimmed 2 pieces of DSP to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the Very Vanilla envelope flaps.
The inside Very Vanilla panels measure 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
I used the Stylish Shapes dies for the background pieces behind the sentiment and the banners.
The sentiments are stamped in Early Espresso and cropped using the Autumn dies, as are the branches. I did add dimensionals to the back of the sentiment blocks to adhere them to the front of the card.
Welcome to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz #206 challenge. I have the honor of being the host for this edition, and I chose cute animals or insects. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the creations from the rest of the design team members. We can’t wait for you to play along with us and post your creations to the challenge gallery!
Here’s my cute animal card:
As you know, I thoroughly enjoy playing along with Try Stampin’ – or not- on Tuesday. TSOT # 620 is also featured on the Double Trouble challenge #145 with the theme of GORP (basically combining different patterns and textures). I’ll be adding this little bird in each challenge.
Here are the challenge banners:
Measurements:
The Pretty Peacock base measures 11-1/2 by 4-1/4 inches, scored at 5-1/2 inches to form a tent card.
Trim a piece of Pretty Peacock 6 x 6 inch DSP (designer series paper) to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches for the background..
At this time, trim a piece of the Pretty Peacock DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
The Sweet Sorbet DSP layer measures 2-1/2 by 4-1/2 inches.
Punch a 1-inch circle from the Sweet Sorbet DSP for the envelope seal.
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 2-1/8 by 3-1/2 inches for the first layer under the bird.
The striped Pretty Peacock DSP measures 2 by 3-1/4 inches.
After embossing a piece of white cardstock using the Cheery Patterns embossing folder (from the soon-to-be released holiday mini-catalog), I trimmed it to 3-2/8 by 1-7/8 inches.
HINT: Do your stamping before you emboss the white cardstock. Trust me.
I used white cardstock scraps for the bird and sentiment rectangle.
Stamping and Assembly:
Stamp the branch using Pebbled Path on the white cardstock piece.
Stamp the leaves using Pretty Peacock ink.
The bird’s feet and the music notes are stamped using the Momento Tuxedo Black ink.
After stamping the bird using Sweet Sorbet ink on a scrap of white cardstock, I punched it out with the bird builder punch. I also punched her wing from Sweet Sorbet DSP and the beak from Daffodil Delight cardstock.
Thankfully, the Sweet Songbirds stamp set includes a stamp for the eyes, which I stamped in Tuxedo Black. I tried, and failed, to add white gel pen ink to a tiny spot in each eye. Instead of being a cute highlight, it turned into something creepy. Therefore, I had to repeat the bird building process for another try.
I stamped the wood pattern stamp using Pebbled Path ink on a scrap of white cardstock.
After using my embossing buddy on the stamped area, I stamped the sentiment using VersaMark ink. Then add white embossing powder to the VersaMark ink and heat set.
I repeated the stamping process using the little bird on the inside piece of white cardstock.
I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the layers of DSP and cardstock because the layers would be thick enough.
Then, I added mini-dimensionals to the back of the bird and to the bottom of the sentiment rectangle to adhere the pieces to the white embossed panel. I needed to add a couple of dots of liquid glue to the top part of the sentiment rectangle.
When I finished this card, I’d completed this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Welcome to Just Peachy Stamping! I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve participated in a challenge for which I am not on the design team. I just got this truly funny stamp and die bundle the other day and HAD to start playing with it right away! I am so stinking thrilled that I was able to combine these two challenges and come up with one card.
Here’s my Hey Chuck card:
Here are the two challenge banners:
Measurements:
Trim a piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock to 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. Score it at 4-1/4 inches.
The background DSP comes from the Inked Botanicals 6 x 6″ DSP pack. Trim it to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
Trim another piece to 1/2 by 4 inches for the inside of the card.
Punch a 1-inch circle for the envelope seal and run it through your XYRON createasticker.
Trim a piece of Very Vanilla to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside of the card.
I cropped the two sentiment banners from Very Vanilla and Lost Lagoon leftovers (read: scraps).
Crop a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock using one of the Deckled Rectangle dies. Mine measures 3-7/8 by 2-1/2 inches.
Stamping and Assembly:
Stamp Chuck onto Very Vanilla cardstock using Momento Tuxedo Black ink. This ink will allow you to color using the blends marker combos.
Stamp the fence piece 6 times onto Crumb Cake cardstock using Sort Suede ink.
Outline the background DSP using a Soft Suede marker.
Stamp the sentiment onto a piece of leftover Very Vanilla cardstock using Soft Suede ink.
Using the same ink, stamp the inside sentiment on the inside piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.
The ink for Chuck should be completely dry by now, so he can be colored. I used the Crumb Cake and Lost Lagoon blends combo sets.
Chuck needed his eyelids to stand out, so I used a Soft Suede marker to color them.
Next, I used a gold Wink of Stella pen to color Chuck’s beak and feet.
I cropped all the pieces at the same time, including the gold foil weather vane.
Outline both banners for the sentiment using the Soft Suede marker.
For the Lost Lagoon lines, I used the long edge of the “H” acrylic block. I stamped the edge in the Lost Lagoon ink and then stamped the double lines in rows on the cropped Very Vanilla. Jackie Beers of Blue Line Stamping first posted a card using this technique and I just fell in love with the idea. Thank you, Jackie! Please visit her site because she is an amazingly inspiring artist!
I added dimensionals under Chuck and the Lost Lagoon piece of the sentiment banner. Everything else was adhered using multipurpose liquid glue.
Add the 1/2 by 4-1/8 inch strip of DSP to the bottom of the inside card panel.
Adhere the inside panel using liquid glue.
Instead of using DSP on the envelope flap, I repeated the double lines using the “H” acrylic block.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Welcome to the newest Cardz 4 Guyz challenge! The theme for this two-week challenge is using any coloring medium. The Rainy Days suite is just wonderful, and I am thoroughly looking forward to getting the dies and loose flowers which were on backorder until this past weekend. When you finish here, I hope you will head over to the challenge site to see the projects from the rest of the design team members. I always enjoy seeing how others interpret the theme.
Here’s my coloring card:
The sketch and optional theme of weather from the Try Stamping on Tuesday # 598 gave me the layout of this card. I am also adding it to the gallery for the Creative Creases challenge.
I used the sketch from the Try Stampin’ on Tuesday #598 challenge sketch for my layout. I turned the sketch so it’s landscape, but you can definitely see the inspiration there. I used clear sequins for the stars in the center of the sketch, and the dots on either end, which can easily be seen if you click on the photo above.
Here’s the Try Stampin’ on Tuesday sketch:
Measurements:
The Balmy Blue base measures 4-1/4 by 11 inches, scored at 2-3/4 and 5-1/2 inches.
I used four pieces of the umbrella DSP (designer series paper). The inside piece measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
The piece for the envelope flap measures 6 by 2-1/2 inches.
Finally, there are 2 pieces trimmed to 4-1/8 by 2-5/8 inches for the two shorter ends.
I trimmed a piece of Balmy Blue for the outside and Basic White for the inside. Each piece measures 3-1/4 by 4-1/4 inches. I did embossed the Balmy Blue using the raindrop embossing folder before I trimmed it to the final size.
I trimmed the banner to two inches wide and punched the diagonal ends using the Pick-a-Banner punch. I used the shiny paper from the Regency Park suite of products.
Finally, I punched a 1-inch circle from coordinating DSP for the envelope seal.
Assembly:
I adhered all the DSP pieces using multipurpose liquid adhesive.
Then, I put a couple of drops of white craft ink on an acrylic block and used a finger daubber to lightly add white to the Balmy Blue embossed cardstock.
Using an empty clear Wink of Stella pen, I added a tiny amount of glitter ink to each raindrop..
Next, I used the Stamparatus to stamp the turtle using black ink. I cleaned the stamp, and restamped it using VersaMark ink. After covering the turtle in clear embossing powder, I heat set it with my heat tool.
I used the Mango Melody and Old Olive blends combos to color in the turtle using the DSP turtle as a guide. I pretty pleased with the way it turned out and I assure you that I really did color it. When I finished, I fussy cut that turtle and the turle on the inside from another piece of DSP.
Next, I stamped the sentiment and umbrella on the inside white panel. I colored the umbrella using an Old Olive Stamping Write Marker.
I added a piece of Old Olive ribbon to the front of the banner and then tied some white bakers’ twine around the ribbon.
I added dimesnionals under the banner and the turtle for the front.
Adhere the Balmy Blue piece to the front flop of the Balmy Blue base.
Adhere the pieces using the dimensionals.
I added three sequins to the banner on. the front. Then, I added three sequins to the top right and lower left corners.
Next, I added the white cardstock to the inside of the card.
HINT: I’ve found it’s easier to add the inside cardstock by working from the back side of the front.
After putting the front Balmy Blue piece face down, I can line up the white cardstock to the front piece.
Then, add liquid glue to the backside of the white cardstock.
Turn the back of the card over onto the white cardstock. This way,. your pieces will line up.
Add the turtle using liquid glue to the inside corner of the white cardstock.
With that, I’d finished this cute as a button coordinated card envelope, and envelope seal set.
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Welcome to Cardz 4 Guyz challenge #317. Our host for this two week challenge, Julie, chose Make Us Smile for a theme. So much fun! When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site linked above. It’s always very interesting to see the interpretations of the theme by the rest of the design team members.
Here’s my card:
The layout for this card comes from the Try Stampin’ on Tuesday challenge #596. I’ve always enjoyed these challenges and am glad things worked out so that I could join in on this one. The size of my circles is a little bit off, but the inspiration is definitely evident. I used the Rainy Days DSP (designer series paper) for this card. Pictures don’t really do it justice! The raindrops on the background are heat embossed, as are the umbrellas and the turtle’s shell and flower. The dies and the tiny flowers from the suite are unavailable until next week, and you can bet I will be placing an order asap!
Here’s the challenge banner:
Measurements:
The Mango Melody base measures 11 by 4-1/4 inches, scored at 5-1/2 inches to create a tent fold.
The raindrop background DSP measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
I used the second largest Scalloped Contour die for the umbrella DSP.
After cropping a piece of the flower DSP with the same scalloped die, I trimmed the DSP to 2 by 4 inches, then cut the chevron end.
I used one of the Stylish Shapes circle dies to crop the turtle.
The yellow flower DSP (under the vellum) measures 3-7/8 by 1-1/8 inches.
The vellum was cropped using another Stylish Shape die.
For the inside, the white panel measures my regular 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
The DSP on the bottom of the white panel measures 4 by 1/2 inch.
I used a smaller circle die from the Stylish Shapes for the flowers in the corner and trimmed the sides after I adhered everything together.
I trimmed a piece of the Old Olive flowered DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap then punched a 1 inch circle for the envelope seal.
What I Did:
I used a Balmy Blue Stamping Write marker to outline all the DSP pieces on the front of the card. I should’ve done it for the inside as well, but didn’t think about it before I adhered the inside down.
I adhered the raindrop DSP, the umbrella DSP, and the inside panel using multipurpose liquid glue.
Next, I added dimensionals under the flowered DSP banner and adhered it down.
Then, I carefully added dimensionals under the yellow DSP on either end so it would straddle the banner.
After dry-fitting the turtle circle, I added dimensionals under the top left 1/4 of the circle. I adhered the rest of the circle down using liquid glue.
I used my embossing buddy on a piece of vellum, then stamped the sentiment using VersaMark ink.
Next, I added black embossing powder and heat set it using my heat tool.
HINT: Be careful because the vellum will scorch easily. I found it easier to let the heat tool heat up more than usual so the powder would melt faster.
I added matte Old Olive dots to the corners of the sentiment banner.
I stamped the sentiment on the inside using the Momento Tuxedo Black ink pad. and adhered the inside panel with multipurpose liquid glue.
As an after-thought, I added a baker’s twine bow to the front of the card.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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