Jan 30, 2018 | Uncategorized |
True Gentleman DSP
This DSP paper is gorgeous and fun! It is perfectly masculine, has fresh designs, fabulous colors (Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Night of Navy, Tranquil Tide, and Very Vanilla), and coordinates so well with the Wood Textures DSP stack in the annual catalog. I made my DH’sdouble z-fold birthday card out of this paper and and he really liked it as well. (See that card HERE.) Love it!
Truly Tailored Clear Mount bundle
This Occasions catalog bundle is the perfect companion for the DSP paper. This suite has a coordinating set of buttons, masculine corduroy ribbon, and a cardstock pack. The stamps themselves are fun and great for Father’s Day, birthday, or all occasion card.
Classy Kind of Guy
Sometimes, when I see a card in my head, it just comes together in a snap. However, I’d punched the pieces and played with them last week and couldn’t figure out what I wanted to do. Last night I went in my Blue Room (aka craft room or my room of random stuff) not knowing what I was going to create, pulled these pieces out and it all just fell into place.
This card came together pretty easily once I figured out the layout. I knew I wanted to include shapes punched from the Tailored Tag punch in 2 of the designs. These two patterns are actually the front and back of one of the DSP sheets. The Very Vanilla punched piece for the sentiment is matted with two Night of Navy punched pieces. When I got the card all glued down I thought I might need something else and added the Linen Thread surround. It adds some interest and dimension without overpowering the clean lines of the card.
I’d love to know what you think about this card and bundle, so please leave a comment below.
Have a Peachy day!
Jan 24, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s January Blog Hop! This year’s Blog Hop themes will be inspired by popular songs – the first is “I Think I Love You.” Our Blog Hop today is jam-packed with projects that are perfect for Valentine’s Day or that showcase love. How sweet is that?! We are excited to share our love-themed creations with you today. After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to Candy Ford at http://stampcandy.net/.
Here’s my card:
I Think I Love …… eclipse cards.
This isn’t the first eclipse card I’ve made and it definitely won’t be the last. There are a few tricks that will help make this rather simple technique even easier. First, add a layer of thick cardstock to the back of the cropped letters to give them more stabilty. In this case, I added some thick Whisper White cardstock to each letter and the heart.
Second, it is much easier to use the foam adhesive strips than dimensionals. Trust me, I learned the hard way and you just have to take my word for it. Dimension is key to this technique, and two layers of the foam adhesive tape really lets the letters shine. This also helps to have more of the Fresh Fig base show through for each letter, which is another way to add dimension. Mini-dimensionals were cut down into quarters and I used two layers of those tiny pieces on the thicker parts of the heart (are there really any thick parts to this heart?).
I Think I Love……… the Painted with Love Specialty DSP.
I am usually not a gold person, or a foil paper person, but this paper is gorgeous! The colors work so well together and I used the Fresh Fig as the base and this DSP showcases all the fabulous colors from the stack. I thought the lighter colors would blend in too easily. The heart is just the reverse side of these adorable hearts on the front. I did have a difficult time deciding how to do the heart because I’d already had a huge eclipse fail using a detailed thinlet. While working with those little, tiny pieces of mini-dimensionals took some time, the result is just what I saw in my head when I started creating the card.
I Think I Love…….ribbon and thread.
The Gold Metallic Thread is so fine I knew it would get lost on the card without a background to ground it. Enter the Fresh Fig Finely Woven ribbon. The ribbon is flat on the card and I wound the Gold Thread around the cardstock a few times. Another tip: this thread will fray. I’ve found that it’s helpful to use the Fine Tip Glue Pen to add a couple of drops of glue to the thread before I cut it, which will keep it from fraying.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Candy Ford at stampcandy.net
Have a Peachy day!
If you get stuck while hopping, please use this line-up as a guide:
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Louise Sharp at LouiseSharp.com
- Racheal Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’
- Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
- Lisa Pretto at Ink Big Academy Stamps
- Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
- Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
Jan 19, 2018 | Uncategorized |
I needed a special birthday card for my Dear Husband this week. I kind of had an idea of what I wanted to do, but found exactly what I wanted with a YouTube video for a double z-fold card by Dawn’s Stamping Thoughts. Her video was so easy to follow and I kept pausing the video so I could cut along with her measurements. The card looks complicated, but it wasn’t at all and it was fun to create.
Here’s the card:
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The first picture is of the closed card, second one shows the inside. The DSP is from the True Gentleman suite, and it is fabulously masculine without smacking you over the head with it. I used the Happy Birthday thinlit and cropped it for 3 layers. The bottom is Night of Navy, middle is Tranquil Tide, and the top is Wood Textures DSP. The bases are all Very Vanilla. I tend to have a difficult time with liquid adhesives with this thinlit, and I don’t trust myself to use snail adhesive with all these layers. Enter my Xyron machine for the save. The inside sentiment is from the Picture Perfect Birthday photopolymer stamp set, another MUST HAVE suite. I used Chocolate Chip ink for the inside sentiment.
My DH was quite impressed and initially thought it took a long time to create. I was able to convince him it was not as complicated as it looks. I’ll definitely do this one again!
Have a Peachy day!
Jan 16, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Global Design Project 121 is a color challenge this week using Bermuda Bay, Peekaboo Peach and Sweet Sugarplum. I’ve seen some beautiful two-color cards with Heartfelt Blooms (Sale-a-Bration catalog), and really wanted to use the stamp set, so I thought this challenge would be wonderful for the set.
Here’s my card:
There is a trick to using this gorgeous stamp, though, and I’m so pleased I saw some comments from other SU demos who shared the trick: less ink is better. You do need to cover the stamp with color, but don’t overload it. Definitely play around on scrap paper a few times before trying it on your cardstock (you should see the current sheet of grid paper on my desk).
Bermuda Bay and Peekaboo Peach were easily covered with the bloom stamp, and I used peach for the sentiment, Bermuda Bay for the bottom base layer and the ribbon. I have Sweet Sugarplum just peeking out as a second layer and I cropped a Stitched Shapes circle to go behind the Pretty Label punch-out. I really wasn’t sure how the Sugarplum was going to work with the other 2 colors, but I am pleased with the contrast. Maybe I need to try the same card again with another main color combo…….something to think about.
Here’s the GDP challenge link:
Make sure you check out the cards from the design team, and especially from the guest designer, Julie DeGuia, for her adorable card!!
Have a Peachy day!
Stampin’ Up products for this card:
Heartfelt Blooms
Pretty Label Punch
Mini dimensionals
Tombow adhesive
Jan 15, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Sometimes a card comes out exactly the way I saw it in my head. This one is not one of those cards. I knew I wanted to use the Picture Perfect Party DSP stack. This DSP is fabulous, it’s actual pictures. LOVE it! I also knew I was going to use the coordinating Picture Perfect Birthday photopolymer stamp set. The rest of the card just kind of evolved, and while I kept the sketch in mind, I did stray, but the spirit of the sketch is still there.
Here’s the card:
Here’s the sketch for a comparison:
I used the 2 inch scalloped circle punch for the large circle, the Bermuda Bay ribbon is for the strip going across the card, the sentiment is for the small circle shape, and the 2 candles for the 2 vertical strips. It’s all in the interpretation, right? The shapes are all represented, so it kind of matches.
Some of the SU products used:
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Jan 10, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Fab Friday #128 is a color challenge: Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst, and Emerald Green. I love Fab Friday challenges for a few reasons, one of which is that it’s a 2 week challenge. For this one, I need to think about what to do, and how to incorporate the 3 colors.
I kind of knew right away that the Emerald Green was going to be the base, then decided I’d go back to one of my previous checkerboard (inspired by Mary Fish @ Stampin’Pretty.com). DSP makes this card easier, and I decided on the In Color Fresh Florals DSP. Have to say, I wasn’t originally a fan of this paper but it’s growing on me. I used the Lemon Lime Twist and Berry Burst for the 1.25 inch squares, lined everything up in a dry run on the layers Whisper White and Emerald Envy, then used my liquid Tombow and craft tweezers to get the squares placed. That’s when I decided I really needed some black to calm the colors down, so enter the Basic Black cropped scalloped circle, the sentiment from All Things Thanks stamped in black (with the other part of the sentiment masked off), added a bow, and I was done.
Originally, the OCD part of me wasn’t a fan of the color variations in the patterns of a single sheet of the DSP, but I’m getting better about it. It really seems to just work with this layout.
Here’s the Fab Friday color challenge:
You’ve still got a week to play around with this challenge, so what will you do with it?
Have a Peachy Day!
