Congratulations! Time for Cardz 4 Guyz # 300

Jul 12, 2022 | Uncategorized | 2 comments

WOW! The 300th challenge! I’m honored to be a part of this design team, and this challenge. For #300, Caz, our fearless leader, chose a completely appropriate theme of Congratulations. When you finish here, I hope you visit the Cardz 4 Guyz challenge site to see what the rest of the design team created for this special occasion.

Here’s my card:

This absolutely stinking adorable gnome and mushroom stamps and die come from the Kindest Gnome stamp set and Gnome dies, found in the new July – mini-catalog. There’s a whole suite for these gnomes, and they aren’t just for Christmas.

Here’s a look at the suite as shown in the introduction video from Stampin’ UP!

Cuteness Overload, right? Love!

Measurements and Such:

The Evening Evergreen base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
The background DSP measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches. I also trimmed a piece of the coordinating DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. Using the grassy kind of die from the Gnomes die set, I cropped two grassy pieces using the same DSP as the envelope flap.
I used the second and third largest deckled rectangle dies to crop the Evening Evergreen frame.
Then, I used the second largest die to crop the vellum.
The white panel on the inside measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
After stamping the sentiment in Evening Evergreen, I cropped it using the Stylish Shapes dies (an absolute must have, in my opinion). Then, I outlined it using the Evening Evergreen marker.
That’s it for measurements.

Stamping and Coloring:

I stamped both the gnome and the mushroom using Momento Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock.
I stamped the gnome on the inside panel of the card and on the front of the envelope flap. All three gnomes were colored the same way.
HINT: If you are going to use blends on the front of an envelope, make sure you put a piece of cardstock or a post-it note inside the envelope. This will prevent any bleeding of the blends from getting on the back of the envelope.
I used the light and dark Mango Melody blends to color the gnome’s sleeves as well as both windows.
Then, I followed the shading on the Gnome DSP to color the mushroom using the dark and light Soft Suede blends. I also colored the soles of the gnome’s shoes in Soft Suede.
Next, I used the Just Jade blends combo for the mushroom cap. I tried to recreate the dots on the DSP using the color lifter blend.
I used the Old Olive blends combo for the pants, and the outside of the hat. I just used the light blend to color the underside of his hat.
My new favorite skin tone is the SU500 marker in the skin tones set. I used it to color the gnome’s hands, nose and face. Then, I used the color lifter blend to just create a little bit of a light spot on his nose.
The Smoky Slate light blend worked for this cute guy’s beard. I didn’t want to color the whole thing, so I just followed the ink lines from the stamp and outlined the edges.
The last things I colored were his mouth and eyes. I also outlined the soles of his shoes and drew in black lines on the soles.

Assembly:

I used multipurpose liquid glue (my favorite adhesive) to adhere the DSP on the outside and the white cardstock panel on the inside
Then, I added a thin line of liquid glue to the underside of the Evening Evergreen frame, which allowed me to adhere the vellum to the back of the frame. Next, I added another thing line of glue to the vellum to adhere the whole frame to the DSP.
I put dimensionals under the sentiment, mushroom, grassy things, and the gnome, which gives the card depth and dimension.
Finally, I trimmed the DSP on the envelope flap and punched a 1 inch circle from the DSP on the front for my envelope seal.
With that, this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set was complete.

Thank you for stopping by my blog!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

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