Shades of Blue for C4G # 276
Welcome to another Cardz 4 Guyz challenge! Dawn chose “shades of blue” for the theme for #276. I hope you will pop over to the C4G blog to see what the rest of the design team created as well!
Here’s my card:
This card falls into the easy-peasy category when using the Stamparatus. I can’t imagine trying to do this card without that tool.
Measurements:
- The Night of Navy base of the card started out measuring 5-1/2 inches by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
- Next, I trimmed off 1-1/4 inches from the top, outside part of the card.
- The white cardstock on the front measures 5-3/8 inches by 2-7/8 inches.
- The white cardstock on the inside panel measures 4-1/8 inches by 5-3//8 inches.
- The DSP panel for the inside of the card measures 4-1/8 inches by 1-1/2 inches.
- I also trimmed a piece of the DSP to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. Since I have a tendency to put the envelope DSP pieces away, I adhered it to the envelope flap as soon as I trimmed it down.
- At the same time, I punched a 1 inch circle of coordinating DSP and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker machine for the envelope seal.
Stamparatus for the Win!
- I used the Biggest Wish photopolymer stamp set from the annual catalog for the sentiment words.
- First, I used a piece of printer paper trimmed to the same size as the white cardstock on the front. That way I could make sure that I wouldn’t wind up with half a sentiment. I could also make sure that I had almost the same white space at the top and bottom of the front of the card.
- Using the second plate of the Stamparatus, I placed “happy” where I wanted it to be stamped, and tried it out on the copy paper. Success! On to the white cardstock!
- I first stamped all the Balmy Blue “BIRTHDAY” sentiments going down the front of the white cardstock. To accomplish this, I simply moved the Stamparatus plate down one notch and restamped four more times.
- Then, I stamped the Night of Navy “happy” using the same process of moving the plate down one notch after each stamping.
- That’s it! The result looks so cool!
Finishing Up:
- Next, I adhered the DSP panel to the right side of the white cardstock for the inside. At first, I thought I would have the stripes line up vertically. However, the vertical stripes with the horizontal lines of the sentiments did not look good at all together. Once I changed the stripes to horizontal. everything on the front of the card flowed nicely.
- Since I adhered the DSP first, I was able to pick out a birthday sentiment that would fit on the remaining white panel. I chose “wishing you your BEST year yet” from the Best Year stamp set, also in the annual catalog. I used the Night of Navy ink pad for the inside sentiment.
- That’s it. This card came together very quickly. It just might become my go-to card layout when I need something fast!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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| ITEM | PAGE | DESCRIPTION | PRICE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 155841 | 130 | BEAUTY OF THE EARTH 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER | $9.78 USD | 13.39 $ CAD |
| 155696 | 131 | BLOOM WHERE YOU’RE PLANTED 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER | $9.78 USD | 13.39 $ CAD |
| 155499 | 131 | HAND-PENNED 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER | $9.78 USD | 13.39 $ CAD |
| 152494 | 132 | IN GOOD TASTE 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER | $17.85 USD | 24.65 $ CAD |
| 155817 | 132 | IN THE WILD 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER | $9.78 USD | 13.39 $ CAD |
| 155807 | 132 | PANSY PETALS 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER | $9.78 USD | 13.39 $ CAD |
| 155605 | 133 | SWEET SYMMETRY 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER | $9.78 USD | 13.39 $ CAD |
| 155718 | 133 | TIDINGS OF CHRISTMAS 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER | $9.78 USD | 13.39 $ CAD |
| 155686 | 134 | YOU’RE A PEACH 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER | $9.78 USD | 13.39 $ CAD |
It’s Almost Time for the Mini-Catalog and Sale-a-Bration launch!
I can’t begin to tell you how excited I was to see the new Mini-Catalog and Sale-a-Bration catalogs! Both catalogs go live on Tuesday, August 3rd! While I can’t show you the inside pages YET, I can share a card I made for a future blog post!
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