S is for …Seagulls, Sunday Stamps #356, and Cardz 4 Guyz # 348
Welcome to the Cardz 4 Guyz #368 challenge! Pamela, our host this challenge, chose S is for ….. for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the 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 combined this C4G challenge with the SSC356 challenge for my card.
Here’s what I created:
Here’s the Sunday Stamps Challenge Sketch:
I used Boho Blue & Pebbled Path cardstock and blends combos for this card as my main colors, with a pop of Pumpkin Pie color for the beaks and feet. These adorable Friendly Seagulls are from the Sale-a-Bration promotion which ended at the end of February. As with everyone, life happened, and this is the first time I was able to play with this set.
My daughter is coming home from San Francisco for her school’s Spring Break in two weeks. To say I am thrilled to see her in an understatement!
What I Did:
- The Pebbled Path base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches to create a tent fold card
- I knew I wanted a piece of ribbon around the front of the card, I needed to trim another piece of Pebbled Path cardstock to 5-3/8 by 4-1/8 inches
- you can’t see it because it is covered by Boho Blue cardstock, but it does allow the ribbon ends to be hidden
- I dry-embossed a piece of Boho Blue cardstock using the So Swirly embossing folder,
- I trimmed it down to two pieces: 5-3/8 by 3-7/8 inches and 5-3/8 by 1-1/4 inches
- The gap I created between the two pieces of cardstock allowed me to adhere the ribbon flat between the pieces and helped me follow the sketch
- I trimmed it down to two pieces: 5-3/8 by 3-7/8 inches and 5-3/8 by 1-1/4 inches
- I colored a length of the white diagonal ribbon using the dark Pebbled Path blend
- This has become one of my favorite things to do with white ribbon because I can use any dark blend color I need to coordinate with my card colors
- I used small pieces of tear-&-tape to adhere the ends of the ribbon behind the front layer
- I trimmed a piece of the 2023-2025 6 x 6 inch InColor Boho Blue DSP (designer series paper) to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
- Then, I punched a 1-inch circle of Pebbled Path DSP and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal
- Stamp the seagulls using Tuxedo Black ink and crop using circles from the Stylish Shapes die set
- I colored the wings using the light and dark Pebbled Path blends for all three seagulls
- I colored the beaks using the dark Pumpkin Pie blend
- I first colored the french fries using the dark Lemon Lolly blend and added a layer of light Pumpkin Pie blend
- The white cardstock on the inside measures 5-1/4 by 4 inches
- Since the embossed sentiment will resist the color of the inked shells, I stamped it in VersaMark ink, added the white embossing powder and heat set it
- When I stamped the seashells on the cropped sentiment banner, I added some shells on the inside of the card as well
- While it may look like a totally followed the circle theme of the sketch for the inside, I didn’t start out to do that
- I needed to cover a smudge of black ink, so I cropped a circle using the Stylish Shapes dies, trimmed it to fit, re-stamped and colored the seagull and fries
- With the exception of the top seagull circle and the sentiment banner on the front, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the pieces of the card together
- After adding the irregular river stones (from the Otterly Amazing suite) to the front of the card, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set
