Mar 31, 2019 | CAS on Friday, Global Design Project |
Global Design Project and CAS on Friday # 154
Under the wire yet again for GDP#182, but I have time for CAS. I completed this card earlier today, but needed to do lesson plans before I could do a blog post. So, here I am on Sunday night, again, trying to get this card submitted.
Animal Expedition
I just love this bundle and I am praying it carries over into the new catalog in June. Fingers are really crossed for this! I started, and completed, a completely different card – different DSP, stamps, vellum, whole different card.
Somehow, and I have no clue how, I stumbled on the CAS on Friday challenge for a clean and simple baby card. I needed a baby card, I really liked the GDP sketch, and I love this stamp set.
Here are the challenge links:

Here’s my card:

The GDP inspiration is evident, at least I hope so. My focal point is larger than the challenge, but the sentiment is under that adorable kangaroo and koala bear. Have I said how much I love this Animal Expedition suite?!! You can just see the giraffe and frog on the front of the envelope, and I did the same thing on the inside of the card.
I really think the sentiment, Welcome Little One, fits the kangaroo and koala perfectly. I really took a chance on stamping these three stamps without the use of my Stamp-a-ma-Jig or Stamparatus, but I did. Quite happily, it all worked out perfectly. I doubt I would be able to get it all lined up again, though. I used dimensions to pop up the sentiment on the Pretty Label Punch, and the kangaroo above it.
While I used Stamping Blends to color the kangaroo and koala, I knew they would bleed through the envelope and inside of the card. Therefore, I used Stamping Write Markers for those adorable elements.
Thanks for stopping by!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
Feb 28, 2019 | The Paper Players |
Have to Love a Two-fer!
Stamp, ink, Paper # 188 challenge is to use a favorite stamp set, ink, and paper. Easy choice – Animal Expedition Suite, which I absolutely love. Paper Players # 430 is a sketch challenge, and it really fit this suite.
Here are the challenge icons:

So much fun to create this card! Here it is:

How could you not love this suite?
The colors in this suite are just as wonderful as the stamp and die bundle. The pattern on the background DSP includes Lemon Lime Twist and Pool Party, which impacted the colors I featured on this card. The Pool Party cardstock was run through the Big Shot using the Subtle TIEF. Crossing my fingers and toes that this TIEF carries over! A different patter of the DSP was layered on the cardstock. I used a third DSP pattern for the horizontal strip of paper.
Now, the fun and relaxing coloring part. I stamped a rhino on a piece of Whisper White and then used the Stitched Shapes square to crop it out. As usual, I used a marker to enhance the stitches in the ditch, in this case I used Lemon Lime Twist.
Next, I stamped another rhino and cropped it using the Animal Outing thinlits. I originally colored the rhino with the Basic Black light and dark blends. I also colored the bird, but used Stamping Write markers along with the Lemon Lime Twist blends. After adhering mini-dimensionals to the back of the rhino, I layered it directly on top of the originally stamped rhino. Then I added the sentiment and had to just use my trimmer to get a size that would fit on the already layered card.
Too Dark
After finishing the card, I let it sit overnight. When I came back the following night, I decided I colored the rhino using the wrong blends. So, I again stamped and cropped it and started coloring again but used the Basic Grey blends. What a difference! Then I carefully layered the new rhino directly over the too dark rhino.
Here’s a close-up of the dimension I achieved with the mini-dimensionals and the two layers of rhinos:

I especially like the shadows created by the popped up rhinos and am glad I stamped a rhino on the underlying mat.
Finally, I used yet another DSP pattern to decorate the envelope flap. For the front of the envelope, which you can’t see, I stamped the giraffe from this adorable stamp set.
Now, I am happy.
Thank you for stopping by today. This two-fer was fun to create.
Have a Peachy day!
Sue