Welcome to the latest Cardz 4 Guyz two-week challenge. Our host for challenge #305, Deb, chose a distressed theme. When you finish here, I hope you will hop over to the challenge blog site to see the creations from the rest of the design team. Hopefully, our creations will inspire you to play along and post your creation in our gallery!
I used speckled DSP (designer series paper) from the Beauty of the Earth paper and the Gorgeous Leaves cling stamp set for my card. I kind of think anything that’s faded and speckled qualifies as distressed, don’t you?
Here’s my card:
Measurements:
The Cajun Craze base measures 4-1/4 by 11 inches, scored at 5-1/2 inches to create a tent fold card.
I used a piece of the Neutrals 6 x 6 inch DSP for the background mat. It measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches. Then, I punch a one-inch circle of this DSP for the envelope seal.
Next, I trimmed a piece of the Beauty of the Earth DSP to 4 inches by 5-1/4 inches. I also trimmed a piece of the same DSP to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. I used a small piece of the DSP for the front sentiment. The small panel measures 2-7/8 by 7/8 inches. Both the outside and inside sentiment come from the Best Year stamp set.
The white cardstock panel on the inside measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
I used scrap white cardstock for the leaves on the outside.
That’s it for the measurements.
Stamping:
The DSP really does all the work here, and I wanted to let it shine. Therefore, I kept the elements on the front to a minimum.
I used a blending brush and Merry Merlot ink to lightly color a piece of scrap white cardstock.
Next, I used Early Espresso ink and stamped two leaves onto the colored cardstock.
I topped the leaves using the Cajun Craze ink and the small splotches stamp ink from the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set.
Again using Early Espresso ink, I stamped the inside sentiment on the white cardstock.
Then, I used the large splotch stamp and Cajun Craze ink, which I stamped off twice, to stamp over the sentiment. I did this three times, turning the stamp so the pattern would be random.
Using the coordinating die set, I cropped the leaves. I already had the Early Espresso branches cropped.
The only two pieces popped up on dimensionals are the top leaf and the sentiment. I attached everything else using my favorite adhesive, the multipurpose liquid glue.
Finally, I folded a length of linen thread back and forth and tied a knot in the center of the folded thread. Then, I cut the side loops down to size and attached the knot using a couple of glue dots.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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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!
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Welcome to Just Peachy Stamping by Sue Jackson: an independent Stampin' Up demonstrator.
Through Stampin' Up!, I happily share my love of papercrafting through sales, classes, small stamping group meet-ups and workshops. I think that being a teacher in my "real life", I have a unique approach to sharing my fantastic hobby. I look forward to connecting with you!
