Welcome to Make My Monday card challenge # 182! Our host, Dawn, chose a back 2 school theme for this time around. When you are finished here, I hope you will visit the challenge website and see what the rest of the design team members created. I can’t wait to see your interpretation of our challenge, especially since mine needs some explaining!
Here’s my card:
Here’s my explanation on why this card goes with back 2 school:
Two years ago, during the summer of COVID, my daughter moved to Northern California in wine country to teach there. About a month ago, she moved from gorgeous wine country to San Francisco to start a new teaching position there. She’s always loved that city, and is thrilled with this new adventure. I created this card for her to celebrate her start of a new school year in a new city. So, you see, this card is for her own back 2 school.
Easy Peasy Card:
It took me longer to decide which colors to use than it did to create this clean-and-simple card. I simply let the DSP (designer series paper) do all the work. I didn’t even add any bling because I wanted the card to be all about the DSP.
The Merry Merlot base measures 4-1/4 by 11 inches, scored at 5-1/2 inches to create a tent card.
I used this stunning piece of DSP, which I trimmed down to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
Next, I trimmed a coordinating piece of the DSP to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. Then, I punched a 1-inch circle of DSP for the envelope seal, which I ran through my XYRON create-a-sticker.
I trimmed the white cardstock for the inside of the card to 5-1/4 by 4 inches and used a scrap piece for the sentiment banner.
Both sentiments come from the Color and Contour photopolymer stamp set, as does the floral spray I used for the inside and the front of the envelope. I stamped the sentiments and outlines for the floral sprays using Merry Merlot ink. Then, I stamped the flowers using Polished Pink ink.
After cropping the front sentiment using the smallest deckled rectangle die, I added mini-dimensionals on the underside of it. I wanted to have the sentiment rectangle stand out from the white parts of the background. Therefore, I outlined it using my Granny Apple Green Stamping Write Marker.
I wrapped a length of Polished Pink open-weave ribbon around the DSP and tie it in a bow.
Then, I adhered the sentiment over the ribbon.
Finally, I adhered the front and inside panels of the card using multipurpose liquid adhesive.
With that, I’d finished this quick and easy, clean and simple coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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Welcome to another Cardz 4 Galz biweekly challenge! Caz chose the theme for challenge # 159 and picked Clean and Simple. When you are done here, I hope you will hop over to the challenge blog to check out the cards from all the other design team members. There’s a great deal of inspiration all on one post!
I’m a bit late, which seems to be the theme of my life this week, but here’s my card:
I only used Misty Moonlight and white cardstock for this card to keep it clean and, hopefully, simple.
Measurements and Such:
The Misty Moonlight base measures 4-1/4 inches by 11 inches and scored at 5-1/2 inches to create a tent card.
I used a scrap piece of white cardstock and a blending brush to create the Misty Moonlight circle.
The white cardstock for the top of the card started out as 4-1/4 inches by 5-1/2 inches. I didn’t trim it down to 4 inches by 5-1/4 inches until after I ran it through my Cut and Emboss machine using the pine needles 3D folder from the Wintry duo. This folder will fit in the mini Cut and Emboss, so I did have to run it through twice. Since it is a 3D folder, it’s better to wait until after the cardstock is embossed to trim it. I used dimensionals to raise up this layer.
While I was embossing, I also embossed the envelope flap.
The Christmas tree comes from the Whimsy and Wonder suite collection. There are two layers to the tree because I wound up with a happy accident. After cropping the first white tree, I thought it would be a good idea to color the whole tree with clear Wink of Stella. However, it was not such a good idea at all. That’s when I decided to crop another tree using the glossy white cardstock. I did purposely offset the top tree just a tiny bit to allow some of the Wink of Stella to show.
The sentiment also comes from the Whimsy and Wonder suite I stamped it in Misty Moonlight then very quickly added clear embossing powder. Then I use my heat tool to set it, then outlined the trimmed cardstock.
Next, I wrapped a piece of ribbon around the top layer and tied it in a simple square knot.
Three basic pearls finished the card off.
The Inside:
Here’s the inside, which is as clean and simple as the front:
As always, the inside cardstock measures 4 inches by 5-1/4 inches.
Both the sentiment and the tree can also be found in the Whimsy and Wonder suite collection.
I stamped off Misty Moonlight ink before stamping the tree. Then, I used a full inking for the little lights stamp.
Finally, I used the clear Wink of Stella to add a bit of bling on each of the lights on the tree.
I repeated the tree process on the front bottom left-hand corner of the envelope.
Tada! Done! I may be biased, but I think it turned out beautifully!
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I’m sure that, for so many of us, the weeks are just flying by. Aren’t there days when you just don’t want to wear a mask for another whole day? I know there are for me. I’ve realized something in the past week or so: teachers rely heavily on lip-reading, and masks just complicate things exponentially.
Anyway, the theme for Cardz 4 Guyz #255 is to create a clean and simple card. Sometimes that’s easier said than done. I started going through the blogs of various challenges looking for inspiration to hit, and I found it in the sketch challenge for CAS(E) This Sketch #392 and the colors for Fab Friday 198.
Here’s my CAS masculine card for the C4G design team and the two other inspiration challenges:
Here are the challenge banners:
CAS is the Key for This Week
I really had to hold myself back from running the front of the Gray Granite base through the Subtle embossing folder. The only thing that held me in check was that I knew I already had enough dimension since I popped up the focal banner on dimensionals as well as the sentiment.
Measurements and Embossing
The base is a standard A2 card, so it measures 5-1/2 inches by 8-1/5 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
I trimmed a piece of Misty Moonlight to 4-1/4 inches by 3 inches to use it as the base of the focal image.
Next, I trimmed the Bumblebee cardstock to 4-1/8 inches by 2-7/8 inches for the middle mat. This seemed about the best way to incorporate the Bumbleebee color in my CAS masculine card.
The top Seaside Spray cardstock measures 4-1/8 inches by 2-3/4 inches.
I used a piece of scrap white cardstock for the sentiment and punched it out with the classic label punch.
While I had the white cardstock out, I trimmed a piece for the inside of the card to 4 inches by 5-1/4 inches.
Rooted in Nature
Rooted in Nature seemed to go along with the sketch from CTS, and the tree, inside and outside sentiments come from that set.
After carefully figuring out placement of the Misty Moonlight ribbon and the sentiment, I decided where the tree needed to be stamped.
Let the trial and error begin …
I knew I needed to use the Stamp-aratus, and that turned out to be the best decision while creating this card. After rubbing the cardstock with my embossing buddy, I stamped the tree using VersaMark three times.
Next, I covered the image with Smoky Slate embossing powder and then heat set it. That’s when I realized there wasn’t enough of a contrast between the Smoky Slate embossing powder and the Seaside Spray.
When at First You Don’t Succeed…….
Back to the Stamp-aratus for the next try. Again, thankfully I used it so I could easily line up the cardstock in the proper position. Don’t forget to use the embossing buddy now as well. This time I stamped the tree in Smoky Slate right on top of the heat set embossing powder. I did that four or five times trying to get some contrast to show up. Then, I covered the image with clear embossing powder and heat set the image again.
While there are places on the tree where the Smoky Slate shows through for some added depth, I still wasn’t really happy. I grabbed the Smoky Slate marker and started coloring over the tree. Imagine my delight when I realized that the marker added another element of depth by filling in all the negative space in the tree. I liked the effect so much, I outlined the whole tree with the marker as well.
Then, I placed a piece of the Misty Moonlight ribbon on the front. I secured the ends on the back of the focal panel using glue dots.
After placing dimensionals on the back of the focal panel and the sentiment, I put everything together.
The inside sentiment, again from Rooted in Nature, simply says “to thank you for all you do”.
With that, I’d finished this card for the Cardz 4 Guyz CAS design team, and the two challenges.
Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful week. I can’t wait to see your CAS masculine cards on our challenge page!
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About Me
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!
