Welcome to the new Cardz 4 Galz bi-weekly challenge #202 for today, June 29, 2023. Our host for this time, Helen, chose fun folds for the theme. If you haven’t noticed, I love fun folds! When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the design team created. There’s also a call for new design team members or guest designers for a month (2 challenges). If you are interested, you can find the information there.
I’ll be entering this one in the Creative Creases challenges as well.
Here;s my tri-fold birthday card for my great-niece’s 7th birthday:
I used Debbie Henderson’s video for all the measurements for this card. She used the Countryside Inn suite of products. I used the Bright and Beautiful suite of products along with the deckled rectangle die set. But I, did use her measurements. The only thing I have to do is get the gift card for her present. I will add a pocket on the back of the third panel when I get the card.
NOTE: This card will fit inside a medium white Stampin’ Up! envelope. However, for mailing in the U.S., it will require additional postage (2 stamps will work) in order to be mailed.
Putting the Card Together:
The Bright and Beautiful DSP (designer series paper) is adhered with multipurpose liquid glue, as are the two deckled rectangle pieces.
Add dimensionals under all the balloons and decide where your strings need to be stamped BEFORE you adhere the balloons together.
HINT: I first cropped out the trio of balloons from the die set in black cardstock. That allowed me to adhere the balloons without having to figure out where to place each balloon.
I used the clear Wink of Stella pen to outline the balloons to make the edges more definitive.
Stamp the birthday sentiment using Momento Tuxedo Black on a piece of Bright and Beautiful DSP. Crop using the sentiment label die from the Bright and Beautiful die set.
Outline the die cut using a Basic Black marker.
Adhere a piece of the adhesive foam sheets to a piece of black cardstock.
Crop the black cardstock using the same label die.
Use multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the sentiment DSP panel to the blackcardstock.
Peel off the backing on the adhesive sheet and adhere it to the middle panel of the card.
Use baker’s twine to tie a bow through the hole at the top of the sentiment panel.
I stamped the sentiments on the deckled rectangle pieces using Misty Moonlight after I adhered the balloons.
Trim a piece of Bright and Beautiful DSP to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
Punch another piece of DSP using your 1-inch circle punch for the envelope seal.
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Welcome to InKing Royalty’s Blog Hop! We have created wintry projects to share with you today – snow, sleds and mittens are sure to be found in our lineup. We are excited to share our creations and hope you love them! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
I’ve made and posted a dancing gnomes card before, and you can see that post here.
For this blog, I used the Sun Prints DSP because the gnomes DSP (designer series paper) is out of stock. However, the gnomes dies are still available because they coordinate with a new gnomes stamp set coming up in the mini-catalog that starts in January.
Here’s my first dancing gnomes card:
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The first bottom picture shows how the bottom of the gnome moves. It does swing freely, if you are careful to not let the mechanism underneath get caught on the rest of the gnome.
Once I got started with this guy, I felt like I needed to make more. Here are those cards:
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I stumbled across this dancing gnomes video from Susan Campfield and found out how easy it really is to create this adorable gnomes. You can find her video here. Believe me, her video makes more sense than anything I could write.
Measurements:
All of these measurements come from the Sun Prints DSP card.
The Starry Sky base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
The white cardstock mat measures 5-3/8 by 4-1/8 inches.
I used the largest deckled rectangle die for the Sun Prints DSP.
Next, I cropped white cardstock using a smaller deckled die.
I used two of the DSP patterns to crop the hat and the bottom of the body of the gnome.
The beard and the three pieces for the nose and two hands were cropped from white cardstock.
The white cardstock for the inside of the card measures 5-1/4 inches by 4 inches. I used Starry Sky ink and one of the Framed and Festive sentiments for the inside of the card.
I trimmed another pattern from the Sun Prints DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
Putting the Card Together:
I used the SU1000 natural blend to color the nose and hands.
I used the black blunt end of a black marker to outline the hat and the ties on the feet.
I trimmed a strip of DSP to 1/2 by 1-1/4 inches and then trimmed it in half to create arms. After I trimmed them, I slightly rounded the corners so they wouldn’t be blocky arms.
HINT: When adding the arms, make sure they don’t rub up against the mechanism that allows the gnome legs to swing. I found that if I trimmed the “shoulders” then glued the arms under where the hat attaches, I could minimize the interference.
I cropped the panel behind the gnome from white cardstock. Then, I used a blending brush and Starry Sky ink to color the white cardstock. Then, I attached the gnome using dimensionals.
HINT: Only put one dimensional under the hat and one under each hand. Any more dimensionals will interfere with the swinging legs.
I used some multipurpose liquid glue to adhere a wonderful snowflake to the DSP on the top.
Next, I trimmed another snowflake so that it peeks out from under the bottom of the blended panel.
Before I attached the gnome panel, I wound a combination of the silver mesh and Starry Sky metallic ribbon around the DSP and tied it in a bow.
Then, I added dimensionals to the blended panel and adhered it to the front of the DSP.
I used multipurpose liquid adhesive to attached the DSP to the white cardstock, and the cardstock to the front of the card.
Finally, I trimmed the DSP for the envelope flap, and punched a 1-inch circle for the envelope seal. With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal.
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Welcome to the Make My Monday #184 two-week challenge! Our host this week is also our fearless leader, Caz. She chose autumn flora or fauna, of which I chose autumn flora. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to get inspired by the rest of the design team. I’d love to see what you create posted in our gallery. In the meantime stay safe and craft on.
Here’s my autumn flora card:
Once again, I used the Fond of Autumn bundle of a stamp set and coordinating dies. I usually need to make about 25 Thanksgiving cards and this year is no different. Even though I usually create individual cards for everyone, this year I will be creating eight of each of the cards I’ve already created., including this one. You can see my other cards using this bundle here and here.
One of the reasons I love this bundle is because of the versatile dies for the large stamp! The first die for the large stamp will crop the whole image at once. However, the second die really steals the show, and I used it on this card. The second die will crop the image into four separate pieces, as shown below:
Measurements:
The Old Olive base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 to create a tent fold card.
I used two of the deckled rectangle dies; one for the Crushed Curry DSP (designer series paper) layer and one for the Crumb Cake DSP layer. Both of these deckled rectangles were outlined using the Soft Suede marker.
I also trimmed a piece of the Crumb Cake DSP to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. At this point, I also punched a 1 inch circle from the Crushed Curry layer for the envelope seal. The punched seal is behind the Crumb Cake DSP, so no one will be the wiser.
I cropped the white cardstock for the inside of the card to 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
That’s it for the measurements.
Stamping, Cropping, and Coloring:
First, I stamped the large floral image twice using my Momento Tuxedo Black ink pad. Positioned carefully, you can get both stamped images on one piece of 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inch piece of cardstock. In addition, I stamped the single flower and single acorn from the stamp set on either bottom corner of the inside of the card.
I cropped one of them using the whole outline die. I cropped the second one using the four part die and colored just this one.
The blends I used were the combos for the following colors:
Mossy Meadow for the oak leaves
Old Olive for the smaller leaves
Pumpkin Pie for the berry-looking parts
Bumblebee (retired) for the petals of the flowers
Crumb Cake for the inside of the flowers and the bottom of the acorns
Soft Suede for the tops of the acorns.
I used my Blackberry Bliss marker for the seeds surrounding the center of the flowers.
I stamped the outside sentiment, which comes from a retired stamp set, in Soft Suede and cropped it using a die from Stylish Shapes.
The inside sentiment, Autumn Wishes, comes from the Fond of Autumn stamp set.
I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the inside cardstock, and both of the deckled rectangle layers. Then, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the uncolored large stamp to the Crumb Cake cardstock. This allowed me to perfectly align the 4 pieces of the cropped colored stamped image. I used dimensionals under the colored image and under the sentiment banner, which I outlined with my Pumpkin Pie marker.
Finally, I tied a bunny ears bow and used a glue dot to adhere it on the left of the sentiment.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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Welcome to InKing Royalty’s September Blog Hop! This month’s blog hop is dedicated to leaves. As the weather begins to cool, the leaves begin to change colors and fall from the trees. We are excited to share our creations and hope you love them! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
Here’s my leafy card:
The Fond of Autumn bundle made creating this card super quick!
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 also trimmed a piece of Cajun Craze to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the background of the card.
The white cardstock panel on the inside also measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
The last measurement is for the envelope flap. I used a piece of Old Olive 6 x 6 inch DSP trimmed to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches.
Stamping, and Heat Embossing:
First, I used the large floral/leaf/acorn stamp and Cajun Craze ink to create the background design on the Cajun Craze panel. Since I knew the very center of the panel would be covered, I just worked my way around the outside of the panel. I did rotate the stamp so that the pattern would appear more random..
Then, I used the Cajun Craze marker to outline the panel and added dimensionals to the back of the panel. I also stamped the bottom of the inside white cardstock panel and the bottom of the front of the envelope. Using a piece of scrap white cardstock, I stamped a small section of the leaves and punched out a 1-inch circle for the envelope seal.
I wanted/needed this to be a Thanksgiving card, so I used a (retired) Happy Thanksgiving stamp in Soft Suede for the inside sentiment.
Using a Versamark ink pad, I stamped the same floral/leaf/acorn stamp on white cardstock. In addition, I stamped three of the single leaves. Then, I added black embossing powder and heat set everything.
Coloring with the blends was a bit easier since the edges were all embossed. I used the Old Olive blends combo, as well as the Cajun Craze blends combo..
The acorn just peeks out under the sentiment, and I used the Crumb Cake blends combo for that acorn.
Cropping:
After I finished coloring, I used the detailed die from the bundle. This has to be one of my all-time favorite dies! Just look at the results, which come from another blog post, which you can see here.
For this card, I used the three pieces on the bottom of the first picture. In addition, I had three of the individually cropped leaves, to which I added dimensionals.
Next, I cropped the Soft Suede cardstock label using the Painted Labels die set.
I stamped the sentiment, from the Fond of Autumn stamp set, in Soft Suede and cropped it using a die from the Deckled Rectangles die set (another favorite). To ensure that the sentiment label would pop off the leaves, I outlined it with the Cajun Craze marker and added dimensionals.
Finally, I folded a length of linen thread in half and tied it in a bow. I added it to the Soft Suede cardstock label using a glue dot.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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Welcome to the latest Cardz 4 Guyz two-week challenge! Our host, Jolanda, chose Get a Little Grungy for the theme. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the cards from the rest of the design team. I’d love to see you play along and join the gallery!
Here’s my card, for which I used the Rings of Love DSP:
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Measurements and Such:
This card came together so quickly and, I think, it falls under the easy-peasy category.
The Night of Navy base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
The tree pattern DSP measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
Using the Deckled Rectangle dies, I cropped a piece of Night of Navy and DSP with the second and third largest dies.
I also trimmed a piece of the bird pattern DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. Then, I punched a 1 inch circle from the trees DSP pattern for the envelope seal.
The white inside panel is trimmed to 4 by 5-1/4 inches. I cropped the sentiment panel from a scrap of white cardstock., I stamped the sentiment from the Peaceful Moments stamp set in Night of Navy. Then, I cropped it using one of the deckled rectangle dies.
Distressed Look:
I specifically used the deckled rectangle dies because 1.) I love them, and 2.) they would fit the theme of distressing.
In addition, I outlined all of the pieces on the front of the card using my Stamping Write Markers. I tried not to be careful so that the markers would wind up adding some distress to each piece. I used Soft Suede for the trees DSP. Then, I used Night of Navy for both the cardstock mat and the sentiment panel. Finally, I distressed the birds DSP using Crushed Curry.
Next, I adhered the trees DSP to the base and the birds DSP to the Night of Navy mat.
Then, I cut three lengths of linen thread and wrapped them around the Night of Navy mat and tied them in a square knot. Since the thread is thin, I was able to use multipurpose liquid glue to adhere it to the trees DSP. I purposely adhered that panel just a bit off-center.
I added mini-dimensionals to the back of the sentiment panel and adhered it to the card.
The three yellow dots were added to cover an “oops” on the sentiment panel. I didn’t notice the oops until I tried to take a picture, but I wound up with a smudge of blue ink on the sentiment.
Finally, I stamped the inside panel with another sentiment from Peaceful Moments: You shouldn’t have, but I am glad you did. I’ve learned the hard way that I need to stamp the sentiment before attaching the inside panel to the base of the card.
With that, I’d completed this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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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!
