The TGIF Challenge #244 and the Freshly Made Sketches #416 challenges worked together perfectly for my New Year’s card. I combined some retired SU! products with Night of Navy cardstock and ink, silver foil, and the Everything Festive stamp set from the holiday catalog for this card. The TGIF challenge gave me the ideas for the foil, and Freshly Made Sketches provided the layout. Score!
Here’s my card:
Here are the challenge banners:
Retired Items
The specialty DSP on the front cover is from the 2018 SAB catalog. I used the last sheet on the right, and here’s an image of this retired paper:
I can almost hear you thinking that none of these sheets have Night of Navy background. The gorgeous thing about these DSP sheets is that the background will take color easily. Therefore, I used a brayer and coated the DSP with Night of Navy ink and then wiped it off for a flawless finish.
A little hint – I tried doing the same thing on the foil side of the First Frost paper. However, it didn’t work well at all.
While I don’t have the Celebrate You thinlits any more. Before I sold them almost a year ago, I did have the forethought to crop “Celebrate” out of silver foil, so I had a few sentiments ready to use. In order to have the sentiment stand out from the foil DSP, I backed it with vellum cardstock, which is current. Hiding the adhesive was pretty easy once I used the Tombow liquid adhesive on the sentiment. After attaching the sentiment to the vellum, I placed glue behind the sentiment to adhere the vellum to the DSP. I needed to get the corners adhered, so I used the retired metallic stars.
Both Challenges are Still Open.
If you decide to play along with one or both of the challenges, I’d love to see what you create! Have fun, use pretty foils, follow the fresh and clean sketch, and celebrate 2020!
As always,
Thank you so very much for stopping by my blog today. I appreciate your the time you take to read, and comment, on my blog.
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
Sale-a-Bration is Almost Here!
Contemplating placing an order today? Of course you are, especially because the new Stamping Trimmer is now available! If you don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, I would be honored to work with you. Please contact me or visit my shop to order the supplies for this card.
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The theme for the Paper Pumpkin in January, 2020 is “I’ll Bee Yours” and is available to order between now and January 10, 2020. Here’s a sneak peek:
The adorable bee coordinates with a Honey Bee stamp set and dies, which are available on January 2nd!
Sale-a-Bration starts in just a few days! I’ve been able to pre-order and have already earned The Gang’s All Meer stamp set, the Golden Honey DSP, and the metallic ribbon and sequins. Woo-Hoo! Images for each follow:
The Gang’s all Meer, free with a $50 order!
Golden Honey DSP, free during SAB with a $50 order!
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s October Blog Hop! This year’s Blog Hop themes are inspired by a single word – and this month our projects are centered around SPOOKY. With Halloween just around the corner, we are excited to share our spooky, fun projects with our neighbors, coworkers and family – and we’re excited to share our creations with you today! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
But First……Color Throwdown #564 Quickly
One of the challenges I really enjoy is the Color Throwdown challenge. It’s even better when I can pair it with a sketch challenge, in this case the Fusion card challenge. Last night I was over the top honored, floored, bewildered, surprised, and awestruck that my card was chosen for this week’s Color Throwdown featured stamper. What?!?!? I earned a place as the guest stamper on the October 23 challenge, and I am so honored. You can see that card here.
Spooky??
I have to admit I didn’t think I would be able to create a card worthy of this blog hop since I didn’t purchase anything specifically for Halloween. Therefore, I had to get very creative with what I already had in my possession.
I’ve used the pumpkin from Harvest Hellos quite a lot for Thanksgiving cards. At least I had a pumpkin, and a Jack-o-Lantern face from that set. While looking for a sentiment, I came across my Everything Festive stamp set.
Here’s my card:
A Spooky Card was Born
I gathered the cardstock and DSP colors I thought I would use and got busy….. having so much fun! The bottom base is Basic Black cardstock, with a layer of the Gorgeous Grape gingham from the Brights DSP pack. SincemI knew this card really wanted to be a collage, I knew I needed to leave some open space. When I started putting pieces together, I decided to use a Stamping Write Basic Black marker to color just the bats from the sentiment. This card really needed something subtle, so I stamped the two bats four or five times before recoloring the stamp. I didn’t want a pattern for the bats, so all my stamping needed to remain random.
The Stamparatus really saved me when I stamped the sentiment. With that stamping done, I cropped both the Whisper White and Gorgeous Grape using the ovals from the Stitched Shapes die set. I also used it for the Jack-o-Lantern face on my colored pumpkin and I am so happy I did that. Because of the coloring with the light and dark Pumpkin Pie blends, I really needed a dark face so it would pop. Using the Stamparatus allowed me to have the face as dark as I wanted and still be perfectly lined up.
The punch from the Harvest Hellos bundle saved me from fussy cutting. I used the Shaded Spruce DSP for the stem and leaf, then outlined each with the black marker.
Let the (Messy) Fun Begin!
When I started dry-fitting all my pieces together, I just knew something was missing. I stamped and cropped two of the pumpkin sets from the Gather Together bundle and placed them behind my cute as a button focal pumpkin. I still wasn’t satisfied, and thought about adding a black mat. This did get me closer to a spooky look, but plain black cardstock didn’t seem right.
Therefore, I used the splatter stamp from Gather Together and some of the silver ink and splattered the whole piece of cardstock. It still didn’t it look cute and spooky, so I went another step further.
Wink of Stella added the sparkle I really wanted. I made sure the brush end had a full load of the glitter ink, and started tapping away to create a really sparkly black base without having to use glitter (which is not really allowed in my blue/craft room). I continued to load the brush and tap/splatter until I had an abundance of sparkle on the black. LOVE!
I really though I moved all of the other card elements out of the way before I started splattering. However, the stray splatters of Wink of Stella all over the other pieces indicated I did not succeed in moving them out of the splatter zone.
Finishing Touches
Once again, I dry-fit all of my pieces,and tied a square knot in the ribbon, then popped up the pumpkin and the sentiment using dimensionals. After I adhered all the pieces down, I decided another little touch needed to be added. I grabbed my dark Basic Black blend and colored three of the smallest epoxy droplets, waited for them to dy, and placed them within the collage so they made sense.
I created a coordinating envelope using a piece of the Gorgeous Grape DSP on the flap and stamped pumkins and bat on the front. With that, I’d completed my spooky card without anything specifically purchased for Halloween. Yeah!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Linda Krueger at the Stamp Coach. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!
At first glance, Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo on the challenge banner appear bright and almost as if the brightness with these two colors will clash. Since Basic Black gives the eyes some place to rest, it fits with these colors very well.
However, it soon becomes apparent that this is a fabulous color combination with loads of potential!
Here’s the challenge banner:
Here’s the birthday card I created:
The Stamparatus is the Star for this Card
I already had all the pieces cut and happily residing in my “scrap” 8×8 page protectors, one for each SU color of course. I even found the much punched out (6 circles are punched in the paper) bottom Basic Black layer in one of the “scrap” page protectors. The Whisper White frame came from the white “scrap” page protector already cropped to size. My only real dilemma was to figure out what to do with all the pieces.
I decided to try to create a birthday card using these colors because I thought they would just create a fun, happy card.The sentiment fitting inside the frame also steered me to a birthday card, so I decided to use the Amazing Life photopolymer stamp set for everything on the front. I needed to figure out how to get the sentiment perfectly dark enough since I’d previously run the Melon Mambo through the Big Shot using the Subtle embossing folder, . Enter the wonder tool, the Stamparatus!
Truly, this tool needs to be on your must have list if you don’t already have it. It’s so wonderfully easy to get beautiful results no matter how many times an item needs to be stamped. In this case, I lined up what I needed, picked up the sentiment stamp, and then stamped and reinked three times. The result is a perfectly dark, legible sentiment. Who wouldn’t love that?!?
Next, I lined up the birthday cake on the frame. I decided to use the Stamparatus again just in case it needed to be restamped. I was daring and stamped “Happy Birthday” straight onto the frame. Instead of using the blends to color the decorations on each layer, I used the blunt end of the Stamping Write markers.. I simply alternated the colors on the layers, including the candle and flame.
Finishing Touches
After stamping and coloring, I just needed to assemble the pieces. I decided I really wanted a clean birthday card and just let the stamps and colors do all the work. I used the Picture Perfect stamp set to stamp “happiest of birthdays to you” and confetti in Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo on the inside. With that, I’d finished the card.
As always, I created a coordinating envelope by using a piece of the Melon Mambo DSP from the 6×6 Brights Collection.
With that, I’d finished my card and coordinating envelope. Easy peasy! Very, very easy peasy!
I hope you find inspiration in this color challenge as well. It closes on 10.24.2019, so pop on over to http://fabfridaystampinchallenge.blogspot.com/, see the design team’s cards and all the entries. I’d love to see what you create!
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. A big thanks, in advance, for taking the time to leave a comment.
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
If you don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, I would be honored to work with you. Please contact me or visit my shop to order the supplies for this card.
If you are ordering $150 or more, please contact me first so you earn all the Stamping Rewards for your order.
If you are ordering less than $150, please use the host code, 49KJF94R when prompted. I use the combined rewards for gifts for customers.
Supplies
Brights DSP, item # 149613
Amazing Life stamp set, item # 148750
Everything Festive stamp set, item # 150566
Stamparatus, item # 146276
Whisper White cardstock, item # 100730
Melong Mambo cardstock, item # 115320
Pumpkin Pie cardstock, item # 105117
Stitched Rectangles die set, item # 148551
Subtle 3D embossing folder, item # 151775
Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad, item # 149617
Medium Whisper White envelopes, item # 107301132708
Tombow Liquid Adhesive (my fav!!), item # 110755
Paper Pumpkin Specials
I am super excited about the October and November Paper Pumpkin coordinating kits! I recieved the shipment notification email for my October kit today. It’s on it’s way!! One kit is for cards, the other for coordinating gift tags. So excited! In order to recieve the November kit, you will need to sign up by November 10th. Here’s the link for you to sign up for these kits as well: https://www.paperpumpkin.com/en-us/sign-up/?demoid=2155072
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!
