Oct 20, 2019 | Color Throwdown |
Feels like Frost DSP
This paper is absolutely stunning! One side of each 6″ x 6″ sheet has a gorgeous winter photo, the other side has different silver patterns on Whisper White. Both sides are fabulous. Here’s the photo from the SU! holiday catalog:
Click on the image in order to view it in all its glory! Small pictures don’t do it justice.
The paper is so gorgeous, it does all the work on this easy-peasy card, while meeting the ctd565 challenge: lavendar, grey, and black.
Here’s my card:
The DSP Does All the Work
I really did not want to cover up this gorgeous print. The Stampin Up! colors in this print are Purple Posy, Highland Heather, and Smoky Slate.
The sentiment is from the retired, but permanent stamp set on my shelves, Watercolor Christmas. I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black on vellum cardstock. It’s been quite a while since I had any luck using embossing powder, but I wanted to try for this card. Therefore, I used my embossing buddy on the vellum before I stamped the sentiment. While still wet, I covered the sentiment with clear embossing powder. I wasn’t sure how it would come out, but it worked. Score! I did need to use the heat gun from the top and bottom to help keep the vellum from warping. The embossing doesn’t show up well on the photo, but it does in person.
I cropped both the vellum and Purple Posy cardstock layer using the Layered Circles die set. Since there wasn’t a way to easily hide the adhesive behind the sentiment, I used a make-up wedge to spread Tombow liquid adhesive over the whole Purple Posy cardstock layer. Since the whole circle is covered with adhesive, it doesn’t show through. Next, I ran a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock through the Big Shot in the Subtles embossing folder, turned the paper 90 degrees and ran it through again. This gave the cardstock a hatched appearance. I used the Layered Circles die set for this circle as well.
Finishing Touches
Next, I matted the DSP on Basic Black cardstock to both coordinate with the sentiment and to provide a real pop against the DSP.
Finally, I tied a pieces of the black glittered organdy ribbon around the base/DSP, popped up the sentiment on dimensionals and attached it down. I used a piece of the DSP on the envelope flap, and I was done.
Easy-peasy!
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
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Supplies
Feels Like Frost 6″ x 6″ Specialty DSP, item # 15044
Whisper White cardstock, item # 100730
Smoky Slate cardstock, item # 131202
Purple Posy cardstock, item # 150881
Basic Black cardstock, item # 121045
Subtle 3D embossing folder, item # 151775
Layering Circles die set, item # 141075
Glittered Organdy Ribbon, item # 147897
Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad, item # 149617
Embossing Buddy, item # 103083
Stampin’ Emboss powder clear, item # 109130
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 my October Paper Pumpkin card kit on Friday!! The November kit will be the 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
Oct 16, 2019 | InKing Royalty Blog Hop, Uncategorized |
Welcome to Spooky!
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!
Have a Peachy day!
Sue
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Ann Murray at Murray Stamps Ink
- Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
- Kelly Kent at My Papercraft Journey
- Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Sheryl Abernathy at Elegant Sentiments
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Linda Krueger at The Stamp Coach