Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #240. Our host for this challenge, Dawn, chose Stitching, Faux or Real for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Here are three of my recent Christmas cards with faux stitching:
The first card was made using the Frozen Edges die, retired Balmy Blue and white ribbon, and the snowflake stamp from the Frozen Edges stamp set, which has become unavailable. However, there are other stamp sets with snowflakes, so all is well. Life is good.
The Balmy Blue base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
The white cardstock for the outside measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8
The white cardstock for the inside measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
The snowflake edge is from Balmy Blue measuring 5-3/8 inches high
HINT: It’s much, much easier to trim the paper before you crop the edges because trying to trim the paper after it’s cropped tends to rip the ends ~ trust me
After rubbing down the outside cardstock with your embossing buddy, randomly stamp the snowflakes on the cardstock using VersaMark ink
Cover the snowflakes with clear embossing powder and heat set with your heat tool
My snowflakes have a light blue tint because I made a mess with Night of Navy ink, but I think it turned out to be a happy accident
After rubbing down a scrap piece of Balmy Blue with the embossing buddy, stamp the sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamp set using VersaMark ink
Cover the sentiment with white embossing powder and set with a heat tool
Crop the sentiment using the largest square from the Stylish Shapes die set
Add dimensionals under the sentiment square to adhere to the front of the card
I stamped snowflakes on the envelope flap
All in all, a simple layout which creates an elegant Christmas card
The second and third cards come from Karen Titus of Stamping on the Back Porch. You can find that video tutorial here.
I’ve already posted two sets of cards using this layout, which you can find here, here, and here. I love that one 6 x 6 inch piece of DSP can be used on 4 cards.
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Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #239. Our host for this challenge, Tee, chose Food or Drink for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Here’s my coffee card:
You might recognize this layout from two previous Christmas cards. You can see those cards here and here.
Even though Karen Titus, from Stamping on the Back Porch, posted the directions for this card, I only found it a few months ago. Using her template, its a relatively easy way to mass produce some cards. You can find the link to her post here, and the template is shown below. I only made one card for this challenge, but I have the papers necessary to make 3 more quickly.
Measurements:
The Lost Lagoon base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
The swirl DSP (designer series paper) measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
I cropped the inside of the coffee cup from the piece of the swirl DSP that would be covered by the coffee bean DSP
To create the mat for the coffee bean DSP, I adhered the DSP to the Lost Lagoon cardstock, then trimmed a border on the two inside edges
Trim a piece of DSP for the envelope flap to 6 by 2-1/2 inches
Punch a 1-inch hole of coordinating DSP and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal
I used scraps for the sentiment panel and Pecan Pie coffee cups
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside of the card
You need another piece of white cardstock for the coffee cup
Stamping, Coloring, & Cropping:
Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere pieces of the card together
Use Momento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the coffee cup
Color the cup using the Lost Lagoon blends combo
Stamp the outside and inside sentiments using Lost Lagoon ink
Crop the cup using the Latte Love dies
Crop the two little coffee cups from Pecan Pie cardstock scraps
Use the dark Pecan Pie blend to color the inside and bottom edge of the little cups
Use Pecan Pie ink to stamp the blotch on each coffee cup
Crop the sentiment using a deckled rectangle die and outline it using a Pecan Pie Stamping Write Marker
Using the coffee ring stamp and Pecan Pie ink, randomly stamp the rings on the bottom of the white cardstock for the inside panel of the card
Adhere the cardstock and DSP layers together, including the inside white cardstock
Add dimensionals to the back of the sentiment and adhere to the coffee bean DSP
Add dimensionals to the back of the large coffee cup and adhere so it overlaps the sentiment
Add one mini-dimensional to the back of each little coffee cup and adhere
Add 5 ribboned Pecan Pie dots to the angled top of the coffee bean DSP
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set
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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!
