Welcome back to the bi-weekly Cardz 4 Galz challenge #263. Caz, our fearless leader and host for this bi-weekly challenge, chose Build Me a Snowman for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
When starting this card, I realized I don’t have any snowmen stamp sets left. I found oodles of snowmen cards on Pinterest, and then just really went with the flow. It took me a few attempts at different versions of snowmen, but then I settled on this one.
Here’s my snowman card:
So much of this card was made with retired products, but I hope you find some inspiration when creating your own snowman.
The Balmy Blue base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
The Basic Black mat measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
The snowfall vellum piece measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside of the card.
The retired products used:
The background vellum was in my stash of DSP that I’ve trimmed down to 6 x 6 inches
Three circle punches
The “arms” are from a retired leaves
punch, which also is good for making antlers
The top of the hat is a retired label punch, trimmed down to size
I love the black matte dots, but they’ve been retired for a few years
I tried punching little circles using a hand-held hole punch but I didn’t like the flat look of them
The layers of “snow” were cropped from flocked cardstock using one of the Basic Borders dies
I used a stamp from the Banner Year stamp set for the sentiment
The current products used:
The carrot nose is actually the mushroom stem from the Terrific Toadstools punch – isn’t it fabulous?
I cropped the sentiment label using the Everyday Arches die set
The VersaMark ink used to stamp the sentiment and the WOW! basic embossing powder was set with my heat tool
While the pattern for the Balmy Blue 6 x 6 Subtles DSP is retired, the current DSP is available
The Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Basic White, and Pumpkin Pie cardstock are current
The black Stamping Write marker for the mouth is current
I used dimensionals and multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the pieces
My intent was for the liquid glue to be the same size as the falling “snow” but they spread
I’m thinking about going back and using the Wink of Stella glitter brush on my oops marks of glue – I’ll update this post if I do it and if it works
Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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Here’s a look at the two new kits available:
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DETAILS – Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs – Folded card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (14 x 10.8 cm) – Colors: Basic Beige, gold, Gray Granite, Lost Lagoon, Night of Navy, Petal Pink – Also available in French
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DETAILS – Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs – Folded card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (14 x 10.8 cm) – Colors: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Pecan Pie, Petal Pink, Poppy Parade, Pretty Peacock, Timid Tiger – Sentiments printed in English, French, and German
Kit includes one of each item listed below. – Step-by-step instructions – 9 printed envelopes – Vellum – Adhesive
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Welcome to the two-week Cardz 4 Guyz challenge # 306. For this challenge, our host, Dawn, chose teddy bears. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge website to be inspired by the absolutely adorable teddy bears! If you are inspired to play along, please enter your creation in our gallery!
The first thing I found out when working on this card is that I don’t have any teddy bear stamps! I have bears, neither of which can remotely be considered a teddy bear! Therefore, I turned to the best place to go for inspiration – Pinterest! There I found inspiration using punches to create a teddy bear overhang. I CASe’d a card from Rubber Obession‘s card and came up with this card:
It looks crooked but that’s just the way it’s sitting in the floral frog.
Measurements:
The Early Espresso base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
The Pool Party mat measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches. I cropped the sentiment mat from the center of the Pool Party mat using a deckled rectangle die.
I already had the Very Vanilla embossed piece of cardstock. The final measurement for that is 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
HINT: when using the 3D embossing folders, trim your cardstock to size after you emboss the cardstock. Since these folders have such a deep emboss, if you cut the paper first, it won’t be the desired size after it’s embossed.
Next, I trimmed the Very Vanilla cardstock for the inside to 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
Then, I cropped the VV cardstock for the sentiment using another deckled rectangle die.
Finally, I trimmed a piece of Early Espresso 6 x 6 inch DSP (designer series paper) to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the Very Vanilla envelope flap.
What I Did:
I punched the Early Espresso circles for the teddy bear face and ears using the —— and —— punches.
At this this time, I also punched a Very Vanilla circle for the lower part of the face using the —- punch. I lined the top up where I wanted it and trimmed the excess.
Next, I punched the eyes and nose using the —- punch. I realized I didn’t have a white fine line marker, so I had to improvise. I do have a VersaMark pen and drew in the arcs that I wanted. Then I used white embossing powder and heat set the powder. A marker would’ve been better, but this worked.
After dry fitting all the teddy bear pieces using removable tape, I ran the pieces through the (retired) subtles embossing folder.
HINT: Do not use even removable tape when running pieces through an embossing folder. I wanted the texture to line up across all the pieces. However, the pressing in the folder made removing the pieces basically impossible.
I stamped the sentiment using Early Espresso ink and a stamp from ————
After adhering the sentiment on its May, i put dimensionals under the mat.
Then I figured out where I wanted the bear pieces to go, I added dimensionals as needed under the pieces.
After I stamped the sentiment and adhered the inside panel, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal.
Thank you very much for stopping by my blog today.
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I am in the process of making my mother and my aunt each a set of birthday cards which they will be able to use for the year. More information will be forthcoming on the cards, but this organizer will be absolutely perfect for each of them!
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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!
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