Aug 12, 2017 | Uncategorized |
#GDP099 is a themed challenge for wedding/anniversary/love. I need a wedding card, so this was perfect timing for me. I used the retired Floral Boutique DSP for this card, along with Night of Navy and Whisper White cardstock. The ribbon is also SU ribbon. The die cuts are from the Sunshine Wishes thinlits. I did use some non-SU silver glitter paper, and that created a couple of challenges. Take my advice, don’t use anything other than the SU glitter paper for thinlits, you have to trust me on that. Even using the dryer sheet technique and the SU brush, I couldn’t get the little pieces out of the hearts, which led to cropping two additional hearts out of Night of Navy and layering them on top of the silver. I like the effect of the two layers, but wish my pre-order had arrived before I made this card. I layered the silver “love” cutout over Night of Navy and am pleased with the way the reversed colors on the hearts and the sentiment play off each other. The sentiment is popped up on some mini-dimensionals that I still had to cut in half. When they are that tiny, the SU paper piercer makes it much, much easier to position those little sticky things.
I really love the way it turned out, problems and all. I couldn’t just leave the background a plain Whisper White, so I embossed it with the Softly Falling TIEF and even my DH likes the results.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the #GDP099 sketch:
Have a Peachy day!
Aug 8, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Fab Friday’s color challenge this week was to use Melon Mambo, Flirty Flamingo, and Lemon Lime Twist. Not the first 3 colors I would put together but that’s what makes it a challenge, right? Melon Mambo and Lemon Lime Twist – that works. Flirty Flamingo and Lemon Lime Twist – that works as well. Put the three together, and I decided I also needed to include Basic Black to tone things down a little and to make the die cuts pop on the Flirty Flamingo DSP.
I love this In Color DSP! I am still working on some retired colors of this style and, for some strange and unknown reason, I ordered 2 stacks of the 2016-2018 In Color stack. I need to start really using more of this paper!
I also used the Sunshine Wishes thinlit set. I was sitting staring at the Melon Mambo base, the layer of Basic Black, the Flirty Flamingo DSP and a piece of the Lemon Lime Twist cardstock. Literally just staring at it, and then it hit me to use this die set. That’s when I decided I also needed to layer the Lemon Lime Twist on the black for the flower, sentiment, and butterfly (yes, I looked up sample cards on Pinterest to make sure I wasn’t the only one who saw a butterfly). All three elements are popped up with mini-dimensionals that I cut in half. (Hint: use the SU paper piercing tool to pick up and place down all those cut up minis. Believe me, it’s easier!)
I added the Flirty Flamingo ribbon, layered all my pieces together and then I sat and stared at the card I created. I was very happy that the picture I had in my head actually came out better than I thought, at least to me. This was one of those cards that, when finished, I thought “Blast! I did that!”
Here’s my card:
Here’s the Fab Friday color challenge:
Have a Peachy day!
