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Pals Blog Hop with Ornate Garden and SSC228

Apr 8, 2020 | Pals Blog Hop, Sunday Stamps Challenge | 23 comments

Welcome to the Pals’ Blog Hop! While the COVID 19 pandemic is adding stress to our lives, we Pals hope this blog hop will help to lift your spirits. Let us inspire you to take a creative break and relax for a little while. This month our theme is “Special Occasions” where we have made a project for just about any occasion you can think of! You’ll find the full line-up below to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

Sunday Stamps Challenge 228

I have to say, I really needed inspiration for the card layout for this hop. I thought I was ready to go a week ago. Then, about a week ago, I realized the graduation card I made wouldn’t work. That card will be blogged at a later date.

Anyway, Sunday Stamps saved me.

Here’s the challenge banner:

Two Cards, One Layout, Two Very Different Insides

Once again, I created two cards for the Pals Blog Hop. The first card is easy and fast.

Here’s that card:

Hopefully, I will remember to figure out how to get the inside and outside showing side-by-side.

Both levels of this card make use of the new Ornate Garden Suite! The DSP is stunning, and it contains a preview of a new In Color, Bumblebee. All the stamps in the corners and the flower stamps are from the new Ornate Style cling stamp set. Gorgeous!!!

Here’s the same layout, but the inside is “over the top” according to my DH.

The outside is the same layout with the DSP pieces reversed.

It’s difficult to film this and try to open it at the same time. So, please excuse the quality of the short video.

It’s Not as Difficult as It Looks, Truly

If we break the card down to chunks, we can see that it truly isn’t as difficult as it looks to create this card.

Chunks:

Front layout – we all do those.

Inside DSP mats – It’s just a matter of cutting the angles.

The “book” for the lack of a better word: stamping and coloring, and we all do that.

The popping mechanism: Ok, that requires some practice, but it truly isn’t difficult.

I learned how to do this card from Mary Deatherage with Stamps-n-Lingers, and you can find the video here. Mary makes the whole process for the mechanism, and the card, look easier than you would think. Please view her video, and you will see what I mean. The video contains all of the measurements, and step-by-step directions for the mechanism. I like watching it while making the mechanism, and I can stop the video as much as I want. If the mechanism is causing you problems, Mary demonstates it again at the end.

Please give this card a try. You will be so happy you did and you will create a stunning card!

Let’s Get Back to the Pals Blog Hop!

More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 13th, when we will say “Goodbye to January Mini and 2019 Annual Catalog and/or Hello to 2020 Annual Catalog.” The Design Team will showcase their favorites from the retiring catalogs or new products from the new catalog. Don’t miss the fun! And, until then, please stay safe.

As always, thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. I’d love to hear what you think, and every comment is greatly appreciated!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

Pals Blog Hop Line-Up

Here’s a close-up look at the Ornate Garden Suite!

Again, thank you very much for stopping by my blog today!

Twist and Pop Graduation Cards for Two Special Grads

May 28, 2018 | CAS(E) This Sketch | 4 comments

It’s been a while……

While I have been creating cards, my DH and I have been frantically working to get our house ready to go on the market, which happened on Thursday. It’s also the end of the school year, which means grading, grading, grading. In the meantime, I needed to create graduation cards for my niece and nephew, as well as her bf and his gf (another blog entry is coming). All 4 are done and were delivered today at the joint graduation party.

Is mine the only one that does this?

That was my niece’s comment. She kept popping her card up and down and loved it. However, she would rather have not had to share the design with her cousin, but she was ok with that.

Here’s the front and inside of the two cards:

My niece’s school colors are orange and black. The new In Color of Grapefruit Grove and Basic Black fit her card perfectly. My nephew’s school colors are blue and gold, so I used the new In Color Blueberry Bushel and Crushed Curry. For both cards, the 6 x 6 In Color DSP stack was a perfect match, of course. I used a retired SU graduation set for the sentiments and panels. Pick-a-pattern made an appearance on the Grapefruit Grove card, as did the shiny Basic Black ribbon and the new Grapefruit Grove bakers twine. My nephew’s card has a piece of the burlap ribbon, with a layer of the retired Crushed Curry ribbon tied off with the thin jute twine.

My niece kept opening and closing her card and was quite impressed with the whole popping mechanism. On the other hand, my nephew reacted just as I thought he would – oh, wow, nice.

Credit Where Credit is Due

I first saw this on the fb live by Mary Deatherage from Stamps-n-Lingers. While this card looks very complicated, Mary has it thoroughly broken down and I was able to follow along while making my nephew’s card. When I made my niece’s card, I was able to do everything without looking at the video until I got to the measurements for the mechanism and adding the book. I remembered how to fold the mechanism, but was iffy on the measurements. This truly is much easier than it looks. One thing I can add though, the cardstock for the mechanism is 2.5 inches by 8.5 inches. That’s important.

Case This Sketch #273

Before I made my niece’s card, I saw the CTS #273 sketch and knew it would work perfectly for the card I was going to create. I did make some minor adjustments based on the sketch, and I think it turned out peachy perfect.

Here’s the sketch: