Welcome to the newest two-week challenge for Make My Monday. Our host for this challenge, Claudia, chose outdoor sports for the theme. I used the sketch challenge for Try Stampin’ on Tuesday 564 and a card by Jay Soriano of Mitosu Crafts as my inspiration.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the sketch banner from TSOT:
While I am sharing the latest challenge sketch from TSOT, I also need to say thank you, thank you, thank you! My card for challenge TSOT 562 was chosen as one of the top 3! Thank you to the design team at TSOT! You can see that card here.
Here’s the inspiration card from Jay Soriano:
This card is so adorable and creative! While Jay used just the Waves of Inspiration stamp set, I used the retired DSP, but the idea totally came from here. If you haven’t checked out the mitosucrafts.com website, I highly recommend that you do! They are extremely talented artists!
Measurements:
The Pacific Point base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches to create a tent card.
The Waves DSP (designer series paper) measures 5-3/8 by 4-1/8 inches. I also trimmed a piece of the DSP to 6 inches by 2-3/8 inches for the envelope flap. Then, I punched a 1 inch circle of coordinating DSP for the envelope seal, which I ran through my create-a-sticker.
Next, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to 4 inches by 5-1/4 inches.
That’s it for measurements.
What I Did:
After rubbing my embossing buddy over a piece of Pacific Point cardstock, I stamped the wave on it using VersaMark.. Then, I covered it in white embossing powder and heat set it with my heat tool.
Next, I used the wave die and cropped the stamped wave. Since the die doesn’t match up exactly with the stamp, the result is a mottled look of white and Pacific Point.
I wanted two-toned waves, so I used a piece of Coastal Cabana and ran it through using the bark embossing folder. Then, I cropped it using the waves die.
I adhered the Pacific Point wave to white cardstock. Then, I adhered the Coastal Cabana pieces using multipurpose liquid adhesive. When I finished with that, I fussy cut the wave and popped it up on dimensionals.
I stamped the penguin in black ink on white cardstock, then added a Pumpkin Pie beak and foot. Then, I fussy cut him out.
Next, I used the hippo dies to crop the goggles and breathing tube out of Pacific Point cardstock and silver foil. I was able to use what I trimmed to make the strap for the goggles.
The penguin is popped up on dimensionals. I also added a tiny sliver of a mini-dimensional to the top of the breathing tube.
I stamped the sentiment from the Happy & Heartfelt stamp set in black in on white cardstock, then cropped it using a waves die.
Next, I adhered it to Pacific Point cardstock and fussy cut the label, which is also popped up on dimensionals.
Finally, I stamped another sentiment from Happy & Heartfelt on the white cardstock and adhered it to the inside of the card.
With that, this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set was complete.
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Before I start on this card, I want to thank the design team at TSOT for choosing my card as one of the top 3 for challenge #555. You can see my bee obsession card here. Again, I am honored!
The clean and simple Try Stampin’ on Tuesday #557 challenge seemed perfect for the Waves of Inspiration stamp set and DSP. I chose to use a more muted DSP (designer series paper) pattern for this card.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the challenge banner:
Measurements:
The Coastal Cabana base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
This stunning DSP measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches and I put dimensionals under it to accommodate the Gray Granite ribbon. I outlined it with my Gray Granite marker to create a border without using a cardstock layer.
I trimmed another piece of the DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. After punching out a 1 inch circle of Coastal Cabana cardstock, I ran it through my XYRON and had my envelope seal.
I wrapped a length of Gray Granite ribbon around the DSP. Tear and tape works wonders to hold the ribbon ends in place.
Stamping:
I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark on Gray Granite cardstock. Then, I covered it with white embossing powder, which I heat set with my heat tool. I trimmed down the cardstock and measured horizontally to find the center. This really helped me snip the chevron into the sentiment banner.
I stamped the pelican on white cardstock in Gray Granite ink. Then, I cropped it using the coordinating die set. Next, I stamped a Gray Granite pelican on the bottom right-hand side of the envelope.
I thought that I could use the Fine-tip glue pen to outline the rope on the pilings. After I used the glue to go over the rope. Then, I left the glue to dry. When I came back, I found that the glue had absorbed the ink and I kind of like the effect. There are dimensionals under the pelican partly to accommodate the ribbon and partly because I wanted to add height to the pelican.
The sentiment I used for the outside enables this card to be an all-occasion card. Therefore, I didn’t stamp an inside sentiment on the 4 x 5-1/2 inch piece of white cardstock.
With that, I had completed this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
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Welcome to the newest Cardz 4 Guyz challenge #297. Julie, our host, chose “on the water” for the theme of this two week challenge. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the Cardz 4 Guyz blog to see the projects from the rest of the design team. I always enjoy seeing how differently we all incorporate the theme in our projects.
A good friend asked me to create a Father’s Day card for her dad using an ocean theme. I used the Waves of Inspiration bundle and 12 x 12 inch DSP (designer series paper) with the Happy & Heartfelt sentiment stamp set for my card.
Here’s the easel card I created:
Measurements:
The Pacific Point base measures 5-1/2 inches by 8-1/2 inches. To create the easel, I scored the base at 4-1/4 inches and 2-1/8 inches.
The white cardstock mat for the front and the panel on the inside each measure 5-3/8 by 4-1/8 inches.
Next, I trimmed all the DSP I would need. The piece on the front of the card measures 4 x 5-1/4 inches. I trimmed another panel to 2 inches by 5-3/8 inches for the back of the white cardstock that stands up over the Pacific Point base. Finally, I trimmed a piece to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. I’ve found that I need to adhere the DSP to the envelope flap right away.
At this point, I also punched a 1 inch circle out of Pacific Point 6 x 6 inch DSP for the envelope seal. To finish the seal, I ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker.
Then, I adhered the cardstock and DSP together using my fave adhesive, multipurpose glue.
Cropping:
I used the Waves Dies set to crop everything I needed for this card.
There are two waves dies, and I chose to crop the more open wave from white cardstock. Then, I used the shimmery white embossing paste and a palette knife to add a thin layer of paste to the wave. The shimmer of the paste adds sparkles to the wave without leaving glitter everywhere.
Even though the cropped wave pieces are thin, I was able to use multipurpose liquid glue to adhere it to the DSP.
Next, I used my Stamparatus to help me stamp the pelican on the pilings. I used my Basic Gray ink pad and stamped it three times to get the color saturation I wanted. The distinkive pilings part of the stamp adds texture without having to color them.
The pilings stamp has rope already on it, but I wanted to add some texture. I cut a length of white baker’s twine to wrap around the piling. I pulled one of the three stands of twine out of the length to cut down on bulk. Then, I added a piece of tear and tape to the back of the piling. This helped me be able to easily wrap the twine around following the stamped rope. Then, I added dimensionals under the pilings/pelican piece.
I needed the black cardstock birds to function as a stop for the easel part of the card. In order to accomplish this, I cropped 8 pairs of each of the birds. Then, I put some liquid glue on a piece of plastic and used my reverse tweezers to dip each end and the point of the bird layers.
Stamping:
If you haven’t gotten the Gentle Waves stamp from the mini-catalog yet, you have until the end of June to do so. I used Pacific Point ink on just the top part of the stamp and stamped the waves on the inside piece of white cardstock.
Then, I stamped the outside sentiment on white cardstock using the tuxedo black ink. I cropped the label using a die from the Waves Dies set. The sentiment fit perfectly inside it. I added dimensionals under the sentiment label.
I wanted the fonts for both sentiments to match since both would show at once. Therefore, I chose the “we have to celebrate this!” sentiment for the inside of the card. I used the tuxedo black ink to stamp this sentiment and the single bird to the left of the pelican.
I also stamped the pelican/pilings on the front, bottom, right-hand corner of the envelope. Then, I stamped three birds close to the pelican so they won’t interfere with the postage stamps.
Once I had my stamping completed, I adhered the birds using multipurpose glue. I also adhered the pilings/pelican down.
I needed one more stop for the right side of the easel, but didn’t want to add another layered bird to that area. So, I just used a white elegant faceted gem.
With that, I’d finished this coordinated fun fold easel card, envelope, and seal set.
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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!
