delicate forest tri-color card

delicate forest tri-color card

Today I’m using a a stamp bundle I have not used for a while – Delicate Forest bundle.

Measurements:
BASE: Poppy Parade CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
scraps for the foliage die cuts
Basic White CS: (2) 4″ x 5 1/4″
scrap for the sentiment piece

Take the large foliage stamp and stamp on one of the 4″ x 5 1/4″ in Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, and Poppy Parade inks.
Die cut the frame from the Delicate Forest die.
Adhere the frame over the Basic White CS layer and adhere both to the Poppy Parade base.
Die cut the twin foliage strip in Poppy Parade cardstock.
Adhere the strip to the bottom of the card.
Stamp the sentiment on the Basic White sentiment die in Poppy Parade ink.
Adhere to the outside of the foliage frame and pop up the right side of the sentiment piece.
Adhere two more foliage die cuts from the Delicate Forest die set to either side of the card bottom.
Adhere three Iridescent Adhesive-Backed Discs onto the card front.

Our die sets make the prettiest cards – try your hand at a card and make some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time.

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

more color mondays – calypso coral, peach pie and daffodil delight

more color mondays – calypso coral, peach pie and daffodil delight

Today’s More Color Monday features the Humble Home bundle on a Split Panel card. This fun take on a regular card still uses a half sheet of 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of cardstock – just adding a twist!

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
(2) 1 1/4″ x 4″
(1) 2 1/4″ x 4″
Peach Pie 4″ x 5 1/4″ and scrap for the punches
Calypso Coral scrap for the punches
Daffodil Delight scrap for the punches

Cut the 4 1/4″ x 11″ at 1 1/2″ then cut 2 1/2″ off the end then score at 1 1/2″
Save the cut off pieces we will be using!
Stamp the house image from the Humble Home stamp set on scrap pieces of the three colors Calypso Coral, Peach Pie and Daffodil Delight!
Punch all three houses out with the Humble Home punch and punch out an extra heart from each colored card stock.
Take the extra Basic White pieces (2) 1 1/4″ x 4″ and the 2 1/4″ x 4″ and place them in the 3D Forever Plaid folder. I placed the two smaller pieces up and down vertically in the folder and the larger piece in the folder horizontally so that the patterns were the same orientation when I adhere them to the card.
Adhere the plaid smaller panels to the panel just to the right of the score line on the card and the 1 1/2″ cut off piece.
Adhere the larger embossed piece on the 2 1/2″ cut off piece. Place tape on the shorter outer edges of the 2 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ piece. Place the 1 1/2″ cut off piece on the right hand edge of the inside of the card base. Adhere the larger piece across the two small embossed panels.
Adhere the three houses to the card front across the middle panel.
I took our pearls embellishments and my Dark Peach Pie Stampin’ Blends marker and colored three small pearls with the blends alcohol based marker. Allow a few minutes to dry and then using my Take Your Pick tool I added them to the card for a beautifully coordinated embellishment!
I used the heart punches on the outside and the inside of the card.
The hearts were a little bit bigger than the doorframes so I added the dots from the door frame with a Basic Black Stampin’ Write marker.
I decided to rework the card as the white on white did not effectively show the split panel design as well as I liked so I added a 4″ x 5 1/4″ Peach Pie to the inside of the card.
What a fun and different way to use a standard card size and give it a little twist LITERALLY!!!!

Try this fast and easy card alternative design and go and create a little artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

more color mondays – pool party, calypso coral and basic beige – faux suede technique

more color mondays – pool party, calypso coral and basic beige – faux suede technique

Today’s More Color Monday features our new Basic color – Basic Beige! I am finding this a wonderful neutral base that goes well with every color I have paired it with! Today’s pairing is Pool Party and Calypso Coral these are complimentary colors paired with a neutral.
On page 132- 133 of the new annual catalog – we talk about color theory and four types of color pairings! Monochromatic uses colors that are shades or tints of the same or similar colors – like Petal Pink and Calypso Coral. Complimentary colors are the opposite – literally! You know what they say – opposites attract! Try pairing colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel and you can create fun, bold contrasting projects!
Look for Pool Party and Calypso Coral on the color wheel below!
Today’s card has a bunch of parts and pieces but I love the way it turned out! I am going to teach you and old technique that I do not see much anymore but in a recent swap my upline did this technique on her card and it reminded me what a fun one it is – called Faux Suede technique!

Measurements:
BASE: Calypso Coral: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
4″ x 5 1/4″ for stamping and die cutting
strip of 1/4″ x 4″
Basic Beige: (3) 4″ x 5 1/4″
strip of 1/4″ x 4″
Pool Party: 4″ x 5 1/4″ for embossing
strip of 1/4″ x 4″

I stamped the starfish in Calypso Coral ink on the same color cardstock for a great tone on tone effect! I die cut each out and set aside for the assembly!
I ran the Pool Party layer through the Seaside Wishes embossing folder and then distressed the edges with my fingers, tearing and bending the outer edges.
I adhered the Basic Beige layer to the Calypso Coral base and then adhered the distressed Pool Party layer at an angle for added visual interest! Sometimes just a little twist of the layer makes the card stand out from the rest!
Using a bone folder rub the 1/4″ strips of Basic Beige, Calypso Coral and pool Party through your finger and bone folder – similar to the way you curl ribbon. Curl the paper the entire length and on both sides until the paper is soft and starts to split. Gently peel the two sides of the paper apart. The paper in the middle looks like suede – hence the name faux suede and can be used as is or you can stamp on larger pieces prepared this way!
I adhered each piece of the suede paper – suede side up across the embossed layer with Stampin’ Seal+.
I die cut one of the Basic Beige layers with the open sand dollar design and a sentiment piece from the Unbounded Love die set. I stamped the sentiment in Calypso Coral ink and placed a line of Stampin’ Seal+ down the center of the die piece only so I could slip die cuts around the edges. I loosely arranged the die and stamped images until I liked the look and then adhered them in place!
I added Ombre Matte Dots to the card front to finish off the coordinated look!

I had a few extra dies so I adhered the last Basic Beige layer to the inside of the card and added a few embellishments to that layer as well. Now the inside of my card coordinates with the card front and adds more visual interest!

Try this color combination and Faux Suede technique the next time you create! Go and create some artwork of your very own soon and share it with everyone – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

more color mondays – pretty peacock, calypso coral, petunia pop waterfall card

more color mondays – pretty peacock, calypso coral, petunia pop waterfall card

Welcome back to another edition of More Color Mondays – this one was inspired from the Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper – which I have been playing with a bunch – I just can’t seem to get enough of it!
This color challenge was an interesting one – I really like the color combination but would never have thought of putting these three colors together but drawing from the DSP it is easy to tie colors together.
Today’s card is a Waterfall Fold card and super fun and easy. To make the most out of my 6″ x 6″ DSP I changed the dimensions of my original template and used an extra layer so that the dsp is only a 3″ x 3″ square therefore getting two of these cards out of one sheet of Designer Series Paper! Grab Pretty Peacock, Calypso Coral and Petunia Pop and let’s start crafting!

Measurements:
Base: Pretty Peacock 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 2 1/2″, 3 3/4″, 6 3/4″ and 8 1/4″
1st layer (Calypso Coral) (2) 3 1/2″ squares
2nd layer (Petunia Pop) (2) 3 1/4″ squares
3rd layer (DSP) (2) 3″ squares
Basic White1 7/8″ x 3 1/2″ & scrap for die cut

Start with the 2 1/2″ piece on the left hand side and fold Mountain fold at the 2 1/2″ score line then valley at 3 3/4″ mountain at 6 3/4″ and valley at 8 1/4″
Position the smaller 2 1/2″ panel at the top we will be putting this card together in portrait rotation but you could position the 2 1/2″ panel to the right and do it in landscape position as well. Stamping in Pretty Peacock ink on the Pretty Peacock cardstock to create a tone on tone background stamp the Thinking of you fondly sentiment in the center and then the leaf stamp around the words hanging off the bottom edge.
Adhere the 1 7/8″ x 3 1/2″ Basic White layer to the bottom fold in the center.
Adhere the Designer Series Paper 3″ squares to the 3 1/4″ layer and then to the 3 1/2″ layer x2.
If there is a direction to the DSP adhere the bottom piece of DSP to the top edge of the middle section making sure that the piece covers the Basic White layer on the bottom section.
Adhere the top piece of DSP to the top panel leaving about a 1/4″ from the top and about 1/2″ from the sides.
Stamp the sentiment dearest friend on the upper left hand side of the top DSP paper.
Adhere the top leaves of the die cut to the top panel and let the rest hang over the middle panel free and lose. Add the pretty new Adhesive-Backed Pearl Trios.
This is what the card looks like extended out all of the way!
fun to see the DSP scene come back together as you open up the card!

Try this fun fold today and let me know how it turns out! Now go and create some art of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stamping

more color mondays – calypso coral, mambo melon and gorgeous grape

more color mondays – calypso coral, mambo melon and gorgeous grape

Today’s More Color Monday’s is bright and cheery for this New Year and new catalog season and I might just have some tropical sunsets on my mind!

I love creating scenic backgrounds and this card is all about ink blending in today’s color challenge colors: Calypso Coral, Mambo melon and Gorgeous Grape!

Measurements:
BASE: Mambo Melon 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Basic White layer: (2) 4″ x 5 1/4″

Take the outside Basic White layer and starting at the bottom layer Calypso Coral ink about one-third of the way up the card with a blending brush.
with the same outside Basic White layer and starting just above the Calypso Coral ink layer the Mambo Melon ink about one-third of the way up the card with a blending brush above the coral layer.
Using a new blending brush layer Gorgeous Grape ink in the top third of the Basic White layer.
Cut a scrap piece of Basic White thick cardstock with the Basic Borders cloud edge die and place at the top of the ink blended layer. Using the same Gorgeous Grape ink brush over the die mask and create cloud shadowing with the mask and the ink.
Move the die mask down to the Mambo melon layer and brush over the mask creating clouds in this section as well.
Move the mask to the Coral section and do the same with the Mask and Blending brush in Calypso Coral ink.
Stamp the sentiment in Gorgeous Grape ink to the lower middle left hand side of the colored layer.
Stamp the “hill” stamp on the lower layer in Gorgeous grape ink multiple times to create a ground silhouette.
Stamp a single floral image to the left side of the card layer in Gorgeous Grape ink.
Wrap the Black and White Gingham ribbon around this layer and tie a knot.
Adhere onto the Mambo melon card base.
Add five Basic Rhinestone Jewels to the card front to finish off with a little bling.
Here is another sample using an added layer of Daffodil Delight ink. Giving a different look just by adding an additional color of ink!
Try this technique and this color combination and let me know what you created – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie