Season of chic stamp set - nataliegramleystamps

season of chic recessed panel card

by nataliegramleystamps | Nov 28, 2022 | card samples, Christmas card ideas, Designer Series Paper, techniques

This card is a fun way to showcase Designer Series paper peeking through the cardfront!

This technique is called the Recessed Panel card and today I am using the Seasons of Chic Bundle (#158816) and the Texture Chic Specialty Designer Series Paper (#158808)

Measurements:
Base: Basic White 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
Layers:
DSP 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
Basic White 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
Pool Party 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
Scrap: Pool Party for the snowflakes

Mark the Pool Party layer as this will be underneath and marking it up will not be seen as the much as it would with the Basic White layer. On the left side of the layer mark in pencil 3/4″ and 1 1/8″ down from the top of the page, then on the right side make a mark in pencil at the 3″ mark (the second mark will be the right hand corner.

Place the top left pencil mark in the cutting groove and swing the paper around so that the mark at 3″ on the right side of the paper is in the cutting track groove as well. Cut through both the Pool Party layer and the Basic White layer.

Place the 1 1/8″ mark in the upper cutting groove and swing the card so that the lower right hand corner is in the cutting track as well.

Make the cut starting at the top and cutting towards the corner, so as not to scrunch the point of the corner. Remove the piece in the middle and use the two top sections and the two bottom sections.

Place Stampin’ Seal onto the Pool Party layer but leave a 1/4″ margin on the diagonal side and do not put it directly on that edge. Adhere the two layers together.

Adhere the two bottom layers together and then match up the outer edges and adhere to the card front.

I stamped the large snowflake stamp in Pool Party ink on the white outer layer and die cut one small and one large snowflake from the Chic Die set and adhered to the bottom section.

I stamped the sentiment from the Season of Chic stamp set in Bermuda Bay ink for a little darker contrast.

I added some Basic Rhinestone Jewels to the cardfront for the finishing touch of bling and voila you have a recessed Panel card!

I hope you enjoyed this technique try it out with some of your own stamps and DSP. Go out and create some art of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List

Texture Chic Suite Collection (English)

[158819]

$77.50

Season Of Chic Bundle (English)

[158816]

$57.50

Season Of Chic Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[158810]

$27.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.25

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[122924]

$9.25

Texture Chic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[158808]

$15.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[147107]

$8.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

[147096]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$12.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$25.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$7.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$125.00

Chic Dies

[158815]

$37.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$6.00

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watercolor snowflakes 3 ways – shaker card

by nataliegramleystamps | Sep 21, 2022 | 3D projects, card samples, specialty papers, techniques

If you have already gone to Monday’s blog post then the first two photos will be redundant!

I am using a watercolor wash technique on Simmery White cardstock and die cutting the two detailed snowflake images from the Chic Die set (#158815)

This week’s blog posts are all going to start with the same technique but I am going to show the finished product on three types of cards. I love to watercolor – it’s fluid and fun and looks great every time – even if you think it looks messy sometimes those make the best pieces of cardstock to use! I started with Shimmery White cardstock (#101910) not only does this cardstock have a glorious shimmer to it but it is thick enough to stand up to watercoloring on it! (and the finished product sparkles!!!) I smoosh the top of our Classic Stampin’ Ink Pads down onto the ink pad inside tranferring some ink to the case top making a palette inside the cover like a paint tray! I watercolored in two ink colors Pacific Point (#147098) and Starry Sky (#159212) adding extra water to the ink in the lid with a waterpainter brush (#151298) and applying it to pre-wettened Shimmery White cardstock – apply color until happy with the coverage and depth of color – add more color to make the hue darker and richer in tone.

Using the snowflake dies from the Chic Die Set (#158815) I cut multiple snowflakes from one 4″ x 5 1/2″ sheet of watercolored Shimmer White cardstock. This will be the same starting process for all the cards this week.

now this is where the process becomes different for each card this week uses some of those snowflakes but this one also uses the nagative space from the original watercolored cardstock used to cut the snowflakes – I just hate to waste a beautiful piece of watercolored cardstock! AND THIS IS THE PERFECT APPLICATION for this negative space.

Measurements:

Card Base: Orchid Oasis 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Layers: Shimmery White CS 4″ x 5 1/4″
(I did a watercolor wash on two of these for sentiment pieces and the snowflakes)
Window Sheet 4″ x 5 1/4″
Snowflake Specialty Vellum 4″ x 5 1/4″
Scraps: 1″ x 4 1/4″ Orchid Oasis and backing for
the snowflake
3/4″ x 4″ Watercolored Shimmery White

Adhere the Window Sheet (#142314) to the back of the watercolored Shimmery White (#101910) cardstock layer.

Adhere the Snowflake vellum to the cardbase. Although the vellum will be mostly hidden by the sequins and the forward layer I did take the extra time to adhere this layer with mini Glue Dots (#103683) to the backside of the larger silver dots on the patterned vellum that way the adhesive is totally invisible!

Turn the watercolored layer over and adhere Foam Adhesive Strips the entire way around the periphery of the card, making sure not to leave any holes as the shaker card will “leak” sequin!

Add a small pile of Sparkle and Shine Sequins Assortment to the center of the vellum layer.

Remove the paper backing from the Foam adhesive Strips and match up the sides to the edges of the Vellum and rub gently to make sure all the strips adhere and seal the shaker card closed.

Stamped a sentiment onto extra watercolored Shimmery White cardstock and adhered to an Orchid Oasis matte and added to the cardfront.
Also added a die cut snowflake with a scrap piece of Orchid Oasis CS behind. Added a sequins in the middle of that snowflake embellishment

Last but not least I added a knotted Metallic Mesh ribbon to the spine of the card!

Shaker cards are such a fun interactive card – try your hand at it! Go out and create some art of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’

Natalie

Product List

Season Of Chic Bundle (English)

[158816]

$57.50

Season Of Chic Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[158810]

$27.00

Orchid Oasis 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159267]

$9.25

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.25

Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101910]

$10.00

Snowflake 12 X 12 (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Vellum

[159832]

$10.00

Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack

[156457]

$10.00

Window Sheets

[142314]

$5.00

Starry Sky Classic Stampin' Pad

[159212]

$8.00

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

[147098]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$12.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$25.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$7.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$11.00

Water Painters

[151298]

$13.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Foam Adhesive Strips

[141825]

$8.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$125.00

Chic Dies

[158815]

$37.00

Metallic Mesh Ribbon

[153550]

$8.00

Sparkle & Shine Sequins Assortment

[158137]

$7.00

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watercolor snowflakes 3 ways – barn door card

by nataliegramleystamps | Sep 19, 2022 | card samples, Designer Series Paper, fun fold, specialty papers, techniques

The next three blog posts this week are going to start with the same technique but I am going to show the finished product on three types of cards. I love to watercolor – it’s fluid and fun and looks great every time – even if you think it looks messy sometimes those make the best pieces of cardstock to use! I started with Shimmery White cardstock (#101910) not only does this cardstock have a glorious shimmer to it but it is thick enough to stand up to watercoloring on it! (and the finished product sparkles!!!) I smoosh the top of our Classic Stampin’ Ink Pads down onto the ink pad inside tranferring some ink to the case top making a palette inside the cover like a paint tray! I watercolored in two ink colors Pacific Point (#147098) and Starry Sky (#159212) adding extra water to the ink in the lid with a waterpainter brush (#151298) and applying it to prewettened Shimmery White cardstock – apply color until happy with the coverage and depth of color – add more color to make the hue darker and richer in tone.

The card today is called a barn door card, because it swings open from the bottom.

You start with a standard A2 card base. I used a Orchid Oasis cardstock measuring 5 1/2″ x
8 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″.

Cut the card base front starting at the top of the card’s score line and slicing with the Stampin’ Trimmer to halfway down the card to 2 3/4″. Rotate the card 90 degrees and cut at the 2 3/4″ across to the score line where the cut will intersect with your first cut, and the piece should detach easily from the card base.

Save the cut piece of Orchid Oasis cardstock and cut two more pieces of cardstock for the front focal point.
Take a piece of Snowflake Specialty Vellum I used the silver foiled dotted vellum for this card cut to 2 1/2″ x 4″.
Take a piece of Silver Foil cardstock and cut this to a 3″ x 4 1/2″ section.
Adhere them largest to smallest with Stampin’ Seal adhesive for the first two layers silver foil to the Orchid Oasis cardstock and then adhere the snowflake vellum using mini glue dots behind the largest silver foil dots on the vellum.

Adhere the lower half of this focal piece to the bottom center of the “barn door” flap of the card front.

I decorated the card with the netting die cut in silver foil and the watercolor snowflake dies as well as a few silver foil snowflake die cut accent pieces.

I stamped on a solid snowflake die cut a sentiment and then stamped off twice to make a very light snowflake impression on this sentiment piece and popped it up on mini Stampin’ Dimensionals in the upper middle of the card’s focal piece.

I added a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Basic White cardstock to the inside of the base card to finish the card.

This is what the card looks like opened up! Isn’t that so fun and easy!

The supplies below are for all three versions of the card so some supplies may not be used on today’s card but all the supplies will be used at some point this week!

Give it a try! Now go and create some art of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’

Natalie

Product List

Season Of Chic Bundle (English)

[158816]

$57.50

Season Of Chic Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[158810]

$27.00

Orchid Oasis 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159267]

$9.25

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.25

Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[101910]

$10.00

Snowflake 12 X 12 (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Vellum

[159832]

$10.00

Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack

[156457]

$10.00

Window Sheets

[142314]

$5.00

Starry Sky Classic Stampin' Pad

[159212]

$8.00

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

[147098]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$12.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$25.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$7.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$11.00

Water Painters

[151298]

$13.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Foam Adhesive Strips

[141825]

$8.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$125.00

Chic Dies

[158815]

$37.00

Metallic Mesh Ribbon

[153550]

$8.00

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twisted ribbon technique

by nataliegramleystamps | Aug 24, 2022 | card samples, Designer Series Paper, specialty papers, techniques

This is a fun paper technique that uses Designer Series Paper to look like a wrapped ribbon around a piece of paper.
There are many samples of it on the internet and this is my version using the Texture Chic Suite.

Measurements:

BASE: Basic White CS 4 1/2″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″
Pool Party layers: 2 pieces of 1 7/8″ x 5 1/4″
Basic White layer: 1 piece of 1 5/8″ x 5″
Strips of Texture Chic Specialty paper:
12 pieces of 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
Scraps for front focal pieces in Pool Party and
Basic White CS

On the Basic White CS piece in pencil place tic marks along both sides at 1/2″ intervals.

Add Liquid glue from the top left tic mark to the second tic mark on the right side of the CS piece and continue down the left side skipping to every other tic mark.

Adhere the strips to the Basic White CS placing them just above the tic marks.

Place glue in the opposite direction from the bottom corner of the left hand piece to the top corner of the right hand pice and secure the opposite color on the other DSP side in the opposite direction – see picture below.

I added one extra darker piece at the top

Turn over to the back side and cut off the DSP overhang

Adhere the 1 5/8″ x 5″ piece of DSP to the Pool Party matte that is 1 7/8″ x 5 1/4″ and then adhere to the left side of the base card leaving a 1/4″ border around the outside.

Adhere the Twisted Ribbon Layer to the Pool Party matte and adhere to the right side of the card.

Stamp the seashell images and sentiment from the Season of Chic stamp set in Pool Party on Basic White cardstock and die cut images.

Die cut the background image in Pool Party and adhere the background and two seashells to the left side of the card front.

Die cut the sentiment with the smaller banner die from the Stylish Shapes die set and pop up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and add on top of the seashell focal piece.

Add the Gold Pearls from the Red and Green Adhesive backed Pearls to the card front.

Add Pool Party Sheer Ribbon to the top of the card!

Such a fun and easy layer using the Twisted Ribbon technique! Try it soon and create some beautiful art of your very own – one stamp (or DSP strip!) at a time!

Happy Stampin’

Natalie

Product List

Texture Chic Suite Collection (French)

[158820]

$77.50

Season Of Chic Bundle (English)

[158816]

$57.50

Season Of Chic Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[158810]

$27.00

Texture Chic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[158808]

$15.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$10.25

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[122924]

$9.25

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[147107]

$8.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$125.00

Chic Dies

[158815]

$37.00

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$25.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$7.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$11.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Festive Pearls

[159963]

$7.00

Pool Party 3/8" (1 Cm) Sheer Ribbon

[152462]

$6.00

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pop up gate fold card

by nataliegramleystamps | Jun 8, 2022 | 3D projects, card samples, fun fold, specialty papers, techniques

This pop up Gate Fold card is a great 3D project.

Measurement:

Card Base: Petal Pink 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 2 1/8″ from each side
Basic White Cardstock 1″ x 5 1/4″
score at 1″, 2″, and 4 1/4″
Distressed Gold Specialty Paper (2) 2″ x 2 1/4″
Texture Chic Specialty Paper (2) 2″ x 5 1/4″
Soft Suede CS scraps
Distressed Gold Specialty Paper

Fold the edges inward to make the gate fold.

Add adhesive to the 1 inch section of the Basic White and lay it on the inside of the right panel as shown in the picture below.

Add adhesive to the other end of the Basic White strip and bend it inward lay the strip flat and affix the strip end to the base of the card, as shown below.

Adhere the upper strip exactly as the lower strip was adhered.

Die cut the leaves from Soft Suede for decoration to the pop up portions of the card.

Die cut the leaf accent piece out of the Distressed Gold Specialty paper and adhere the Gold die cut atop the Soft Suede leaves

Adhere the Distressed Gold layers to the pop up portions of the card, affix the leaves atop the Distressed Gold Specialty Paper and the sentiments onto of those.

Create a belly band, cut a 2″ x 12″ strip of Distressed Gold Specialty paper wrap around the card and adhere closed. Add a sentiment strip 1″ x 3″ Basic White on top of the Gold band.