#stampinup
It’s time for a new Stampin’ Up! catalog and time for a trip around the Creation Station blog hop. The design team is showing off all their new products from the new catalog and our theme is Father’s Day.
I have to start off this post with an admission: I apparently did not order enough from the new catalog with my preview order. I got ALL the new ink pads, reinkers, card stock, markers, and a package of the new Bohemian Designer Series Paper. I got the Banner Triple Punch (which is fabulous) and two stamp sets: “I Think You’re Great” and “Layered Letters Alphabet.” A good start, but certainly not enough stuff (which is why I’m a Stampin’ Up demonstrator–I want it ALL!!!)
So, I’m making do with what I have–and it’s all good.
My first project is a Father’s Day card. I started with some 1/2″ strips of the Bohemian Designer Series Paper and flagged the ends with the Banner Punch. I adhered the strips to a scrap of cardstock, so they wouldn’t move around.
Next, I cut a 1″ strip of Very Vanilla card stock. I used the Banner Triple Punch to flag the end and then I stamped the sentiment from “And Many More” in Soft Suede. I adhered this to the flag piece and added an Antique Brad.
I cut a 4″ x 5-1/4″ (approx.) piece of Delightful Dijon and stamped the “Hardwood” background stamp in Soft Suede. I added a Rich Razzleberry mat behind the Delightful Dijon piece and adhered everything to an Island Indigo card base. For some reason, the card feels “cowboy” to me.
Next, I thought I’d use the fun new alphabet set “Layered Letters Alphabet” that everyone got on the pre-order. Man! It was hard coming up with something different than everyone else. My card is still derivative, but I think it’s got a bit of uniqueness.
I had some leftover Bohemian DSP flags, so that set my color scheme. When I went to my card stock stash, I found a lengthwise pre-cut piece of Rich Razzleberry….and it had a panel of Basic Gray already attached. Hookay…I can work with that. (Too lazy to cut another piece…)
I cut a Whisper White panel and stamped the word “happy” slightly off-set because I knew the banners would hang down. I used one block for the H-A-P; cleaned the stamps; and then used the block for the P-Y. It’s so nice to be able to see through the photopolymer stamps. The sentiment is stamped in Rich Razzleberry ink and the rectangles are stamped in Smoky Slate.
I wanted the card to say “Happy for You” because I’ll probably use this as a graduation card and I pulled out the “Work of Art” stamp set only to realize that the stamps in that set said “just for” and “you.” Ugh. But, a happy surprise–the “For All Things” stamp set has a stamp that says “grateful for you.” So I used a Rich Razzleberry marker to color just the “for you” part of the stamp and, eureka!!
I thought I was finished until I noticed a tiny bit of smutz at the top of the sentiment. It wasn’t ink. IDK what it was. So I hid the smutz with a few gold sequins…and added a gold sequin streamer to the banners. I love happy accidents!!
You can continue hopping around the blog by using the “next” and “back” buttons. I know our Creation Station design team have some wonderful projects for you!
|
|
||
|
|||
|
|
|
|
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin’ Pad*
[115658]
$5.95
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
Great cards, Kathy! I had a good laugh at your 'I didn't order enough' – I felt the same way with my first order; which is why I've already completed a 2nd order! You did great with what you had
Thanks for sharing!
Great cards–love the colors–the bohemian colors are quickly becoming my faves!!
Wonderful use of the new Bohemian designer series papers. I wouldn't have thought of those colours for a male card but your design here works really well.