Hi everyone! I had a wonderful week in North Carolina, spending lots of time with family. That also means I spent some time stamping with my sister Connie. What fun that was! I had taken a few cards I had finished to share with her, and also an idea I was playing with but just couldn't get it to work right. It really needed another set of eyes to come up with a plan. She gave me some great ideas. We played around and got that second card made in no time at all. First I'll share the card I made at home, and we'll just go on from there.
The idea for the cards was to make a detailed die-cut, then color the die-cut on top of another piece of white cardstock using sponges or blending brushes. This gives you two main focus pieces for making two cards. Sort of a two-fer. I decided to use the floral image from Artistic Dies for my die-cut piece. Then I colored this with Blending Brushes and these inks - Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Polished Pink, Mint Macaron, and Soft Succulent. On the little swirly flowers I used a Sponge Dauber and Daffodil Delight ink. I was surprised how heavier and darker the color was when using the Sponge Dauber, even though I tried to keep it very light.
I die-cut a Basic White layer for the front of the card using the largest die in the Ornate Layers die set. It has such a pretty eyelet-looking edge to it and I tend to use it often.
I wrapped the sheer dotted ribbon around the Basic White layer before it was attached to the folded Soft Seafoam cardstock base using just adhesive.
Using the Silicone Craft Sheet, the die-cut image was laid face down and lightly sponged with Multi Purpose Liquid Glue. The it was attached to the card front with part of it over the ribbon. I held this in place a minute or so to make sure it held.
The sentiment s from the All Squared Away set. It was stamped on a 1/2" strip of Basic White using Soft Succulent ink. Then the end was punched with the Banners Pick A Punch. It was attached to the card front using adhesive. Then a 3" piece of the ribbon was made into a very loose knot and attached using Mini Glue Dots over the top edge of the sentiment banner. That's all there is to this pretty card. Now on to the piece of Basic White that was under the die-cut when coloring.
This piece really gave me a run for my money. Nothing I tried really made it stand out. Then my smart sis said, "Why don't you cut it out?" Duh, why didn't I think of that? After cutting it out leaving an edge all around the image, we tried different colors of cardstock for the base. We decided on Mint Macaron - not too light, but not too dark either. But we didn't attach it just yet. Still too many variables to decide on!
She had some pretty sprays of gold berries from a SU! laser-cut sheet that she was willing to share with me. We cut some apart and tucked them in under the main image to get an idea if that would work. Then for the sentiment...
We thought the gold embossing on the vellum looked the nicest. You can definitely read the sentiment, but it doesn't cover up the pretty floral design. We used one of her non-Stampin'Up! sentiments because it fit perfectly.
After laying it all out, we decided it still needed something else. We gave it a healthy spritz or two of gold shimmer paint mixed with alcohol. That tied all the gold elements in together. Then it was just a matter of putting the main image on with Dimensionals, and tucking in the gold berries under and around it. The banner has touches of adhesive underneath the gold-embossed lettering. That was it. A truly joint effort on our part. It surely reminds me how much fun it is stamping with others, be they family or friends. The great ideas just flow better when you're having fun together!
Hope you're enjoying your summer as much as I am! I picked my first blueberries and made the yummiest muffins! We didn't even know we had blueberries, and what a sweet surprise that was!! Hope there are more coming as I was online looking up some recipes for those luscious blueberries. Can't wait!
Happy stamping and creating your masterpieces!
Sharon
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