Hello there! Hope you're having a fabulous day. It's way too hot to spend the day outside, so of course there is some stamping going on around here. It's nice and cool in the stamp room so it's a good place to hide out when it's so hot. I made an easel card for Heather's birthday this month and enjoyed making it so much I went ahead and made a couple more. I'll show you my latest creation and then share the other two with you to give you lots of ideas. Come along and stamp with me!
Here is this morning's version. I just love all the different prints in the Earthen Elegance DSP and this one hasn't been used yet, so it's a good place to start. The main colors that stand out to me on this piece are Pretty Peacock and Moody Mauve, so that's the beginning. A card base of Moody Mauve was chosen. It measures 11" x 4 1/4" and is scored at 2 3/4" x 5 1/2". This extra score line gives us the fun fold.
A layer of Pretty Peacock was cut at 5 1/4" x 4". Then a layer of the Earthen Elegance DSP was cut to measure 5" x 3 3/4". The DSP is attached to the peacock cardstock with adhesive. This will be attached to the bottom half of the card base only. The easiest way to do this is to add 'green glue' to the bottom half of the card base making sure the glue is about 1/2" from the edges, then attach the layers to this lining them up nicely.
An 8 1/2" piece of the Moody Mauve Textured Ribbon was attached around this just under the score line so it doesn't impede the fold. Make sure the two open ends of the ribbon are attached to the front center of the card, so they remain hidden after the focal images are added.
The Textured Floral Bundle (page 65) was used to make the floral images. The large rose was stamped on an old, retired cardstock we used to carry called Naturals. This is probably at least 10 years ago, but I still have some left and I loved the background color of the DSP with this. So sorry! If I didn't have this, I would have used Basic White. Anyway, the Rose and medium flowers were stamped with Moody Mauve ink. The extra stamens were stamped with Early Espresso ink. The set of leaves were stamped with Pretty Peacock ink. Then all stamped pieces were die-cut with the matching die set. The small stems with either tiny leaves or berries was cut from Early Espresso cardstock. The stem was cut into smaller pieces that were tucked in around the flowers.
Crumb Cake cardstock was die-cut with an oval die. I'm sorry I can't remember which die it was because the piece has been sitting in my scrap extras cardstock pile for a while. Just use a size and shape that you're comfortable with here. The sentiment is from the Textured Florals set and is stamped with Early Espresso ink. The oval and some of the flowers were attached flat to the card front. The rose and leaves were attached with Dimensionals.
The inside of the card has a layer of Basic White that measures 5 1/4" x 4". It's attached with adhesive. Another sentiment from the set is stamped at the bottom of the piece using Pretty Peacock ink.
The piece that holds the card in place to display is a 4" x 1 1/4" piece of Pretty Peacock cardstock. A 4" x 1" layer of the same DSP that was used on the card front was attached to this using adhesive. They were next attached inside the card with Dimensionals. It's up about 1 1/4" from the bottom of the white layer to hold the front upright when opened.
Three of the Tinsel Gems Four-Pack were used on the card front as an accent. Two more were added inside the card on either side of the sentiment. The color listed for these gems is Berry Burst, but I liked how they matched nicely with the Moody Mauve on this card.
Now I have another two cards to share using the same fun fold measurements. It's so easy and fun to make, but it's a slightly different card to share with family and friends.
Same idea using Basic White and Pretty Peacock cardstock. The Layering Leaves set and die bundle was used with this card. A small bit of the Masterfully Made DSP was used here on the front and inside the card too. The same gems were used on this card also. The ribbon is the Lost Lagoon 1/4" ribbon that seemed to go well with the card.
On this card, a Berry Burst marker was used to add a speckled background on the white. This little touch added so much to the look of the finished card.
Both sentiments on this card are from the Layering Leaves set. They're both stamped in Pretty Peacock ink.
There's plenty of room on the inside of the card to write your own sentiments too. And it's all covered unless you fully open the card.
The Trucking Along set was used here. This is an Online Exclusive item and as I write this the stamp set is available, but the punch is on backorder. It's so easy to fussy cut the truck it shouldn't hold you back. The Parakeet Party DSP is from the previous catalog. The sentiment is die-cut using the Wanted to Say die set. The bow was also from that die set. The gems used are Real Red Rhinestones.
I know this is a weird card for my daughter, but she's always wanted her grandpa's old red Ford truck so this was as close as I could get. She did get a "girlie" card from me also, so don't worry about that!
Ok, are you all stamped out? That's all the pictures I've got to share with you today. Give this fun fold a try. It's so simple, but it really is fun and gives the recipient something special.
Bonus Days are still going on for a few more days. It ends on July 31st. But you can redeem those Bonus Days coupons all during August. Don't forget to redeem them! I've had people forget all about them and then it was too late. Don't let that be you!!!
Happy stamping and creating,
Sharon
How fun!
ReplyDeleteI sure think it is and so does Heather!
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