I sponged the edges of the base card, the polka dot paper, and the sentiment panel. The double-stitched die I used comes from Gina Marie Designs.
And now, it's off to find an old sweater to get comfortable in...
There's something about this card that is comfortable like an old sweater. The sentiment comes from The Project Bin's "New Leaf" set, and is embellished with some really pretty Stickles.
I sponged the edges of the base card, the polka dot paper, and the sentiment panel. The double-stitched die I used comes from Gina Marie Designs. And now, it's off to find an old sweater to get comfortable in...
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Welcome! If you're hopping today with Club Scrap, you've probably just left Wendy's blog. If not, and you'd like to start at the beginning, Karen started us out today. And there's always Club Scrap's papercrafting site to keep you busy! This month's kit from Club Scrap, "Pattern Play," features masculine green/gray papers and chunky, graphic stamp images. In addition to masculine- and formal-feeling cards, I tried to mix up the results to show how it's possible to move the papers and stamps into a lighter and even a more elegant-feel. My first card uses one of the stamps from the kit, stamped in white on a dark gray cardstock base, to set the stage for a tag I picked up somewhere for a whole .25. I mounted the tag onto a piece of teal paper from my scrap bin and placed it in the center of the card. I stamped one of the sentiments from the kit in gray and mounted it to more of the scrap. Finally, I stamped one of the floral images from the "Stamped Bouquet" set in gray, mounted it along the left side of the sentiment. You know I can't leave well-enough alone, so the floral images all got a little Spectrum Noir clear sparkle added to them. I'd say this card straddles the line between feminine and masculine. Next is a card I pushed toward feminine by using the repeated round shapes with the kicky color combination of bright green and black. (The combination is one I often see on summer sun dresses.) I used all supplies from the kit for this card except for the circle die I used to make the white circles and the Glossy Accents I used on the word "loving." I think I'd send this card to a gal pal who is going through a difficult time - relationship, job, dieting - as a pick up. (I'm not sure the dieting thing makes life worth loving, but that's what the stamp said, so I went with it!) So here's where I see the cardstock as being elegant in addition to masculine. I created a card base with light gray and mounted onto it a panel of darker gray I made just slightly smaller than the card itself. I stamped the darker gray panel with one of the leaf stamps and embossed them in silver. I added silver ribbon and a silver-embossed sentiment, all ready to give to a happy couple who has NO IDEA what they are about to embark upon! Heading back to masculine, this card features all materials from the kit except for the twine and the sliver of green seen behind the sentiment. This card is 5 x 7 with a base of medium gray. I triple-matted the next layer which also includes ribbon from the kit. I used one of the panels from the cut-aparts, matted slightly larger than the actual size of the card, and wrapped with green twine I had on my desk. My can't-leave-it-alone moment was Glossy Accenting the leaves in the squares. (You'll remember the Glossy Accenting verb from a previous post!) The sentiment is appropriate for encouragement. The card below is pretty darned feminine, what with the flower and all the sequin doo-dads in the window. I've had the floral, feature piece waiting for the right moment for eons. Thank goodness this interesting floral paper showed up in the kit! (I only need Club Scrap to surprise me with the right papers about 7,652 more times to empty out one of my embellishments boxes. Please get on that soon!) The sentiment and the decorative papers are from the "Pattern Play" kit. The rest of the card is stuff from my stash. Below is another instance of the cardstock moving toward elegance. It is really hard to tell here because of the lines on the card front, but there is a slug? quantity? ration? glop? clot? mess? swirl? of silver thread behind the sentiment. (Someone please tell me what word I'm looking for so I don't look like a complete idiot more than a couple of days!) I Glossy Accented the word "mind" and rounded the outside corners to finish off the card. Below are a couple cards that I either didn't like or didn't complete. I just got the quilt die and thought I'd try it with the papers from the kit. The cards are 4.25" x 4.25." I felt that they looked a little haphazard, so I set them aside. In the future, I'll add sentiments on them and use them for gift cards.
The last card uses the bright green paper that I had a hard time using. I created a double-matted panel to go on top of the bright green card base. I used the green ribbon from the kit and added a couple elements from my stash - the green button with twine and wood words "Be bright" 'cause, well, the paper is bright. For today's card, I used #bff from The Project Bin to make this pretty, feminine 4" x 6"card. My LSS is going out of business, so I grabbed up some random things for a dollar and they worked perfectly with the sentiment.
I stamped the beautiful sentiment in Memento Lux Rich Cocoa, sponged the edges to age the papers a bit, then added pearl embellishments and a wooden bird to add some texture. Fini! I found a few scraps of some of Basic Grey's "Max and Whiskers" paper and decided on a new card from The Project Bin's "Kinda Pawsome" set!
After using a die to cut out the card, I kept the die in place and traced around the inside of it to added a border to the card shape. Then, I sliced the chin part of the dog away from the body and added a small strip of mounting tape inside the head near the top to make it look like the dog is holding the sentiment in its mouth. To add some finishing details, I added a couple stickers I picked up at Dollar Tree. I can't get enough of the cat and dog sets Denise put together. The sentiments are spot on and make terrific everyday greeting cards! I can't say enough about the "Color Me Happy" kit from Club Scrap. The batik-print papers are so gorgeous and offer a great palette to work from. It was totally worth the mess! (Well, I should acknowledge that I amped up the mess by deciding to do the spritzed background!) I chose to feature the mulberry paper faux batik technique and used the small dragonfly from the kit as my "batiked" image. After stamping and embossing the image, I sprtzed the mulberry paper with three shades of spray die ink - tangerine, turquoise, and gold, which had gold shimmers in it. Because I'm lazy and impatient, I elected to use my heat tool to dry the mulberry paper, and because the heat tool was out and hot, I thought i'd try to overheat the embossing - which is what creates the batik effect - using a folded piece of thick cardstock and the heat tool. This, surprisingly, worked pretty well, but I decided to follow up with the iron just because. The mulberry paper stuck to the cardstock and tore in a few places. I either chose to not use the parts that got torn or fixed the tear as I stuck it onto the background. You can't even tell there was a problem. (I don't think the fix would have worked on different papers, though; what provided the camouflage were the fibers in the paper.) To make the background paper, I spritzed more of the die ink onto cardstock, partially drying each layer before adding the next one so the colors didn't muddy too much. I'm very pleased with the results. Pretty sure you're going to see one or two more of these beauties before it's all said and done! I also whipped up these cards last night. The gatefold card on the left features the batik-looking paper from the kit and a belly band using the small dragonfly and the three dots I trimmed off one of the sentiments.
Apparently have a fetish for dragonflies. They're all over the place! But to redeem myself, I also created this simple 4.75" x 4.75" note card. I stamped the leaves on a separate panel and colored them with Copics. Then, using mounting tape, I added one of the flowers from the same paper as the card on the left. I also added in some specks for fun, I used mounting tape to attach the slightly smaller panel with the flower on it to the cardbase. I like the simple card even though it might look too plain. I recognize that sometimes I throw too much onto a card. (Yeah, probably that dragonfly thank you card, in fact.) More than once I've had to stop to think that the kind of cards papercrafters make are not what most people experience. Maybe a little less is actually more in some cases! Hey, there! You are most likely arriving here from Donna's Hawthorne Hill blog. If not, and you want to get your bearings, head back to Karen's blog where all the fun began! There's so much to love about the January "Color Me Happy" kit from Club Scrap. The patterned papers are divine, and the stamps and embellishments do not disappoint. I didn't realize how gorgeous this first card was until I left the craft room and came back in. The wings gleam and have incredible depth! So beautiful! Other than the magic of Stickles on the dragonfly wings, nothing else about this card was difficult. After cutting a circle of the patterned paper to go on top of the turquoise card base, I cut out a layer of the detail from the paper and attached it about 3/4 of the way down the card to ground the dragonflies. The last thing I did was stamp the sentiment at the bottom of the card. (And if I make a card like this again, I'll plan it a little better. The bottom of the "y" in "birthday" didn't stamp well and had to be hand lettered to fix the boo-boo.) This is a card that will be hoarded until just the right person comes along!
second time and cut out some of the images and attached them to the card to add dimension. Finally, I heat embossed the sentiment with silver embossing powder and cut into a flag shape.
And that, my friends, is a wrap. You can start the tour over again with Karen's blog or head on over to the Club Scrap website to make a couple of purchases! Thanks for stopping by!
pieces of popcorn. The edges are defined but not puffy, dang it! The fact that I bought the powder in the '90's might have been the problem. The card still looks good, though!
I am entering this card in the Fusion sketch challenge and am seriously going to go into overdrive with this kit - expect a lot of posts this month!
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