Let's start this week off right with a couple of Wishing You Well cards. I've shown this set from the Holiday catalog earlier and now I'm happy to pass along to you that it will continue to be available while the Occasions catalog is in effect this winter and spring, well into May. I've been thinking that there really should be more layouts or ways to use it so I sketched out over 2 dozen more card ideas during my flight home from Orlando last week.
I tried out 2 of them while playing along with a couple of Splitcoaststamper challenges today.
Today's featured stamper challenges features the gallery of Crystal Komara and I chose this cutie as inspiration for my card:
I used similar colors, gingham and the get well occasion of her card to create this:
I trimmed this down to a 4" x 5 1/2" card - just because I like the proportion of gingham better by trimming it off. It still fits into a regular A2 envelope. Base is a Very Vanilla card. I was hoping to hear that the Buffalo Check background stamp would be carried over during into the Occasions Catalog like the Wishing You Well set was but alas it doesn't seem to be. While we will have some adorable gingham DSP time may be running out for the Buffalo Check. By choosing the right colors this will have such a great springtime look. Don't hesitate if you haven't put this one on an order yet.
- The Wreath is stamped with Crumb Cake and cut and layered using the Layering Circles Framelit Dies.
- The little Petal Pink flowers adorned with Basic Pearls are a sneak peek from the upcoming Occasions Catalog which will go live in January. They are made with one of the punches from a set of 4 punches, Bitty Blooms Punch Pack: 3 flowers and a center/leaf punch. These punches will be available January 5, 2019.
- The "Wishing You Well" greeting is hand trimmed and "weathered" with the Paper Snips and sponged with a little Powder Pink ink.
- The Mini Ruffled Ribbon in Powder Pink peeks out from behind the gingham just perfectly!
While the Wishing You Well stamp set will carry over, as far as we know the Buffalo Check background stamp will not be available after January 2, SO HURRY UP AND GET ONE! I hesitate to use retired items in my blog and Facebook Live projects but Buffalo Check might be an exception. It gives a fresh new look to almost everything and now that I've seen the new sets in the upcoming catalog I wish it was in there with them.
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My second card was inspired by a dress from a site featured on Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge:
As usual, with foil it isn't always easy to get a good idea of the shine and polish this adds to a card. Here is a close up of the bow. It is shinier in real life but you can get an idea of the shaded detailed look this DistInkTive stamp gives.
- This card has a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card base.
- The front of the white card is stamped with the little flowers from Wishing You Well using Stazon Black.
- The Basic Black layer is angle cut by scoring the top of a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece at 1 1/2" from the upper right corner and 1 " from the lower left corner. These two score lines are then lined up on the Stampin' Trimmer and cut to give the diagonal shown. A narrow layer of Gold foil paper is used to accentuate the black.
- The greeting is embossed with gold embossing powder in the lower right corner of the black layer. I use white craft ink when stamping on black so that I can see better on the black cardstock. Versamark ink would work too.
- Add the Black and gold layers to the stamped white card base.
- The bow is stamped with Black Stazon ink on gold foil paper and trimmed with the paper snips. Attach to the card as shown with a glue dot.
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Whether you are new to papercrafts, someone who crafts with many brands of supplies, a Stampin' Up! devotee, or fellow demonstrator, I sincerely thank you for stopping by my little place in the stamping world. Let me know what you think and come back again soon!
Chris
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