Good Morning Fellow Stampers :-)
TGIF!! It's an off-Friday for me; but I'm off to work a few hours of Over Time this morning; and then it's home to the Studio to finish getting ready for Valentine's class tomorrow!! I'm really quite excited about this class. It's one of my favorites to prepare for. Prepping for class is always a flurry, along with trying to get the house cleaned up, and get a handle on the weekend chores. So I expect to be pretty busy through the majority of the weekend ! Keeps me out of trouble, right??!! LOL
It's time to play with Mojo Monday [MOJO481] this week. What a fun sketch . . . and I decided our Cupcakes and Carousels Suite had all the perfect elements for this design :-)
This is a wonderful "vintage" color scheme and one I've really fallen in love with.
Stampin' Up! simply does this so well ~ everything coordinated and interlocked to perfection - colors, papers, inks, stamp set! Even the embellishments!
Doggone Delightful Stampin' Design Tips:
- Layerothology. The card base for this card is cut from Very Vanilla cardstock, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4" - a standard side-fold A2 card. The mat and background layers are Soft Suede and So Saffron respectively. For the "circular" shape in the sketch, I decided to take this beautiful piece from the Cupcakes & Carousels DSP Stack, and I literally fussy cut around the carousel image, and then laid it to the card front and trimmed the side and bottom to match. So fun!
- Carousel Birthday. This beautiful little stamp set is so much fun! The tents are stamped on Very Vanilla with Soft Suede (stamped off twice first), then cut out with the Stitched Shape Framelits, matted with the Layering Squares Framelits. The sentiment is stamped in Bermuda Bay on Very Vanilla - the piece is cut 1-1/4" x 3-1/4", and matted with Soft Suede cardstock. The trick to these two pieces that you don't really see in this picture is that I have "stacked" two dimensionals together to create extra dimension - namely, because the sentiment straddles the Bermuda Bay ribbon and the tassel from the Cupcakes & Carousels Embellishment Kit, I had to get the piece to sit higher to keep from having a bulge pushing on the cardstock. Doubling up your dimensionals works well for this; just remember to do it on the overlapping square too so that everything matches.
Wondering how I got the "coloring" on the carousel horse?
Simple - the image was stamped on a piece of dsp from the Cupcakes & Carousels DSP Stack, and then fussy cut out - what an easy way to get an interesting look to your image. It's simple to our "faux" paper piecing technique, but for the entire image, not just a part of it.
Mister Horse has been popped with dimensionals too!
A bow, and a few sequins from the embellishment kit, topped off with some small seed pearls -- and this pretty chic piece is ready to go!!! :)
There's a fun card design for you today with lots of little details. We're nearing the end of January, and we're full swing into Sale-A-Bration. You can purchase all these items in my Online Store, and earn FREE Sale-A-Bration products while you're at it . . . like the beautiful Avant Garden stamp set I showcased on Wednesday. Place your orders today!! :) Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Until Next Time . . .