Good Morning Fellow Stampers ~
Well, here we are . . . off and running into the final week of June! Whew! Can you believe that one?? This month has just FLOWN right on by. I am looking forward to a little down time through the upcoming 4th of July holiday break. I'd love to curl up with a good book or two, and just try to decompress for a little bit!!
It's time to play with the Paper Players [PP350] challenge this week. We have a fun little sketch that I went round and round with different ideas about 15 times. LOL I like where I ended up though! I hope you do too!
I made today's card for my honey who will be on business travel later this week.
I always like to tuck a note and a treat (usually banana bread) in his bag for his trip.
Doggone Delightful Stampin' Design Tips:
- Layerothology. Today's card is cut from Thick Whisper White cardstock, 4-1/4" x 11", scored at 5-1/2" - what I call a top fold vertical card. The layering to this card is kind of "sneaky" and lots of fun!! I started with a mat piece of Daffodil Delight, cut 5-3/8" x 4-1/8". Then I cut a piece of Whole Lot of Lovely DSP, approximately 2" x 5-1/4", as a strip to "peak" down the left side of the card. Next I cut a piece of Silver Foil at about 2" x 5-1/4", and then a piece of Whisper White cut approximately 3-1/4" x 5-1/4". I embossed the Whisper White with the new Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I have fallen in love with this new embossing folder -- fabulous!!! Then working backwards, I attached the designer paper to the Daffodil Delight on the left; then I adhered the Silver Foil to the Whisper White panel so I could work out just exactly how much I wanted "peaking" down the left-hand side, and then lined that piece up on the Daffodil Delight mat and overlapping the designer paper. Once complete, I adhered it to the front of the card base! What do you think??
- Lemon Zest. I'm finally pulling out this fabulous new stamp set and the coordinated punch, and having some fun! I love it already! I started by stamping the full "lemon" in Crushed Curry, and punching it out. Then I stamped the "lemon slices" in Daffodil Delight, "rocking & rolling" one of them around the edges in Crushed Curry to have the peel match up to the background lemon. I used a Smoky Slate stampin' write marker, and free-handed some "seeds" in the center of each slice, and then started layering. The slices are cut out with one of the Layering Circles framelits, that I thought fit perfectly! And the leaves are easy peasy as well with the new punch! Using a combination of dimensionals and snail I layered up my little stack of lemons and leaves just so!! LOL
- A Perfect Sentiment. I love this sweet "punny" sentiment in the Lemon Zest stamp set. I stamped it in Versamark and embossed it with Silver embossing powder to coordinate with the Silver Foil. It was punched out easy peasy with the 1-1/2" circle punch. Now I can decide on a cute little verse or note for the inside before I give the card to my honey.
- Turn to the Inside. The inside of this card is as bright and cheerful as the outside!! I made another lemon slice in Daffodil Delight and punched it out with the 1-3/4" punch just to keep it simple. These leaves and slice are layered with SNAIL. Now I need to find a fun little sentiment to slip in with my "note" - :-)
With lots of nice "white space" this card looks clean and bright; but the texture of the embossing folder and the "sneaky" layering gives lots of dimension to the card! Did you see the few little pearls I snuck on in the middle of the lemon slices?? LOL
I think we should remember that a "masculine" card does not necessarily have to be brown, black, or "dreary"! Change up and see how your guy reacts!!
I hope you have enjoyed today's fresh, summery card. I hope my sweetie likes it too!! This is a fabulous new bundle in the new Annual Catalog; be sure to add it to your next order when you pop over to my Online Store. Let me know if I can help you with anything Stampin' Up!, or with your creative adventures.
Until Next Time . . .
