#GDP075 - BEST BIRDS

 

Hello, happy Sunday everyone!

Today’s card I created for this week’s Global Design Project challenge,

Our theme for the week is winged creatures - I’ve chosen a gorgeous little sparrow!

 

For today’s project I wanted to mix the old in with the new, I’ve chosen an older stamp set

for the focal image and mixed it up with a new sentiment and some Designer Series Paper.

 

My card base is an A2 top folding card made out of Whisper White Thick Cardstock,

Again I’ve used the Stampin' Trimmer for all my trimming and paper scoring today.

 

For the base of my project I’ve added two paper layers, slightly overlapping each other.

The top layer is from the new Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Series Paper Stack, and the

bottom layer is Soft Sky Cardstock, these two colours work so beautifully together!

 

My focal image is a gorgeous little sparrow from the Best Birds Photopolymer Stamp Set,

I’ve stamped the sparrow in Basic Black Archival Ink to complement my other colours.

I’ve then used the coordinating Birds & Blooms Thinlits Dies to die cut out the sparrow.

 

The “Hello” sentiment comes from the new Chase Your Dreams Clear Mount Stamp Set,

I've stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink onto some Basic Black Cardstock before

heat embossing the sentiment with White Stampin' Emboss Powder.

 

The sparrow is placed on top of a small circle made with the Layering Circle Framelits Dies,

I’ve repeatedly stamped the die cut circle using the same Hello stamp as I’ve used for my

sentiment, stamping the little Hello repeatedly in Soft Sky Ink onto Whisper White Cardstock.

 

Lastly I added a small messy bundle of Basic Black Metallic Thread on top of the stamped circle

before popping up the sparrow using Stampin' Dimensionals to give the card some dimension.
And for a final added detail I also added three Brights Enamel Shapes in Bermuda Bay.

 

I hope you enjoyed this little sparrow card design,

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 



PROJECT SUPPLY LIST

 

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Card Stock A4 Soft Sky [131292]	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]	Cupcakes & Carousels Designer Series Paper Stack [142744]
Chase Your Dreams Clear-Mount Stamp Set [142945]	Best Birds Photopolymer Stamp Set [141525]	Best Birds Photopolymer Bundle [142315]	Birds & Blooms Thinlits Dies [141477]	Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705]
Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Brights Enamel Shapes [141680]	Basic Black Metallic Thread [141695]	Stampin' Trimmer [129722]
Heat Tool [129056]	Versamark Pad [102283]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]

AS YOU SEE IT CHALLENGE #121

 

Hello, Happy Wednesday everyone !

This week I have a card I created for the As You See It Challenge blog.

Over at the As You See It Challenge we have a very fun and flirty sketch to work with,

I knew straight away what I wanted to create for this challenge, which is a first for me!

 

 

I decided to go with lots of ruffles, two shades of pink, and a bit of sparkle !

 

I started off by using my We R Memory Keepers Trim & Score Board to trim down some

Trophee Board White Linen 240 GSM cardstock, making an A2 top folding card.

 

Next using a retired Stampin’ Up! stamp set called Hello Darling I took the “Hello Darling” stamp and stamped this with Versamark ink and then heat embossed it with Ranger Super Fine Black Embossing Powder.

 

To add a bit of colour to the sentiment I used my Crisp Cantaloupe Stampin' Write Marker to colour in the leaves and a little part of one of the flowers, I then used a Blender Pen and my Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad to colour the rest of the little flowers in.

 

For the little berries / circles on the sentiment I added a tiny drop of Rangers Glossy Accents and then added some Gold Stampin' Glitter just to give it a little sparkle and some more interest.

 

Using the My Favorite Things Blueprints 23, I took the scallop trim boarder and die cut four of each using Watermelon Wonder and Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock, I also cut a strip of Gold Glimmer Paper to add to the top of all my scallop trims, just to give the card some sparkle.

 

I adhered everything down using some Tombow Mono Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

 

To finish off the card and to add a bit more detail, I tied some Gold Cord Trim around the card front, overlapping the Gold Glimmer Paper and the first Watermelon Wonder scallop trim.

I really liked how this card turned out and I hope you liked what I did with the As You See It sketch.
I am also entering this card in over at The Paper Players Blog, they have a super fun Tic Tac Toe challenge going at the moment and this card ties in perfectly with it, I chose to play with the middle line, going across with Die Cuts, Pink and Girly !

 

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,
 

- SUPPLY LIST -

 

Simon Says Stamp

 

EK Success - Powder Tool Applicator

We R Memory Keepers - Trim & Score Board

Ranger - Embossing Powder Super Fine Black

Ranger - Glossy Accents Glue Dimensional Adhesive

 

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MY FAVORITE THINGS

 

Die-Namics Blueprints 23

 

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OTHER

 

Trophee Board - White Linen 240 GSM Paper

 

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STAMPIN' UP!



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HELLO FRIEND

 

Hello Everyone,

Sorry I never posted a card for you all last week, However, I hope to make it up to you with two posts today. Both of today’s posts share one card design with two slightly different finishes, So I made a total of eight cards this week which gave me two of each finished card design.

 

Both of these designs are A2 top folding cards made out of Trophee Board - White Linen 240 GSM Paper.

This paper is a nice weight for card bases and has a subtle embossed print on it that as the name suggest looks like linen or a very fine sanded wood texture.

 

With my card bases all done and set aside for later I moved on to my die cutting,

I used the pretty 2013 - 2015 In Colour cardstock Strawberry Slush and die cut four large Stitched Circles from Lil' Inker Designs, taking  a smaller circle from the same Stitched Circle set I die cut some light pink cardstock from American Crafts - Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm 6 x 6 Paper Pad.

Next I die cut my Hello sentiment from LID’s sixteen times using Basic Black cardstock - yes you read that right, I wanted the same look from my card Golden Thanks with the Hello sentiment raised up without been to bulky, so like I was saying I die cut the word Hello sixteen times which gave me four for each card of the two card designs.

Because I hadn’t had enough of die cutting I then die cut four feathers using Wplus9 Fanciful Feathers Designer Dies out of We R Memory Keepers - Love Notes 6 x 6 Paper Pad in some printed pink cardstock and lastly I took some Gold Glimmer Paper and die cut four more feathers.

 

Now I was just left with the easy part which was stamping the rest of my sentiment,

I used the Wplus9 Fanciful Feathers Stamp Set that coordinates with the feather dies and took the neat word Friend from the stamp set and stamped this to the bottom right hand side of all four cards using the retired Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Ink Pad.

 

For the first two of these cards I keep my card design minimal with a lot of white area showing, I wanteda clean, crisp yet pretty end result, with the other two I added some little falling feathers from the Wplus9 Fanciful Feathers Stamp Set and heat embossed these in Rangers Super Fine Gold Embossing Powder down the left hand side, this just added a bit more of an elegant touch and made it a little more flashier than the other two cards.

I also added the gold heat embossed falling feathers down the left hand side to the front of two Whisper White C6 Envelopes, on the other two I took a single feather stamp from the same set and heat embossed a gold feather to the back flap of the envelopes.

 

Hope you like these cards and my two takes on the same design.

Thanks for reading,
 

- SUPPLY LIST -

 

Stampin’ up!

 

Heat Tool

Gold Glimmer Paper

Basic Black A4 Cardstock

Whisper White - C6 Envelopes

Strawberry Slush A4 Cardstock - RETIRED

Tombow MONO - Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad - RETIRED

 

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Simon Says Stamp

 

Versamark - Ink Pad

EK Success - Powder Tool Applicator

Wplus9 - Fanciful Feathers Stamp Set

Wplus9 - Fanciful Feathers Designer Dies

We R Memory Keepers - Trim & Score Board

Ranger - Embossing Powder Super Fine Gold

Best Creation - Big Circles 3D Foam Tape Dots

We R Memory Keepers - Love Notes 6 x 6 Paper Pad

American Crafts - Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm 6 x 6 Paper Pad

 

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Lil' Inker Designs

 

Hello Word Die

Stitched Mats - Circles

 

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OTHER

Trophee Board - White Linen 240 GSM Paper