Ramblin' Stamper: Global Design Project

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Friday, September 9, 2022

Fall Barn Thinking of You Card

I designed this for a friend who's been having a rough time recently and loves all things country. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. These colors are so calming!

I used the Christmas Barn Bundle for the focal point on my card. The barn and fence are stamped in Early Espresso ink on Soft Suede cardstock and die-cut. The card base is Soft Suede, the mat is Pale Papaya (4" x 5-1/4"), and the card front is Crumb Cake (3-3/4" x 5").

There's a lot of detail on the barn stamp. I love that it's suitable for coloring, but looks great stamped on colored cardstock too!

The leaves on the background are stamped in Pale Papaya. The 3 leaves in the corner are cut from Merry Merlot, Pale Papaya and Brushed Metallic cardstock. These are from a retired Stampin' Up! bundle called Colorful Seasons. If you don't have this, the current Season of Chic Bundle has oak leaves in it that would be gorgeous!

I'm playing along with two card challenges this week that have a Fall theme (tis the season!)---

I'm using Any Shape Die, Free & Sentiment

Used the solid leaf stamp in Pale Papaya to embellish a Very Vanilla envelope, too. This card was easy to create, I hope you'll give it a go!

Product List

Christmas Barn Bundle (English)

[159749]

$46.75

Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115318]

$9.25

Pale Papaya 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[155668]

$9.25

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[120953]

$9.25

Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146979]

$9.25

Brushed Metallic Cardstock

[153524]

$15.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[147114]

$8.00

Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad

[155670]

$8.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$5.00

Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes

[107300]

$7.50

Season Of Chic Bundle (English)

[158816]

$57.50

Thank you for all your support! You can click on any of the links above to purchase from me.

Friday, May 20, 2022

Happiness Abounds with Brilliant Wings

Hello all! This card was created for the Global Design Project Theme Challenge "Beautiful Bugs". This is one of those ideas that came to me in the middle of the night, lol!

I just recently bought the Brilliant Wings Dies. My head is full of different ideas for using these, so you'll probably be seeing a lot more of them on my blog very soon! This is a standard card base (8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored on the long side at 4-1/4") cut from Highland Heather cardstock. The card front is Basic White 4" x 5-1/4".

I made this card by arranging 5 of the Brilliant Wings dies on the card front and running them through my die-cutting machine all at once. I used Post-It tape to anchor them down so none of them moved on me. I then carefully removed them and embossed the card front with Stampin' Up's Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder (retired).

The color behind the butterflies comes from a piece of Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper. I love the colors in this paper, but it's really busy on it's own and the butterflies soften it up so nicely!

I adhered the Designer Paper to the card base first, then used liquid glue on the back of the embossed piece, going carefully around the edges of all the butterfly cut-outs so nothing lifts up and adhered this on top of the DSP. The last step was to place all of the butterflies using Mini Glue Dots and add some bling - Iridescent Rhinestone Jewels. The sentiments on my card are included in the Happiness Abounds Stamp Set.

Thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

Brilliant Wings Dies

[155523]

Happiness Abounds Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[159238]

Hues Of Happiness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[158822]

Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146986]

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

[147099]

Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels

[158130]

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

Thursday, September 2, 2021

Gratitude

Aren't these lovely? I have a friend who's been through a rough patch lately and last weekend I invited her & her hubby to come to my home for dinner and an evening of relaxation. I told her she didn't need to bring anything, but she just couldn't do it. What a nice surpise!

Needless to say, I wanted to make her a special card to express my gratitude!

Recently I've become obsessed with ink blending. The vertical stripe on this card was created using Blushing Bride at the top and blending into Calypso Coral on the bottom. The secret to the smooth transition is Blending Brushes - love these things!

Along with the Blending Brushes, I used Post-It Tape - this stuff is a gamechanger. It stays stuck but peels off cleanly when you want it to. I found this at Amazon.

Pro Tip:

Use grid paper to easily get your tape lines straight - no fussing or measuring with a ruler!

I used Light & Dark Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends to color the poppies and Dark Old Olive for the leaves. The gold splotch is a stamp. I inked it with Versamark, sprinkled it with Heat & Stick Powder, heat set it then added Gilded Leafing.

There's a sentiment stamp in the Peaceful Moments stamp set that says "You shouldn't have, but I'm glad you did"...I think it will be perfect inside this card!

I'm sharing my card at this week's Global Design Project challenge -