Broadway Bound card for a Teenager

I find cards for teenage boys to be the hardest to make!  So I made a very simple card using layers of the retiring Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Card for a teenage boy made with the retiring Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series Paper

I stamped the greeting onto Gray Granite card and cut it out with one of the Frosted Bouquet dies, using the other die to cut the black layer.  I then fussy cut a couple of candles from a leftover piece of the paper.

The Broadway Bound paper will be available only until 2nd June or while stocks last.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - visit my online store to make a purchase

Broadway Bound Speciality Designer Series Paper

$24.25

Frosted Bouquet Framelits Dies

$57.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Broadway Bound for Foliage Frames

We'll take a little break from Christmas card for a quick birthday card!

Black & gold is so elegant and sophisticated!  Broadway Bound, Foliage Frames and Darling Label Punch

As a big fan of black and gold, I just love the Broadway Bound Designer Series Paper.  It does have lovely bright colours on the opposite sides - but I can't get past the black and gold!

This card started off, like so many, as a leftover sitting on my desk.  I cut the gold Foliage Frame for this card and rejected it in favour of black.  So for this card I merely did a little gold heat embossing, a little punching and cutting et voila!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available in my online store

Broadway Bound Speciality Designer Series Paper

$24.25

Foliage Frame Framelits Dies

$47.00

Darling Label Punch Box

$78.00

Versamark Pad

$15.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.75

Embossing Buddy

$10.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Gold Foil Sheets

$7.00

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with special guest: Linda Cullen

Welcome to the Crazy Crafters' Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Linda Cullen - we are thrilled to have Linda join us this month and so excited to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by her.

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Whether you are starting the blog hop here at my blog, Stephanie Fischer - The Crafty Thinker, or have come from the person before me, be sure to click on the person listed under me further down the page to continue your journey through the blog hop.

Linda is so talented that I had a HUGE short list of her projects and it was really difficult to choose one - but eventually I narrowed it down to this one based on the layout.

So here's my version:

Black, gold and soft suede: a multipurpose card suitable for any gender or occasion

Step 1 was to black heat emboss the greeting from the Rooted In Nature stamp set.  I then placed the soft suede card topper into the Sparkle embossing folder at an angle and partially ran it through the Big Shot .

Step 2 I cut a strip of Broadway Bound Designer Series Paper and trimmed it at an angle into two pieces which I adhered to the card top.

Step 3 I added pieces of the Mini Sequin Trim in gold and the 1/8" Black Cord and fastened it to the back with some sticky tape.

Step 4  I glued the card front to the basic black base card.

Step 5 I used the Natures Roots Framelits to cut and emboss three leaves which I swiped with a Versamark pad and then Gold heat embossed.  I then glued them to the card top.

Step 6 I cut the Botanicals Tag in both gold foil sheet and black cardstock, having first applied some Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet to the back for easy application to the card.

Step 7  Having adhered the gold flower outline to the card front, I paper pieced the little black pieces from the other die cut and then added a black Faceted Dot to the centre.

The leaves sit over the top of the trims which provides some dimension to the card

Thanks for following our blog hop.  Remember that currently you are at my blog - Stephanie Fischer - so click on the next name in the list to ensure that you don't miss out on seeing any of the blogs and the amazing inspiration that they contain.

Thanks for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - all products required for this card are available in my online store for Australian Residents

Botanical Tags Thinlits Dies

$47.00

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle

$126.75

Broadway Bound Speciality Designer Series Paper

$24.25

Sparkle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$13.00

Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

$17.00

Gold Mini Sequin Trim

$10.50

Black 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Cord

$10.50

Faceted Dots

$10.50

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Special Guest: Mary Deatherage

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Welcome to the Crazy Crafters' Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Mary Deatherage - we are thrilled to have Mary join us this month and so excited to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by her.

Whether you are starting the blog hop here at my blog, Stephanie Fischer - The Crafty Thinker, or have come from the person before me, be sure to click on the person listed under me further down the page to continue your journey through the blog hop.

I really like the layout of this card combined with the simple colour scheme and use of patterned paper.

I've gone for a bolder look as this card is for my brother-in-law's 60th birthday.  I'm besotted with the Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series Paper which I find really versatile.

A masculine 60th birthday card featuring Broadway Bound paper and some dies

Thanks for following our blog hop.  Remember that currently you are at my blog - Stephanie Fischer - so click on the next name in the list to ensure that you don't miss out on seeing any of the blogs and the amazing inspiration that they contain.

Thanks for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - all supplies used are available in my online store (Australian Residents only)

Broadway Bound Speciality Designer Series Paper

$24.25

Foliage Frame Framelits Dies

$47.00

Beautiful Layers Thinlits Dies

$50.00

Champagne Foil Sheets

$7.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock

$13.50

Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop: Theme - Birthday

Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop.  This month our theme is birthdays.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer (The Crafty Thinker) from Australia.  I hope you enjoy my card.

This theme is very timely for me as in my family, a lot of birthdays fall in June! This card is for my son - I'm hoping the graphic look of the candles and hat as well as the black and grey colour scheme sufficiently offsets the lace edge that I couldn't resist using!

A youthful masculine - ish card featuring the Broadway Bound paper, Delicate Lace Edgelits and Subtle embossing folder

I cut an A4 piece of Basic Black cardstock to 11.5" x  6" and scored the long side at 4" and 8" which left a third section of 3.5", the edge of which I cut with one of the Delicate Lace Edgelits.

I attached a piece of the Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series Paper to that piece and a narrow strip of Gold Foil Sheet.  I cut some black and gold ovals with the Stitched Shapes dies and added a birthday hat that I fussy cut from another piece of that beautiful paper.

Keeping the inside of the card clean and crisp with a simple yet elegant colour scheme

To decorate the first flap, I ran a piece of Gray Granite cardstock through the big shot in the the new Subtle embossing folder which leaves an elegant and "subtle" linen look.  I also added a little offcut of the DSP.

One of the inside flaps is decorated with another piece of the DSP and in the centre is a piece of Gray Granite on which I gold heat embossed the birthday greeting.

The inside of the card showing that gorgeous lace edge and another piece of the Broadway Bound paper

As a bit of a last minute thing, I added a black and gold frame to the inside to which I later added a hand-written note.

The black and gold frame is made with the Foliage Frame Framelits

 I used the Foliage Frame Framelits to cut the black layer of the frame and some of the smaller dies in the set to cut the gold foliage which I stuck to the frame.  I hid my mess with a circle of Gray Granite cardstock which I cut with one of the Layering Circles dies.

A close up of the black and gold frame made with the Foliage Frame Framelits and Layering Circles Framelits

I hope the project you've seen here on my blog today has inspired you and brightened your day.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer.  Please see the list below and hop through all of the people on the list to see all our projects.  You don't want to miss any!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - all available in my online store (Australian Residents only)

Broadway Bound Speciality Designer Series Paper

$24.25

Delicate Lace Edgelits Dies

$50.00

Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$17.00

Better Together Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$64.00

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Gold Foil Sheets

$7.00