Country Livin' Guitar

My sister-in-law teaches guitar, so I knew I had to buy this stamp set!  This will be her birthday card.

I haven't played for years but while watercolouring, I tried to remember what my guitar used to look like!

I cut some Basic Black cardstock to 11" x 5.5" and folded it in half to form a 5.5" square card.  I layered this with Mint Macaron and more Basic Black cardstock.  I then added a 2" strip of Mint Macaron paper from the 2015-2017 In Colour DSP Stack and a 3.5" x 3" piece of Delightful Dijon cardstock.  My painted panel is layered onto a piece of Soft Suede cardstock before adhering it to the front of the card with Dimensionals.    The last step was to add the banner.

I stamped the banner from Number of Years in Basic Black onto Whisper White cardstock and added the greeting from Birthday Banners before cutting it out with the matching die from the Large Numbers Framelits.  I inked the edges first with Crushed Curry ink and then Delightful Dijon.

For the painted panel: I first stamped the guitar from Country Livin' in Basic Black onto Whisper White cardstock and covered it with a mask that I had prepared. 

I then used Mint Macaron Ink (stamped off) to stamp the stripes from the Hostest set Basket For You.  I added a light coat of Mint Macaron sponging over the stripes before I removed the mask.

I then watercoloured the guitar and foreground with Crumb Cake, Soft Suede Tip Top Taupe and Crushed Curry ink.

Click on this image to link to the original challenge

The layout for this card was inspired byMary Fish's version of a Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge for May (PPA300).

Thank you for visiting
'Til next time

Stephanie

Product List - To shop in my online store - click on a product image below (Australian Residents only)

Country Livin' Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141925]

Basket For You Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141812]

Birthday Banners Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141506]

Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140653]

Large Numbers Framelits Dies

[140622]

2015-2017 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack

[138432]

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

[138344]

Delightful Dijon A4 Cardstock

[138345]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

[138326]

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[131173]

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad

[138325]

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[126975]

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[126978]

Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad

[138327]

Thank You for Painters Palette

All the waiting is finally over!  All the products in the fantastic new catalogue (best one yet, I think!) are now available for purchase!

The Painters Palette stamp set and the new Layering Squares framelits are just made for each other!

For this card, I stamped the easel from the Painters Palette set with Tip Top Taupe Ink onto Whisper White cardstock.  I then added some shadows with a Soft Suede Stampin Write Marker.

Masking the square of the frame with some scrap paper, I then stamped the "canvas" area to look like a painting.  I used the two step floral spray from the Number of Years stamp set with Mint Macaron, Flirty Flamingo and Watermelon Wonder inks.  I then used matching Stampin' Write Markers to add some shading to the leaves and flowers.

Love the new Layering Squares framelits!

I used the Layering Squares framelits to create a Flirty Flamingo mat that covers the entire frame area and a narrower Soft Suede frame to sit on top.    I glued these onto the panel.

Using an aqua painter and a touch of Crumb Cake ink, I painted a little bit of shadow under the easel to "ground" it.

I cut a piece of Soft Suede cardstock ... wide and trimmed each end (one end at a time) with one of the Lots of Labels framelits using this technique.  I then cut a piece of Crumb Cake card stock to ...wide and trimmed to a smaller size in the same way.  The greeting is from Gift of Love and is stamped with Basic Black ink.

The rest of the card is just layering.

'Til next time
Stephanie


Product List - To shop in my online store, click on one of the product images below (Australian Residents only)

Painter's Palette Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141910]

Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper

[141632]

Gift Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141796]

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

[141421]

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

[141708]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140653]

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad

[138325]

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

[138326]

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[141402]

Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

[138323]

Many Marvelous Markers

[131264]

Number of Years - 40th Birthday card

I wanted to make a special card to celebrate my nephew's 40th birthday (how can that even be possible?!!). so I turned to Number of Years and Going Places.

I cut Sahara Sand cardstock to 12" x 6" and then scored and folded the long side at 4" and 8" to create a triple flap card (perhaps it has a proper name?).

The numbers and stamps are from the Number of Years bundle.

The front of card has the restrained, masculine look to it that I was looking for and it's mostly about the gorgeous Designer Series Paper - Going Places.

No, my nephew isn't an alien!  I distorted the photo since I haven't asked permission to show his image.

As the card open, it gets more interesting.  The photo I found of my nephew was taken on a boat, so the nautical papers in the DSP were a perfect match.  I was tempted to leave the side panels unstamped but eventually added "Hello birthday boy" from the Sale-A-Bration set Hello.

The birthday greeting is from the fabulous Happy Birthday Everyone set

I balanced things out a bit with the compass design from the Going Global stamp set.

The colours are: Sahara Sand, Lost Lagoon and black.

Thanks for looking.
'Til next time.
Stephanie

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Occasions Catalogue Preview - Grateful Bunch & Number of Years Bundle

The first family birthday of the year is just around the corner!  I wanted to make her something feminine and fitting to celebrate her 16th birthday but not too "twee".

This is what I came up with.

It's hard to see in the photo but the flowers, numbers and butterfly shimmer with Wink of Stella

What I used from the Occasions Catalogue:
Number of Years Bundle: 140811
Grateful Bunch Bundle - 140801
Wink of Stella Clear - 141897
Wink of Stella Gold - 141898

The numbers and some of the flowers are popped up on Dimensionals - a good way to use the edge pieces of the dimensionals!

I painted the gold flowers with Gold Wink of Stella - adding a little extra in places for depth.  I then decided that I'd like a bit of Bermuda Bay in the petals but didn't want to reduce the shimmer.  So I picked up some Bermuda Bay ink with the tip of the Clear Wink of Stella brush.  When I'd finished I simply squiggled the brush on some scrap paper until it was clean again.

I hope you like this card - I welcome any comments you have.

'Til next time
Stephanie

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