July 31, 2015

Thank You Note Cards

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I’m so excited to share my latest Stampin’ Up creation with you today! I decided to do something a little bit different for the As You See It challenge and used my Gift Bag Punch Board to create a pretty holder for a selection of thank you note cards.

Here’s the sketch that got my creative juices flowing:

And here’s the bag and the selection of thank you cards that I created using that same sketch:

I just love how they turned out! I wanted to have a slight vintage feel to this project, so I picked muted colours and combined them with sassy gold. I’m IN LOVE with the new Metallic Thread! It’s so fun to add a splash of pizzazz that doesn’t pull your eye away from the focal point of the card.

I used the Gift Bag Punch Board to create the gift bag that will hold this collection of cards. The cards are a bit smaller than 3×3″. Actually, they are precisely 2.75″x2.75″. I find this size to fit much more easily into the 3 1/8″ square envelopes and 2.75″ is kind of a magical number when you are using the 8.5″x11″ cardstock. By creating this size card, I can get 6 wee note cards out of one sheet of cardstock! THIS gives me great joy (probably more than it should, lol!)

Products used in this project include: Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper, Gift Bag Punch Board, Tear & Tape Adhesive, Lost Lagoon cardstock, Rose Red cardstock, Tip Top Taupe cardstock, Basic Grey cardstock, Basic Black cardstock, Very Vanilla cardstock, Gold Foil cardstock, Lost Lagoon ink pad, Rose Red ink pad, Tip Top Taupe ink pad, Smoky Slate ink pad, Gorgeous Grunge stamp set, Tin of Cards stamp set, Gold Metallic Thread, Gold Sequin Trim, Gold Satin Ribbon, In-Colour Blossom Accents, Versamark Ink pad, Gold Embossing powder, Heat Tool, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Lots of Labels framelits, Big Shot, Metal Rimmed Pearls.

Because I used Very Vanilla cardstock in this project, rather than Whisper White, I will take the time to create beautiful matching envelopes using the Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper.

Just imagine the look on my friend’s face when she receives this beautiful selection of cards! She won’t want to give them away!!

(but she will… because I will make her. MWAHAHAHAAAA!!)

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Now go! Make! Create! Be the awesomeness that you are!!

And then share it with someone! That is your challenge today! (so, do the challenge sketch this week and upload it to the link on the As You See It Challenge blog! It’s fun. You’ll like it!)

Amy

July 24, 2015

Blue Brick

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I had such a crazy awesome and busy week last week that I couldn’t pull it together enough to make a card to share with you. I loved last week’s AYSI challenge sketch, though. I’ll have to give it a try later and see how it goes.

I’m in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the Inspire.Create.Share. Stampin’ Up convention! Me and the gals started with a couple of lovely days just hanging out together in the city, eating yummy food, shopping and educating ourselves on the Charleston and other important things-to-know about the roaring 20s. Stampin’ Up had the 20s themed party on last night after our first day of Convention! It was so fun to dress up and show my dance moves (as unpracticed as they were- it’s harder than it looks!).

I did have just enough time to created this card before I packed my bags on Sunday. But first here’s the As You See It Challenge sketch #97 where my inspiration came from.

And my card is all in Pacific Point, Mint Macaron, and Basic Black. I used stamps from the Awesomely Artistic stamp set and the Bold Butterfly stamp set.

This design also uses the Brick Wall embossing folder, the new Lots of Labels Framelits (which I just cut off one end of to create the tag), and the In-Colour Blossom Accent.

Try this layout for yourself so you can share it on the As You See It website! We love to see what you create!

Here’s some 1920s dance moves so you can imagine what we did at the Stampin’ Up party last night!!

Amy.

July 10, 2015

Speedy Colour Blocking

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I love speed stamping! It gets the heart pumping and pushes my creativity! Today’s challenge is all about shades of pink! Can you make a card in under 10 minutes? It’s tough, but I’m proud to say that I did it just under the wire at 9 minutes and 59 seconds! Phew!

I decided to do colour blocking with my pink cardstock. Here’s what I came up with:

I probably would have done it in less time had I not had a minor issue with my big shot and then stuck my colourful layer down crooked! I’m pleased with the overall look of the card, but thought it needed one more thing. Can you see the difference?

The Blossom Accent in Watermelon Wonder adds a lot to the design, I think.

The card base is the Thick Whisper White cardstock (love this!). To a piece of Whisper White cardstock, I added strips of coloured cardstock (shades of pink) including Melon Mambo, Watermelon Wonder, Blushing Bride, Rose Red, Pink Pirouette, and Real Red (yes, red is a shade of pink … a very dark shade of pink). Then I trimmed it down to the size that I wanted it and ran it through the Big Shot with the ‘thanks’ from the Greetings Thinlits. The two bottom corners were rounded with the Project Life corner rounder punch and the Black Baker’s Twine was wrapped around this piece of cardstock for added interest and texture. That entire layer was then adhered to the card base with Stampin’ Up Dimensionals.

And the beautiful Blossom Accent was added after my 10 minute mark was done.

That’s it. Easy Peasy.

You should try this challenge. Seriously! This is such a good exercise to help you get your creative mojo going. Even if you absolutely HATE your card when you’re done, it can spur on some new creative flow and teach you to be more efficient in the future.

Give it a try and show it off on the As You See It Challenge blog so we can see what you’ve created!

Amy