Posted by Jennifer Spiller on Jul 30, 2015 in Greetings Thinlits, Watercolor Wings |
The Fab Friday group of Stampers are back with another great challenge for us. This challenge is a color challenge that uses Lost Lagoon, Blackberry Bliss, and Mossy Meadow. Now, if you read yesterday’s post you may be thinking that these colors are familiar. And, yes they are the colors in the Christmas Card from yesterday. But, that card had been designed several weeks ago. So I wanted to come up with a new card that was completely different for this Challenge. I wanted to challenge myself and play along with the talented design team over at Fab Friday. Check out all the great cards by the Fab Friday Design Team.
This is the banner for the Fab Friday Challenge:
So, today’s card is for a college roommate. Nan and I try to have dinner every so often. I have missed the last two secluded dinner meeting for one reason or the other. I decided that it was time to tell her hello and that I am so sorry for bailing out! I hope we get to catch up soon and that she know I miss her. Along with my other roommate. I need to make them a card also. We all have such busy lives it is hard to keep in touch. I note is a great little way to say, “I’m thinking of you” or “I miss you”. Friends are so important in life. It’s nice to know that we can still connect with long time friends.
Here is my Card:
This card is a clean and simple one layer card. That really depends on a great color scheme to bring the card together. I Love the simple scripted hello. It is from the new Greetings thinlits. In the greetings thinlits you get three scriped words hello, thanks, and cheers. You may recognize the dot’s from Tuesday’s post. They are the dots from Watercolor Wings. I told you that I love dot’s and that you would be seeing more of them…..I’m sure this still holds true….More dot’s are yet to come.
Here are the details of today’s card:
- My card base is from the note card and envelope pack. I truly like this size of card.
- Stamp the dots in Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon, and Blackberry Bliss
- Using Mossy Meadow card stock cut out the hello thinlit with the Big Shot machine. A little tip…When using thinlits and detail dies if you put a piece of parchment paper between the card stock and the die . The card stock will come apart from the die much easier.
- Adhere the hello to the card base. I did this using a sticker maker by xyron. (not a Stampin’ Up! product but, still great) Maybe, one day they will start carrying this great product. it is perfect for small die cuts such as this hello.
That’s it. So simple and clean. Now if you really want to make your card stand out. Remember to decorate your envelope. I went slightly over board with my envelope decorating. I like it though. And my friend Nan will know that I miss seeing her. 
Here is today’s supply list:
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Fab Friday. Have a great Thursday. I hope to meet you back here tomorrow. Be Fabulous :>
Jennifer
Posted by Jennifer Spiller on Jul 29, 2015 in Every Blessing |
Saturday was our monthly Christmas Card Class. We had a great time creating today’s card. I just totally enjoyed the day with a great group of women. They had so much fun creating their Christmas Cards. The next class will be on August 29th. For more information about this class please visit the Events page. I a looking forward to sharing more about this upcoming event in the near future. So, stay tune….
The stamp set we used was Every Blessing. It is a great image of the shepherds and star. Also, two saying are included in the stamp set. We used the colors Mossy Meadow, Blackberry Bliss, and Lost Lagoon. They are all In Colors for 2014-2016. I seem to always stay out of Mossy Meadow card stock. (aka a fave.) The design for this card seemed to take several turns before landing. At the beginning I was using Smokey Slate and Whisper White to create a long card. As you can see, the final outcome is very different. I so love the creative process. How one Idea metamorphoses into something completely different.
Here is the Stamp Set
Here is the Card:
Here are the details of today’s card:
- Mossy Meadow card stock cut at 9 inches by 4 1/2 inches. Then scored at 4 1/2 inches. This will give you a card that is 4 1/2 by 4 1/2. Make sure to use the bone folder and burnish the scored line for a crisp fold.
- Then using watercolor paper cut to 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 and taped down wash lost lagoon and mossy meadow. I use reinkers , a glass lid, paint brush, and a jar of water for this process. Place a few drops of reinker into the glass lid and using a wet paint brush wash the color onto the watercolor paper. For this particular project I used dry watercolor paper and a little water mixed with the reinker. This process takes time. And most of the time is waiting for the ink to dry. (I’m so not that patient…but it is worth it)
- Stamp the image in Blackberry Bliss onto the watercolored background.
- Cut the background down to 4 inches by 3 7/8 inches
- Cut a piece of Blackberry Bliss card stock down to 3 3/4 inches by 3 1/4 inches
- Glue the Watercolored piece to the Blackberry Bliss using multipurpose glue. Then using dimensional add the panel to the Mossy Meadow card base.
- Finally, add the beautiful verse to the Mossy meadow card base. I did this in Blackberry Bliss ink and using the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig
That’s it!! I hope you enjoy making this card as much as I did. It is always fun to pull out the watercolor paper and make your own background. I hope you will join us in August for the Next Christmas Card Class. See You There!!!!!!!!
Card is process
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I would love to hear from you! If you have any questions about today’s card, Stampin’ Up!, or stamping in general please feel free to contact me.
Here is today’s card supply list:
Weeeee…we had lots of fun!!!!
That’s it for now. I hope everyone has a fabulous Wednesday! Thank You for visiting Westside Paper Creations.
Jennifer
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