Hi Friends!
We are excited to be
back with our monthly challenges at The Card Concept!
The photo inspiration
for our #209
{Fall Florals} Challenge inspired me to pull out a stamp that I have owned for
quite a while but had not inked up yet.
So many stamps, so little time, lol!
I paired the I/O Vase
Kitty Butterfly image with a retired Stampin’ Up! verse sentiment from Say It
With Scripture (from 1990),
Using these older
stamps helps me to fulfill one of my long-term goals to create at least one
card using my older stamps (this will take years since I have almost a thousand
stamp sets).
I have this goal in
addition to creating a card for each of the Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenges (they have over a thousand sketches) and I was able to incorporate
the SC301 Sketch into the design of this card.
I am also participating with the INKspirational #324 “Make Your Mark” Challenge, My Time To Craft #542 “Add Texture” (I added texture with ribbon and the embossing), and the Simon Says Monday “STAMP IT” Challenge.
I hope you will take a moment to visit our challenge
blog to see how the rest of the Design Team were inspired as well as
check out the other challenge galleries to see their fabulous creations!
To create this card:
On a piece of white cardstock, de-static with an
embossing powder tool, ink the Vase Kitty Butterfly image with Versafine
Black Onyx ink, stamp onto the prepared panel, apply
clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.
Once the embossing has cooled, watercolor with water-based
markers, watercolor pencils and distress oxide inks to color the image.
Cut out the image loosely, leaving enough room for
the rectangular die (fussy-cutting around the flowers in the vase on the outer
edge).
Die cut with a rectangle stitched die, protecting
the left-hand side from the stitched die.
Layer a piece of 4 ⅛” x 5 ⅜“ white cardstock onto
a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” piece of black cardstock.
Add a piece of yellow designer paper approx. 4 ½”
x 4” to a piece of black cardstock.
Add a piece of 1 ½” gray satin ribbon to the designer
paper layer, wrap the ends of the ribbon behind the panel before mounting onto
the card front.
Adhere the card front to the white card base.
Mount the layered kitty image onto card front with
dimensional foam.
De-static a piece of black cardstock with an embossing powder tool, ink the Proverbs 17:17 verse sentiment with Versamark ink, apply white embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.
Once the embossing has cooled, die cut the
sentiment with a stitched tag die.
Add to the card front using dimensional foam on
the outer left-hand side and directly onto the kitty image panel.
Add a few pearls to the upper right-hand corner of
the kitty image panel and the lower left-hand area of the tag sentiment to
finish off the card.
Stamp Sets: Vase Kitty Butterfly (Impression
Obsession I/O Stamps), Say It With Scripture (1990 Stampin’ Up!)
Inks/Mediums: Versafine
Onyx Black, Versamark, Stampin’ Write Markers- So Saffron,
Hello Honey, Pool Party ,Bermuda Bay, Basic Gray, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Soft
Suede; Derwent Watercolor Pencils- Black, Yellow, Greens; Tim Holtz™ Distress
Oxide Ink- Broken China,
Cardstock/Paper: White, Black, retired Stampin’
Up! designer paper (older hostess Level I pack from the 1990’s)
Accessories/Tools: Gemini Jr™, My Favorite Things-
Stitched Rectangle STAX, Pierced Tags STAX; Embossing Powder Tool, Clear and
White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, AquaPainter™, 1 ½” Gray Satin Ribbon, Pearls
Thanks again for taking the time to stop by! I hope you are inspired to create a card and join us for our #209 {Fall Forals} Challenge at The Card Concept! The deadline to play along is Monday, October 7th at noon EDT.
