Rejoice in the Lord

Hi Friends!

Today I am sharing a pocket card designed using stamps, dies and paper from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

I love Graphic 45 paper and the Blossom 8x8 paper pad has such beautiful designs!  This card uses a few cut-parts along with a green striped pattern that has a pink floral (see the inside of the card) on the reverse side.

As many of you that follow my blog know, I have a personal goal to create a card for each one of the over 800 Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenges.  This card uses the SC03 Sketch for the layout  from 2005 (modified with the oval for the sentiment).  

I am also participating with the Simon Says Monday “Layer It” Challenge along with the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #108 Challenge (middle row down- Floral, Free, Any Shape Die).

If you have not had time to check out the Stamp Simply blog or the other challenge sites yet, I hope you will do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Cut the striped piece of Blossom designer paper to approx. 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”.  Trim off a 2” strip off the bottom of the panel, emboss the larger portion with the Darice Wire Fence embossing folder, lightly sand the embossing with a sanding block and distress the edges.

Mount onto a piece of 5 ½” x 5 ½” dark navy cardstock, distress the edges and set and adhere the entire card panel onto a 5 ½” x 11” dark navy cardstock base.

To create the pocket- adhere the 2” portion of the striped designer paper (cut from the step above) onto a piece of dark navy cardstock and distress the outside edges only. Add a strip of ivory Venise lace  (approx. 1” below the upper edge), adhere the border strip cut from the Blossom 8x8 paper pad to the top portion (this layer should cover the raw edge of the lace).   

Mount the pocket onto the embossed/layered front panel using adhesive only on the sides and bottom. Add a piece of sage twill ribbon, wrapping the ends behind the panel.

De-static a piece of Luxury Pearlescent Quartz Metallic 105# Cardstock with a
n embossing powder tool, ink the verse sentiment from He Has Risen with a black pigment ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Die cut the sentiment with the medium oval die from the Hemstitch Oval Dies, die cut another oval from dark navy cardstock, cut the navy oval in half, and adhere behind the sentiment oval.  Mount onto the pocket layer using adhesive only on the bottom half of the oval (to allow the pocket feature to function).

Trim two pieces of ivory cardstock to approx. 4” x 5 ¼”.  De-static each with an embossing powder tool, stamp the sentiments from Birthday Blessings with a pigment black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Adhere to the inside of the card and use strips of the Blossom pink floral pattern to cover the edges (this is the reverse side of the green striped pattern). 

Die cut a small heart using the Farmhouse Pierced Nested Hearts dies from the striped pattern, add to the top of the upper inside layer and adhere a pearl to the center of the heart.

Trim the two cut-a-parts from the Blossom paper pad, mount onto dark navy cardstock and add a piece of ivory cardstock to the back (for journaling or adding a hand-written message).  

Tuck the two journaling cards into the front pocket, and to finish off the card, add a few pearls to the sentiment oval and upper left-hand corner of the card. 

Stamp Sets:  He Has Risen,  Birthday Blessings  (Stamp Simply) 

Ink/Mediums: Versafine Onyx Black

Cardstock/Paper:  Dark Navy, Ivory; Graphic 45 Blossom 8x8 Paper Pad, Luxury Pearlescent Metallic 105# Cardstock- Quartz White (6 ct)

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Steel Dies- Farmhouse Pierced Nested Hearts, Spellbinders Die- Hemstitch Ovals, Embossing Powder Tool, Sanding Block. Distressing Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Darice Embossing Folder- Wire Fence, Venise Lace .75”- Lucia Ivory by the Yard, Sage Twill Ribbon, Pearls  

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by! I hope I have inspired you to create something this weekend, sweet friends!

 

CAS Masculine Birthday- Three in One!

Hi Stampers!          

I wanted to create a masculine CAS birthday card and decided to incorporate this week’s PP118 The Paper Players “Framed”CAS Challenge along with the Stampin’ Up! Only SUO56 "Animals" theme and the FMS58 Sketch at Freshly Made Sketches- a "trifecta" so to speak :-)

Again, if you have not visited these challenge sites, they provide wonderful inspiration each week and I hope that you have a chance to visit them and play along as well:-).

To create this card:

Stamp the wolf image using Early Espresso Classic ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock and punch out using the 1 3/8” Circle Punch.  Punch two other circles with the same punch from Night of Navy, overlap slightly and adhere behind the Very Vanilla focal image to produce a small “frame”.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Labels Collection Framelits™ and cut a piece of Early Espresso Core’dinations cardstock and Very Vanilla cardstock.  Cut the Very Vanilla layer in half and trim off the points (this piece will layer behind the Early Espresso layer).

Use the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss the Early Espresso die cut framelit™ (created in the step above) and a piece of Comfort Café DSP.  Lightly sand both pieces to expose the core of the cardstock.

The Night of Navy layer was created from a previously embossed piece (using the retired Snow Burst EF)- love those scraps!! :-)

Add the layers, the brads on the frame, the bit of knotted Hemp and the sentiment banners to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  In Wilderness, Birthday Greetings (both retired)

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Early Espresso Core’dinations, Comfort Café

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folders, Labels Collection Framelits™ , Sanding Block,  retired products- Snow Burst Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Antique Copper Brads, Hemp Twine

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you like this simple masculine card.  I might save this for my husband- he loves nature and wolves:-)

Have a great week creating and stamping!

Fanciful Horses- Celebrating a Special 17th Birthday

Hi Stampers!

I cannot believe that 17 years have passed since my twin nieces were born, but yesterday was their 17^th birthday!!  Boy does time fly by fast!!!

I decided to create a Clean and Simple (CAS) card with horses and tried to make it a bit fanciful or mystical (they love horses and anything medieval).   I had been informed my sister-in-law that they had just painted their homeschool room a bright orange...when I questioned her on the type of orange, she said more of a pumpkin color so I  decided to use the colors from this week’s CQC156ColorQ Challenge.  Little did I know that the color was more of Tangerine Tango at night and Only Orange during the day but I think that the Cajun Craze mixed with the Pumpkin was a good representation of the color (at least from the "intel" I had received- she is extremely musical and will be the first to admit that art is not her best subject :-)).

To create this card:

Stamp the horse image onto Whisper White with Soft Suede Classic Ink and again onto a "sticky" note ( I decided to use the retired set, Brushstroke Horses).  Carefully cut around the image on the "sticky" note (leaving a portion of the tacky surface to attach to the card).

Layer the horse mask over the stamped horse image on the cardstock and layer a circle mask over the horse.  Tear a few edges of either scrap paper or "sticky" notes and layer them for the horizon. 

Using Sponge Daubers with Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze Classic Ink, sponge color onto the sky area.  Remove the moon mask and apply a bit of color to the moon (remember to leave the horse mask in place).

Keep the horse mask and horizon mask(s) in place and stamp the tree image from Thoughts and Prayers, overlapping a bit for the background trees and the script stamp from French Foliage using Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink.

Remove the horizon mask and place at intervals to create the foreground with Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink.  Once you have created the desired effect, remove the horse mask and use an Aqua Painter with Soft Suede Classic Ink to color the horse.

Add the Satin Ribbon, layer the entire panel onto Whisper White and again onto Rich Razzleberry cardstock.  Add the sentiment banner to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Brushstroke Horses and Birthday Greetings (retired),  French Foliage, Thoughts and Prayers

Ink: Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede

Paper: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry

Accessories:  Sponge Daubers, Scrap Paper or Sticky Notes, Aqua Painter, 1 3/4 “ Square Punch (for corners on sentiment banner), 5/8” Satin Ribbon (from my stash)

They squealed a bit when they saw the card so I think that meant they liked it :-)

Thanks again for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week creating your works of art :-)