Friday, June 18, 2021

Scrapbook page from my Spokane adventure


Hi friends and fellow crafters!

Here's a departure from my regular card-making blog.  This is a scrapbook page that I created from one of my visits out to Spokane, Washington, to visit our son, daughter-in-law and grandbabies.  There is a funny story associated with this page, so if you have time, please watch my attached video that explains how I produced this layout.  I think you'd get a chuckle from it.

Here is a list of some of the Stampin' Up! products I used to create this page:

Stamps:  Beauty of Friendship, High Tide (retired)

Dies:  Scalloped Contours dies, Potted Succulents dies, Stitched Rectangles dies
Ink:  Balmy Blue, Evening Evergreen, Granny Apple Green, Memento Tuxedo black

 

Cardstock:  Balmy Blue, Pool Party, Basic Black, Basic White

Accessories:  Pine Tree punch, Blending Brushes, Wintry 3D Embossing Folder, Hand-Penned Memories and More Card Pack, Tombow liquid adhesive, paper trimmer, mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

 

If you'd like to purchase these or any other products from Stampin' Up!, please click on the picture below, which will take you directly to my shopping page, where you can order any supplies you might need from glue to a paper trimmer or a Cut & Emboss machine.




 










Here's the link to the video:

Scrapbook page YouTube video

I hope this inspires you to dig out some of your pictures from that box in the closet, dust them off and get them into an album that you and your family will enjoy looking at for years to come.  Memories fade, so write them down for future generations.


Have a fantastic day!

Chris



Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Copper Elegantly Said Wedding Card














Hello again friends!  Today I'm bringing you a wedding card that I created using the Simply Elegant Suite from Stampin' Up! which is featured in our new May 2021 through April 2022 Annual Catalog.  This card features some beautiful Designer Series Specialty paper which has copper and silver foiling on one side and the other side has a beautiful pattern in shades of black, gray and white. The patterns in this pack are all simply stunning and make fabulous wedding, anniversary, birthday, or really cards for any occasion.  Here's how the magic happens for this particular card:


Copper Elegantly Said Wedding Card

 

 

List of Ingredients:

Stamps:  Elegantly Said  155095, (Bundle 155753); One Happy Family 155474

Dies:  Scalloped Contours 155560
Ink:  Versamark 102283

 

Cardstock:  Basic Black 121045; Basic White 159276; Simply Elegant Specialty DSP 155761; Copper Foil 142020

Accessories:   Bone folder 102300; Tombow liquid adhesive 110755; Stampin' Dimensionals 104430l, Basic White medium envelope 159236; paper trimmer 152392; Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine 149653; Elegant Tag punch 155762; paper snips 103579; Expressions in Ink Ephemera Pack 155465; Heat tool 129053; Silver, copper and gold embossing powder 155555; Simply Elegant Trim 155766

 

Dimensions:

Card base:  8 1/2" x 5 1/2 ", scored at 4 1/2" – Basic Black

Inside of card:  5 1/4" x 4"  -  Basic White

First layer:  5 1/4" x 4" – Copper Foil

Second layer:  4 5/8" x 3 1/4" –  DSP

Scraps:  Basic White, Copper Foil

 

Basic Instructions:

1.  Cut and fold card base, burnish fold using bone folder. 

2.  Die cut the copper piece with the largest Scalloped Contours die.  Cut out a piece from the middle of the die cut as desired for use in a future project to conserve on the foil paper.

3.  Adhere the DSP to the Copper foil die cut, then adhere to the card front.

4.  Punch the tag from the copper foil scrap to desired length.  Cut white piece to desired length for inside the tag.  Stamp sentiment onto the white scrap piece using Versamark ink, then heat emboss with silver embossing powder using the heat tool.  Adhere white piece to the copper tag with Tombow liquid glue; set aside.

5.  For inside of card, stamp flourish stamp from the Elegantly Said stamp set as desired and also a sentiment using Versamark ink.  Apply silver embossing powder to the stamped image (s) and heat emboss using the heat tool.  Adhere panel to the inside of the card.

6.  Apply Versamark to the back of some of the leaf images in the Elegantly Said Ephemera pack by dabbing the white side of the image into the Versamark pad.  Apply silver embossing powder and emboss using the heat tool. 

7.  Apply Stampin' Dimensionals to the back of the tag created for the front of the card.  Dry fit the tag and the silver embossed leaves as desired for the card front.  Adhere the tag with the Stampin' Dimensionals and the leaves with Tombow glue.

8.  Tie a small bow using the silver cording included with the Simply Elegant bundle.  Adhere to the left side of the tag using a glue dot, making sure it doesn’t overlap the sentiment.

9.  Stamp the flourish image onto the lower left corner of the front of the envelope, apply silver embossing powder and heat emboss using the heat tool.  Cut a piece of matching DSP to 5 3/4" x 2 1/2" and apply to the envelope flap using Tombow liquid glue.  Trim away excess DSP from the envelope flap.

 

If you would like to purchase the products used to create this card, please click on the picture below, which will bring you to my shopping page with a complete list of these items already checked and ready to add to your cart.  If you don't need or want all the products checked, just uncheck any of the items you don't wish to purchase. 

 












I hope this inspired you to get your fingers inky!

 

Chris


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