Category: Card Concept

The Card Concept #56

Today, I’m sharing a card created for The Card Concept #56 – Sweet Tea.

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My card features a Clean & Layered style using Taylored Expressions stamps and dies.

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I was inspired by the feminine feel of the inspiration image, such as the flutes on the cups, as well as the colors. I used Little Bits – Teacups to cut the teacups (embellished with Rainbow Brights Flowers sequins), which I put against a background cut with a die in the Stitched Circle Stacklets set and dry-embossed with the Paisley folder. I heat-embossed a sentiment from the Some Like It Hot set (which with its cursive and leaf/heart illustration plays into the feminine and frilly look). I finished the card front with a banner cut with one of the dies in the Skinny Mini Valentine Borders set. The smaller hearts were cut with one of the other dies in the Skinny Mini Valentine Borders set and the biggest one with the Little Bits – Love Confetti set.

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Countdown to Confetti

It’s Countdown to Confetti time – I’m pleased to introduce Quirky Cutie Marley Moose!

I Copic-colored Marley, keeping with a traditional holiday color combination. I scattered some Let It Snow die cuts as well. These are the perfect accent for holiday and winter-themed projects!

Additional Supplies: Reverse Confetti Tag Me die set

Let’s Go Sailing

I’ve had the pieces for this card sitting on my worktable ever since starting the In Detail post on die-cut card making sets. As I mentioned in that post, I’ve been using the Blueprints 13 stitched rectangle die a lot!

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I dry embossed Bazzill cardstock with the Memory Box Wave stencil and cut it with the stitched rectangle. I played around with a variety of colors for the boat, the letters, the banner, the sails and the sailboat flag. It took longer than you would imagine to evaluate colors for the hull, letters, a sails, …. before settling on this combination!

I’m entering this card in the Card Concept “Use A Nautical Theme” challenge. My style is Clean and Graphic.

Speaking of die cuts, there’s still time to enter The Cutting Edge Guest Designer Challenge! Head on over for details.

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You Anchor Me

Kristie Goulet of the Stamp Nation team regularly posts about paper crafting trends sharing tips, tutorials and projects! Kristie wrote about the nautical trend last year, when it was really at its high point. As a member, I can access those past articles. Even if the trend has cooled somewhat, I still enjoy making nautical-themed cards, especially in the summer.

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To create the coral striped background, I inked the Impression Obsession Thick Stripes background stamp with Distress Ink and misted it until the ink pooled. The anchor is cut from a brushed gold cardstock.

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As long as I was making one card, I decided to make another with a little variation! I heat embossed the Impression Obsession background stamp with gold embossing powder. The anchor is cut from a gold foil cardstock.

I’m also entering the second card in the Card Concept “Use A Nautical Theme” challenge. My style is Clean and Graphic.

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