Aloha, all!
I saw the cutest card made with punches in this month’s Card Maker magazine, and I just had to try it out using all Stampin’ Up! products. It’s a baby card, though, and right now there aren’t any new babies in our family (well, Carson’s about 6 months old, but I don’t think that qualifies quite as new!). I made it anyway, and wouldn’t you know, one of my friends became a grandmother just this week! So she’ll be able to use the card. (The "recipe for the card is at the end of this post.)
THEN I started looking at the card and some of my new Stampin’ Up! "toys," and decided to try some variations on the theme.
Card number 2 has a portrait orientation, and uses larger punches for the rattle (1-3/4", 3/4" and 1"). It also uses two of my new "toys": The Eyelet Border punch and one of the texture plates from the Sizzix Stampin’ Up! exclusive Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds Terturz Plates. This time, I used More Mustard with the Sponge Dauber to outline the rattle.
For the 3rd card, I went back to the landscape orientation, and decided not to use ink to highlight the edges of the rattle. Hmmm. I think I like the inked edges, don’t you?
So finally, I went back to inking the edge of the rattle, this time with So Saffron ink.
I also used a bit of a technique I recently learned to make the textured dots show up a bit more.
But more about that tomorrow!
Today’s first message is that you can use the same design and make cards that have a completely different "feel" about them. It’s fun to take a design and play around with it using different tools and embellishments. I’m thinking a few brads or grommets might make this card "pop" even more! But I’m also thinking I need to get out of the "baby" design mode, because there just aren’t that many babies in my life right now.
Another message is, as always, that there are wonderful Stampin’ Up! products out there for you to use in your own projects. Call (808.854.6145) or e-mail me if you’d like a catalog, or to place an order. And, of course, my website is around 24/7 if you’d like to order online. Finally, whether you order through me or online, through the end of March, you get a FREE stamp set, ribbon bundle, or pack of double-sides Designer Paper for every $50 in merchandise that you purchase.
Card Recipe
The "rattle" is made with a 1-3/8" punch for the rattle, and a 1/2" punch and 3/4" punch for the ring (punch card stock with the 1/2" punch, then center the 3/4" punch over the hole made by the 1/2" punch and punch your ring). A slip of card stock about 3/16" wide makes the handle. The rattle is So Saffron, edged with some Bashful Blue ink using a sponge dauber, with a bit of Bashful Blue card stock behind it. The printed paper is Designer Paper from the Sale-A-Bration mini catalog, as is the So Saffron Ribbon. And don’t forget that you can get the ribbon bundle and the pack of Designer Paper FREE, each when you purchase $50 worth of Stampin’ Up! products–through the end of March!
