Aloha, all!
This has been a week of using papers and stamp sets that I've not dragged out of their dusty little homes for quite awhile! For today's project, I've dusted off some Blueberry Crisp Designer Series Paper and used it for this week's Divas Coffee Break Design Team challenge. This week's challenge was a sketch challenge, and it was one that was right up my alley. I just love using strips or blocks of Designer Series Papers to make card fronts! Stampin' Up! does such a good job of coordinating colors in its paper sets and showing them off in one place is so much fun!
For this card, I used 4 of the designs in the Blueberry Crisp Designer Series Paper set. But, as with most Stampin' Up! Designer Paper collections, there are 12 designs in this set. There are six sheets of paper with designs on both sides. And the paper set comes with two of each sheet. So there's plenty of paper to go around when you're making cards or scrapbook pages. The two main colors featured in the papers that I used in today's project are Not Quite Navy and Pacific Point. The accent colors are Very Vanilla and Sahara Sand. Sahara Sand is the main color on a few of the sheets in this paper set, accented with the blues, and they're very soft and muted sheets. Nice for backgrounds and central elements as well.
The Circle Element is made by punching the stamped image from the Artistic Etchings Stamp Set with the 1-3/4" Circle Punch. I stamped the image using the Rock and Roll Stamping Technique. For this image, I first inked the image with Pacific Point and then "rolled" the edges in Not Quit Navy. BUT before I rolled the image in the Navy, I stamped it once on a scrap piece of paper to lighten it up a bit. Nice touch to go with the colors in the papers!
The Greeting is stamped using one of the stamps from this year's Sale-A-Bration FREE Sets, So Happy For You! I stamped it in VersaMark and then embossed it using White Embossing Powder. The White Embossing Powder has a bit of a Vanilla Tint, so it goes perfectly with this color combination.
And finally I tied the project together with a strip of Victoria Crochet Ribbon and topped it off with one of the gorgeous Vanilla Ribbon Rosettes found in the Stampin' Up! 2011 Occasions Mini Catalog. Wow, three catalogs in one card!
I hope you have some time to do something creative today, maybe even make a card for the Divas and enter it in their challenge! And have fun with it!
Oh, and here's the sketch for today's card! I've got to get started on next year's eBook!
Robin Boyer says
Hello Robin,
Beautiful Card. Just love the color. I finally ordered my copy of your e-book I've wanted it for a while but life has been so crazy. But then again what would it be without out alittle chaos. Keep up the great stamping.
Rubber Hugs,
Teresa Hafso says
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Created By You says
Wow, Robin.. what a great card! Love the Blueberry DSP.. haven't purchased it yet, but now I think I need to place an order LOL!
Hugs,
Sharon F.