Today's project comes from page 61 and uses the Varied Vases stamp set. Now, I admit that I haven't really shown enough love to this stamp set. It's actually quite lovely and has some wonderful images and sentiments in it. Maybe I need to do a whole series on it. lol.
The Whisper White Piece is my "inside" before I attached it. You know what I always say "No naked insides. No naked envelopes"! So I figured I'd share a photo side by side before I attached it.
This card is full of stampin' technique! I love it!
What you'll need:
8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Crumb Cake Cardstock (scored in half at 4 1/4") for the card base
2 1/4" x 5 1/2" Crumb Cake Cardstock for the front panel
4 1/4" x 5 1/4" Whisper White Cardstock for the inside panel
1/2" strip of Coastal Cabana Cardstock for sentiment. (I ended up cutting mine down to 1 3/4" long)
First, I embossed the 2 1/4" strip of Crumb Cake cardstock using the Pinewood Planks embossing folder. And then tied some linen thread around that piece (into a bow), giving this card a really pretty country look.
Then, I stamped flower stems along the right side of the card front in Soft Suede. I used the White Craft Ink to stamp the flowers themselves (gotta LOVE two step stampin'!!!)
This is a fabulous look all by itself! If you've never done it, try it! So pretty!!! It creates a nice and soft image.
The craft ink takes just a few seconds or so to dry, so while it was doing its thing, I stamped the sentiment on the Coastal Cabana Cardstock.
It was a little challenging to figure out exactly which colors were used in the catalog, AND I somehow managed to stamp one extra flower stem, so I just came up with these:
Rich Razzleberry, Pacific Point, Bermuda Bay, Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo, Lovely Lipstick, and Real Red.
This is one of the FUN techniques that I want to explore a bit more. :-) I've already stamped the flowers in Whisper White Craft Ink, but now I'm going over the tips of the flowers, using the brush tip of these markers. I LOVE IT!!!
It's beautiful! My head is spinning with all the possibilities! This is why I LOVE CASE'ing the catalog. I feel like it encourages me to try new techniques that I may not already know about.
SO AWESOME!
After I got all the flowers colored, I attached the wood plank layer and the sentiment strip to the front of the card. WOWWIE WOW! I love it!!!
I used the same technique to stamp the two stems on the inside panel. Except, I didn't use the Craft ink because the paper was already white. I just colored the tips after I stamped the stem in Soft Suede.
The card went together rather quickly considering "all the coloring", and I really enjoyed myself! Which is one of the most important elements of my creativity. lol. We wanna have fun!
Well my friends, I hope you enjoyed today's CASE IT project! I hope you'll try it out for yourself! That coloring technique is a fun one!
Until Next Time,
Happy Crafting!
#TheStampinChic
If you'd like to recreate today's project, here's the supplies I used. Just click an image to go to my website. :-) Enjoy!
