STAMPIN' UP! STITCHED STARS BIRTHDAY CARD FOR #TCH#27

 I don't normally blog late at night, but I'm excited to share a card I made for the current challenge at  Color Hues:

I have been thinking about this colour combo for a few days ... it is way outside my comfort zone!  Tonight an idea stuck firmly in my head, and I just had to make this card before I went to bed.  I'm always looking to add to my stash of birthday cards for guys, and I think this one fits the bill nicely.

After cutting two rectangles of Granny Apple Green card, and two of Pumpkin Pie card, I stamped each in the same colours of ink with two images - the abstract square cluster from the Tasteful Touches stamp set, and the splatter from the Color & Contour stamp set.  I sponged the edges of each piece before adhering all four to a slightly larger panel of Basic Black card.

I then embossed the whole panel with a Checks & Dots embossing folder (clearly, the "checks" option 😉).  It is a narrow folder, so I embossed half of the card front first, then ran it through my Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine again, to emboss the second half.  Some stitched stars, die cut from Granny Apple Green and Pumpkin Pie card, add some great simple but graphic detail.  Check out the beautiful texture provided by the embossing:

Using my Stamparatus, to get good colour saturation with the two ink colours, I stamped the sentiment (from the Biggest Wish stamp set) on Basic White card, using Granny Apple Green ink, and Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I cropped the sentiment with a Stitched Rectangles Die, then adhered the panel to a mat of Basic Black card.  A few Matte Black Dots were added to finish off the card.

Listed below are all the products I used to make this card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Tasteful Touches Cling Stamp Set (English) [152562] $40.00	Color & Contour Photopolymer Stamp Set [154994] $37.00	Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052] $30.00	Clear Block B [117147] $10.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00
Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock [108601] $15.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $13.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Checks & Dots Embossing Folders [155432] $14.00	Stitched Stars Dies [150653] $66.00
Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00	Matte Black Dots [154284] $12.25	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00

STAMPIN' UP! HEART OF CHRISTMAS - WEEK 7

 

Seven weeks in, to sharing Christmas creations with Stampin' Up! products, I still have lots of Christmas cards yet to share (and still in my head!).

I recently had a birthday.  I would say I "celebrated a birthday", but I was home alone, in lockdown, so it was somewhat less exciting than it might have been.  Dear friends and family made sure I still had a special day.  One of my birthday presents was a few new Stampin' Up! goodies, including a pack of 2021-2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum.  This specialty paper is beautiful!  I've used it, along with the lovely Christmas Trees Dies, on the two cards I'm sharing tonight. 

I have brought out my favourite Tidings of Christmas Designer Series Paper for these cards.  The feature colours are Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent and Sahara Sand.  The Words of Cheer bundle has again come in handy, for the sentiments.  Here's the first card:

For this card, I cut three Christmas trees ... one each in Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent Shimmer Vellum, and one in Soft Succulent card.  On the Soft Succulent cardstock tree (the middle of the three), I repeatedly stamped a pattern from the Tasteful Touches stamp set, in Soft Succulent ink, and sponged the edges of the tree in the same coloured ink.  Check out the gorgeous shimmer on the vellum trees:

The die-cut portion of the sentiment is in Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen card.  I stamped "Christmas" in Evening Evergreen ink, on a piece of Sahara Sand card, and cropped it using the Messages Die.  After sponging the edges with Sahara Sand ink, I added three Matte Decorative Dots, and a Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon bow to finish off.

My second card features a Soft Succulent vellum tree, and an Evening Evergreen cardstock tree that has been stamped and sponged in the same way as on my first card (but in the darker of the two greens).  

On this card, I really like how you can see the patterned paper through the vellum tree:

The die cut "happy" on this card is in Soft Succulent and Sahara Sand.  I sponged parts of the Sahara Sand "twiggy" mat piece with Sahara Sand ink, to give a bit of contrast against the background paper.  It probably would look better if I'd uniformly sponged all around that piece before sticking on the Soft Succulent word, but I didn't think of that ahead of time!

Again, I stamped the sentiment in Evening Evergreen ink (this time on a scrap of the DSP used on my card front), and cut it out using the Messages Die.  This versatile die is particularly handy for cropping small sentiments.  A couple of Brushed Metallic Dots were added next to the sentiment:

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Caroline Manwaring.   If you click on the button below, you'll be taken to her blog, to get some more inspiration for using Stampin' Up!'s Christmas products.

If any of the links on tonight's blog hop are broken, or if you would like to see a comprehensive list of everyone taking part this week, head on over to Sharon Davern's blog.  Sharon is co-ordinating our blog hop this week.

Listed below are all the products I used to make my two cards.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Words Of Cheer Bundle [156389] $81.75	Clear Block G [118489] $8.00	Tasteful Touches Cling Stamp Set (English) [152562] $40.00	Clear Block D [118485] $14.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25
Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock [155575] $15.25	Soft Succulent A4 Cardstock [155777] $15.25	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $15.25	Tidings Of Christmas 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155718] $20.00	2021–2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum [155616] $21.00
Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $13.00	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $13.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Christmas Trees Dies [156339] $61.00	Messages Die [154422] $59.00
Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00	Soft Succulent 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155780] $12.25	2021–2023 In Color Jewels [155571] $12.25	Decorative Matte Dots [156289] $14.00	Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots [156506] $15.75
Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00