Bron's Birthday Blog Hop - Inky Blues

 

 

Hello my crafty friends!  Welcome and thanks for popping in! 

Today I am joining a Blog Hop to celebrate a milestone birthday of a good friend and fellow stamper, Bronwyn.  The lovely Bronwyn has given us six fun themes over six months and this is our third and has the theme 'Inky Blues' as blue is her favourite colour.

My card was inspired by a project I saw in the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue.  I loved the arty feel of this and wanted to create something similar using Bronwyn's blue theme.  The card in the catalogue has been stamped on Designer Series Paper but I have opted for cardstock with a little extra stamping to get some additional texture.  I've grabbed Pacific Point, Starry Sky, Coastal Cabana, Balmy Blue inks for my stamping and Pool Party cardstock.

 

Supplies:

• Stamp Sets:  Amazing Silhouettes, Artistically Inked
• Cardstock:  Pool Party, Starry Sky, Basic White
  
• Inks:  Balmy Blue, Coastal Cabana, Pacific Point, Starry Sky, VersaMark
• Accessories: Into The Clouds EF, Beautiful Shapes Dies, Basics Embossing Powders (white), Bakers Twine Essentials Pack (white)
  
• Tools:  Paper Trimmer
• Adhesives:  Tombow Liquid Glue, Dimensionals

How To Create:

• For this you will need a card base in Pool Party cardstock, a mat layer in Pool Party cardstock that measures 1/8" (3mm) smaller on two side that the card front, 5 (at least) x 1" strips of Pool Party cardstock for stamping the images, a scrap of Starry Sky cardstock for the sentiment.  If you feel it's needed, also trim a piece of Basic White cardstock to fit the inside of the card.

• Use the two foliage stamps from Amazing Silhouettes stamp set and stamp the images.  For the larger stamp, I used two colours on the same image, on the smaller one I stamp first in one colour then turned and stamped in a second colour.  I stamped a few extra so I could have a choice and at the end, I went and trimmed a 1/4" strip from one of these and added it to the inside of my card.
  

• For additional texture, stamp the flatter watercolour image from Artistically Inked stamp set in 2nd generation ink over these images using the lighter ink colour.
  

• Trim angles on the ends of each strip so that they roughly measure slightly shorter than the length as the mat layer from point to point.
  

• Emboss your mat layer using the In The Clouds embossing folder and glue the stamped strips onto this. I love the subtle embossing you get from this folder - it almost makes you look twice because it can easily be missed at first glance.
  

• Wrap white Baker's Twine from the Baker's Twine Essentials Pack around the lower edge, add Dimensionals to the back and if your worries about getting it in the right spot, add a drop of Tombow to the Dimensionals before placing it down - this will allow time to position on the card front.

• Stamp the 'hello' onto Starry Sky cardstock with VersaMark and heat emboss with white powder.

• Die cut using the rounded rectangle die from Beautiful Shapes. Add Dimensionals to the back and attach to the front of the card.

 

 

• Trim a piece of Basic White cardstock to fit the inside of the card and trim one of the strips down and glue this onto the bottom edge of the white cardstock.  Glue this to the inside of the card.

 

I can't wait to go and check out everyone else's projects and I invite you to continue on with the Blog Hop and be inspired. Coming up next is the fabulous Leonie Stuart and I'm looking forward to seeing what she has created.

 

 

 

Bronwyn Eastley

Julia Quin

Chantell Randall

Jan Clothier

Lou Kitzelman

Monica Formosa - YOU ARE HERE!

Leonie Stuart

Andrea Sargent

Cathy Proctor

 

Thanks again for taking the time to drop in. I hope I have inspired you and if you like what I have shown or if you have any questions, please leave them in the comments section below.  

 

Until next time, take care, stay safe and have a great day!   

Monica xx

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Product List

Amazing Silhouettes Cling Stamp Set [157814]	Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set [154542]	Into The Clouds Embossing Folder [159171]	Beautiful Shapes Dies [158046]
Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391]	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]	Starry Sky A4 Cardstock [159264]	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105]
Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097]	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098]	Starry Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [159212]	Versamark Pad [102283]
Basics Embossing Powders [155554]	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475]	Paper Trimmer [152392]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]