The cards I made today will be mailed to past Stampin' Up hostesses of mine who have been gracious enough to host workshops for me in the previous months. (Sorry hostesses, this blog post is a bit of a spoiler!!)
This card was inspired by several cards that I saw pinned on Pinterest. Actually, I'm lucky I got anything done today. Let's face it - once I get on Pinterest I might as well be in a time warp.
I thought I would show you step by step how I made this card. The good, bad, and the ugly.
Trust me.
There's ugly.
First thing I did was cut the card bases from Old Olive card stock and score them.
I cut each at 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 and scored at 4 1/4.
Next, I cut the card front out of Crumb Cake card stock at 5 1/4 x 4
I then ran it through the big shot with the Stylish Stripes embossing folder (available in the Holiday Catalog)Love those diagonal lines!
I then sponged the edges with Baked Brown Sugar ink to give it that old, antiqued look.
Next up, I cut all the pieces for the two "flags" on the front of the card. I used Old Olive and Chocolate Chip cardstock for those.
Chocolate Chip pieces measure 1 x 3Old Olive pieces measure 1 x 2 1/2
Then I stamped them with the woodgrain-ish (like that technical term?) stamp from the stamp set called
Truly Grateful - also from the Holiday Catalog. Notice how I stamped it so the vertical line was centered down the middle of the strip. This will help me later on. Not all of them were centered perfectly. Because I'm not perfect. You're going to have to learn to deal with it. I have. Oh...I also sponged the edges of all those rectangles with Baked Brown Sugar ink.
After that, I cut the paper as shown....see how those lines stamped on there helped me do that somewhat straight? Told you. I'm all about doing things the easy way. And if that stamp can help me make straight lines to cut, I'm a happy camper. "Giddy" better describes how I actually felt. Let's be real.
Now. This is the point in the process that I got interrupted. Because my child decided at this point to run in and out of the house a minimum of 9,392,581 times in exactly 3 minutes, asking me a different question each time - or - maybe some were the same questions. I don't know. I wasn't really listening. Lord help me, I'm not sure what I gave her permission to do. *slightly concerned that I haven't seen or heard from her in the last 20 minutes*
Ok....back to it....I'm sure she's fine....
After that I stamped the "Truly Grateful" sentiment on Whisper White cardstock. I trimmed it at 1 inch thick. That stamp and I had a few words. This is the ugly part that I mentioned before. I love love love using the clear mount stamps. Love them. However.....there are moments now and then when some will not stick to the clear block like they're supposed to.
I talked nicely to it.
I begged it.
I pleaded.
I cried a little bit.
I threatened it.
I begged a little bit more.
And then I used my mom / teacher voice.
Nothing. It would not stick.
So then I got out the adhesive and showed it who was boss. Yep. Glued it right down to that clear block. It didn't have much of a comeback to say to me then.
(Don't judge me. You all talk to inanimate objects, too)
Next I started gluing pieces down. See the green and brown flags? Then I added the Summer Starfruit ribbon. I had a moment where I needed to have a conversation with myself. It didn't seem right that ribbon with the word "summer" in it's name could be used for a Fall-ish card. But I assured it that I wouldn't tell. (Ssshhhhh)
And see....that stamp had no choice but to behave itself. Ha!!! I stuck that little piece of white cardstock on the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals to give it a little depth.
Next I used more Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere my little pumpkin on. I am obsessed with the pumpkins. I go through this every Fall. I make about a billion of them and attach them to every project I make. So....if you get a card with one, just know that I was HAPPY (giddy) when I was making it!
For the pumpkin, I simply punched out 3 ovals with the Extra Large Oval Punch and sponged them with Calypso Coral ink. I used a thin strip of Crumb Cake cardstock for the stem (also sponged with Baked Brown Sugar) and used the Blossom Punch to create the leaf (Old Olive cardstock sponged with Gumball Green ink)
That's the whole card front. Simple as that. When it was done, I attached it all to the Old Olive card base, as you see in the first photo of this post.
And, of course, because I am stamp happy (giddy), I also stamped the envelope that the card will go in. Those stamps are also from the same set "Truly Grateful"
So there you have it. I made a set of 8 this afternoon, and will need to make more. But it's a start for now.
I'm happy with how they've turned out.
And hostesses, sorry for the spoiler.
But, really, that's what you get for reading this blog post. You can't say I didn't warn you at the beginning.
xoxoxo
