Welcome to 2010! Hope everyone is geared up and ready for a stellar year! Did you make any resolutions? Other than wanting to be healthier and happier, I'm going to try and post a card, 3-D item, sketch, etc. every day. I'm also going to try and take a photo a day in 2010. I started off with great intentions in 2009 and made into April, but then fizzled out...I think of the friends that were trying to do the same, only one made it all the way through - KUDOS to her!
So, here is my first card of 2010:
This card is a complete and TOTAL CASE of the card my friend Robin made back in December of 2009. The only difference is that I didn't have the black paper she used on her card, so I improvised and made my own. Other than that, the layout, the stamp and the colours are exactly the same. What can I say? It was a GREAT card!!! You can check out Robin's blog
here. I'll bet you find some inspiration of your own!
So...I stamped the image in Basic Black on a piece of 3 X 3 inch Whisper White Cardstock and matted it on a piece of 3 1/4 X 3 1/4 inch piece of Crushed Curry Cardstock.
To make the shiny black background paper, I used a stamp from the soon to be available "Vintage Vogue" set and stamped it randomly in Versamark all over a piece of 8 1/2 X 11 Basic Black Cardstock. I used an embossing powder that I've had for a while (don't remember where I got it) to add the sparkle. The black piece is trimmed to 1 1/2 X 4 1/4 inches. I only made six cards, so I have some left over...will have to find something fun to do with it!
I matted the black cardstock onto the Bermuda Bay Cardstock which was cut to 4 X 5 1/4 inches and then added the image panel. I wrapped the Bermuda Bay Ribbon first and then the Crushed Curry. I love that the polka dots are only one side because it's like getting two ribbons for the price of one!!!
After I wrapped the ribbon around the Bermuda Bay Cardstock, I matted it on a piece of 4 1/8 X 5 3/8 inch piece of Basic Black Cardstock before adhering it to the Whisper White card base.
The finishing touch was the two ribbon knots, again in Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry.
What do you think?
STAMPS: A Brand New Year
INK: Basic Black
PAPERS: Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay and Basic Black Cardstock
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Embossing Powder, Heat Gun
Happy Stampin'!
I used Stem Silhouettes and Matchbox Messages for this card which is 5 1/4" square.
This one made me smile because I really liked the cute little sun I made in the top right corner. I made it by smooshing a sponge dauber in Summer Sun ink and then smooshing it onto the cardstock - CUTE!
I used "And Many Mower" again, like I did for my Dad's card on January 2nd. I also used Baja Breeze and Manchester Designer Series Paper. I stamped the image in Chocolate Chip on Very Vanilla and matted it on Chocolate Chip Cardstock. My finishing touch was a knotted piece of hemp twine.
I used the retired Manchester DSP I was playing with the other day...these tins were the chocolate covered Altoids, but since I covered the tins completely, I didn't need to worry about the colour of the paper matching the tin - GO ME!
There are some super cute little note cards in there, but I can't show them to you...they're a surprise for the ladies who will be getting them.
Recently, Stampin' UP! retired a number of stamps that were on their dormant list. For the Bride was one of those sets. I'm sad about that because it is a BEAUTIFUL set and I just LOVE making wedding cards with it. So, I think I'll add it to those stamps that I just can't part with - LOL!
The boys' godmother's birthday is today and this is the card she'll be receiving. It's her husband's birthday too (how fun is that?), so I need to get a card made for him as well. I think I'll go with the same colour theme and then they'll match when displayed together. What do you think?
I know a lot of people don't like a white card base (and some specifically advise against it in swaps), but I think it gives the card a nice crisp feel.
I stamped the image from Asian Artistry in Chocolate Chip on Very Vanilla and then matted it on a piece of Chocolate Chip Cardstock. The paper is, again, Manchester (retired) and the card base as well as the ribbon around the image panel are both Kraft. I just LOVE our taffeta ribbon - it goes with just about anything!
My friend Melissa has been dealing with some not so fun stuff lately, so I stuffed it in an envelope and sent it off to her! In case my watermark is making it difficult to see the sentiment it says, "If life really is a bowl full of cherries, I hope yours are all chocolate covered."
The stamp set (called And Many Mower) was featured in our Occasions Mini from 2009, so "technically" it's retired, but I'm hoping it shows up in the new Idea Book and Catalogue for 2010-2011, because I REALLY like it! Besides, we don't have a whole lot of "manly" stamp sets to choose from. The paper (called Manchester) is retired too as is the Cardstock (Baja Breeze), but it one of my favourite in Colours EVER, so I hung onto it. We're half way into a NEW In Colour year, so it's really time to let it go...
This card is a complete and TOTAL CASE of the card my friend Robin made back in December of 2009. The only difference is that I didn't have the black paper she used on her card, so I improvised and made my own. Other than that, the layout, the stamp and the colours are exactly the same. What can I say? It was a GREAT card!!! You can check out Robin's blog here. I'll bet you find some inspiration of your own!