I have another very simple card to share with you today .... again using Beach Happy :o) Crumb Cake, Real Red, Pool Party and Whisper White is the colour combination .... one of my favourites!
The Stitched Shapes framelits are my most used dies. You get Ovals (my favourite), Circles and Squares in the set and they are all just perfect :o) I used the Layering Circle and Layering Square dies to cut the scallop Real Red mats to layer under the Whisper White panels.
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You can find the Beach Happy stamp set in our Spring / Summer catalogue. It's a standalone set, in that there are no coordinating products. Sometimes though you just want to use stamps, ink and paper .... and this is a perfect little set for that :o) I fell in love with the card samples in the catalogue and so I ordered it .... but this was my first time inking it up! Sadly it's not one that will carry over into the new catalogue in June so if you fall in love with it too, you need to order it soon :o) I'm planning to play with this all week!
I really enjoy creating little scenes using stamps. This card design wasn't planned at all it just evolved as I played with the images. I started off by sponging the Whisper White layer with So Saffron and Balmy Blue. If I had thought about it for a second I would have masked off a Sun in the top left corner, but I just went straight in there with my sponges :o) I dug out my Bird stamp from the High Tide set and used a portion of that to stamp the Birds, it definitely needed something in that corner! I think it should be law that all stamp sets that you can create outdoor scenes with should contain a little Bird image of some description ... they are so useful! Most of the panel is just stamped using the images in the set, but I did add a little more detail using a Blender Pen and the ink pads.
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Good Morning! :o) I have a bonus Video for you today showing you how I made these Pop-Up Butterfly cards. Several weeks ago I came across a gorgeous card by Dee Slater and I fell in love with it :o) I have had a Pop-Up card in my head for months (not using this stamp set) but I hadn't got around to creating it. I haven't made a Pop-Up before and I think that's partly why. However, Dee's method was so simple and straight forward I just had to try it out. Now I may even get around to making the one that's been in my head so long! :o)
When you open the cards the Butterflies pop up and stand out in front of the back panel ... they look lovely!
The papers I used for these cards all come from the Share What You Love 12" Speciality pack.
This is the actual card I created in the Video. I remembered to emboss the front panel with the Subtle folder after I had coloured it this time. On my original card, I forgot and stuck it down too quickly. I really like both cards, but love the texture you get with this folder. The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured using the Stampin' Blends. We don't have all the matching colours in the Blends, so I had to improvise but you can't really tell that some of the colours I used were different from those used in the paper :o)
The mechanism used to create the Pop-Up is a simple paper rectangle. Dee used Vellum and made hers quite a bit longer. You could also use Window Sheet (acetate) if you prefer. I used paper because I didn't want it to be too obvious it was there when the card is viewed. On my original card, I used just one tiny strip of paper but noticed after the card was made that you were able to see the reverse side of the strip which had a different pattern/colour on it ... which I didn't like. So for my Video I tried with two strips and glued them back to back so the design would be the same on both sides. This worked fine, but made the card just a tiny bit bulkier. I also found that because the mechanism was thicker (this paper is heavier than our normal) it needed a little extra glue and drying time to get it to stay in place! It works fine though :o)
Here is the Video ...
Measurements
Tranquil Tide card base ½ an A4 standard sheet of card
(US 8½" x 11")
Basic Black mat 14.4cm x 10cm (US 5¼" x 4")
DSP mat 13.9cm x 9.5cm (US 5" x 3¾" )
for the front of the card
DSP mats (2) 14.4cm x 10cm (US 5¼" x 4")
for inside the card
Mechanism:
DSP 8.9cm x 1.3cm (US 3½" x ¼")
Score at:
1.3cm, 3.8cm, 5.2cm and 7.6cm (½" , 1½" , 2" and 3")
You will also need ¼ sheet each of Tranquil Tide and Basic Black card for die cutting the Butterflies. Plus more Tranquil Tide and Whisper White card for stamping, punching and die cutting the other elements of the card.
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