Thursday, June 11, 2015

Choose the Road Less Traveled - Try Stampin on Tuesday #222

It's graduation time.  In some countries it is common practice to take a year off from studies to travel the world, work, etc.  Or, maybe you're just going on holidays and traveling to places off the beaten tourist track.  That's the theme of the card I made for the challenge with Try Stampin on Tuesday






  • The Basic cardstock is Chocolate Chip, layered with Very Vanilla cardstock.
  • Using Chocolate Chip ink, the image of the train was stamped off twice before stamping it twice on the top half of the Very Vanilla layer.  This left a faint image of the train.
  • DSP from the Neutral pack - the diagonal stripe- was adhered to the lower portion, with a strip of a polka dot piece was adhered at the top seam.  Some chocolate chip Baker's twine was wound 5 times around this piece and knotted in the middle.
  • On separate pieces of Very vanilla cardstock, images of a camera, the globe, the passport, and luggage were stamped with Chocolate chip ink.  Each was punched with a 1 1/4" circle punch, and matted with a 1 3/8" chocolate chip circle. These circles were to the DSP.
  • The edges of all cardstock and DSP were sponged with chocolate chip ink.
  • The sentiment, from "Adventure Awaits" was stamped with Chocolate chip ink
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5 comments:

Krafty Kaylin said...

Love the vintage travel theme to your card. You did great with the sketch this week. Thanks for joining in the challenge at Try Stampin or Not on Tuesday.

Ina G said...

Simply stunning. Love your take on our sketch this week and thanks so much for joining us this week. Hope to see you again soon. Ina DT

Crystal Komara said...

This makes for a really good graduation card, Maria. And I personally find graduation cards hard to design. So, I'll keep this idea in mind. Thanks for joining us at Try Stamping or Not on Tuesday this week. Crystal

Simply Sara Stampin' said...

This is a great card, Maria! Love how you used this set...awesome! I need to pull this one out and use it again. :) Thanks for sharing with us at Try Stampin' or not on Tuesday.
Sara H.

Jan Clothier said...

This is a great card! I really like the way the images and words go together so well and the vintage, almost timeless, feel you've created. What a well-deserved pick your card is!