A Merry Musical Christmas - Try Stampin on Tuesday #424

This week the sketch challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday is teamed with a Tic Tac Toe challenge from the Joy of Sets.

For my card, I chose the following diagonal elements from the Tic Tac Toe board: Numbers, Music and Die Cuts.

I pondered for several days over which of the Tic Tac Toe  elements to select but the decision was made for me when I came across some retired DSP with musical notes and coordinating black diagonal stripes, the name of  which I do not know any more.  Another pattern with this DSP  was covered with black numbers . My choice was becoming clearer and clearer, but I was not yet committed. Then came the decisive factor.  While sorting through my stamp sets to determine which I would put in a sale, I found a stamp set with coordinating dies perfect for this challenge.

The card base is Very Vanilla card stock.  On the  DSP with the musical notes on it I stamped numerous images of the Little Drummer Boy in second generational stamping.  Before adhering it to the card base it was matted with Basic Black card stock.

A 1/8" strip of gold foil was added at the lower end and extended all the way across the card front

A coordinating piece of  diagonal stripped DSP was punched at the bottom end with the Triple Banner punch to form a banner.  After matting with Basic Black card stock, it was adhered to the card front using dimensionals.  A die cut in gold foil of a tuba was adhered to this banner.

On the right corner, the numbers 2 and 5  representing Christmas, were die cut in gold foil and added to a 1 3/8" Basic Black circle matted with a 1 1/2" gold foil circle.  Dimensionals were used to add this to the card front.

To finish the card, the word "merry" was die cut in gold foil  and added across the musical DSP

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Musical Season (retired)

Inks:  Black Memento

Papers:  Very Vanilla, Gold Foil, Basic Black, Retired DSP (unknown name)

Accessories:   Musical Instrument Framelit Dies, 1 3/8 an 1 1/2" circle punch, Triple Banner Punch, Christmas word die, Junior Alphabet set.

Pop Up House Card

I was a bit hesitant using the Pop Up House Thinlets to make a pop up house on the inside of an A2 card.  In the past I have had difficulty making pop ups and have actively avoided making them.
But today I persevered, and I was successful. Because I have now worked out 'the kinks' my next pop up will be easier.

The above picture shows the front of the card.  Six 3/4 " strips of Garden Impression DSP were added to a piece of Whisper White card stock to create a panel.This was added to the Night of Navy card base.

The sentiment, from the Pop of By  stamp set, was die cut using a die from the Hummingbird framelits.  A binotched strip of Night of Navy card stock  and after a piece of miniature gold sequin trim was  added beneath the sentiment piece after which it was adhered to the DSP panel using dimensionals.

Open the card, and the house pops out:

To colour the house I opted to use extra die cuts of the house rather than sponging or otherwise colouring it.  So, I  die cut a roof in  Night of Navy and the main house  in Basic Gray. These were adhered over the pop up base.  I decided to keep the door white.

Once that was done curtains,  a flower box and a wreath were added to make the house look more inviting.  All were coloured with Stampin' blends.

To finish the card, Garden Impressions DSP, in the same colours as the house,  was added to the lower card, completing it with a 1/8" strip of Night of Navy cardstock just below the house.

Details were added and the corners rounded of the sentiment piece for which the Detailed Trio punch was used.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Pop on By

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (Light and dark Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Soft Suede (light and dark)

Papers:  Night of Navy, Whisper White, Basic Gray, Garden Impression DSP

Accessories:  Hummingbird Along Framelits, Pop Up House Thinlets, Detailed Trio punch, Banner Triple Punch. Mini gold sequin trim, dimensionals.

Happy Holidays - Try Stamping on Tuesday #232

I think we're due for some rain tonight, which should break the awful humidity that has hung over the area for days now.
It is a good time to stay indoors and craft though, and I am getting some of my Christmas cards done.
The card I made for the sketch challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday is a Christmas card as well, so this one adds to my growing collection.
But, not only is this a sketch challenge, but an add on challenge as well.  The sentiment must has the word "happy" in it.

 

• The Whisper White base card stock was cut at 4 1/4 by 11 to form a front folding card.
• It is layered with Rich Razzelberry cardstock.
• At the right end, an Old Olive green banner punched with the Triple Banner punch is adhered.
• On a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock two trees were stamped with Old Olive ink, and then punched out using the Tree Punch.  One of the trees was reinserted back into the punch and made into a smaller tree.
• On the central rectangular Whisper White piece, the two trees were adhered.  The smaller tree was adhered with Tombo; the larger tree lower down and adhered with dimensionals.  Some dazzling details was added to the trees.
• This image piece was adhered to a piece of "Into the Woods" DSP.
• The sentiment "Happy Holidays" was stamped using Rich Razzelberry ink onto Vellum cardstock, and both ends notched.  It was adhered over the image piece, and adhered at both ends using Vellum tape.

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Large Gift Bag Using Gift Bag Punch Board

Yesterday it was the Watercolor Wings stamp set.  Today the gift bag punch board.  The video from Stampin' Up made it look so easy.  But it took me 5 tries to get it right.  So, when I made this one I used retired materials in case I goofed it up again.  And what do you know?  I got it right!

Here's the video from Stampin' Up:



I made the large gift bag, so I used a 12" by 12"  piece of retired DSP in Calypso Coral.  After scoring and punching, I cut 3" off the top, reversed the pattern and adhered it back onto the lower section.

A piece of gold sequin ribbon was applied to cover the seam.

I didn't use the board to punch holes for a ribbon, opting the punch 2 holes using the hand held punch.  Thick Baker's twine in Tangerine Tango and white was used for the handles.

On the front, a 2" Whisper White strip was punched with the Triple Punch at both ends.  I used the "Summer Silhouette" stamp set to create a collage in Pear Pizzazz, Calypso Coral, and Pale plum.  This was adhered to the front of the bag.

For the tag, I used the stamp set "Merry Everything" and stamped the sentiment in Calypso Coral.  It was punched using the coordinating Note Tag Punch.  A hole was punched using the 1/8" hand held punch, and it was attached to the bag with a piece of Whisper White Baker's twine.

"Thanks" an expressions natural element was glued to the bottom using tombo adhesive.

The flower was an after thought.  I couldn't make up my mind whether a white flower or a calypso coral flower would look the best, so I made one of each.  I opted for the white flower.  Both were made with the Fun Flower die, now retired.

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