Home & Garden - a Masculine Floating Gatefold card - SUO Challenge #299

The challenge with SUO Challenge #299 is to " create with your favorite bundle or suite collection from any of our current publications."

It was really difficult to pick a favourite  bundle  so I chose a masculine one "Home & Garden" and used the Floating Gatefold card to showcase it.

The gatefold is formed by scoring a 5 1/2 by 8 1/2" piece of Very Vanilla cardstock at 2 1/8" and then bringing the other end over to meet at the folded end. In Good Taste DSP is added to each panel; die cuts of various garden/house tools is added to each panel - the birthday sentiment on the left side. All images are stamped with Black Memento ink and coloured with Stampn Blends before being die cut using the coordinating Garden dies.

The use of tabs  on the inside create the floating part of the card. Two tabs, each 2 by 5 1/2" scored at 1/2. One end of the tab is attached to the inside of the front panel; the other to the inside of the card.

Attached to each is an art piece, 2 by 2" of Very Vanilla card stock,  matted with a 2 1/8 by 2 1/8" piece of  Early Espresso and finally with a 2 1/4 by 2 1/4" piece of Very Vanilla.  All edges were sponged with Early Espresso ink. Below is a picture with the card closed.  See below for a picture of the card opened with the panels pulled out of the way.

Before adding the tabs, some DSP followed by Very Vanilla with sponged edges was added to the inside.  The sentiment, from " Happiest Birthdays" was stamped with Early Espresso on the Very Vanilla piece.

Some die cuts were added to each floating panel.

When the card opens, the panels float out of the way to reveal the sentiment .

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Home & Garden

Inks:  Black Memento, Early Espresso, Stampn Blends (Real Red, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake)

Papers:  Very Vanilla, In Good Taste DSP

Accessories:  Garden dies

                                                

Making a Small Men's Shirt Without Using Dies - with Video

 This idea is not mine alone.  I saw this first on Frenchie's blog and after making several of the smaller men's shirts, I decided to make a video, which will be on this blog below.

These shirts are really cute, measuring about 4 by 3 1/2" (finished)

This is what the small shirt looks like compared to a regular shirt

Below is the template I made:

To form the shirt, I started with a 4 by 4" piece of Well Suited Dressed DSP.  Starting at the bottom of the shirt, I measured as follows: 

• 3/4" from outside edges toward center
• 1 1/2" up sides.  Cut out areas indicated by slashed lines

On the top measure as follows;

• 3/4" from top outside edges down sides
• 1" from the 3/4" point towards the center.  With trimmer cut along 1" line towards the 3/4" mark.  Do not cut along the 3/4 " mark to the 1" mark. This is the collar.

Turn the DSP to the side that will be the front.  Fold the "collar" to the front and adhere tips with a glue dot.

See template below

Score ends of sleeves at 1/8" , fold and adhere with tombo.

Adhere button tab along center of shirt tucking upper end under the collar, and rimming the bottom end.

Add 5 Basic Black buttons on tab with glue dots

Add faux pocket tab

The Night of Navy card stock base is 4 1/4 by 11 scored at 5 1/2".  On the front is adhered a 4 by 5 1/4" embossed piece of Basic White card stock.

The finished shirt is adhered to the card front at an angle.

The sentiment is stamped using Night of Navy and Poppy Parade markers and die cut with the smallest of the Stitched Oval dies. The word "Birthday" is stamped twice with the Poppy Parade marker, then cut out with paper snips and added over the original word using dimensionals. A bow made with the Night of Navy Baker's twine is added above the sentiment with a glue dot.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Handsomely Suited

Inks:  Night of Navy, Markers (Night of Navy, Poppy Parade)

Papers:  Night of Navy, Basic White, Well Dressed DSP, Basic Black

Accessories:  Absolutely Argyle Embossing Folder, Stitched Oval Die, Night of Navy Baker's twine, Dimensionals, Ruler, Scissors, Trimmer

Triple Fold Card with Merry Moose and "Tis the Season - Paper Craft Crew Tic Tac Toe Challenge #400

 I'm taking a break from On Stage activities to write a  blog post about the Fun Fold card I created for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge #400

Although there were many options I chose to make from upper left diagonally to lower right is a Christmas  masculine card, featuring 'Tis the Season DSP.

This trifold card is one of the better ways to highlight DSP.  I ended up using 4 different patterns of the "Tis the Season DSP

A 5 1/2 by 11" piece of  Thick White Card stock base was scored at 1 3/4, 5 1/2, and 9 3/4 . A bone folder was used to burnish the three folds, one in the middle, and the two end ones overlapping each other. A different pattern of the DSP was added to each fold

Pattern #1:  card front 3 1/2 by 5 1/4"  

Pattern #2: 1 1/4 by 5 1/4"

Pattern #3:  1 by 5 1/4"

I added a 4th pattern of the DSP as on the inside.                                                                     

The card is kept closed with a 1 1/4 by 11" strip of Shaded Spruce card stock bellyband with a 1/2" strip of copper foil in the center.

The belly band was decorated to reflect the season and ,according to my son, is perfect to give to a guy.

All of the elements are built on a Stitched So Sweetly Shaded Spruce die cut. 

Two Moose were stamped on a separate piece of Whisper White card stock.  The male moose was stamped with full strength Soft Suede ink; the female (I cut the antlers off) was stamped after stamping off first.  Both were punched with the Moose Punch.  

The tree was stamped with Shaded Spruce ink and fussy cut.

The globe of the world was die cut using copper foil using the Map of the World dies, and the sentiment, after embossing with copper embossing powder was punched with the Classic Label punch.

Before adhering the Moose to the die cut some texture paste was added to the bottom to mimic snow. Some dazzling diamonds was added to the paste to give it some added sparkle.

When this paste was dry, both Moose were adhered to the die cut with dimensionals with the tree and globe tucked behind them.  The sentiment was added with a glue dot at one end.

The embellished die cut was added to the belly band with dimensionals.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Merry Moose

Inks:  Soft Suede, Versa Mark, Shaded Spruce

Papers:  "Tis the Season DSP, Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, Copper Foil

Accessories:  Copper embossing powder, Classic Label Punch, Moose punch, Stitched So Sweetly die, World Map die, Texture Paste

Enjoy Your Retirement - Freshly Made Sketches # 430 and Fab Friday #187 An Eclipse Technique

This masculine retirement card, using the Eclipse Technique, was made for the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches #430 and Fab Friday #187

On a 4 4/5 by 5" piece of Very Vanilla card stock, the image of the dock was stamped off  twice to create a faded background on the art piece.

The center of  this art piece was then die cut with  a Stitched Nesting Die.  The art piece, without the die cut was adhered to a Soft Suede card base.  The die cut was reinserted into the die cut space, and adhered with dimensionals.

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On a separate piece of Whisper White, the images of the boat, 2 oars and a little frog were stamped, coloured with Stampin' Blends and then die cut with the Dockside Dies.

The boat was added on the die cut, next to the dock using dimensionals. The oars were added on top of the boat.

A sentiment, from Itty Bitty Greetings, was  punched with the Classic Label Punch and matted with a larger Soft Suede punch.  The little die cut frog is perched on top of the sentiment.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  By the Dock, Itty Bitty Greetings
Inks:  Black Memento, Soft Suede, Stampin Blends (Crumb Cake, Early Espresso. Real Red, Garden Green, Balmy Blue)
Papers:  Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Whisper White
Accessories:  Dockside Dies, Nesting Label Die, Classic Label Punch, Dimensionals

A Good Man has a Barbecue

It's almost BBQ weather, but not quite.  Although most of the snow is gone it's still quite cool and by all accounts winter has not loosened its tight grip.

For this masculine card, I decided to combine two stamp sets:  "A Good Man" and "Outdoor Barbecue" and feature a new background technique using vellum and Stampin' Blends.  A tutorial on the Vellum background and Stampin' Blends will be on a separate post.

All layers of this card were die cut using the stitched rectangle dies.

Both images from separate stamp sets were coloured with a combination of watercolour pencils and Stampin' Blends.  The guy in the lounge chair, with a bottle of ketchup (yup not beer) on the ground beside the chair, is from "A Good Man"; the barbecue is from "Outdoor Barbecue". Some Crystal Effects is added to the Barbecue to give it more of a metallic appearance. The hamburger, flame, and bottle of ketchup were stamped on a separate piece of Whisper White card stock and fussy cut.

The image piece is matted with Bermuda Bay card stock, and before adding it to the card front with dimensionals, some glitter Bermuda Bay Baker's twine (SAB) was wrapped around one end.

Whisper White card stock embossed with the Hexagon embossing folder is added to the Bermuda Bay card base.  A 2 1/4" piece of the Vellum created using Stampin' Blends is added to the embossed Whisper White. A tutorial on how to create this Vellum background will be posted separately.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  A Good Man, Outdoor Barbecue
Inks:  Black Memento, Watercolour pencils, Stampin' Blends (Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Mango Melody) SU Markers (Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight)
Papers:  Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Vellum background
Accessories: Stitched rectangle dies, Blender pen, Crystal Effects, Dimensionals, Hexagon embossing folder.

Pop and Twist , a birthday on the Golf course

I love watching the expressions on people's faces when this card is opened! It certainly is a card for a special someone.

There are many tutorials on how to make these Pop and twist cards including the one at at splitcoaststampers.

This special fold card was made for a gentleman who loves golf and is celebrating a birthday.  But it could be made for another occasion  such as retirement, anniversary, job promotion etc.

The card base is Basic Black layered with Basic Gray and then the Argyle pattern of the Country Club DSP.  The card is held closed with a belly band, which is kept closed with velcro.  

This band is decorated with another larger Argyle pattern from the same Country Club DSP. The ends are covered with some Basic Gray card stock punched with the Tailored Tag punch upon which is a die cut golf ball.

The art piece o the front is an image cut from the DSP and coloured with water colour pencils. It is matted with basic Black card stock before adding  it to the card front.

Opening the card activates the awesome pop and twist part of the card.

Below are close ups of the pop and twist panels:

And close ups of the inside upper and lower card:

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Country Club

Inks:  Basic Gray, Black Memento, Watercolour Pencils, Garden Green

Papers:  Basic black, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Country Club DSP, Garden Green

Accessories:  Country Club Dies, Nesting Label Dies, Tailored Tag Punch

Well Dressed With Shoes - with tutorial

This is the second of the 3 cards I made using the Well Dressed SAB stamp set.

Below is a picture of the 3 cards

Check yesterday’s post Here  regarding the first card. The post also includes a link to a free printable tutorial.

Card #2 is also a birthday card  and focuses on shoes.

It has a Basic Gray base layered with Basic Black, both colours that are in the plaid Country Club DSP .

Peg stamping with the Stamparatus was used to place stamp the shoe images on the art piece, which is also matted with Basic Black.

The birthday sentiment is from Itty Bitty Birthdays

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Well Dressed, Itty Bitty Birthdays
Inks:  Black Memento, Garden Green
Papers: BasicGray, Basic Black, Whisper White, Country Club DSP (Green Plaid)
Accessories:  Stamparatus

A free downloadable tutorial available here

Country Club Bendi Card - SUO Challenge #243

For the 3D Challenge at SUO Challenge #243, I made a Bendi fold card using the Country Club bundle.

To make the Bendi card below I used the tutorial at Splitcoaststampers here

Front View

Side View

Close up

The Smokey Slate card base was decorated with various patterns of the Country Club DSP . On the back of the card, it looks like there is a giant TV screen.  That's not really a TV screen, but it sure looks like it.

One of the pages of the DSP has numerous black and white images ready to colour. I selected one of the images and  coloured it with watercolour pencils and a blender pen. It was then  matted with Garden Green card stock, and adhered to the card.

The die cut golfer, which I strengthened with two additional die cut layers,  was mounted on the outside of the largest curved flap - all ready to hit that hole in one.

Various other images were also coloured , die cut and  then used to embellish the card.

In order to provide a place to write a message, a piece of Whisper White card stock was added to the back of the card

Products Used:
Stamp:  Country Club
Inks:  Black Memento, watercolour pencils
Papers:  Country Club DSP, Whisper White, Garden Green, Smokey Slate
Accessories:  Country Club dies
       

Card for a Great Guy - Hand Stamped Sentiment #332

For the sketch challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments, I used the pick up truck from Pedal to the Metal stamp set  along with a tree from "Rooted in Nature" and the Country Club DSP to create a card for a great guy.

The tree were coloured with Stampin' blends, die cut and added (with dimensionals) to a piece of Smokey Slate card stock embossed with  the Coastal Weave embossing folder. After colouring the truck, it was fussy cut, covered with crystal effects, and when dry,  was also added to the embossed Smokey Slate with dimensionals.

This art piece was matted with Night of Navy card stock and added to the card front.

Two different patterns of the Country Club DSP was matted with Night of Navy card stock, but before it was added to the Whisper White layer of the card base, a Crushed Curry banner was added peeking out below the DSP.  This was stamped with the truck tracks.

A metallic leaf embellishment with a bow of Night of Navy baker's twine completed the card.  To balance my image, this was placed  on the right side of the art piece rather than the left.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Pedal to the Metal, Rooted in Nature
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin Blends (Mossy Meadow, Soft Suede, Real Red, Basic Black, Smokey Slate)
Papers:  Night of Navy, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Country Club DSP, Smokey Slate
Accessories:  Rooted in Nature dies, Coastal Weave embossing folder, Metallic leaf embellishment, Night of Navy Baker's twine, Glossy accents, Dimensionals,

Vintage Best Catch - Paper Craft Crew Challenges #342

The challenge at the Paper Craft Crew Challenges is a Tic Tac Toe one.  I chose to make a Vintage Masculine card featuring one of my favourite colours:  Mossy Meadow.

Making a vintage card involves the use of neutral colours, sponging, distressing edges with a pair of scissors,  and tearing - all of which I did on this masculine card to make it look vintage.

The base card is Soft Suede.  On top of this I adhered a strip of DSP from Come Sail Away DSP, the top of which is torn. To the left of that and slightly overlapping this DSP is a piece of Soft Sea Green Card stock with the edges torn all the way around. Both pieces are sponged generously using Early Espresso ink.  

Layered on the Soft Sea Green card stock is a well torn and distressed piece of Very Vanilla card stock.  Using Early Espresso ink, dots are randomly stamped using a retired Timeless Texture stamp followed by the image of the fisherman and the fishing hook.  A small amount of Pear Pizzazz is added to both these images.

On a separate piece of Very Vanilla card stock the fish is stamped, some colour applied then die cut.  After the edges are sponged the fish is adhered to the card front using dimensionals.

The bullrushes are die cut in Mossy Meadow, sponged with Early Espresso and adhered to the lower right.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Best Catch, Timeless Textures (R)

Inks:  Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Papers:  Soft Suede, Come Sail Away DSP, Soft Sea Green card stock, Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow

Accessories:  Catch of the Day dies, Dimensionals