My Inkie Fingers: Stitched Be Mine Dies

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

TWO Challenges ONE Card!

Inspiration is EVERYWHERE!!

I came across a bunch of blogs last night, actually, I came across a LIST of Blogs that post challenges. I sifted through them and wrote down some that I wanted to play along with. To challenge myself just a little more, I decided to incorporate TWO challenges into one card. You don't have to do this, you can just do one, or more if you like. But, be sure to check the rules of each blog on combining challenges *wink*

The two that I choose for my card are as follows;

Stampin' Up! Only Challenge

For this challenge, you have to create something for someone you love, or love themed.

Fab Friday Challenge

This one is a color challenge. The colors are shown in the photo.

While I'm not one for mixing a lot of colored papers together, I am certainly one for mixing colors for backgrounds. I knew right away that is what I was going to do, create a background using those colors!

In fact, you can watch me make the card in the video below!

I really had a lot of fun with this card! In the beginning, I struggled with the colors mixing and turning a grey-purple (I wasn't a fan of that) But, in the end, it all worked out and I'm so pleased with the final result!

I hope my creation inspires you to play along as well. Check the links above for the deadlines.

Let me know if you play along too. I would love to see what you create =)

Happy Stampin'!

**Supply List**

Stitched Be Mine Dies

[148527]

$48.00

Stitched Rectangle Dies

[148551]

$48.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$13.25

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

[149612]

$12.25

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$6.75

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[147170]

$5.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[115662]

$5.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[131156]

$5.00

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[131164]

$5.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$13.00

Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109131]

$8.25

Woven Threads Sequin Assortment

[149498]

$6.75

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Foam Adhesive Strips

[141825]

$10.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$5.50

Take Your Pick

[144107]

$14.00

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

$8.25

Paper Snips

[103579]

$13.50

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

$9.50

**I also used a PAPER PUMPKIN STAMP SET on the card**

(Something for Everything - December Kit)

For more info on Paper Pumpkin CLICK HERE

**Non-Stampin' Up! Supplies** Scotch Blue Tape - https://amzn.to/2u0A1Si T-Square Ruler - https://amzn.to/2Sa5TvQ

Links:

Sunday, January 26, 2020

Card Sketch #4

Loads of Love - Valentine's card

I just love the Ride With Me & The Gangs All Mere stamp sets, so I figured let's use them together!

Common! That little Meerkat popping his head up in the truck is just too adorable!!

My card sketches are always posted on my Facebook Page before they go live anywhere else on the internet. If you want to get a head start on them and see them first, request to join us here.

I started out with an A2 top folding card using Bermuda Bay 8 1/2 X 11 Cardstock and I turned it on its side for a different perspective.

I then embossed a mat of Whisper White 8 1/2 X 11 Cardstock which was 1/4" smaller than the card with the Brick & Mortar Embossing Folder (All links to supplies are below) Then I used a Sponge Dauber to very lightly bring up the bricks in the background. I used a very light touch and just swiped back and forth until I achieved the desired look. You can adhere this down with any adhesive but I used some blue fun foam I found at Walmart (cut 1/4" smaller than the mat).

Then, I stamped the image twice on a piece of Whisper White Cardstock with Tuxedo Black Momento Ink as this is the best combination of paper and ink to use our Stampin' Blends markers with. The ink won't bleed! I stamped it twice as I wanted to cut the tires out and pop them up over the tires below to add some dimension. I listed the markers I used down below in the supplies.

Using the Stitched So Sweetly Dies I cut out the hearts and trimmed them to the desired size and pieced them into the back of the truck. I used some Mini Stampin' Dimensionals to pop up a few of the negative hearts to add dimension and visual interest. I also die-cut the word love out of a piece of Whisper White CS that I had used to test the color combo of the 3 green markers.

Why waste it right?!

I cut the background for the truck using the second largest rectangle die from the Stitched So Sweetly dies, then stamped the word "You" from the Well Said stamp set. I felt the need to add some dots to each scallop to close in the background using my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker. Give this background a little dimension too by adding some Stampin' Dimensionals =)

Lastly, I used the same 3 green markers I used to color the truck and made a gradient strip on a scrap piece of Whisper White, then used the long die from the Stitched Be Mine set and cut it out twice. I trimmed the pieces then glued them together to make a wider strip.

Then I finished it off with some Whisper White Bakers Twine and some of the Twine out of the November Paper Pumpkin "Winter Gifts"

I hope you enjoy this card! Let me know if it inspires you, or what you thought of it in the comments below. I love hearing from you =)

Happy Stampin'!