Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop!
I spoke to soon last month…where is the warmth?? Here in New England our weekends have been gloomy and rainy, yuck! It is almost July and I believe we hit 80 degrees just a hand full of times. For someone who is ALWAYS cold this is NOT GOOD. But if there is to be a brite side, it gives me more time to create, lol!
This month our card feature is all about layers…hey, I know about layers all too well, clothing and paper. Let’s get to my card now, shall we. My idea came from a card sketch that Steph supplied us with during COVID. I did use most of the sketches but found some I still need to try out.
If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Steph’s blog. Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue to Maureen’s blog. If you get lost along the way, no worries, you can find a list of Blog Hoppers at the end of each Blog. ENJOY!
Paper:
- Basic White CS (5 ½” x 8 ¼”, scored at 4 ¼”; scraps) (card base)
- Les Shoppes Designer Series Paper (DSP) (4” x 5 ¼”)
- Les Shoppes DSP (1 ¾” x 5 ¼”)
- Daffodil Delight CS 2- (3” x 2 ½”)
- Les Shoppes DSP 2- (2 ¾” x 2 ¼”)
Ink: Momento Black, Pecan Pie
Tools/Accessories: Let’s Go Shopping Dies; Adhesive-Backed Solid Gems
INSTRUCTIONS
- Did someone say layers?? I am pretty sure I succeeded with the requirements…
- My card base is a 8 ½” x 5 ½” basic white CS, scored and folded down to a 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.
- My first layer is a piece of Les Shoppes DSP (everything used is from the Les Shoppes Suite Collection). This is adhered with snail.
- The second layer is the “banner” piece that measures 1 ¾” x 5 ¼’ cut from a piece of Les Shoppes DSP paper. I adhered this to the left-hand side of the card base, leaving about a half inch to the left of the card.
- The third layer consists of another piece of DSP adhered to a piece of daffodil delight. (the sketch works with squares but I made mine into rectangle due to the stamp set used). I also added the small sign frame to this piece with the words Happy Birthday on it.
- The fourth layer is similar to the previous one, but with this one I stamped the store front image and also added the food in the window. This was colored using the Stampin’ Blends markers. To give it added dimension I adhered the store front to the DSP with dimensionals.
- Lastly, I used the Adhesive-backed solid gems to embellish the front.
I hope you enjoyed this month’s blog post and found a fun way to use up some of your DSP!! Comments of any kind (well hopefully nice ones, lol) are greatly appreciated. When you are done be sure to hop on over to the next blogger, Maureen on the list!
See you next month!