Stampin' Fun with Diana: Adventure Awaits

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Can You Case it? Design Team - Sketch Challenge CYCI #68

Happy Sunday! It’s been another crazy weekend, but I guess at this point that should be the norm (would hate for lift to be boring!) Had fun hanging out with the family yesterday and then had some girlfriend fun last night, whoo hoo! I’m heading to Disneyland next week for the Tinkerbell Race weekend so today it’s all about getting everything packed and ready to go (it’s crazy how much “stuff” I need to pack on “race-cations” but I’m really looking forward to this trip, haven’t been to Disneyland since I was in high school. Of course since it’s Sunday it’s time for the weekly Can You Case It? Sketch challenge and I really had fun with the clean, simple sketch we were provided. I know with the excitement of the retiring products announcement I’ll be focusing this month on stamps and products that we’ll be saying goodbye to but we can’t forget some of the fabulous products in the Occasions catalog as well. So I decided to focus on the Adventure Awaits product suite for today’s card.

I started with Smoky Slate cardstock for the cardbase and then added a piece of You Plus Me Designer Series Paper (love all these basic black and white patterns that can be used for any occasion). Next I took a piece of the Adventure Bounds DSP (love these beautiful photographic prints) and I stamped the greeting with the Adventure Awaits Stamp set using Memento Black ink and I matted it with Smoky Slate cardstock before attaching it to the cardfront.

Now I had loads of fun with the embellishments (may have gone a bit overboard, but that’s OK). I started by punching out a piece of Silver Foil Cardstock with the 1 3/8” Circle Punch and then embossed it with the Tiny Triangles Embossing Folder. I added a piece of Basic Black Chevron Ribbon as a little flag sticking out from behind the circle. I used some Basic Black Baker’s Twine and made several loops and attached them so they peaked out from behind of the boy I made using the Island Indigo ¼” Cotton Ribbon.

What do you think, too much? This is definitely not a “mailable” card but I love how soft it is and would certainly brighten up a day when there isn’t a specific holiday/occasion to celebrate. This is the best time to surprise someone, when it’s truly unexpected. The designers are sharing some other great cards so go check them out for further inspiration and come play along, you can use this for any project you need, card, scrapbook page, home décor, etc.

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Have an enjoyable Sunday!

Diana

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Can You Case it? Design Team - Color Challenge CYCI #56

Happy Sunday. It’s time to take a break from weekend fun to bring you my card for this weeks Can You Case It? challenge. This week we were given a color challenge, Real Red, Basic Black and Whisper White. Now I’ll admit initially my mind went right to Valentine’s but I’ve been sharing so many love themed projects so far this year I decided to take a break and share a nice simple card using other products from the new Occasions Catalog I haven’t played with. Once of the product suites is Adventure awaits and it includes an awesome stamp set with great greetings that are nice and large so they can be the focus point of the card (and would work equally well in memorykeeping) along with a coordinating paper stack that has some awesome graphic images on one side and photograph images on the other. They’re so full of texture and work great with “dude” cards.

I started with Basic Black for the cardbase and then added a piece of Real Red cardstock that was embossed with the Big Shot and Polka Dot Embossing Folder. I wrapped some Basic Black Baker’s Twine around the Red layer and then tied a bow. The greeting is from the Adventure Awaits stamp set and was stamped with Memento Ink directly on the Adventure Bound DSP (this pattern looks like a sweater weave or rope). Then all I did was mat it with Whisper Whtie cardstock and attached it to the cardfront with dimensionals.

This card came together really easily but it has lots for your eye to enjoy with all the textures (I want to just rub it, haha!!) In fact I love this card so much this will be one of the cards we’re making in today’s Just Cards class (I know you’re excited if you’ll be attending). The other design team members shared some fabulous cards as well using these colors so please go check them out and then play along with the sketch, are share your creation!