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Friends Feathers & Frost

October 5, 2018 4 Comments

When I got up to create today’s project my mind was a blank.  Often I’ll go to bed thinking about what I’ll make and by the time I wake an idea has popped into my head.  So having been let down by my subconscious mind, I turned to a design challenge, the Stamp Ink Paper Challenge in fact.  In no time at all I’d made a very simple card for friends.

Simple card for friends in green and purple with gift of your friendship sentiment from the Feathers & Frost Stamp Set from Stampin' Up!

SIMPLE BORDER BACKGROUND

I began with a layer of Very Vanilla Card and Soft Sea Foam ink.  Using one side of the large leafy image from the Feathers & Frost Stamp Set I stamped a border around the edge of the piece.

Then I cut and scored a piece of Gorgeous Grape Card, folded it along the scored line and sharpened the crease with a Bone Folder.  This would be my card base.  Finally I attached the layer to the front of my card with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow).

STAMPING FOR FRIENDS

I liked the friends sentiment in the Feathers & Frost Stamp Set but wanted to show it needn’t be limited to Christmas.

I made sure that the stamp was really clean and then covered the three dots and ‘especially at Christmas’ with some sellotape.  Next I inked up the stamp with Tranquil Tide ink.  Then I removed the sellotape and stamped my altered sentiment onto some Very Vanilla Card.

The only stamping left to do was the pretty flower.  I suppose in a Christmas stamp set it would be a poinsettia, but it didn’t have to be.

Close up of simple card for friends in green and purple with gift of your friendship sentiment from the Feathers & Frost Stamp Set from Stampin' Up!

I used Gorgeous Grape ink to stamp the flower once in the bottom left corner of the sentiment layer.  Then I stamped it in the bottom right corner of a piece of Very Vanilla Card cut to line the card base.  Finally I stamped the flower in the bottom right corner on the front of a Very Vanilla Medium Envelope.

I decided to give a soft look to the petals of my flowers using a Blender Pen.  For this I first needed to press on the lid of my closed Gorgeous Grape ink pad.  Then when I opened it there was ink transferred from the foam pad to the inside of the lid.  I then picked up a little of the ink with the Blender Pen and coloured the petals from the tips in towards the centre.

COLOURFUL LAYERS

To keep this friends cards super simple, I started by attaching the sentiment to a piece of Gorgeous Grape Card with liquid glue.  Then these layers were fixed to a piece of Tranquil Tide Card.  Finally I attached the assembled piece to the background with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

All that was left was for me to add the Very Vanilla liner to the inside of the card with liquid glue and my card for friends was done.

CHALLENGE INSPIRATION

Stamp Ink Paper Challenge SIP170 Colors - dark green, pale mint & deep purple (October 2-7, 2018)Here’s the logo for the Stamp Ink Paper Challenge that inspired my project today.  SIP170 Colors – dark green, pale mint and deep purple.

Often challenge colour combinations are ones that I’d never have put together but I honestly can’t say that about this group.

These colours are some of my favourites and I’m so glad the Stamp Ink Paper Challenge gave me an excuse to use them.

My project has a really simple layout and, with the possible exception of masking the sentiment, is really simple too.

I hope you like it.

Here are some links to earlier blogs posts with projects using the Feathers & Frost Stamp Set:

Feathers & Frost (and a wreath)

Square wreath tag

OCTOBER NEWSLETTER

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PRODUCT LIST

Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

Tranquil Tide 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Tranquil Tide 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock

Medium Very Vanilla Envelopes

Medium Very Vanilla Envelopes

Feathers & Frost Photopolymer Stamp Set

Feathers & Frost Photopolymer Stamp Set

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin’ Pad

Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad

Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin’ Pad

Blender Pens

Blender Pens

Stampin' Trimmer

Stampin’ Trimmer

Bone Folder

Bone Folder

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

Stampin' Dimensionals

Stampin’ Dimensionals

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Filed Under: Cards, Sentiment Cards (miscellaneous), Simple Cards, Special Occasion Cards Tagged With: Blender Pen, challenge, Feathers & Frost, simple

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  1. geraldine homenchuk says

    October 5, 2018 at 9:24 am

    A very pretty take on a stamp set I have yet to do anything with … and I do love how you can take a ‘theme’ stamp set and make it something else; wonderful! It’s a really fun, but sometimes tough challenge and one I don’t often choose myself. This set probably lends itself more than most however, and it’s lovely what you have come up with. I love how you’ve stamped the background layer in the lighter green by the way. (one of my new favourite ink colours) Thank you Tracy! Always inspiring. Have a wonderful Holiday weekend and Happy Thanksgiving!

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    • Tracy Elsom says

      October 5, 2018 at 9:26 am

      Thank you Geraldine, I’m always pleased when I can get extra mileage from a stamp set like this. Happy Thanksgiving to you too.

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  2. Carolyn Lindenmayer says

    October 9, 2018 at 8:06 am

    Beautiful card Tracy. I really love the combo here. Thanks so much for joining us this week at Stamp Ink Paper. Carolyn xx

    Reply
    • Tracy Elsom says

      October 9, 2018 at 9:18 am

      Thank you Carolyn

      Reply

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