A Dinosaur Card with a Flip Greeting

A few weeks ago, I was playing with ideas for a Facebook Live project.  I'd just finished a scrapbook project with the Dinoroar suite and the Dinoroar designer series paper, the  Dino Days stamp set and the coordinating Dino dies were sitting on my desk.  Sitting beside them was a group of samples I had made with each of the new Pigment Sprinkles colors.  These items inspired this project with a fun flip greeting: 

The card base is Mango Melody layered with another piece of Mango Melody embossed with the Layered Leaves 3D embossing folder.  On top of the Mango Melody layer is a 3" x 4" piece of the designer series paper.  The T-Rex was die cut from another pattern in the Dinoroar paper (Note:  You have to die cut the T-Rex and the spiky ridge separately.    I actually just fussy cut the ridge, leaving the side that was next to the T-Rex's back intact so it would exactly fit into the die cut T-Rex's back. I used Tear and Tape adhesive to smoothly adhere the ridge to the T-Rex, leaving the paper strip on the tape.)  I mounted the  T-Rex onto a circle die cut from a piece of the Mango Melody Pigment Sprinkles sample and layered to an Old Olive die cut scallop circle.  The greeting was masked before stamping the front and then again for the back of the flip piece.  It was stamped in Old Olive with little dinosaur tracks in Mango Melody. The fishtail end of the banner piece tucks under the scallop circle to keep it in place.

Here's how I constructed the card:

You need:  5-1/2" X 8-1/2" card base folded in half; a 5-1/4" x 4" card stock piece embossed with the Layered Leaves embossing folder (or other folder of your choice); a 3" X 4" piece of Dinoroar designer series paper; a T-Rex or other dinosaur die cut from the designer series paper (I chose my paper, card stock and ink colors to coordinate with the dinosaur); a 1/2" X 5-1/2" piece of Whisper White card stock, scored at 1" from one end of the piece and punched with the Banner Triple punch from the other end to form the fishtail end (you will end up with a 4" banner on the front of the card); a die cut circle and coordinating die cut scallop circle to layer under T-Rex (for the one shown in this photo, I die cut a circle out of Shimmery White card stock and watercolored it with Old Olive ink).  You need Multipurpose Liquid glue and Stampin' Dimensionals,  plus Tear and Tape to adhere the ridges on the dinosaur (if you choose to use them).

Adhere the designer series paper to the embossed layer about 1" from the left-had side of the layer.  Use Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.  Mask off the bottom of the greeting stamp from the Dino Days stamp set, then stamp the "I love you THIS much!"  on the front of the greeting piece about 1" from the fishtail end of the flag.  Turn the flip piece over (making sure the front is right-side up, then mask off the top of the greeting stamp and stamp "(it's more than it looks)" on the back side about 1" from the score line.  (Remember to take of the mask before you stamp!!!)   Add a few dinosaur tracks if you like.

Fold the score line and fit the small end under the embossed layer about 1/2" from the bottom.  Adhere that small end with Multipurpose Liquid adhesive and let it dry.

Fold the banner over the front of the card.  Adhere the die cut circles together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and layer the dinosaur on the circle with Stampin' dimensionals. Adhere the circle piece to the card front making sure that the fishtail end of the banner fits under the edge of the scallop circle:

Layer this piece on your card base with Stampin' Dimensionals:

Hope you have fun with this little flip greeting technique!

Thanks for stopping by today!--Sara Nell

  

Perennial Essence Thinking of You--#tgifc230

This week's TGIF Challenges is a product spotlight: Mosaic Mood or Perennial Essence designer series paper.  I have neither of these papers and thought I was going to miss this challenge.  However, my downline Lea came to my rescue with her pack of the beautiful impressionistic paper, Perennial Essence.  She left her pack of paper with me and said, "Use what you want."  Thank you, Lea!

I picked out two different patterns that "spoke" to me and let Herb pick because I couldn't decide.  He said,"This one looks more like Monet--use it."    Needless to say, I had great  help for this challenge!!!

I ended up making two cards because I ended up with this perfect little square that was begging to be on a card.   The little 3-1/2" square note card is perfect for a thank you or birthday gift enclosure card. 

The note card has a few of the same elements as my main card:  a greeting from the Very Versailles stamp set stamped in Blackberry Bliss on Petal Pink card stock, embossed with Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder, and fussy cut;  two layers of Blackberry Bliss card stock and a few Basic Pearls colored with the Blackberry Bliss Light Stampin' Blend marker.

For this card, I decided to fussy cut a piece of the floral paper and sponge the edges with Petal Pink ink.  I layered this over a piece of Blackberry Bliss card stock that I embossed with the Scripty 3D embossing folder.  I wiped my Blackberry Bliss ink pad across the inside of the folder before running it through my die-cutting machine.  It created a shadow-like effect on the background.

These are really clean and simple cards.  I wanted this beautiful designer series paper to be the star.

To see how the TGIF design team and other challengers have made these two different designer series papers the star of their projects head over to the TGIF Challenges Blog here.

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by!

--Sara Nell

  

Rooted in Nature--#tgifc229

Wow, what a busy time for me; however, I'm never too busy to participate in the weekly TGIF Challenges!  This week we have a sketch challenge.  For it, I chose to do a clean and simple card design using the Rooted in Nature stamp set:

The paper on this card is from the Come to Gather designer series paper pack, new in the Holiday Catalog.  For the tree and the branch I used a dotted linen pattern.  I glued the paper on a piece of Whisper White card stock and then die cut the tree and branch using the Nature's Roots die set.  The background is a gingham pattern in Pretty Peacock.  To give it a bit of texture I used my Stampin' Score to score lines every 1/2"  both vertically and horizontally.  I wrapped a piece of Blackberry Bliss twine from the Nature's Twine pack around the card three times and tied it in a bow on the left-hand side of the card.  The Rhinestone Basic Jewels were colored with the Blackberry Bliss Dark Stampin' Blend marker and added to the front of the card.

This was a really fun sketch to use!  Head over to the TGIF Challenges Blog to see more interpretations of it.

Thanks for stopping by!  I'd love to hear what you think, so please comment.

--Sara Nell

Dashing Deer in a New Color Combo--#tgifc228

It's time for another TGIF Challenges color challenge. This week it is Basic Black, Merry Merlot and Very Vanilla.  I don't think I have ever created a card with a black and red color combo.  My daughter banned that color combo in our household soon after she went off to college at Georgia Tech (THWG!).

As I thought about my card, the dashing deer in the Detailed Deer dies came to mind.  In black it is a silhouette and I love silhouettes:

I chose a simple card with the deer silhouette as the focal point.  I used the open flower dies in the Detailed Deer die set to make 5 Merry Merlot flowers.  I arranged these on the Very Vanilla background and then embossed the piece with the Subtle 3D embossing folder (it makes the flowers look like they were painted on.).  Next, I added the dashing deer silhouette and the greeting from Dashing Deer stamp set heat embossed in black  on Merry Merlot card stock.  Finally, I added Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the center of the flowers.  

The card layers:  Very Vanilla Thick 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" card base folded in half; Basic Black  5-1/4" x 4"; Merry Merlot 5-1/8" x 3-7/8"; Very Vanilla 4-7/8' x 3-5/8".

Check out the TGIF Challenges blog for more projects using this color combo (unless you are a Georgia Tech fan--you might not like seeing all that red and black in one place).

For Katharine's enjoyment, I think I will do another dashing deer card in gold, white and navy and post it later in the week.  We'll see which one you like best!

Thanks for stopping by!--Sara Nell

Embossed Leaves--#tgifc227

The TGIF Challenge this week is a product spotlight:  embossing powders.  I embossed leaves in the last challenge and I am embossing leaves in this one!  This time I used the leaves in the new Gather Together stamp set and the coordinating Gathered Leaves dies:

On this card, I used the Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder three different ways on my leaves:  1.)  I stamped the large leaf image from the stamp set in VersaMark, heat embossed it and die cut it. 2.)  The Mint Macaron leaf was die cut, the edges were dragged through the VersaMark ink pad and then heat embossed.  3.  The Pretty Peacock leaf was die cut with another leaf die in the die set, partially pressed into the VersaMark ink pad and then heat embossed.  For good measure, I embossed the greeting in copper on a Pretty Peacock banner created with the Banner Triple punch.

The background layer is from the Come to Gather designer series paper pack.  I embossed it with the Brick & Mortar 3D embossing folder to give it a bit of dimension.  It is hard to see in the photo, but looks nice in person!

I arranged my leaves over a Vellum card stock circle to give a break from the colorful plaid background paper.  My ribbon is a combination of Copper Trim and the Pretty Peacock trim I tore off a piece of Pretty Peacock scalloped linen ribbon. 

The final touch was three Cajun Craze rhinestones from the Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels pack.  You need this rhinestone pack--five different colors that coordinate with designer series paper packs in the Holiday Catalog! 

Want some inspiration for using embossing powders?  Head over to the TGIF Challenges Blog here.

Glad you stopped by today!--Sara Nell

Creation Station September Blog Hop--His & Hers

Can it be September already?   Yes, it can!   And it's time for the Creation Station Blog Hop.  Our theme this month is "His & Hers".  The design team is designing two cards using the same layout, one for a guy and one for a gal.  There's lots of inspiration for you on the hop this week, so hop along using the "Next" button at the end of each blog. 

I have used a simple layout for my cards:  each has an embossed background layered on a coordinating piece of card stock and then on the card base.  There is a 1-1/2" strip of designer series paper layered on the front 1" from the left-hand side of the card.  Both cards have twine wrapped on the left-hand side of the designer series paper strip and metallic pearl accents.  The embossing folder for each card was inked on the inside before embossing the card stock to accent the embossed pattern:  Whisper White craft ink on the "His" card and Crumb Cake classic ink on the "Hers" card.

The "His" card features the Sailing Home stamp set, Smooth Sailing dies and the Come Sail Away designer series paper.  The background piece was embossed with the High Seas 3D embossing folder on Balmy Blue Card stock. The second layer is Night of Navy and the card base is Sahara Sand.  The lighthouse was stamped in Sahara Sand.  The sea plant is Sahara Sand and the wheel is Soft Suede.  The twine is Night of Navy/Sahara Sand baker's twine.  A bit of the Night of Navy from this twine was used to tie on the anchor trinket from the Sail Away Trinkets.  The greeting was stamped in Night of Navy on Whisper White card stock and fussy cut close to the letters.

The "Hers" card features elements from the Pressed Petals Suite:  Scripty 3D embossing folder, Pressed Petals specialty designer series paper, and the Pressed Petals Specialty Washi Tape.  The card base is Crumb Cake with layers of Mossy Meadow and Rococo Rose.  The Mossy Meadow twine is from the Magnolia Lane ribbon combo pack. The greeting is from Very Versailles stamp set and was stamped in Mossy Meadow ink on Crumb Cake and fussy cut close to the letters.   The Mossy Meadow leaves were punched out with the Sprig punch.  The vellum leaf was punched out of Old Olive Vellum from the Perennial Essence vellum card stock pack using the Leaf Punch.

Tips for the Flower:  I found it easiest to use my silicone craft sheet to arrange the flower petals from the Pressed Petals washi tape.  The petals stayed together much better when I used a glue dot on the tip of the petal as I arranged them in the flower shape.  Once the flower was completed I used my Embossing buddy to remove the sticky on the back outside edges of the flower so the flower would not flatten out on my card.   I used glue dots to adhere my flower to the card and a glue dot to adhere the Gold Faceted Gem to the center of the flower. 

Now let's head on over to Jennifer's blog to see what she has for us today--she' an amazing stamper!

To Jennifer's Blog . . .

Thanks for stopping by today!  I'd love to know what you think of my "His & Hers" creations!--Sara Nell