hey sweet thing!

Sooo, I think my new favorite challenge is 1-layer cards.  If something doesn't look right, I have to start all over, instead of just figuring out what else I can slap on there (oops, did I just give away my best design secret? ha.)

This week's CSS style-watch was all about 1-layer cards.  Inspired by the cards that Amber created, I came up with this:

I started with a white card-base and layered the images as follows:

1.  I placed a strip of painter's tape all around the outside (so that my lined background would have a crisp edge.)  I pressed the tape onto my pants (ok, let's be honest since I crafted in the evening: hot pink joggers) to remove some of the tacky-ness... I wanted to make sure it didn't rip my card-stock when I pulled it up.

2.  I die-cut both the label (from the mini tri-fold 1 die) and the cake from masking paper and placed them on the front of the card.  The cake die sticks out past the tri-fold die on the sides and the bottom, so I had to have both of them on there at the same time.

3.  I stamped the lined background (from designer lines), and then, before removing the sticky-papered-die-cuts, created stitch lines all around.

4.  I then removed the sticky paper, and stamped the cake (from cake decorating).  I added the button detail to the front of the cake (love that image!) and gave the stand and the buttons a quick color with copic markers.

5. Lastly, I added the sentiment (from sweet sentiments) and glossy accents to the buttons.  I then let it dry overnight, remembering the last smear-incident that happened from handling glossed elements too quickly.

Hope you like my 1-layer card!

Until next time...

Clear and Simple Stamps Release in Review: shapes + backgrounds

We're re-visiting all of the CSS goodies released last month, showing them off again and hoping to inspire you!

The little tag hints at what's inside the glassine bag: a card set created with the "sunburst" stamp, a sentiment made up of one stamp (from "sweet sentiments" - I've done the unthinkable and cut away the "you" from the "you deserve a treat" sentiment... yikes!  but I love how it looks and I know I'll get even more use out of it like this) and another from "favor flags" (I adore that the "for" in this set matches the font of the "you" in the other set - talk about easy mixing and matching!)

 

I used the alpha duo set (love that it comes with a solid & an outline alphabet!) to spell out a-m-a-z-i-n-g.  I then cut a strip of masking paper (I didn't want the mask to be perfect - I wanted some space between the letters and the sunburst to give it a vintage poster vibe) and stamped the sunburst over-top.  The card base was covered in water-marked stars (from the "playroom" set.)  

To complete my scrappy set of cards, I did a little color mixing and matching:

 Hope you like what you see!  The other designers have stuff to show off as well :)

Dana

Jaclyn

Amber

Jennifer

Laura

Laurie

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