FF0008 Watercolored Card for Festive Friday

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It’s time for the Festive Friday Challenge, where every challenge is a party! For FF0008, we are honoring Wine Day and/or Watercolor. You can create a card to celebrate Wine Day (May 25th), or a card featuring watercoloring, or a watercolored Wine Day card or project!  Whatever way you decide to create is fine with us! We would love to have you play along, so don’t forget to link up.

This week I created a watercolored  card using the new  Serene Garden Bundle (148395), available June 1st.  I really love this photopolymer set, and I hope you will, too!

Watercolored Card
A Sneak Peek at the Serene Garden Bundle
2018 – 2019 Annual Catalog

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Colors of the Day

Plus these new colors :  Balmy Blue ~ Sea Foam Green

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips

The background florals on today’s card were watercolored using Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, and Rich Razzleberry Stampin’ Blends.  A new color, Balmy Blue, was used to outline the image.  I usually use Soft Sky and a Blender Pen to highlight my watercolored images, but since Soft Sky is retiring, I decided to try one of our new colors.   Balmy Blue did the trick.  However, I did take a lot color off the Blender Pen before using it.

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The butterfly was inked in Rich Razzleberry, and accented with Clear Wink of Stella.  The bird was colored with Smoky Slate.  Once again, Clear Wink of Stella was used to add sparkle, as you can see in the picture below.

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The Basket Weave Textured Impressions Embossing Folder adds a touch of texture to the Whisper White panel, which was matted onto Soft Sea Foam cardstock to form the card base. New Share What You Love Artisan Pearls are the perfect finishing touches.

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The Challenge Twists

As mentioned earlier, Festive Friday is a challenge with twists.  If you do not wish to create a Wine Day project, you could create a project featuring watercoloring.  We offer alternatives for each challenge.  Plus, if you play along with us, you will be earning Fest Points which can be redeemed for items such as tutorials (including the tutorial for today’s card), retired Stampin’ Up! products, design team cards, and even a spot as a Guest Designer! But remember:  To earn Fest Points, you need an account on the challenge site. Just click on login/register on the challenge site to get started.

To see all of the inspiration our Design Team has created for you, head on over to Festive Friday Challenges!

Would you like to create your own card?  If you enjoyed today’s card, and would like to create your own,  the supply list is located below.  Clicking on a product takes you right to my store.  Be sure to use this month’s Host Code.  Online orders over $50 (before tax and shipping) will receive a little gift from me IF you use the Host Code.  If your order is $150 or more, please do not use the Host Code.  You will automatically receive the gift from me, as well as your own Host Rewards.

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Price: $110.00

Good-by, Charming Cafe – A Shadowbox Card

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Charming Cafe is an adorable set.  With it’s coordinating  Cafe Builder Framelits Dies, it’s perfect for creating a shadowbox card like this one. Sadly, it will be retiring May 31st.  Don’t overlook this hidden treasure!

Colors of the Day
The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
Creating a Shadowbox Card Tutorial

You will need the following cardstock:

  • 100702 Whisper White (3-1/4” x 4”; 3” x 1-1/4”; 3-1/2” x 3-1/2”; 3” x 2”, scraps)
  • 140272 Whisper White Thick (4-1/4” x 11” scored at 5-1/2” to form the card base)

Your step-by-step directions:

1.Use the appropriate thinlit to create a window in the front of the card base.

2.  Stamp the flowers in Basic Black ink. Using Watercolor Pencils, color the flowers Calypso Coral and the leaves Old Olive. Activate the color using a Blender Pen. (Do this in subsequent steps.)  Cut out with the appropriate thinlit and adhere to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

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3.  On the 3-1/2” x 3-1/2” square of cardstock, stamp the window in Basic Black. (Before stamping, make certain the image will be in the correct position in the opening.) Using Watercolor Pencils, color the awning Daffodil Delight, leaving alternate slats white, and the window grids Basic Gray. Use an Aqua Painter to add a Pool Party wash around the window.

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4.  Stamp the table and chair image. Color the tables and chairs Basic Gray, the seats and flower Calypso Coral, the leaves Old Olive, and the cobblestones Early Espresso. Cut out with the corresponding thinlit. Adhere below the window using dimensionals.

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5.  Stamp two topiaries. Color as follows: Basic Gray pot, Bermuda Bay stripe, Old Olives leaves, Early Espresso trunk. Cut out with the topiary thinlit. Adhere one beside the window.

6.  Using foam adhesive strips, attach the sidewalk café scene behind the opening on the card front in order to create a shadowbox effect.

7.  Stamp the sentiment in Archival Basic Black. Use the banner thinlit from the Magical Mates collection to cut it out.  Adhere to the card front with dimensionals.  Accent with the remaining topiary.

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8.  Embellish the top of the card with Calypso Coral ribbon and bow, as shown.

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As I was carrying this card in to photograph it the other evening, I happened to have my phone behind it when the phone lit up.  It was gorgeous! I tried to recreate the look.  Can’t you just imagine this card with a tea light behind it!

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Would you like to create your own card?  If you enjoyed today’s card, and would like to create your own,  the supply list is located below.  Clicking on a product takes you right to my store.  Be sure to use this month’s Host Code.  Online orders over $50 (before tax and shipping) will receive a little gift from me IF you use the Host Code.  If your order is $150 or more, please do not use the Host Code.  You will automatically receive the gift from me, as well as your own Host Rewards.

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As always, if you have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Until next time…

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On the CASE: Hold on to Hope

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Nicole and I are back On the CASE. Our mission: To work through current Stampin’ Up! catalogs, and break down gorgeous samples step-by-step, just for you! CASE means to Copy and Share with Everyone, and that is exactly what we will be doing. We hope you enjoy the cards we CASE and the free tutorials included in our posts.  Let’s get stampin’!

On the CASE: Hold on to Hope
A Baptism Card
Occasion Catalog Page 27

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The baptism card created with the Hold on to Hope set is a beautiful card, rich with texture.  The Calypso Coral designer paper and Pool Party cardstock are stunning against the Whisper White.  The catalog sample is a little smaller than the one I created.  Mine is 4″ x 4″.   I hope you enjoy today’s CASE.

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Colors of the Day
Stamps and Papers and Inks … Oh, My!

Stamps: Hold on to Hope Bundle – includes Cross of Hope Framelits Dies
Paper:  Whisper White Cardstock (4″ x 8″, scrap), Pool Party Cardstock (scrap), Petal Garden Designer Series Paper (2-3/4″ x 2-3/4″)
Ink: Basic Black Archival, Calypso Coral
Other: Big Shot,  Layering Squares Framelits, Garden Trellis Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Silver Baker’s Twine, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals

“On the CASE” Notes
Your Step-by-Step Guide

  1.  Score the Whisper White cardstock at 4″ to form the card base.  Emboss the front with the Garden Trellis Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

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2.  Using the largest scalloped Layering Squares Framelits, cut a square of Pool Party cardstock.

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3.  Stamp the flowers and vine image in Calypso Coral.

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4.  Stamp the sentiment in Archival Basic Black.  Adhere to the Pool Party scalloped square.

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5.  Die cut two crosses:  one from Whisper White and one from Pool Party.

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Insert the Pool Party middle into the Whisper White outline.  Adhere to the sentiment panel as shown.

6.  Wrap Silver Baker’s Twine around the card twice, and tie in a bow on the left side.  Adhere the sentiment panel to the card base with dimensionals.  Embellish with a single rhinestone in the center of the cross.

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How Hard Was It to Crack This CASE

Nothing tricky here! It’s a fun card to create, and I hope you will give it a try!   Difficulty Level:  2 out of 5, only because it takes a little time to do the embossing and die cutting.

 #SUontheCASE

Nicole and I hope our projects today inspire you to try CASEing the catalog, too! We’ll be “on the case”, looking for the hashtag #SUontheCASE on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+ & Pinterest). If we find one of your projects, we’ll share it, like it, repost it – we’ll do it all!

On the CASE: Picnic with YouNow head on over to Nicole at  Pixel Maven’s Retreat to see the CASE file she has been working on.  Nicole always writes the BEST tutorials!  What she has CASED is a cutie patootie card for sure!

Would you like to check out the most recent Cold CASE Files?  Try these:

On the CASE: Remarkable You
On the CASE: Picnic with You
On the CASE: The CASE of Friendship’s Sweetest Thoughts
On the CASE: The CASE of Daisy Delight
On the CASE: The CASE of a Magical Day
On the CASE:  A Case of Petal Palette
On the CASE:  Beautiful Bouquet Sentiment
On the CASE: Lovely As a Tree
On the CASE: A Season to Sparkle
The CASE of A Brightly Lit Christmas
A CASE of Good Tidings
A CASE of Nature Sings
A CASE of Snowflake Sentiments
A CASE of Gourd Goodness
The CASE of the Sheltering Tree
The CASE of the Beautiful Bouquet
The CASE of the Birthday Blooms

Ready to get On this CASE?  If you enjoyed today’s card, and would like to try your hand at creating your own CASE,  the supply list is located below.  Clicking on a product takes you right to my store.  Be sure to use this month’s Host Code.  Online orders over $50 (before tax and shipping) will receive a special little somethin’-somethin’ from me IF you use the Host Code.   If your order is $150 or more, please do not use the Host Code.  You will automatically receive the gift from me, as well as your own Host Rewards.

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As always, if you have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Until next time…

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