So, how are all of you today? I’m well, happy that it’s Wednesday. I have a Stampin’ Up! order coming today too, so some new goodies. I find that sitting down at the end of long day and being creative for a few hours is the best way for me to wind down. Sometimes I listen to music but most of the time I just enjoy the quiet. What do you do when you stamp? Do you have a separate space or do you just spread out over the kitchen table? Do you like the quiet or are you rockin’ out as you make stuff?
Wednesday means it’s Paper Craft Crew time! This week we have a sketch and color challenge for you. You con do one or both. I did both this week. Here are the particulars…
The colors are So Saffron, Wild Wasabi and Perfect Plum.
For the base of my card I started with a piece of Perfect Plum Card Stock. The background is a piece of So Saffron that I stamped in rows with the Amazing Accent Stampin’ Around Wheel in So Saffron. For the piece of Wild Wasabi on the left I embossed it with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and adhered it to the card with SNAIL. I cut out a piece of Very Vanilla with the Labels Collection Framelits Dies and used my Stamp-a-ma-jig with the Amazing Family Stamp Set in Perfect Plum. Some Paper-Piercing is done part of the way around with the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack and Paper-Piercing Tool. I stamped the friend in Wild Wasabi on another piece of Very Vanilla and flagged the one end. To give it a little definition I ran the side of my Wild Wasabi Stampin’ Write marker along the edges and adhered it to the label with SNAIL. A piece of Perfect Plum makes the base for the 5/8″ Flower Trim that is held in place with a Mini Glue Dot. Some Wild Wasabi punched out with the Blossom Builder Punch creates the leaves. I like the color combination a lot more than I thought I would and the Amazing Family stamps fit great inside the label. I hope that you enjoyed my Paper Craft Crew Design Team card for this week’s challenge. Click on over to the Paper Craft Crew site and check out the other designers creations and upload one of yours. Thank you for visiting me today. I hope that the rest of your Wednesday is terrific!
Stampin’ Up! products used:
Card Stock: Perfect Plum, So Saffron and Wild Wasabi
Ink: Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi and So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Ink
Stamp Sets: Amazing Family Clear Mount and Amazing Accent Stampin’ Around Wheel
Framelits: Labels Collection
Embossing Folder: Lacy Brocade
Punches: 1″ Circle and Blossom Builder
Embellishments: 5/8″ Flower Trim
Tools: Big Shot, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL
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