The week straightened itself out yesterday, I knew that it was Wednesday! Back on track! We enjoyed some more nice weather, top down there and back to the store. Renee and I both got orders in this morning and worked on getting them out. I got a smattering of Waffle Flower to try out, I have to say that I like it! Very different! I spoke to Michael and FaceTimed with Andrea. Renee and I had Subway for lunch and for some reason it didn’t agree with me. I have also forgotten to take my allergy pill for the past two days so I have a nice sinus headache. Maybe I’ll remember tomorrow?! I also got my Lawn Fawn cards done for this month’s class! Love getting ahead! When I got home I had a sandwich at my parent’s and then took some Excedrin and waited for the headache to subside. When it finally went away I made my card for today and had a lot of fun doing it! Today I’ll be making some samples while I’m at the store, oh so nice to be crafty at work!
My card that I made last night is for this week’s Paper Players challenge…
I went across the middle and the diagonal from lower left to upper right snuck in there! My card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. The background is a piece of Desert Storm 80lb that I stamped with the Hero Arts Designer Woodgrain Background Stamp in Hero Arts White Dye Ink. Before adhering it to the card I added a piece of Black & White Stripe Washi Tape down the right side. Next up I cut out a frame with the the Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Frames Lawn Cuts from a piece of Gold Mirror Card and used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Circles to cut out a piece of 48lb Vellum. On to the Vellum circle I heat embossed the bridge from the Hero Arts City Adventure Photopolymer Stamp Set in Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder. The frame is then adhered to the Vellum and then to the card with Multi-Matte Medium. Once that was done I decided that the card was a little too wide so I cut 1/2″ off of the left side. All of the rest of the images are from the Hero Arts Hipster at Heart Photopolymer Stamp Set. The coffee and beans are stamped in Cup-O-Joe, the mason jar mug is heat embossed in Hero Arts White and the arrows are heat embossed in Hero Arts Copper. I used the Coordinating Dies to cut them all out except for the coffee beans, those are cut out with my Scissors. The coffee cup is adhered to the mason jar mug with Dot Runner Adhesive and then it and all of the rest of the elements are adhered to the card with Foam Tape. My greeting is from the Hero Arts Many Everyday Messages Photopolymer Stamp Set and is heat embossed in more Copper. I used the Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banners Lawn Cuts to cut the greeting out and that too is adhered with Foam Tape. Finally I added some Pretty Pink Posh Gold and Onyx Sequins. Can you tell how much I’m enjoying those new Hero Sets?! And I love that White Dye Ink, so subtle! I hope that you like my card for this week’s Paper Players Tic-Tac-Toe challenge! Thanks so much for visiting me today! I wish you all a very awesome Thursday! 🙂
Products used:
Stamp Sets: Hipster at Heart, City Adventure, Many Everyday Messages Photopolymer and Designer Woodgrain Background (Hero Arts)
Ink: Cup-O-Joe and White Dye Ink (Hero Arts)
Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark
Embossing Powder: Gold, Copper and White (Hero Arts)
Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80ln and Desert Storm 80lb (Neenah) and Black 110lb (Recollections)
Specialty Paper: Vellum 48lb and Gold Mirror Card (The Paper Cut)
Dies: Hipster at Heart Frame Cuts (Hero Arts), Stitched Circles, Stitched Circle Frames and Everyday Sentiment Banners Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)
Embellishments: Gold and Onyx Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh) and Black & White Washi Tape (Recollections)
Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby), Dot Runner (Tombo), 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)
Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool
What a enabler you are! I never heard of Waffle Flower before, so of course I had to check it out. 1 stamp and die set later…
Great fun. Nice card!
LOL! I actually have never used Waffle Flower but they have some fun different stuff! I’m going to have a play today! Thanks!! 🙂
Wow this is amazing! I love every single detail! The stitched gold circle looks fabulous! So glad you shared it at the Paper Players!
Thank you so much Linda!! Enjoy the rest of your week! 🙂
Hi Justin,
Awesome card!! Again, I love the City Adventure set! And all that gold is fabulous!
Hello Gerri!
Thank you! The City Adventure Set is fast becoming a favorite! Gold and Copper, love them! 🙂
This card is just too stinkin’ cute Justin! I love that you use vellum so much. It’s just wonderful for any type of “glass” stamp. By the way, love the Starbucks NYC ornament. I want one! LOL You do a fabulous job on presenting your amazing creations every day. Maybe you should think interior decorating for your next career?
Have yourself a Titillating Thursday. The Hubs has left for CT and NY for 10 days and Toni-Lynn and her hubby arrive later today for the weekend. Love and hugs to you my friend – XXOO 🙂
Thank you Grace! I absolutely love Vellum! It’s so versatile! LOL! The Starbucks ornament is great and I actually owe two to friends! I have done some interior decorating and had a lot of fun doing it!
Sounds like you are going to have a fun weekend! Safe travels to hubby! Tell the girls that I said hello! XOXO 🙂
I cant believe those beans are fussy cut – WOW, Love the card as well
LOL! They weren’t easy to fussy cut Donna! Glad that you like the card! 🙂
Love your layering and gold elements Justin – a great masculine card. Thanks for joining my Tic-Tac-Toe challenge over at The Paper Players this week.
Thanks so much Joanne! I haven’t done a collage card in a long time, I missed them! Thanks for a great challenge and I hope that you have a great weekend! 🙂
Love your layering and gold elements Justin – a great masculine card. Thanks for joining my Tic-Tac-Toes challenge over at The Paper Players this week.
Fabulous card, Justin! Great combination of masculine elements and the touch of vellum is a fantastic addition. The little mason jar mug die cut is just fantastic and I love the white embossed touch.
Hope you have a fantastic weekend!
BTW – you should link up to the A Blog Named Hero challenge since the challenge theme is to use vellum.
Thank you Christy! I love the images in the Hipster at Heart Set! So many fun elements!
I hope that you too have a great weekend!
Ahh… Thanks for the tip! I will go and do that now! 🙂
This is fabulous, Justin! Love every detail of this creative card! SO happy you joined us at The Paper Players this week! XX
Thanks very much Claire! Have a super weekend! 🙂
This is too fantastic! OK not proper English, but this card is awesome! HOw do you think of these ideas and the blending of different stamp sets?
confetence is over, off to Napa Valley>
LOL! I like your English! Thank you very much Linda! I like to just look at the sets and see what I can assemble in my head!
Still jealous of Napa!! Have the best time! 🙂
What a great masculine card, Justin. I love the gold mirror paper, the bridge, coffee beans, arrows and, of course, the different embossing powder colors you used. Your inspiration just doesn’t stop and we love it.
Thank you HJ! I’m definitely obsessed with that Gold Mirror Paper! The images in that set are so much fun! I love that I still get to inspire you!! Have a great day! 🙂