Posts Tagged ‘Kaleidoscope DSP’
Hooray for Today
The colors in this card are so bright & cheerful they want to make you stand up & holler.
Inspired by: Justin Krieger
Stamp Set: Geometrical
Paper: Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Kaleidoscope Designer Paper Series
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Strawberry Slush, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray
Tools & Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Finishing Touches Edgelits, Triangle Punch, Chevron Border Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Looky Here
I've been known to head straight to the corner on Friday after work for happy hour with a group of exceptional ladies. The "corner" is a small Mexican restaurant in a convenient location for us all. It's not a fancy place and the service is lousy. But the food is delicious and the top-shelf margarita’s are incomparable (so they tell me). We have a great time and I treasure the moments we spend together. This week, our beloved Barb retired so I made this card to encase her retirement gift.
The Front
The Tempting Turquoise cardstock base was folded and set aside. A segment of Kaleidoscope DSP sheared with the Scallop Edge Punch is layered onto Regal Rose cardstock. This was wrapped using ⁵⁄₈ inch Regal Rose ribbon and tied with a simple knot. Tempting Turquoise brads were mounted on circles of So Saffron punched with a ⅜ inch hole punch and attached using the mat pack and paper piercer for placement. The sentiment was stamped with Tempting Turquoise using the Congrats set from Sale-A-Bration 2009. This grouping was set aside until the inside was completed.
The Inside
Regal Rose cardstock was put through the BigShot using the Look Here Pop-Up die. This is a tricky die cut and I recommend doing a few practice runs with scrap paper. The tutorial from Dawn’ Stamping Studio was extremely helpful, naturally. As she suggested, I backed the upper half with So Saffron before folding and attaching. I ran a second of portion of Tempting Turquoise through the Big Shot to create the arrow layers. The sentiment was also stamped with Tempting Turquoise using the Congrats set from Sale-A-Bration 2009.
Once the inside was completed, I adhered the front grouping on to the cardstock base.
Summary
Stamps: Congrats (retired)
Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Kaleidoscope DSP
Ink: Tempting Turquoise
Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Look Here Pop-Up die, Ribbon, Brads, ⅜ Circle Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack & glue dots & adhesive.
This was a fun card to make and the WOW factor of the pop-up packed a punch!