Summer Slimline Card

Hello friends, I have a summery slimline card to share with you today featuring brand new products from Scrapbook.com, and also the newly released Sizzix + Stacey Parks release. Scrapbook.com is celebrating International Scrapbook Day today in a big way. I'll have a coupon code for you further down, as well as creative details below, including testing out the new Scrapbook.com Lustre white and black brush markers which are great for creating paint splatters. I'll have also have a clickable supply list at the end, if you'd like more product information or wish to shop.

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

 

The dimensions of my slimline card are 8 x 3 1/4 inches. As I stated in my previous post, I tend to eyeball everything while creating and measure later, haha. I used Neenah cardstock to trim and score my slimline card.

To start, I grabbed a piece of the Scrapbook.com 6x8 inch white mixed media paper and stamped a few images from the Sizzix/Stacey Park Farfallina stamp set. I also did some masking over my images and then stenciled over the top with the Sizzix/Stacey Park Ecliptic Adornment stencil, ink blending with blender brushes and Catherine Pooler Ink.

I should mention that I watercolored my images with a waterbrush and Catherine Pooler Ink, prior to the stenciling.

Here's a breakdown on the CP inks:

Stenciling: Daydream/Aquatini

Watercoloring: Orange Twist/Catching Rays/Eucalyptus/Daydream

Ink Smooshing: Orange Twist/Aquatini

When I stamped my images above, I spaced them out, because I had intentions of die cutting my images. I used the Sizzix/Stacey Park Alena Arched Circle dies with my Platinum 6 to create these focal, circle images for my card.

Have you seen the new Lustre brush markers from Scrapbook.com? I took the black and white brushes for a spin, and splattered all over my die cut images. It was so easy and I'm already in love with them!

I also die cut some circles as a backing for my images, using the Scrapbook.com Vacation paper pad. I love the colors in this collection. Obviously, they're very summery, which again, fits in nicely with my theme. All of my images and sentiments are popped up on SBC adhesive strips.

I also created an ink smooshed background with Catherine Pooler Inks on the 6x8 inch white mixed media paper. I wanted to tie in all my colors together for this summery card, and of course, I love making pretty messes! I trimmed it down to adhere it nicely to my slimline card.

I trimmed off a leftover ink smooshed strip as a base for my sentiment which are word dies from the Sizzix/Stacey Park Thinlits Swank Spirals die set. I love that you get not only the large dies, but also these cute little word dies with this set. It's like a bonus! The words fit perfectly for the theme of my card, too!

This was such a fun card to make. I love getting inky and incorporating that into my cardmaking. If you'd like to shop for any of the products that I used today, you have until tomorrow to use coupon code CELEBRATE at checkout for an additional 12% off your entire purchase. Be sure and stop by the coupon section for any freebies. As of this writing, there are 3 available but you must add them to your cart. I hope you have a great weekend. See you next time!

Terri

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Geometric Stenciled Card for Scrapbook.com

Hey crafty friends, I'm back with another project for Scrapbook.com, featuring products from the latest Sizzix + Stacey Park release. I wanted to try my hand at creating a geometric card. I don't think I've ever made one before, but the Sizzix Framelits Katy Deco Diamond dies inspired me to give it a try. It was relatively easy! Scroll down and I'll tell you how I turned my stenciled A2 card into an almost perfectly square card. I'll have a clickable supply list at the end of this post, as well.

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

Did you notice I said almost a perfectly square card? Haha, caught that did you? One thing you should know about me is that I eyeball pretty much everything when I'm creating. The one thing I'm absolutely precise on is trimming exact measurements for card panels and scored cards, mainly A2 and A7 sizes. 

So, the first thing I did was stencil my A2 card panel using the new Sizzix/Stacey Parks stencil called Cosmopolitan Uptown Adornment with my SBC blender brushes and a variety of Catherine Pooler Inks. Also, shout out for my Scrapbookcom 14x14 inch white project mat. Clean up is a breeze!

I didn't get a photo of this next step, but I used a couple smaller diamond dies to create my solid stenciled diamond and the center frame around it, as pictured above, then set them aside.

Next, I used the largest diamond die in the Katy Deco set and placed it in the center of my A2 card panel, then ran it through my die cut system. 

The top and bottom point of the diamond actually go over the edge of my card panel, but that's ok. It's going to split my card panel. Wait though, you'll see.

 

In the photo above, I took my 2 large split pieces of cardstock and adhered SBC adhesive strips. All of my stenciled images are popped up on these strips.

Once I determined how to space out all my stenciled die cut pieces so they looked evenly spaced, I trimmed a piece of black paper (from my SBC Playful paper pad) as the base for my geometric design.

And, as it turns out, the perfect measurement that was needed for my black card base and white trimmed and scored card, was 5 x 5 1/2 inches. And that's why I mentioned earlier that it was almost a perfectly square card!

I kept this card minimal with embellishments but I did add some of my SBC Pops of Color liquid gloss in black, right in the center of each tiny stenciled diamond, just to coordinate a bit with my black panel.

I also created a die cut sentiment using the Happy Birthday sentiment die included in the new Cosmopolitan Refined Rays Framelit die set. I actually cut 2 layers for each sentiment and glued them together with my SBC Artis glue.

While trying to decide on placement for the sentiment, I opted to create a black outline. I glued my die cut words to a strip of black paper then simply cut an outline around my words with scissors. This allows me to pop the sentiments up on adhesive strips and place them in the gaps of empty space.

It worked out perfectly as the outline actually blends in visually with the black card panel. By the way, the black card panel is adhered flat to my card. Having all these popped up elements really gives this card a little drama! The sentiments almost appear to be floating, if you could see the card in person.

I think this geometric card would work really nicely for a masculine card, as well. There are 7 different word dies included in the Refined Rays set, so you can mix it up a little with your sentiments. Bonus! 

This was somewhat of an experiment for me, not having created a geometric die cut card like this before, but I'll definitely do it again!

If you'd like more information on any of the products that I used today, or would like to shop, just click the affiliate product links below. Thanks for popping in!

Terri

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