Feb 23, 2014 | Generic |
Yesterday I posted a Hexagon Hive card created by a Stampin' Up! concept artists. Honestly, I struggled to make a card for today. It wasn't caused by the card I was using for inspiration but rather by the fact that I had to get packed to travel to a District Boys Basketball tournament. Our son Chris is the coach of the Superior Bobacts and they are undefeated this season. Wahoo! Obviously, the tension is high heading into tournaments. On top of that, I had to get prepared for a workshop that is happening the day I return. And, I had to enter a workshop order from a party last night. So, as you can imagine, I found it hard to concentrate on creating a card.
I used the Hexagon Hive Thinlit Die on a sheet of Gold Foil and cut it the same way the SU concept artists cut their card. And, I used the same sentiment from the Geometrical stamp set. However, I used flowers for accents rather than arrows. In addition, I did not use all white. As you can see, I used black, Primrose Petals and of course Gold. Lots of pearls too!
Looking at my card, there is a change I plan to make. I am going to stamp 3 more Strawberry Slush Petite Petals. The small black flowers will be replaced with the new flowers. I think the flow will be better with that change.
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Feb 22, 2014 | Generic |
Welcome to another card in the Quick and Easy Series. Yesterday in a comment, one of my faithful blog readers referred to it as a Snap to Make. Isn't she clever to tie it in with "A Ginger Snap". A big thanks to Chris R. from Iowa who renamed this series – "It's a Snap to Make!". Thanks Chris!
The card today is another one from the Concept Artists from Stampin' Up! I love the way they used the Hexagon Hive Thinlits Die. It never occured to me to cut the die cut image apart. But that is exactly what they did. The card size is 4-2/2" x 4 – 1/2".
The Hexagon Hive Thinlit Die leaves a few of the hexagons intact but completely removes others. In some of the open hexagons, the artist used the Hexagon stamp from the Geometrical Stamp set to add touches of "hexagon color". Three hexagons were stamped with Gumball Green Ink and two of the Hexagons were stamped in Crushed Curry Ink.
The Geometrical Stamp Set also provided the matching sentiment which is stamped with Bermuda Bay Ink. Notice that once again the color combo consists of 3 colors – bermuda bay, crushed curry and gumball green. Arrows from the Geometrical stamp set were also inked in each of the colors from the combo. After fussy cutting them, they were popped up with Stampin'Dimensionals. Notice that the head of each arrow is placed in a stamped outline of a hexagon. This helps draw your eye down to the sentiment. And, the background of all white helpos the arrows to work their magic.
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Hugs,
Ginger
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Feb 21, 2014 | Thank You |
What do you get when you mix the Hip Notes stamp set with the Petite Petals Stamp Set? the answer – A Hip Card with Petals! Okay, I know that was kinda lame….. But, it describes my card today pretty well. My color combo today is Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding and Coastal Cabana. Take a look.
Using the same basic design as the inspiration card created by Stampin' Up! concept artists, I just changed the elements in order to create a unique card. The Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder adds the pizzaz to my Whisper White c.s. For this card, I changed the location of both the sentiment and the adornments. I did stick with 3 petals because the experts say to use an odd number of elements. So, I clustered 3 flowers together that were created with the Petite Petals Stamp Set & the Petite Petals Punch.
It's the little details that make a card special – don't you agree? In this case, I added the smallest Basic Rhinestone Pearls to the center of each flower. Rather than use a button like I did on my inspiration card, I chose to tie a Linen Thread Bow on a Silver Mini Metallic Clothespin. The sentiment stamped with Coastal Cabana Ink is from the Hip Notes Set. I'm itching to use this set with the new Essentials Wooden Elements that are on page 18 of the Spring catalog.
Finally, a look at the cards together.
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Hugs,
Ginger
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