My friend recently had to have her dog put down. Anyone who has lost a pet knows what an impact it has on you. My heart goes out to her and I wanted her to know that I care. So, I made this card for her from a stamp set that was long ago retired. D is for Dog is one of those sets that I kept. Not many stamp sets are for the loss of your dog.
I wanted to keep the card simple in order to focus on the message. Hopefully it will ease a bit of her pain.
First, let me just say that I struggled with this challenge. Although I like Pool Party, Lucky Limeade and Summer Starfruit individually, using them in combination was a challenge. Guess that is why they call it a color challenge.
If you could have been here watching me create this card, you would have had a good laugh. I'd put something on, then take it off. I can't tell you how many elements were altered in some way. Please take a look at two of the versions and let me know which you prefer. I will be honest with you. I am not crazy about either version. The colora are wonky in the first photo.
The colrs are not good in the picture. The green is Lucky Limeade – the In-Color paper Stack and C.S. Here is the same card laying flat.
The colors are better in this pic.
Okay, now for the other version. I thought the top scallops needed something. I tried rhinestones and dahlias. Here's the card with dahlias. And, the colors are wonky again.
The main image was stamped in Summer Starfruit using the Blue Ribbon stamp set. I do like this stamp and I will definitely use it again. And, you can see that I did go a little crazy with rhinestones. But, this is the type of image that is all or none when it comes to bling.
Being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator is just so much fun! Recently, I watched a video on the Demos only Stampin' Up! website. One of the concept artisits showed how to do the Reverse Masking technique. It looked like a cool idea – so off I went to try it. And, I am about to share with you the results. Here's the deal. I will show you 4 cards, and all I ask of you is to select your favorite of the 4. Please leave a message to share your pick. Thanks for playing along!
1. Pool Party/Island Indigo
2. Cayypso Coral/Riding Hood red
3. Crisp Cantaloupe/ Calypso Coral
4. Marina Mist/Island indigo
For my cards, I cut a mask using the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die from a 4.25 x 5.5 piece of scrap cardstock.. Rather than using the cut out butterfly, I used the c.s. that the butterfly image was cut from. So, there is a hole where the butterfly was cut out.
Next, place that mask on your Whisper White c.s. (4 x 5.25). Use post it notes to cover up all the exposed white areas EXCEPT the white butterfly image.
Create a spritzer by filling the Stampin' Spritzer (p. 179 in the catalog), about 3/4 full of rubbing alcohol. I used 91% rubbing alcohol. Then add 5-6 drops of reinker of your choice. As you can see, I chose lighter colors for spritzing.
Shake up the color in the Stampin' Spritzer and carefully spritz your exposed butterfly. A word of caution – don't get carried away. Just a light misting is all you need as the color will darken a bit when it dries. But, if you spray too much, then the color will run and ruin your crisp image.
As soon as you finish spritzing, carefully lift up the post-it notes and c.s. mask leaving the piece of Whisper White c.s. with the butterfly image behind to dry.
Select a contrasting color ink to stamp the En Francais image. For both my Pool Party and my Marina Mist butterflies, I chose Island Indigo ink. For the other two I used Calypso Coral and Riding Hood Red. Turn the En Francais stamp face up and ink it up.
Take the spritzed butterfly image and gently turn it over and place it face down on the En Francais stamp . Press down on the image to get a good transfer of ink. Lift up the butterly and adhere to your card base with Stampin Dimensionals. Decorate as you choose.
I used a 4-1/4 x 11" card base scored at 5-1/2. For two of my cards, I chose Whisper White c.s. card bases. The other two card bases are Island Indigo and Calypso Coral. The little heart is punched from the Owl Builder Punch.
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