Sharing a fun project created with Scrappy Boy Stamps’ latest release called Curve Appeal. I decided on trying out a 6×6 square card. I used one of my favorite sentiments from the set, “Dance Like No One Is Watching.”
I wanted to create a Vegas Style Showgirl feel and used a combination of rich reds, black and to make it regal, accented everything in gold mirror paper. Using various dies from my stash, I cut feathers to give some additional visual interest. I also heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder.
Copic Markers were used to color the image in tbe following blends:
Today I am sharing an elegant card using a neutral color pallet, with pops of gold metallic mats behind the embossed sentiment, “Seriously Dough, I Love Every Layer of You.” This card could be used as Valentine Card, Galentine Card, Pick Me Up, Thinking of You, Birthday, Miss You….literally for any person on your list! It’s a great set and can’t wait to see what everyone else makes. If you post a creation using SA products, make sure you tag them using #STAMPANNIETHING in your social media for a chance to win some great prizes.
This set, like I have already said, is extremely versatile and features many yummy gourmet pastry images, a cute little girl and one of those popular layered display trays. To make my card, I used the following Stamp Anniething supplies and have inclulded links for your convenience below.
Images above do not include calories, but can add a whole punch of color to any card project.
Copic markers were used to color up the images and blends are as follows:
Yellow/Orange – Pumpkin Pie
YR00, YR12, YR16, YR18
Blue – Pie Filling
B000, B21, B23, B26
Red – Pie Filling
R20, R24, R29, R39
Crusts
Y23, E31
Miscellaneous Shading & Containers
BV31, C1, C3, C5
Use whatever your favorite coloring medium is. You don’t have to have the exact colors I used, try different combinations and make YOUR own favorite pies.
Today is my day to post on the Scrappy Boy Stamps’ Inspiration Page and my card project features one of my favorite mermaid images from the latest Scrappy Boy release, MERMAZING. Mermaids seem to be all the rage lately and this set really lends itself to a variety of different occasions. I know you’re going to love it!
Bust out the following from your supplies, knowing you can substitue any of your supplies for what I have used. I just shared what I used for informational purposes, but it is perfectly okay to use what you have in your personal craft arsenal.
White Card Stock for Base – 110 lb Hammermill cut, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4
Black Card Stock for Base Panel – 80 lb Cardstock cut, 5 1/2 x 4 1/4.
White CardStock for Background Panel for Underwater scene – 110 lb Hammermill cut, 5 1/4 x 4
Square piece of patterned paper from the coordinating paper pack, 2 1/2 x 2 1/2
Square piece of patterned paper from the coordinating paper pack, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4
Black cardstock for sentiment – 80 lb Cardstock cut, 4 1/4 x 1
Matte for sentiment strip – Coordinating Colored Cardstock, 4 1/4 x 1 1/4
I used the Under the Sea stencil that was introduced with the release to create the background which is matted with a 1/8 inch border all around with black cardstock. This A2 size card was very fun to make. Using the stencil builder to create the backround was quick and easy. I used a combination of inks in my stash that complimented the colors in the patterned paper from this month’s release, as well.
After ink blending the background, I put through my BigShot with a die plate that makes stitched swirls, for added interest. You could use an embossing or use as is.
Hair on each mermaid used SAME colors, just utilized a micron pen to create the idea of braids/curls on dark-skinned mermaid
It is sneak peek time over at Scrappy Boy Stamps and the latest release is entitled, “Mermazing.” The images are inspired by The Little Mermaid and the set contains a total of 17 stamps, including 6 sentiments, that you can use to make an endless amount of amazing projects. As always, Scrappy Boy Stamp sets have an optional coordinating die set. Another exciting thing about this month’s release is that Scrappy Boy is also introducing a coordinating paper pack (either 6×6 or slimline), as well as an underwater scene builder stencil, entitled, “Under the Sea Scene Builder.” The stamp set and coordinating add-ons will be available in the Scrappy Boy Stamps Store on RELEASE DAY, Thursday, December 16th. To purchase, please go to shopathomeevents.com/collections/scrappy-boy. We appreciate you taking a peek and supporting Scrappy Boy Stamps. For more amazing projects and inspiration, go to Scrappy Boy Stamps Inspiration Group on FaceBook.
Image is colored with COPIC Markers.
COPIC MARKER COMBOS:
Hair – BG02, C3, C5 and 100
Skin – E04, E11, E21, E00, R20 and E000
Mermaid Body/Fin -V01, V12, V15 & V17 – using dots of various sizes and alternating the colors.
Shell- FYG1, FRV1, RV19
Used white gel pen for added dimension, sparkle and detail.
I used die cuts from my stash to create layers for an underwater scene, as I did not have my hands on the underwater scene builder stencil yet. I also made this card before the paper pack was released, so used some mermaid scale patterned paper from Hobby Lobby and heavy white cardstock for the other elements and then colored them up with my COPICS to coordinate with the patterned paper. I also used some coordinating sparkly washi tape to give little pops of color behind the images.
Thank you so much for stopping by. Stay crafty and above all, make sure you have fun!
I wanted to let my crafty friends know that absence over the last one-and-a-half months has been due to being overwhelmed with work stuff. As you may not know, my real job is working for a local hospital and the COVID numbers have been increasing over the last several weeks. When our numbers started going down in June, and more people were getting vaccinated, I found myself working more hours to allow my team members to take vacations that they had not been able to plan due to the pandemic. Long work hours and the stress associated with the pandemic, I found I had lost my desire to create, as well as just not being able to find any time in my day to carft or update my blog. I want you all to know that I am okay and trying to make sure I balance my home and worklife to be able to relax more and plan intentional “me” time. I hope you are all doing well and making time for yourself, too. It is so important to our health and well being.
To help catch everyone up, I’ve posted the different cards from Summer With My Gnomies below. These have all be previously shared on various social media sites.
What a fun way to welcome summer and get in touch with your creative side! Grab the latest set released by Scrappy Boy Stamps. You can see all of the goodies Scrappy Boy Stamps has to offer by clicking the link below.
I used Scrappy Boy Stamps’ set called Practically Perfect (pictured here) to make this slimline style card.
I used a letter-size (8.5 x 11) sheet of Banana Cream card stock from FSJ/Spellbinders to create my card base. You can modify the size to your preference. I then cut a card front that was a quarter of an inch on all sides smaller than the base in Hammermill 100 lb white card stock. I used 2 StampAnniething stencils and dye-based ink to ink blend my background, which included a citycape with the tops of the city buildings being the bottom third of the card.
On the top half, I made a night sky. I used a circle die to create a mask and then placed the sun ray stencil over top of the mask to ink blend to create additional interest. I removed my circle mask, which left clean paper. I used a light yellow to ink blend the circle to create the glowing moon.
I used 2 characters ftom the set: The Chimney Sweep and the girl with the open umbrella. I stamped both images on a piece of Hammermill White 100 lb card stock. I used my Copic 100 marker to color in the girl with the umbrella, as I wanted to make her look like she was in the shadows. You can use a black Sharpie, too. Color in everything to create a silouette.
Next, I colored up the Chimney Sweep.
Skin- E04,E11, E21, E00, R20 and E000
Hair – E89, E59,E34 and E57
Clothes & Hat – B000,B21, B23 & B26 (dirty them up using various T-family markers)
I used the T-family to create soot on his face.
I used some scrap black card stock and stamped the sentiment using Versamark ink and Brutus Monroe Alabaster White embossing powder to heat emboss the sentiment.
This card was created with the Scrappy Boy Stamp Set entitled, “Pretty Little Things,” which is inspired by the Nutcracker Suite. This is the interactive part of the card and you can wind up the little girl in the middle, as she is suspended on a piece of clear thread, and when you close the card it will stay put until the card is re-opened and the little image will twirl around-and-around, as any good ballerina would.
The card will fit into an A2 size envelope, when folded flat. I only used one image from the stamp set on the inside of the card and the way the image is drawn, you can customize her hair to make her look like your favorite dancer. It was so much fun to put this card together.
For the background, I used a curtain stencil on white cardstock using Shocking Pink dye-based ink from Stamp Anniething. The stencil was one I had in my stash from Stamp Anniething, as well, but doesn’t appear to be available as an individual purchase, so it may have been one that came in a Grab-n-Go box.
The white card base is cut 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 and scored at 4 1/2. I took a piece of Watermelon Fusion (FSJ / Spellbinders) cut 8 x 5 and scored that piece of paper at 4 and then 2 inches from each edge. You’ll want to use a bone folder to make a crisp crease on the 3 different score lines. You will want to choose a die that you have in your stash to cut out a window for your featured dancer to be able to twirl inside. I used a 3 inch stitched circle from my stash. I centered the die over the score line and used by Big Shot to cut the circle out of the Watermelon Fusion paper that I scored.
To help add additional interest, I took one of my simple embossing folders (diagonal stripes) and cut 2 pieces 5 1/4 x 2 1/2. I embossed those in my BigShot. I also cut a piece of silver mirror card a 3 1/4 square and folded it in half. You will tuck this in, after the card is assembled, behind where the twirling ballerina is housed, so you will have a mirror image as she spins.
You will now need 2 pieces of white card cut 4 x 2 1/4 and ink blend using a stencil to create a side curtain, in whatever direction you desire. These panels will be placed on either side of your featured dancer. You will also need a white piece of cardstock, cut 5/14 x 4, ink-blend the curtain. You will now link up this panel to the longer Watermelon Fusion piece of cardstock that you previously cut the 3-inch circle in. You will need to use washi tape to hold the same die so that it will line up properly when assembled.
I used my gel press to create a mirror image of one ballerina, so that I could sandwich a clear string (you can use white string and color it with your alcohol ink to match whatever your background color is). You will need to have the image glued together, front to back, so you need to have a mirror image. I know there are special stamps that allow you to do a mirror image, but I don’t own onw, so I improvised with my Gel Press.
I colored up this ballerina image using my Copic markers.
Skin – E04, E11, E21, E00, R20 and E000
Hair – E15, Y11, Y32, Y38 and E29
Dress – V01, V12, V15 & V17
Bow – B1, B4 & B6
I used a white Gelly Roll pen to add little dots for extra interest.
I used Copic markers to color up this image. I used a Micron fine liner pen to add curls to her hair.
Skin – E59, E57, E15, E33, R32 and E31
Hair – T9, T7, V17 and Fine Liner Black Pen
Dress – RV10, RV13, RV14 & RV 17
The is the image, with a mirror image, so I colored the 2 the same, so when the image twirls around, you won’t see much of a difference, and it will look like one contiguous image.
SKIN – E04, E11, E21, E00, R20 & E000
HAIR – E89, E59, E34 & E57
DRESS – RV10, RV13, RV14 & RV17
BOW – B01, B04 and B06
This is the front of the card. It was created with a theater box office ticket counter in mind. I cut a piece of black cardstock 5 1/2 x 4 1/4. That will form the card base. I then took a piece of white cardstock and cut it 5 1/4 x 4. I used an embossing folder with a “brick wall” pattern embossed the piece of white card. I glued this to the black cardstock, leaving a 1/8 inch border all around.
To make the bottom part of the ticket booth, I used a piece of my Watermelon fusion scraps in the size of 2 1/2 x 2 3/4. I cut strips from some of my white card scraps 1/2 inch x 2 3/4 inches (4 strips). I used a E11 and E13 on each edge of the white card stock strips to create shadows. I glued the strips to the pink cardstock to form the base. I then used a frame die to create the top piece. The little guy in the ticket booth is just a portion of the tin soldier from the stamp set. You can use your imagination and go wild at this point. Just have fun.
I used scraps to form my ticket-booth.
I am still new at blogging and will be making sure that I take pictures each step of the way going forward, so it will be easier to follow the instructions. If you have questions, please message me and I’ll be happy to help you.
The Scrappy Boy Ballet was printed out on my printer. I used an app to create a business card logo and printed it matted on black paper and used some enamel dots in a coordinating color to accent each corner. The piece is then placed using dimensional foam tape to give it some additional interest. I also used a piece of acetate to create the window that the little tin soldier is selling his tickets out of. You would use the same technique to create a shaker card, but without dimension or shaker bits.
One of my favorite things to do when I get a new stamp set is look at all of the elements and think about what I could do with the images DIFFERENTLY than what they were originally intended. The Pretty Little Things set from Scrappy Boy Stamps has so many fun elements…….like the cute little teddy bear, the toy train set and the rocking horse.
I decided to challenge myself and make a card using only one element from this stamp set, the teddy bear. This teddy bear can be used in so many ways, like as kid’s best friend, in my first SBS card post, safely tucked into his dresser drawer or like one of my all time favorite crafting candies, gummy bears!
When you have smaller elements from a set that you would like to feature on a card, I have found one of my favorite ways to do this is by using a stamp positioner and a wreath-builder stencil like one from Gina K Designs.
Place the stencil in your favorite stamp positioner.
I started by cutting a piece of white Sweet Sentiment Paper 4 inches by 4 inches square. I placed the wreath-builder stencil securely in the corner of the stamp positioner, then placed the 4×4 square piece of paper in the stencil opening and lined up my bear stamp on the paper and picked up the stamp with the positioner. I inked up the bear with Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink and stamped the bear in my Tim Holtz Stamp Positioning Tool. I then rotated my 4 x 4 inches square piece of paper, continuing to re-ink and stamp my image until I had stamped the bear in a complete circle to form a wreath. I wanted to make an all occasion card and came across one in my craft supply arsenal that said, “You’re Sweet” and used my stamp positioner to carefully center the sentiment in the middle of the gummy bear wreath. This sentiment is from an older Paper Smooches set called “Giddy Gumdrop.”
Then, I colored up my images using rainbow colors from my Copic collection as follows:
Dark Pink: RV02, RV09, RV14
Light Pink: R85, R81, R83
Orange: YR02, YR16, YR18
Yellow: Y02Y08, Y19
Light Green: G00, G14, G24, G43
Dark Green: G07, G14, G24
Blue: B00, B60, BG05
Violet:BV00, B63,V000, V15
When I colored the bears, I tried to leave the nose/snout part of the bear lighter, so that it gave more dimension. I thought that the dimensional bear would have their nose sticking out some and catching the light reflecting off of it, so that part of the bear was lighter, as well as the center of his tummy. I then wanted to give my bears a little sparkle and use a Wink of Stella Clear Pen to apply a little glittery shimmer to them. I finished the bears by applying Hero Arts Lacquer Pen to apply the crystal clear glaze over the bears and allowed to dry completely.
To complete my card, I double-matted my colored 4×4 piece with the bears using some white glitter cardstock, some FSJ/Spellbinders lemongrass cardstock. I then created the main card base out of the same lemongrass cardstock forming a 7.5 in x 7.5 in square base. I then cut another piece of FSJ/Spellbinders watermelon fusion cardstock 7.25 x 7.25 inches square. I then rummaged through my massive collection of patterned paper to select a plaid pattern that coordinated with the colors of my bears. This was cut down to 7×7 inches square and assembled all the various layers to finally form my finished card.
I did go back and forth wondering if I should add some spatter or some sequins, but I loved these bears so much and wanted them to leave it simple and clean…..and let them stand out on their very own. Do any of you struggle with knowing when to stop or letting your image stand out on their own by “embracing the white space?” Leave your response below…I’d love to know!
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