I made one more Christmas ornament this year. The chipboard is retired. I inked it in Ruby Red craft ink then embossed with Irridescent Ice EP. The DSP is a gold sheet from Christmas Cocoa. It has a slight shimmer.
Sorry my posting has been so sporatic! I've been super busy at work, and I just haven't had the energy to stamp. Next week, I have the week off, so I should be able to get back to normal then. This card is the same as the one I previously posted, just different colors and a different DSP from the same package (Christmas Cocoa).
Hi all! Sorry I didn't get any posts scheduled while I was out of town. Time just got away from me; thanks for your understanding! Anyway, here's the gift I made for my mom for Christmas. It's an album to hold her cards. I got the idea from Andrea Walford's blog. She was making them and selling them. I came up with my own template for the pockets inside.
Here is a a side view of the album so you can see the pockets. I made 12 pockets, but only 9 would fit in the album. I used Soft Sky, Pacific Point and Barely Banana for the pockets.
Here is the "front" view of the pocket. One piece of cardstock forms both flaps and the "back".
Here is a view of the "back".
For this week's workshop wow challenge, we are making Christmas ornaments with bonus points for using chipboard. I think chipboard is a natural material to use for ornaments because it has enough weight to hang nicely. The only current chipboard I have is Timeless Type, so I decided to make mine a monogram.
When I saw the Night and Day DSP in the Holiday Mini, I was really excited. Why? Because I knew I'd be able to change it up to be any color I wanted! All it takes is a sponge and a little ink. I used it to make the thank-you notes shown above. The cardbase is Naturals White cut at 5 1/4" X 4". The DSP is 3 3/4" X 5". Each cardbase is backed by a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" piece of cardstock (Basic Black on the top card, Crushed Curry on the bottom card). After I cut the DSP to size, I just sponged on Crushed Curry ink using a swirling motion. I went over it a couple of times until I got the amount of color I wanted. Then I used the ticket corner punch on it. The sentiment is from a 2007 SAB set, Happy Harmony; it's stamped in black StazOn on naturals white then punched with the 1 3/8" circle punch. The sentiment is adhered to a designer label punched in the same color that backs the cardbase.
For this week's workshop wow, we are using punches. The border on my card is made using the slit punch. (That's the one punches a U.) I started with a 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 piece of Handsome Hunter cardstock. On one long side, I pushed the slit punch in as far as it would go, centered it side to side and punched it. Then I punched all along the cardstock in each direction, eyeballing how far apart they would be. Once the row is punched, the cardstock will naturally fold back easily. This shortens the piece of cardstock by 3/4". My card base is standard-sized Real Red with 3/4" cut off the front. Then I just adhered the Handsome Hunter piece to the Real Red cardfront.
Last week's workshop wow challenge was crimped diamonds from Tami's blog. To create this, you find the center of each side of the cardstock, score and fold each side back then run it through the crimper. I'll admit it was a little tricky; I had to hold the back corner in my lips while working the crimper with both hands. The result is definitely worth the effort! To create the center piece, cut a smaller piece of cardstock, mark the center of each side and cut instead of scoring.
