I knew I really wanted this hostess set when I first saw the Holidays mini. I managed to bag a copy for myself, but it took a while before I had time to make a project with it. This is what I came out with a few weeks ago. The color combo was inspired by the cover of the latest Creating Keepsakes magazine.
The wreath was colored with markers and stamped on Crumb Cake cardstock. I punched the center out using the three-way flower punch and the outer part of the wreath using our scallop circle punch.
The owl was stamped in Soft Suede on Whisper White cardstock and then again on So Saffron and Pumpkin pie cardstock to paper piece the mask, beak and Halloween bag. Isn't this owl just awfully cute? I think the set is worth getting for this stamp alone (although the other pieces are all equally cool). By the way, did you notice that all of the pieces from this set can be used with our punches? I used the owl punch for the owl and the Banner punch for the banner with a little heart image.
The sentiment also comes from the same set. I used a marker to ink it up and omit the snowflakes on the top and bottom scroll to stick with the autumn theme. I added rhinestones in the empty space instead.
Tip: Use your Stamp-a-Ma-Jig to stamp an image or sentiment twice and create a shadow look. Stamp your image in a pale color first, wash your stamp and then using the Stamp-a-Ma-Jig, place your image slightly to the right of the first stamped image and stamp again in a darker color.
The patterned papers all come from the Just Eat Cake DSP pack. The striped paper was die-cut using the Two Tags die and I placed the wreath at the top of the tag. Instead of cutting the bottom off, I folded it inside the card and embellished the inside using the banner stamp again. I also used the negative space punched out of the center of the wreath to decorate inside the card as well.
Tip: Always decorate the inside of your card and matching envelope while you are making the card. Use the paper and cardstock scraps available or an image from your stamp set to decorate or trace and cut an envelope out of a sheet of matching Designer paper. I find that people really love the polished look an envelope gives and if you decorate it while all of your supplies are out, it will only take an extra minute (as opposed to trying to make a matching envelope later).
The hearts on the banner were covered with Crystal Effects and I pourred gold fine glitter on one of them. The banner was "held" in place using glimmer brads from the In Color pack (Peach Passion).
To create my polka dot background, I mounted a circle piece of rubber that was die-cut from the center of another stamp. I thought for sure it was the center of the wreath from the hostess set I used on this card, but looking back on it, the die-cut center of a wiggly shape. So I'm drawing a blank as to which stamp it was, but surely, it was a circle image with an empty center and instead of throwing the piece of rubber away, I kept it and mounted it on a spare wooden block to turn into a new polka dot stamp! So green of me...
Color Combo: Peach Passion + Wild Wasabi + So Saffron + Crumb Cake
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Meilleurs voeux (Warmest of Wishes), circle
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Designer papers: Just Eat Cake
Inks: So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, Soft Suede, Peach Passion
Punches: Banner, Scallop Circle, Triple Use Flower, Owl
Big Shot: Two Tags die
Accessories: Gold glitter, Crystal Effects, glimmer brads, So Saffron taffeta ribbon,
Markers, Crumb Cake envelope, Daubers, Rhinestones
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