This is the third and final projects Angie and I worked on together. We did a double whammy and selected two challenges: the Retro Sketch #18 and a beautiful color combo she found on Design Seeds. (I had never seen that blog before, the inspiration pieces are great!)
I will admit, I absolutely loved the colours in the inspiration pic and struggled to find a similar combo with the cardstock I had on hand. Some of the retired colors might have been a better match, but I wanted to keep this current. Old Olive would also have been a closer match, but by picking Gumball Green instead, I was able to play with the new Core'Dinations cardstock.
I wanted to ink the new Make a Mitten set and use the matching Mitten punch. (I can hear some of you getting excited about a new set with matching punch!) I used elements of the set to decorate each mitten differently and I used the border stamps to create the pattern on the green cardstock. Speaking of the green cardstock, the Core'Dinations cardstock have a paler center, so you get a two-tone look when you sand the surface or edges off, which I did here before adding my stamping.
The sweater trim is another fun item that will be coming out in the seasonal mini. It is available in Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green and Whisper White and I just had to get all three colors because I think it makes such a fun addition to projects. I decorated the center with a clear vintage button trimmed with a rhinestone. The background was embossed with the new Fancy Fan embossing folder (annual catalogue) and the Crumb Cake piece was die-cut with the Labels Collection Framelits. I used the new piercing template to add a pierced row all around my die-cut. The templates featured in the annual catalogue match our punches, but we offer additional templates in the seasonal catalogue, which match our Framelits. So cool! I am really excited about those templates. They are an inexpensive way to add finishing to our projects. (Piercing don't cost a dime!)
The sentiment was a leftover piece I had from my first card. I had stamped the sentiment from the Petite Pairs set and punched it out with the Ticket punch but the white didn't punch enough so I set it aside, then decided I could use it on this card. If you are wondering where the little diamonds on each side come from, they were leftovers, too. I made a box last week using the Core'Dinations cardstock and the Candy Wrapper die and the little squares are the leftover pieces from each end of the wrapper. I kept them, thinking I could make a cool border or something.
Color Combo: Bashful Blue + Marina Mist + Midnight Muse +
Crumb Cake + Gumball Green
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Make a Mitten, Quelques lignes (Petite Pairs)
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Whisper White,
Gumball Green Core'Dinations cardstock
Inks: Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Midnight Muse
Accessories: Labels Collection Framelits, Mitten punch, Rhinestones,
Fancy Fan embossing folder, Corner Rounder punch, White sweater trim,
Clear vintage button, White envelope, Ticket punch, Markers, Sanding block
Cindy, again, you blew me away with this one! All the yummy texture and new yarn, plus the fabulous colors, SWOON! Love how you did that sentiment too!
I just noticed we used different sketches...I used the #19 one, but they are actually kind of similar, so I didn't even notice before! lol!
Posted by: Angie Tieman | July 11, 2012 at 13:42