My Whiskey Business Card

My Whiskey Business Card
My Whiskey Business Card

I was honoured to be asked to virtually demonstrate in a Facebook Live my Blends Colouring Techniques to some fellow demonstrators. So, I thought I would share for Technique Tuesdays some of my colouring techniques from the live video each week highlighting a card that I presented. The first card that I am highlighting this week is my Whiskey Business Card. I hope you will check back each week and maybe learn something new!

This card is perfect for that man in your life who loves his whiskey! This can be a Father’s Day card, a birthday card, a congratulations card…so many options. For this card, I wanted to create an old-world library kind of feel with the whiskey on a brass platter waiting for someone to help themselves. The World of Good Designer Series Paper with the wood image lends itself very well to that feel. The Early Espresso Faux Suede Ribbon and the buckle from the Antiqued Corners & Slides Elements both add to this feel as well.

Close Up of My Colouring for My Whiskey Business Card
Close Up of My Colouring for My Whiskey Business Card

Supplies:

Stamps: Whiskey Business Stamp Set (154091)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)

Paper: Whisper White Thick (140272 ), Early Espresso (119686), Whisper White (100730), Brass Foil Sheets (153057), World of Good Designer Series Paper (152491)

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Dies (152323), Tasteful Labels Dies (152886), Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder (152718), Antiqued Corners & Slides Elements (152471), Early Espresso Faux Suede Ribbon (152472), Cinnamon Cider Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (153105), Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154888), Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (148544), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608 ), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Adhesive Sheets (152334 ), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755 ), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements: 

  • Whisper White Thick: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼” 
  • Early Espresso: 2 pieces
    • 1/8” x 5 3/8” (for mat)
    • 3 ¼” x 3 ¼” (for circle)
  • World of Good Designer Series Paper: 4” x 5 ¼”
  • Brass Foil Sheets: 3 ¾” x 2”
  • Whisper White – 2 pieces: 3 ¼” x ½” (sentiment)
    • Scrap large enough to stamp glasses and tumbler
  • Early Espresso Faux Suede Ribbon: 6”

Instructions:

  1. Fold the Whisper White Thick card stock in half to create the card base.
  2. Stamp the whiskey decanter and glasses in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad on the scrap of Whisper White
  3. Die cut the Early Espresso card stock with the largest Stitched Circle Die
  4. Emboss the stitched circle with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder
  5. Die cut the Brass Foil piece with the appropriate Tasteful Labels Dies
  6. Colour the whiskey decanter and glasses with Cinnamon Cider and Dark Mango Melody for the liquid and Light Balmy Blue and Color Lifter for the glass according to the video:
Whiskey Business Colouring Tutorial Video
  1. Fussy cut the decanter and glasses out
  2. Stamp the sentiment in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad on the Whisper White piece. Trim one end on an angle
  3. Adhere the World of Good Designer Series Paper to the Early Espresso mat
  4. Thread the buckle onto the Early Espresso Faux Suede Ribbon and affix the ribbon to the card
  5. Adhere this piece to the card base with Stampin’ Seal
  6. Slip the embossed stitched circle under the ribbon and adhere with Multipurpose Liquid Glue
  7. Using dimensionals, adhere the brass “platter so that it straddles the ribbon
  8. Adhere the decanter and one glass using Stampin’ Seal on the “platter”
  9. Use dimensionals for the remaining glass
  10. Affix the sentiment under the raised glass with a glue dot and a dimensional at the other end of sentiment

For Further Info:

Hope you like my Whiskey Business Card!

My Colouring Notes from my presentation:
https://stampwithlaurie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Stampin-Up-Blends-2020.pdf

Part 1: Whiskey Business Card using Blending Different Colours Technique
Video Tutorial: Blending Different Colours Together

Part 2: Country Harvest Card using Light to Dark Technique
Video Tutorial: Light to Dark/Dark to Light 

Part 3Beautiful Poppy Birthday Card using Smooth Colouring Technique
Video Tutorial: Smooth Colouring

Part 4: Let’s Gather Together Card using Tip to Tip Blending Technique
Video Tutorial: Tip to Tip Colouring

Part 5So Grateful Cardinal Card using Flicking Colouring Technique
Video Tutorial: Flicking Colouring

Part 6: Let’s Celebrate You Card using Flicking of Different Colours Technique
Video Tutorial: Flicking of Different Colours Technique

You will find the items listed above in my online store.

Life Is A Beautiful Journey

A Beautiful Journey Card using the World of Good Suite
Life is A Beautiful Journey Card using the World of Good Suite

Today I am sharing My Life Is A Beautiful Journey Card that I created for a swap that uses products from the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue and the World of Good Suite. This card is a perfect masculine card especially for a retirement or a graduation!

I love how the pops of Misty Moonlight ink and the World of Good Designer Series Paper add a nice touch of colour to this very neutral card. I used Gold Foil Sheets instead of the Brass Foil Sheets only because they were on backorder at the time. The Brass ones would look just as nice! I wanted to add a bit of an old paper look by sponging Crumb Cake around the sentiment’s edges and on the DSP after it was embossed with the Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder. I was so happy to find out that the Metallic Pearls had carried over and I used them as the perfect accent to finish the card.

A Beautiful Journey Alternative Card using the World of Good Suite
Life is A Beautiful Journey Alternative Card using the World of Good Suite

I had so much fun playing with this Suite that I created another card using the feather stamp as the background. Which one do you like best?

Supplies for My Life Is A Beautiful Journey Card:

Stamps: Beautiful World Bundle (154091)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad (147114), Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad (147116), Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ Pad (153118)

Paper: Whisper White Thick (140272 ), Early Espresso (119686), Whisper White (100730), Basic Black (121045), Gold Foil Sheets (132622), World of Good Designer Series Paper (152491), 2020–2022 In Color 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (153070)

Accessories: World Map Dies (152712), Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder (153200), Painted Label Dies (151605), Stitched Shapes Dies (152323 ), Metallic Pearls (146282), Stamping Sponges (141337), Bone Folder (102300), Adhesive Sheets (152334 ), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755 ), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements for My Life is a Beautiful Journey Card: 

  • Whisper White Thick: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼” 
  • Early Espresso: 3 7/8” x 5 ½”
  • World of Good Designer Series Paper – 2 pieces
    • 5 ½” x 1” (for border)
    • 3 ½” 2 ½” (for stitched Oval)
  • 2020–2022 In Color 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper: 2” x 2”
  • Gold Foil Sheets – 2 pieces: 5 ½” x ½” (for border)
    • 2” x 2” (for world)
  • Basic Black : 3” x 2 ¼”
  • Whisper White – 2 pieces: 2 ¾” x 1 ½” (sentiment)
    • Scrap for feather

Instructions for My Life Is A Beautiful Journey Card:

  1. Fold the Whisper White Thick card stock in half to create the card base.
  2. Stamp the compass image in Early Espresso randomly on the Early Espresso card stock
  3. Die cut the border die from the World Map Dies on the right side of the Early Espresso card stock
  4. Die cut the piece of the World of Good Designer Series Paper that looks like old paper with the largest Stitched Oval Die
  5. Emboss the stitched oval with the Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder
  6. Sponge Crumb Cake Ink over the embossed oval and around the edges to make it look older
  7. Stamp the sentiment in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad on the Whisper White card stock and die cut it with the appropriate Painted Label Die
  8. Sponge Crumb Cake Ink around the edges of the sentiment piece to make it look older
  9. Using Adhesive Sheets, adhere the Gold Foil Sheet to it and then die cut the world from the World Map Dies
  10. Die cut the 2020–2022 In Color 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper using the circle from the World Map Dies
  11. Peel off the Adhesive Sheets and adhere the world to this circle
  12. Die cut the Basic Black card stock with the pedestal from the World Map Dies
  13. Using glue dots, adhere the globe to the pedestal
  14. Using Stampin’ Seal, adhere the Gold Foil strip to the card base
  15. Adhere the World of Good Designer Series Paper to the card base with Stampin’ Seal allowing the Gold Foil to show
  16. Adhere the Early Espresso piece to the card base with Stampin’ Seal
  17. Using Stampin’ Seal, adhere the Stitched Oval to the card base on the lower right
  18. Using dimensionals, adhere the sentiment, globe and feather
  19. Randomly add 3 Metallic Pearls

For Further Info:

Hope you like My Life Is A Beautiful Journey Card!

Check out the Stampin’ Up! video on the World of Good Suite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukzbjrCgmvo&feature=youtu.be

Amazing how beautiful and packed full of coordinating products the WORLD OF GOOD SUITE in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog is. The Beautiful World cling stamp set has globe imagery and sentiments that have to do with adventure. The sentiments are designed to work on the outside and the inside of your card project. The World Map dies cut out the imagery from the stamp set. The World of Good Specialty DSP has a 16th Century map style feel with gold foiling. The star maps on the DSP represent both Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Get the perfect weathered looking paper with the Old World Paper 3D embossing folder. Using this embossing folder will make it faster and easier to get an aged look on your paper, without the unwanted tearing.

To add to the travel and adventure theme Stampin’ Up! has included the Old World Memories and more card pack. When adding the final touches to your project you will love the antiqued brushed embellishments and the Early Espresso ribbon.

You will find the items listed above in my online store at: https://www.stampinup.ca/products/in-good-taste-suite-collection-(english)?demoid=2103981

Clubhouse Birthday Card

My Clubhouse Birthday Card
My Clubhouse Birthday Card

Thought I would share with you my Clubhouse Birthday Card. The Clubhouse Bundle is perfect to create those hard to make masculine cards, especially for that golfer in your life! The demonstrator group I belong to are doing weekly sketch challenges to keep us busy during this crazy time. I thought to switch things up, I would create a masculine card even though the sketch (see below) had a flower image. That’s one thing I love about sketches! They give you inspiration and you can interpret it however you would like. Let’s get started.

Sketch for My Clubhouse Birthday Card
Sketch for My Clubhouse Birthday Card

Supplies:

Stamps:  Clubhouse Cling Stamp Set (151583)

Inks: Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad (147110), Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad (147116)

Paper: Crumb Cake (120953), Garden Green (102584), Whisper White (100730), Country Club Designer Series Paper (151314)

Accessories: Golf Club Dies (151580), Absolutely Argyle 3D Embossing Folder (151590), Stitched Shapes Dies (152323 ), Country Club Elements (151315), Night Of Navy Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack (144040), Ivory Stampin’ Blends Marker (144606), Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack (144603), Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack (145058), Stamping Sponges (141337), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Mini Glue Dots (103683), SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

Measurements: 

  • Crumb Cake: 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼” and scrap for golf clubs
  • Garden Green: 4” x 2 ½”
  • Whisper White: 2 ½” x 1 ½” and scrap for golf ball
  • Country Club Designer Series Paper: 2 pieces at 4 ¼” x 1 ½” and scraps for the banner, the golfer’s shirt and 3 golf balls

Instructions: 

  1. Fold the Crumb Cake card stock in half to create the card base.
  2. Emboss the Garden Green card stock with the Absolutely Argyle 3D Embossing Folder.
  3. Stamp in Night Of Navy the sentiment on the wooden banner from the Country Club Elements.
  4. Stamp the golfer in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on the Whisper White card stock.
  5. Colour the golfer with the Blends markers.
  6. Stamp the golfer’s shirt in Memento on a scrap of the Country Club Designer Series Paper. Fussy cut it out.
  7. Next, die cut the golfer with the third largest oval in the Stitched Shapes Dies.
  8. Using the 3 golf balls die from the Golf Club Dies, carefully line up and die cut the golf balls from the DSP.
  9. Using the larger banner from the Golf Club Dies, die cut a scrap piece of DSP.
  10. Die cut the golf ball from the Golf Club Dies with the Whisper White card stock.
  11. Sponge Crumb Cake ink around the edges of the golf ball.
  12. Die cut two golf clubs from a scrap of Crumb Cake.
  13. Using Multipurpose Liquid Glue, adhere the DSP shirt to the golfer.
  14. Adhere the embossed Garden Green piece to the card base with SNAIL.
  15. Adhere the strips of DSP by staggering them to the card base with SNAIL.
  16. Next, using dimensionals, adhere the golfer.
  17. Using glue dots adhere the golf clubs to the back of the golf ball.
  18. Using Multipurpose Liquid Glue, adhere the banner to the wood element and attached this to the golf ball.
  19. Place a dimensional on the right side of the golf ball and Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the left side. Overlap this with the golfer piece.
  20. Using glue dots adhere three golf balls above the DSP.

For Further Info:

Hope you like my Clubhouse Birthday Card!

A Stampin’ Up! video on the Country Club Designer Series Paper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=gLcSHhVyj1M&feature=emb_logo

You will find the items listed above in my online store at: https://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/products/101024/country-club?dbwsdemoid=2103981.