Saturday, July 16, 2016

#GDP044 Theme: "Case The Designer" Thank You Card

Lately I have meant to post more often, but I have had a job working on some wedding favors for a friend and neighbor, so I have been sort of really busy trying to get things done for that. I decided to take a break and make some cards. I did some Paper Pumpkin cards for some friends  that I was going to visit, and my son needed a thank you card for another friend who gave him a gift for his high school graduation, and I still need to make a couple more cards for my husband who wanted to give them to some other friends that he was going to visit...so I have been pretty busy with paper crafting...just not for my blog!

Finally a moment for me to craft for myself! YAY! I decided to check out some of the challenge blogs that I participate in and found that the Global Design Project had a challenge that was still open, so I sat down and started to work. The challenge this week (#GDP044) was a "Case the Designer" challenge, where you would make something inspired by a project made by someone on the GDP Design Team. This week it was Steffi Helmschrott and a beautiful card she made with a big butterfly in the bottom right corner. I was inspired by her layout, and also sort of by her colors. I say "sort of", because she didn't use Rich Razzleberry or Delightful Dijon. But it did look like she used a Crumb Cake base, and it also looked like she used a Very Vanilla layer. She did use Gold Foil Paper, but I decided to use the Delightful Dijon as it is kind of a golden color.

Anyway, here is my card:
All supplies are (c)  Stampin' Up!:
Stamp Sets: Flower Patch, Thoughtful Banners
Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Delightful Dijon, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Delightful Dijon, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Big Shot, Big Shot Magnetic Platform, Flower Fair Framelits Dies, Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Duet Banner Punch, Paper Snips, Dimensionals

I die cut the flower parts so I could layer them for more dimension, and I embossed the Very Vanilla layer to give it the brick wall texture that I wanted. I also inked up the embossing folder to make the "grout" on the folder stand out more, and to give it a little bit of "grunge". This card has a lot of texture, which I like a lot! I also stamped and punched out two of the Delightful Dijon banners so I could cut the tails off the top one to make it look like it was folded under. I also used the Thoughtful Banners stamp set, which is a Photopolymer stamp set. This kind of stamp set allows you to "curve" the stamp a little bit, which I did, so that the greeting appears to curve on the waving banner. I initially stamped the greeting in Crumb Cake but I didn't like that it appeared too light in color for my taste. So I pulled out my Soft Suede ink pad and very carefully stamped over the top of the first stamping to give it a darker, but still brown, color. (I thought Basic Black would be too dark.)


Here is the inspiration piece from the Global Design Project challenge blog:

I hope you check out their blog: www.global-design-project.com

Thanks for stopping by! Please leave a comment if you like my card!]
Kathryn

4 comments:

  1. Kathryn, this is a lovely thank you card. Your grouted brick wall provides a beautiful backdrop for your floral focal point. Your colour choices are lovely too! Thanks so much for joining at Global Design Project as we CASE Steffi this week.

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  2. What great take on Steffi's card, Kathryn. I love the colours you've used. Thank you so much for playing along with this week's Global Design Project challenge xx

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    1. Thank you Kylie! I appreciate the opportunity to play along with all the amazing designers and participants. Thanks for all you do to make this possible!

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