Throwback Thursday - On the Ocean

 Hello there! I'm sorry it has been a little while. We had several out-of-state graduations to attend and then also moved our youngest out of her dorm and bedroom here and into an apartment. Needless to say, my schedule has been a bit full. 

This card was actually designed from one of my trips. My daughter asked me to bring some birthday cards my grandson could use for his friends, so I pulled out the retired Magical Day stamp set for those. After designing the cards, I realized the layout would work really well for some graduation cards I needed to make for my husband to use for his students. Since their mascot is a pirate, On the Ocean was the perfect set to use. 

The card is super simple, which makes it a great choice for cards that you need to make multiples of. 

Measurements:

• Card base - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
• Black panel - 5 1/4 x 4
• White outside panel - 5 1/8 x 3 7/8
• Black strip - 1/2 x 4
• White inside panel - 5 1/4 x 4

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Throwback Thursday-Dainty Delight

Hello there! It's Throwback Thursday today. I found the Ice Cream card in my stash this last week and thought it would be a fun layout to revisit with a newer stamp set and paper. This layout has a simple fold that allows for a pocket on the inside of the card to put a gift card or money, or any other little flat thing you'd like to put in there (tea bag, love note, etc.) 

Dimensions for this card are:

• Card base: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 1 1/4 and 4 1/4
• Right side Designer Series Paper panel: 5 1/2 x 1 1/2
• Left side Designer Series Paper panel: 5 1/2 x 1 1/4

I think this card would work well as a birthday card, or even for a graduation. 

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Throwback Thursday-Joseph's Coat Technique

Hello there! Today I'm doing a little throwback to a technique I haven't done in years. You start with a plain white piece of cardstock and end up with these beautiful vibrant colors standing out against a dark background. It's called Joseph's coat and it's really kind of like magic!

It's just basic dimensions for today's card:

• Card base- 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4
• Front and inside panels- 5 1/4 x 4

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Throwback Thursday Legendary Ride

Hello there! I'm back today with a little Throwback Thursday for you. My handsome hubby needed a thank you card this week and he wanted it to have a camera on it. So I pulled out my retired Pun Intended stamp set to create the card on the right. 

I cannot take credit for the design as I cased it from Elizabeth over at Seeing Ink Spots. I just changed up one of the colors and used different dies for the background cut-outs. I used Pale Papaya instead of the retired Peakaboo Peach, and I used Tasteful Labels dies instead of the Tags and Labels framelits. I also stamped my camera on separate paper and fussy cut it out rather than stamping it directly on the background piece. 

I then decided I wanted to use the same layout with a current stamp set, so I got to play with Legendary Ride again. For this card I opted to use watercolor paper instead of Shimmery White. I brushed a wash of Smoky Slate, Garden Green and Balmy Blue to simulate asphalt, grass and sky. I stamped the sentiment and the little grass cluster (which you can barely see in this photo behind the front tire) onto the background once it was dry and then die cut two squares from the Stylish Shapes Die set. The squares were popped up from the background on Stampin' Dimensionals. The motorcycle was stamped and cut separate and lifted on another layer of Dimensionals. A simple watercolor on the grass cluster on the inside and this card was done. 

What do you think? This card could easily be done without the die cut shapes in the background, but I think it adds a little more dimension and interest to the card without overpowering it. 

One little note, when stamping on textured paper such as our watercolor paper, or stamping with a solid image like the motorcycle, I HIGHLY recommend using the Stamparatus so you can stamp several times to get a nice solid image.  Also, make sure your ink is dry before you run it through your die cut machine so you don't end up with an ink shadow like my sentiment above. 😣

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Throwback Thursday-Nothing's Better Than Cookies

 Hello there! I thought it would be fun to pop in here today with a little Throwback Thursday for you. 

It's almost a double Throwback Thursday, because not only do we have a retired stamp set, but I replicated it with a current set I haven't used in a LONG time. I made the card on the right several years ago with the, now retired, Love You To Pieces stamp set. I actually designed it for one of my great nephews who loves puzzles. The layout seemed like an easy enough one to replicate with a current stamp set, so I just looked for a set with an outline image that I could stamp multiples of on the card base, and then a filled-in image to be the focal point. 

Because my filled-in cookies kind of got lost in the outline cookies on the background, I decided to put them on a die-cut circle to separate them a bit and make them stand out. In the end I think it looks like they are sitting on a plate, which wasn't my original idea, but I like how it came out. I only wish I had shaded the edges of the "plate" a bit with a Blending Brush. 

Isn't this a fun sentiment? Hmmm. Now I think I need to go make some cookies. 😋

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