The new True Love Designer Series Paper in the Jan-June mini catalog is gorgeous so I knew I wanted to use it for my card. Any color is a great choice with black and white and I opted for Granny Apple Green cardstock and ink. Then I had to decide which stamp set - hmmm - never an easy choice! I chose the Lovely You stamp set from the 2020-2021 Annual catalog. This stamp set is so versatile with it's wonderful variety of sentiments in a beautiful font and paired with a great selection of simple solid images. The cards you can make with this set are truly limitless!
Ta dah!! Simple and gorgeous!
Isn't it fun!
I created this card for a mystery card challenge I participated in.
What's a mystery card challenge you ask. In a mystery card challenge we are given the dimensions of the layers we are to use, told to pick our color palette which is typically to coordinate with the DSP we choose, a recommendation for stamp size(s) and any dies or punches we will be using. Then we are given the step by step instructions during the live meeting and we all reveal our cards at the end of the instruction period. Hence the mystery as we do not see the card sample that was used for our dimensions and instructions until we are all finished.
This challenge called for six 1" square pieces of DSP to be layered on a 2-1/4" x 3-3/8" piece of cardstock as the focal point of the card. Additional instructions were to stamp an image at opposite corners on the 4 x 5-1/4" piece which is the same color as the card base. Layering white on white is a beautiful way to really emphasize the focal point.
Materials and dimensions:
- Stamps:
- Lovely You
- Paper
- Whisper White - 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 card base and 5-1/4x4 layer
- Granny Apple Green - 2-1/4 x 3-3/8
- True Love Designer Series Paper - six 1" squares
- Ink:
- Granny Apple Green
- Embellishments:
- Playful Pets trim combo pack - 18"
- Metallic Pearls
- Tools & Accessories:
- Paper trimmer & Take your Pick tool
- Other:
- dimensionals, Stampin' Seal ®
- Layout the DSP squares and decide which side of the papers and which patterns work well together. Also think of how they will look with the stamp set you are using.
- To have the spacing of your squares consistent, dry place them first, meaning before attaching adhesive, so you can visually even them out. I recommend adhering the two middle ones first, and then spacing the four around them.
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SO simple and yet it looks crisp and sophisticated!
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