Color Comparison

It is very interesting how the look of a card can change when you switch out colors, even if the change is ever so subtle. I had some fun playing with different color variations for the same card. See the differences and leave me a comment which one you like the best.

Strawberry Slush, Pumkin Pie, Old Olive

Comparing all the different color combinations I have to say I like the Strawberry Slush / Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive above the best.

Strawberry Slush / Gumball Green

Pumpkin Pie / Gumball Green

Background Tutorial

For the card below I wanted to use the Posetively Chevron Background stamp.

But I did not want to stamp the chevron pattern on the entire background, I wanted something more subtle so it does not overpower the card. After all I still wanted the frame and the flowers to be the focal point. How did I do that? Well, here is how:

Ink up a sponge on the ink pad.

Transfer the ink onto a limited area of the stamp with your sponge.

Place the card front on the stamp. Slightly rub over the card.

Voilà, done. Pretty easy and very effective.

DD#96 {Gumball Green & YOUR Choice}

This is a card I made for the Dynamic Duo challenge DD# 96 - Gumball Green & YOUR Choice. My second choice for this card was Strawberry Slush. Gumball Green is my favorite green and I am going to be very sad if it won't be available after May 31st anymore. But I am sure Stampin' Up! won't disappoint us and I will find really cool things in the new catalog.

Card Stock:      Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, Gumball Green, Basic Black

Stamps:           Petit Petals, Georgeous Grunge, Positively Chevron, Yippee-Skippee!

Ink / Marker:    Strawberry Slush, Gumball Green

Accessories:    On Film Framelits Dies, Petit Petals Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Linen Thread, Pearls, Bird Builder Punch

Lego Movie - Emmet

It seems that the latest Lego movie is very popular and the new Lego Movie Sets are on top of  the birthday wish lists. So I thought would make a card to go with the present. I was inspired by a card that I found on Joanne James blog. Here is my version of Emmet:

Well, I needed two birthday cards for two Lego gifts, so I got into assembly line mode.

To make the bodies of my little Lego figures I used the dimensions from my Sensei Wu tutorial. The Emmet details are explained below:

Golden Thank You

I have to admit that gold was a little out of my comfort zone when the trend was introduced but it has grown on me big time and meanwhile I really like it. For this card I used my MDS again to design the "Thank You" and then send it to my e-cutter to cut it from the Gold Foil.Very easy, very simple, very elegant.

I attached the words with some Dimensionals to the card so they would stand out.

For the stars I used  a die from the Circle Cards Thinlits  set. I cut out a whole bunch of stars from Gold Foil, Champagne Glimmer Paper and Vellum and then ran them through my sewing machine to make them into a little garland that I attached to my card.

Card Stock:      Whisper White, Champagne Glimmer Paper, Gold Foil

Accessories:    Circle Cards Thinlit Die, Water Color Wonder Designer Washi Tape

MDS Tips and Tricks

For the scrapbook page below I needed to shorten the length of the washi tape without distorting the picture. You could simply crop it but then you would loose the torn edges. So in the tutorial below I will explain how I achieved to shorten the length of the tape without sacrificing the edges or the shape.

Select the washi tape, copy and paste two times. Select the first copy and hit "Crop".

Crop a portion of the tape on the left.

Select the second copy and hit "Crop". Crop a portion on the right.

Now you have two short pieces that still need to be fused together to one piece. Select both pieces and align in the middle.

Now that both pieces are aligned mark the right piece of tape and only use your left arrow key to move them together until they look like one piece. By only using your arrow key you make sure that the the two tape pieces stay aligned properly.

Once they are close together and look like one piece of tape select both pieces and group them together. Now you can copy and pace the tape and move it around.

This is your new piece of washi tape with torn edges on both sides.

GOAL OR NO GOAL?

Today is a quick post but I felt it was time for another scrapbook page. When I scrapbook my pictures sometimes have a very non-traditional angle of view where I focus on specific details. On the page below I focused on the puck and cropped just that portion of the picture. This page was entirely done with MDS.