Of the Earth PPA 17

  

I have wanted to make a card for a good friend of mine who has spent the last 4 months taking care of her family through some very difficult times. She is so giving of herself and I wanted her to know that she has been a gift to all those she has cared for. I used the Pals Paper Arts 17 sketch challenge to conceptualize the card and used the Level 1 Hostess Set – Of the Earth to make the card.

 

Stamping tips:

• I tried my hand at the shadowing technique using Going Gray ink first on the stamp image, stamping off once before stamping the image on Whisper White. I experimented a couple of different times with the Going Gray and decided that one stamp off before stamping the final image on Whisper White, created a nice faded image for the shadow portion of each square. I then used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to align the next stamped image in Lovely Lilac just off slightly from the stamped Gray image.

• This was a great, easy sketch to create a really nice card. I popped the images up in dimensionals to give it some additional height too.

• The card base in Basic Black measures 4 ¼” x 11, scored at 5 ½”. The next layers (Going Gray) measures 3 ¾” x 5” followed by a Lovely Lilac layer at 3 ½” x 4 ¾”. I layered and stamped the inside of the card the same measurements, adding a layer of Whisper White at 3 1/4” x 4 ½”. The squares were easy to create with the 1 1/4” and 1 3/8” square punches.

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Hope you enjoy today’s post.

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Stamp set(s): Of the Earth (Level 1 Hostess Set) (#115336)

Paper: Whisper White (#100730), Basic Black and Going Gray (#108588), Lovely Lilac (# 100427)

Inks: Lovely Lilac (# 10287 )

Markers: Going Gray in the set of Neutrals Markers (# 109126) (I used a marker for the Gray because I did not have the Classic Ink stamp pad (#103274). You can use either option)

Tools:  Dimensionals (#104430 ), Snail Adhesive (# 104332), 1 ¼” square punch (#104400), 1 3/8” square punch (# 103375)

Accessories to make it special: 5/8” Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon (#115605)

Have a great night and thanks for looking!

Karin

Comments

[Janine]

Oh wow what a lovely color combo. This is a really gorgeous card. TFS.

[Pals Paper Arts]

Thanks for playing @ PPA!

We hope you'll come see our Paper Artist Picks Wednesday, November 25.

AND of course, play in our next challenge Thursday, November 26.

[Margaret Moody]

This is so beautiful, Karin! I love your color combo and love that you featured this stamp set in this way! Great job with the sketch challenge! Thanks for sharing!

[Ann Schach]

Wow! The inside is just as pretty as the outside! Thanks for playing @ PPA!

[Melissa]

Very pretty card! I love the color combo. Congrats on being an Artist Pick!

[TrishG]

Really gorgeous. Love the shadowing look. Nice layers with it too. Love the decorated inside!

[Krystal/skdeleeuw]

Congrats on being chosen the Pals Paper Art Artist Pick. Your card is beautiful. Such a striking color combo.

[Ann Schach]

Congrats on your PPA win! It is a wonderful card!

[Mary Fish]

Going Gray and Lovely Lilac are stunning on this card. Love the shadowing. Congrats on your recognition for the PPA challenge. Fabulous job! Hugs, Mary