Today starts Your Next Stamp Challenge 89. Your Next Stamp hosts a sketch/color combination challenge biweekly on the Your Next Stamp Blog. I would love for you to come and play along with us, to visit (CLICK HERE!). You can use the sketch or the color combo or both as the inspiration for your project. For my card, I used the Stitching Holes die to emulate the design for the sketch. I did not use the color combo, I went with rainbow instead. Here is a look at the sketch and color combo for this week's challenge.
I started with a piece of Neenah 110lb. Solar White cardstock. I used the Stitching Holes die to cut across my card panel with three rows in two clusters. I then cut down the entire panel using the Stitched Rectangle Die (second from largest).
I used DMC 6 strand embroidery floss to do a straight stitch across my card panel. I have created a DMC Floss color map below with the numbers of each color just in case you are interested. I tied knots at the end of each strand and trimmed the loose ends with my tiny embroiders scissors. I also applied white craft foam to the back side of this panel with double sided adhesive which ensures that my stitching will not be coming undone.
Before placing my stitched panel to my card base, I stamped the sentiment from Your Next Stamp What Not Sentiments 11 with Versamark Onyx Black Ink. I then applied my panel to a Simon Says Stamp Fog card base which is almost always A2 sized top folding.
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Today, I am making another gift bag out of the Sizzix Bigz Apron Gift Bag Die. This is my second project using this die. Last time, I made a gift bag for the gardening Mama this Mother's Day. I wanted to show how diversified this die could be. I want to get the most use out of this die as I can, and as long as the ideas keep flowing, I'm going to keep creating them. I am also using some Lawn Fawn stamps and dies to create my project today.
I started by cutting out the pieces for my gift bag, with the Sizzix Bigz Apron Die . I'm using Lawn Fawn 12 x 12 Patterned paper in the pattern Georgia. I also used Neenah Solar White 110 lb. cardstock for the front of my bag and for the back I used Lawn Fawn Storm Cloud. To get a better idea of how I created this project, I have linked my YouTube video below.
I stamped some of the images from Lawn Fawns Let's BBQ stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto some Neenah Solar White cardstock. I colored them with my Copic Markers. For a listing of the exact Copic Marker color combos I used to color these images, I've created a Copic Color map with each marker listed. I will leave it below for you to Pin to Pinterest if so desired. That's how I reference certain color combos that I want to use or try.
I also stamped the "Happy" sentiment directly onto the pocket portion of the gift bag. I stamped it in Versamark Ink and heat embossed the sentiment with Zing Charcoal embossing powder. The sub sentiment "Father's Day" was stamped in Versamark as well, but this time I used Hero Arts Ultra Fine White embossing powder and the sentiment was stamped on Lawn Fawn Storm Cloud cardstock.
I used the coordinating dies for this stamp set to cut out my images. Before placing them onto the front of my bag. I brought out my Stampin' Up! Score Board and scored lines onto the front of the bag every .5 inches. I think it looks like it could be shiplap or even siding, at least thats what it looks like to me. After scoring my project I began to put all the pieces together.
I reinforced the score made by the die onto my pocket piece and added 1/4 inch double sided adhesive onto the areas that will allow me to adhere the pocket to the front of my gift bag. After peeling off the adhesive backing of my tape, I lined up my pocket on my apron and applied pressure with my fingertips to stick it down. Then I took Scotch 3M foam tape and used it to pop up my grill and the matching tools on the either side of it. I also used foam tape to pop up my sub sentiment.
The fire was stuck on with glue dots and the lone skewer was added to the project last with foam tape to give even more dimension. I fell like the soft red gingham reminds me of and old picnic table cloth. After the front was created, I began to put all of the apron pieces together.
I used 1/4 inch double sided tape on all of the sides of the gift bag and added ribbon by Stampin' Up! to give it handles. I looked it up and Stampin' Up! no longer sells this particular ribbon. That doesn't surprise me, I think I've had this ribbon for a while. I really like how the bag turned out. I think it's fun but also masculine.
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I have another Heffy Doodle video to share with you all today. This is the one, where I make fun of my husbands bald head. In this video I use the Sticky Friends giveaway stamp set by Heffy Doodle to create a card good enough to send to any crafty friend.
I started with a piece of Simon Says Stamp Fog cardstock. I used my Fiskars Stamp Press to do some repeated stamping. I stamped the glue bottle from the Sticky Friends stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I was trying to create a more chaotic background and avoided stamping a pattern. I then cut down the panel with the second to largest Your Next Stamp Stitched Rectangle Die.
I colored my images with Faber Castell Goldfaber Colored Pencils. I used a blending stump, bare with no blending medium, to blend my colored pencil coloring. You can click the video linked below to see how I did that and how I store my colored pencils.
I stamped my sentiment onto a piece of Neenah 110 lb cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink. I cut it out using a basic shape preloaded onto my Brother Scan N Cut. To me, it looks like a tear drop or speech bubble. It caught my eye, so that is what I used. The sub sentiment was stamped onto Lawn Fawn Black Licorice cardstock and white heat embossed with Hero Arts Ultra Fine White embossing powder. I used the Heffy Doodle Strips of Ease dies to cut it out.
I popped up the front panel with black craft foam and some double sided adhesive. I used Scotch 3M foam tape to pop up my sentiments. I added a few Satin Rainbow sequins from Studio Katia and I highlighted the labels on my glue bottles with Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust Clear pen. The card base is Neenah 110 lb cardstock.
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Hello. My name is Koren Wiskman, but many people call me Kori. My husband Tim and I run two businesses and have four kids. If this doesn’t immediately scream insanity, just keep reading…Tim and I grew up in the same waterfront town of Pasadena, Maryland. We graduated High School together in 1998, and about 15 years later we started dating. It would make an excellent love story, but we are not quite finished writing it yet. I became a Mother almost 20 years ago with my daughter Cailin. I’ve been crafting since birth but I discovered stamping when I was pregnant with my first son Hayden over 18 years ago. I fell in love and I have been card making ever since. Since then my joy for paper crafting has grown right along with my family. I now have a step-daughter Olivia who will be 13 this year. You can find me on YouTube and many of the popular social media sites. Thats where you will also meet Dexter my youngest, he is seven, and he is the perfect combination of me and Tim. See many of our family outings and shenanigans as well as plenty of crafting goodness.
