craftykarendesigns: Crafty Blog Hops - Masculine Coming Home Card

Thursday, 5 November 2020

Hi Everybody,

Today I am hopping with the Crafty Blog Hop group and the theme is 'masculine'. This is a theme I really struggle with but I thought I would team up the lovely Plaid Tidings (this paper reminds me of my late dad's shirts, he wore lots of plaid) and the Coming Home stamp set. I don't do much colouring normally either so this is completely out of my comfort zone, I hope that you like it.

Materials

1 piece of basic black card stock 5 7/8" x 8 1/4"

1 piece of Plaid Tidings dsp 4" x 5 3/4"

1 piece of whisper white 3 7/8" x 5 5/8" and 1 piece 3 1/2" x 5 1/4"

Coming Home stamp set

Happiest of Birthdays stamp set

Basic Grey ink

Old olive ink

Memento black ink

Crumb Cake Stampin Blends

Daffodil Delight Stampin Blends

Bermuda BayStampin Blends

Pacific point Stampin Blends

Smoky Slate Stampin Blends

Multipurpose adhesive

Trimmer

Instructions

Score the basic black card on the long side at 4 1/8" and fold and burnish to make the card base.

Adhere the plaid tidings dsp to the card front leaving a tiny border all the way around it.

I've stamped a scene on the smaller piece of whisper white (I wanted to show off plenty of the dsp too) and coloured it with Blends. Then I stamped a sentiment and adhered it to the card front.

I've stamped another sentiment on the piece for the inside and then glued that to the inside of the card.

This stamp set is a lovely one to work with, you could build up a whole street with it. As I said earlier, I am not great at colouring so I don't do much of it but Stampin Blends make it much easier, you don't have to be an expert. I'm going to practice more.

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Happy Crafting,

Karen XXX