Today's Bloggers' Challenge theme is Father's Day…it IS right around the corner! Of course, June is FULL of men birthdays in my family. I feel like I'm making all kinds of masculine cards this time of year! I decided to use the Holiday Blitz set that is retiring in a few weeks. I'm sad because it is one of those fun sets that has a lot of little holiday images. When you are stuck, you can always turn to it for inspiration! If the layout of the card looks familiar, it is because I designed it for a Sketch Challenge on Create with Connie and Julie's Occasion Edition!
I started with a base card of Night of Navy and added a layer of Bashful Blue on top. I took my colors from the Travel Journal Designer Paper in the Summer Mini. To me, that stripe looks like a tie! I added the strip of striped Designer Paper, then added the horizontal Pumpkin Pie strips of cardstock. Then I stamped the tie from Holiday Blitz in Night of Navy, Bashful Blue and Pumpkin Pie on Whisper White, then punched with the 1 3/4 Circle. I layered it on a 2" Circle cut with the Circle Scissors. Can you tell what the Pumpkin Pie Designer Paper is cut from? If you said the Basket & Blooms XL Die…you are right! It is the base of the basket! I know…I used another package of Designer Paper, Island Oasis, but it just matched too perfectly with the colors I was using! And, I adhered the polka dot designer paper to light weight chipboard before I cut it with the die, so it is nice and chunky on the front of the card. Finally, I stamped Dear Dad from Holiday Blitz with Night of Navy on Whisper White, then punched with the 1" circle and layered on a Night of Navy 1 1/4 Circle.
What do you think? This will be my father in law's card this year. We always tease him on how many ties he has in his closet!
Create with Connie and Mary is looking for three Design Team Members to play along with our Thursday Creative Challenges each week! You'll need to use Stampin' Up! only products, have a blog where you can post your Thursday Challenge card, and love to use sketch, color or inspiration challenges as a starting point in your creations! See more details over on Create with Connie and Mary! We'd love for you to join us each week!
