Today's card is perfect for boys, whether young, teen, or even those grown men who think they are still boys. The current catty has an entire collection of "Extreme" stamps - Extreme Snowboard, Extreme Surfboard, Extreme Skateboard, Extreme Dirtbike, and Extreme Guitar. What a unique bunch of stamps - check them out on page 80 of the catty! The creations I think up for these stamps are all very abstract, which is a nice change.
Not only have I combined some interesting colors, but I also have combined two interesting stamp sets - Extreme Snowboard and Trendy Trees. No, there are no trees on this card. The little swirly that is one of 4 leaf choices for the Trendy Trees stamp set makes a perfect "action swirl"! I think it looks rather cool!
How did I make the little ridges on the Old Olive strip of cs? I embossed grooves into the cs at repeated intervals using a stylus & paper trimmer (the stylus is run through the groove in the paper trimmer). I grooved it almost to the end & folded over a little cuff. A small oval punch works well for a little tab - just punch, fold in half, & add a brad or eyelet!
The snowboard dude is adhered with dimensionals. Hope you like it!
Linda
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Here's an idea of a few projects you can make using this great punch.....
Here's what you'll need to make this card:
cs: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla or Whisper White
inks: Chocolate Chip
other: Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Pretties Kit half pearl, Crystal Effects, decorative blade scissors or a decorative border punch such as the Eyelet Border Punch or Scalloped Border Punch
If you haven't tried heat embossing, this is a fun technique to try. Here's how:
Before stamping, rub the cs with an embossing buddy. This step is optional, although your image will be much clearer & there won't be any extra flecks of embossing powder melted where you don't want it.
Stamp the image from the Baroque Motifs stamp set with Chocolate Chip ink onto the Close to Cocoa cs. I suggest you do one image at a time. Craft ink or VM are the inks that work best for heat embossing. Sometimes classic dye-based ink can be used for heat embossing, through you will need to work rather quickly. The reason craft ink works best for heat embossing is because it doesn't dry as fast, which gives you plenty of time to get your heat embossing done. The ink must stay wet through the entire process.
With that being said, sprinkle clear EP over the top of the stamped images as soon as you stamp them. Tap off excess powder & funnel it back ino the EP jar to save for another day. The powder sticks to wherever the ink is on the paper. If it doesn't stick, that means that either you are using the wrong type of inkpad or you are not working quickly enough. Heat the powdered image with a heat tool by holding it several inches away until the powdered image turns shiny. You can actually see a change as you heat it. Once you see an area "melt" into a shiny liquid, that area is done & you can move on to other areas that still need "melting". When you're all done, the images should be raised & shiny & pretty.
Create a decorative edge on the Close to Cocoa large cs & tie ribbon around it. Now layer everything on the card front as shown. The half pearl can be adhered with a dot of Crystal Effects.
Linda :)
Cameo Coral, Kiwi Kiss, Pretty in Pink, & Rose Red were the colors I pulled from Raspberry Tart dsp for this card & topper. I stamped, cut out, & layered the flowers on the topper & then made a flower center out of the Build-a-Brad kit. Have you tried that? It's fun to make a brad that matches whatever you are making!
Add matching ribbon & perhaps punch with a ticket corner punch for some eye-catching detail.
How can you make sure the finished card fits into the envelope? Lay your short little card atop your envelope & than adjust where you will adhere the topper piece. The finished card with topper & all should fit within the size of that envelope so make sure the topper is positioned at an appropriate height before pressing to adhere. Oh, and make sure you apply adhesive only to the bottom portion of your topper!
Have a great day!
Linda :)
The color combination for this layout are: Bordering Blue, Night of Navy, Real Red & Whisper White. Designer Papers and matching cs are simply cut & used as layering under the photos. Everything you see here are stickers from the kit - the photo corners, borders, embellishments & page decorations.
If you like to scrapbook, but don't seem to have lots of time to devote to each layout or feel design-challenged or color-challenged, get your hands on these kits! There are so many stickers/embellishments with each kit that you will be able to design numerous layouts with one kit, with each layout looking different!
I really like the look of the vibrant Real Red with the soft Bashful Blue! 
If you want the card to fit into a standard A2 size envelope, the finished card size needs to be no larger than 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". An easy way to make sure that the card will fit into its envelope is to lay the card, before the topper is adhered, directly on top of the envelope. You can then adjust how far down to adhere the topper so the card is a touch smaller than the envelope.
I would love to see your tent topper cards! Email me a .jpg or bring them to a stamp camp!
Linda :)
The Tuesday Tip for this week:
Do you know that if you rip cs toward you, the layers of the paper can be seen (like in this card)? When you rip cs away from you, you only see the ripped edge.
Brads are a fun addition to any project, and these Rhinestone brads add extra fun and sparkle.
Rhinestone brads coordinate with Stampin’ Up!’s exclusive colors, so there's no need to guess about what colors to use your brads with.
■ Square brads Fire assortment (Pink, Red, Pumpkin, and Yellow): Approximately 80 per package (4 colors in 2 sizes).
Contact me to get these blingy brads at this great sale price of $6.99 only until the morning of July 20th!
Linda :)
Linda
It's fun putting together color combinations using the new In Colors. Here's one to try!
I've pulled out the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set again. The card is made from kraft brown card stock.
Stamp one of the Fifth Avenue Floral flowers in Rich Razzleberry trailing down the card front. Stamp the same flower again in Rich Razzleberry onto Rich Razzleberry cs. Trim around the flower so you can adhere it to the card front. A piece of the new In Color "Soft Suede" is added to the left side of this card near the bottom. Then adhere the Rich Razzleberry flower.
Ink the message stamp very well & stamp it across the center of the card.
Linda :)
Have you ever made a Pop Up card? It’s fun – try it! For this version of a pop up card, you basically create 2 “cards”, and then you adhere them together. I will refer to these cards as the “outer card” (the front of the finished card) & the “inner card” (this will become the interior of the finished card, and it includes the guts).
Outer Card -
You will need:
cs: 2 pieces Whisper White cs, each 5 ½” x 8 ½”, folded in half so they each measure 5 ½” x 4 ¼”
white & Certainly Celery scraps
DSP: Cutie Pie
Inks: Stazon Black, Stampin’ Up Stampin’ Write markers – Rose Red, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Basic Black
Stamp sets: Older & Wiser, Zoofari, A Little Birdie Told Me
Other: Certainly Celery Ribbon, paper trimmer, scissors
Inner Card –
Create Your Pop Up Image(s):
First, you’ll want to create the animal(s) that you want to pop up. Stamp it, color it, & cut it out. I have stamped some zoo animals from the Zoofari stamp set in Black Stazon ink & colored them with Stampin’ Write markers. When choosing the image, think about size & how it will attach inside the card. You’ll see what I mean as you work through your card.
Create the Mechanical part:
Now that you have your pop up animals ready, let’s create the jutting tabs for them. Cut a pair of equal length slits into the Inner Card's fold with scissors or a paper trimmer. If you want more than one pop up, you’ll need to think about their spacing. The longer your cuts, the more forward your pop up will be to you when you open the card. I've cut 3 sets of jutting tabs below.
Open up this Inner Card & push the little tab through so it is extended in the opposite direction as shown below, guiding the tab as you push, folding where the slits stop. Folding can be done by simply pinching where those slits end. The card stock tends to tear if you don't crease the ends of the slits.
Go over the creases of these jutting tabs well with a bone folder.
Close & then open your card - you can begin to visualize how the jutting tab will work & how you will be adhering a pop up image to the jutting tab. There’s a few things to consider at this point: Apply adhesive ONLY to the front of the jutting tab so the animal will stand straight up when the card is halfway open. Also be careful that your adhesive is applied only to an area where cs will meet cs – if any adhesive extends past where you really need it, it will bond to unwanted places on the card or the animals won’t pop up. The red area here in this photo shows where I have applied the “sticky strip” on this card.
Now press the cut-out image(s) into the adhesive. Be careful to make sure your cut-out images don’t pass the midline of the card when closed – it would bend the images. If this is your first pop up card, take note of how the animal pop ups extend further toward you on the longer jutting tabs – if you vary the jutting tabs, it’ll be more 3-D. Also take note that your tab width shouldn’t be wider than your pop up image, or you’d lose that “floating” effect.
Stamp a message:
Now that you have everything positioned, stamp a message or other designs around your pop ups.
Assembly -
Adhere both 2 cards together! The adhesive only needs to be applied onto the back of card 2 - apply adhesive in all corners & in between the tabs, but not on the tabs. I stand the partially-open Inner Card on a flat surface & line up the Outer Card over the top of the Inner Card, making sure both folds are directly lined up under each other before pressing the cards together. Use a bone folder to crease all of the card’s folds. You may need to do some housekeeping & trim around your card edges if the edges don’t meet up exactly. A scissors works fine for this.
Linda
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