This card personifies the creative me...a little bit of rubber stamping mixed with a little bit of digital paper crafting. While I absolutely adore the art of rubber stamping, I also can't ignore the part of me that loves to sit down at my computer and create. That's one of the things I love most about Stampin' Up! It allows me to do both. While I am not crazy about cards created entirely on the computer (I could buy something that looks like that anywhere), I do love including some digital elements in my paper crafts. I love dimension...lots of it. So that is why I have chosen to create this card using background paper created in My Digital Studio. The floral focal element is also digital. But I have also included more traditional elements such as ribbon, buttons, and die cutting...and of course...rubber stamping.
One of the most common questions I am asked is "What size it that card?" So let me just say that I started out with a 5 1/2" square Chocolate Chip card base and layed on a slightly smaller layer of Pumpkin Pie CS.
Recipe: Card Size (5 1/2" square); Paper: Chocolate Chip & Pumpkin Pie Card Stock, Summertime Splendor Digital DSP (reduced to approx. 50% or 6"x6"); Digital Stamp Set: Flourish from Friends 24/7 in Whisper White over Summer Sun Background; Ink: Chocolate Chip; Accessories: Chocolate Chip Corduroy Buttons, Chocolate Chip Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Big Shot Machine & Lots of Tags Sizzlets, Scallop Trim Border & Corner Punches, Dimensionals, & Glue Dots; Other: HP Photosmart C5180 Inkjet Printer; Staples Photo Supreme Double-sided Matte Paper.
If you would like to learn more about how to include digital elements on your paper craft projects, see my previous post here. I have also included the recipes for the cards in the article below, so be sure to scroll down to see that.
Recipe: Card Size (5 1/2"x4 1/4"); Paper: Always Artichoke & Sumsmer Sun Card Stock, Pumpkin Pie DSP, Summertime Splendor Digital DSP (reduced to approx. 50% or 6"x6"); Stamp Set: Great Friend; Ink: Always Artichoke; Accessories: Summer Sun Corduroy Buttons, Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain Ribbon; Other: HP Photosmart C5180 Inkjet Printer; Staples Photo Supreme Double-sided Matte Paper.
Recipe: Card Size (5 1/2"x4 1/4"); Paper: Brilliant Blue Card Stock; Digital Downloads: Summertime Splendor Digital DSP (reduced to approx. 50% or 6"x6" and printed twice) cut some of the flowers from second card and apply to various flowers with dimensionals, Presto Patterns Overlay (reduced to 50% in Chocolate Chip 20% opacity; Well Scripted Digital Stamp Set in Brilliant Blue; Accessories: Butterfly Embossing Sizzlet Die & Big Shot Machine; Butterflies cut from Barely Banana CS and then colored with Summer Sun Pastels; Other: HP Photosmart C5180 Inkjet Printer; Staples Photo Supreme Double-sided Matte Paper.
