Tricia's Stamping Creations: Stamping With Friends August Blog Hop Shapes

Saturday, August 19, 2023

Stamping With Friends August Blog Hop Shapes

It's time to hop along with the Stamping With Friends August Blog Hop and this month we are exploring shapes to create our projects. Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to get creative with shapes.

Adding shapes to your projects is a great way to add texture and interest to the design. For my card design, I decided to use the Inked & Tiled Punch Pack to step up the sentiment label for my clean and simple card design. I love the way the shapes frame the birthday sentiment to help it stand out and become the focal image for this card design. It's a great way to dress up a card without covering up the pretty designer series paper background.

Products Used:

Inked & Tiled Bundle (item #161168)

Inked Botanicals 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #161157)

1 3/4" Circle Punch (item #119850)

Lost Lagoon Cardstock (item #133679)

Pretty Peacock Cardstock (item #150880)

Pool Party Cardstock (item #122924)

Pretty Peacock Classic Ink Pad (item #150083)

Pool Party 3/8" Grosgrain Ribbon (item #160430)

Iridescent Pastel Gems (item #160429)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Lost Lagoon Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Circle punched out with the 1 3/4" Circle Punch

Pool Party Cardstock

Sentiment Label punched out with the Inked & Tiled Punch Pack

Pretty Peacock Cardstock

Strip - 3" x 1 1/4" Ends punched with the Inked & Tiled Punch Pack

Inked Botanicals Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

I love creating clean and simple card designs with pretty designer series paper and for this card I wanted to use the Inked Botanicals 6"x6" Designer Series Paper for my background. The pattern I chose has a wonderful monochromatic floral design and I wanted to add a sentiment that would stand out without overwhelming the card design. The punches in the Inked & Tiled Punch Pack coordinate to add wonderful shapes that help frame the birthday sentiment and I love the clean and simple lines they add to the design. I combined them with the 1 3/4" Circle Punch using a combination of Pool Party, Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock cardstocks that coordinate with the designer series paper. To create the ends for the Pretty Peacock cardstock strip, I used the cross shaped punch to create the points that coordinate with the star shape of the sentiment label. To finish off the design, I added a piece of Pool Party Grosgrain Ribbon to layer underneath the sentiment and some Iridescent Pastel Gems for a touch of sparkle. As you can see from this card design, shapes can be used to frame sentiments and add a little structure to an otherwise soft and pretty design.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to use shapes to create your own wonderful projects. There are so many options to explore.

Please take the time to visit my fellow Design Team members by clicking the links in the Roll Call List below. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you.