We Create August Blog Hop Making Memories

Welcome to the We Create August Blog Hop and this month our theme is Making Memories. Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to create your own beautiful projects. 

For my card design, I chose to use the Beside Me stamp set as it reminds me of my childhood and time spent with my Dad. I have so many wonderful memories of the things my brother and I learned from him and I thought it would provide me with the inspiration for my card design. I also chose to use the Nested Essentials Dies to help me create my layout for this clean and simple card. The Country Woods Designer Series Paper (which will be on sale beginning August 6th) has a variety of designs with amazing texture and I chose to use one of these designs for my background. I love the worn and weathered look of the painted wood background and thought it would be perfect for my card design. I chose to use Stampin' Blends Markers to color in the focal image to help add a splash of color and a banner created using one of the Gray Granite Designer Series Paper patterns adds a wonderful contrast. The pattern reminds me of one of my Dad's ties that he used to wear to work. The end result is a beautiful reminder of when my Dad taught my brother and I how to ride a bike. 

Products Used:

Beside Me stamp set (item #160780)

Nested Essentials Dies (item #161597)

Country Woods Designer Series Paper (item #163393)

Neutrals 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #163773)

Gray Granite Cardstock (item #146983)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Pebbled Path Classic Ink Pad (item #161648)

Boho Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #161659)

Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154886)

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154904)

Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154843)

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154893)

Pecan Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #161674)

Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154958)

Summer Splash Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #163826)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Gray Granite Cardstock 

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

Sentiment Label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies

Basic White 

Rectangle die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies

Country Woods Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Gray Granite Designer Series Paper

Extended Banner die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies

For my card design, I wanted to use a combination of Neutrals and colors to create a wonderful masculine birthday. The Country Woods Designer Series Paper adds texture to the background and helps to make the rest of the design pop. To create the focal image, I stamped the image using Pebbled Path Classic ink onto a Basic White stitched rectangle and then colored in the image using Stampin' Blends Markers. I wanted the image to be bright and colorful in contrast to the rest of the card design. For the banner, I die cut it from a piece of Gray Granite Designer Series Paper, lining up the die so that I could create an extended banner. Any imperfections are hidden behind the focal image. For the sentiment, I stamped the image with Pebbled Path Classic ink onto a Gray Granite sentiment label. To assemble, I added the card front to the Gray Granite card base and then attached the Gray Granite Banner to the left side of the card front, roughly half way down the card front. I attached the focal image using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up over the banner. For the sentiment label, I also used Stampin' Dimensionals and positioned it so that it slightly overlaps the focal image. I chose not add any embellishments, preferring to keep it simple. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to create your own beautiful projects using your own memories as inspiration. There are so many wonderful options to explore. The Country Woods Designer Series Paper is just one of the paper packs on sale starting August 6th. Don't forget to check out this special promotion next week. 

Now it's time to visit Rae Jean's blog and see what she has to share with us. Just click on the Next button to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List to find your way. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. 

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Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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