Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge Week 29 - Night of Navy

Welcome to Week 29 of the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge. This week we are showcasing Night of Navy from the Neutrals Collection. I love this beautiful dark blue and would have to be one of my go-to colors, especially when creating masculine cards. There is something so crisp and clean about this color and it works so well with so many other colors as well as by itself. 

For today's card design, I chose to use the Adventurous Sky Bundle and paired it with the new Everday Greetings stamp set from the Online Exclusives. Did you know that this new stamp set also coordinates with the new Greetings of the Season Dies? I love that Stampin' Up! has given us even more options to create sentiments for our projects, throughout the year. For the background, I chose to use one of the designs from the Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper and I love how the subtle pattern adds texture to the design. The sentiment banner reminds me of when I used to see small planes pull advertising banners behind them as they flew across the sky and we used to squint to see what they would say. This clean and simple masculine card has a feeling of nostalgia that is sure to make someone smile when they receive it.

Products Used:

Adventurous Sky Bundle (item #163447)

Everyday Greetings stamp set (item #165084)

Greetings of the Season Dies (item #164112)

Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper (item #161467)

Night of Navy Cardstock (item #100867)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Night of Navy Classic Ink Pad (item #147110)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Wow Embossing Powders (item #165679)

Night of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154891)

Blender Pens (item #102845) 

Iridescent Pearls Basic Jewels (item #158987)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Night of Navy Cardstock

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

Sentiment Label die cut with the Greetings of the Season Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Layer 1 - 5 1/4" x 4"

Airplane image stamped and die cut with the Adventurous Sky Bundle

Banner Label die cut with the Greetings of the Season Dies

Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5" x 3 3/4"

Creating masculine cards can be challenging, so I thought this week's color challenge would be a great opportunity to create a celebration card that would be perfect for the guys in your life. I love the images in the Adventurous Sky Bundle and the sentiments in the new Everyday Greetings stamp set are so versatile and have wonderful fonts that work great for this type of card. To help make the designer series card front pop, I added a layer of Basic White cardstock to frame it and attached them to the Night of Navy card base to create the framework for my design. I stamped the plane image using Night of Navy Classic ink onto Basic White cardstock and die cut it out using the coordinating dies. I used a Blender Pen to gently blend the ink from the line art image to give the image some soft color that adds to the vintage feel of the design. I attached the plane image to the center of the card base using Stampin' Dimensionals. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image using White embossing powder onto the Night of Navy label and then adhered it to the center of the Basic White banner label. I added the sentiment to the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals, making sure to center it below the plane image. To cover the holes in the labels, I added Iridescent Pearls for a touch of bling without being too over the top. I colored one of the pearls with the Dark Night of Navy Stampin' Blends Marker and added it to the Basic White banner label to create a contrast that mirrors the look of the plain pearl on the Night of Navy label. I love the clean and simple look of this card design and how well all the elements came together. As you can see, there are a variety of products available to help you create your own monochromatic design.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore using Night of Navy in your projects. It is such a beautiful blue and so versatile, perfect for so many occasions. 

Please take a moment to check out this week's Monochromatic Insta Hop and see all the amazing projects showcasing Night of Navy. Just click here to visit my Instagram to get started. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you like about our projects.

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. 

Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge Week 24 - Early Espresso

It's Week 24 of the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge and this week we are showcasing Early Espresso from the Neutrals Collection. I love this wonderfully rich dark brown and I am so excited to share with you the card design I came up with for this week's challenge.

My card this week is a fun masculine design featuring the Adventurous Sky Bundle. I wanted to create a worn, vintage look to this design and I used the Watercolor World background stamp to create my background and added some texture with the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. I used Early Espresso Classic ink to create the different layers of color that help to showcase the versatility of this wonderful color. This card design would be great for a Father's Day card, masculine birthday or graduation card. 

Products Used:

Adventurous Sky Bundle (item #163447)

Watercolor World stamp set (item #160708)

Deckled Circles Dies (item #162286)

Something Fancy Dies (item #160424)

Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder (item #154317)

Early Espresso Cardstock (item #119686)

Very Vanilla Cardstock (item #101650)

Early Espresso Classic Ink Pad (item #147114)

Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins (item #161627)

Blender Pens (item #102845)

Sponge Daubers (item #133773)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Early Espresso Cardstock

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

Medium Circle die cut with the Deckled Circles Dies 

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4" Embossed with the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder

Plane image stamped and die cut with the Adventurous Sky Bundle 

Sentiment Label die cut with the Something Fancy Dies

To create this beautiful card, I chose to use the Watercolor World stamp set for my background and I stamped the image with Early Espresso Classic ink onto the Very Vanilla cardstock card front. I then embossed the layer with the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder to give the layer the look of wrinkled parchment paper and then added some Early Espresso ink around the edges and over the raised lines using a Sponge Dauber to give the background a distressed look. For the plane image, I stamped it with Early Espresso Classic ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock and then used a Blender Pen to color the image using the ink from the stamped image to add soft color. I also stamped the sentiment onto the Very Vanilla sentiment label using Early Espresso Classic ink. To assemble to card, I added the Early Espresso Deckled Circle to the card front and the layered the plane and sentiment onto using Stampin' Dimensionals. To complete the card, I added several of the Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins for a touch of bling without being overwhelming. I love how Early Espresso works with Very Vanilla, especially when you are looking to create a project with a vintage feel to it. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore using Early Espresso in your creative projects in the future. There are so many wonderful options available to help spark your creativity.

Please take the time to check out this week's Monochromatic Insta Hop to see the amazing projects showcasing Early Espresso. You can start here on my Instagram account. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. 

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. 

Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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It's time to hop along with the Stamptastic Friends May Blog Hop as we showcase Masculine themed projects to help inspire you. Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their projects and ideas to help spark your creativity. Masculine projects can be challenging and I hope that we will be able to provide you with ideas to help you create your own beautiful projects for the guys in your life. 

For my card design, I decided to use products from the new Take To The Sky Suite Collection in the new 2024-2025 Annual Catalog. I chose to use the Adventurous Sky Bundle with the coordinating Take To The Sky Designer Series Paper to create a clean and simple masculine birthday card. I chose to use one of the designs from the designer series paper as the background and focal image of my card design. To help step up the design, I heat embossed the sentiment with Silver embossing powder onto a strip of Night of Navy cardstock and added the stamped and die cut image of the small plane as an accent to the design. I love vintage planes and I felt like the Smoky Slate/Night of Navy color combination was perfect for this style of card.

Products Used:

Adventurous Sky Bundle (item #163447)

Take To The Sky Designer Series Paper (item #163436)

Night of Navy Cardstock (item #100867)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Smoky Slate Classic Ink Pad (item #147113)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Wow Embossing Powders (item #165678)

Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins (item #161627)

Measurements:

Night of Navy Cardstock

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

Sentiment Strip - 1/2" x 5 1/4"

Basic White Cardstock

Plane image stamped and die cut with the Adventurous Sky Bundle

Take To The Sky Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

It's always fun playing with new products and I was excited to explore new possibilities with this new suite. One of the sheets of designer series paper is made up of a series of smaller images or sections and I was drawn to the larger Smoky Slate vintage plane for my background. I trimmed it to 5 1/4" x 4" for my card front and attached it to my Night of Navy card base, which really helps make the background design pop. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image with Silver Embossing Powder towards the left side and attached the strip to the card front, about a 1/4" from the bottom. I stamped the smaller plane with Smoky Slate Classic ink onto Basic White cardstock and die cut it out with the coordinating die. I then attached the die cut to the right side of the sentiment strip. To complete the card design, I added two small Silver Sequins to coordinate with the Silver embossing. I love how this card came together and I think this is a classic masculine design that would work for a variety of occasions.

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 for the men in your life. There are so many wonderful options to explore in the new 2024-2025 Annual Catalog. The Take To The Sky Suite Collection has so many possibilities for creating beautiful masculine designs.

Please take a moment to visit our Design Team by clicking on the links in the Roll Call List below. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you 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. 

Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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