Category: Card ideas

Hello and welcome. Thank you for popping by. I’m sure that you will find today’s elegant.

It is Sunday and therefore a Global Design Project challenge. The second Sunday of the month, for a GDP challenge, is a sketch challenge.

For my project, I decided to use the new Simply Elegant Suite.

I used one design from the Simply ElegantSpecialty Designer Series Paper and the Elegantly Said Stamp Set. The DSP was cut to use as a layer to be adhered to the Basic Black cardbase. I love this design which is made up of a collection of gold and black dots.

I started by staming the image onto Gold Foil Sheet using Jet Black StazOn. This was then cut using one of the Layering Circles Dies. The Basic Black and White Vellum layers were also cut using this die set. These were then layered, adhered and then trimmed before using a double layer of Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop them up onto the card front.

The sentiment was stamped, with Versamark and then heat embossed in gold, onto White Vellum. I used one of the dies from the Meadows Dies to cut the sentiment. A second piece was cut from Gold Foil Sheet and placed under the vellum layer. The left side was trimmed back and then this piece tucked under the circle layers.

Looking at these images, I can see that the sentiment layer has drifted and is not straight – a situation that has been corrected. It’s amazing how a tiny move can look so jarring.

If you know me, you will know that I usually finish my cards by adding a few embellishments and stamping an image on the card insert and envelope. This time I used the Matt Black Dots for the card front.

As the suite name says, this card is simply elegant. What do you think?

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List

Simply Elegant Suite Collection (English) [155764] $102.75	Elegantly Said Cling Stamp Set [155095] $40.00	Meadow Dies [155852] $66.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	Simply Elegant 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [155761] $26.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $17.50
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $31.00	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Matte Black Dots [154284] $12.25
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Very Vanilla C6 Envelopes [106589] $13.00