Hello again my crafty friends! It’s both the end of the FSJ catalog year (June 30th) and the lead up into the new catalog year (July 1st!) and the week after convention so I have SO much to share! In my efforts to create swaps for convention as well as reorganize my craft space I have not had a chance to play with many of products in the current Trends Mini Catalog, which is a shame as it has some absolutely darling products in it! One of my favorite stamp sets in the mini is called Blue Skies. It features the Blue Skies stamp set, the Blue Skies die set, and of course the Blue Skies Bundle which is both the stamp set and the die set at a savings of 10%! Yep, we love bundles!!
Measurements:
- Card Base 4 1/2″ x 11″, scored at 5 1/2″
- Stamped Image Layer 4″ x 5 1/4″
Details:
- I wanted the focus of this card to be the gorgeous balloon stamp so I used a Whip Cream card base and then used the 5″ x 3 7/8″ Journey Rectangle Die to add a fun pierced edge to my stamped layer.
- I stamped the balloon from the Blue Skies stamp set using Black Licorice True Color Fusion Ink Pad. The beauty of this ink pad, besides it’s nice vivid stamped color, is that it will work on any surface, including paper, wood, fabric, and acrylic, and becomes permanent when heat-set on non-paper materials. So no smearing or remembering which black ink pad to use with which coloring medium – you just need this one pad!
- The coloring was done in a beautiful palette of colors from a challenge I was participating in, and colored with the Color Burst Colored Pencils. These colored pencils come in a metal tin, are numbered, and have all of the color combinations needed for matching all of the awesome FSJ colors! So cool!!
- Now, I’m a novice colorer, but I am really pleased with how this turned out. I had some help from the Color Burst Blenders – they really did a great job of smoothly out those coloring lines!
- If you will notice, I offset the balloon stamp a bit to the right on my card stock panel to leave room for a sentiment. At some point during the creation of this card, I decided this would be a wonderful graduation card for my niece, who was graduating from college (so proud of her) so I pulled out the Begin Adventure ATS stamp and inked up this darling sentiment. Isn’t it just perfect for a graduation card? I love it and can’t wait to see where her adventure takes her! I offset the sentiment image to the left to balance my card out. Can you tell that the word ‘adventure’ in the sentiment is a bit bolder than the other words? I LOVE that extra touch!!!
- And Of course I needed to add sparkle to my card in the form of Journey Sequins Bloom Time. But once I added my traditional 3 sequins, I went crazy and added more to the balloon – so pretty!
- DON’T WAIT if you love this bundle! It will only be available through THIS Saturday, June 30th!!
- The Inking the Way Journey Coach challenge was the inspiration for my colors today – so beautiful! I needed to use at least three of the colors so I focused on Huckleberry Fusion, Beach Ball and Summer Days 🙂
REMEMBER, if you would like to receive the NEW and AWESOME 2018-19 Fun Stampers Journey catalog, please email me with your address information! If you contact me by June 30th, I will send the catalog to you AT NO COST TO YOU. On July 1st, I will still be sending the catalogs free, but will be collecting a shipping charge of just $7.00.
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Supplies: (All Fun Stampers Journey products unless noted differently below)
Card Stock: Whip Cream
Printed Paper: None
Ink: Black Licorice
Stamps: Blue Skies Stamp Set, Blue Skies Bundle, Begin Adventure
Dies: Journey Rectangles Die Set
Tools: Journey Blooms Paper Trimmer
Embellishments: Journey Sequins Bloom Time
Other: None
