Striped Card

This month, the challenge on the Gina K. Designs and Stamp TV Facebook page is Strip Card Making. We had to use at least three strips on our card. They could be cardstock, patterned paper, ribbon or washi tape.

I decided to use the Delicate Essentials paper pack to make a striped background that went in a few directions.

For the flowers and leaves, I used the Stained Glass Flowers stamp set and coordinating dies. I coloured them with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and added them to a white oval shape, with a black scalloped oval layer behind.

The sentiment comes from the Birthday Blessings stamp set and was stamped with Obsidian Amalgam ink.

Except for the oval shapes, the paper, stamps, dies and ink are all from Gina K. Designs.

Penguin Palace Challenge #34

 The challenge this month on the Penguin Palace Challenge Blog is a Sketch Challenge.

I used the Penguin Palace Fancy Gift Bow Stencils 360° set and inked it up with Gina K. Designs Jelly Bean Green ink in the upper right corner and Key Lime ink in the bottom left corner. 

The sentiment is from the An Amazing Friend stamp set inked with Gina K. Designs Obsidian Amalgam ink.

I layered both panels with a black panel and attached them to a Jelly Bean Green card base.

February Scor-Pal Card

 

This month, I have an interesting technique using your Scor-Buddy, or Scor-Pal. It looks like you're seeing the scene through a gridded window.

To make this card, you will need:

Scor-Buddy

Scor-Tape

The Stacker

Cardstock: 9 1/2" x 6" for card base

                  4 3/4" x 6" for front layer

                  smaller piece for inner layer

                  white piece larger than opening 

dies to cut the openings (or a knife and ruler)

stamp image to cover opening - I used Gina K. Designs Time to Coast stamp set

colouring materials - I used coloured pencils

Take the white piece of cardstock and score every inch. Turn the cardstock 90 degrees and score every inch. You want to go over the score lines a few times to create deep score marks. This will help to keep the stamped image out of the score marks.

Carefully stamp your image, trying not to press down too hard, so the image doesn't stamp in the score marks. If you do get a bit of ink in the score marks, you can use a white marker to go over it, after the ink has dried. Then, colour the image, making sure not to colour in the score marks.

Cut the opening in the inside layer. You want this to be the smaller of your two dies. I used a 3 1/8" square die. Then cut the opening in your front layer. I used a 3 1/2" square die. I also stamped the sentiment, which was from the same set as the image.

Tape the inner panel to the back of the front panel. My black panel might have been a bit small, as it didn't give me much room for tape, but I used the 1/8" Scor-Tape which worked well. 

  

Add tape to the back of the panels and center them over the coloured image. Attach this onto your card base.

To make 4 scored panels at once, use your Scor-Pal and an 8" x 10" piece of cardstock. Score at 1", 2", 3", 5", 6" and 7" along the 8" side, and on the 10" side, score at 1", 2", 3", 4", 6", 7", 8", and 9". Then cut at 4" on the 8" side and then cut each of these pieces in half, at 5".