Stampin' Fancy Friday - Sketch Challenge

 Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today I'll be sharing with you a fun sketch challenge for Stampin' Fancy Friday. The design team were asked to create a fancy project using the sketch provided. 

A sketch challenge is a huge time saver when it comes to card making and I love this layout. I went for a shabby chic look using pretty paper and I distressed the edges of the paper with Paper Snips. 

The products I've used are Sentimental Park Bundle and Regency Park Designer Series Paper the paper is stunning and I love the colours too! They are in the Stampin' Up! Jan to April 2023 Mini Catalogue.

Stating with Night of Navy Cardstock for the card base, I stamped the flower images directly onto the card using Night of Navy Ink. Then I added layers of Regency Park Designer Series Paper, followed by die-cut images from Sentimental Park Dies in Night of Navy and Basic White Cardstock. There are so many pretty detailed dies to create with!

I finished off the card using the Something Fancy Stamp Set for the sentiment. Tied a bow using White Baker's Twine and added a few Polished Dots embellishments. 

Make sure you visit the Stampin' Fancy Friday Instagram and Facebook pages for lots of ideas using this sketch and we hope you'll join in the challenge with us.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my project by leaving a comment below.

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Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

Artistically Inked Bundle - Masculine Card

 Hello and welcome,

I really like to create masculine cards and sometimes I just don't seem to make enough of them. It was my hubby's birthday yesterday and I always love to create him a special card. I just received my Stampin' Up! order from the new Annual Catalogue for 2021 - 2022 and of course I ordered the Artistically Inked Bundle. Everything in this suite is so beautiful!  

Over on Stampin' Fancy Friday Facebook page and Instagram Page it's Manly May - masculine card challenge for the month of May. I'm loving their ideas and especially Martin's Mayham Stitched Stars card the combination of blues, yellow, grey and white is a great colour combo. 

The colours I've used are Night of Navy for the card base and tone on tone panel. I've stamped the watercolour stamp images in Night of Navy Ink onto the panel randomly. This gives a nice background for my card.

To create the detailed leaves dies I've used the Blending Brushes with Basic White Cardstock, I applied lightly using Night of Navy Ink to the cardstock and splattered Night of Navy Ink using the light Stampin' Blend. I did the same for the yellow leaves this time using Bumblebee Ink and Daffodil Delight dark Stampin' Blend. I really like the tones of Bumblebee against Night of Navy.

The stitched circle swirl is from the Painted Labels Dies, I've added Night of Navy Ink with the Blending Brush to Basic White Cardstock and stamped the watercolour image in Misty Moonlight Ink onto the die cut piece.

The sentiment is from the Artistically Inked Stamp Set, I've stamped Bumblebee Ink onto a strip of Basic White Cardstock and then a strip of Night of Navy Cardstock, heat embossed using Versamark Ink, White Stampin' Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.

To finish off the card I've added Daffodil Delight Ice Cream Corner Sprinkles. Here's to making more of masculine cards! That's my challenge. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love hear your thoughts on my project by leaving a comment below.

If you live in Australia, you can purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products by shopping with me at my online store here.

You can request the Stampin' Up! 2021 - 2022 Annual Catalogue here

Happy Stamping!

Vicki Boucher