Global Design Project #31 - Definitely Dahlia

Participating in a challenge today with Global Design Project #31, a theme challenge! I'm also continuing to play with my Definitely Dahlia stamp. You've seen a lot of brighter samples using this stamp so it's time for a palette change and I decided to use more earthy colours for this card with Soft Suede and Pear Pizzazz.

Keeping to the more earthy feel of this card, the Linen Thread is ideal in keeping with that theme. The Antique Brad I used is so close in colour to the Soft Suede, I had to use it as a bit of embellishment. There are no popped up layers for this card as I knew the Linen Thread and Antique Brad would be thick enough in the envelope.

For the inside, just a simple stamping of a portion of the Dahlia.

You should hop on over to the challenge to see the lovely designer team's inspirational contributions to the challenge, and also have a peek at the creations of those that are participating.

Below you can see a list of the product I used to create this long card (9 1/4"w x 4"h) that fits perfectly into a size 10 business envelope.

Happy Stamping everyone!

Definitely Dahlia Clear-Mount Background Stamp

Cottage Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Clear Block F

Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

Linen Thread

Antique Brads

Fast Fuse Adhesive

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KYLIE'S INTERNATIONAL BLOG HOP - Thank You

I follow Kylie Bertucci's blog, and she is hosting an International Blog Hop for Thank You cards. All Canadian and US participants must have their entries in by 11:00pm PST tomorrow! SO I thought why not?

Nearly two weeks ago I received my "Number of Years" bundle and really wanted to use it. I also wanted to play with Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Basic Gray, & Smoky Slate. The goal was to see if I could use flowers and neutral colours to create a card that could just as easily be given to a man or a woman.

I will let you judge as to how successful that goal was.


This card is 5" x 5" (I wanted to make a square card as well), and the masked interior square is 3" x 3". I cut down a sticky note to that size and centered it in the front of the card. I stamped away around this with Archival Basic Black. I then stamped several blossoms in Whisper White and let it dry. Next came stamping over the white flowers a second time with Smoky Slate, deliberately off setting the blossom. And the last stamping were the filler blossoms with Smoky Slate directly onto the Crumb Cake.

Then came the faux stitching with a white gel pen, stamping the sentiment, and lastly attaching the Metallic Silver Buttons of which black Baker's Twine was fed through, and then using the Fine Tip Glue Pen to attach them with.

In this next photo you can see that there are no layers! Yes, big surprise; layer loving me didn't do it.

But, for the inside I felt I had to. I stamped the corners in a similar fashion as the front, not needing the Whisper White ink pad of course.

So there is my unisex Thank You card (I think). Thank you for having a peek at it. I look forward to seeing all the cards that are entered for this challenge. Be sure to have a peek yourself. There may be something there that will inspire you!

Happy Stamping!

What I used in the making of this card.

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set

Cottage Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

White Signo Uni-Ball Gel Pen

Silver Basic Metal Buttons

Basic Black Baker's Twine

Tear & Tape Adhesive

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

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Pretty Pettals & Remarkable You Thank You

I guess I am getting tired of creating with colours for Christmas, so needing a Thank You card, I decided to go with neutrals, choosing Crumb Cake, Vanilla, & Basic Black using the "Pretty Petals"DSP Stack.

I did make a mistake in my calculations, however.  You can see that black matted polk-a-dot piece is too wide. I opted to use it anyway, offsetting it, and hoping it looks like I meant for it to be that way...lol.

Side view to see the layering...

The black sequins add a little something as well as a bit of sparkle when the light hits it right.

And, for the inside...

...I off stamped the Basic Black Archival Ink twice before stamping on the inside. Check out the supplies used below.

So there you have a simple Thank You card. Happy stamping!

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