Wednesday 12 October 2016

"Fall"ing out of Summer

Welcome to my first blog post! I guess I should introduce myself...My name is Stephen and I'm relatively new to stamping. I stumbled into this wonderful world of card making a little over 2 years ago when a client of mine passed away. I am crafty by nature and was looking for something special to gift to my clients to ease their loss. I thought to myself, "I wonder if I could make a card?"...minutes later, I was on YouTube looking up card making tutorials and was instantly sucked in. I went to my local scrapbook store and purchased some paper, Copic markers, and a stamp set and proceeded to make my very first card. Over the last two years I have taken the time to watch countless hours of YouTube videos and reading peoples blogs and scouring Instagram to learn and to seek out inspiration, and the rest as they say is history. 

For my first Blog entry, I decided to create a card using the, "Flutter By" stamp set by Lawn Fawn.
Now I know what you are probably thinking...why am I using a Summery stamp set in the Fall? Well, to be honest...I am not quite ready to let go of the wonderful Summer I had. I decided to "Fall" up the card by using more soft muted tones in my Copic markers and accents of gold with embossing powder as well as some enamel dots from Nuvo Crystal Drops.  


I stamped the images with Intense Black ink by Simon Says Stamp onto a 4.25" by 5.5" piece of 100lb Hammermill Colour Copy Cover. After I was finished colouring, I glued my card front onto a piece of heavy weight card stock that was cut to measure 4.25" by 11" and scored at 5.5". 


Once the glue had set, I cut the top portion of the card front off and added a piece of heavy weight velum that I had coloured with my Copic's in warm greys. I then stamped the butterflies and leaves from the Flutter By stamp set onto the velum with VersaMark ink and heat set with some gold embossing powder by Stampin' Up. To finish off the card, I added some Bright Gold crystal drops by Nuvo and I rounded the top corner of the card with my corner chopper from We R Memory Keepers.


Thank you for stopping by, if you have any questions or comments please leave them below - I would love to hear from you!


P.S. If you are Canadian and would like to purchase some of the supplies I used to make this card, please check out one of my favourite local stores Two Scrapbook Friends 

Till next time - Stephen 

17 comments:

  1. Wow Steve. you are always amazing and congrats and beautiful card. I love all the trchniques and your pics too. Cant wait to see more from you.

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    1. Thank you very much! I am so glad I finally got around to doing a blog.

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  2. Good job geting the blog up! Excited as always to see more from you. ❤

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  3. Wow!!! I truly had to look and see if that was the stamp set I thought it was. I am so impressed. The blog is amazing. I don't visit too many blogs anymore because of the convenience of Instagram and Facebook, but I will be visiting this one for sure! You are a true inspiration!!

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    1. Thank you so much! I can't wait to start my next card and work on my next blog post.

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  4. Carolyn told me to check your work out...unlike her I'm a fan of blogs and would rather visit them instead of the "regular" social media sites. :-)

    Lovely card! The gold embossing powder looks amazing! Can't wait to see what you create next.

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    1. Awesome!! thanks so much for joining me here! can't wait to share my next project!

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  5. Congratulations Stephen on completing your blog! You are off to a great start with an amazing card (I didn't think I needed that stamp set...but apparently I do! Thank you for sharing how you created the card and the great photos. I look forward to many more posts!

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    1. Thank you so much Debbie! I can't wait to work on my next blog entry

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  6. Yay! I'm so happy to see this - and gorgeous card! I love that this all started with your desire to make pet sympathy cards. Warms my heart. Beautiful blog - I can't wait to see more!

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    1. Thank you so much for stopping by Lydia! That means a lot to me. I am so thankful for stumbling into this wonderful world of stamping

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