Last July I was invited to join a great group of talented stampers who are also Stampin’ Up! demonstrators: the Great Swaps Girls. Recently the GSG started a blog, and it features weekly challenges. I made this card for the first GSG Featured Swapper challenge, where we get to choose a card made by Jackie Pedro (her work is awesome!) and CASE it.
I picked this beautiful Stem Silhouettes card as my starting point. My card measures 5-1/4″ by 5-1/4″ and I didn’t seem to have enough room for all the layers Jackie used. I managed to get a little bit of piercing in on the main panel. I moved the ribbon to the side, because it was covering up too much of the bird. The Styled Silver Designer Label frame fit perfectly on top of the ribbon.
The bird was stamped in Wild Wasabi ink and then masked, so that I could sponge some Soft Sky ink around it. The edges of the main panel were sponged with Certainly Celery ink.
Hope I did Jackie’s card justice!
All supplies by Stampin’ Up!® unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Always, One of a Kind
Paper: Certainly Celery, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, Spring Silhouettes Designer Series Paper
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, Soft Sky
Accessories: Certainly Celery 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Designer Label Punch, 1/4″ Circle Punch, 1/8″ Circle Punch, Crafters’ Tool Kit, Stampin’ Dimensionals
10 responses so far ↓
1 Lyndsay // Apr 24, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Hi! I really like this card and the colors you chose to make it. What’s the name of the bird stamp? I’d love to get one but don’t know where it’s from. Thanks! Lyndsay
2 Lizette // Apr 25, 2008 at 7:10 am
This card is so beautiful ! Great colours.
3 Judy (StampingQueenJAR) // Apr 25, 2008 at 7:17 am
Beautifully done, Vera! I really like the colors and the HPH~
4 Judy (StampingQueenJAR) // Apr 25, 2008 at 7:18 am
I forgot to say thanks for the GSG blog link too!!
5 AubrieB // Apr 25, 2008 at 7:49 am
This is just gorgeous. I love the colors and the layout. The DSPs are FAB!
6 Jessica Russell // Apr 25, 2008 at 8:39 am
Vera, this is a beautiful card. I love the combination of patterns. I think I will have to get this set… I keep telling myself I don’t need it, but cards like this make me NEED it! 🙂
7 Rhonda L // Apr 25, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Beautiful card!! Love the colors and the sponging around the bird!!
8 Becky // Apr 27, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Wow, Vera, this turned out beautiful! Great case!
9 Monique Van Keuren // Apr 27, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for playing along Vera you did a GREAT job!
10 jackie // Apr 27, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Of course you did my card justice!! Your cards are awesome, Vera, and this one is no exception!! Thanks for playing!!