Festive Friday Challenge

It’s time for another Festive Friday Challenge!  I love being a designer for Festive Friday and this week’s challenge #FF0025  is Belly Laugh Day (Jan 24) and/or Stitching.   #festivefridaychallenge  I hope you’ll make a card or 3-D item and join us.  If you need help figuring out how to enter, please email me at Beth@StampingMom.com and I’d love to help you.  We just made it easier! You no longer have to register with Festive Friday.  Just post your picture on Pinterest or your blog and load it up at Festive Friday!

Project Supplies

STAMPS & BUNDLES

Piece of Cake Bundle (150579)

PAPER

Smoky Slate Cardstock (131202) , Granny Apple Green Cardstock (146990) ,  Whisper White Cardstock (100730), 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper- Brights (146964), Shimmery White Cardstock (101910)

INK

Momento Pad (132708) 

ADHESIVES

Snail Adhesive (104332), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

 OTHER

Big Shot (143263), Stampin’ Trimmer (126889),   Stitched Shapes Framelits (145372), Layering Ovals Framelits (141706),Stampin’ Blends- Highland Heather Combo Pack (147276), Granny Apple Green Combo Pack (147274), Smoky Slate Light (145054), Gingham Gala Adhesive-Backed Sequins (148561)

Measurements

• Cut 4-1/4” x 11” Smoky Slate Cardstock
• Cut 1-3/4″ x 5-1/2″ Gorgeous Grape Dots from 6″ x 6″ DSP
• Cut 3″x 4″ Granny Apple Green Cardstock
•  Cut 3” x 4” Whisper White Cardstock
•  Cut  4″ x 5-1/4″ Whisper White Cardstock for the inside of the card
• Cut  2″ x 5″ Whisper White Cardstock

Instructions

1. Score the Smokey Slate Cardstock at 5-1/2” to form the card base.  Crease using a bone folder.
2. Adhere the 1-3/4″ x 5-1/2″ Gorgeous Grape Dots to the left edge of Smokey Slate card base.
3. Run the 3″x 4″ Granny Apple Green Cardstock through the Big Shot with the largest Scalloped Oval Framelit.
4. Run the 3″x 4″  Whisper White Cardstock through the Big Shot with the largest Stitched Oval Framelit.
5. Stamp the  2″ x 5″ Whisper White Cardstock with the cake of your choice and stand using Momento ink and punch out with the Cake Builder Punch.
6. Color the cake and cake stand with the Stampin’ Blends.
7. On White Stitched Oval-Pop cake up on Stampin’ Dimensionals, adhere the cake stand and add three sequins.
8. Adhere White Stitched Oval to Granny Apple Green Scalloped Oval.
9. Pop Granny Apple Green Scalloped Oval on Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhere to card fron.
10. Email me with questions at Beth@StampingMom.com

Tips- Adhere the sequins according to the rule of odds. The “rule of odds” suggests that an odd number of subjects in an image is more interesting than an even number. Thus the suggestion is to choose an arrangement with at least three subjects, hence we have three sequins.   A triangular format creates a sense of stability and strength, therefore the sequins are placed in a triangular formation.  Who knew you could put so much thought into where to place the sequins and how many should be used?  What happens when one sequin falls off in the mail? Both rules are violated as we are left with two sequins in a line and the card automatically self-destructs!  🙂 If I send you a card and one sequin has fallen off, look for it in the envelope and reapply with a glue dot.  🙂

Another Tip- Always use Momento ink with Stampin’ Blends.  Always us Stazon ink when watercoloring.

 

Did you notice anything wrong with the picture above?  Me neither. I showed both Stampin’ Write markers and Stampin’ Blends because I thought both were used in the coloring of the cakes.  Silly me!  Why is it I don’t know what was used to color the cakes?  I guess I should admit that I didn’t color them.  Abby corrected me when she saw the picture and would like you to know that all the cakes were colored with only Stampin’ Blends.  🙂

Thanks Abby for coloring at least 15 cakes for me!  I’m going to miss you so much when you go back to college this weekend and not just because you emptied the dishwasher every day for a month, wrapped all the Christmas presents and helped me with lots of things way more than your brothers!  Love you Abby Dazzle! 🙂

Here’s more projects others have made with the Cake Builder Punch and Piece of Cake stamp set.

Please head over to Festive Friday Challenge and join us.  You can make a humorous card or card with stitching or both.

Blessings,

Beth 🙂

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