Welcome back to our Spring Issue Challenge Week! Today we have a special guest to challenge us, and treat us to two gorgeous new card creations! Don’t miss out on what you can win at the end of the post if you play along with today’s challenge, too!

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Hi SCT friends! I’m Tiffany@ink.therapy.designs, and I am SO excited to be a guest on the SCT blog today for Spring Issue Challenge Week! I know it is only early March, but I wanted to get a jump start on Mother’s Day and make my mom’s card. With Mother’s Day on my mind, I have two cards for inspiration. Both cards use the same color palette and roughly the same products. I love finding ways to stretch my supplies so I hope you pick up some tips to do that along the way!

Card 1: One of a Kind

Supplies | The Stamp Market: Book DieTrue Story Stamp SetTrue Story DiesMom Layering Die; TSM Cardstock: WisteriaLilacIslandJadeDiamond Glitter

I started by assembling The Stamp Market Book Die from Lilac, Wisteria, and white cardstock. It is easy to put together, and there is a video that makes assembly easy on The Stamp Market’s YouTube channel. This die is so versatile! Imagine adding any of your floral or pattern stamps to create designs for anyone and for any occasion! Books are universal and gender-neutral. My mom’s favorite color is lilac, so I wanted to do a tone-on-tone look with lilac being the dominant color. I chose tones of teal as accent colors.

From the True Story stamp set, I heat embossed the sub-sentiments and the detail on the book spine using white embossing powder. On the book cover, I stamped one of the vine stamps twice in embossing ink to add subtle detail without distracting from the focal point. For the top sentiment, I masked off a portion of the stamp so I would only get ‘you’re’. This is a good tip to ensure your stamps are working for you. Snip your clear stamps apart or mask certain sections to get more from your stamps.


Next, I die cut the Mom Layering Die several times from various colors of cardstock and Diamond Glitter cardstock. I adhered the layers together with liquid glue offsetting each layer slightly. I adhered the sentiment with foam tape for dimension. I also die cut several flowers from the Book Die set from white cardstock and the detail layer from Diamond Glitter cardstock. I embellished the flowers and the front of the book with clear jewels.

To finish the card, I made a background by repeatedly stamping a tall vine image from True Story in various tones of teal dye ink. I love how the background picks up the colors in the sentiment and ties the color story together. To finish, I adhered everything together on a top-folding, A2 card base.

Card 2: On My Mind and Heart

This card was inspired by one of the Winter 2021 issue sketches—take a look!

I love card layouts because if I am ever stuck or need a jumping-off point, I find a sketch I like and work from that. Composition is half the battle, so with a card sketch you aren’t starting from scratch.

I started by using one of the dies in the Book Die set to create a window in an A2 panel of white cardstock. On another piece of cardstock, I used the book spine detail stamp from True Story to create a pattern. Using my MISTI, I repeatedly stamped in rows and silver heat embossed. Look through your stamp sets and see if any stamps can be turned into patterns with repeat stamping. It’s another great way to stretch your stamps. I adhered the completed pattern behind the window opening.

 

Next, I die cut the flowers and leaves from the Book Die set in the same cardstock colors as the first card. I arranged the flowers around the window opening similar to the sketch. To add a little filler, I stamped one of the vines from Love Story in two tones of purple and die cut with the coordinating die. I snipped the resulting die cut apart for more flexibility in placement.

I silver heat embossed the sentiment on vellum and trimmed it into a banner with scissors. I adhered the sentiment with clear foam tape hidden behind the heat embossing. Clear foam tape is a fabulous option if you ever have trouble adhering vellum or want that extra dimension. Finally, I embellished the card front with clear jewels and splatters of matching, diluted dye ink. I adhered the completed card front to an A2 card base.

I hope you enjoyed the cards and learned a couple of tips on stretching your supplies. I loved that I could get two completely different cards with the same set of supplies. I encourage you to pull out a stamp set, some dies, and cardstock and see how creative you can get with a limited supply list and a card sketch! Thank you for reading and have a wonderful day!

Find more of Tiffany’s creations here : Instagram | Blog | Pinterest

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Wow! Weren’t Tiffany’s cards stunning? Inspiring, for sure! Use her inspiration and the sketch that Tiffany used above to create, then submit based on the guidelines below to be entered to win this:

You can use this $25 gift card any way you’d like in the SCT shop! Whether it is toward an online class that you can take at your own pace, to an upcoming event, or one of our popular subscriptions, get a bit more creativity in your life with this gift! Here’s how to enter:

Challenge Guidelines:

  1. Create any kind of project using the sketch found above;
  2. Submit an image of your creation by Wednesday, March 30th at midnight ET to us (must be under 2MB!) at ideas@scrapbookandcards.com;
  3. Put “Spring Issue Sketch Challenge” in your reference line;

Winners will be announced here on the blog on Tuesday, April 5th! We can’t wait to see your creations in our inbox! Come back tomorrow for our third challenge, and another great prize!