Featured Stamper: Cammie
Yesterday’s Featured Stamper on SCS was Carolyn, aka. Cammie! I love her work. When you have a minute, check out her gorgeous gallery.
Carolyn has several gate fold cards in her gallery that she closed with a card band. I decided to case that design.
I am sure you aren’t shocked when I tell you that I made a square gatefold, instead of the rectangle ones Carolyn made. LOL
And you are probably aren’t surprised about the cardbase color either. Yep….Chocolate chip.
I took my 5 1/4″ piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock and scored it at 2 5/8″ and 7 7/8″. I sponged all the edges with chocolate chip.
For the layers on my two flaps I took two 2 3/8″ x 5″ pieces of Sage Shadow and stamped the outer part with the Paisley from Wanted in Chocolate Chip. Then I sponged around the edges, distressed the sides with the cutter kit and taped them down.
Next were two 2 1/8″ x 4 3/4″ pieces of Outlaw designer paper. I sponged the edges of the striped paper just a tad with chocolate chip and then the rest of the paper a bit with Creamy Caramel. I distressed the edges again, taped the paper down and added faux stitching with the All in a Row Argyle stamp.
For the main image I stamped the Cowboy from Bronc Buster in Chocolate Chip craft ink on a 3″ x 3 1/4″ piece of Natural Ivory cardstock and then embossed him with the retired chocolate embossing powder (Earth Element Embossing powder stack). I inked up the Paisley from Wanted in Creamy caramel, stamped it off once and then stamped it over the image. I repeated it all over the main panel. Next the edges of the cardstock were distressed with the cutter kit, sponged first with creamy caramel, then with Really Rust and last with Chocolate Chip. I added a bit of Creamy Caramel sponging to the entire piece to age it.
The photo corner was punched out of Really Rust cardstock with the Photo corner punch. I stamped the medaillon from Wanted over it, sponged it first with Really Rust, then with Chocolate chip and adhered it to the top right corner.
The next two layers are made with Sage Shadow and Really Rust cardstock. Each layer is a 1/4″ bigger then the last. The Sage shadow cardstock was stamped and sponged like the panels for the gate folds. The Really Rust cardstock was sponged with Really Rust and Chocolate chip. Both layers were distressed.
I taped all three layers together, added three Pewter brads from the vintage brads to the corner and flipped over the top right corner of the ivory layer.
I was asked how I keep my brads in such a staight line. I use my Paper piercing template from stamping up for all brad placements. It’s easy and it will keep them straight and in the right distance between each other. Remember, I am German. I like ORDER! LOL
For the card band I scored a 1 1/2″ x 11″ piece of Really Rust cardstock strip at 5 3/8″ and 10 3/4″.
I taped it shut on the 1/4″ scored end, distressed the edges and sponged it first with Really Rust, then with Chocolate Chip.
The next layer was a 1 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of sponged and distressed chocolate chip strip.
The last layer was a 1″ x 5 1/4″ strip of Natural Ivory cardstock. It was stamped with Creamy Caramel and the Paisley stamp, then sponged with Creamy Caramel and the edges with Chocolate Chip. I stamped the star/swirl image in chocolate chip far to the left. I stamped another one of those image on a scrap piece of Ivory cardstock cut out the star and then sponged it with Really Rust and Chocolate Chip. That was layered on top of my image on the band.
All three layers were taped together and a Pewter brad was added in the center of the star.
On the inside I stamped the Medaillon and Paisley from Wanted in chocolate chip on the flaps. For the center I cut a 5″ square of Natural Ivory cardstock, sponged and stamped it to match the rest of the card. I also added the bigger Really Rust photo corner. It was sponged and stamped just like his little brother on the main image.
After all that sponging, which took quite a while, my finger tips were DARK. I really enjoyed making this card and like how it turned out. Sorry this entry was like…FOREVER long!
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