Kick stand card
Today’s sketch challenge on SCS is to make a kick stand card. I thought that would be the perfect card to spotlight the giraffe in Gina K.’s Just So Hippy set.
I started out with a 4 1/4″ x 10 1/4″ piece of Purely Pomegranate cardstock.
I scored that at 5 1/2″ and used the 4 3/4″ side as my card front. I took a thin 4 1/4″ long Whisper White strip and added scallops with my corner rounder. That was taped under the card front with only the scallops peaking out.
Next is a 4″ x 4 1/2″ piece of Basic Black cardstock followed by a 3 3/4″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Darling Doodles Designer paper (I am still bummed that it is retired now. It has such fun designs.) I added Faux Stitching with my Argyle stamp from All in a Row.
After taping the Black cardstock and the designer paper together, I tied a piece of Wild Wasabi Double Stitched Grosgrain ribbon around it.
The giraffe was stamped with Black Palette ink on a 2 1/2″ x 4 5/8″ piece watercolor paper and colored in with Aqua Painter and Classic inks (Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Groovy Guava and Purely Pomegranate). I doodled grass with my 08 black Micron pen. The image was layered on a 1/4″ bigger piece of Basic Black cardstock.
I stamped the saying in black on Whisper White cardstock. I punched it out with my 3/4″ circle punch and layered it first on a 1″ piece of Wild Wasabi, then a 1 1/4″ Soft Sky circle. Next came a 1 3/8″ Purely Pomegranate circle and last a black scallop circle. I added doodles to the Wasabi circle and paper pierced the Soft Sky one.
The image still needed something so I added a small black photo corner to the top right. Three celery brads were added.
I can’t help myself. My images need to be either punched with the ticket corner punch, paper pierced, faux stitched with All in a Row or they need a photo corner. Otherwise they don’t look done to me. I wonder if I ever grow out of that phase and what I will think about it in a year or two. LOL
I think I will send this card to Rick! I love that saying.
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Oh Beate, this is so STINKIN’ CUTE! OH my goodness!
Posted by: Charmaine | January 9th, 2008 12:20
Sweet! Well whatever it is you always need to add it works! Your card are nothing short than FABULOUS!
Posted by: Michelle | January 9th, 2008 12:57
This card is ADORABLE, I love it!!
Posted by: Shar aka your once SAM | January 9th, 2008 14:03
very cute! love the bright colors-seems like the ticket corner punch, paper piercing, faux stitching with All in a Row or photo corners are your signature now. just like the tent toppers are Mish’s!
Posted by: Donna | January 9th, 2008 15:16
Great card Beate!!! So fun too.
Posted by: Alli Miles | January 9th, 2008 15:38
This card is so great! this giraf stamp is really cute and you used it in a really beautiful way
Posted by: Pesc | January 9th, 2008 16:49
So cute! I love this! I so love that you do what you do! I learn so much from you! I’ve never even heard of a kickstand card. I am really excited to give this a try! Take care!
Posted by: Jennifer Buck | January 9th, 2008 17:17
I love this kickstand card…I seen bunches, yours is tops!!!
Posted by: Lisa Banks | January 9th, 2008 20:18
Beate, I love your cards and all your tutorials. I have printed them all. I use them in my classes. I hope you will take a peek at my blog: Keep up the GREAT work.
Pat
Posted by: Pat Limberg | January 9th, 2008 20:53
Too cute!
Posted by: Amanda Grimsley | January 9th, 2008 22:03
Beautifully done, Beate! I keep debating about ordering this set and this card might be putting me over the edge!
Posted by: Karen | January 9th, 2008 22:32
SO cute!!!! Love the LO, and your image is colored to perfection!
Posted by: Michele | January 9th, 2008 22:55
What a great kick-stand card! I love the colors/papers, and that adorable giraffe!! Darling!!
Posted by: Rose Ann | January 10th, 2008 02:06
Love the giraffe image and what you’ve done with it. What a fun, happy card!
Posted by: Amy Sheffer | January 10th, 2008 11:15
Very cute card !! Love it !!
Posted by: Janine | January 10th, 2008 12:27
I did not even realize when you emailed me the pic that this was a kickstand card!!! LOVE IT! I only discovered those a about a month ago on SCS and I was thinking this tall image could make a really fun one, but hadn’t tried it yet. Now I don’t have to!
(jk, yes, I will, gotta go make one just like YOURS 
Posted by: Melanie | January 10th, 2008 14:07