Sun Prints Suite for As You See It Challenge #273

Oh, yeah! Time for my favourite of all challenges, a colour challenge from As You See It! I'm so colour driven in my creating that I look forward to these as they roll around every seven weeks! What's exciting about this one is that when Team Member LeAnne designed this challenge back at the end of December, she had no idea that these colours would be used so extensively in up coming catalogues!

As soon as I saw them, I thought of the *Sun Prints Suite, since two of the colours are featured in the *Sun Prints Designer Series Paper, Night of Navy and Pacific Point. It was easy to add the Balmy Blue using layers and by stamping images from the *Nature's Prints Cling Stamp Set. Here's how my fun fold design ended up:

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• I cut a regular card base from Pacific Point card stock at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored it at 4 1/4". Then I cut off some of the front panel, cutting at 3" from the folded edge. 
• I added a layer of Balmy Blue cardstock to both the inside and the outside. The inside measurement was 4" x 5 1/4" and the outside measurement was 2 3/4" x 5 1/4".
• I added two different patterns from the *Sun Prints DSP to the outside and inside. The measurement for the outside piece was 2 1/2" x 5" and the inside piece was 3 3/4" x 5".
• Inside I cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 2 1/2" x 4 3/4". It will be mounted under the flap so it can't be seen from the outside and used to write the greetings on.
• I stamped the gingko leaves in balmy blue and the fern in Pacific Point and die cut both with coordinating dies from the *Natural Prints Dies. The sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy and the splatter image was added in stamped off Balmy Blue and die cut with a die from the Tasteful Labels dies (which are retiring and I'm devastated!)
• I blended some Balmy Blue and Pacific Point ink on a small section of Basic White cardstock and added the splatter image in a couple of places in Pacific Point ink. Then I die cut a couple of the leafy sprigs from the *Natural Prints Dies from that paper.
• All the leafy die cuts were arranged on the front panel and secured with glue dots. The sentiment was added using dimensionals and a double bow of white baker's twine added to the bottom.

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Here's what the inside looks like, images from the *Nature's Print set:

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Pacific Point 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [111350] $12.00	Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982] $12.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $10.25	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $10.25
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $10.25	Blending Brushes [153611] $16.25	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $15.00	Tasteful Labels Dies [152886] $42.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

*Nature's Prints Stamp Set, *Natural Prints Dies, *Sun Prints Designer Series Paper

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Evergreen Border Punch for As You See It Challenge

 This is a short post today because it's the start of OnStage and I have 2 other blog posts to write for As You See It Challenges as well! It's a new Recipe Challenge today cooked up by Team Member Jan. Check out the challenge banner:

I always love creating in shades of neutral. I find them very warm and comforting. I decided to try a Christmas card in neutral tones:

• On an Early Espresso base I added an embossed sheet of Soft Suede using the Evergreen Forest 3D embossing folder.
• I used the Evergreen Border Punch and punched out 3 borders of evergreen trees: one in Gray Granite cardstock; one in Very Vanilla cardstock; and one in Copper Brushed Metallic cardstock.
• I arranged those in a staggered way on the card front to create depth. I used glue dots to attach the back two borders, but used black dimensionals for the front metallic border to increase the illusion of depth.
• On a scalloped circular label die cut with the Tasteful Labels dies I embossed the one word sentiment Noel from the Tidings and Trimmings stamp set in Copper embossing powder. It is mounted with dimensionals over a layer of the Gold Shimmer Ribbon from the Blackberry Beauty suite and added little snippets of Early Espresso Faux Suede Trim and Gold Fine Art Ribbon.

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Product List

Tidings & Trimmings Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [153503] $24.00	Tidings & Trimmings Bundle (English) [155716] $54.75	Brushed Metallic Cardstock [153524] $20.00	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $12.00	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115318] $12.00
Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146983] $12.00	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $13.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $24.00	Gold 3/8" (1 Cm) Shimmer Ribbon [156470] $11.00
Early Espresso 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Faux Suede Trim [152472] $8.75	3/8" (1 Cm) Fine Art Ribbon [154561] $10.25	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder [153576] $13.50	Evergreen Border Punch [153603] $31.00
Tasteful Labels Dies [152886] $42.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $82.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack [150893] $8.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50