Layers of Beauty for As You See It Challenge #352

It's an interesting challenge thought up by my team mate, Joanne, over at As You See It Challenges, this week! It's a Fill in the Blank Challenge which asks what your favourite shape is to use on a card. For a multitude of reasons, which I won't go into here, I got a late start, and when I checked out what my teammates had chosen, circles was pretty much done to death, albeit beautifully. Someone had chosen squares, and that left triangles, rectangles and ovals. But when I really thought about it, the shape that I really use the most often, even though some might consider it boring, is the rectangle. I wouldn't know what to do without it!! But how to make an interesting card using the same old, same old?

Then I remembered an old technique called triple time stamping, which involves matting the layers of white panels with coloured cardstock. Before adding the mattes, however, you stack the white layers, centering each one on the larger one previous, anchoring them lightly with a little semi-permanent tape. Then you stamp a large image that covers all the layers and colour it in. After, you separate the white layers and insert the mattes between them. Anyway, here's the Challenge Banner:

And here's the card I came up with using this technique again:

• I started with a base of Azure Afternoon, and using the Deckled Rectangle dies I created a series of panels of Basic White cardstock and Balmy Blue mattes, each smaller than the next until I had 3 white panels and 2 mattes.
• I separated all the white panels and centered them on each other, smallest first, securing them with temporary hold tape.
• Then I used the large image from the photopolymer stamp set, Layers of Beauty, inked up in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, to stamp the image across all three panels.
• Keeping all the layers secured together, I used Stampin' Blends markers to colour in the image with combos in Balmy Blue, Old Olive, Berry Blush, Lemon Lime Twist and Pool Party Light for shadowing.
• I separated the white layers and adhered them to their mattes, then glued them all on the card front in order.
• The sentiment, from the Layers of Beauty stamp set, was stamped on the smallest deckled rectangle, in Old Olive, and added to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
• Clear embellishments were added.

 

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Layers Of Beauty Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163514]	Layers Of Beauty Bundle (English) [163519]	Azure Afternoon 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161719]	Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090]	Berry Burst Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161681]	Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154830]	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892]
Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161682]	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894]	Opal Rounds Assortment [163298]	Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]
Stampin' Seal [152813]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Happy Hibiscus for As You See It Challenge #351

As I'm sure I've mentioned before, I'm driven or motivated by colour, so colour challenges are some of my favourites (or not, depending on the combinations)! This week AYSI has a vibrant mix of colours that remind me of Hawaii. This palette was suggested by my team mate, Deborah, and I've named the challenge Tropical Floral. Here's the challenge banner:

(The other thing it reminds me of is watermelon, but that's another card.) I have had the Happy Hibiscus bundle for awhile, but haven't had a chance to use it, so at the fund raiser I held a few weeks ago, once I got a little breathing space, I actually got a chance to work on a couple of cards and this was one of them.

• The card base is Basic White Thick cardstock 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4".
• The first panel is Basic White cardstock cut at 5 1/4" x 4", and embossed with the Happy Hibiscus 3D embossing folder.
• I stamped the outlines of the hibiscus flowers and leaves in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and filled in the centers with Melon Mambo and Garden Green, respectively. Then they were die cut with the Happy Hibiscus dies.
• The Peach Pie Plumeria flowers were die cut with dies from the Happy Hibiscus dies as well as the other leaves and were made from straight Peach Pie and Garden Green cardstock.
• The sentiment was from the Happy Hibiscus stamp set and was stamped in Tuxedo Black ink and die cut with a banner from the Happy Hibiscus stamp set.
• Everything was adhered to the card front, using Stampin' Seal and Dimensionals. The 2024-2026 In Colour Shimmer Gems form the center for some of the flowers. The ribbon under the sentiment is Peach Pie bordered ribbon.

 

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Happy Hibiscus Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [164877]	Happy Hibiscus Bundle (English) [164880]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Peach Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [163799]
Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102584]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051]	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089]	2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems [163781]
Peach Pie 3/8" (1 Cm) Bordered Ribbon [163783]	Happy Hibiscus Hybrid Embossing Folder [164879]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Stampin' Seal [152813]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]

Kintsugi Inspirations Suite for As You See It Challenge #350 - Triptych

 

Which are your favourite As You See It challenges? I think Sketch challenges are among my favourites, because they lay out the structure for my projects. In this challenge, #350, we get a trio of panels creating interest in the top of the card, so I named the sketch Triptych, which refers to a 3 panel art display. This sketch was designed by my Design Teammate Joanne.

I just happened to be at a crop fund raiser when I tackled this challenge, and we got a half pack of the Kintsugi Inspirations DSP to work with, so I decided to use some of that suite to create the card. Here's the result:

• I used a card base of Azure Afternoon with a 4" x 5 1/4" panel of Lemon Lime Twist on top. The holes were cut with one of the retired Stitched Rectangle Dies spaced evenly across the top of the card.
• Behind the rectangular openings is a piece of Kintsugi Inspirations DSP glued to the card base.
• The sentiment, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, is from the Inspiring Imperfections bundle, and is die cut using one of the Stylish Shapes dies.
• The flowers are stamped with Petal Pink and Lemon Lime Twist and die cut using the Inspiring Imperfections dies. They are tucked in amongst the die cut rectangular openings.
• The strip of 3/8" Gold Striped Mesh Ribbon takes the place of the twine bow in the sketch.

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Inspiring Imperfections Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [165161]	Inspiring Imperfections Bundle (English) [165167]	Kintsugi Inspirations 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [165159]	Azure Afternoon 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161719]	Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144245]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108]	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [147145]	Gold Striped 3/8" (1 Cm) Mesh Ribbon [165599]
Inspiring Imperfections Dies [165166]	*Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820]	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]
Stampin' Seal [152813]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

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