Anna’ Stampin’ Cave – Colourful Striped Background For Global Design Project – I am Guest Designer
Hello, my friends! I am so excited as today I am a Guest Designer for Global Design Project. How amazing is that?! I’m so humbled and honoured that GDP team has chosen me to join them for this week’s Colour Challenge. And boy, what a great colours we have to play with!
Choose your fav three wasn’t an option for me because I love all of these and wouldn’t know which to choose, to be honest. So I decided to be a rebel and for my project today I’ve used all five. Let’s say this post is a farewell to these beautiful In Colours.
Colourful Striped Background card dimensions:
- Mint Macaron cardstock: 11-6/8″ x 4-1/8″ scored in half at 5-7/8″ (29.7 x 10.5 cm scored in half at 14.8 cm)
- Very Vanilla cardstock: two panels, one for the card front, one for the inside of the card 5-7/8″ x 4″ (14.8 cm x 10.2 cm) each
- cardstock for building the background: 5-7/8″ x 3-1/2″ (14.8 cm x 8.9 cm)
- scraps of cardstock in colours: Mint Macaron, Delightful Dijon, Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush and Tip Top Taupe
- White Vellum for stamping and die-cutting
I started my card by creating this fun and colourful striped background. I took my scraps of cardstock of 2015-2017 In Colours and I cut it into strips of different widths. Next, I took a piece of cardstock (random colour as it won’t be seen anyway), covered it in glue, using snail adhesive, and adhered my strips diagonally, mixing colours and widths, making sure there’s no space left in-between the strips. When the whole panel was covered, I trimmed any overhanging stripes.
Can you see the shimmer on this panel? I took empty spritzer bottle and fill it with water. Next, I took Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush and squeezed pretty few drops of it into the spritzer. I shake it really well, spritz my entire panel with this glittery mist and let it dry.
I took the Very Vanilla panel and die-cut this intricate butterfly from Butterflies Framelits Dies in the middle of it. I also die-cut solid butterfly from vellum using Bold Butterfly Framelit Dies.
Using t-ruler, I draw two diagonal (and parallel) lines at the back of my panel. Using these lines as guides, I cut my panel into three and discarded the middle piece. Next, I stamped this lovely chicken wire (kinda) pattern from Butterfly Basics Stamp Set all over the other two pieces. I stamped it in Mint Macaron and to create this faded look I stamp off twice before I stamped on the cardstock.
I adhered my Very Vanilla pieces to the background panel, with butterflies inlaid between them: vellum butterfly at the bottom and vanilla one on the top, and added the whole panel to the card base with liquid adhesive.
For the sentiment, I chose “Sending Wishes Your Way”, also from Butterfly Basics Stamp Set. I prepared vellum with embossing buddy, dabbed my stamp in Versamark and straight away in Basic Black Archival ink, and stamped it onto vellum. Sprinkled it with clear embossing powder and heat set it. Adhered it to the card with few tiny drops of Fine-Tip Glue Pen. All that’s left was to add second Very Vanilla panel inside of the card. Done!
Once again I wanted to thank amazing GDP team for this opportunity and privilege, that I could showcase my project alongside such wonderful artists. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
As always, I really want to encourage you to visit the Global Design Project challenge and play along. You too have a chance to be the next Guest Designer
Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day,
Anna, this is stunning! The colour panel is a work of art. Thank you so much for being a guest designer for the GDP this week. xo
Thank you Louise x I’m humbled and honoured to be a guest designer for GDP. Thank you for this opportunity x
Anna, this is a gorgeous project! You make me sad that these colors are retiring, because now I am in love with them all over again! I love that the colors are visible through the vellum wings, such a great touch!
Congrats on being a guest designer at GDP this week! You totally rocked it!
Thank you so much Natalie xx I’m glad you like it x I will definitely miss these colours, so love them. And totally blown away for being chosen to be a guest designer xx
lovely card
Thank you Margaret xx
Wow, love your card Anna. Thank you for the detailed instructions of how you achieved this fantastic look. xxx
Thank you Cheryll xx It’s really easy and fun too. Great to use up those scraps I’m always hoarding ‘just in case’ 😉