Tuesday, October 08, 2024

One Stamp at a Time Blog Hop - Falling for Farmhouse

Welcome to the One Stamp At a Time Blog Hop! I'm so glad to have you here at Create With Christy! This month, our theme is Falling for Farmhouse - Rustic/Farmhouse-Style Projects.

I made a card with a coordinating gift card holder box. I think the wood grain paper, eyelet-style paper, & the flowers are perfect for Rustic/Farmhouse-Style projects. These are probably my favorite types of projects to make, so I had so much fun making them.

The bundle I'm using on both projects is the Layers of Beauty Bundle from the Annual Catalog. I've used this bundle for one of my Card Class @ Homes before, and I LOVE making projects with it. This bundle includes the Layers of Bundle Stamp Set, Dies, & Decorative Masks. I used all of the masks to color in the roses/flowers & leaves.

I used a Small Blending Brush to color in the daisy-like flowers with Lost Lagoon ink. I used the regular Blending Brushes to color everything else in. I used Petal Pink ink for all three shades of pink you see in the roses, and I used Soft Sea Foam ink to get both shades of green in the leaves.

Notice the small splatters on the flowers? This really added so much to the look of the card. I did it by using the brush end of a light Pecan Pie Stampin' Blend and tapping on the side of the marker using a bone folder. This makes some of the ink spray out to make these splatters.

What really helps give this card (and the gift card holder box) the farmhouse feel is the Designer Series Paper (DSP) I used. The wood grain design came from the Country Woods DSP, and the Petal Pink eyelet design came from the Country Lace DSP. Both of these can be found in the Country Woods Suite in the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog. These two DSP packs look great by themselves, but I REALLY love them even better when used together.

I used a couple embellishments on my card, too. The gorgeous, Petal Pink, glittery-looking dots are from the Petal Pink & Pretty Peacock Foiled Gems. These can be found in the annual catalog like all of the products I've used.

The other embellishment is the Linen Thread. Stampin' Up! has had Linen Thread for years, and it's still one of my favorites. I doubled up the Linen Thread I used, and then tied it into a big bow. Then, I attached it to the back of the sentiment piece and attached it all onto the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Here's a quick look at the inside of my card. I just stamped part of the large flowers stamp onto the bottom, left corner of the Basic Beige inside layer using Petal Pink ink. I then splattered the whole layer with the Light Pecan Pie Stampin' Blend as described above.

I made this box using the Scalloped Gift Card Boxes. You can find the link to them in the supply list below. I decorated it pretty much like the card, but I used one of the dies in the bundle to die-cut one of the single roses out of the large flower image. I also added a couple leaves I die-cut out of Soft Sea Foam Cardstock using a couple of the stand-alone dies in the bundle.

I decided to make a belly band to go around the box, too. This helps keep the box closed better and looks great! The Basic Beige oval I used for the sentiment was made with the Modern Oval Punch.

Here's the inside of the gift card box. I just slipped the belly band off, and opened it up. These boxes do include the little insert you see holding the gift card. It has a section that you fold down to make a little stand on one end so the gift card is displayed when the box is opened.

Dimensions (CS=Cardstock):

Petal Pink CS: 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" (card base)
Pecan Pie CS: 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" (base layer)
Basic Beige CS: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" (large flower die-cut)

3-1/4" x 1/2" (sentiment)
4" x 5-1/4" (inside layer)

Country Woods DSP: 3-3/4" x 5" (wood design)
Country Lace DSP: 1-1/2" x 5" (Petal Pink eyelet design)
Linen Thread: 28"
Petal Pink & Pretty Peacock Foiled Gems: 2 large & 3 small (Petal Pink)

Dimensions:

Petal Pink CS: 4-1/8" x 2-7/8" (bottom layer)
Pecan Pie CS: 3-7/8" x 2-5/8" (middle layer)
Soft Sea Foam CS: 2-1/4" x 1-3/4" (leaf die-cuts)
Basic Beige CS: 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" (flower)

3" x 2" (sentiment oval)

Country Woods DSP: 3-3/4" x 2-1/2" (wood design)
Country Lace DSP: 9" x 1-1/2" (belly band)
Petal Pink & Pretty Peacock Foiled Gems: 1 large & 2 small (Petal Pink)

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