I have a lovely Stampin' Up! team of demonstrators - some have been with me for over 15 years now. Whenever someone new joins my team I like to send them a welcome card.
Last month a new team member joined my Stampin' Up! team in the Netherlands and so my tradition continues. I decided to make her a card using this week's Pick Five challenge:
Pick Five
-word or letter stamps
-a rainbow
-brads or metallic sequins
-glitter (paper, washi, glue, sticker etc.)
-dimensional adhesive (think foam tape or pop dots)
Here's how I designed my card.
I started by stressing about the rainbow because I don't have any stamps with rainbows on them. Then I realized that I don't have to 'stamp' a rainbow, I can choose paper colors that would make a rainbow! I used Real Red, Cinnamon Cider Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Misty Moonlight, Gorgeous Grape, and Highland Heather. I adhered narrow strips across a scrap piece of Whisper White and then die-cut a stitched rectangle. This will be a layer on my card.
For my other card layers I chose matching colors: Old Olive, Misty Moonlight, Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape.
I decided to emboss the Highland Heather layer for added texture, using the Dainty Diamonds embossing folder - I am crazy in love with this design!
I die-cut a Real Red star and a Whisper White star from the Stitched Stars dies. The Whisper White star has Dazzling Diamonds glitter on it - my only 'cheat' on this card as Stampin' Up! does not sell this fab glitter anymore. It, seriously, is the best glitter in the whole world. And we retired it, sigh.
Instead of stamping a word, I decided to die-cut 'welcome' from the Well Written dies. And then to complete my card I added three Woven Threads sequins.
The Old Olive layer seemed a bit bland so I chose to use a spatter stamp (from the Beauty Abounds stamp set) to add visual interest.
Here's my Pick Five card - can you see the textured layer?
Why don't you give this challenge a try and create either a card like I did, or a scrapbook page! There are so many ideas you can create using these five simple products.
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