When Summer comes all I want to do is sit outside in the shade, eat some ice cream and enjoy a good book. I don’t often get a chance to do that, but when I do – it’s a real treat. The thought of ice cream and hot Summer days inspired this simple card. If you’d like to know how to make it – see details below.
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CARDS DETAILS
I started by heat embossing Anchors background in Antique Gold embossing powder on dark blue cardstock. Gold and Navy are a classic and always look stunning together so I knew this background would look great in gold on blue.
After adhering the background onto A2 card base I stamped a simple focal point – an image of ice cream and a sentiment that reads: “Dear Friend, Life With You Is a Blast“.
At first, I colored ice cream yellow, but that didn’t look good at all, so I stamped the same image again on a scrap piece of paper, used B000, B00 and B02 Copic markers to color it light blue, cut it out and adhered overtop the original one. I also coated it with glossy accents to give it that gorgeous raized, wet look.
Have fun stamping!
SUPPLIES
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 Simon Says Clear Stamps Summer Time Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Cling Stamp Anchors Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sequins Star Spangled Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Glossy Accents Glue Dimensional Adhesive Shop at: SSS |
 EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker B000 Pale Porcelain Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker B02 Robin’s Egg Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker B00 Frost Blue Shop at: SSS |
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So fun and cute!
That’s a fun card! I love the melting popsicle, perfect for summer! 🙂
Hi ,
I love your videos/cards and follow you religiously. Thanks for all of your tips. I have this background stamp and I also knew it would look great on dark Navy paper with gold embossing, but no matter how much I prepare it with my embossing buddy, some how the embossing powder gets everywhere and my final product is a mess. Any tips on how to keep embossing powder neat when using on Dark paper when using large background stamp?
Hey, Jennifer! Sometimes it is really hard to get it to look neat. Once I pour embossing powder onto the paper I then use a small dry paintbrush and brush away any stray embossing powder particles. I also sometimes use a pokey tool to remove them, if they are in a particularly hard to get spot.
Also, some embossing powders have the “anti static” component built into them directly, I think it’s powders from WOW and thus they “behave” better on paper sticking only to the inked areas. I’ve not tried them myself. Hope this helps!
Thank you Yana!! Love your inspiration and really enjoy learning from your videos….
Super cool card! Your ice cream looks good enough to eat!
Such a sweet card Yana. (Looking forward to summer too!)
Hanna, you are a prolific designer coming up with such unique and varied designs using such different color pallet, organic and geometric designs.