Wednesday 4 September 2013

Stamping Squares

This is a card I've made for a friend's daughter and today Rachel's birthday sees the end of her teenage years.  Although born in Aberdeen, Rachel has grown up in Colwyn Bay and is now making ready for her second year of studies in Cardiff.  During the summer Alan and I have been visiting NTS properties in the local area and the last one we were at was Haddo House.  I've visited it once before and that was with two friends and their children when we all had a great day out rolling Easter eggs and having a picnic.  At eighteen months Rachel was the baby of the group on that day.


Rachel's card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest by Deborah Wright.  Follow this link to read the posting on her blog Wrightcrafty as there are two other cards to view in this style.  I liked how she had used sections from various Stampin' up stamped images to build up the main topper for the card.

 9 square mother's day - lilac

The stamps used on Rachel's card are pictured below from the Stampin' up sets Charming, Fresh Vintage, Papillon Potpourri, Pocket Silhouettes and Baroque Motifs.  All were stamped with Encore Metallic ink in purple on to white cardstock.  The script stamp was used to overstamp the images using the stampamajig as a positioning guide.


Once the images were stamped, nine sections were die cut using a Spellbinders square die.  Backing layers were cut from lilac pearlescent card using a Spellbinders scalloped square die and, after being layered up, lilac thread was wrapped around the corners of four of them.  These nine squares made up the top tier of the card

The middle tier was the backing panel for the squares which was lilac card and patterned papers layered up with a grid of nine five centimetre squares stitched on to the top layer.  The stamped images were attached to the centres of these squares using foam pads.  Foam pads were also added to the back of the completed panel before it was attached to the card.


The bottom layer was also made up from layers of lilac cardstock and patterned papers.  The patterned papers on this card are from the Nitwit Collection Promises and also from the Pink Petticoat Colour Collection Little Swirls in the lilac colourway.

Ribbon was wrapped around the corners of the bottom layer and a bow added to the top layer.  Other embellishments added were self adhesive pearls, sequin butterflies and corners cut using a Quickutz die.


An insert created on the computer was added to the inside.  I can see this layout becoming a favourite of mine and I've already made another in this style which I'll share soon.

Thanks for reading today

15 comments:

  1. Lovely designs on both Liz and all those stamps compliment each other so well.

    B x

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  2. Wow this is lovely Thank you for joining in at seemacrafts

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  3. Such a stunning and detailed creation Liz. Thank you for sharing with us at PCJ Challenge.
    Laine - DT
    xx

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  4. Liz this is absolutely beautiful. The colour is gorgeous and all the stamped images are gorgeous. I love it.
    Hugs Sharon, x

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  5. beautiful cards liz.i love the pretty stamped squares and colours :D

    xx coops xx

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  6. Just fabulous, love the mix of stamps and the colours.

    Thanks for joining us at Rhedd & Rosie challenge blog.

    Moira DT.

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  7. Stunning card both the colour the composition and the layout - really lovely!! I may just have to borrow that idea :) Many thanks for entering the Rhedd and Rosie's Challenge and good luck! Melissa (DT) xxxx

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  8. What a pretty card! Delightful! Thank you for playing along with my Flutter By Wednesday Challenge!

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  9. Very pretty, thank you for joining in Rhedd and Rosie's challenge, good luck Hun, Zoe DT xxx

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  10. Hi Liz, Thanks for joining the challenge at Seemacrafts, Your card was just beautiful, I loved the color and everything about it. I am so looking forward to seeing more of your projects in our challenges. Hugs Larelle-Susanne

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  11. This is an absolutely gorgeous card. I love the purple tones with that crisp gorgeous white. The stamps you have used are beautiful and work so well with the layout you have chosen. This card really makes you say WOW, it gives you a huge impact and lots to look at.

    Thank you so much for joining in Septembers monthly challenge 'monochromatic' over on the SeemaCrafts Challenge Blog.
    I really hope to see more fantastic entries in our future challenges, there is always a great crafty prize up for grabs.

    <3 and huge
    Lisa xxxxxx LEJ DT Organizer

    p.s. I have some blog candy on my personal blog page. Would love it if you could join in...

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  12. So beautiful. I love how you've combined those stamps and the lovely postage stamp squares. Thanks so much for joining us this week at ATS&M.

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  13. Hi Liz. Fabulous card with so much detail. Love how you added the photo corners to make your squares into a larger picture. Love it. Thanks for joining the fun at ATS&M. Good Luck! Monika

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  14. This is a gorgeous card I love how you have used the different tones of the same colour it difinitely has the WOW factor
    Thank you so much for joining in Septembers monthly challenge 'monochromatic' over on the SeemaCrafts Challenge Blog.
    I really hope to see more fantastic entries in our future challenges, there is always a great crafty prize up for grabs.
    Hugs
    Marie (Dt member at Seemacrafts)
    xxxx

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