Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks

Welcome to the September 2023 Creative Card-iology Team Blog Hop! We’re glad you've joined us to check out this month’s cardmaking inspiration featuring the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks.

 When I saw the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks pictured in the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog, I knew they would be on my first order from this catalog!  I could just envision using them for so many different projects – cards, wall art, journals, etc. The creative possibilities seemed endless! 

 

There are 7 masks/stencils in the collection – 4 of them layer together to create a beautiful collection of sunflowers and leaves.  The other 3 include leaves, snowflakes and an argyle pattern.   You can spritz, sponge, trace, emboss or add texture with the masks.  And they clean up easily with a baby wipe or by rinsing with water.

I drew some color inspiration for my project from a set of paper napkins I had bought a while ago.  The checked border on these napkins reminded me of the Black & Very Vanilla Large Check Ribbon that is in the Mini Catalog, and I decided to include that ribbon in my project too.

 

I used Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Copper Clay and Early Espresso Ink and blending brushes to color my sunflowers.  Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight, Pretty Peacock and Old Olive were the inks I used to color my leaves.

I also created a background with the argyle pattern using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Very Vanilla Cardstock.  My sentiment came from the So Sincere stamp set, also from the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog.

Here are the measurements for the card pieces:

   Basic Black Card Base – 5 ½” x 8 ½”, scored at 4 ¼”

   Argyle Pattern Layer 1 – 4” x 5 ¼”

   Basic Black Layer 2 – 3 ⅝” x 4 ⅞”

   Very Vanilla Layer 3 – 3 ½” x 4 ¾”

   Very Vanilla Mask Layer – 6” x 6”

   Black & Very Vanilla ⅜” Large Check Ribbon – approximately 10”

After blending the inks over the stencils to color my sunflower and leaf images, I fussy cut out the flowers and leaves with Paper Snips.  I layered the smallest sunflower on top of the largest sunflower image to create a flower with a little more depth and dimension.

I love how my card came out, and I’m looking forward to playing and creating more projects with the Abundant Beauty Decorative Masks!

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Zoo Crew Lunchbox

 

The other day I confessed on my Facebook page that I’m a bit of a “procraftinator” – many of my ideas/projects come together at the last possible moment, and I’m confessing now that sometimes they come together even later than that!

My Zoo Crew Lunchbox Note Holder is one of those projects, and I'm hope that the old adage “better late than never” applies here.

For last month’s Creative Card-iology Team Back to School Tutorial bundle, I created 3x3 notecards using the Zany Zoo bundle and the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper – encouraging notes that could be put in with a child’s lunch.

I love the Zany Zoo bundle – it’s such a fun collection and features a variety of creatures involved in all kinds of activities – just like the kids in our lives have different interests and skills.  

I wanted to create a coordinating box in the shape of a lunchbox to hold the cards. I decided to do a Pinterest search to see if anyone else had ever created one before, and I found one in a blog post by Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Angie Pyjas at stampingwithamore.com.

I used the dimensions I found to make an initial lunchbox, but it turned out a bit bigger than I wanted.  I made some adjustments and was able to create a lunchbox that fit my notecards perfectly.  So I added a note to my tutorial that I would be having a special blog post at the end of the month for the lunchbox holder.

And then I ran into trouble!  I planned on using small super thin neodymium magnets for a closure for my lunchbox lid, but at the time I turned in my tutorial I hadn’t actually tried them out yet (because of my “procraftination” tendencies).   I tried a couple different sizes of magnets and different placements of the magnets and kept having issues with the magnets not staying together or coming loose from where I’d adhered them.  I ripped off many layers of DSP, but finally came up with a finished project!  This lunchbox can be used to hold all the notecards you create as well as some 3x3 envelopes, or it can be used a treat holder with a 3x3 notecard added in.

Here are the dimensions that I used for my lunchbox:

Pool Party Cardstock

3 ½” x 11”, scored at 2 ½” and 4 ½”

3” x 3”, scored at ½” on 3 sides (cut 2)

¾” x 5”

Zoo Crew DSP

3 ¼” x 6 ¼” (lid)

3 ¼” x 2 ¼” (front)

1 ¾” x 2 ¼” (sides, cut 2)

1/2” x 4” (handle)

A list of products I used in making my lunch box is posted below.  A full tutorial is available as a gift for opting into my mailing list during the month of September.  You can opt in here.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and sticking with me on this project!  I always appreciate your feedback, so feel free to leave a comment below!  Happy Stamping!

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