Star Stampers Lockdown Challenge Week 5

Diane Pawley challenged us to make a Split Panel Recessed Card this week. To be honest I've never ever seen one before & by the number of videos I found on You Tube they were trendy a few years ago but they're highly effective and very easy especially if you're like me & followed this video by Stamp with Joy as you just cut the top layer & then make wee strips of a contrast colour, attach & trim with your scissors, no measurements required. Rather than stamping an image, I've used a piece of Peaceful Poppies DSP (#151324) that is the same size as the card front ie 14.8 cm x 10.5 cm and attached to the thick Whisper White base. I chose to work with poppies as it was Anzac day in New Zealand yesterday & it was a strange one being locked down in our bubbles so I decided to share one of My Food Bag meals which was a hearty steak, chips & coleslaw with 2 elderly neighbours that are locked down all by themselves  and I wanted to pop in some homemade poppies (KReated with Poppy Moments dies #151594) with their bag of food. I liked this colour combo of Real Red base & the outer edge Poppy Parade. I didn't own any Garden Green card stock so used scraps of Wild Wasabi and Pear Pizzazz. The sequins were just some in my stash and aren't SU! The lovely word is from Peaceful Moments (#151595) which is such a versatile saying set and has been stamped with Garden Green ink as I did own that ;)

 I also snapped a few things that took my eye around my house as it was truly was a fabulous Autumn day.

As the saying goes on Anzac Day "Lest We Forget" and we truly won't forget the Anzac Day of 2020.

✿ Karen ✿

Heidi's Aperture Card

I think I'm a clean and simple stamper so when the Creative Inkers team were off to Holdens Bay in Rotorua for the annual stamp camp/retreat last weekend and the challenge for the swap cards was to create a workshop card. I thought I knew the perfect card for a workshop Heidi's Aperture card.

I love my dies more than anyone else but punches actually remind me of my early workshops with Stampin' Up! Back in those days I don't think we had any die cutting machines or that they'd even be invented so this was a bit of a trip down nostalgia lane for me.

I've used the field of poppies stamp from Painted Poppies twice to cover the width of the card. Then "coloured" in the flowers with the splatter stamp in the set and Poppy Parade ink. From one side of the card insert the 2" circle punch as far as it will go. Punch out the flowers and attach to an already punched out 2-¼" Poppy Parade circle. Now all you have to do is take the 2-¼" circle punch over the same hole to make it big enough to pop in the framed image.

Recipe (all products Stampin' Up!)
Stamp sets: Painted Poppies, Peaceful Moments
Ink: Memento Black, Poppy Parade
Paper: Thick Whisper White, Poppy Parade
Punches: 2" circle, 2-¼" circle

I loved how quick and easy this card was with a wee bit of wow, so I whipped up a few birthday cards too using Daffodil Delight ink and it's matching ¼" ruched ribbon that has just been released with the new mini catalogue. I also liked that when you open the card to write your message it's already decorated on the inside.

Thank you Heidi I love your aperture card. And if anyone would love to host a workshop I'd love to share this card with you and your friends.

Happy stampin'
✿ Karen ✿