Mystery Stamping Supplies:
• Cardstock 5 ½ x 8 ½ scored at 4 ¼
• A Stamp Set with both Sentiments and images
• Designer Series Paper or matching cardstock to your card base – four cut at 4” x 1”
• two 4 x 5 ¼ piece of Whisper White
• 2” Circle Punch or 2” Circle Die
• Coordinating Ink Pads: Two or three colors
• Ribbon and Embellishment
• Adhesive: Snail Adhesive/Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots if you need them
Tips & Tricks:
During the live event and even on the replay that you can watch and play along with below I walked everyone through the steps to make this card design. The first thing we did was take our chosen card base and fold in half. I picked Mango Melody cut at 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4 for my card base. I picked this color because it was one of the colors in the designer series paper. Plus I really like this color it's a nice bright fun yellow orange color that just makes me happy.
Next we attached the four 4" x 1" strips of designer series paper to the card front. You could have chosen to use matching cardstock cut the same way. I think it would be pretty to have either used a border die, border punch, or even embossed cardstock for this step. I picked the Birthday Bonanza Designer Series Paper because it was part of Birthday Bonanza Suite of products and coordinates perfectly with the stamp set and the fun card design I had planned for this event.
Next we stamped the sentiment from the stamp set and stamped one of the images from the stamp set onto a 2" circle that was either die cut or punched out. Before adding the circle on dimensionals we added two 3 1/2" strips of ribbon. You could use any ribbon you wanted as long as it coordinated with your products. I used the Daffodil Delight 1/4" Ruched Ribbon. I love the texture the ribbon adds to the card and the pop of color. Not that the products I picked didn't create a colorful card as it was but it just needed a little something.
To finish off the card and to solve the mystery we added an embellishment of your choosing. I picked the Iridescent Sequin Assortment from the Annual Catalog. I thought the fun colors played well with the colors in the card. I know that they Iridescent Sequin Assortment doesn't have the same colors in it I thought they played nicely with the colors on the card. I tired to use only the So Saffron and Pear Pizzazz sequins on my card.
Mystery Stamping Video Tutorial:
If you are viewing this post in your inbox you may have to click here to view the video. Not all mail servers will show the embedded video tutorial. You can also click the image below to view the video.
Play along for a Chance To Win:
I am going to give away one Little Ladybug Stamp Set on YouTube and on Facebook to a randomly selected person that shares their card that they create during the video. You have until Midnight Tuesday Night to enter your card. I can only send products to people in the US so this is only open to US residents only. Sorry for my international friends. The Little Ladybug Stamp Set was a Host only Sale-a-bration reward for qualifying orders during Sale-a-bration. I saved the extra ones I received based on class orders to be able to give them away.
