Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge
What’s Your Favorite Color?
Good day, fellow crafters. Today I present to you a creation for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge that I just completed. This week's theme revolves around the question “What’s Your Favorite Color?”. Since mine is red, more specifically a wine red, I knew that I had the perfect thing for this project. I hope you enjoy my submission.
To create this card I first began with the background panel. The two patterned papers chosen came from a paper pack from my collection and when they were placed together it was all I could do to not scream out loud “Hey I have been in that Italian restaurant!”. These two papers most definitely look just like they are the wallpapers you would see on the walls in an American-style Italian eatery, it was really quite uncanny. To give the two papers some separation and to cover the seam, I opted to band the background with a red strip of cardstock.
The next stage was the foreground elements. In this card the color Wine Red made me think of red wine and I love a good red wine, so I broke out the Paper Rose Wine Bottle and Glass die set, featured left and some sheet vellum. Vellum you ask, why that choice? Ah, because it makes a great glass effect, especially frosted or stained glass. The trick is to color on the dull side of the paper and then put the shiny side up. This gives you the effect of colored glass or with this card, a bottle full of wine. For the bottle, I cut out the vellum with the die set and then using a Copic marker (R39) I colored on the dull side and then allowed the ink to dry. I then flipped it over and used the foiled cap die and some cardstock to cut out the piece and then adhered it to the bottle. I then cut out and embellished a basic label for the wine bottle. Next, I positioned and adhered the wine bottle and glass into place on the background panel. For the glass, I colored in the space the die left on the background so as to have a glass that appeared full. This has the added effect that you can see the background paper through the added color just as if you were looking through a glass of wine.
The next step was to add the sentiment. For this card, I chose the “Novinophobia” sentiment from the Creative Expressions Wine Not stamp set. This is a sentiment that I can clearly get behind, I might actually have that fear as well. I stamped the sentiment onto the card with black ink.
The final stage was assembly. I first trimmed the panel down to its final dimensions and then using double-sided tape adhered it to a kraft-colored card base. The reason for the choice of kraft cardstock for the card base was that it was the closest color I had that would make a suitable cork substitute and would help to reinforce the whole wine theme that I was trying to achieve. After that was done I called this card complete.
