I was working with some plaid papers last week and had decided that I had one paper that wasn’t too inspiring a color palette for what I wanted to do with that card. But it works for the paper collection it is part of: “Master Detective” by Graphic 45. And when I was thinking about creating a card for week seven, it occurred to me that Sherlock Holmes was a hipster in his day. So… here is a second entry in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge for July 12, 2017: Use Plaid!
I started with a fancy fold technique demonstrate by Dolores Sanders (for Riley and Company) i the Autumn 2017 issue of Cardmaker Magazine (Vol 13, issue 3, pages 20 and 21). After one failed attempt, I managed the proper cuts, scores and folds on a scrap of Bazzill palest green card and added a cut of the plaid paper, a journaling card and a chipboard embellishment to the front:
- Stamps: Stampers Anonymus “Hipster” (CMS288) and Karen Foster SnapStamps “Mini-Formal” (00372)
- Dies: Sizzix Thinlits “Hipster Cat” (662247)
- Stencils: Stampers Anonymous Mini-Layering Stencil set 3, “Splatter” (THMS009)
- Inks: Archival “Jet Black”; Distress Oxide “Peeled Paint”; Distress Ink “Vintage Photo” and “Candied Apple”; Distress Markers “Vintage Photo” , “Peeled Paint”, “Pumice Stone”, “Worn Lipstick”, “Hickory Smoke”; Versamark
- Embossing Powder: Stampendous Deep Impression “clear”
- Papers: Bazzill very light green; Neena Heavycard “white”; Idea-ology Paper Stash 8x8 “Etcetera” (YH93551); Graphic 45 Master Detective Collection 8x8 “It’s Elementary” (45015700), Chipboard “(4501574) and Journaling and Ephemera Cards (4501575)
- Adhesives: ScorTape; Ranger Collage Glue Stick; EK Tools 3D foam dots