Postage Shaped Card (New Craft Stash #17)

Hello! Welcome back to another post in my New Craft Stash Series. If you are new to my blog, I feature products that I have acquired recently or have not used before. For today's post, I am featuring products from SugarPea Designs. 

My colors are inspired by the colors in the latest SugarPea Designs Blog Challenge. I am also using the sketch from the same challenge. 

I blended ink on a light blue cardstock and a dark grey cardstock using the SugarPea Designs Leaf Canopy Stencil. I blended Tim Holtz Speckled Egg Distress Oxide on the blue cardstock, and Tim Holtz Hickory Smoke Distress Ink on the grey cardstock. I would have used an oxide ink on the gray panel but I don't have this color in oxide. Not that it matters. It just depends on what look you are after. If you look closely on the blue panel, it has a matte, chalky look which I like.

On the grey panel, I added Ranger Perfect Pearls Perfect Pearl powder for some shimmer. It is recommended to spray this with a fixative or water but I don't have a fixative. I did not want to spritz water to this panel because I am afraid that the water will activate the distress ink which is reactive with water. I just gave this panel a good wiping with a Swiffer cloth and a clean rug.

For the shaped card, I die cut a heavy weight light gray cardstock using the large postage die from the SugarPea Designs Postage die set. I die cut two pieces, one for the front and the other one for the back of the card. I trimmed the blue and gray carkdstock to 3 10/16" x 2 1/2". With this size, the panel fits in the postage die cut without covering the stitched details of this panel. I adhered the blue and gray panels to the light gray postage die cut with foam adhesive. 

For the sentiment, I die cut the word 'Sending' on two pieces of scrap cardstock and on a brown pearl cardstock. I adhered this on top of the other with the brown pearl cardstock on top to create a dimensional embellishment. I die cut the letters to create the word hug using the letter dies from the SugarPea Designs Letter Message Board die set. I die cut this on the same light gray cardstock. 

I die cut a label using a die from the Lawn Fawn Fancy Folded Banners die set. I die cut this on the same brown pearl cardstock I used for the sentiment die. I adhered the sentiments to the blue panel with the label slightly sticking out.

I added gold leaf sequins and Nuvo clear drops. I set this aside to dry.

To create this into a shaped card, I scored the other light gray cardstock at 1/2". I folded this carefully, reinforcing the crease with the use of a bone folder. I added a strong double adhesive tape on the wrong side of the postage die cut, and on top of the scored line. The wrong side will be the inside of the card. 

After I removed the release paper of the adhesive, I carefully lined the die cuts together. I used a bone folder to gently rub the area where the adhesive is.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this creation at

SugarPea Designs Challenge Blog